BOOK #1 [A Watty Finalist & Newly Edited!] The Swarm - thought to have originated from biological warfare, arrived, it killed and left millions dead in its wake and still has not been eradicated as it makes its way around the world. A cure is not possible. Irissa Maclin, a reclusive and hostile girl from a desert region that borders the capitol Arid, is on the verge of turning seventeen. Girls of this age from the surrounding regions are selected at random for surrogacy. They will be taken to PURE, a lab to help harbor Seraphim - genetically perfect embryos. If she is to be sent away, can the turmoil deep within her be mended by a young man from a neighboring region - a forbidden attraction that can change everything? Secrets, betrayals, and love pave the path for Irissa. Will she choose her own fate, or succumb to the science that promises a brighter future?

When Sadie was 18, her parents were killed in a car accident, leaving her all alone on her ranch with her quarter horses. Most of them she sold off, but she kept a few favorites to show and breed. University doesn't have a place in her mind;horses are the only thing that matter to her now. Then, on a visit to a family friend's farm, she sees an ordinary bay gelding, who she becomes interested and buys. This horse is special though. It has a secret talent, and its up to Sadie to find it.

As a child, Ashne swore two oaths. With her adopted sister Zsaran she made a pact: one would never die without the other. To their mistress, the queen, who plucked them both out of the inhospitable marshlands, she vowed eternal loyalty. When a tiger spirit from a rival kingdom kidnaps the queen's only daughter, Ashne, now a trusted bodyguard, follows in pursuit despite knowing that her sword will be of little use against the ancient magic steadily reawakening across the land. But it is her human adversaries who prove more dangerous as she navigates the shifting political landscape in a kingdom still recovering from a decades-long war: a foreign sorcerer, an eccentric apothecary, an ambitious bandit chief — perhaps even Zsaran, who has long awaited a chance to achieve freedom for both herself and Ashne. Soon Ashne can no longer reconcile her love for her sister and her devotion to the women they have both served since childhood. Yet she must bring back the princess regardless. If not for love and duty, for her people's continued survival against the encroachment of powerful foreign conquerors, before whose ravenous ambitions the squabbles of two tribal kingdoms amount to dust.

Growing up Selene always felt different somehow to the rest of her peers. But she could never have been prepared for what was about to come her way. Her mundane life will soon spiral out of control, with revelations that will change her forever. Now her nightmares become reality. Denial takes over as she tries to hide from her destiny. A world of secrets, dark magic, wonder and desire. She finds herself drawn to someone she should despise, someone that is out of bounds, entering the dark side of love.

This is when there was no Dylan, no Gen 77 kid or those stupid turn that you hate so dear. This is just Max and Fang, Ella and Iggy, Nudge and (somebody) And guess what? They all done it, do that, now kids? Of course that's not how the story start, so read. Love and Luck, P.S be ware of extreme shock ;D

We thought it was going to be another day of Hunting. We didn't see the Man Hunters close in on us till it was too late. I ran for my life. I didn't care the fact that my best friend, my secret crush, my friends were being trapped and either killed or enslaved. I was caught by one and before i was out cold i heard one thing and one thing only, "We cant survive if the ten of you are alive."

Taylor Hemmingway is your average 15 year old girl. She loves clothes, accessories, and makeup. The only difference? Taylor goes to Shergold Academy, an elite boarding school, where she learns how to defeat the Pernicious Society.

Evangeline is just a normal teenage girl-with wings. When her sister and only family member die, she is found and brought back to be studied by scientist. But Evangeline will not go quietly.

In Book I of the trilogy, Tamras, our hero, arrives in Merin’s house to begin her apprenticeship as a warrior, but her small stature causes many, including Tamras herself, to doubt that she will ever become a competent swordswoman. To make matters worse, the Lady Merin assigns her the position of companion, little more than a personal servant, to a woman who came to Merin’s house, seemingly out of nowhere, the previous winter, and this stranger wants nothing to do with Tamras. Tamras’s journey begins with the smallest of steps. She sets aside her disappointment and performs as well as she can the humble tasks given her, and eventually she succeeds in winning the trust and then the friendship of the cantankerous warrior to whom she has been assigned. In the first year of her journey, Tamras will make a series of choices that often seem insignificant, but they will flow from her character and from her good intentions, and they will determine her destiny.