Sixteen-year-old Mara Westray has just lost her mother, and now, being shipped off to live with the father she doesn’t know is not how she imagined grieving. She’s already counting down the days until she turns eighteen and can leave the tiny island of Swans Landing. But from the moment she steps off the ferry, nothing is as ordinary as it looks. Whispers of a haunting song on the wind make her see impossible things, and she isn’t sure she can trust her judgment about what is real and what isn’t anymore. Maybe she can’t even trust her judgment about quiet Josh Canavan, whose way of speaking in riddles and half-truths only confuses her more, luring her deeper into the secrets hidden beneath the ocean’s surface. As she tries to unravel the events that led to her mom fleeing the island sixteen years ago, Mara finds that the biggest secret of all is only the beginning. SURFACING is currently available in ebook format from Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, iTunes, Smashwords, and other ebook retailers. Available in audiobook from Audible, and in print at Amazon. Visit my website for more information on the Swans Landing series and where to purchase the ebooks: http://www.shananorris.com/surfacing/

"You're just a girl, not even a pretty one. You were just something to fill my spare time, nothing more. And these? Well they're just notes."

A collection of notes, a public library, two teenagers, and zero spoken communication.

Julie has always been the shy type. Her world changes when she finds wattpad, a very popular ebook community. She becomes addicted to it and even starts posting her own stories. But are friends, fans and votes all she will get from this site? Or is it possible to find love as well?

Peyton has no family. Her parents died in a car crash, her grandparents died a while ago and she's an only child. She's been to at least fifteen funerals in her lifetime, for family but now she only has one more funeral to go to. Her own.

My name's Gabrylle. Gabrylle Andrews. Yes like Gabrielle but I guess my parents wanted to make it look unique. My dark brown hair is the shade of mahogany, it has perfect big curls just as big as an onion ring that flows down my shoulder. My eyes has the unusual shade of brown, umber - it looks like raw unheated clay earth pigment. My height and body features are very average for my age. I'm 16, in year 11. I just finished my GCSEs. My best friend, Jai and I have our futures planned together or so that's what we both thought...

❝for I am nothing but a statue watching you come and go.❞ she refuses to let go of him, he refuses to know of her existence

❝ if a clock could count down to the moment you meet your soul mate, would you want to know? ❞