[SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATTPAD INDIA AWARDS 2021!] [FEATURED ON YA, TEENFICTION, AND YA MYSTERY!] ❝These aren't suicides, but cold-blooded murders cleverly disguised as suicides.❞ +++ Blackwood was always known for its extremely low crime rates, where the only complaints police get are regarding lost cats and petty fights. But as people start disappearing like clockwork, the citizens of Blackwood find themselves in the midst of chaos. With children getting kidnapped, the suicide rates hitting their peak, and nothing being said by the media concerning these matters, the small population of Blackwood find themselves even more scared. Will and Shay are trying to get away from their dark past, reconstructing their lives. But both of them notice a pattern in all the mystifying occurrences. Will, Shay, and their best friends are convinced that the suicides are planned murders. They are determined to reveal the truth and set out to investigate these deaths with the help of their best friends. What is really happening beneath the Blackwood sky?

Exiled from all she knew, bound by a vow she cannot break, Star Dust walks a path between survival and destiny. Haunted by loss yet driven by a hidden power, her journey will test the limits of courage, trust, and the fragile line between light and shadow. In a world where secrets burn brighter than stars, will she uncover the truth of her heritage-or be consumed by it?

Born into slavery, Lena Wells escapes in search of freedom-but instead finds a Union camp overflowing with runaways, soldiers, and the man whose gaze she can't seem to forget. What begins as stolen glances soon becomes forbidden touches and passionate, secret kisses. But war has a way of claiming everything, and when Julian is called back to his regiment, Lena is forced to let him go. Four years later, Lena has built a fragile new life in Philadelphia-a seamstress by day and a devoted mother by night, determined to protect the child who carries the face of the man she lost. Julian Dennis, wounded and discharged, is living in the same city rebuilding a life that no longer feels like his own. When a chance assignment brings Lena into his home that he shares with his mother-who has hired her to sew a few dresses-the past collides violently with the present. One look at Lena's little girl sends Julian spiraling. She looks like him. She acts like him. And the timing is undeniable. Yet Lena insists the child isn't his. Now Julian is torn between hope and heartache, while Lena clings to the truth she's carried alone for years. As long-buried emotions resurface and new wounds open, both must confront not only the ghosts of the war, but the powerful forces of society, race, loyalty, and love that threaten to keep them apart. Because sometimes the war doesn't end on the battlefield- Sometimes it finds you again, exactly where you're trying to start over.

[FEATURED ON YA MYSTERY AND MYSTERYTHRILLERIN!] [PREVIOUSLY FEATURED ON MYSTERY!] ❝All of this is nothing but a cruel, sinister twist to an innocent game.❞ +++ A serial killer is on the loose at a high school, methodically killing the members of the murder mystery book club at Eastbrooks High. What was meant to be a game of Secret Santa between the members of the murder mystery book club unravels into something worse where gifts are given in the form of their deaths. Norah Daniels has been trying to move on and heal from the horrors of her past, and being transferred into Eastbrooks High was supposed to be a chance at new beginnings. Little did she know that it would turn into a dangerous game that could consume her completely. As the number of deaths increase, she finds herself closer to being the target. If she doesn't stop it, she would find herself dead in this savage game. As she delves deep into the recent happenings, she realizes that every detail has been meticulously planned and that the game is more than what it seems. There are secrets hidden, and Norah plans to bring all of them to light. And she must do it before the game threatens to swallow her whole. +++

For years, Madelyn's worst fears have only resided in her head, feeding off her heightened sense of her surroundings and unfortunate experiences and accidents in her past. That's why her schooling is more than just assignments, tests, and high school drama. The Eralyn Academy of Secondary Education provides her with a once-in-a-lifetime chance to develop her special ability. It's her safe haven, a place where she can strive to one day control her ability and anxiety - at least, it is until things take a deadly turn. When Madelyn is dared to sign up for the school's joke of a dating app, she reluctantly complies. But when she arrives on the first date, she realizes that she's been matched with a dead man. Caught up in an investigation and ruminations running wild, Madelyn seeks to uncover who the real murderer is in a desperate attempt to outrun one increasingly deafening thought: Is she a killer? Wattys 2025 Winner Ambys 2025 Grand Favorite Open Door Awards 2024 - Honorable Mention for Mystery/ Thriller 3x Featured: @Fright @Mystery & @Action Trigger Warnings: Themes of death, anxiety/ ocd, and ptsd.

Seventeen year old Jasmine Meadow just wants to go to a party. Little does she know that her life will soon change forever. Held captive by an unstable individual, Jasmine has to do everything in her power to hold on to her true self. Will she let him break her?