Young Adult Romantasy
The Legend of Zia
A centuries-old sleeping curse is the last thing on eighteen-year-old Zia’s mind. Logical to a fault, she’s too busy untangling the mystery of the magic needed to defend her country, Hanai, from the demon Togegami. So she’s blindsided when her curse unexpectedly activates, dragging just not her but also her overly emotional Appointed Knight, Raiden, into the dream realm.
Both of them are missing crucial memories, but Zia and Raiden know three things: Togegami has attacked, Hanai will fall without Zia, and true love’s kiss is the only way to wake up. After a goddess-awful smooch (just in case), they plan to separate to find their pre-curse lovers, but a narrow escape from monsters quickly proves they should travel together to succeed.
As Zia and Raiden navigate the dream realm’s hazards, including malicious sentient vines, unpredictable monsters, and Zia’s powerful new magic, they begin to regain their missing memories—including confusing glimpses of what they were to each other when they fell asleep. But time is against them, and while the dream realm holds the key to defeating Togegami for good, remaining there too long will doom everyone they love. When their supposed loves fail to wake them up, Zia and Raiden must learn when to trust their heads versus their hearts if they are to conquer their personal demons, break the curse, and save Hanai.
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Young Adult Romantasy
Querying!
Knife and Shell
Mermaid Kailani is determined to outwit the bullies who claim she’s unfit to lead Oceanea. If she can force her magical Voice to manifest in time, she’ll take the throne and alleviate the burdens on her fellow lower-class Voiceless. However, when Kailani’s aunt, Undine, witnesses her break the law to save a human prince, she threatens to expose her if she doesn’t assassinate him. If Kailani fails, she’ll face banishment and lose her chance at helping Oceanea’s most vulnerable.
After exchanging her broken Voice for legs, Kailani seizes the chance to get close to Prince Jonah by posing as his missing fiancé. She’s got three days to assassinate the prince and get her Voice back and working—and that’s if the humans don’t learn her identity and kill her first.
Kailani has always been told that humans were monsters, but as she gets closer to Jonah, she finds she’s more intrigued by him than she’d care to admit. Torn between attraction to Jonah and commitment to her mission, she uncovers a shocking secret about her Voice—and the danger it poses in the wrong hands. So when Undine loses patience and comes after Jonah herself, Kailani must decide what it means to be a true leader: taking back her Voice and with it, the merfolk throne, or saving the boy she’s come to love.
Young Adult Romance
Once Upon A Road Trip
When best friend Rob kisses Tiff, she doesn’t mean to throw up on him and then run away. The kiss caught her off guard, triggering her first-ever anxiety attack. Unfortunately, after the kiss fiasco, Rob doesn't seem to want anything to do with Tiff.
After a lonely summer, a pre-college road trip brings the ex-best friends back together. Tiff tries to tell herself that she’s over Rob, but come on. There’s got to be a reason (other than vomit) that he ended their friendship, and if she can control her anxiety long enough to create the right moment, she can find out why. Maybe even win him back in the process. But when Tiff’s social media-famous cousin crashes the trip and sets her sights on Rob, will Tiff risk rejection (and another attack) to tell Rob how she feels, or will she let her anxiety sentence her to life in the friendzone?
Shelved for now
New Adult Romance
Smiles, Boyfriends, and Other White Lies
Twenty-one-year-old Lauren McCoy is done with dating. She’s determined to study abroad, but her marriage-obsessed mother won't hear of it—or give her access to the trust fund she needs to pay for the trip. Maybe if Lauren were in a relationship, her mother would be easier to sway.
It feels like fate when Conner Hicks enters Lauren's life—he's the perfect cover, a convenient boyfriend who flirts but avoids commitment.
However, when Lauren discovers more to Conner than the casual fling, her escape across the ocean may destroy the relationship she'd planned to throw away.
This book was sold for publication with Cedar Fort in 2018, but Cedar Fort subsequently had financial problems and canceled the contract
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