Sequel To Secrets In Silence, Book Three. It's hard to hide secrets when your life is about to be put on trial and Addie had nowhere else to hide. Addie's moment of strength caused her to make the courageous decision to finally fight back and press charges against the five people who have made her life a living nightmare. She's trying to live a normal life before the trial; making friends, going to college and figuring her life out while she goes over the detail until the trial starts and everything comes out. When the trial starts she feels more alone than she ever has in her life as she's forced to sit there exposed as she tells the jury and judge the unthinkable things they did to her. Will Addie be strong enough to make it through? Liam hates seeing her face every day since she got back, he feels hurt and betrayed by the girl he can't stop loving. He realizes too late that he's becoming a man he doesn't want to be. His stubbornness is causing him to mess up his relationships with the people who matter most in his life and it doesn't take long before he finds himself alone and forced to take a long look at himself. As the trial comes closer Addie shuts down more and more but he doesn't know why because he doesn't know anything about what's going on with her. He knows nothing about the trial, the charges, what happened or how she's really doing. Will Liam realize his mistake before it's too late and will Addie even forgive him? Addie is no longer silent and ready to talk, but will everyone be willing to hear the truth in her words? ChickLit -16 Romance -70

In 2045, Psychwatch treats the mentally ill or cages them. Margo wants to bring empathy to every patient but a killer pushes her, and the system, to the limits ***** In a dark future, more than a third of the United States population suffers from mental illness and violent crime is on the rise. In response, Psychwatch is formed - an organization intended to combine mental healthcare and law enforcement - creating monitored areas and neglected ones known as the Psycho Slums. Margo Sandoval is the latest recruit to Psychwatch, bringing a new level of empathy to the controversial agency known for its unforgiving methods. Margo spends her days as an Empath treating everyone possible, until the arrival of a new serial killer upends her life and forces her to confront the evils of the human mind and the system that claims to be the solution.

When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets. ***** Natalie Driscoll is dead. She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined. Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

With a brutal, faceless killer walking freely on the streets of Freetown, everyone's instinct is to run and hide. Seventeen-year-old Cassidy Meyer's instincts however, immediately urge her to run toward the direction of danger in an attempt to unmask the killer's identity, thereby satisfying her life-long obsession for crime-solving. Her obsession with the case starts to create a wedge between her and her loved ones, and it starts to put everyone's life in danger. The only way to salvage her friendship and save everyone's life is to finish what she started; to find the killer before he can claim another life. #8 in Mystery/Thriller. (Highest ranking so far.)

It's Hailee Windor's 18th birthday. Part of a shooting, she dies on the evening of one of the biggest days of her life thus far. What she doesn't know when she wishes for one more chance to tell her best friend, Brent, that she loves him, is that she will have to wake up tomorrow. And it will be June 6th once again. And so will the next day. And the next day. And every single day after that. She loves Brent. But when Alex comes along, it all changes. Will her best friend win the battle for her heart, or will this handsome stranger steal victory from him? What would you do if you had one more day? Would you laugh louder, play longer, love deeper? Would you regret anything you did? Chose the last thing you say to someone wisely. Because you never know when it will truly be the last word. The day you die is one you never remember. But what if you were forced to never forget? Forced to have to relive every second of it for the rest of your life? Hailee made a wish that forced that burden on her, but could she be choosing her own self destruction by not saying three simple words? Her story is truly one you will never forget...

Akila moves her life across the country in hopes of rebuilding a fractured relationship with her mother. But as the days unfold like delicate petals, a sinister shadow begins to darken the once pristine canvas. Whispers drift through the streets, telling tales of mysterious kidnappings that haunted the nation. In the midst of her search for solace, she found an unexpected companion-Derek. But with fates wicked sense of irony, it was with this friend that she would soon find herself entangled in a web of danger. A devilishly handsome young man appeared on the scene, his gaze fixated solely upon her. In his charming presence, she believed she had found her first true love. However, whispered doubts clouded her mind with each encounter. The pieces of a disturbing puzzle began to align, and she can't ignore the unsettling truth that this enigmatic figure might be the very culprit behind the abductions that plague the nation. But the crimes ran deeper than a mere string of kidnappings. Secrets that echoed in the corridors of time, intricately woven into the tapestry of her lineage, threatened to unravel her fragile existence. An ancient relic, passed down through generations, now rested heavy upon her shoulders. Holding a power so strong, that if fallen into the wrong hands it would unleash an unfathomable darkness upon the world. With each passing day, she realized the perilous path fate had set before her. In this city she had hoped would be her sanctuary, she would face not only the danger of a burgeoning love turned sour but a battle to protect the very essence of her being. *Kidnapped Love is completed but currently being revised and edited. Parts will be posted as they become available. 12/12/23* *When your done with this book be sure to check out the sequel on my page Kidnapped Love: The Beginning of the End*

In high school, a group of notorious friends buried a secret and promised to take that secret to their graves, they part ways never to see each other again. Five years later they are all brought back together, they're lured to a campsite by a mysterious person in a yellow hoodie and there they receive a message - one only they can understand. Someone knows what happened on the night of August 15th and that person has vowed to make their lives miserable. Together, they need to find out who that person is so that their secret can never come to the surface. When one of them gets hurt, everyone is a suspect. They can't trust each other and they certainly can't trust anyone around them.

In which a girl calls a help line and meets a boy on the other end who's willing to do anything to save her before she hits rock bottom. ༻❁༺ "Sorry. I shouldn't be calling you at such a late hour. I just..." "Needed someone to listen? Go ahead, love. Speak what's on your mind. I'll be here to listen to you." ༻❁༺ HR: #1 in hotline #1 in free mental illness

"Suicide hotline how may I help you?"

❝Hello this is the Hotline for Teens, how can I help you?❞ ❝Well I have wanted to kill myself...for a while❞ Violet Simmons was used to the calls she received everyday from the hotline. she listened to their stories of abuse and rape. But Violet never expected Noah Lane too call, but what surprised her even more was what he said. [highest ranking: #52 short story] cover made by me