Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

This is the sequel (continuation) of After. Hardin and Tessa's relationship will be tested in ways she never expected, but he knew of all along.

The passionate story of Tessa and Hardin continues as family secrets, deep betrayals, and career opportunities threaten to tear them apart.

He never knew life could be this way, but truly if he did, he wouldn't have cared. He cared about nothing, not even himself until her. Before her, he was empty/ Before her he knew nothing of joy or completion, and this is his journey to his life After her.

* 2017 WATTY WINNER!* Blurb: Humans are at the top of the food chain and always have been. But what if they weren't? What if another took our place and decided to raise and exploit us as we have every other animal on earth? Welcome to a world after humanity... No one is exactly certain where the sibla came from. Some say they evolved from humans long ago, slowly taking power as their numbers increased. Taller, stronger, and longer-lived, than homo sapiens it isn't too hard to imagine. Now humans must face a reality in which they are no more than animals, domesticated beasts bred for their master's various needs and hungers. Rachel Turner is only eight years old. Born in Demin, one of the last remaining free human settlements on earth, she has never been forced to face the reality of life under a sibla Master, living a carefree existence in her hidden village. Magnus Kendrick is a sibla farmer with a sizable estate on which he raises all manner of livestock, from chickens, to sheep, to...humans. He is also the man destined to purchase Rachel's life. *Warning: This book contains a certain degree of gore and disturbing themes Beautiful cover by @my_fairytale 2016 Fright Fest Gold Winner Cryptic's Choice 2017 WATTY Winner ( Story Smiths category) *All Rights Reserved

Headless bodies start appearing in the streets, so cunning Detective Rashida Heyes and her partner have to stop the killer to prevent the apocalypse ***** After bodies start appearing in the middle of the streets, hollowed and headless, Detective Rashida Heyes and her partner, Travis Virgil, are given the case. However, once they dig deeper, meeting the emotionally broken Victor Eccelstone, and realize how heavily the church is involved, Rashida has to acknowledge that this case might be bigger than she had ever imagined. These crimes aren't the act of one man - they're the beginning of the end of the world [[Winner of the 2017 Wattys Storysmith Award]] [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]

Emma Sinclair fühlt sich durch die unerbittliche Strenge ihrer Mutter, der ständigen Forderung ihres Vaters und der Jahrhunderte alten Bürde, die auf ihr lastet, mehr und mehr einsam und verwirrt. Sie weiss nicht, wer sie ist und wohin sie gehört. Sagen ihre Eltern ihr tatsächlich die Wahrheit? Und wieso ist eine schon lang vergangene Tat eine solche Schmach für ihre Familie? Emma muss immer wieder ihren Mut und ihre Willenskraft unter Beweis stellen, besonders als ein Mitglied einer verfeindeten Familie aus unerklärlichen Gründen plötzlich auftaucht und nicht mehr von ihrer Seite zu weichen scheint: Emma ist keinesfalls eine gewöhnliche junge Frau, denn ab und an verschwindet sie... in der Zeit. Highest Ranking: #1 in Historische Romane (16.11.2017) 😍

❝i've delicately chosen letters to form words and words to form sentences, each sentence a colorful paint stroke on the canvas of my mind.❞ [ #1 in poetry on 27/08/16 ]

"Du kannst versuchen es zu leugnen, dich zu widersetzen und mich von dir fern zu halten. Ich werde aber nicht aufgeben, Ella.", knurrte er leise und kam langsamen Schrittes auf mich zu. Mir blieb die Luft im Halse stecken, als er schier zärtlich mit einem Finger über meine Wange streifte. "Ich werde Dich nicht aufgeben..." *~*~*~*~*~*~* Was würdest du tun, wenn du 200 Jahre in die Vergangenheit reisen würdest? - mit nichts als das, was du anhast und mit dem Wissen, das du besitzt. Ella Blanc ist Medizinstudentin und wird eines stürmischen Abends vom Blitz getroffen - und in die Vergangenheit versetzt. Während sie versucht einen Weg zurück in ihre Zeit zu finden, muss sie sich durch den schweren Alltag schlagen. Ohne Internet, ohne Autos, ohne Elektronik. Der Herr des Hauses, in dem sie aufgenommen wird, ist ein skrupelloser, machtgieriger, frauenfeindlicher und herzloser Mensch - und obwohl er alles widerspiegelt, was Ella verabscheut, entstehen ungewollte Gefühle zwischen ihnen. Die Hass-Liebe, die sich entwickelt, reicht durch Raum und Zeit. Aber werden sich die beiden ihren Gefühlen so einfach hingeben? © Alle Rechte vorbehalten

WATTY'S 2017 NEWCOMER AWARD WINNER: What would you sell yourself for? Madeline knows. She's spent the last eighteen years impatiently waiting for her Auctioning so she can sell herself to MERCE Solutions Limited for a hundred thousand credits. But when the Auctioneer fails to call her and two suits show up at her doorstep, Madeline discovers there are far worse bargains to be made. So when your loved ones are in danger, there's a bounty on your head and your entire city might turn out to be a lie... what would you sell yourself for? "An action-packed cyberpunk thriller in the vein of Phillip K. Dick." ~ KISA WHIPKEY, REUTS PUBLICATIONS "A book that shakes you to the core and makes you take a close look at the world around you." - A DROP OF INK REVIEWS Updated every Wednesday and Saturday (Australian Time). Published under the pen name Lee S. Hawke and available in full on Amazon, iBooks, Kobo and Nook.