After missing the midnight bus, Jamie is forced to walk home, only to witness the murder of two policemen by the heads of an infamous crime cartel. Jamie's past leaves testifying against some of the most dangerous people in the world an easy decision, even if it means having to become someone else, just to be safe. Thrown into a new environment, with the continuous threat of death looming behind her, one would think romance would be the last thing making its way into Jamie's life, but even fate likes to play cruel games. ____________________________________ A W A R D S • 1st Place in the Hotdog Awards (27 June 2017) • 1st Place in the Celestial Awards (6 July 2017) • 1st Place in the Paint Awards (1 September 2017) • 1st Place in the Indigo Awards (7 September 2017) • 2nd Place in the Diamond Star Awards (2 June 2017) • 2nd Place in the Ice Awards (5 July 2017) • 2nd Place in the Purple Awards (6 July 2017 • 2nd Place in the Hidden Authors Awards (6 July 2017) • 2nd Place in the Psych Awards (25 August 2017) • 2nd Place in the Elimination Awards (12 September 2017) • 2nd Place in the Sanguine Awards (24 October 2017) • 3rd Place in the Candy Awards (8 June 2017) • 3rd Place in the Blue Rose Awards (23 June 2017) ____________________________________ After missing the midnight bus, Jamie is forced to walk home, only to witness the murder of two policemen by the heads of an infamous crime cartel. Jamie's past leaves testifying against some of the most dangerous people in the world an easy decision, even if it means having to become someone else, just to be safe. Thrown into a new environment, with the continuous threat of death looming behind her, one would think romance would be the last thing making its way into Jamie's life, but even fate likes to play cruel games.

Quinn wants to escape her claustrophobic hometown after her father dies unexpectedly from a rare parasitic infection, and an internship filming feed in cities around the world for a software company developing a virtual running game seems like her ticket to run. When it turns out the company is owned by the father of a boy whose motives are murky, her departure leaves her best friend Toby feeling jealous and betrayed back home. As a research assistant for a local professor who believes parasitic infections may be being utilized as a biological weapon, Toby starts piecing together clues that suggest Quinn's father was murdered; a murder connected to the disappearance years before of his own father, a world-famous biomedical engineer on the cusp of a cure for infertility. Toby's investigation circles back to a shadowy pharmaceutical executive he discovers is stalking Quinn, and creates a game of cat and mouse where Toby faces either losing Quinn, or altering her very existence to save her; even as he grapples with the layers of meaning in the last question Quinn's dying father asked him: "Are you real?"

Grace is trying to recover from losing the love of her life. She travels aimlessly for awhile before finding herself in a small coastal town in South Carolina where she meets a single dad named Sam and his daughter Caroline. Both need her as much as she needs them, but will they realize it in time?

*Previously Featured* [Complete] Prince Bastian is the last in a long line of mermen blessed by the Goddess Selene with incredible power. As the tension between his clan and their mortal enemy rises, he prepares to go to war to gain vengeance for the murder of his father. Just after Bastian's coronation, new information comes to light in the form of an uninvited ambassador. Can he trust that this daughter of his enemy is telling the truth? If she is not, can his clan survive the consequences? [Cover art by Canaryko @ http://doodlesfromthebird.tumblr.com/ and used with her full permission!]

All the stories will tell you that the heavens are peaceful. All the people get along all the time, there is no conflict, ever, and nothing bad ever happens. Well, all these stories are wrong. In fact, the heavens are, if possible, more interesting than every other place you could live. This tale is just one example. It is a tale full of grand adventure, betrayal, discovery, and, of course, love.

Agnes Allore's passions are simple: music, first and foremost, rules her heart. Second comes her best friend Daniel, a servant boy. As a girl, Agnes can do as she wishes; her beloved father indulges her willful spirit, and her troubled mother hardly pays her any mind at all. But as Agnes leaves her girlhood behind and becomes a young woman, she learns that dark secrets lurk beneath the surface of her influential family, and none of what she loves can go with her into the dark. --- Daniel Serran is a waif and a wanderer. When he and his disabled father come upon the Allore mansion, they expect to be turned away, but magnanimous Master Allore takes a chance on them. It's there that Daniel meets Agnes, the young lady of the house. Compared to her dazzling mother, Agnes is plain; compared to other women, she's rude and she's wild. But there is something about her that draws Daniel in, and he will never be the same. --- Plunge into a dark retelling of "The Little Mermaid," embellished with mermaid lore. In a world where men's greed knows no bounds, there are few happy endings. FIRST PLACE WINNER - 2018 Iris Awards - Romance Category SECOND PLACE WINNER - 2018 Iris Awards - Overall FIRST PLACE WINNER - 2018 Mystic Awards - Romance Category FIRST PLACE WINNER - 2017 Romance Awards - Heartbreaking Category HONORABLE MENTION - June 2017 Rose Gold Awards - "Best Kiss" TW: Abuse and graphic violence