When her close friend and neighbour, Sarah, is found dead in a pool of blood, Lisa sets on a mission to unravel the mystery behind the very first murder in their quaint town but it proves not to be the last. ***** It was a cool night when Lisa stepped in to check on her best friend and neighbour, Sarah, but the sight she met was one she never imagined. Sarah Monroe was found dead in her room, a bit more than three months after her arrival. Sarah - the cherry beloved of Liddenville. Although a stranger who hadn't been in town for long, she quickly gained the love and care of most people. One of them being the Mayor's son, leading to a romantic relationship much to the dislike of the Mayor. Investigation from different directions begins in earnest and truths that were very well hidden come to light. Events from that night begin to unravel, revealing much more about Sarah than Lisa ever knew. Although the clues seem to bring her closer to the killer, she can't help but feel farther from the truth. Book 1 in "A Murder Mystery" series. Started - 5th January 2020 Finished - 21st June 2020 Ranks 🎖 21/9/24 - #1 in #detective Awards 🏆 3/02/24 - Datura Awards Shortlist 12/04/25 - Best Mystery/Thriller in Hidden Gem Awards Featured on Reading List 📚 13/03/25 - Murder on @mystery 23/07/25 - Ambassador's Pick on @mystery 01/09/25 - Looking for clues on @newlywrittenbooks

Ember Corbin is a happy-go-lucky woman, working as a kindergarten teacher after graduating from college. After an unfortunate incident, she decides to move on, leaving the questions in her mind unanswered. But she doesn't expect her fate to be connected with her rescuer, who happens to be a mafia leader. Lance Storm is leading the most dangerous mafia called the Thunder. He prefers silence over everything. He remains in a serious mood most of the time until his fate collides with Ember, the woman who cannot tolerate silence. After Lance rescues Ember and ends up revealing his illegal business, she deems him as her mafia rescuer. When their paths continue to meet, secrets are unleashed, and their past gets interconnected, will Lance be able to rescue Ember?

After a sudden hiatus from social media, popular YouTuber Belinda Quincy feels like she has her mojo back and attempts to do something to make it up to her fans. But that's when a mystery girl's music video goes viral. Jealousy creeps in at all the attention the girl starts getting, and in a bid to do something that puts her back as the center of attention, she exposes herself to a cyberbully. Her secrets and personal life take no time in appearing on social media, and her life begins to fall apart. Despite having the boy that's been sending her flirtatious winks by her side, it still feels like everything is over. But what if she's keeping the cyberbully close and doesn't realize it until it's too late? Editors' Pick, July/September 2021. Featured by the Community Team. (Cover by @goldenways)

Suni Davis was a recent graduate in Cultural Anthropology. The excitement of the accomplishment quickly wore off though when she learned her professor had passed away. She had been one of his closest TA's. Returning to the university to help clean out his office she discovers he had planned a trip to Nepal. She finds a plane ticket and private notebook on the elusive creature, the yeti. Unaware that he'd been researching such a myth she becomes immersed in it. This was just the adventure she needed. She books a flight. Would she find what her professor was so entranced with? Copyright KEJennings 2021

Aimee is a hardworking med student. Maddox is a wild business major. Together they share an apartment and absolutely nothing else. What happens when these two roommates are put on a 20-day lockdown during quarantine? *** When a nationwide lockdown traps two dysfunctional roommates together, there's nothing they can do... except get to know each other better. This is a total nightmare situation for Aimee, who has successfully avoided doing exactly that for the past few months of living with Maddox, her playboy roommate. While neither of them expects it, they might end up finding friendship, comfort, and maybe even love, at a time when they need it the most. ~~~~~~ R E V I E W S: Match Made in Quarantine is a funny, heart-warming story that captures current world issues all the while incorporating feel-good moments. Delve into Maddox and Aimee's beautiful love story if you love a combination of comedy and romance! - wonder_718 MMIQ is a rollercoaster of a ride, that had me laughing, crying and trying my best not smash my Kindle in frustration at Aimee's "hormones". Drawing inspiration from current events in a brilliant and funny manner, MMIQ is a fantastic read for anyone who enjoys talented writing, clever one-liners and relatable characters. 10/10. - GatsyNogim Filled with love, laughter, and some tears, this book is exactly what you need to put a smile on your face when the world outside isn't. - leahdiseris ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ 🏅Ranked #2 in New Adult, Apr '23 🏅Ranked #4 in Young Adult, Nov '20 🏅Ranked #5 in Romance, Nov '20 🏅Ranked #2 in Humor, Apr '23 🏅Ranked #3 in Love, Feb '22 🏅Ranked #2 in Teen Fiction, Aug '22 ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ MMIQ is a rom-com about a FICTIONAL PANDEMIC!

An aspiring eighteen-year-old author realizes she is a character in an unwritten horror novel and must use her storytelling knowledge to survive. ***** Eighteen-year-old romance writer, Ima Jean Paige, questions the afterlife following the recent death of her brother, leading her and her friends Zeke Garble, Felicity Weiland, and Atem Tahir to the remote Ayahuasca forests for a private spiritual retreat. Although her search is for the meaning of life and beyond, she discovers an odd story outline in her notebook detailing and predicting the night's unsettling and bizarre happenings. Realizing they are characters in an unwritten horror novel, she must rely on the notebook and her storytelling abilities to not only gain control of her life but somehow steer the narrative toward a happily ever after. For fans of The Cabin in the Woods, Midsommar, and The Babadook! ***** TRIGGER & CONTENT WARNING: For references of suicide, drugs and alcohol, and mild sexual content ***** || Wattys Awards 2022 Wattpad WEBTOON Studios Entertainment Prize Winner (for film and/or television adaptation) || || Wattys Awards 2022 Horror Winner || || Wattys Shortlist 2022 || || AmbyAwards Horror Winner 2022 || || Editor's Pick 2022 || || NaNoWriMo Winner 2021 || - - Copyright © 2021 by L.L. Sanders

Ailith has had a secret crush on popular girl Holly since high school. When vampires kill everyone they ever knew, will Ailith finally get a chance to tell Holly how she feels? Who is the little boy who keeps appearing in Ailith's dreams? More importantly, will Ailith survive the rainstorm that is turning the entire world into blood-drinking monsters? *** Editor's Choice November 2020, August 2021 | Watty Paranormal Winner 2020 *** Ailith Ying is a college student whose family is turned into vampires during a toxic rainstorm. Her only hope of saving them is to find an elusive and rare medicine known as a Lumin pill. Unfortunately, she is kidnapped and taken to Miami by two of her friends who are on the run from the vampire horde. Soon, as the infection spreads across America, Ailith must find her way back to her family and save the world. **** Our world is dying. We thought the end of times would come from the plague, from disease, from war - it came from beneath the Black Waters. Cover designed by Frances Louise De Ramos

*Note: This is a brief sample of my debut novel that is now available on Amazon, B&N, Smashwords, or wherever you like to get your books :-)* *** Fifteen-year-old Toaolelā has always been jealous of his sister. But when he accidentally sends her to the underworld, he must learn to overcome his own insecurities and cross the horizon to find her, before it's too late. Dysfunctional family dynamics come to life in this fantastical world inspired by the myths of ancient Polynesia. At its core, Shadowed By Moonlight is a tale of gods and demons, self-love, self-hate, and the depths a young man will go to in order to make things right with his sister.

[ Fᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴏɴ @WᴀᴛᴛᴘᴀᴅAsɪᴀɴFᴀɴᴛᴀsʏ, @Fᴀɴᴛᴀsʏ, @Aᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ @ᴍʏᴛʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅ ] Wᴀᴛᴛᴘᴀᴅ Iɴᴅɪᴀ Aᴡᴀʀᴅs 2021 Wɪɴɴᴇʀ (Tʜᴀᴛ Sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ Qᴜᴇsᴛ) ONC 2021 Lᴏɴɢʟɪsᴛᴇʀ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬・✿・▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ As mysterious flash-floods rising from a dam reservoir begin drowning the town of Ketakey, it is up to the mages of the Kingdom of Kedhara to keep its citizens safe. Daminey Roukha, a mage apprentice of the Jackal lineage tasked with rescuing civilians finds herself plunging headfirst into her nightmares as she navigates the town. With inexplicable and terrifying phenomena thwarting her attempts at saving the locals from the deluge, time is a stream of sand slipping through her fingers. The dark secrets surrounding the quiet riverside town unfold in the peculiar rains, and soon Daminey stumbles upon a being whose existence would undermine hers in the eyes of the citizens of Kedhara. When you die in the darkness of the Ketakey Reservoir, you come back. But you never come back the same, there's always a price to pay for resurrection. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬・✿・▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ONC 2021 Pʀᴏᴍᴘᴛs #5 ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴀ ᴛᴇʀʀɪʙʟᴇ ᴅʀᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ʀᴀᴠᴀɢɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀɴᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀs ʀᴇᴄᴇᴅᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴄᴀʟ ʟᴀᴋᴇ/ʀᴇsᴇʀᴠᴏɪʀ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ғɪɴᴅ. #66 ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅɪᴇ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ. ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ's ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ᴀ ᴘʀɪᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀʏ ғᴏʀ ʀᴇsᴜʀʀᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.

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