Watty Awards 2012 Fantasy Undiscovered Gem Winner The world takes on a new meaning when Blaise Anthony wakes up, alone and forgotten to a world that she can't remember. Not knowing who she is or who to trust is only the beginning. With only a bag of generic items and a note written by an unknown person, she's opted to try and create a new life for herself. Of course, ignorance and pretending can only get you so far. With her only true friend, a German shepherd named Bear, Blaise has to try to find herself. Either way, she's in deeper water than she could ever imagine.

Kennedy was dared to pickpocket the next person that came out of the bar that one dead night. Who was it? It was the school's angered issued bad boy. The worst part? She was caught. "After all, I wanted to be with a guy I wasn't supposed to be with, I mean, I have never been with someone who could make my heart beat this fast when I didn't want it to beat at all."

Jillian's senior year was supposed to be easy, but when her father's job causes the two of them to uproot their life and move to Byrendale, it doesn't take long to realize that the small town is still mourning a tragedy. Meeting Parker was something she didn't expect. He's an outcast, but more importantly, he's been accused of murdering his sister. The more time the two of them spend together, the closer they grow, and Jillian is able to see what everyone else refuses to - he's innocent.

Madeline had one purpose that day. Go into Hale Industries, speak to hot shot billionaire Blaine Hale, and get her scholarship back. Her plans went downhill fast after she sneaks into his office and gets kicked out by Blaine Hale himself, who doesn't plan to deal with a problem as insignificant as hers. Blaine Hale insults Madeline and gets her thrown out of Hale Industries. Later in the night, Madeline ends up in front of Hale Industries. She plans to sneak into the building in an effort to retrieve her bag, which she left in Blaine Hale’s office after getting kicked out. What Madeline doesn't expect is to walk in in the middle of a kidnapping. The kidnapper — Vitaly Aminev, a young leader of the Russian Mafia. The target —Blaine Hale…. and Madeline, who everyone assumes is Blaine Hale’s girlfriend.

Pen's uncle is a cop, and ever since she was able to crawl, she was being versed in the arts of stranger danger (and possibly a few karate, ninja-like moves). So when some unknown guy begins to chat her up through her car window, and then goes on to watch her as she drives away, she does what she's been taught: she goes to the cops. However, this turns out to be the least suspicious thing to occur in the following week. A new boy at Penelope's school invites her over to dinner, and suddenly she's being informed that she's involved in a prophecy (which was written on, excuse me, is that toilet paper?) to help stop an evil mastermind named Sir Dastardly and reclaim the prized Purity Crystal. Pen's reaction? (Well, after she goes a little crazy with her stun gun.) For reasons she still can't explain, to help him and his family take down Sir Dastardly and-so they tell her-to help save the world. Well, not all evil plots end the way we assume, right? [COMPLETED]

Sable Marks never thought that five months after graduation she would still be in the same ocean-side town she grew up in. But five months ago Sable Marks' father wasn't dying, her mother wasn't sleeping with her hunk of an assistant (and lying about it), and her brother Nolan wasn't taking a face dive off a cliff. Then Sable meets Parker Nova, a cigarette smoking hard ass who just happens to be the son of the most notorious Lawyer in Hines Trail and decides maybe its her turn to act out and show her family just how 'fine' she really is. But Parker has other plans for Sable. Plans that include finding who the real Sable Marks is and, despite his best efforts not to, discover a bit about himself in the process. Five months ago, Sable Marks never thought she'd find solace in the shape of a troubled boy with dark blue eyes, but five months can change a person. {Spiritual #8 / Teen Fiction #212} *Contains swearing, mild violence and talk of abuse.*

(Completed)- Aria Cadence has lost her passion to sing. For seventeen years, what she once thought was a beautiful escape, is now an unspoken taboo.Her passion for singing has been torn, broken and beaten down to the point that she wants nothing to do with singing-or music for that matter-ever again. And whose to blame her? Having two successful parents in the music industry and an younger sister who is now America's next Taylor Swift puts a lot of pressure on a girl. Teegan Kemp is the exact opposite.He wants only one thing in life and that is to thrive in the music world. It's hard business all right, but he has the looks, the voice, and the charisma to make it. But one day is all it takes to change that. In that one fateful day, Teegan learns that he has a progressive disease that will slowly deteriorate his hearing until one day, he wont ever be able to hear again. When Teegan and Aria meet that fateful day in the hospital, Teegan instantly wants a friendship with the hard-shelled Aria. The only thing is, he wants to keep the loss of his hearing a secret to everyone-exspecially Aria. But it's easier said than done with hearts and dreams on the line. ~*~ *Completed on 10/31/13 Rankings: Chicklit #40 Romance: #156

Hazel Reed, a self proclaimed loser by choice, never thought for one second that she would ever hire a boyfriend. She had her entire life planned out. In the last year of her high school life, Hazel is eager to set out somewhere far, far away, unfortunately, her meddling family wants something else entirely. With her family pressuring her to not become a crazy cat lady, unmarried and alone, Hazel has finally had enough. Hiring a man she could never fall in love with to be her boyfriend, Hazel sculpts the perfect plan involving one messed up road trip, a wedding, and a whole lot of Lies. What she didn't expect was to end up getting targeted by the 'Blood Kings', a notorious gang, no thanks to Coda. Coda Williams is the epitome of the word carefree. With YOLO as his life motto, Coda has no plans for his future, choosing to "float his boat where ever the wind takes him." -or whatever that means. He's handsome and everything a girl could want-except when they find out about his gang related past.So what happens when Hazel Reed, the uptight, anal class president of his highschool offers him a deal even he can't resist? Spinning into a world filled with gossiping families, hard right hooks and revenge thirsty gangs, Coda begins to question what exactly he has gotten himself into with Hazel Reed. ~*~ (HUMOR/ROMANCE/ACTION) Rankings: Teen Fiction: #22 Humor: #44 Completed: August 25, 2015

❝ Wait," I say, backing away. "Let me get this straight- you're Santa Clause?" I stare at the boy no more than a couple years older than me. He had to be kidding. He rolls his eyes, his handsome face illuminated by the lights on the tree. "Well when you put it that way, I suppose." The candy cane i am sucking on falls from my lips, clattering to the floor. "B-But where's the beard, the overflowing fat and the HO HO HO?" He snorts, a charming smile on his lips as he tugs on the end of my Santa hat. "Sweetheart, it's all just the Santa Clause Act.❞ ~*~ p.s. The current cover was made by Isasecret Ranking: short story #9/ Teen Fiction: #56