Esme Branson has one goal: make the best use of her life that she can.She makes a plate of cookies, visits the Department of Children and Families, and offers up her time.She devotes her life to her foster children. What will she do when they eventually move on?

A shining young woman.A cotton candy summer.Could this relationship ever be what she hopes it is?Edna isn't quite sure she's ready to grow up. College was fun, but the prospect of starting her 9-5 job, and losing time to create her art, is intimidating. Especially because it's the one thing in the world that she wants to pursue professionally.So when she meets someone who appears to share that dream, it's all she can do to hang onto them. After all, finding ...

They are a surefire way in.Without them, Hazel may never have good standing, may never have a recognizable name......but what will it cost her to prove she deserves it?What is a friendship worth?

Book 6 of The Mindstream ChroniclesWhen Gatekeeper Jora Lanseri learns the princess has been convicted by a vengeful enemy of terrible crimes, she must free the delegates trapped in gold statues on the Isle of Shess to trade for the captured princess. Now, with the enemy warships on her heels, Jora must protect the king while negotiating the princess's freedom... and keep the monster inside her from destroying them all.