Addressing the face of ignorance? Check. Suddenly getting hit with reality? Check. Wondering how things can change so abruptly? Check. Who knew coming back from summer vacation could lead to so much heartbreak? Emerson "Emie" Badgley sure didn't. She expects to come back to a basic senior year startup with her best friends flanking her side and her boyfriend clutched close. After all, Emie is a nice girl, and she's in a darling relationship with local dream guy Sebastian Caldwell. Sebastian is the perfect gentleman and boyfriend. Well, for Emie anyway. Living in a small town, they've known each other since childhood. As far as any school sweetheart goes, Sebastian and Emie are it. But when Sebastian returns from vacation with his family, there's a noticeable change in him and Emie can't place what. As she tries to take their platonic, conservative relationship to the next level, Sebastian withdraws-avoidance and arguing are what they resort to. With such an abrupt reaction from him, it leaves Emie to ponder just what the issue is. Why is Emie's wish to take their relationship to the next level such a huge problem?

The Noire family curse is out for blood. Zenetra Noire must remain vigilant, especially after joining the Constabulary Force as a cadet-in-training. A distress call radioed in by celebrated explorer Scarlett Burn changes everything. The search and rescue operation over the Ghost Sea puts the team in peril and though led by a powerful alchemic inspector, someone on the airship harbors ulterior motives. To survive, Zenetra relies on haunting childhood stories from her missing sister, but there's no guarantee that her alchemic education is going to solve the secrets of a lost city and the strange, magical phenomenon that encircles it. *SLOWBURN* - *DEEP WORLDBUILDING*

When Rin Findlay visits her late sister's mechanics workshop, she doesn't expect to find much. And she certainly doesn't expect to stay there, working on a project Lucetta couldn't finish before she died. But there's something she doesn't know about her sister's past...

The morning couldn't have gone better; No memory before waking up, alarms blaring in your ears as you try to piece together anything, a bunch of soldiers pointing guns at your face, running barefoot across a parking lot, and two dudes in squirrel costumes. Yep, this was one way to especially screw up your morning. And it just so happens to be my morning, yea me. ______________________________________________________________ Woken in a strange situation, she can't remember who she is. She can't figure out why everything looks so different. And she just can't seem to come to grasp her new reality. On the run from multiple possible hostiles, she's given only one option: to survive. ✦|BOOK 1 OF THE IDENTITY SERIES|✦ Cover by: @CoLLoRBLiND Word Count: 19,290 All Rights Reserved @CoLLoRBLiND