E L Hicks books
Our Spot in the World
New Adult, 86,000 words
Locked up in a mental facility for the umpteenth time, eighteen-year-old Blaire executes her escape plan, jumping over the wall in the darkness of night. She discovers a beautiful place, empty and isolated - just like her.
She meets a strange boy who doesn't seem afraid of her. He doesn't treat her like a wild animal like everybody else does.
While navigating this new double life, Blaire battles between feelings of abandonment from her parents, confusing lust for her young psychiatrist, who seems a bit too keen to have a private session with her, and keeping her new secret from her best friend in the facility.
But above all this, Blaire is being pulled by her growing curiosity towards Chet, the stranger from the field. Why does he feel safe? Why is he not scared of her? How can a stranger be the only one to make her feel like she's not destined for destruction? Mum says don't trust strangers, trust those you know. But who can really be trusted, the people who are meant to be looking after her or the stranger she's falling for? With her discharge day fast approaching, things just might be about to get a whole lot worse for Blaire.
The Dead and the Broken
Supernatural Thriller, 88,000 words
Jack has always glided through life by his own rules and has successfully kept out of consequences' reach, no matter what chaos he caused or who he hurt along the way. Until now.
His girlfriend, Charlotte, commits suicide in front of him and with guilt just an arm's length away from eating him alive, Jack desperately tries to move on, pretend it never happened, forget her entire existence. But Charlotte has other plans.
Jack's life takes a supernatural turn when Charlotte's spirit sticks to him like his shadow as he tries to navigate his way out of trouble with her grieving father, her accusing best friend and a nosey neighbour.
He just wants to forget about her, just like the mess with his ex before: Amy. He can try to run again but he knows his secrets won't stay buried forever.