Seventeen-year-old Samantha Owens has had some hard knocks in life. It’s not like she tries to find trouble, but it seems that trouble always finds her. When she’s forced to do community service helping with the Christmas pageant at the local church, Sami is surprised to find a spark of hope that her luck is changing—that spark being the smart, awesomely cute, and way out of her league, Travis Vance. Her track record with guys being less than stellar, Sami is afraid to hope that this time, things will be different. But maybe this Christmas, her wishes will come true.

Healing Waters, Book Three in the Chronicles of Lily Carmichael trilogy picks up with sixteen-year-old genetically enhanced Lily Carmichael and friends in the midst of a daring escape from Las Vegas. In this final installment, Lily faces her ultimate challenge. After a failed rescue attempt, and no home to return to, Lily and Will reunite to join with her uncle and his Network of rebels, taking on Vice President Malevich and his army of agents, drones, and Guardians. With Malevich systematically enslaving the city-dwellers who depend on the New Government for their survival—he’s made it clear he will eliminate anyone who stands in his way. Leading the rebellion while staying one step ahead of the Industry takes Lily, Will, and their friends on a harrowing journey from the desert southwest to the new Capitol in Chicago, where they’ll face a fight to the death. But Lily’s greatest gift—her driving instinct to heal and protect—may also be her greatest enemy. As Lily’s abilities grow, can she do what it takes to save humanity, while taking down the madman bent on destroying it?

WESTERN DESERT, Book Two in The Chronicles of Lily Carmichael trilogy, takes off where WANING MOON ends. Genetically enhanced sixteen-year-old Lily Carmichael and seventeen-year-old Will Callahan embark on a journey across a sun-ravaged and decimated US in the year 2057, bound for the Western Desert on a dangerous rescue mission. The survivors they meet along the way put Lily’s healing abilities to the test and challenge Will’s resolve to find his missing father—no matter the cost. But even with the burden of life and death on their shoulders, and the Industry hot on their trail, the greatest challenge they face, is trusting their hearts to each other. RT Book Reviews WANING MOON, Book One in the Chronicles of Lily Carmichael trilogy “An action packed read with a strong female lead.” WANING MOON is runner up in the 2013 National Excellence in Romance Fiction Awards To purchase PJ's books, go to her website for buy links to Amazon, BN, and Smashwords at http://www.pjsharon.com

In this Contemporary YA Romance, sixteen year-old Alexis Hartman wants nothing more than to play her guitar and get high, hoping to escape the pain of losing her sister. But when her second arrest for pot possession causes her already fragile mother to break down, Lexi is sent to stay with her grandmother for the summer. While embarking on a Mediterranean cruise hardly sounds like punishment, being forced to face her demons and falling for a guy she may never see again gives Lexi a chance to grow up and discover what it means to love someone—even when you have to let them go. PJ Sharon is the award winning author of contemporary young adult novels, including HEAVEN IS FOR HEROES, ON THIN ICE, and SAVAGE CINDERELLA, winner of the 2013 HOLT Medallion Award and the 2013 National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award. She is excitedly working on The Chronicles of Lily Carmichael, a YA Dystopian trilogy. WANING MOON, Book One in the trilogy, was a finalist in both the 2013 National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award, Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence, and a HOLT Medallion Award of Merit recipient. Book Two, Western Desert released in June of 2013. Watch for Book Three in fall of 2014. Writing young adult fiction since 2006 and following her destiny to write romantic and hopeful stories for teens, PJ is a member of Romance Writers of America, CTRWA, and YARWA. She is mother to two grown sons and lives with her husband in the Berkshire Hills of Western MA. I love hearing from readers so feel free to leave me messages, follow me on my http://www.facebook.com/pjsharonbooks page, or sign up for my non-spammy, occasional newsletter on my website at http://www.pjsharon.com