The South Louisiana High Series

Sixteen-year-old Karen Lyles is the only hearing member of her Deaf family and she's absolutely fed up with how unfair her life has become. The girls in her gymnastics class are snobs who treat her like she doesn't exist and her classmates at school are just as conceited. Besides this, small-town life is beyond boring. The sole interesting aspect of life in Peake, Alabama is the presence of a mysterious vigilante, a supposedly invisible superhero, known as, 'Unseen.' Karen feels like she and Unseen have one thing in common, they're both invisible. But when her little sister, Tessa, is kidnapped by one of Unseen's enemies, Karen's life becomes anything but boring. She teams up with an unexpected source of help to rescue Tessa and during the mission to get her sister back, Karen learns that she and Unseen have much more in common than the ability to move about unnoticed.

Gia and Andy Moretti are sisters who attend South Louisiana High School, and though they look alike, the two are as different as Sprite and Coke. While Gia has a penchant for following rules and striving for perfection, Andy is just hoping no one's noticed that she's skipped school for the fourth time in a month. Their differences lead to lots of fights, and when Gia appears to replace her sister with a new friend named Via, Andy is beyond jealous. But, as Andy begins to turn her attention to her budding career as a filmmaker/private investigator, she stumbles upon a massive secret that affects everyone in their small town. Join Gia, Andy, and Via as they solve the mysteries of sisterhood, friendship, and invisible superheroes who are determined not to be unmasked. Their adventures are recorded in Book 3 of the South Louisiana High Series.

Mia Winston Reeves, the most popular girl at South Louisiana High, has it all, and she knows it. Everyone at school envies her perfect car, perfect clothes, perfect boyfriend, and sickeningly perfect family. But what her friends and frenemies can't see are the cracks beneath the surface. No one sees Mia use her perfect car to escape from her perfectly abusive father. And no matter how hard she tries, Mia can't seem to capture her perfect boyfriend's heart. Mia's hidden life of chaos only gets worse when she suddenly develops a strange ability. Lonely and afraid, she wants to turn to her besties, Kyle and Elizabeth, for help. But her two closest friends are dealing with life-altering secrets of their own. Meet Mia, Kyle, and Elizabeth in, 'Almost Friends,' the second book in the South Louisiana High Series.

Fifteen-year-old Drew Everett loves acting almost as much as she loves herself. But when her mother's efforts to overcome alcohol addiction result in the Everett family leaving their beloved Los Angeles home and moving near a renowned rehab facility in Swamp Rose, Louisiana, Drew is devastated. Not only is Swamp Rose a backward town full of meddlesome gossips who spin yarns of "alien sightings," but for the first time in her life, Drew comes face to face with racial prejudice. The cherry on top of Drew's nightmare sundae is when she experiences her first complete mental meltdown upon realizing she's inadvertently fallen for a geek- that's right, the Hollywood starlet falls in actual love with a nerdy fifteen-year-old Star Wars fanboy, Ben Morris. Drew's relationship with Ben awakens a tenderness she's never felt before. She begins to realize she shouldn't have judged Ben, or anyone, by their appearance alone. Drew also starts to understand that Swamp Rose itself is much more than it appears on the surface. She begins to realize the seemingly sleepy town's mysteries center around its numerous "alien sightings." When Ben jumps on the bandwagon and confesses that he's seen what he believes is an alien, he's soon thereafter held against his will by a group of scientists who claim he's "seen too much." Drew immediately springs into action. Armed with unstoppable tenacity and the kind of courage that only an actress can have, Drew is determined to rescue the boy she loves and get to the bottom of Swamp Rose's secrets. 'Almost Famous' is the fourth book in the South Louisiana High Series.

For as long as 22-year-old Gina Russo can remember, she's felt suffocated by her life in Swamp Rose, Louisiana. She desperately wants to pack her camera bag and move to a city where things actually happen. But when her small town's invisible vigilante, "Unseen," saves her life, Gina's focus begins to shift. Now determined to find her savior and, at the very least, thank him, Gina realizes that Unseen is a difficult super to catch up with. But something odd happens as she works to find and unmask her brave rescuer. Through every step of the process, Gina gradually begins to unmask her own strengths and weaknesses. In her quest to find Unseen, she discovers her own courage. This courage comes to the fore when a group of superhuman enemies with abilities similar to Unseen's kidnap her best friend. Meet Gina and the friend she risks her life to rescue in, "Almost Brave," book five of the South Louisiana High Series.

Lanie Russell is a senior at South Louisiana High and she's been in love with her best friend, Randall, since ninth grade. She's kept her four-year-long crush a secret because four years is also how long Randall's been dating the prettiest and most popular girl in school. As Lanie struggles to keep her feelings hidden, her best friend struggles to keep several massive secrets of his own. Randall hasn't told Lanie about his superhuman abilities, or that one of the world's most powerful organizations is systematically tracking down people like him and forcibly using these individuals for experimental research. But when a woman with abilities like Randall's shows up at his school and threatens everyone he cares about, Randall is forced to reveal his identity to Lanie. From the moment Lanie and Randall let go of their secrets, a series of shared adventures ensue. They travel to a world where nearly everyone has powers like Randall's and, away from the confines of earth, discover the depth of their own feelings for each other. "Almost Human" is the final book in The South Louisiana High Series, and it features every main character from the five preceding books, bringing each of their stories to a conclusion. Unseen's origins and the future of all humanity are finally revealed in this final installment of The South Louisiana High Series.