Debutauthor Stories

Dancing Through College is not the story people think it will be. After high school, Emily does everything right-moves out, enrolls in college, gets a job. When bills arrive faster than paychecks, an unexpected opportunity off Highway 155 in East Texas changes the course of her life. By night, she becomes Holly, dancing at a small strip club to pay her way through school. By day, she's a college student learning who she is and where she's going. What begins as a way to survive becomes something deeper. Inside the club, Emily discovers that most people aren't chasing fantasy. They're chasing conversation. Comfort. A place where someone remembers their name and listens without judgment. Between awkward song requests, wobbling heels, dressing-room wisdom, and late-night talks, she learns lessons no classroom could teach-about loneliness, resilience, boundaries, and when it's time to walk away. Written with humor, warmth, and honesty, Dancing Through College is a coming-of-age memoir about work, dignity, and the quiet power of listening. It's about women looking out for each other, men learning to speak, and a chapter of life that did exactly what it was meant to do. It wasn't for everybody. But for her, it worked.

"Sometimes there is nobody to help you out when you really need. And at some point you realise that life isn't a love story and that you aren't the weak girl waiting for the prince in the shining armor to help you. No, in fact, you realise that you are on your own and you need to save yourself alone. Because sometimes the protagonist don't have a best friend to help her out." "What makes you think that you are a protagonist?" "Well, because it's my job to decide the life that I'm going to live." Six teenagers brought together by an art club. Too different, but also very alike, they will fight to survive high school. And it's time to they take control of their own lives. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Check out the first chapter of my debut novel, Shatter, which is available for purchase on Amazon and the Barnes and Noble website for $16.95, or you can buy a signed copy from me personally for $19.95 (shipping included, if within the US) Trapped in the frozen wasteland of Ireland, Peter and his brother, Felix, are in a constant battle for their lives. It doesn't help that they and the other Surface Dwellers are always in fear of being abducted. Rachel Brown lives in the Glass City, a massive city that hovers above the west coast of Ireland. But the City hides an ugly secret, even from Rachel: without the slaves from the Surface, the City would fall. Chaos erupts when Peter is ripped from the Surface to be a slave for the mayor of the Glass City-Rachel's father-leaving Felix behind with near fatal injuries. Both Rachel and Peter's worlds are shattered as Peter fights to get back to his brother and Rachel learns just how monstrous the people of the Glass City really are.

Behind the high walls of a Pakistani village home, Parveen tends to a courtyard where dreams go to wither. The scent of cardamom tea and fresh roti lingers in the air, mixing with the salt of unshed tears. Each day blends into the next-sweeping floors, mending clothes, lowering her eyes at the right moments. The bulbul sings in its cage, its wings brushing against bars no one else can see. When the carefully constructed walls of obedience begin to crack, Parveen discovers the most dangerous truth of all: in a world built to silence her, even a whisper can be revolutionary. This is not a story about defiance. This is a story about survival-about the quiet wars fought behind henna-stained hands and the unbearable cost of being a girl who dares to dream.

Ponyo was just a girl who had a royal family, until a mysterious "Darkness" took over her town. Now she must live in poverty in a dirt cottage with the rest of the townsfolk. In 90 days when Ponyo turns 18 years old her parents will kick her out of the house and probably shun her for eternity. Confused and scared, Ponyo scurries to find a life path and arrangements for when her 18th birthday comes. But as she delves deeper into finding a solution to her problem, she discovers terrible secrets and unexplainable truths about her family, the "Darkness" and her town. Why are her parents so set on blocking her from their lives? Does she know too much? What does she know too much about? Will her investigation lead her into hot water? Will she discover something unimaginable? Or will the "Darkness" take over?

Losing my parents at sixteen was hard enough. Throw in a drug addict twin sister and a pile of debt and you get desperate. That's the only word that accurately describes what I felt the day I handed over the keys to my childhood home and moved to the town of Sacona. The whole place was nothing like I remembered. The people were skittish and filled with ridiculous superstition. It's only been four years since we last visited and since then it's earned a reputation amongst the locals as the town of the dead. I suppose a string of mysterious deaths will do that to people, especially in a small town where everyone knows everyone. Some say the town is haunted by the ancestors of generations before them, cursing any newcomers that hold no relation to the founding families, but I don't believe in ghosts. The world is scary enough as it is without adding another dimension of fear. Whether I'm being ignorant or intelligent is yet to be seen.

" s o m e t i m e s, home isn't four walls - it's two eyes and a heartbeat." *** Helping people recover, changing lives for the better and giving them hope is what Dr Robin Casey is bent on doing in her life - for all purposes and intents (and, of course, getting enough money to travel the world). Running into a distressed man who previously lost his wife and is seeking comfort from Robin, is not part of the plan. Especially when Robin easily recognizes him as her classmate, and the boy she was in love with many years ago.

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Seventeen-year-old Cordelia Koenig was sure of many things going into her last year of high school. For one, she wasn't going to stress over the senior project all her peers were dreading-she'd just use the same find-your-roots genealogy idea that her older sister used for hers. Secondly, she'd put all that time spent not worrying about the project toward getting reacquainted with former best friend and longtime crush Kodiak Jones who, conveniently, gets assigned as Cordelia's partner. All she has to do is mail in her DNA sample, write about her ancestry results and breeze through the rest of senior year. Done, done and done. But when Cordelia's GeneQuest results reveal that her father is not the man she thought he was but a stranger who lives thousands of miles away, Cordelia realizes she isn't sure of anything anymore-not the mother who lied, the life she was born into or the girl staring back at her in the mirror. If your life began with a lie, how can you ever be sure of what's true? AUTHOR NOTE: The Truth Project comes out October 13th with HarperCollins / Quill Tree Books! I'll be sharing a few pages each week until pub day. You can preorder here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-truth-project-dante-medema?variant=32128454524962

At 22, Ruby is drawn into a dangerous hunt to solve her mother's shocking murder. As she investigates, she discovers the killer may be someone she knows, putting her trust and safety on the line.

Enzo and Eloise have tolerated each other since elementary school, growing up alongside their best friend, Isabel. As their lives take a drastic turn, the two turn to each other and grow a relationship they didn't expect. This novel tells the story of Enzo and Eloise, as they help each other navigate their youth, unaware of what each step of the way will have in store. *currently uploading one chapter at a time :))*

This is the story of two fraternal twins, Arin and Sadie, who traverse the galaxies. When they are suddenly marooned on Earth, they learn of their past and their mysterious origins - all while dealing with the problems of trying to fit in with a new world. Notice: I am a first-time writer. Please be gracious and accept my mistakes, if you so choose to read my story.

Aria is the people's queen, fighting a battle full of bloodshed within her head. Her twin sister, and Co-Monarch, Aelyth is favored by their allies, but has an emptiness inside her no one can seem to fill. When a shortage of textiles strikes the southern region of Tuath, the queens become divided like never before. Will history see them as Heros or will they be known as the reason Tuath is no more?

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Le Grand's Carnival Fantastic isn't like other traveling circuses. It's bound by a charm, held together by a centuries-old curse, that protects its members from ever growing older or getting hurt. Emmaline King is drawn to the circus like a moth to a flame...and unwittingly recruited into its folds by a mysterious teen boy whose kiss is as cold as ice. Forced to travel through Texas as the new Girl in the Box, Emmaline is completely trapped. Breaking the curse seems like her only chance at freedom, but with no curse, there's no charm, either-dooming everyone who calls the Carnival Fantastic home. Including the boy she's afraid she's falling for. Everything-including his life-could end with just one kiss.

A family trip. A dead body. A wrong road. And a house with no way out. Read the full horror thriller ebook now...

*🇳🇬✈️ Nigerian in America 🇺🇸* *What would it be like to go to America?* Precious always dreamed of it - fast life, bright lights, and big opportunities. But when the chance finally drops into her lap, reality hits harder than she expected. Thrown into a whirlwind of culture shock, identity struggles, and hidden truths, she quickly learns that life in America isn't all soft life and selfies. As she battles homesickness, pressure, and prejudice, one question hangs in the air: *Will she rise above it... or fall apart quietly?* ✨ *A heartfelt coming-of-age story about courage, identity, and chasing dreams far from home.* ✨ *Read now to find out!* 💕📚

Heavy as the crown, Hollow as the heart. A prodigal son bound to rule once he was ripped. An orphaned girl wanders through books and her imagination dreaming of true freedom. How cruel could fate be to let their stories interwined?