*TRADITIONALLY PUBLISHED BY FRAYED PAGES x WATTPAD BOOKS! COMING TO BOOKSTORES 6/11/24!!* |2022 Wattys Shortlist| When a demon princess and a human man collide, it is beautiful chaos. Desideria is the princess of the demonic realm, and it is time she inherits her Circle of Infernis. She has just one enormous problem. Before she is made queen, her father demands that she find a being who will rule beside her and be her eternal partner. Desi has never fit in with the anarchy demons love. She thrives on structure and plans to oversee her Circle of lazy demons and energies with complete order. Rather than search for the impossible in her own realm, Desi sets out to find a future husband amongst the humans. After a series of dating mishaps, Desi quickly learns that humans are just as chaotic as her own people, and she turns to her sexy new roommates for help. Cannon is driven, fun, and charming, where Jace is nerdy, brooding, and damaged. Together, they make the perfect team to guide Desi through the trials of dating. Can Desi find an eternal partner in ninety days, or will she fail and thrust her realm into destruction? Perhaps she will find the answer with one of the two men living under the same roof as her.

[This story will become free on NOVEMBER 17th] Saving the life of the infamous rookie pirate, Captain Ruben Kirk, catapults Jessica Red into a sea of magic, jewel heists, and world-saving adventure. ***** After years of watching pirates fighting with the king's navy off the coast of Harvest Island, Jessica Red saves the life of the infamous rookie pirate, Captain Ruben Kirk, and the two become fast friends. Little does she know, Ruben Kirk is only the first of three rookie pirates she'll meet during a whirlwind of sea-faring adventures - but when Jessica learns the corrupt King Mordred has plans to destroy her island home, can she convince them to help her save it? ("The Rookie Pirates" is Book 1 in "The Adventures of Jessica Red" trilogy.) [[word count: 300,000-350,000 words]]

Maybelle used to love mermaids growing up as a little girl. Every Halloween she would dress up as Ariel from the Little Mermaid and run around the streets getting candy. But now that she has grown up, all her thoughts about mermaids have disappeared. With work on her hands and finding out her boyfriend has been cheating on her with her best friend. She runs away to the beach, hoping to clear her mind and finding a way to get out of this mess. Until she meets Pierce, the wonderful, sexy and confusing merman. He has the power to grant her a wish, only one wish, but what will it be? ---------- #WATTYS2016 *SECOND BOOK IN THE Ten Wishes For Mr. Genie SERIES* *THIS BOOK IS NOT A SEQUEL OR A FOLLOW UP* **So you do not need to read Ten Wishes For Mr. Genie to understand this book** ***ENJOY<3***

A prince, rumored to be son of the Devil. He is the definition of Danger. He is the Darkness itself. A princess. Imprisoned in her own home, only to come out once she gets married. But married to whom? *** Once upon a time, the Devil fell in love with one of the King's many wives. One night he went to her room disguised as her husband and made love to her. She got pregnant with his child. Knowing this The King ordered her execution believing his wife cheated on him, but then the Devil appeared to the king making him a deal. In exchange for great power for his Kingdom, the King will let his wife Sire The Devil's Child. The King who was greedy for power agrees to the deal and his Kingdom becomes one of the most powerful Kingdoms and the Devil's Child the seventh Prince of the Kingdom. Being a princess probably sounds nice. A life full of luxury, beautiful dresses and nice shoes but for Hazel, there is nothing nice about being a princess. She can never go outside the palace, she can never have friends, she can never eat or say or wear whatever she wants and she can never choose the person she is going to marry. Soon she's getting married to a man she has never met, a prince rumored to be Son of the Devil. *Mature content.

((COMPLETED)) (Sequel to The Perfect Daughter) Two very long years of hiding and living under strict rules, Summer is finally allowed to live freely. And so are Nicole and Paisley. Being free has never felt so good, has it? That is until, the court hearing takes a sudden twist for the bad, causing another downhill spiral. Being free suddenly turns into another jail. Throughout the bad news, a new kid shows up at school, and he has a thing for Summer. Despite having many rules, her parents allow her to at least have some fun with people from school. One touch is all it took. Summer was falling for the new kid. Until one night, something changes that all. And soon, Summer realizes the cold, hard truth. Not everyone is who they say they are. cover made by @achillies-

[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]]

Halloween is a time to scare. A time to enjoy sharing frightening stories of either fact or fiction. That's easy for the small town of Falls Creek. The town possesses an ugly history of previously inhabiting a homicidal cannibal, Richard Carling. For seventeen-year-old Cassi Ross, her Halloween night was supposed to be spent babysitting her favorite group of children As the night goes by with strange moments such as mysterious phone calls, scary occurrences, and a masked figure peering through the windows, it is quickly deduced someone is taking Halloween shenanigans' too far. Possible suspects could be any number of teenage pranksters celebrating the memory of a grisly killer, or even Cassi's fellow babysitter, who has an overwhelming love for scary movies, as well as a grudge against her. It all seems to be just fun and games apart of harmless Halloween fun...Until it's discovered there's something rather sinister behind it, where someone deeply invested in Richard Carling's memory wishes Cassi harm... Amazing cover by Astoundedstars

Azima Rousseau, a demon hunter destined to save her world from the denizens of the Underworld, has to venture through the Seven Levels of Hell in order to face its Prince and close the rift between their worlds once and for all. ***** Ever since her eighteenth birthday, Azima Rousseau knew she would die battling the forces of Hell just as her mother had, and every other Rousseau before her. So when her destiny delivers her to Death's door, it is not the Devil who answers, but the Demon Prince Malecoda. Instead of ending her fated existence as his sworn enemy, he decides to bind her into a pact that challenges not only the intensity of her will to survive but also the integrity of her soul to persevere. Together they soon discover who the monsters truly are- Azima's own people. [[ 2021 WATTYS SHORTLIST ]] ---------- Cover designed by Stefanie Saw

Emerald did not want anything to do with Harry Allen again. He broke her heart when she was young. But, when he offered her to make a crown for the Queen of England, she immediately accepted. The Queen's crown would be the highlight in her first jewellery exhibit. But things did not turn out according to her plan. Her life turned upside down when she went with Harry in England. The more it became chaotic when she met Prince Philip, the next in line King. **Fall in love in this funny love story of our favorite drama queen, Emerald Petrakis. Let's travel with her to England to meet the Royal family. **