Rima always loved the season of winter in her small seaside village of Winterson; the cold winds and lashing sea waves comforted her, somehow making her feel more at home than in the Summer months. But now, for the first time in her life, the place she once knew as hers has changed. The woods by her house are becoming more and more alive, and the pain inside her keeps growing. Who is the boy waiting, watching in the woods? And what does he want with Rima?

To think she’s got everything, she actually doesn’t. Millicent Anne Tisdale, daughter of the most respect doctors in the suburbs of Chicago, undergoes the drama of high school. We all do. Let’s say it’s much more dramatic than usual. Or maybe not. She lives a normal life with normal friends goes to a normal prestigious school but everything turns up side down when she cross-paths with the schools jock, Carter Anderson. Suppose, things changes when he came to Millicent’s life and vice versa. Carter Anderson on the other hand, isn’t just the popular jock/guy/whatever next door. Sure, mostly students of Elmore High are children of well known, respected, influential and rich parents, whom he has but there’s a side of him no one knows. Yes, he has friends and a girlfriend as well as a wall built around him that only one person ever got through. Seems like Millicent's and Carter's lives just got epic but full of mysteries.

(Sample): I opened my eyes, waiting for the transformation to happen. Less than three seconds later, the change occurred. The transformation never ceased to amaze me and as I watched it, I remembered the times when the water was salty instead of clean, house water. Oh yeah, you still don't know who I am. Well, I'll give you a little summary. My name is Aquarina, Aqua for short. I just moved to Dallas, Texas from a little town called Fort Myers in Florida. I will be a junior in high school this year. Oh and let's just say I'm not your average 17 year old girl. I mean I dress like a normal girl, minus the face cake of makeup and the heels.(Yeah, sorry. I don't do high heels. I only go for 1-inch heels if anything.) I listen to normal music and I talk like everyone else. Normal American accent. I also have a phone, computer, laptop, and all those other electronic necessities. I don't have any mental issues. I was born like any normal baby. Well, that's not entirely true. I am anything but normal or average. You see, my DNA is different. No, I'm not a werewolf. Or vampire, fairy, wizard, witch, or ghost. When my skin comes in contact with water, I change. My eyes and hair change. My eyes become a clear silver and my hair a solid blue, lighter than navy but darker than aqua, sorta like the Crayola color. I get a tail for feet and my scales are the color of my eyes. So now you think "Scales? Like a fish or something?" Actually that is half true. I'm half fish and half human. Yup, that's right. I'm a mermaid. That's not all of it. My family are as well. (End of Sample):

Giselle isn't your average teenage girl. Besides the fact that she's hot headed and argumentative she also can control fire. When she's captured and taken to a special school by the name of Gifted Academy, Giselle Riley doesn't know what to expect. All she knows is that the last thing she wants is to be among people with special gifts such as speed, earth bending and telepathy. That is until the moment she realizes shes one of them. Through challenging struggles and suspense Giselle tries to figure out who she really is and who shes destined to be. Through falling in love, making new friends and destroying dark forces will Giselle finally find out who she really is or is there something more shes been needing to find out all along?