WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION Griffin Tomlin is dead. And Clara's sister killed him . . . Four months after the murder, the entire town of Shiloh is still in shock. For Clara Porterfield, the normal world has crumbled around her in a million chaotic pieces. Now Clara lives in a new reality, where her sister awaits trial for murder, her mother obsessively digs in a dead, frozen garden, and her father lives and breathes denial. At school, Clara is haunted by her classmates' morbid curiosity-and all of the unspoken questions they won't ask. But none of them knows what she knows . . . Now Clara's sister wants something from her-the one thing in all of this that Clara isn't ready to face: the truth about what really happened that night. Because this story didn't die with Griffin Tomlin. There's another story that needs to be told. And sometimes, the lies we're told are nowhere near as deadly as the lies we tell ourselves . . .

Alison's sister disappeared filming a reality show, so she goes undercover as a contestant, discovering that in some cases reality tv is all too real. ***** Alison's sister disappeared while shooting a Survivor-style reality series, so when the show gets a reboot, Alison gets herself cast as a contestant. Arriving on the island, none of the organizers seem to be giving her straight answers. Forced to manipulate the situation to stay on the show, she starts an uneasy alliance with the handsome and physically capable Travis. They even act like they're falling in love, hoping their romantic appeal will keep them on the show. But as more challenges take place, and contestants go from being injured to dying in front of the camera, Alison and Travis realize that something is wrong. They have to win this game, or they won't make it off the island alive. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Adele knows she witnessed a murder - what she doesn't know is just how personal it is. ***** A girl was brutally murdered in the basement of a sorority house in spring 2011. Adele Theroux thinks she saw the killer - and the killer definitely saw her. What she doesn't know is why this all happened and who this guy is. As she tries to solve the mystery from a distance while in witness protection, the connections keep getting weirder and more personal. Might she be able to relate to the killer in a way that no one else can? And what does that mean about her own psyche? *2019 Watty Award for Mystery/Thriller* [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]] Cover designed by April Alforque

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻/𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 Aphrodite Jupiter DeVonti. The head of the Russian Mafia, she stands alone during it all. From day one she only had herself, built from the ground there stands the leader of the most powerful Mafia in the world. After being abandoned by her family at the age of six, she was set off into the streets. Aphrodite wished and prayed she'll be rescued from the depth of life, but the prayers were never answered. She soon gave up on the people she once trusted and stopped putting trust in anyone. There upon ten years, she's brutal and emotionless. Silence, that's what she works with, not a single emotion nor sound has ever come out of her. On her toes, all of the time, looking for treason in the midsts of every individual. Everyone wishes to know who's the face of the infamous, in-allied, Mafia in the world. Well, they'd never predict it to be the exact person that they rejected, once upon a time. Her protection, her safety before all. Right? Well yes, until the Italians got attacked year's ago and immediately had to call one of the members of theirs to help them with her get away. Bombs, ruckus, blood. Every day, every hour, every minute, something else was going on. They acted on impulse and sent her away to a boarding school. Though Aphrodite never told anyone this, she has various scars from her fragile body being tormented for three months before being booted onto the streets. Nobody knows her voice, nobody has yet to gain the once unbroken. She watched kids enjoy the time with their parents from the outside of the streets, she wanted that yet never got to experience it. It was jealousy that coursed through the veins of mistake. Though, treachery soothed into the skin. The year's forward after the betrayal she was caught in a small police chase. Not knowing what would hold because of that, she follow the authorities back to the station.