Innocence is subjective, and power always has its price--so his elders told him. Silas Blane is destined for greatness. Born into an elite family with many skeletons in the closet, he learns to harness his inherent shamanic powers and finds purpose in the Old Ways of his ancestors. As he turns fifteen, Silas walks a treacherous edge between love and expectation and discovers the fragility of desire. Nothing is what it seems in a universe where power is fleeting, and enemies close their grasp around the last hope of the free worlds. Vintage science fiction, retro-futurism, and space opera blend in this decopunk drama. Here we have chromed fusion rockets, spooky secret societies, shamanic bone oracles, robots for every occasion, and a perilous, affluent world which hails to "Downton Abbey" and "Dynasty". The 'unofficial' trailer for the series: https://youtu.be/jces9f8i6zA *** Episode 1: "Arrivals and Rivals" received an Honorable Mention in SciKick's Starter Competition 3/2/16! "You've got a way with words and an ability to describe a scene that makes us feel like we were there. Good luck with your work." BookShelfBattle "Honestly, this is one of the best, most riveting and complex stories I've come across in some time..." RebelDynasty "Great chapter! Dialogue is completely natural. Great reveal. I love that you deliver such strong imagery and tone without anything flowery. Love this so far!" OtherEvilTwin Contains violence, occult themes, sexuality, and dark situations.

Dr. Shayna Wells is a tenured professor of anthropology, specializing in American lore and legend, who regularly consults with FBI Agent Sean Bryce on the odd case-load he handles. A current case involves a serial killer profiled as a "beast", one who inflicts grisly trauma on their victims; teeth marks, flesh and limbs torn apart, and worst of all, cannibalism. This brings her back around to a formative life-altering traumatic event. She believes the same killer who murdered her boyfriend, when she was a teen is currently on a killing spree, in and around her hometown. Can she navigate the memories she left behind in her old hometown? ...A town full of magical secrets, agendas, desires, and complications? Can she and Special Agent Bryce solve this case before this monster finishes what they started?

Seth Dale is the owner and manager of a horse ranch in Fir Springs, Montana, called Rock Candy Ranch. When Jane Cressie, a well-known travel writer, goes to the ranch with the intent of putting it on the map, she bumps heads with it's owner, who wants nothing to do with big city hipsters. ...But when he gives her a taste of real ranch life, she finds herself taking not just to it, but to him. I'm a big Hallmark/Lifetime romance movie fan. It's my guilty pleasure, but I hate that the lead women tend to fit a very narrow type. So, this is my rendition of a traditional modern ranch TV movie romance. And shallowly speaking? I think Zazie and Garrett make a gorgeous couple.

[Book 1 of the ARC10 Trilogy] **Winner of the 2017 Watty Storysmith award** The President created an underground safe-haven for the survivors of the alien invasion. He built it to save them all from total annihilation. He protects them, feeds them, keeps them under his ever-watchful gaze so they can live. All he asks is that they obey. Captain Janika Lorn doesn't want to obey. Not if it means spreading her legs and contributing to the President's precious eugenics program. As a perfect candidate for the Human Hope Project, she is obligated by law to make more citizens for the dying society. But all she wants is her freedom to fight the Invaders and protect the people who already exist. If the mandated program wasn't bad enough, the worst part is trying to fulfill it with Captain Dean Freyer, her scientifically matched partner and best friend of sixteen years. Just as Captain Lorn is about to succumb to her fate, another opportunity arises. A mysterious commanding officer asks her to lead a human refugee ship--to save humanity by evacuating the destroyed Earth and shuttling the remaining population to a new habitable exoplanet 400 light years away. The mission is perilous. Especially because now, standing between her and her freedom is the hostile alien hosts of her ship, the ARC10, a sister returned from the dead, an array of impossibly confusing alien tech, a rekindled heat between her and Dean, and a sexy militia chief she can't seem to keep her hands off of. ARC10 is a romance-heavy sci-fi with the speculative horror of Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and the military action of Battle: Los Angeles. Cover art by @FayLane Copyright © 2016 by LL Montez

[Book one in 'The Test' series] All seventeen year old Lexi James wanted to do this summer was spend it with her friends. But what happens when she goes to sleep one night and spends it with one-hundred and forty-nine random strangers instead? Being in a fake dream world, one where you're stuck in your mind, while also being controlled by computer codes is one thing, but what about her waking up inside that dream world and not remembering her life outside it? And here's the thing, it's all a test. A test for what? To save humanity. But why does humanity need saving? She doesn't know. She only wants to complete the test, and do all she can to get out. Amazing trailer by: @AlyxMck Side note: This book and series has plot holes and other writing errors I hope to fix in the future. It can be a really confusing ride because I got a bit lazy in the second book. But I hope you enjoy if you do decide to read this :) ❒❒❒❒ Books in this series include: The Test [Book One] (COMPLETED)-A Wattys2014 Beginner's Luck Award winner in thewattys. The Program [Book Two] (COMPLETED) The Computer [Prequel] (ONGOING) Short Stories For The Test [A Short Story Book] (FOREVER ONGOING)-Now including: Short Stories For The Program