Buried somewhere within each person's heart is a story that has been hidden away, whether to never be told or to one day be let loose. Too often it seems the past lurks in the shadows ready to reveal it to whoever will listen and will use it to destroy the soul of another. This is my story.

Over the years love had taken its toll on me, hung me out to dry, leaving me empty and alone. It had been ten years since I had learned that his love for me would never be there, and here I sat as a successful business woman alone. Most people assumed that I chose the single life because men were a distraction and so was family, but if the truth were told I wanted a family more.

When children in Dawn's Landing begin to disappear, including her best friend Jinx, Leah struggles to discover the secret behind the vanishings- even as she herself joins the vanished. Sci fi/supernatural/suspense/young adult. Written age 15-16

I knew I would never be chosen. No one would ever pick me. Why would they? I have too many flaws. My skin is blemished and cracked, and my very insides seem to be rotten to the core.