This is a new original work I'm currently working on. The project currently is a little over 42K words, but I just wanted to post the first chapter or two on here to get feedback from any interested readers of YA/NA fantasy fiction.
"MIDNIGHT TRAIN" follows high schooler Leo Andujar who, after an accident, finds himself on a bewildering, constantly changing train ferrying the souls of the deceased to the afterlife. After a meeting with the train's conductor, Death, Leo learns he's not fully dead yet and that he has a chance to return to the living world once the train makes its next stop there. He becomes a Daemon in the interim, a guardian spirit keeping order aboard the train until he's finally able to return to his old life. But a Daemon's life isn't so easy, and when his presence reawakens an ancient entity, Leo's chances of getting home won't be either.
Noor, a dancer in the Royal Court of the Al-Yauzhan Empire wants nothing more than to pay off her debts and lead a nice, simple life-but a chance encounter with the crown prince and his brother brings her into the dangerous world of court politics. As Noor and the princes investigate their uncle and cousin's possible treason, she grows closer to the crown prince, but in order to save the kingdom and the person she loves, Noor will have to risk everything...
A romantic adventure set in an imagined Arabic kingdom, THE DANCING GIRL is a story of court intrigues, romantic entanglements, and secret meetings as Noor and her best friend Amir try to help the princes they're falling for expose corrupt court officials with plans to seize the throne. Noor and Amir are close to having everything they've ever dreamed of...now all they need to do is survive.