[2025 Wattys Shortlist] After getting cut off by her wealthy, business-obsessed parents, Emily Grayson finds herself broke, stranded in a small town, and working at a boba café, something she never imagined in her wildest dreams. Her first days on the job are a disaster, her patience (and Jake Sherlind's) running thinner than the tapioca pearls she keeps burning. Jake, the charming yet hardworking guy with big dreams, has no patience for entitled rich girls who don't know how to hold a job. But when Emily starts proving him wrong, their tension brews into something neither of them expected. Between spilled drinks, late-night confessions, and an orange stray cat that won't leave the back door, Emily begins to wonder... maybe losing everything was exactly what she needed to find herself. A small-town rom-com about growth, second chances, and love that's better steeped with time.

In a crumbling manor perched on the edge of a forgotten village, a mirror of obsidian gleams in the darkness, whispered to hold the power to reshape reality. Vivian Stone, a gifted art restorer with a haunted past, is drawn into its enigmatic pull, hired to bring the artifact back to its former glory. But as she works, the lines between reflection and reality blur. Why does the mirror show a life she's never lived? Why does Sebastian Veyne-the alluring yet secretive patron-seem to know more about her than he should? As fragments of her existence begin to unravel, Vivian is thrust into a chilling game of illusions where every choice rewrites her fate. Trapped between her growing desire for Sebastian and the sinister truths lurking in the mirror's depths, Vivian discovers a devastating secret: she might not be who-or what-she believes. But if her life is a lie, how does she stop herself from shattering? And if the mirror's power can rewrite the world, what happens when it finally reveals the truth? In Obsidian Lies, desire, deception, and destiny intertwine in a story where nothing is as it seems, and the greatest danger may be the reflection staring back.

𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. . . . . . . . . . . We've all heard the tales of good and bad, the tales of innocent deceit and her hero, the tales that despite their nature, show us the beauty in contrast. But it's the tales of pure evil that get swept under the rug. The tales of deception, where cruelty is rewarded. The tales that have you questioning who the real villain of the story is. There's a simple philosophy to most thing in life; two wrongs 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 make a right. So what ensues when you put two of the worst kinds of people together? Loyalties transfer, lines blur, and hatred ignites complete chaos. She's cunning. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴. She's dangerous. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴. She's evil. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦. Or so that's what we're told. The devil is always worse. But maybe, just maybe, she's the devil in disguise, playing his advocate... . . . . . . . . . . - 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 - 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. - 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧. - 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞.

Alessia has never spoken a single word in her life. Stolen as a child by a ruthless gang, she grew up in captivity, taught to believe that pain was a lesson and obedience was survival. Forced to work as a servant, she endured years of mistreatment, never questioning the twisted reality forced upon her. Despite the cruelty, she remains kind, her innocence untainted-but dangerously unaware of the true depths of evil in the world. Until the night she escaped. Lost in the dark streets of Naples, she collided into Matteo De Luca, the cold and merciless head of the most powerful mafia family. Matteo is a man feared by all, a king in the underworld where blood and loyalty rule. He has no patience for weakness. No room for softness in his life. But when he sees the mute, trembling girl looking up at him with wide, trusting eyes, completely unaware of who he is, something inside him snaps. She doesn't fear him. She doesn't know he's a monster. And for the first time in his life, Matteo feels the dangerous urge to protect instead of destruction.

"I want to bite his heart. And she is his heart." The merciless most-wanted criminal Cristiano Morozov bleeds hatred and breathes revenge. The rage inside his tainted heart will only be satiated when he's able to get revenge on the President. So, he sets his soulless eyes on her. The president's daughter.

For years, Lilith “Lily” McDermott was kept in the dark from the McDermott family secret. Now, her estranged father has asked that she join him on an exploit. Despite her father’s peculiar practices and unusual interest in the unknown, she yearns for an adventure outside her dull and ordinary life, and gladly partakes in the excitement. When Lilith first arrives in the beautiful, untamed wilderness of the Carpathian Mountains, she is alive with feeling and a sense of belonging, but her journey takes a sudden dangerous turn when perilous truths begin to unravel and the dark Carpathian hills reveal a deadly secret of its own. In the midst of darkness and betrayal, Lilith finds herself at the mercy of a dangerous and unworldly creature, baring fangs and a ravenous thirst that seems to yearn for her blood alone. She is frightened yet drawn by the creature that appears as a man but hunts as a predator. Can she find love in a world filled of darkness and insatiable desires? Cover done by Neeavila.

This book will be unpublished from Wattpad on April 30, 2025. After that it will only be available on Amazon as an ebook, paperback or hardcover (including Kindle Unlimited) or Etsy for signed copies . Kerry Harker has been possessed by a demon for a decade and has finally reached the end of his endurance. As he stares Death in the face, his salvation appears in the form of a pure-hearted girl named Gemma Shepherd, who attempts to heal his wounds. Her effort, however, only awakens his demon and costs her her life. Or so Kerry thinks. Imagine his shock when, newly exorcised, he finds her singing outside the window of his cell. Even more shocking, she defends him when a trio of bully boys decide to torment the "demon taint." As Kerry struggles to wrap his brain around Gemma's motives, Gemma works to free him from not only the Sanctuary's prison, but also the one in which he's hidden his heart. Possessed is the first book in Tainted, a young adult series that explores the modern world of the nephilim. Copyrighted and all rights reserved. Do not steal this story and post on any other website, platform, or application. * While the Tainted series takes place in the same world as Five Fangs, none of the main characters from Posy will appear. Angelo and King Julian are mentioned in book one, and they and other Five Fangs characters will make an appearance in book four. * There is no smut or swearing in this series. * There are a variety of triggering subjects mentioned in this book, but no graphic details. Reader discretion is still advised as chapters are not labeled with warnings. Subjects include suicidal thoughts, verbal and physical harassment and bullying, abuse of every kind, and learning good eating habits after being starved.