ᴀʟᴀɴᴀ ᴀᴅᴀᴍꜱ ɪꜱ ᴀɴ ᴀꜱᴘɪʀɪɴɢ ᴘᴀɪɴᴛᴇʀ, ᴡᴀɴᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʏᴀʟᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱɪᴛʏ'ꜱ ᴀʀᴛ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ꜱʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛᴀʟʟʏ ʀɪɴɢꜱ ᴜᴘ ᴀ ꜰʟᴏʀɪꜱᴛ ꜱʜᴏᴘ ɪɴꜱᴛᴇᴀᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴅᴍɪꜱꜱɪᴏɴꜱ ᴏꜰꜰɪᴄᴇ, ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇꜱᴛɪɴɢ. ᴄᴏᴘʏʀɪɢʜᴛ © 2018 ʙʏ ᴘᴜʟ ᴘᴀʀᴍᴀʀ ᴀʟʟ ʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ

"I found solace in open love, And for that I know I am enough". Written across Europe, this poetry collection is all about self-love, self-acceptance, change, fear and creativity. 💕🌱 Now available on paperback. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CVT1GB8 | The Poetry Contest Top 20 Winner |

Samuel Brandt woke up with his thoughts written all over his body. His brother woke up with his head missing. His sister woke up to find that her skin would crack open unless she stayed in water. All of the other children in the secluded Iowa town of Oak Knoll woke up having undergone strange transformations. Now, they are all forced to live at 407 West Marshall Street, the mysterious house outside of town. With the new name of The Boy with Words for Skin, Samuel wants nothing more than to hide from his new life. He painfully and unpredictably sheds his skin, there is a Voice in the entryway closet that is often cruel, and-perhaps worst of all for a naturally shy boy-the other children look to him as a leader. As his seven-year-old brother struggles with their new life, as terrifying growls start to come from the pitch black basement, and as his feelings for a girl begin to grow, The Boy with Words for Skin realizes that he wants to change. He wants to put others first, learn from his peers, and let himself hope that things will get better. The Boy with Words for Skin is the first book in the 407 West Marshall Street series. Each book will advance the story but be told from a different character. Book 2 will be The Girl without Eyes.

Riona Willow has known darkness and refuses to ever be helpless again. When this modern day warrior woman lands in 12th century Scotland, things are bound to go awry. But with her delinquent brother and oblivious twin sister in tow, Ri will have a tough enough time finding a way home, let alone keeping them alive long enough to make the journey. Shaw Logan has faced great adversity and works to protect his people and their lands. When a strange, otherworldly beauty saves his life, nearly dying in the process, Shaw is determined to discover what could make such a bonnie lass learn to fight with the grace of an angel and the deadly force of the most skilled warrior. Her younger siblings are driving him crazy with their bickering and antics, while she herself frustrates him in an entirely different way. The longer they spend together, the more Ri allows him in, and the closer Shaw comes to learning about her past. But her siblings are restless and afraid, even if they won't admit it, and as Ri begins to fall for Shaw, she starts to wonder if she really wants to go home after all. Something lurks in the shadows, watching, waiting. A darkness threatens the happiness Ri and Shaw have found in each other and the life they might build together. Ri is getting closer to finding a way home, which will put her family out of danger, but if Ri and Shaw are to have a future in any century, they'll need to find this threat and eliminate it.

''I get it,'' he said, ''the sun so loved the moon...'' His voice trailed off. We both knew the story. We knew it all too well. He was looking at me thoughtfully. I, however, turned away. ''What if,'' I began, ''the sun didn't want to die for the moon anymore?'' ~~~~~~~~ There's darkness in West Acres and, no matter how fast the light travels, it will always find that darkness has beaten it. There are decisions to make, battles to fight, wars to win, and Lou's not sure which side she's on. After all, if the darkness is already there, why not embrace it?

/ complete / Life hasn't always been kind to East Winters, but for the most part, she's finally made peace with the incident three years ago that tore her family apart. The same can't be said for Edgecliff; half the town still won't look East in the eye, and the latest wave of petty crimes isn't helping. Two fires and a dead mom hardly prove her innocence. Even worse, Asher is back in town-but no matter how close they used to be, East can't forget what he did on that fateful night... As small incidents snowball into startling revelations, East begins to realize that there might be more to her family, more to her sleepy little town, more to even herself than she could've ever imagined. / best ranking: #25 in Paranormal / featured story in 2016, 2018 / Wattys 2018 longlist

Nico Stravos, an imprisoned art thief, struggles with conflicting loyalties when she's offered her freedom in exchange for helping FBI agent Will Patterson hunt down her former partner. ***** Nico Stravos, a notorious art thief, is facing a lifetime behind bars after her partner-in-crime and fellow thief, Pablo Ramirez, betrays her during a high-stakes burglary. So when she's offered her freedom in exchange for helping FBI agent Will Patterson track down her former partner, Nico sees her chance for revenge and readily agrees. But Will is convinced that Pablo is on an unstoppable international crime spree that will take everything Nico has to shut him down, and while Nico needs retribution for what happened to her, the trust she built up in her old life with Pablo is holding her back. Can she tear it all down to get what she really wants? Or is there something bigger at play than the one-man show she's trying to stop? (The Art Thief's Guide To Freedom is a spin-off to Eridanus Flooding)

Misunderstood and overmedicated, twelve-year-old Lilith Bloom finds the prospect of a grand family reunion decidedly dull... That is, until she discovers that the rose garden surrounding her grandfather's Berlin mansion is, well, completely and utterly carnivorous. Armed with Panther, her talking pet whippet, and the help of the mute boy next door, Lilith must unravel the secrets behind the mysterious estate, all while her family remains gloriously unaware that they are about to be devoured.

❝Sure, whatever helps you sleep at night.❞ ❝That would be you.❞ ❝You're a smooth motherfucker, aren't you?❞ In which Nico desperately needs advice and finds a payphone, but he has nobody to call. And then the payphone rings. And Nico answers. And over a series of phone calls with a witty, feisty female, Nico falls in love. But sometimes, God likes to fuck it up a bit. Just for shits and giggles. ---------- Copyright © 2018 by Sierra Soriano. All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Sophie Ackerman has to attend boarding school while impersonating her twin sister, but things get complicated when she bumps into her former best friend. ***** Sophie Ackerman is trying to keep a low profile while attending an exclusive rich kids' boarding school and impersonating her twin sister Vivian, who was busted for having a one night stand with a crown prince. But when she finds out that her estranged ex-best friend Ace Voltaire also attends the same school and is one of the most popular boys there, things quickly turn from difficult to impossible. As if things couldn't get more complicated, Prince Raphael, the same prince who Vivian slept with, is also Ace's close friend. Can Sophie keep her cover and finish high school for her sister, or will everything end in disaster? [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]