Twelve-year-old Carmen has a secret: she can talk to her cat Grim. But the powerful Brotherhood has banned pets, and the penalty is death. Ward is the most wanted boy in the world. The only thing standing between him and the hangman's noose is master criminal Saint Nick. In exchange for Nick's protection, Ward must find the long-lost horn called the Oliphant, said to have the power to wake legendary beings known as the Sleepers, whom Nick believes can aid him in his guerilla war against the Brotherhood. This leads Ward to Carmen, whose family has a long and mysterious association with the Oliphant. Ward and Carmen are soon hot on the trail of the horn, but the Brotherhood are closing in on Carmen's family. Ward and Carmen realise that waking the Sleepers may be the only thing that can save Carmen's parents from certain death. If only they knew how. FOR READERS WHO LIKED Scarlett & Browne - Jonathan Stroud Fly By Night - Frances Hardinge His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-old Ethan Harper's parents send him to Ellison, Alabama, to live with his aunt and uncle for the summer. But the year is 1955, and Alabama is a far cry from his beloved home of Arcadia, Washington. As much as it's hotter in temperature, it's colder in every other way, and Ethan learns the hard way that people see his mere existence as a threat. Amidst all the mayhem, a fiery, free-spirited, oddball walks into Ethan's life. Her name is Juniper Jones. She is the first person in Ellison who seems unfazed by their racial differences, and she promises to give Ethan a summer he will always remember, filled with endless adventure and discovery. With Juniper, Ethan can breathe, he can be, despite the incessant attention and bullying their newly formed friendship attracts. Can the two survive the summer, run in the light and block out the noise of the outside world? [Published version comes out June 16, 2020 with Wattpad Books!] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

Katie Holmes is a caffeine addict. Between college, and taking care of her brother, it's acceptable. Though, it doesn't help that the cafe down the street is full of handsome baristas, including one William Cerak in particular who has a mysterious scar on his wrist. Synopses will be the death of my publishing career.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE CIRCUS DIRUS... ~MARVEL at the story of a young girl trapped in the midst of a circus that is anything but ordinary: the performers have an underlying mission to seek and eradicate the spawn of a diabolical werewolf ... ~GASP as, after discovering her own aptitude for demon-slaying, she begins to suspect that there's more to this wolf after all--it actually lurks amongst the circus freaks... ~SHIVER as, on her quest to rid the circus of its monster, she discovers that far more sinister mysteries lie in wait beneath the bloodstained stripes of the big top... Are the performers even human? What is the enigmatic young man known only as the Ringleader hiding from her? Why on earth is the beautiful lie of the circus bringing back her own foul reality? And--above all--who or what is the ruthless White Wolf? Only one thing is certain: Dace Livigin must act quickly. Time works against her. *Warning: Tonight's performance contains violence, gore, swearing and death* Paranormal/Mystery/Fantasy Highest ranking: #666 in Paranormal (no, really!) (covers by @JemmaRyan3 and @Socialdeath, both great designers)

❝You're just going to give up?❞ ❝There's a difference between giving up and knowing when to stop trying.❞ * * * When Clover Garner strays away from her campsite during her family's annual camping trip expedition, she ends up lost in the forest. With no cell service, food, or water, Clover sees no hope in returning to her family and friends. That is, until she finds herself a small torn down cabin, owned by a young man named Everett Barton. Now with some help from a stranger, she finds hope again in seeing her parents and friends. However, after several weeks spent in the vast forest, Clover begins to discover the pros and cons of trespassing on Everett's domain. || #1 Mystery/Thriller || Copyright © 2015 Morgan Evans Self Publishing ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

I have three secrets. 1. I'm in the witness protection program. I witnessed my mother's murder when I was eight years old, and now the murderer is after me. 2. I can read minds. Or not "read" them... not exactly. But I can feel them. Every emotion has a color. An aura, as I call it. And I can feel those auras. I can feel the color of one's thoughts. 3. I can't feel Elijah Whitney's aura. [ COMPLETED - 1.28.16 ] [ LATEST REVISION - 8.17.19 ] [ SEQUEL COMING FALL 2019 ]

Annabelle Dickson is the most popular girl at Hillton high school. Annabelle Dickson is the nicest girl you'll ever meet. Annabelle Dickson is dead. And Adrian Humphrey is the main suspect. A war errupts at Hillton High School, a rift between the people who believe Adrian's innocence and Adrian's guilt. Adrian must rely on the help of Cathie Lenora, whom he can't stand, to help prove his innocence. Cathie refuses to let Annabelle's murderer escape her grasp, however as the mystery begins to unfold, Cathie begins to wish she had left it all alone.

Dark things swarm around the city. Newspaper-boys are lured into houses, strange mansions whisper into musicians' ears, old men tell tales of vampires, drums boom in the Savannah, children worship false gods and priests begin to question the very foundations of the universe. And all this has something to do with a girl who has no name and a cat whose name nobody knows. A dark, surreal adventure, this book is my flawed tribute to weird-fiction and the writers who made me. A WATTPAD FEATURED STORY 2nD PLACE WINNER FOR THE HAND PICKED AWARDS 2017 - PARANORMAL CATEGORY RUNNER UP FOR THE ANTI-WATTYS 2015 Cover designed by @sublime- Trailer by @Welc0meT0MyW0rld

WATTY WINNER! Life has dealt city girl Olivia Porter a series of bad hands, but just as she's about to fold, fate intervenes and leaves her with a full house. Out of other options, she takes a gamble and moves to the countryside, hoping Lady Luck will follow along. Olivia's decision to embrace the single life is soon challenged by the arrival of local ace, Tate, and wild card, Warren, but little villages can hide big secrets and somebody thinks Olivia is holding the key to theirs. As her opponent ups his game, Olivia gets one last roll of the dice with the arrival of a leather-clad stranger. Will she hit the jackpot or go bust? Joker in the Pack is a standalone romantic suspense novel from the Blackwood UK series - no cliffhanger! FEATURED by Wattpad. Highest ranking: Mystery/Thriller #2