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

The last thing Queen Zara needs after her disastrous coronation is to be tied down to the arrogant Canadian agent who saved her life. ~~~~~ Zara inherits the crown in her early twenties when her elderly father passes away. She is convinced that, though she is young, she will make a fine queen, capable and strong. Beside her is the fiancé that her father hand selected for her before he died and her life couldn't be more planned out and organized. That is until shots are fired at her during her coronation. Luckily, a Canadian agent on vacation saves the day. Jasper Kingsley is Zara's ultimate challenge: hot-headed, riddled with secrets and scars, and so damn attractive. Content warning: This story contains mature sexual content, drug use, and themes of death and violence.