[2022 Wattys shortlisted story] A missing family. A twenty year old murder. An old ghost story. And a private detective from London. But what do they all have in common? It's the job of DCI Neo Denzel to figure it all out. In the quiet town of Marton, Shropshire, a place where nothing really happens, a car sits abandoned. The Bennett family have simply disappeared without a trace. It's the job of the town's DCI to find them, but with so little evidence it could prove impossible. Until Charlie Hoggins is hired to find the missing family. It doesn't take long for the DCI to get his feathers ruffled by the interloper into his case, and yet she may end up being one of his most useful assets, as long as he can remember that the case comes first. As their feelings change for each other, will they ever solve the case and finally put their ghosts to rest?

Niall is a bad boy from Ireland with a dark past. Brianna is a somewhat innocent girl from New Jersey with a past of her own. When the pair meet at a party and the two worlds turn into one will their pasts end it all and break two hearts? Or bring them closer and make their love stronger? *Under 17 Not permitted* *Sexual Content* *Adult Language* *Adult Situations*

"Shhh...Love, no need to be scared. I'm not gonna hurt you. Why, would I? You know I love you right?" His voice low and calm as fright claw at her heart, his knuckles caressing her cheek making her flinch. "Now be a good girl and do as I say or ready to bear the consequences, Love! I won't be merciful." He warned. What will Riya do, when she founds out that the person she loves is a cold blooded killer. Zaroon Jawaid a cunning, manipulative and ruthless cardiologist, falls in love with a beautiful doctor Riya, but everything started to turn dark and intense when she finds out his secret and now is adamant to get away from him. But is he willing to let her go? After all he always get what he wants.

Sylver Reid, is not your regular petite bodied gay boy that everyone love and want for themselves, rather he is chubby and invisible to almost everyone that is not his friend and he prefer it so, because that way he can hide the dark past that holds him in its deadly clutches. He has become a professional at hiding it well behind his shy smile and happy exterior, while deep down he constantly prays that no one will ever find out or that the past wont come back knocking. And he was doing an excellent job of it while remaining invisible, that was, until the sexy Italian Beast, Santier Alessi steps into the picture, with every intention of dominating and waking up deep hidden desires inside of him, while marking him as his chocolate treat forever. He has a sexy beast trying to devour and dominate him. And his past knocking. Will Sylver succumb completely to the desires of the beast? Or will he back away and run, when the knockings of his past are too loud to ignore?

A summer has passed since the catastrophe at the country club. Heiress and vigilante Sapphire Dubois has escaped to Paris, where she has shed her rich persona and lives as the infamous Serial Catcher. When the handsome Detective Aston Ridder tracks her down, Sapphire returns home to find Beverly Hills in chaos. A new vigilante has taken over Sapphire's old job, and will stop at nothing to get her predecessor out of the way. Meanwhile, a man with dark intentions and a deceiving smile has nestled his way into the rich community and is killing off heiresses. It doesn't take long before Sapphire finds that this man, the next killer she has to catch, is none other than her estranged father. Already plagued by sickening memories, Sapphire is pushed to the limit when her father initiates a deranged game that threatens both her sanity and the lives of everyone around her. While Aston struggles to keep the woman he loves from drowning in her father's madness, Sapphire battles to outwit her merciless opponents before time runs out and more innocent blood is spilled.

While setting her sights on a new serial killer, Beverly Hills heiress and vigilante, Sapphire Dubois, fights to cancel the wedding of the season in the sequel to the bestselling New Adult Thriller STALKING SAPPHIRE. As a new serial killer dubbed the "Stripper Slayer" plagues Los Angeles, Sapphire once again sheds her socialite persona, this time to go undercover as a penniless stripper. Struggling to find the brutal man before he slays again, Sapphire finds that the thin wall separating her double life is cracking. Her family and friends expect her to walk down the aisle with the most eligible bachelor among the Beverly Hills elite; a man she doesn't want. Meanwhile, the man she does want, handsome Detective Aston Ridder, is making her life hell as he closes in on the Serial Catcher's trail. Sapphire scrambles to keep the chaos at bay, unaware that someone else is tracking her as well. A serial killer from her past is back and will stop at nothing to get his vengeance.

Despite the illusion Sapphire Dubois presents to the rest of the world, she is not just your stereotypical 22-year old Beverly Hills heiress; she hunts serial killers. While her fellow heirs spend their nights with trending celebs and drugs at the hottest club, Sapphire secretly spends hers luring, capturing, and anonymously handing over So-Cal's most wanted killers to the police - just your average Tuesday night. What Sapphire doesn't know is that one of her adversaries is watching her every move, aware of both her true identity and her unconventional hobby. Needless to say, he doesn't approve. Used to being the one who redefines the definition of predator and prey, Sapphire's world abruptly shatters when a gruesome 'gift' arrives for her at the Beverly Hills Country Club. With her involuntary crush, handsome Detective Aston Ridder, close on her tail, Sapphire now has to rethink her routine strategy and figure out how to capture a killer who already knows she's coming.

Lucy, a 17-year old slave girl, was born on the plantation, works on the plantation, and will most likely die on the plantation. She knows little of the world past the plantation, but that doesn't keep her from wondering about it. With the rare abilities to read and write, she knows there's a better life out there for her; it's just a matter of where. Deciding to find her better life, she runs away to the north, hoping to make a living for herself. But, on her way to freedom, Lucy encounters Koi, the 21-year old son of an Indian tribe's chief. He welcomes her into his tribe, showing her the ways of the world and the heart. At Koi's side, Lucy ventures beyond the cotton fields.

His hand was slammed on the table and he shouted my name. I looked at him, startled. "I'm talking to you Annalise" he stated rather annoyed. "Oh sorry, I guess I was busy not listening" He took a deep breath in and started talking again. "You haven't eaten in two days - you need to eat." "And whose fault would that be?" I replied "Annalise I will not tell you again, eat your food." My food remained in front of me, getting colder as I poked it with some cutlery. I let go of my fork. It clattered back on the plate, sending noise through the quite house. "And I will not tell you again, I am not eating it." ----------- Eighteen-year-old Annalise Reid is a sporty and smart school girl when her world is turned on its head by none other than the one and only, Mason Reyes. Feared leader of the American Mafia, Mason is confident that he can get any girl he wants worshiping the ground he walks on but what happened when Annalise does not do what he wants? Will Mason break her into submission or will Annalise escape from the living hell that he is putting her through? Also sorry, the start is kind of rusty but if you stick at it I promise it will get better. Comments are welcome!! B xx

LoveMeSomeStyles: has anyone seen this kid? she looks so much like Harry Styles. it's crazy. HarryxLovesxMe: wow! she really does! that is wild! MarryMeHazza: i wonder if he has a secret love child or something. she looks way too much like him to not be related at all. LoveMeSomeStyles: @MarryMeHazza you may be onto something. let's look more into this... I sat there looking at the comments on the picture someone reposted of my daughter. More specifically, mine and Harry's daughter. More importantly, the daughter that Harry does not know exists. "Well, fuck." I said to myself. If I knew this fandom, which I did, I knew that there was no way this wouldn't blow up and get back to Harry somehow. "I'm completely screwed." ------------------ An AU where Harry is an international popstar and Louis is just a guy he met one night at one of his concerts. They slept together & Louis ended up pregnant. Louis decided not to tell Harry about the pregnancy. One day, some of Harry's fan's find pictures of the little girl and point out how much she looks like Harry Styles. It only escalates from there and Harry is bound to find out about the little girl with his green eyes, dimples, and chocolate brown hair. Ranked #1 in Stylinson - 02/28/19 Ranked #1 in Larry - 05/05/19 Ranked #1 in Mpreg - 03/12/2019 Ranked #1 in Larrystylinson - 06/08/2019