A Steven Universe human AU Pearl knows her place. It's to try to avoid the cruel words of other girls. And living through the year would be nice too. Opal knows hers to. She needs to protect her sister, no matter what she has to sacrifice. Even her friends. Lapis has a deadly secret to keep, one that gives her even more of a reason to be her family's enemy number one. Amethyst has been unwanted, abused, and betrayed. And she's nit ready to let that go so easily. And then there's Peridot. She could pull the strings on these girls. But she has more pressing matters to attend to. These girls have one thing in common. They're all likely targets. The enemy? Their own friends and family. Technically speaking, this book isn't rated mature, but it's definitely 13+ for language, violence, and subject matter.

Liv Chase might've seemed like any normal fifteen year old, well that is until you learn that she's a foster kid who's been able to read minds all her life. Only Liv's best friend Bella and her father know about Liv's gift. It's not something you'd want to flaunt around like it's a medal unless you yearn to be shipped to the looney bin. But when a mysterious new kid moves to town that Liv can't read, she is shocked an intrigued at the same time. But despite all her attempts to get close to him after a strange first encounter, he seems insistent to push her away. Soon Liv learns that there just might be more strange people like her out there and there just might be a secret ancient society out for her head. Maybe there was a reason curiosity killed the cat after all.

Born with a passion for the water and a remarkable talent for swimming, it's no wonder that Rayne Bennett spends more time in the pool than she does on land. But when family secrets become unearthed and lies are uprooted, Rayne realizes that her passion for the water goes farther back than she could have ever imagined. When Rayne finds herself moving back to her quiet birthplace of Shady Cove, things start to unravel even faster. What really happened to her mother, who had (supposedly) been killed thirteen years ago? Why does Rayne feel such an intimate connection with the ocean? The answers, as she will soon find out, come at a cost so great that her life-as well as the lives of those she loves-is in grave danger. Though she doesn't know it, Rayne is the key to unlocking the mysteries that dwell just beneath the ocean's surface. She is the answer to the secrets of the deep. [ adventure #5, fantasy #6 ]