[ORIGINAL DRAFT SAMPLE] She is twenty-nine when the FBI comes for her, but Catherine Themis was only seventeen, grieving and naive and angry, the first time she wiped someone else's blood from her fingers and felt the snake rise in her chest. She was seventeen when she stepped into the dark and never looked back. ***** By day, Catherine Themis is an unassuming civilian administrator for the Dedwich Police Department, but by night, she is a notorious vigilante known as The Hangman. Struggling with her violent urges and the psychological cost of her actions, Catherine becomes the target of an obsessive serial killer and a relentless FBI agent, and as the hunt for the Hangman intensifies, Catherine must decide which life she wishes to live and what she values more: vengeance or her fading humanity? A psychological thriller in the vein of MINDHUNTER and HANNIBAL, SERPENT HEART is a deep-dive into the life and history of a conflicted vigilante forced to confront her inner demons and evade a national manhunt. Catherine questions the efficacy of her own convictions as the FBI closes in and a vindictive murderer puts her family, love, and identity in jeopardy. With everything on the line and time running out, who will Catherine Themis become? --- [[AVAILABLE ON AMAZON]] [[REMOVED 24 DEC 2021]] [[2019 Watty Winner - Mystery & Thriller]]

The aliens kill every human they catch, or in rare cases, put trackers on them to discover their hidden villages. When Natalie is caught in an ambush, she is unexpectedly released. But there is no tracker. The Saursunes have an entirely different motive this time. *** Run. Don't look back. When Natalie is trapped in an alien ambush, she is unexpectedly released. The first human to ever be let go. The Saursunes invaded centuries ago, and everyone knows that getting caught is certain death. Natalie is confused but grateful to be alive. As a porter, one of the few humans with the rare ability to teleport between special crystal formations, she must leave the safety of her desert village every day to help gather food. When other villages increase their raids on the Saursunes' farms, the aliens retaliate by hunting down every human they can find - except Natalie's group. Instead of trying to kill her and those helping her, they bring them food instead. Is it a trap? Or something else? Natalie isn't sure, but one thing is certain: the Saursunes aren't done with her yet.

❖ A hundred years after a disease burned the world down, Adriana is dragged into a war she didn't know existed. The Aztec gods are fighting for their lives, and they want her to help. ❖ Adriana is a fourth-generation member of Grillo Negro, a nomadic village trudging down the continent in search of warmth and other people. It's been a hundred years since human society was incinerated by an unknown disease. The descendents of the survivors live in fear that they'll be next. When a scouting trip takes a terrifying turn, Adriana finds herself caught up in a war that reveals a darker side of the apocalypse. The gods of her ancestors are real. They're standing between her village and a powerful enemy, and she and her friends might be the last thing that can help. The burning disease isn't gone, and the one who created it is only just getting started. ❖❖❖ Complete. Wattys 2021 and 2022 Shortlister. Comments and critiques are both welcome and appreciated. I write characters from many different backgrounds, with many different experiences. If you share those traits and find that I have misrepresented anything, please let me know! I am feedback-friendly and here to learn :)

In the epic conclusion to the Devil's Deal series, Freya has one final chance to discover the full potential of her own power, and to use it to restore balance in the universe - once and for all. After the destruction caused by Roisin, Ferya and Torix come to terms with their losses and mistakes... And prepare for a final battle that will change everything.

They say time heals all wounds, but when you can live eons, how much time do you need? As the nine realms continue to slowly recover from the battles and changes that the council have gone through, Ferya finds her power growing but her mental energy for the demands placed on her is flagging. Cingetorix spends her days fighting piles of paper and struggling under the expectations of the council, and her nights helping her friends and being dragged into training with Lucifer. An old mentor from Murchadh's past returns, and her presence causes complications and far reaching consequences. Lucifer prepares his Generals for a battle that is materializing in the shadows, while watching Torix's power continue to grow with concern. But just as the enemy gets to the doorstep, Lucifer is forced to make a deal that will leave Ferya, Cingetorix and all their friends without their strongest allies as they move forward to face a murderer. As the lines between friend and foe blurs and the questions of who to trust and where the danger is truly coming from, Ferya and Torix will have their hardest battles yet. Can the granddaughter of the fallen one take his place in ensuring the universe remains balanced? And can an angel killer hold her own against beings who consider themselves gods?

Earth and the Eight realms are cut adrift from the network of realities and worlds that make up the expansive Universe, though time will tell if it is enough to stop the World Eater from getting what it wants from Lucifer. Only a few know the truth about what has happened and they struggle to maintain the secret long enough to make a difference in the battle to come. Life has continued, revolving around Lucifer's coffee shop and its menagerie of patrons and the efforts of the Council to keep Earth balanced between light and dark. The only thing reliable in this town is that Sinfully Delicious will be open and that eventually there may be a batch of sticky buns for eager patrons. There will be war. There will be love. There will be sacrifice. There will be loss. But first stop by for a latte, avoid the scones and try not to feed the demons any Nymph Blood. Also, any tips on how to start up a supernatural rodeo would be greatly appreciated. #stickybunsforpeace Book Three of the Devil's Deal Series. Cover by @whiskeyjanedoe

Welcome to Earth! Please remember to report to your local representative to review your understanding of our expectations while here. The apocalypse is over, but there are plenty of cataclysmic events you can participate in. Don't forget to stop by Sinfully Delicious, now serving both Day and Night Kin. The aftermath is settling, leaving gaping holes in power and administration that Lucifer has a plan for. With more creatures gathering in Pretoria for various reasons and alliances, our heroes only have one constant in their lives. A safe place to have a pastry and a good cup of joe. Surviving will mean shaking off old biases and grudges and ancient friendships crumble around them as they try to lick their wounds from the chaos recently unleashed onto their lives. But something is brewing in the nine realms. An ancient enemy that turns friend into foe and who will require the sacrifice of our heroes to defeat. Old enemies turn deadly and friends must decide who they trust while building a world they can believe in. *** Note: The primary genre of this story is not romance, but there are romance elements into it. I believe in equal representation, which means there will be a variety of relationships in this series, from MxW, WxW, MxM. Each relationship will develop differently, as in real life. But there is no Explicit content in this story. *** Book two of the Devil's Deal Series. Cover by @whiskeyjanedoe

Ferya, a human baker in post-apocalyptic Earth, is pulled into a game of universal consequences when she agrees to a deal with Lucifer. Welcome to a post-apocalyptic Earth, reclaimed by a shaky peace between Lucifer and the angelic Council of Twelve. Where they once ruled and consumed the world unchecked, humanity has now been relegated to second class citizenship, when they aren't acting as food supply for the kin. In a world that contains demons, vampires, fae, and all other creatures that go bump in the night, Ferya is a human who bakes the meanest treats in town. When Lucifer offers her a deal that most people would not refuse, Ferya changes the game on the fallen one. Ferya's choice unknowingly starts a chain of events that changes her life and the fate of the universe beyond the machinations of the prince of darkness himself. In an eternal battle between light and dark, can a sweet treat and a cup of Joe make a difference? Book One of the Devil's Deal Trilogy. Sinfully Delicious is a Wattpad Editor's Choice Featured book! (Dec 2019) Trigger Warning: Violence, Blood and Language. *** Note: The primary genre of this story is not romance, but there are romance elements into it. I believe in equal representation and inclusion, which means there will be a variety of relationships in this series. Each relationship will develop differently, as in real life. But there is no Explicit content in this story. ***

They are born in the darkness, and they own it like no one else. Anna Johnson stays clear of vampires. She knows what they are capable of. As a witch of the air she is working for the Circle as a researcher, closing her eyes to that which lies in her past. Until one phone call changes everything.

"It's unlike any paranormal book I've read--very smart, very fresh, and very addictive, and very still in my mind." –And Anything Bookish In 1692, when witch trials gripped the community of Salem, Massachusetts, twenty-six children were accused as witches, exiled, and left for dead. Fourteen of them survived. The Survivors is the first installment of the tantalizing tales of the fourteen ill-fated Survivors and their descendants, who have been content in hiding for over three centuries. Isolated on a Montana mountainside, only Sadie, the rogue daughter, dares to abandon the family’s sacred hiding place. But no matter how far Sadie runs, something always pulls her back. On a muggy summer night in Tennessee, she witnesses a shocking scene that will change her life forever. It is the first in a sequence of events that will drag her from the human world she’s sought to belong to for over a century and send her back to her Puritanical family. Sadie is thrown toward an uncertain future filled with cunning witches, mysterious nosferatu shape-shifters, dangerous eretica and vieczy vampires, millennia-old mythology, and the search for her own mortality. After all… HOW DO YOU KILL A SURVIVOR? The Survivors will steal your heart and invade your mind. Fall into the pages of Sadie’s life, a world so frighteningly similar to your own, you’ll find yourself wanting to go to the Montana mountains to find the Survivors for yourself. And it is only the beginning. "The way Ms. Havard has taken the history of the Salem witches and made it her own is truly fascinating... great debut from a talented writer." –DJ DeSmyter, author of Hunted “[THE SURVIVORS is a…] promising debut and an incredibly unique paranormal romance. Unputdownable, engaging, realistic and dark..." –Fragments of Life Review Blog Can't wait to read the whole story? THE SURVIVORS is available for purchase now through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kindle, the Apple iBookstore, and