A mute. A deaf. And so much more than a love story.

[Wattys 2022 Winner!] Vanessa Brooks, an anxious and cynical seventeen year-old, discovers she can travel to the summer of 1953 through the run-down community pool in her rural Michigan town and risks her future as she falls for a boy who lives in the past. ****** On the last day of junior year, Vanessa Brooks joins her friends for a traditional jump into the city pool to celebrate the beginning of summer and the last year they plan to spend in Palmer, Michigan; a dead-end riverside town with an eerily abandoned historic main street and decaying Victorian mansions. But when she resurfaces her classmates have been replaced by girls in retro swimsuits and bathing caps and guys in thigh-baring briefs with cigarettes tucked behind their ears. When Pete Harrison, an unfamiliar face who seems somewhat familiar with hers, offers a dizzy and confused Vanessa a towel and a ride home, she discovers her house and family missing. She has somehow slipped into 1953, the year her grandparents graduated high school. Using the pool and vivid imaginings of her grandfather's memories, Vanessa continues to escape to 1953- and to Pete, who, despite his unaffected kindness and optimism, has a mysterious bad reputation around town. But as she dives deeper into the summer her grandparents fell in love, she finds herself unable to return to the present without venturing even further into the past to correct a mistake that threatens her family and future. *Content Warning: this story contains scenes of near drowning and other perils on the sea, swearing, smoking and alcohol use* This story is complete at ~90,000 words. Wattys Winner 2022- Catchiest Hook and Wild Card Shortlisted Wattys 2021 Featured on @WattpadTimeTravel Featured on @WattpadHistoricalRomance Featured on @TeenFiction Editor's choice list, December 2022, May 2023 Cover by @eva3382

✨A WATTYS 2022 PARANORMAL & "BEST CHARACTERS" WINNER✨ A college basketball star risks everything to prove his innocence with a girl who can communicate with ghosts. *** Ace Jones isn't certain about a lot of things in life, but basketball has always come easy. This is until he finds himself as the prime suspect of a murder he knows he didn't commit. Lucky for him, Devyn Brooks knows he didn't commit it either. But not because she witnessed it--she simply sees the victim as plain as day and even endures her incessant talking. Though Devyn usually does everything in her power to hide her supernatural ability, she'll have to start embracing it in order to save Ace from a common fate. And Ace will discover a deeper part of his identity that challenges his notions of the world. Will they be able to solve a case that America is so eager to pin on another Black man? ✨| FEATURED ON WATTPAD READING LISTS | ✨ 💕 Wattpad Editor's Choice Dec. 2022 💕 @StoriesUndiscovered, Thrills N Spills 2022 @SpeculativeFiction, The Crypt 2022 ⛈ A Stormy Nights Challenge Participant 2022 ⛈

"In the depths of silence, her diary became her voice. Liv, a young girl who relies on her ears as her sole means of communication, pours her heart and soul into the pages of her diary. Every day, she fills it with the songs she hears, the snippets of conversations she catches, and the secrets she uncovers. But when Armand enters her life, everything changes. From the first moment she hears his captivating voice, Liv is unable to focus on the sounds around her. His soothing voice becomes her sanctuary, drowning out the chaos of the world. Even when he's not present, his voice lingers in her mind, echoing in her thoughts. With her diary as her only outlet, Liv pours her deepest emotions for Armand onto its pages. She writes of a love that can never be spoken, a love that resides only in the secret confines of her diary. As time slips away, she vows to keep her love hidden, knowing that her feelings may never be expressed. But through every word she writes, the love she holds for Armand grows stronger. Even if their paths never cross, even if their love remains confined to the pages of her diary, Liv will forever cherish him. In the quiet solitude of her journal, she declares her unwavering love for Armand, a love that transcends the boundaries of spoken words. Discover a story of unspoken love, whispered secrets, and the power of a silent heart. Dive into Liv's world, where the only witness to her hidden desires is her cherished diary. Will she find the courage to reveal her feelings or will they forever remain ink on paper? 'My Ears, Diary, Armand' is a captivating tale of love, longing, and the unbreakable bond between words and the heart."