After a near death experience, 16-year old Makiko Lombardi's celebrity father comes to Tokyo, but Makiko hasn't met him for almost seven years. To please her mother, Makiko refuses to see him. Ashamed about not speaking her mind, Makiko admires Cynthia, an old friend who helps teenage runaways exploited by Yakuza gangsters. When Yakuza follow them, both girls assume Cynthia's in danger, but someone powerful has a problem with Makiko's father and sees Makiko as a pawn. Meanwhile, neither girl believes rumors that a demon stalks and kills runaways. Until something sinister kills Yakuza outside Makiko's house, and a survivor warns her that the demon "likes" her. *** A first boyfriend. Yakuza with unknown plans. A killer demon who "likes" her. What's a quiet girl to do? Added to @AmbassadorsJP 's Kowai: Eerie Reads list - Sept. 2023 Featured on @StoriesUndiscovered Plain Janes? Not These Ladies - May 2022 Added to @Paranormal 's Paranormal Paramours list - April 2022 Notable Rankings: #1 meet-cute (March 14, 2022) #4 yakuza (July 14, 2022)

𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗙 '𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙐𝙉𝙏𝙊𝙇𝘿' 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬 A roller-coaster ride that uncovers secrets and deceptions in Sandra's life, a single parent of two children who flew a long way from her hometown in South Korea to New Zealand, to live a simple and fulfilling life. 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝟭- THE SECRETS THAT REMAIN-THE UNTOLD ⋇⋆✦⋆⋇𝗦𝗡𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗧⋇⋆✦⋆⋇ "So now you are disowning me, Omma? I don't think I ever committed a sin that deserves such cruel punishment." "You accepted this bastard over your mom, you, you-!" she sighs. She looks so defeated. With each passing second and word, I can see her features softening and her voice reclaiming its usual calm and gentleness - a voice that reminds me of my childhood, a time in my life when my mom loved me and I was unaware of the fact that one day even this woman can hate my guts. ⋇⋆✦⋆⋇ A rising name in the corporate legal world who 'happens' to achieve a lot in very less time, what will happen if she meets a mishap? A mishap that will blemish the life of everyone around her with a nasty scar, leaving behind nothing but mysteries and secrets? Who is Sandra Park- an ambitious businesswoman or was it just a façade to mask her insecurities, failures, miseries... her real self? ༶•┈┈⛧┈♛♛┈⛧┈┈•༶ 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚: Mention of Domestic Violence, Blood, Nightmares, Eating Disorders, GAD, Sexual Harassment, Abuse, Abandonment Issues, Homophobia, Racism, and Betrayal. ♡ Tune in, to be a part of this mysterious journey [ 𝗻 𝗼 𝘁 𝗲: The initial chapters of this book are unedited. You can still go ahead and give it a try. Happy reading]

***REWRITE IS IN PROGRESS*** Writing songs in his bedroom, 24 year-old Tai Vuong wonders if there's a day he can share his music without pretending to be someone he's not. His power to manipulate people's opinions doesn't help-it's a reminder that he would never meet the expectations of others. But as Tai meets more people and ordinary things add up to extraordinary circumstances, he realizes he doesn't want to change who he is. He needs to change how he sees himself. Set in the heart of Toronto, Backstage follows an autistic musician's journey to discovering what it means to be yourself. [Sequel to Keychains; can also be read as a standalone novel] Cover & banner art made by @JH_Foliage. Sticker made by @Pipwusa. This book is only available on W A T T P A D. If you are reading it on any other side, you are at risk of a malware attack. Please proceed to Wattpad.com where you can read the story safely and support the author.

Young and successful Edward Staulker, is an attorney with a very uneventful life. He lost his faith in mankind many years ago-even as a child, he recognised the innate fakery borne by every Homo sapien and always resigned to a purer intercourse with the forest. One day, he received a gift. But to accept this gift, he had to go on a journey; a journey that would change his life forever. Jane Stanley, a university student, has had countless rough patches in her life. It's no wonder how she became a steadfast pessimist. However, a little part of her still hopes that things will get better-a dream that fate dashes, the moment she crossed paths with this very strange man. While the outcome of their meeting will require these two to tango; a third party, Fate, has joined the duo from behind the scenes. What happens when three try to tango? ♣ A PsychologicalNovel featured story. Cover credit: newsies-

This is Book 3 in the Light as a Feather series. Book 1: Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board (available on Amazon & iTunes) Book 2: Light as a Feather, Cold as Marble I would like to extend a giant THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart to all of you who've stuck with these books over the last 3 years.

As zombies rise, an abused woman is forced to make a change in her life. Norma Deckard is a good wife. She does what she's told. She tries her best to never step out of line with her overbearing husband, Baron. He sets the rules and she follows them. That's how it's been for years. But then dead people begin to wake up. Norma's small little world is changing and suddenly she's never felt more trapped. She will have to face many fears and Baron Deckard is just one of them.

☆☆ Watty Award Winner 2020 ☆☆ Cooper Daniels lives next door to a psychopath. He just can't prove it...yet. When the most popular girl in high school is murdered at a Halloween party, Cooper's suspicions become a reality. He knows exactly who did it. But how is he supposed to prove his charming neighbor is a killer? Meanwhile, Calla Parker is waking up with blood under her nails, and she has no idea why. Unable to remember the night before, Calla begins to suspect herself of murder. She's relieved to find out the police have zero evidence to go on. Yet she can't help but shake the feeling she's being watched - very closely. And she knows why. Cooper Daniels knows her secret. ☆ Cover by @CarKann ☆

This is the sequel to Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board, the first book in the Weeping Willow High School series.

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