Sherwood Institute for the Magically Afflicted. A refuge for those seeking remedy from curses, hexes and other fantastical ailments. In one night, Ariel Winters went from socialite wannabe to cursed freak. Her heart is turned to glass by a vengeful witch and she is shipped off to Sherwood Institute to find a cure. While receiving treatment, she meets a demonic mobster with anger issues, a timid girl who grows a fish tail when water touches her skin, a beast boy who is kinder than his brutish appearance... As time passes, these damaged people slowly wind their way around her fragile heart. Can Ariel learn to trust them enough to let them into her heart? Or will her new found friendships shatter it before a cure can be found? This will be book 1 in what is tentatively titled The Sherwood Chronicles. Copyright © Melissa Lucas 2013 All Rights Reserved. No part of this literary work may be reproduced or used without written consent from the author. The images in the cover do not belong to me and all rights go to their respective owners.

- sequel to "That's a Good Question" - Twenty-year-old Grey Meesang still has absolutely no idea what he's doing. With a new house, new friends, and a new way of life, demon hybrid Grey is slowly piecing his life back together-as is the mystical city he lives in. Atlanta has sworn in a new mayor, human diplomat Anik Bhatt. Bhatt is a breath of fresh air for the residents of the city, promising better relations between humans and non-humans and a public showcase of Atlanta's tolerant climate. However, when a darker side to Bhatt's new ideas begins to reveal itself, Grey and his friends are caught in the middle. Say something, and risk coming under fire? Or keep quiet, and watch the city they know and love morph from the inside out? Follow Grey's precarious navigation of what's fair and what's not in this much-awaited sequel to That's a Good Question.

Deep in the shadows A darkness lies A ceaseless war That will not die Savage beats With eyes of red With claws and teeth They have bled The strong will survive The weak will die They strive for power And refuse to cry You have no choice If they come for you They will hunt and chase Until they claim you too You cannot hide You cannot run Because for them The hunt has begun

In an alternative universe where tentacle monsters had taken over Australia and assimilated into the human world, a girl risks her life for a clue to escape. ⸻ "Sinister lurks beneath black water." ⸻ Featured on: @WattpadShortStory Spine Tingler @Horror Psychological @Fright Paranormal @dystopianapocalypse Beyond Earth: Robots, Aliens, and Others ⸻ Posted On: December 26, 2019 (6425 words) Latest Revision: July 12, 2020 (7591 words)

[Wattpad Picks: Editors' Choice] Saoirse's blood dances with iron and trickery, a secret she has managed to sheathe from all faery alike. Until now, that is. When Saoirse's cunning and charade is shredded to bits by the malevolent interfering of faery royalty, Saoirse makes a vow of thorns; edged and prickly, one dangerous enough to cost her the life she invoked it for. To keep her life and the cursed magic that makes her both admired and feared, she must use her prized gifts to cross faery territory and charm her way into the heart of the Alder King's Court at the command of the Spring.

Aspiring writer Norah Jacobs needs an escape. In the span of two weeks, her corrupt brother has been jailed for murder and his partner has been hovering on her doorstep, threatening to ruin what little peace she has left. Packing her car, Norah flees the city and goes off the grid, finding refuge in the small coastal town of Bellvale. However, Norah's newfound refuge lands her right in the middle of a power struggle between creatures she thought only existed in fairy tales, and she begins to see that no matter how hard you try to run from your troubles, they seem to have a way of catching up with you... Watty 2014 Winner Haven Copyright © Melissa Lucas 2013 All Rights Reserved. No part of this literary work may be reproduced or used without written consent from the author.

THEODORE is the callous crown prince who doesn't believe that he'll ever be able to find someone who loves him for him and not his crown. KYROS is his younger brother whose past leaves him unable to love, so he acts the playboy prince instead. ILIANA is their sister, a dreamer through and through, who still believes in love. The three royal siblings learn the devastating consequences of love as they try to navigate a world that seems determined to break their bonds. Sequel to Hearts and Crowns, can be read alone. Contains mild spoiler for Hearts and Crowns.

**A Wattpad Featured Story** Kenna Jones isn't a Superhero, and she wants to keep it that way. Though her brother, Sebastien, is a star member of the Sapphire City Super team, Kenna keeps her Super abilities to herself and far away from a celebrity lifestyle she finds selfish and disillusioning. For reasons she'd rather forget, she can't stand most Supers, and uses her mildly famous pen name as a kind of secret identity instead. One evening, fiercely independent Kenna meets the new guy, Enigma, in the most annoying circumstances, and finds him slowly chipping away at her prejudices. Then, with Villains on the loose, threatening to foist a great Evil (with a capital E) on Sapphire City and those she holds dear, Kenna has to ask herself one question: is it time for everything to change?

complications ensue when a mercenary falls in love with the princess he's supposed to be restoring to the throne

"Our women cannot be wooed." Warned the King. "They have not met my men." The Sovereign replied. In Rowland, a kingdom void of love, where even a kiss is unheard of, Illyria is the prim and proper niece of the King, and his unofficial body guard. This princess has never been sated with her position, and has done everything in her power to climb the political ladder to reach the power and prestige she craves, the position of General over the kings army. On the eve of a marriage arranged to help her climb, a mysterious foreign ruler intrudes the castle walls, a masked leader known only as "The Sovereign." King Hal of Rowland takes this invasion to be a declaration of war, but instead the Sovereign is there to make him an offer he can't refuse. Meridian, the suave, lighthearted General of the Sovereign's army was just an adolescent when the plague that killed his Kindoms female population; including half his family, struck Morwick. Can he, his twin brother, cousin and the other young men who have mastered seduction and romance to an art form even turn the heads of icy, detached ladies who have never even heard of it? If they fail, war will soon follow. In this medieval Hunger Games, What happens when politics meet passion? 100 of Morwick's men must face off against 100 of Rowland's women during "Bedding Camp". Though the Morwick's weapon of choice is not what Illyria is expecting. Ranked #1 in Historical Fiction as of June 23 2017 *Complete book available on Amazon* (Link in my bio)