Introducing the Hometown Misfits...
Join us in the fictional Devonshire
town of Yoverton, navigating the
complexities of family, friendship,
and first love on our quest to belong.
Hello & Welcome
JS Edge remains adamant that when she was a kid, she could fly.
Pfft to the nay-sayers.
Born and raised in northeast England, she now lives in the beautiful southwest, sharing her Devonshire home with four spirited children and a menagerie of furry friends. JS Edge is a queer author, writing queer fiction for young adults. A dedicated advocate for representation and understanding within the literary world, her work explores vital themes such as identity, acceptance, and growth. She is a terrible cook but an exceptional dreamer, and the Hometown Misfits series embodies her entire heart and soul.
Elephant Shoe and Staying Grounded are companion novels and they can be read as standalones.

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Elephant Shoe
(Hometown Misfits #1)
If his sixteen years of experience have taught Mikey Alston only one thing, it’s this:
Life is too damn cruel to face alone…
The ice took our car off the road.
The tree wrecked it.
Tate and I didn’t make it out unscathed.
My parents didn’t make it out alive…
I was eleven, and that’s the day my whole world was ripped away from me.
My brother, David, was twenty-one.
All the family I had left, I needed him.
He didn’t need me.
David packed me off, far across the country from my hometown in Devon.
Far from Tate and everything I’d ever known, to live with grandparents I’d never known.
Six years is a long time.
But now I’m back.
(Not through choice. Not mine, anyway).
And Tate’s still here. Only…
He’s not the boy I left behind.
He won’t speak to me. Won’t speak to anyone.
The one upshot of my return to a life I no longer fit, and he’s letting me down. Spectacularly.
Well, Tate, here’s the thing:
I’m not giving up on you. I’m not everybody else.
You can’t shut me out. You need me – we need each other.
And we will be friends again. Best friends.
I’m decided.
It’s decided.
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Staying Grounded
(Hometown Misfits #2)
If his seventeen years of experience has taught Craig Lawton only one thing, it's this:
Life is too damn precious to throw away...
It's like, you know those dreams?
Performing on a stage to a full audience?
When you're in the spotlight, and you look down—
And you realise you're completely naked?
Caught off-guard without a script.
No lines. No cues. No curtain-call.
That's me. All the time.
Ever since I was caught out and exposed.
Betrayed. Shamed. Ruined.
By someone I should never have trusted.
I made one reckless mistake, and it cost me everything.
My school. My friends. And my freedom.
Mum wouldn't look at me.
Dad took control of me.
I flipped the page and started fresh.
But still, that wasn't enough.
There's nothing I can do now that'd ever be enough.
It's at rock bottom that Sebastian Davis finds me.
I'm his worst nightmare.
He's my best hope.
The ground has not been steady beneath my feet for so long...
I've forgotten how it feels.
And no matter his resistance...
Sebastian seems fated to remind me.


Upcoming Releases
Dream Catcher (Hometown Misfits #3) is currently in the planning stage. Expected Release Date: TBD