Arise Series Book 1 and Wattys 2022 Shortlist! As man has taken a step back in the world, magic, monsters, and adventure return. Modern man vs. the monsters of old who have re-entered the world. A group of men and women, the Journeymen, work to bring unity and order to a world separated by the differences that many once saw as incapable of reconciliation. With the use of magic and their skills as soldiers and lawmen, they are uniquely suited for the task of peace keeping. This story follows a small group of Journeymen. Jack Cooper is a man with one goal in mind, to create a world for his young family to have peace. Jack and his partner, the lovable and deadly veteran soldier Chuck Johnson, have challenges to face on all sides but perhaps the most daunting challenge of all is that of taking on a new apprentice. Anya Thompson, the orphaned daughter turned brand new Journeyman, faces the dangers of the big wide world that she has been cut off from for the last five years. Can she survive the trials of this savage land and in the process learn what it takes to protect the people who live in it? The Journeymen is a combination of a modern day, post-apocalyptic story with a dedication to realism and of a quest set in a world of high fantasy magic and monsters. I hope you all enjoy and I can't wait to interact with each of you in the comments!

Lucy and Kate arrive at their grandmother's dilapidated home to find more than they had expected. The Silverstones, their mysterious recluse neighbours, appear to harbor a great secret that threatens to destroy them all. In order to save themselves and her new town, Lucy must understand her inherited powers before it's too late.

[Wattys 2022 Shortlist] "Beggars can't be choosers, but I'm done begging." Luna, a homeless teen with skewed morals, and her mechanical cat Freckles embark on an adventure after finding a mysterious tracking device that could lead them to treasure. But when that device turns out to belong to Slaphand, a crime boss with a grip on the housing market in Carmsborough, Luna must save her best friend while coming to terms with her own gray morality.

Casey and Matias, now professional investigators, are given a new assignment. The old white painted house in town is rumored to be haunted by strange noises that scare potential buyers away. Could it be sounds of a long past crime? And whats keeping the spirits trapped inside?

Aria Matthews is in love with her best friend, Lucas Miller. It is the best kept secret since Area 51 and she knows she would take it to the grave. But things start changing in her senior year of high school when another of her friends takes it upon herself to set Aria up with the captain of the football team, who, incredibly, seems to be interested in her as well. And she doesn't understand why Lucas suddenly grows a stick up his butt about the whole dating deal. Sometimes it just takes a nudge to knock down years of carefully laid plans like the blocks of a Jenga tower. And sometimes, just sometimes, deeper and darker secrets are waiting to be exposed. Content and/or trigger warning: Sexual references and mentions of sexual abuse 🥇1st place in the Hearts Awards - Teen Fiction 🥇1st place in the Inclusive Watty Awards - Teen Fiction 🥇1st place in the Massive Awards - Best Cover 🥇1st place in the Prime Awards - Young Adult 🥇1st place in the Acamia Awards - Best story 2022 🥇1st place in the 2023 Gloria Regali Awards - Best Blurb 🥇1st place in the The Lovely Valentine Awards - Teen Fiction 🥇1st place in the Ocean Blue Awards - Romance 🥇1st place in the Ocean Blue Awards - Best Prologue and Best Storyline 🥇1st place in the Quidditch Awards - Teen Fiction

"Wouldn't you kill her first if you had the chance?" "The Slayer only kills Monsters. If she kills me, then that means I'm a monster." There are monsters in the world, and some of us are unlucky enough to encounter them. Fortunately for the innocent, there are warriors made to fight the monsters. Two powerful Clans of Slayers - the Yalser Clan and the Salyeria Clan - and one ultimate being born to either Bloodline every generation: The Slayer. Kyria is not the Slayer, though. She is the Daughter of the newly united Slayer Family who has finally come of age to fulfil one of her life long dreams: to train at SMT Academy to become a powerful Slayer. However, her plans are altered when a Monster attacks the Slayer Family and changes her already chaotic life forever. Now Kyria has to keep herself safe from Voices that are trying to drive her crazy, the constant chase of Monsters thirsting for her Magic Blood and the Slayer hunting her down. Kyria knows that something is wrong with her, but to keep her Family safe, the little Slayer would do anything. Even become close to her enemy, the most powerful being in the Three Worlds... The Slayer. Blood may unite them, but does it bind them? [𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐎𝐑 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐌𝐆 𝟏𝟒 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐]

A supernatural skeptic running a paranormal investigation. It'd be funny, if Danielle wasn't living that reality. When Danielle offered to help her friends film a ghost hunting show, she never expected the show's rapid success. Successful to the point of it becoming her full-time gig, and she was soon traveling across the United States to visit haunted locations with her friends. They curated their platform perfectly, gathering an audience devoted to their antics. Unfortunately, despite their talents, they were missing one thing. A real ghost. Resorting to tacky edits of spectral encounters, it was pleasing to their audience, but it wasn't the authentic paranormal experience they were looking for. With dwindling hopes of discovering a ghost, the show's team was ready to head anywhere haunted, no matter the risks. When new haunts ran scarce, they scouted an old haunted forest in the mountains. Secluded from society, the forest was a prime spot for ghost hunting. Years of learning about the paranormal, however, proved different from truly encountering it. Fake edits and rumors could never prepare them for the truth of the paranormal world. *** Cover by AlexVonnG