Hiding In Plain Sight (2nd Edition)

Just before her last year of school, Hilary watches as a new family moves in next door. It doesn't take long for her best friend Shannon to interrupt her observations and force her to introduce herself.

The Mom and Dad are oddly formal. Alex, the little sister is a brat and Ben, the son, is hot with a capital H. Even better, he seems to be a truly great guy.

Later that night, Hilary watches as Ben and his father walk across their back yard and then disappear into thin air. She can still hear them talking, but their voices sound distorted and tinny. She huddles in the shadows until they are done unloading weird electrical equipment from the invisible place they disappeared into.

School starts and weird things begin to happen. Strange purple lights fill the air, weaving and bobbing over the bog behind their homes as if searching for something.

Ben realizes he needs Hilary's help if he wants to escape the aliens after his family. The Hurlingen are on their way to Earth and it's going to take almost everyone they know, to stop these horrible aliens from kidnapping Ben and Alex.

Writing is as important to me as breathing... ok well at least as important as chocolate (trust me - that means it's vitally important). I've been telling stories since I was a kid. Often it was to get myself out of trouble (sometimes it even worked) but most of the time it was to keep my brothers and I entertained.

My first manuscript was sent to a publisher over a decade ago. It was rejected, which devastated me at the time. But after a few years I met a group of awesome people who were writers. The took me under their wing and I got my confidence back.

Life got in the way and I ended up moving across the country. I live in Canada, so it's a big country. It took me another few years before I decided to try my hand at getting published again. I'd been writing a lot in the meantime, but mostly just for my own pleasure.

My friends think I'm insane for trying to make a living by writing. I figure, you can't succeed if you don't try.