A retelling of the classic Chinese tale, The Butterfly Lovers. Taking place in an alternate Eastern Jin China, it is a story of a girl from a Southern clan whose father hunts exotic animals, and a boy who hides a secret as ancient as the night itself. When the two meet at a boarding school for completely different reasons, and soon the night starts to disappear, they must ask the question: is love worth it, if it means giving up the world?
VALLEY OF LIES AND BONES
A work-in-progress YA epic fantasy novel about a pair of teenage siblings trapped in a world where everything they think is meant to be their doom: in other words, the opposite of what you think will happen.When a Stranger stumbles into their world from 200 years ago and rebels against their thoughtless (literally) ways, this The Forest of Hands and Teeth meets Narnia story catalogs the journeys and sacrifices the three must make to regain their rights and ability to think and rediscover a world their ancestors lost centuries ago.
OPPOSITION
64,000 words YA Fantasy novel. Daughter of Smoke & Bone meets Tiger's Curse. A girl, a boy, a legendary power, a twisted curse, and a journey of forbidden love and the quest to recover the one thing that has enveloped the world in chaos.
