Books with author Renee Pace

Volume Two picks up with Gemini trying to tackle her newfound powers, pass Grade 10 math with a tutor's help while figuring out if Ash is a friend or foe. To top things off her hormones are raging and the Captain of the High School Hockey Team seems to like her and that means high school politics are deadly. That's life on land. Life in the sea, as Gemini discovers is cruel and full of unusual twists and she's not sure she wants to embrace who she really is supposed to be. Sometimes, the Gods won't be denied.

The final installment of book one, Chosen by the Sea.We pick up with Gemini having to deal with the Seven Seas Council which rules the undersea kingdoms, Queen Thebes who is a wicked Siren out to claim all the seas for herself and Gemini struggling to control her newfound powers while sorting out high school politics, while trying to rescue her kidnapped parents. Gemini must try hard to ignore the Captain of the Hockey team who would like to be more than friends because Gemini’s guardian, Ash, would like nothing more than to kill all her human friends and tie her to the power of the sea once and for all.

Duty – a word most women understand.Honor – a word men strive to attain.What happens when a woman, expected to embody the word duty, desires more than the life she was pre-ordained? She falls from grace.Isabella, known as Izzy to her fellow angels, dares to step out of her destined role and take up arms in a heavenly war. As punishment she is stripped of her wings and banished to the Earth plane. Worse, the sisters who joined her mantra of freewill fall to Earth with her. Tasked with surviving in a realm filled with sin, Izzy becomes the leader of this unlikely, untrained group of six. Together they form a band where they literally learn to harness their heavenly voices and sing for their supper. Nathanael was born a warrior angel but the only way he can fully get his halo is to marry. But fate is playing games and his pre-ordained wife has become The Forsaken. Determined to change things, Nate risks it all and falls to the Earthly realm only to end up in serious trouble – and getting his hide saved by the most beautiful and unconventional angel he has ever laid eyes on.Sparks fly when Nate and Izzy realize they have been set on the path of self-discovery together. But destiny is a passionate thrum Izzy has learned to ignore. Nate quickly discovers honor is useless without the woman he loves by his side and he’s willing to sacrifice it all to prove it. Izzy knows all about heavenly sacrifices. She will not abandon her sisters to the Earthly realm and would rather battle demons than admit she has feeling for her soul-mate. Her pride might be the greatest threat to them all.Salvation is a 60,000 word contemporary teen paranormal novel.

Lindsay looks and acts like the perfect fifteen year-old, but she’s hiding a dirty little secret that no amount of fashionista coverings can make better. Telling her mother her step-father is molesting her is not an option. Trying to kill herself again haunts her more than the scars on her wrists, and pretending to be perfect at school might very well drive her over the edge. Megan knows all about lying. It's been part of her life ever since she realized the only way to escape her poverty-stricken neighborhood was to work hard, keep her mouth shut and wear a mask no one can penetrate. All that changes when Lindsay befriends her.Can two girls who have little in common discover the value of a real friendship or will the secrets they dare not speak destroy them both?

The hard knocks of life keep piling up for Eje. Born into a country on the brink of civil war, he knows the real meaning of survival. After a decade living in Canada, things aren’t getting any easier but if he can keep his head down for his last year of high school he thinks there might be an out for him from his poverty-stricken neighborhood. Too bad fate likes to throw fastballs at Eje and he’s forced into an afterschool paddling program. The Aquatic club is filled with white kids, who like to run for fun and paddle for performance. Eje has talent but liking paddling doesn’t mean much when you’re another kid from the projects.Shannon used to live to paddle. After a drunk driver crashed into the car holding her and her mother, life has been anything but normal. Re-learning how to kayak isn’t fun, and trying to find out where she stands with her once BFF’s at the club reinforces how much has changed. Before the accident she’d never give a newbie paddler the time of day, but the minute she meets Eje all that changes. Unlike the guys at the club Eje’s mysterious without trying.When ultimatums threaten to end the afterschool paddle program and secrets get revealed will Eje and Shannon forget their friendship for the good of others or trust each other to do right? Two teens with little in common tackle prejudice and stereotypes to risk it all to help each other.

Lindsay looks and acts like the perfect fifteen year-old, but she’s hiding a dirty little secret that no amount of fashionista coverings can make better. Telling her mother her step-father is molesting her is not an option. Trying to kill herself again haunts her more than the scars on her wrists, and pretending to be perfect at school might very well drive her over the edge. Megan knows all about lying. It's been part of her life ever since she realized the only way to escape her poverty-stricken neighborhood was to work hard, keep her mouth shut and wear a mask no one can penetrate. All that changes when Lindsay befriends her.Can two girls who have little in common discover the value of a real friendship or will the secrets they dare not speak destroy them both?

The hard knocks of life keep piling up for Eje. Born into a country on the brink of civil war, he knows the real meaning of survival. After a decade living in Canada, things aren’t getting any easier but if he can keep his head down for his last year of high school he thinks there might be an out for him from his poverty-stricken neighborhood. Too bad fate likes to throw fastballs at Eje and he’s forced into an afterschool paddling program. The Aquatic club is filled with white kids, who like to run for fun and paddle for performance. Eje has talent but liking paddling doesn’t mean much when you’re another kid from the projects.Shannon used to live to paddle. After a drunk driver crashed into the car holding her and her mother, life has been anything but normal. Re-learning how to kayak isn’t fun, and trying to find out where she stands with her once BFF’s at the club reinforces how much has changed. Before the accident she’d never give a newbie paddler the time of day, but the minute she meets Eje all that changes. Unlike the guys at the club Eje’s mysterious without trying.When ultimatums threaten to end the afterschool paddle program and secrets get revealed will Eje and Shannon forget their friendship for the good of others or trust each other to do right? Two teens with little in common tackle prejudice and stereotypes to risk it all to help each other.If you like Simone Elkeles Young Adult books which deal with multi-cultural issues you will love Off Stroke.

Everyone wants to be normal. After a boating accident in the summer, nothing will ever be normal for Gemini again. Pulled under by a rogue wave, Gemini drowned. Beneath the surf she transformed into something...other...but she can't remember what. Since her resurrection she's been haunted by the lure of the sea. The pills her mother forces her to take do nothing to keep the mystical world at bay. No one believes her; not her family or friends. In self-defence against the mocking high school crowd, Gemini dresses as an EMO. If she can't be normal then no one needs to be close to her. A heartthrob of a boy with powers she's afraid of says he's her protector, while the new boy in school, the Captain of the Hockey team, simply wants to be her boyfriend. She's not sure who to trust and things become complicated when her parents are kidnapped. Outside of trying to pass math, Gemini must learn how to embrace the pain of transformation and return to the sea. All this while trying to learn exactly who and what she is. The power of the sea can't be denied.

Everyone wants to be normal. After a boating accident in the summer, nothing will ever be normal for Gemini again. Pulled under by a rogue wave, Gemini drowned. Beneath the surf she transformed into something...other...but she can't remember what. Since her resurrection she's been haunted by the lure of the sea. The pills her mother forces her to take do nothing to keep the mystical world at bay. No one believes her, not her family or friends. In self-defense against the mocking high school crowd, Gemini dresses as an EMO. If she can't be normal then no one needs to be close to her. A heartthrob of a boy with powers she’s afraid of says he’s her protector, while the new boy in school, the Captain of the Hockey team, simply wants to be her boyfriend. She’s not sure who to trust and things become complicated when her parents are kidnapped. Outside of trying to pass math, Gemini must learn how to embrace the pain of transformation and return to the sea. All this while trying to learn exactly who and what she is. The power of the sea can’t be denied.