Abril has a secret...she's the daughter of the richest man in the county, but because of a childhood incident she decides she can't tell anyone, even her five quirky best friends. But what happens when the secret begins to get harder to keep? Especially when the one person she didn't want to know finds out, and it's not quite the reaction she was expecting from him.

Kalen Mercer's Rules of Survival Rule #1: Don't get caught. Rule #2: Always get even. Rule #3: Trust Nobody. Survival isn't just a word to Ioney Mercer; it's a way of life. Having grown up in poverty in Chicago where some of the most ruthless gangs in the country preside, Ioney knows better than anyone what it takes to stay in the game. Or so she thought. When her older brother Kalen is brutally murdered and Ioney is left to take care of her younger siblings, she doesn't think things can get any worse. That is until in a cataclysmic turn of events, Ioney is thrown into a pit of danger her brother has left behind. Sinister people have suddenly developed an interest in her, she unwittingly falls into the middle of growing gang rivalries, and unfortunately manages to land herself under the scrutiny of Chicago Blood Kings Enforcer Justice Montoya. As things escalate rapidly, Ioney finds herself at a crossroads. Can she trust notoriously ruthless gangster Justice Montoya, or is he just another enemy she has to conquer in order to survive.

For three years, Juliana has seen how her brother and his friends play the game. A game that every girl at Roosevelt High knows about. She has seen how her brother changes rankings and the color of his Letterman jacket. Each number represents every girl the members have ever slept with, and each color represents how close they are to that legendary black-and-grey Letterman. Juliana and her friends are the coaches, but Juliana holds the legendary Playbook. She has learned each and every move the players of the school use. She's become the master of the secrets these guys play. Juliana and her friends are the only girls that don't fall for their games. But what happens when Alejandro, one of the school legends, wants to have Juliana? Will her knowledge and skills of his games help her from falling for him? Or will Mr. Player have to give up his dignity to be with her?

"Anorexia. When you hear it, when you say that word, you think of a girl, right?" Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the skinniest of them all? Jack Thorne has lost everything. Still struggling with guilt and grief from his fathers death, old emotions and demons from the past resurface when his best friend suddenly dies. He had nothing - until he met her. Emily Gray, a mysterious yet inviting girl that, unbeknownst to Jack, is connected to him forever. Just Jack chronicles the life of a teenage boy, on the brink of becoming a man, who develops anorexia after the sudden death of his best friend. Join him on his journey to recovery and on the rocky roller coaster of a new found love.

Tragedies change people. That being said, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the accident changed Gemma. Anger problems seem like the only issue to her, but her father and evil step-mother see a lot more than that lying underneath. Unable to help her, they go to their last resort; they send her to Safe Haven, a summer camp for troubled teens. Haven is a place where misunderstood teenagers can realize their problems and work through them in a safe environment. At least, that's what Gemma thought. The first things that come are the notes. Each one is written with a specific message on it, targeting the accident that killed her best friend and blaming her. The next are the secrets; everyone has one. But does everyone have one about her? The threads start unraveling as Gemma searches for the person who's hurting her; the person who is trying to drive her insane. But the closer she comes to uncovering the secret, the closer she comes to realizing that not everyone is who they seem. Mystery #3 October 3rd, 2012 Watty Awards Mystery Finalist 2012 Cover by @captainmarvel165

My hands were shaking non stop as I gathered my strength to continue flipping through the pages of the book which I was reading. I bought this book for the excitement of it but never did I expect that it would give me the creeps- Big time! "Here goes nothing." I told myself as I scanned the book all the way through the end. What I saw next was completely terrifying! "Jake Thomas: Destination Hell." was written clearly on the next page. Who is Jake Thomas? Well that's me! At first it excited me to buy a book with my name as the title for it and now I, unexpectedly, got what I was looking for- ADVENTURE! I just came to possess the book which would serve as a reference by God in the future for my judgement. And yes! It says I'm going to Hell so if you were in my shoes, would you do everything you could to save yourself? They call me the "MIRACLE MAKER" and all I know right now is I seriously need a miracle!

When her parents and brother are murdered, Danae Levesque finds herself with a shattered life and broken heart. AIl that changes when she visits a circus that arrives once every hundred years in her little hometown. There, in a world of magic and danger, she meets Lucas. Charming, handsome and mysterious, Lucas sweeps Danae off her feet when he offers her a home in the circus, a home she's certain she'll never find with her dead family. As she slowly becomes part of his family, she learns the reason for the circus's existence, and Lucas's secret. She vows to do all she can to keep the boy she loves alive. But things are not as simple as it looks. Danae and Lucas are not just two teenagers with their lives destroyed by death. Their fates have been intertwined even before they were born. When an enemy arrives, Danae finds herself torn between two worlds and in deep trouble. They say that a siren's call is the deadliest thing in the world, and the siren the most despicable creature anyone can meet. What if this time, Danae is the siren sent to lead Lucas to his death?

Charlie is in serious hot water. After a naked girl falls from the sky, lands on his lawn, and claims to be from heaven, his entire summer is flipped upside-down. This girl can talk to animals, fight like a ninja, and hear people's thoughts. Plus, it doesn't hurt that she's got the most gorgeous blue eyes this side of the equator and skin as soft as goose down. But she is on earth for one reason and one reason only: to save a lost soul left behind on the wrong plane. Charlie agrees to help her, but when her jealous partner shows up to speed up the process, things get tense for all of them. Can Charlie let go of the one thing that has ever made him feel worthwhile? And more importantly, does she feel the same?

A is for Alice. My name. Or what I would like to call my name. Instead, I'm just A, like the first letter in the alphabet. Unlike you, I don't have the ability to live. I'm locked in a cell, being picked and probed at. There are others of my kind, but where are they? I don't know. For now, it's just me. When genetically repaired humans begin appearing in Area X, subject A has no other choice but to imbrace it. For months, she has been locked up in confinment, seeing none of her kind, not even knowing who she is or where she came from. In the first novel of the series The In-betweens, subject A meets some of the first of her kind and together, they will figure out who they are and why they are here.

*WattyAwards2012 Finalist* Running from a dark secret, Roxie has spent her life protecting and caring for her twin sister, Rosie. Now that Rosie is getting married to a werewolf, Roxie is forced to interact with people who could reveal her secret such as the best man, her supposed 'mate', who keeps prying to find out why Roxie is so reserved. And Ella, her best friend from the orphanage that started it all and shares the same secret as Roxie. Secrets like theirs has to come out eventually, and on the bumpy road of two month wedding planning, everything is going to go up in the air. *Warning: I wrote this when I was like 14/15 and never edited or improved it. If you hate it and find it ridiculous, that's probably because a ridiculous teenager wrote it, but thanks for giving my old writing a try at all. I promise I write better now.*