He closed his eyes again and tried to remember. There had been a fight. Alice was there. She had been naked, screaming and hitting him. He remembered entering the house. He was holding his shotgun. He had wanted to teach them both a lesson. Before that, he could remember sitting in his shed, watching them through the half pulled curtains as he eased his pain with whisky, seeing them as they laughed together and crying as he saw them kiss.

In the midst of the long and woeful war between the Kailin and Grimmer, one young woman learns the true powers of her heritage and the test between friendship, partnership, and battle. She is determined to discover her life whether with tooth or blade, and will stand with her families -- no matter what they may be.

After an incident three months ago and her parent's divorce, Reina Caverly finds a way to cope: cutting herself. Her mother's a workaholic, her sister is an out of control teenage girl, and her dad disappeared from the face of the planet. She can't even tell her two best friends, Joshua and Megan, about her problems. Then she meets young and mysterious Calvin Young about to commit suicide by jumping from her school's rooftop which surprised Reina. He's rich; he's handsome for his age, and does well at school, so why? Why would someone who has everything want to kill himself? Everyone has a dark secret, even Calvin who seems to have the world. Can Reina and Calvin learn to speak up about their issues? Can they find their reasons to live? ______ "One day you'll leave me. You don't want a girl with a rape story," I said as I desperately tried to stop my sobs and hiccups. "You deserve someone who is prettier and more stable then me." "Mon ange ," he whispered to me lightly as he held my tear-stained face. I looked at him and my breath shortened as I met his intense look. "I don't want anyone else," he said, "because I just want you." ______ WARNING: Story contains rape, self-harm, and suicidal ideation.

BOOK I Her past still haunts her....her past still wants to find her...but will her future change that? At the tender age of five Skylar was sold by her own parents to human trafficking. Sky's past is still haunting her to this day. Years later, she's trying to move on by trying to open up her heart to a millionaire...Who may be her mate. But her past still haunts her and her owner refuses to give her up.

Leto’s life is turned upside-down when an excellent performance at a mathematics competition catches the attention of a prestigious school. Given an invitation to the life of the privileged, she is torn between looking after her two young siblings and a chance at success. Caught on the threshold of poverty and riches – she must make her choice

Eloise Danford is a good girl. She gets great grades, is polite to nearly everybody she meets, has an excellent relationship with her parents, and has never been one to party wildly. Things change though, when Ellie's cousin drags her to a party where she's never met anybody. It seems to be just the freedom she needed to finally let loose and go just a little crazy. She meets Tyson, the gorgeous, mysterious, green eyed guy who decided to dance with her. When Ellie wakes up from her wild night out, she decides to try moving past it, but that's not so easy when your school is full of rumor hungry teenage girls who love getting the latest gossip. Will she ever be able to move one with that night? Or will everything always come back to that one night? cover image from Oana Befort, edited by me.

Everyone dies, someday and somehow. Sixteen year old Allie is dying of cancer. More than anything, she wants to be a normal teenager. But pretending is exhausting and the lies pile up. With a chance at first love and true friends, Allie must choose between maintaining the pretence or risking everything with the truth. Can Allie open her heart and embrace love? If you liked 'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Green or 'A Walk to Remember' by Nicholas Sparks, you'll love Awakening to Life.