It is 1805, and Dr. Stephen Byrne leads the rather simple life of a country gentleman and a physician. However, on a voyage to Jamaica, where he has been summoned to try to save the ailing Governor, he encounters Miss Rosalind Marlowe, the beautiful daughter of the indomitable Vice-Admiral Marlowe, and his life turns in a rather unexpected direction.

(The sequel to Inamorata) Death has long been a subject that preys upon Nightingale's mind. Her life has never been a safe one, not with her past in the bordello and her occupation as a government agent. Death has always been close to her; she used to long for it in her suffering, and now she fears that it will take away her happiness, but it has always been her own life she has worried for. But when the life of someone else suddenly hangs in the balance, she will be forced to choose between love and morality.

December's a great month to fall in love, but it's also a great month to ruin someone's heart. When confident, cocky Adrian is sent to Russia for a change of heart, he encounters a new world in the city of Moscow like meeting a naive Russian girl named Katyusha, running away from the Russian mob, kissing a guy in a club near the border of Siberia. And that's just the beginning.

❝All you have to do is keep an eye on the human boy, Azrael. That's it.❞ Being the famous Grim Reaper’s twin sister, it is only expected that the Devil himself would be in the picture. Despite the fact that Azrael and Lucifer had never gotten along, he turns to her for help when he discovers this mysterious human and decides that Azrael would be a good spy for him. Accepting, Azrael lands herself in the middle of a world she doesn't belong in, filled with humans. She thought her biggest problem might be fitting in, even though all the red eyed inhabitants of Hell are determined to get the human boy for themselves. And between keeping the boy and herself alive, she will learn that being an Archangel and Death's twin sister won't stop the job of protecting a seemingly human teenager from being harder than anyone could have imagined.

The story of a girl, a town, and the world as they face imminent death.

→ finished ← Claustrophobic and agoraphobic, Alaska Gouramie doesn't leave the house much. She whiles her days away nurturing her goldfish, Gordon. Her life is passing her by. Elver Harrison James is scared of fish. He won't go near the pond at the bottom of his garden. He will do anything to stay away from those water-loving freaks. Alaska's mother forces her to leave the house. It's just a trip to the park, no big deal. Until Alaska falls in the pond. And Elver is the only one around. Teen Fiction #118

Genevieve can't tell if her soulmate is a transcendentalist author who died one hundred and fifty years ago, or the person who is leaving his books for her to find.

Sixteen-year old Olivia Grey has gotten the idea of writing letters. Every letter addressed to a different person and in those letters she’ll tell all, she’ll be brave and courageous and she’ll get everything off her chest and then when she’s done, she’ll burn them. Why? Because some things are just better left unspoken, or in this case, unread. 10/10/13 short story #158 teen fiction #689

Whether it's at home or at school, Eva Lynch is an outcast. Between her abusive and alcoholic mother and dealing with the typical problems of a teenage girl, Eva struggles with adopting her personality and sexuality too - suicide seems like the only option left, but things don't end the way she plans and soon her perspective on life changes when she meets the enigmatic Jessica.