🏆Wattys 2019 Winner for Mystery & Thriller🏆 Sister Mary has lost her way, or so people think. Kicked out of her convent and sent away to be reformed, this jolly nun discovers her gift of glee is perfect for solving murders and the occasional naughty peek. ________________________________________ Merry Sister Mary is the world's most happy-go-lucky nun, and where the nuns are concerned, possibly the worst. She has none of the qualities reserved for a traditional lady of the cloth: a fear of water, an odd relationship with an umbrella, and no talent in teaching or nursing, yet Sister Mary believes she has a special God given power, laughter. Such a belief has led her to be kicked out of her convent in Chicago for accidentally flashing a group of churchgoers and deemed in desperate need of reform. She is sent on a bus to a stricter convent in New Orleans, Louisiana, but in a drama fueled twist, God has different plans for the joyous nun. She is to solve a murder. After missing the bus Sister Mary is forced to seek refuge with a Catholic family in the small town of St. Francisville. A horrific murder occurs sending the town into a frenzy of bittersweet joy. The person killed has long been despised and so named the Stanton Witch for the mystery surrounding her husband's death and the decades of misfortune since her arrival. In an effort to expose the truth, Sister Mary finds herself in the middle of one family's terrible and insidious secret. As the bodies pile up she uses her gift of glee to uncover the clues missed by the police and hopefully stop the killer from claiming another innocent victim. Her goal-- prove to the world once and for all that one does not need to be traditional to make a difference. Comedy ■ Mystery ■ Thriller [COMPLETED] Copyright © Jules Haigler No parts of this book may be distributed, copied, or sold on any media without permission of the author. All names, places, and themes are a work of fiction.

Due to family troubles, Lea Williams has to stay with aunt and cousin over the summer. As she and her brother work through issues, they soon discover that a summer of surprises lays ahead of them. This is only further proved when Lea starts to see the quarterback of a successful college football team. But new problems are introduced to her along the way, to add to the ones she already has. She's eventually forced to chose her new life over the old, but within that choice comes a new hardship. Can she somehow work through everything while still keeping the guy she is undeniably falling for?

Indigo Murray; the girl everyone thinks is an outcast. The girl who has a penchant for getting in trouble and being punished. The girl who is the secret heir to the Moonlight Wolf Kingdom and would prefer to keep it that way. But what happens when all is revealed and Indigo is traded like stock to the DarkBlood Kingdom in order to forge a bond of peace? Will she truly find her mate in one of these two vile, yet devastatingly handsome princes? Or will she succumb to the darkness that threatens to tear the whole were world apart? *** Cover by AlexandraLing2000 *** *mysfic awards 2021 first place winner* *Featured: on @StoriesUndiscovered March 2022 Fangs and Fur reading list @werewolf romance reading list

Deadly assassins Allegra and Ace have been trying in vain to kill each other for years. With a mutual enemy threatening their mafias, they find themselves in an unexpected alliance, and soon discover killing each other isn't the only temptation they need to resist... ****** Allegra Grey is poised to be the next great American mafia leader, and she's more than living up to the name. A skilled assassin, there's only one target who's ever gotten away from her-suave, sinfully handsome Ace De Luca, heir to the Italian mafia and the Greys' biggest rival. When both mafias are faced with a dangerous threat, they're forced to work together to protect their families, and unexpected sparks fly. Allegra definitely isn't one to sleep with the enemy, especially an arrogant womanizer like Ace. But there's an undeniable electricity between them and Allegra's not sure it's all hatred. Ace may be bad news, but Allegra's never been afraid of a little danger. As the fire they're playing with grows to a scorching blaze, one thing is clear: trying to kill each other may have been difficult, but resisting this intense chemistry will be impossible. [[Word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Regina Dionela Content/trigger warning: Contains mature themes, violence and gore

A world where they are divided. There are the ones with blue blood and the ones with red. Melieony was a red-blood assassin living in the middle of a blue-blood world. But red blood will flow unless Melieony takes the job the blue-bloods offered her in exchange for her life. To be their assassin. She was to kill the Queen of Thorns. The red-blood Queen. Though it would still be red blood flowing when she killed her, she wouldn't let them go to war only to spill thousands of drops more of that precious blood. One life in return for thousands. Though she finds out what will really happen if she goes to kill the Queen. And betrayal and disloyalties lie beneath the surface. She must instead change her course. But can she force herself to do it without resurfacing her past? And what if she meets uncertain things on her way to the Thorn's territory? The first book in this two book series. All the pictures I use are not mine. I do not claim ownership to any of them. The cover design I did myself but all of the things on the cover I will not claim to own. So I hope you enjoy the story!

Full version available on Amazon! https://a.co/d/8Mj3nhv Fidelia Atwell, a fiery red-headed American, will do anything to protect her sister during the war of 1812: even marry her enemy, the British spy Lord William Greyville. **** When British spy Lord William Greyville promises to protect the American sisters of his childhood friend in exchange for his life, fiery American Fidelia Atwell finds herself married to her enemy to protect his cover and her sister's life. The couple immediately butts heads, but Fidelia soon discovers her handsome husband to be a gentle and loving man who softens her feisty temper. When new dangers threaten Fidelia's life and William's cover, she finds herself playing the part of the spy to protect the man she loves and end the war that keeps them apart, but a traitor and an old enemy mean that failure will be something worse than death for William and the Atwell sisters. As spies, they could both lose their lives. As husband and wife, they could both lose their hearts. (Book One of the "In The Arms of My Love" Series) [[Winner of the Watty's 2020 Historical Fiction Award!]] [[Runner-up in the 2019 Covenant Communications StoryCatchers Contest]] [[Featured on the Editor's Picklist! (4-29-21)]] Highest Rankings: #17 for Historical Fiction! Content warning: this book contains PG-13 rated violence with some descriptions of blood, gunshots, and sword fights.

Sensitive but smart, Olivia Clifton moves from leafy Surrey to the noisier suburbs of north west London with her older sister Sophia and parents when her father changes jobs. She is faced with a new type of school, new girls, new boys and although wary is determined to integrate into school life. Should she follow the usual school protocol or be herself? Despite her fears of fitting in, Olivia lets down her guard and embraces all the change and adventure that her new school offers. Swept along in the new high school experience, she makes friends, attends parties and experiments with love but when a dark problem keeps surfacing will she use her gifts just for herself or for the betterment of others?

In the 19th century, four teenage kids go on a cruise with their families. But when the captain goes missing, and someone falls overboard, they start to become suspicious. Food stops arriving on time, maybe two hours late. The lights stay on, not listening to the switches anymore, flickering whenever. What has happened to this poor cruise, or was it always meant to be.

March 24th, 2014: Kevin Vásquez goes missing. April 9th, 2015: Kevin's remains are found. March 24th, 2016: Ricardo receives a message from an unknown number, the messenger claims to be Kevin. He's asking for help. He's not dead. He wants to come home. ~~~ "They all thought he died. Apparently they were dead wrong." The day of the two year anniversary after his foster brother's disappearance, Ricardo Vásquez receives a message from an unknown number. The sender claims to be his brother, Kevin and sends what can only be classified as irrefutable evidence that he's alive. But it can't be Kevin, right? Kevin was murdered. Kevin's remains were found. Kevin was DEAD! Or at least he was supposed to be. Now that Kevin's suddenly back, he wants Ricardo's help in exposing the truth and finding out who really tried to kill him two years prior. As the story unfolds, Ricardo uncovers terrible truths about those close to him, warping his mission into that of something more dangerous and twisted than he bargained for, especially considering the masked character who will stop at nothing to ensure Ricardo and his family suffers. Cover credit goes to: @moonlight_aesthetics

Alone in the world before her first shift, Imaris knows nothing of packs, pack hierarchy, or mates. Her goals in life? First, Protect her sister, and second, stay secret. What happens when the gamma, who happens to have exchanged friendly blows with her at the gym, brings news of a lone Wolf, who knows nothing of packs, to his alpha, while bathed in her scent? .....And when the alpha discovers her to be his mate? RATED MATURE FOR GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE. NO SEXUAL CONTENT. All rights reserved Copyright and trademark.