amandatferreira

One kiss. One injury. One lie. What else could possibly go wrong - or right - in Jack Carter's life?***After transferring to Brentwood Academy on a full-ride running scholarship for his last year of high school, Jack knows he's only achieved step one of his master plan. Step two to step four? Impress Sebastian King, the captain of the relay team, so he can join the team as their fourth runner and help them win gold at that year's regional championships. After that? He just needs to get into some prestigious university far, far away, so he'll never have to go back to his mom's house full of junk.But kissing Sebastian King was never part of the plan. Not when it throws all the other steps out the window.Now, as this one-time thing with Sebastian starts to develop into something real, Jack realizes there's more to life than just running - both on the track, and away from his problems. But as more and more of his life upends, and the future of the team gets called into question, he'll find himself torn between staying loyal to his friends...or finally making his great escape.…

amandatferreira

Mara Abaiya may be a shapeshifter by birth, but she's never learned to trust the dragon living under her skin. Instead, she's spent most of her adult life mastering a dangerous kind of psychic magic, determined to one day erase her own identity and forever destroy the beast that hides in her blood. But just weeks before her planned self-execution date, Mara finds herself tied up with a group of desperate young adventurers, accidentally trapping herself somewhere between their misplaced fondness of her and her growing feelings for a member of the party. Combined, it's enough to make her question not only her own self-hatred, but also her definition of what it truly means to be a monstrosity.*Updates will be sporadic, I imagine.**This story is very rough in my head, so I'll be editing / tweaking chapters as I go along.…