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Jessica Piro

Jessica Dianne Piro is an author in a wheelchair and has Type 1 Diabetes. She lives in Northeast Louisiana with her mom, dad, two brothers, and a three-legged cat named Daisy. She is a multi-genre writer for her stories cannot adhere to one single genre, like rebellious teenagers. They want to make her go insane with categorizing them. Even though currently querying literary agents, she is also a self-published author on Amazon.

Her works—whether novels, series, or short stories—cater to YA, NA, and Adults, with a paranormal flare. She also writes Fanfiction on Wattpad. When not writing, she’s playing video games, reading, or watching her favorite movie(s), The Lord of the Rings.

She will also be a Saints fan for life. WHO DAT!

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Ascension of the Phoenix: The Phoenix Trilogy, Book 1 (Paranormal)

To rise from ashes, one must be a phoenix.

Detective Leila Wells has apprehended every criminal to cross her path, except for one. And when Bryan Foster returns, he devastates her world. To cope, she finds release in street fighting. Successes with her fighting partner grant them an invitation to participate in the Rulers of the Realms Fighting Tag Tournament. But as she fights, a power begins to rise within her—a dark and angry blaze urging her toward revenge.

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The Dragon of Russia: The Phoenix Trilogy, Book 2 (Adult, suspense thriller, action)

A phoenix can only bring about destruction.

The Rulers of the Realms Fighting Tag Tournament made Leila Wells embrace her dark side, known as the Phoenix. When its destructive nature becomes uncontrollable, Leila must tame it by leaving again.

Danger in Russia forces her to live with a team of Spetsnaz and their menacing leader, Dragunov—the feared Dragon of Russia. As events unfold, her heart finally starts to open. But a sinister fate lies ahead of them and they can’t escape it.

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The Crane’s Dance (Adult, short story, action)

Alekseev is part of the best Spetsnaz team in Russia, all due to their leadership under the famed and extremely dangerous Dragon of Russia. In the seven long years of living with Dragunov, nothing has ever gotten under his hard scales.
But after rescuing the equally famed Leila Wells, Alek sees a difference in Dragon—things are fixing to change.

Through Alek’s POV, this is a fun insight into his life before he meets Leila Wells. Follow their journey in The Dragon of Russia.

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The Panther’s Pride (Paranormal, Short Story)

Jamaal Gordon has spent three years in the street fighting world and hasn’t done terribly bad, but his family is struggling to survive. After yet another loss, his fighting partner seems to have lost faith in him… and he begins to think the same. He desperately needed his confidence boosted.

The chance meeting with Leila Wells will change his luck, and eventually, his life.

This is a little part of Jamaal’s life before he meets Leila Wells. Find the rest of their journey in Ascension of the Phoenix.

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It’s the small things that matter (Fantasy, Short Story)

As a soldier in the Rebellion, Cyrian has seen death, but nothing could’ve prepared him for the bloodbath he discovers. Or the butcher being a woman, chained to a wall and bleeding from the slash at her mouth. She looks ready to add him to the body count…

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