Lynn measures suffering like currency. Hers always costs the most. Arden reads emotions like text but hasmemory gaps. Saffron performs confidence while her prescribed pills make her disappear. Three people orbiting their own feelings, unable to see each other clearly. Until Julian, a con artist with his own agenda, infiltrates their lives and discovers something that changes everything: It's dissolution. Boundaries aren't protection. They're the illness. And letting go isn't destruction-it's transcendence. A psychological thriller about invisible trauma, complicity, and three people left with a horrifying realization.

Two ambitious women rose through Wall Street together. One fall shattered everything. Clare believed she'd found a friend in her colleague. She never saw the undercurrents-resentment sharpened behind smiles, loyalty twisted into leverage, admiration curdling into something far darker. She had no idea what was being cataloged, or how long the tally had been kept. Now one of them is dead after a rooftop fall that looks less like an accident by the hour. The police want answers. The other woman can't give them. Not because she won't- but because she's no longer certain what happened in those final seconds. As old secrets surface and small cruelties reveal their true shape, the line between victim and perpetrator blurs. Memory fractures. Motives distort. And the truth-whatever it is-is more dangerous than any lie. On Wall Street, loyalty is a pretense. Friendship is a liability. In the end, every frenemy has her day... And someone always falls.

Hi, my name is Melissa. I've never considered myself a strong person, but I didn't realize that at the time. I always struggled to keep a job, never really understanding why happiness seemed so elusive. I thought I was content, unaware that I was, in fact, struggling. I know what you might be thinking, but please, keep reading. Something happened to me during my first year of working at 16 that changed my life forever. It hurt me in ways I couldn't fully comprehend, and while that pain has lessened over time, it shaped the person I've become-someone stronger than I ever imagined I could be. What I thought would destroy me instead pushed me to move to another country, a place where I barely knew the language. At just 24 years old, despite my parents' concerns and their insistence that I shouldn't go alone, I embarked on this journey by myself. Up until then, I had often hidden behind my parents, relying on them to face the world for me. But the events of my past forced me to confront life head-on. I didn't realize it at the time, but I was hiding from the world, keeping my head down, and avoiding the challenges that came my way. But now, I'm ready to share my story, lift my head, and face the world with courage. It's been a journey full of unexpected twists, and I promise you-it's going to get interesting.

Tony Dawson's death shatters the lives he touched - some devastated, some liberated, all irrevocably changed. As his loved ones, rivals, and victims grapple with his absence, they soon discover Tony's manipulative grip extends even beyond the grave. But as the tangled threads of his past begin to unravel, the question remains: are they finally being set free or is the knot beginning to tighten? *** Chapter Headings by Samantha Puchacz

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Jordana Mitchell thought she had a normal life. She was wrong. One moment, everything is familiar. The next, she's pulled into a world she never knew existed- a world filled with secrets, power, and a past that was never truly hers. They claim she belongs with them, that this is where she was always meant to be. But as Jordana digs deeper, she begins to uncover truths about herself that no one ever intended for her to find. Now, torn between the life she's always known and the one they say is hers, she must decide where she truly belongs... before the choice is made for her. *First book of duology Started: August 16 2021 Completed: December 30 2024

Trapped under her father's iron rule, Guinevere yearns for freedom. When she crosses paths with Nick, the charismatic school heartthrob. Guinevere is handed a tough choice of chasing this high school crush or follow in her father's footsteps of business, which uncovers a hidden truth!

He never meant to blackmail her. He just didn't know how else to make her see him. Justin's invisible at school: it's online he spends his nights gaming with people who actually get him. Zelda's the opposite: a flawless and admired cheerleader, but it's all an act. When Justin stumbles across her secret - that the perfect girl everyone worships is actually a geeky gamer -, he does something stupid. Now, he's determined to prove he isn't the bad guy she thinks he is. But getting close to Zelda means pulling her deeper into the world she's tried so hard to hide... A slow-burn YA romance about secrets, loneliness, and the people we become when we finally let our guards down. UPDATED EVERY WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY

For generations, the Thompson family has used their wealth and mediumistic powers to protect Sunnydale from supernatural threats. Sixteen-year-old Kaylie resents the duty, while her twelve-year-old brother Max eagerly awaits his turn. When they discover a hostile group, the Spirit Syndicate, is deliberately causing the chaos they clean up, the siblings must unite to uncover the Syndicate's mysterious goal and stop them from tearing apart the veil between worlds for good.