Sixteen-year-old Mara Westray has just lost her mother, and now, being shipped off to live with the father she doesn’t know is not how she imagined grieving. She’s already counting down the days until she turns eighteen and can leave the tiny island of Swans Landing. But from the moment she steps off the ferry, nothing is as ordinary as it looks. Whispers of a haunting song on the wind make her see impossible things, and she isn’t sure she can trust her judgment about what is real and what isn’t anymore. Maybe she can’t even trust her judgment about quiet Josh Canavan, whose way of speaking in riddles and half-truths only confuses her more, luring her deeper into the secrets hidden beneath the ocean’s surface. As she tries to unravel the events that led to her mom fleeing the island sixteen years ago, Mara finds that the biggest secret of all is only the beginning. SURFACING is currently available in ebook format from Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, iTunes, Smashwords, and other ebook retailers. Available in audiobook from Audible, and in print at Amazon. Visit my website for more information on the Swans Landing series and where to purchase the ebooks: http://www.shananorris.com/surfacing/

I love you. The three simple words were so short, yet meant so much – a perfect combination of fire and passion. It was the statement that all girls longed to hear and the words that drained the colour out of any pubescent boys face. It was the underlying commitment that teenagers threw around constantly, as if it was absolutely nothing. Everybody seemed to be ‘in love’ at Washington Heights. On the first day of junior year, the lockers had come to reside couples exchanging saliva in between classes, and the bathroom talk consisted of the cliche giggly chatter of the greatest sex positions. That exact day, I made a vow to myself. Never will I fall in love.

I may not always be original, but I write this because Peter Pan is one of my loves! This is about how Peter struggles to move on from Wendy, his secret love.

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17 year old James Matherson is forced to move for a 6th time. New city, new neighborhood, and a new school, as if being a teenager wasn't hard enough! But things take a turn for the good as he meets his extremely attractive neighbor Melissa Pierce, and an even better turn as he falls into an awkward situation with highschool royalty Riley Briggs, on whom he develops a crush. Read on to see how this juicy teenage love triangle unfolds and who James ends up with!

This story is published on Amazon.com and available in paperback and kindle After a tragic car accident leaves them orphaned, Rachel Colt and Aaron Michaels have no one else to turn to but each other. The two of them become inseparable and when hormones flair, reality sets in, and tragedy overwhelms yet again; can these two see just what fate has in store for them?

Mia Hastings was never one to follow the rules. Her brother knew it, her best friend knew it. Everyone knew it. She lives for the moment, doing whatever she feels and thinking of the consequences later. Her main goal in life is to live it. Mia’s brother’s best friend Drake O’Connell was never big on rules. The judge who sentences him to 2 years in prison knew it. He is known for being the badboy, partying and womanising. His charm, good looks and obnoxious behaviour made his life pretty easy and his main goal in it was to have fun. He had lost 2 years of his life locked up, so he was determined to make up for lost time. So when these two people are thrown together, both without a care in the world, issues of their own and more secrets than an episode of Pretty Little Liars, you can expect a story full of laughs, tears, arguments and felonies. They might be breaking the law, but both Mia and Drake are about to find out that when it feels wrong, it is ALWAYS more fun. ©makeandoffer

Cairo Blanchard could only be summed up in one word- Doormat. Docile and kind to the point of ridiculousness, Cairo is often over looked and cast aside. Not anymore. It took one summer for it all to change. Starting with a mysterious diary arriving on her birthday, she was spurred to change. Taking one Best Friend with a secret and her dim but beautiful brother, Cairo makes a clean break and ends up in the middle of something she never could have imagined. Beautiful scenery, humorous adventures and wayward anti Heroes are waiting for her, along with a story that waited for her to unveil it all.

Nemesis always wanted to be a Knight where she would be a hero one day. Yet, because she's a girl she got stuck being a guard for one of the seven princesses of the seven kingdoms, Julis from the third Kingdom. When something comes up where the all seven princess from the seven kingdoms are sent away to the forbidden kingdom to meet the prince. Julis is already head over in heels in love with another guy who she met in the village. Stuck on the idea of not going she asks Nemesis for help. To switch bodies with a black potion a witch gave her on her birthday. The potion lasts for exactly a year. Nemesis at first is doubtful, but soon Julis convinces her and they do it. As Nemesis goes to the forbidden kingdom she first is nervous, but soon regrets it when she realizes she's not going back the next day. Actually, never. The forbidden king wants to play a game... A game much more dangerous than she ever thought it would be. As Nemesis struggles to keep the secret of her being a guard and not an actual princess. Things get interesting with the other princesses and a spiteful prince... Who she realizes all have major flaws that play a key role in the near future...

Jasmin Clark has lived a hard life. Since the age of 13, she's been forced into the world of prostitution by the 2 people she should be able to trust the most. Her father and mother. Being the daughter of a pimp and a prostitute isn't easy and Jasmine has decided she can't take it anymore. Learn to cry, lugh, love and live with her as you take the adventure into her life and witness what she must go through in order to find herself. Will she be able to find love or is she ruined for life?