BOOK ONE IN THE WICCAN SERIES Cyrus Laveau's life had never been perfect, but he always worked with what he was dealt. That included witches, pyromaniacs and human sacrifices. ... Returning to high school after being suspended for a week, Cyrus's goal was to stay under the radar. The opposite happens when on his first day back, his friend goes missing and the only one who saw the culprit was him. But how do you tell your friend's brother and the sheriff that the kidnapper was a two faced shadow creature with glowing purple eyes? As expected he immediately tells his best friend, Christian, who is expectantly skeptical until he sees first hand Cyrus's car come to life. Together the two decide to investigate not only what took their friend but a way to get them back. The situation only grows more dire when more bodies begin to pop up around town with the same symbol carved into their foreheads and the creature's attacks becoming more frequent. Admit the hallucinations, midnight skinny- dipping and breaking and entering, Cyrus discovers parts of himself he wished would have stayed buried. That he is connected to the witches that once helped to create their town over a hundred years ago and has magical powers he never knew about. It was hard enough when everyone looked at him expecting a break down or another car accident, now he had to worry about not hexing someone. The last time he checked, being a witch was not on his schedule.

Failing upwards refers to a series of failures which are beneficial to an individual's career; failures providing learning experiences - adapted from Simplicable.com. Falling can happen in many ways. Perhaps you fell from a height. Perhaps you fell from grace. Perchance, you were at the top, but then everything came crashing down at you. What if that descent allowed you a new path to change? What if a new doorway was opened? Maybe your sins can be forgiven. What if, instead of falling and hit the floor, you fell upwards instead? What if instead of descending, you ascended? What if you lost everything, just to be given a better chance? It's too bad that the road to redemption is not easy. Oliver Prince, a teenaged delinquent with abnormal strength, has his iron-grip of reality forcibly taken from him when he messes with a foreigner. This puts him in cahoots with an extravagant man who will open his eyes to a side of life which was only relegated to fiction.

Ivory Jones has faced the challenges of segregation all her life. Growing up in Birmingham, one of the most segregated cities in America, she keeps her head down and avoids socializing with all people that are trouble. It's 1963, and as racism gets worse in America, the risk of danger is rising rapidly for Ivory. Everything and everyone around her is crashing and burning, while she is forced to sit still and watch. Just when Ivory decides it's not worth living her painful life anymore.. Will a certain turquoise-blue eyed boy be able to save her?