!! GOLD MEDAL WINNER - 2014 READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD CONTEST !! Do you think you know what it is like to be a famous teen star? Do you think she is always sexy and looking for her next party? Think again. Discover the Starlet Series and uncover the life of a talented actress caught in Hollywood's web of lies. ~*~ I'm actress Liana Marie Michael. I won an Oscar at 17 but whatever. Really. Celebrity is what it is: marketing a product. I'm part of a tight-knit group of kids of celebrities. I keep to myself and don't complain about my life. I've been happy until lately. Evan dumping me leveled me. Matthew shocked me. I knew he couldn't hurt me with my bodyguard so near, but his eyes...so I have trust issues. Dating super-hot Byron didn't help clear the confusion either. I'm torn between going to church on Sunday and making a living from pop culture. But experience builds perspective. My days of shutting up needed to end. First, I told Manuel. Then I told my mom. It turned out awesome until I learned the truth. Now I'm screwed. Totally. Let's face it: Hollywood's web entangles everyone. ~*~ Winner of the January 21, 2013 IBD Award! Gold Medal Winner, 2013 AUTHORSdb Book Cover Contest! "YA fans will absolutely want to check out this series, where they'll find a new heroine to root for in the flawed but sympathetic Liana." - BlueInk Review ---Genres: YA contemporary romance, teen love and romance, young adult, coming of age fiction, new adult fiction, edgy inspirational romance, multicultural romance. Contains premarital sex and mild swearing. Copyright 2013 by Carla Hanna, 2012 by Carla J. Hanna. All rights reserved. Wattpad version. You can find the edited, final version here: http://www.amazon.com/Starlets-Web-Starlet-Carla-Hanna-ebook/dp/B00A0XPODU

We hope you'll be inspired, shocked, amused, and touched by this selection of letters from the DearTeenMe.com website. 'How awesome would it be if authors wrote letters to their teen selves?' A year and a half later, you can pick up DEAR TEEN ME from Zest Books, read more on the website, or just kick back and enjoy the selection we'll be posting here. Co-curators: E. Kristin Anderson and Priya Chand. The individual letters are property of the contributing authors. We can't guarantee your head won't explode from the mix of angst and excitement, but you *will* enjoy the ride.

Popstar sensation Justin Bieber has been the victim of paparazzi for months and months now. They’ve bothered him for years and now they’re ganging up against him. Over and over, it keeps happening. They invade his private space, moments and ruin every possible chance of being normal he gets. They’ve taken Justin’s emotional state and shattered it to pieces to the point where he’s fragile. No one knows when his breaking point will be, but whenever it happens, the paparazzi will be their to catch it. And they won’t stop until they bring down his entire career and everything he’s worked for. Jackie Miller crosses paths into Justin’s life in the most unexpected way possible. Little do they know, they’ll end up needing each other more than they thought possible. And, who knows, maybe Jackie could be the one to help Justin see a better life. A life that doesn’t involve paparazzi. Can she be the one to save him before he decides to give it all up? But with the public eye judging Justin’s every move, making false accusations and slowly corrupting the true person he really is... Will they also take Jackie away from him? The only good thing he might possibly have left? When will they understand that he’s only human? Copyright © UndercoverGirl26