Ros has a secret crush on Jonathan. Jonathan is massively hung up on Freya (even after she dumps him). And Freya? Well, Freya is a beautiful enigma. Even more so when she goes missing without a trace..."Pretty Twisted" is narrated in alternating chapters by Jonathan (16) and Ros (14) who meet online at a time when things are going sour for Jonathan. His stunning girlfriend, Freya, is away at college and they are growing apart - consequently, he is struggling with his own sense of identity. Ros is also experiencing some problems - one of her friends is dating an older man whose strange behaviour gives Ros cause for concern. Meanwhile, the local news has been reporting some kidnappings of teenage girls. So when Freya dumps Jonathan, then seems to disappear off the face of the earth, he enlists Ros' (somewhat reluctant) help in tracking down the girl he still loves. With danger lurking around every corner, their stories become inextricably linked in a way nobody could have predicted...About the AuthorGina is 24 and lives in North London. She has an English degree from Cambridge University and now works in schools liaison, helping teenagers puzzle out the mysteries of higher education. Between the ages of 11 and 15 she wrote an epic 36 part story featuring over 1,000 characters - she still remembers most of their names! Views: 19
From a family that inspired Big Love's story of Bill Henrickson and his three wives, this first-ever memoir of a polygamous family captures the extraordinary workings of a unique family dynamic, and argues for the acceptance of plural marriage as an alternative lifestyle. Readers of Carolyn Jessop's Escape, Elissa Wall's Stolen Innocence, and James McGreevey's Confession, as well as fans of shows like Big Love and Sister Wives, will be enthralled by the first groundbreaking book in praise of polygamy. Views: 19
Issue #84 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Peadar Ó Guilín and Derek Künsken. Views: 19
Quinn Reilly didn't expect to chance upon the brutal murder of a brown wolf. Nor did she expect to be placed under a witness-protection programme, to testify against the murderer, Jedediah Trevino, who so happens to be her mate.Thrown into this dystopian wonderland of lycanthropes, Quinn finds herself struggling to grapple with the fact that she's Luna of the Titans, and that her mate hasn't said a word to anyone in years. Silent, vicious and bloodthirsty, Jed is a complete mystery that she can't help but attempt to unravel.But the further she navigates her way into his heart, the more she realises that Jed's far more the victim than the murderer. And now Quinn must do everything she can to prove his innocence once and for all, before she loses him forever. Views: 19
Lindsey McInness and her parents are barely surviving on post-Armageddon Earth. When a Kalquorian shuttle crashes nearby, Lindsey has no choice but to offer herself to the clan on board in exchange for food and rescue. Views: 19
After the murder of her husband, Celia has shut herself and her 16-year-old daughter Zoë away, toiling on a peach farm in the middle of nowhere. The arrival of two young people to help during picking season heralds the beginning of the end for Celia's safe existence. Peach Season is a powerful, salutary tale showing what it's like to be a young person desperate for independence, but also, crucially, what it's like to be a parent during the painful process of letting children fly the nest. Views: 19
A series for girls who love fairies ... and those who don't! Not all fairies are sweet and pink – some are little horrors! Weava is a young witch, who is sure she will receive an invite to a school for bad fairies any day. But when she goes to stay with her sister, Merry, things don't turn out the way Weava wants. Merry is living as a normal human and wants Weava to do the same. Can Weava change her sister back to her old witchy self? Views: 19
