All good things never have the best intentions. All good people never get the great things. All the good books never have the best endings.

Vanessa-centric. Adopted by Lin and Vanessa story. A little girl, Mazzy, has been failed by the system in every way possible. Until Vanessa becomes her attorney and tries her case....and falls in love with the little girl who has given up on hope. Can Vanessa and Lin teach her what love and family really means?

Takes place two years after the conclusion of "Stranger". Nora is 15 and her mother is on a downhill spiral.

Lin discovers he has a 13 year old daughter by an ex-girlfriend. She's had a rough life up until now. When her mother is arrested, Lin and his wife Vanessa take her in.

(Y/N) Scoresby and her daemon Aster receive the adventure of a lifetime when they team up with Lyra Belacqua to help her rescue some kidnapped children in the far north. (Lyra x OC) (Will Parry x OC) (I DO NOT OWN HIS DARK MATERIALS or Phillip Pullman's Work. ONLY MY OC'S)