When May Alana's wish on a star brings a stranger to her remote island home, the pair must survive a deadly magical conflict in order to be together. ***** When May Alana, a scorned and anxiety-ridden young woman, finds a stranger on the beach of her remote island home, she wonders if this is the adventurous, accepting, and loving answer to her otherwise cloistered life. But as the pair grow closer, the stranger entrusts May with her brilliant secret: that she is half-Star in possession of otherworldly powers, and that a violent group of Star worshippers are out to destroy her. So if they want any chance of being together, they'll have to survive a deadly conflict between humans and mythological creatures first. THE STAR AND THE OCEAN is Book 1 in the Starborn Series Book 2: THE WIND AND THE HORIZON Book 3: THE FIRE AND THE SKY Cover illustration by Brittany Willows (@BrittanyMWillows) [[Watty Winner]] [[Wattpad LGBT Book of the Month]] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

This is not a story. At least, it's not a fun one. Yuki was never the best. Always the second place at school. Always the second on the beauty pageants. The second in her precious competitions. It didn't matter if she studied all night long. If she applied makeup for hours or practiced her quadruple lutz until her legs gave out. The second daughter to a family where these were what mattered most, and her sister got it all. She wasn't and never would be the first place. She would never be pretty enough to win a pageant, let alone a boy's heart. Or smart enough to get the best score in class, never mind an entry to her dream university. She's would never, ever win on the ice. She's a girl, after all. A worthless girl in a world where second place is never appreciated and first place is worshipped like a god. Second place is just the proof of, yes, you're good. Just not good enough. Sick of everything, Yuki decides to write her whole life in a series of letters to those who she either loved or hated with her whole being. Those who either showed belief in her through times of pain, or caused the given pain This isn't a book of a love. This isn't a fantasy, or a mystery. This isn't a dystopian tale or a legend to be whispered for years to come, either. This isn't fiction, at all. Yuki is the demonstration of every girl, every woman, every one who was just never good enough. Never the best, never the worse. Just, nothing at all. But after all, beauty is pain, right? +--+++--+ Rankings: #1 in suicideprevention #3 in awareness #6 in iceskating #7 in suicideawareness #15 in health