The deaths of her mother and new stepfather leave eighteen-year-old Lorraine Mattina with many challenges. The first? Telling her twelve-year-old siblings their worlds are about to shatter. The second? Asking her estranged stepbrother for help. The deaths of his father and his father’s new wife mean practically nothing to nineteen-year-old Noah Mack - until the stepsister he barely knows comes begging for help. His response? Pretty much - “Get the hell lost.” But when he can’t get his new stepsister out of his mind, he goes to the extreme and gives up the NCAA Wrestling Championship title and his college education. That’s when the real problems begin. Lorraine and Noah face many obstacles when picking up the pieces of their parents’ deaths, but none as big as the secrets they keep. **

What would you sacrifice for the one you love?Sacrifice – the act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy.We all make sacrifices. It’s a part of life. But when someone decides another’s life is more important than their own, then we’re talking about sacrifices impossible to make.Yet they are made nonetheless.It is in our blood and in our nature—to heal, to save, to bring life back from the dead. But for some of us, it isn’t worth the pain we endure, and instead of sacrificing our suffering for theirs, we run.But when a two-hundred-year-old vengeance, and a government determined to use us as test subjects, finally catch up, we find ourselves out of time with no place left to go. And I am left lying in a hospital bed waiting for a new heart, leaving Ethan and Storm to figure out a plan to save us from our fates. But...

SECOND EDITION - NEW PUBLISHER - SAME STORY AS ORIGINAL UNPLUGGED (A PORTRAIT OF A ROCK STAR) Life for rocker Tagg Holland isn't a bed of roses, but things look up when Mara enters his world. This story was semi-finalist in the 2011 Textnovel contest. One fatal night changes rock-idol, Tagg Holland's life forever...until his Oscar-winning mother hires him a personal trainer...in the form of a cute little brunette. When Mara Giordano comes knocking on his door, Tagg Holland sees a light at the end of his decade-long tunnel of despair. Suddenly, the call to fall in love and to reemerge as the Nation's most beloved rocker, urges him to put the wheels in motion and try romance as well as head back to the stage. With his mother's support and a new relationship budding, Tagg believes he will finally overcome his tragedy and grow from it...until another near-fatal accident threatens Tagg's resolve and sends him plummeting once again. With his emotional stability teetering on the edge of another breakdown, Tagg Holland may not have the strength to overcome a second casualty. Will the love he'd found in the last few months be strong enough to see him through? Book Cover Designed and Illustrated by Brian Scully**

Cali Parker is poor. She has a lot on her plate - her father is dying, she's working to help pay the rent, and she's two-years behind in college. Griffin Brooks is rich. He has not a care in the world - he's acing his engineering courses, his hobby is restoring his fifty-thousand dollar classic car, and he has a different girl on his arm every week. When Cali sees Griffin on her first day of class, she's immediately smitten and thinks she's found the perfect guy. When Griffin sees Cali at the bank, he immediately forgets the blonde he was with that morning. Then they meet, and their worlds collide. Cali doesn't belong in Griffin’s world, and he doesn't understand hers. But just when Griffin convinces Cali that their two different worlds can blend, a secret is revealed that tears them apart. Is their love strong enough to bring them back together, or will their worlds drift further apart?

There is a fine line between love and hate. When bartender Mick Ross first sees Holly Buchanan walk into Donny's Bar, his heart comes to a halt. That is, until she serves him her fake ID and reveals her true nature when she's declined her drink. Holly thinks Mick is an ass, and she has no clue why he can't stand her. Though, she does enjoy looking at his ass. So, when Donny hires Holly to waitress at his bar, she must either deal with Mick's hatred toward her or give him a taste of his own medicine. Tensions are high. Comments are made. Hearts are hurt. But if there really is a fine line between love and hate, then Mick and Holly must decide on which side they stand.