Riley knew how to take care of himself. He wasn't good at much, but he could do that and do it well. Cycling through violence and neglect from his father, he didn't have much of a choice. When the abuse turns extreme and Riley can no longer take care of himself, he's forced to rely on the mother who abandoned him when he was five, who also has another family and doesn't appear too pleased about having him back in her life. Physically and emotionally, Riley tries to heal, only to be repeatedly knocked back down. When it comes to his mom, is there even a relationship to salvage? How many chances are too many? And at what point should he just give up and stay down like his father told him? Awesome cover art by _munroe

Alaska Symone was just a teenage girl,enjoying her life,breaking rules and minding her own business,with no friends. All this changes when her principal forces her to join an extra curricular activity or she will be forced to repeat her senior year. She tries every activity but there's only one where she fills she belongs. It's a boy band, little does she know these boys will change her life forever Join her as she embarks on the journey,filled with smiles, laughter, tears and a whole lot of fun! Best ranking 1 #experience 04-01-2021

Marley Taylor may seem like a semi-normal girl to outsiders, but she has some things she doesn't reveal to others. At home, her parents force her to forfeit her phone until school the next day, she has to come straight home after school every day, while on the weekends, she has to be home at 7 pm, and she is not, under any circumstances, allowed to have any bit of contact with a boy. Marley has followed all of her parents' rules since she was a little girl, but when the new boy Rowan Sawyer ends up in her psychology class, breaking the rules doesn't seem like the worst idea anymore. He'll just have to be her little secret.

***WINNER OF MISSMYSTERYGAME'S BOOK OF THE MONTH DECEMBER 2021*** ***2nd PLACE IN THE FANTASY SECTION OF THE PUNK ROCK AWARDS*** In the realm of Glorianna, five young guardians: Titus, Rosemary, Megara, Aiken, and Brennan protect their kingdom with power that they are still learning to control called the Dominions. When the realm gets attacked by an evil wizard named Gedeon and he threatens to take the powers from the guardians, Queen Elora cast an ancient spell that rebirthed them into an unknown dimension. Seventeen years later, the young guardians have forgotten their past. The unknown dimension they were sent to was earth, and their powers lay dormant as they live among humans in the human world. Now known as Judah, Elle, Selena, Asher, and Jayden, can the guardians recollect their old lives before it's too late? Or will the same evil that conquered their original world take over ours too? BOOK 2 UNKNOWN DARKNESS IS OUT NOW!

Eva is an enigma; as bright and kind as she is closed and distant. Ryan is a player; as blithe and uncouth as he is drowning and empty. The two shouldn't even be friends, but each sees in the other what the rest miss: Beneath the exterior festers a tumult of secrets, lies, and despair that may soon cause their carefully crafted worlds to come crashing down.

"Please. No no! I can't take anymore. Just let me go. I won't tell anyone. I promise. Please." I beg. As streams of tears roll down my face. Landing on the concrete floor. He just ignores me. As he walks from the wooden table on the far side of the room. Back to my helpless tied up body. With some type of pliers resting in his tightly closed hand. He is now standing in front of me. Towering over my small shaking frame. Smirking down at me. Causing a shiver to run down my spine. He grabs my left hand in a tight grip. I try to pull it back. But his grip is just too strong. He takes the pliers. Tightly gripping one of my fingernails with them. "No, you don't have to do this! Please don't? I'm begging you! Please!" Pain began as he started pulling back on the pliers. The pain growing with every second. Then a loud cracking sound. And unbearable pain spread throughout my whole hand. Shooting up my arm. I scream out in agonizing pain. As I watch red crimson blood fill the place were my nail used to be. I begin to sob even harder. When I see him move the pliers to the next nail. IS THIS EVER GOING TO END!!!

****Originally titled "The Foster Kid"**** After years of torture, pain, and abuse, 15-year-old Jayden Winston is chosen to be fostered by Regina and Ethan Duncan. Will he learn to love his new foster family, or cause havoc and pain for them? "Well, his mother committed suicide by drug overdose when he was four years old. Her reason was because her husband abused her as well as Jayden. But he treated Jayden worse than he did his wife. Jayden was violated and molested many times. When Jayden was eight years old he finally told someone and his father was put into prison." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I always wanted to have many kids when I'm older, but I also don't want to go through the pain and risks of pregnancies. So I told myself I would foster and adopt. Not only babies and small children but older ones, such as Jayden, who find it hard to find a home because of they're age or their background. I want to be the one to give damaged teenagers a good home and show them the good side of the world that they have probably not seen yet. I want to dedicate this book to my future foster kid, who may be alive right now. And I think about it all the time. Praying for them, because I know what a life like that can do to a person.

'A librarian by day and a mechanic by night huh?' A slightly familiar feminine voice spoke behind me. Choosing to ignore her and continue with my work, I walked towards the trolley where the pile of books I was meant to shelve was sitting. Hearing the little footsteps following me in a slightly hurried manner as if to keep up with my pace. You'd think by my choice to ignore her previous statement that she would get the message that I don't want to talk. Once I stopped at the trolley the footsteps went around the trolley so the person was opposite me. I decided to look down only to be met by curious forest green eyes looking up at me. Urgh not her again. Is she stalking me? ~~~ When a boy who hides his troubles under a mask of isolation and is the loner of the school meets a girl who's the epitome of sunshine. At least that's what everyone thinks, she has a secret and he wants nothing to do with it, I mean who would believe the loner. He wants nothing to do with her either or so he thinks. Their worlds collide and things get a little tricky. Will she help the boy fix his troubles, teaching him love or will they lead each other to a destruction none of them saw coming?

Adam would do anything for his sister Olivia, including protecting her from the monster that roams within their home. James lives with his mother and stepdad. He's never had an easy life, his stepdad has made sure of that. We all have secrets we keep, scars we bare. These three quickly learn they share the same secrets and carry the same burden. Leaning on each other and their group of close friends, they try to navigate through their lives. Their friendship and strength is what will help get them through what seems to be the impossible. Story contains triggers for some readers and heavy topics such as, Abuse Alcoholism Suicidal thoughts