Disclaimer: Due to publishing restrictions, all but the first two chapters of my second novel have been removed from Wattpad. Thank you, to each and every reader, for supporting me and following along on Mason and Sophie's journey together. *** Story Synopsis *** Is accepting a troubled past safer than embracing an uncertain future? Sophie Holland, quiet and unassuming on the outside, is lost in the shadows of her fiancé, Travis Turner. It's the same place her troubled past hides. With her thoughts and ideas longing to escape the protective shell she's carefully built, will the quiet southern charm of Pigeon Grove and its residents provide the nudge Sophie needs to help her dreams take flight? To his family and friends, thirty-year-old Mason Shaw appears an open book. Unafraid to bare his emotions, few people know Mason has secretly buried the guilt of a decades-old decision, which still haunts him. Can Mason overcome childhood demons to find his place in the world, or will the return of Travis, his high school archrival, threaten to destroy everything he believes... about fate, the pursuit of dreams, and love? Trust, of self and others, hides in that fragile space between holding on and letting go...

Life is a series of constantly moving moments that can change or end "In a Heartbeat". For Cassie Summers that beat has always been a struggle.; measured literally one beat at a time waiting for her heart to stop altogether. At 22, Cassie was supposed to have a peaceful death at home with her parents. Until she didn't. In a twist of fate she ended up getting a new shot at life but keeping it may just be her greatest challenge. Someone isn't happy with how things turned out and figuring out why just may lead her back to death's door. ****scifi adventure with a touch of heart & soul**** ❤️Cover by the amazingly talented and super terrific best of the bunch @rskovachs❤ This draft is a limited time engagement. I plan on removing it approx 3/1/2018.

When was the last time you marched into the unknown with only the soft glow of a motive you strongly believed in? Anna was 7-years-old when her father, John Blackwood, was suspected to have been murdered, but right before she turns 18 she receives a letter that changes everything she once knew. She finds a new piece of evidence that can take her on a journey around the globe to find her father and more about the culprit. When she sets sail on her journey, little did she know she was going to find Jack, who has also received the same letter and has been looking for the her father as well. But who is Jack? Why would he be searching for answers to Mr. Blackwood's murder? Can she trust him? Jack is mysterious with a dark past yet Anna finds her self feeling more attracted regardless of how much she tries to stay away from him. But she can't lose track of her goal: to find her father and the the culprit behind her father's attempted murder. Will she be able to find the culprit before Jack does?

University friends Luisa and Kay reunite in Nairobi after a year apart to do some feel good volunteering but their friendship and the trip begin to unravel the moment they meet a strikingly handsome British philanthropist and a Ghanaian entrepreneur. In short order the donor funding the project that has brought them together is revealed to be rich and cruel, her interest in coming to Kenya to "help" routed in deeply disturbing ideology. Meanwhile, Luisa must confront her reasons for maintaining her friendship with Kay, her status as heir to a nearly incalculable fortune, her feelings for a man who seems a little too good to be true and the tragedy she left behind back in California. ** A/N This story is a work of fiction, but it's based on things I saw and heard while working in international development for five years. It's my attempt to find the complicated middle ground between those who would idealize international development and those who would condemn it. It's also a place for me to deal with a difficult friendship I had with a friend who was suffering from mental illness. She's since passed away and I'm not sure I ever really got over it. The story isn't at all done so as I'm writing I'm figuring it out too. I've set the story Nairobi and in Kisumu, which is far west of Nairobi. I've picked the title partly because of what Nairobi represents. Nairobi is a throbbing, innovative metropolis situated in a continent that is still viewed very narrowly as a place in need of help.

When he was young, Thomas was a travel writer and photographer. But in his old age his children pressure him to move to retirement home. He resists until a fateful encounter with one of his fellow residents: a woman who doesn't seem to age and who definitely has a taste for blood.... *Part of why I wrote this story was to write a non traditional vampire story. The leads aren't young, one of the characters is Asian (vampires seem to be very white for the most part), and it's set predominantly in a retirement home. But that said, it's still supposed to be suspenseful and interesting. I hope!*

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One day, Morgana decides to pick up a pen and write a series of letters addressed to those she loves and hates. In these letters, she reveals her deepest fears and darkest secrets, in these letters she tells of the only boy she's ever loved and in these letters she realises that nothing is ever as it seems, and after these letters, nothing will ever be the same again. (used to be named Thirty Letters) (Inspired by the 30 Day Letter Challenge)

(Previously known as Facebook Crush? - Unedited version) It started out with a friend request. Violet didn't plan to fall in love-especially through Facebook, but she couldn't help but be drawn to his sweet personality-and those mesmerizing brown eyes of his. But everything had a price and happiness couldn't last forever. Join Violet and Noah on an adventure of a lifetime, as they experience many firsts-including loss. Paperback now available on Barnes&Noble, Amazon and Book Depository! Ebooks is now available on Barnes&Noble, and ibooks! *Published by Crowdscribed* *Wattys 2012 Special Award: Jawdropping Scene winner* *Featured story (6/30/15)* *Promoted story for Lays Wavy (9/24/15)*