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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- It's a nerve disorder that keeps 14-year-old Kayla Woodhouse inside on the most arguably pretty days. 

Above 70 degrees, and Kayla can't leave the house for fear of overheating. For the young teen, whose suffered from Hereditary Sensory Autonomic Neuropathy all her life, it's just, as she puts it, "her kind of normal."

"Basically, it means I can't sweat and I can't feel pain.  It means I have to stay in really cold temperatures," Kayla said. "Our house has to stay at 62-65 degrees."

For Kayla, getting too warm and overheating means being sick for almost six weeks.  And that's how her mother, Kimberley, found out she even had the disorder.

"I suffered from Postpartum Depression after I had her," Kimberley said.  "And because I didn't want to go out, which is really unlike me, I noticed her acting odd and it turns out she had overheated. The doctor says, if we hadn't figured it out so quickly, she would have died."

It's not the only time Kayla has almost died from her disorder, one which is so rare, fewer than 30 people are known to have suffered from the problem. But, Kayla's disorder has led her down different paths. In this case, she's now breaking records for different reasons.

"I thought it was really cool when I became the youngest published full-length novelist; kind of special," Kayla said.

Co-authoring a book with her mother, Kayla is not stopping at just the first book called No Safe Haven.  The pair's next book, Race Against Time, will be released in November, book two in the Land of the Midnight Sun series.  While the duo aren't giving away secrets to their second book yet, Kayla says she's got similarities to the character she wrote in No Safe Haven named Andie.

"Andie is like me in many ways," Kayla said. "She has many of the same characteristics I do. She loves M&Ms, I love M&Ms. She has the same disorder I do; obviously I have the same disorder."

Kimberley is in charge of writing the older characters. That includes Andie's mom, Jenna.

"I got to put my character, Jenna, the mom, through my worst fears as a parents.  Taking care of Kayla, everything's about control. Controlling the environment everywhere we go: in the car, at home," Kimberley said.  "Jenna's very much like me in that aspect, controlling, trying to make sure everything is in order and almost obesessive-compulsive about some things to make sure the details are in place."

For Kimberley, writing has been a large part of her life. She thinks Kayla has found something she can do for life, too.

"She's brilliant, and just so creative, and it's been a lot of fun to see her really blossom," Kimberley said. "I think it's definitely a lifelong thing for her, and it's something she can do."

Kayla said she plans to continue writing, and hopes to be a swim coach or teacher when she grows older.