2022 Wattys Award Winner The Terrible Trial of Kennedy Abrams (And Her Scapegoat Rebecca) The Sequel to 'Treadmill' In the trial of the year, Kennedy Abrams is being tried for the murder of Hank Wilcox. Her freedom is on the line, her friendship with Rebecca Eaves is shot, and she's about to relive every moment of her trauma in front of a jury. But there's more. Rebecca isn't completely separate from the case, and as the trial looms closer, and she gets a surprise visit from an unexpected ally, she starts to feel for her former friend. And when the two girls reluctantly form an alliance again, neither is prepared for the decades-old secrets they're set to uncover. And as the trial continues, neither is prepared for how they'll be forced to betray the other. 'The Terrible Trial of Kennedy Abrams' is the fast-paced, thrilling legal sequel to 'Treadmill,' where Kennedy and Rebecca's morals, patience, and lives will be tested beyond anything they've ever experienced.

"I admit to being a very SICK and TWISTED person." Sadie and Levi Olivers are the closest pair of siblings that anyone has ever seen. Abandoned as toddlers and forced to live in foster home after merciless foster home, they will do anything to keep each other safe and happy. All they really want, though, is for Levi's eighteenth birthday to come around so they can legally get away and forget their miserable childhoods. The night of the special day, though, Sadie receives a phone call under Levi's caller ID. All she can hear is the screaming of her older brother and a villainous voice telling her to find her parents or she'll never see Levi again. The only problem is that she doesn't know who or where they are. She doesn't know what to do. She feels lost without her brother's guidance. Within the chaos, though, she meets Theo, a wealthy, charming boy who just so happens to be in the same situation as she is. His older sister went missing just hours before Levi's known disappearance, and he's just as scared as Sadie is. As Sadie and Theo's search begins, everything quickly spins out of control. Anything is possible and no one can be trusted. To what extremes will they go to bring back their brother and sister? © valarie rae, two thousand and fourteen. action #8 // mystery-thriller #8 amazing cover by serenay (@paradoxe)

Colette has always been good at blending into the background. Even if she hadn't been born with the ability to camouflage herself into her surroundings, she would still be magnificent at getting through life unseen. She is afraid of being noticed - if someone were to get too close, they might find the freak within. However, when Gigi comes barging into her life and claims that she is the only one who can help her defeat a creature known as a Rengling, Colette begins to understand that her peculiarity isn't a burden, but a gift. And maybe, with a little practice, she can defeat this Rengling before he even sees her coming.

[Book 1 to the Lake Bellinor Duology] [UNEDITED] It can't be controlled. And it can't be ignored. Those were the two most important things Tyler Loftman came to understand the more he discovered about his strange ability; an ability that allows him to see into a dead person's past with just one touch. Nothing more, nothing less. So, when a nameless young woman is found drifting down the middle of the lake, Tyler realizes he just might have a chance to put his ability to the test, and figure out whether it is a gift or a curse. But he soon realizes that won't be easy. All of the locals in the small town of Lake Bellinor know how to keep a secret; and when push comes to shove, the blame game begins.

There are monsters out there. 16-year-old Gemma Armistead has grown up in Maris her whole life, thriving amongst the strange and unusual. Since she was small, she's been training to hunt in the Ancient Forest, and even after her father's death, she still continues to do what she loves. She doesn't know that what she thought was myth is true, not until she meets the human. When Gael Echeart is thrown into her life, he turns it upside down. He is a human in a community of the inhuman, and Gemma must try to protect him, even if it endangers herself. But when things seem to take a horrible turn, Gemma finds she must fight to save her nation before it and everything she loves crumbles to dust. --Please comment or vote if you enjoy, thanks!--

When the sun goes down, the gravestone statues in Willow Hills Cemetery come to life--including Gretta. As a granite guardian of the dead, it's her job to make sure her charge--the snarky, hot-headed, lesbian spirit Quinn Rivera--crosses over and finds spiritual peace. But that's a little hard to do when Quinn's twin brother Jason blames himself for her premature death. And for Quinn to agree to cross over, he must learn the truth of her accidental passing and the bipolar episodes that led her to shut him out beforehand. But reaching out to the living is against the rules, and to break them would mean facing the most power-hungry and terrifying spirit of all: Death. *** Inspired by 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘰 (but not a retelling), Willow Hills is a southern gothic story with paranormal/horror elements. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐲'𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 (𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥) C/W: Gore, some violence, and light to moderate swearing. Neurodiverse and LGBT #ownvoice rep.

[UNEDITED AND TO BE REMOVED DECEMBER 31st, 2025] *** After moving to Connecticut to room with her best friend for the summer, Chastity Blake doesn't know what to think of the charm bracelet she finds, caught under the floorboards in her new bedroom; with the initials D.K. engraved into it. But ignoring the bracelet's origins isn't an option when she begins to live out strange scenarios as a young woman named Delilah. And when these scenarios start cutting too close to reality, she can't help but suspect they're memories. She quickly realizes though they're not her memories. They're Delilah Kim's memories -- a girl who was believed to have committed her family's murder, then suicide. But her memories tell a different story other than what everyone else in town seems to know. And it's up to Chastity to place the missing pieces of the puzzle together. [Cover made by @Vanoeuxx] ✨From our Stars - featured 10/14/20✨ ✨Editor's Choice - featured 12/31/20✨

17x FEATURED + WATTYS 2021 SHORTLIST ❝It all started in fire. But it never ended in flames.❞ Welcоme to St. Daktaliоn, the city where magic exists till these days. After burning alive for her crimes, Yarоslava Slavich, a witch once awed by everyоne, wakes up in a graveyard, in a stranger's body. Her cоnjurer, Mir Prаejis, offers her a chance to live anоther year, but in return, she must help him find a demon who hunts dоwn magic users. Witches are wicked, thоugh. And a witch raised frоm the dead is the most wicked of all. Now Yаra has a decision to make. Steal another girl's identity and run away to start her life anew? Or help Mir serve justice, redeem her sоul, but--die forever? The problem is, the girl whose body Yаra's now wearing seems to have feelings for Mir. And those feelings seem to slowly become Yаra's own. As Yаra gets to know Mir better, she learns that he keeps his own dark secret. Abоut the demоn they seek. About Yаra's own past. About the day she was betrayed and chose witchery over her humanity. Can she survive this time? A witch brоught back from the dead. A boy rоbbed of his heart. A demоn damned to wander in shadows till the end of times. They share a secret, they share a past. But only one of them can have a future. Tread carefully. For the dead of these lands dо not rest in peace. MATURE: sexual content, blood-shedding magical rituals, occasional strong language, mental health topics, and scenes of violence and abuse. ___________________ Featured on: ✧@WattpadWitches ✧@WattpadUrbanFantasy ✧@WattpadESL ✧@Ambassadors ✧@fright ✧@mythandlegend ✧@Ghost ✧@Fantasy ✧@Paranormal ✧@PsychologicalNovel ✧@antiheroesgalore ✧@TheWarriorGoddess ✧@StoriesUndiscovered ✧@lowfantasy ✧@WattpadLitFic ✧@WattStoryCenter ✧@WattpadFusion ↬Amby Awards 2022 Villains category Winner ↬Speculative Awards 2021 Honorable Mention ↬Pride Awards 2023 1st place Grand Winner

Cover made by SaniaKasegel. It is said that when we die the last thing we might hear is a lullaby. This lullaby is said to have killed people, but no one has survived the song to tell the tale. The only being that knows the truth is Death himself, for he is the one that sings this lullaby that makes us cross to our final resting place. Death knows who will die at the exact time and place from his Death List. All Death has to do is collect our souls, carry them to our final resting places, and repeat. That's it. Falling in love with a mortal on Death Row was never in the cards for Death though. Upon seeing this mortal girl he becomes infatuated with her and because of this, he spares her life. Upon his actions, Death was booted out of his position of being the Devil's right hand man and is sent to Earth to live out his days as a human. Arabella Jules, the girl that everyone notices, but on the inside she is dying. She can't take the pressure of all of the expectations in her life anymore and she is slowly forgetting the lovable and carefree person that she use to be. The day a new boy comes to school and teaches her to live a little turns her whole life around, but when will she figure out that he is Death himself? Joe Sanders, the gravedigger for Indy Ville for over thirty years, is also on Death Row. Upon digging a grave one night he finds a strange boy sitting on one of the headstones. After he found out that his parents were dead and he was completely lost he decides to take the boy into his home and become the grandfather figure that the boy had never known in his life, but will his death come sooner than planned with Death himself in his home? Three lives are intertwined in this tale of love, loss, and death. Will Death earn his spot back on his throne? Will Arabella fall in love with the boy that has somehow changed her life or write him off as no good? And what will become of Joe when he tries to put Death on the path of good? PLEASE DON'T COPY STORY!

Elder Benson is dead. He had a gift of taking pictures in a surreal manner and didn't care people thought he was strange. When his body is found with a bluish substance in his system, everyone concludes that he overdosed on drugs. And no one cares really. After all, he was the weird guy. Except for his two best friends, Malachi and Simi. Malachi believes there's no way Elder would do drugs and Simi knows that her oldest friend was the gentlest soul she knew. When they find a photobook of Elder's, they discover dangerous secrets captured in the photos Elder took. Any of which could have led to his death. Together, they piece together the puzzles left by Elder in his photobook to find his killer before they strike again. cover by @TahliePurvis 1st Place Winner Mystery/Thriller World of Champions Awards, 2nd Edition