When her friend is wrongly sacrificed to a sinister forest, a girl tricks a demon prince into helping her reveal a powerful priest's twisted nature and rid the land of a mysterious blight rotting the crops and turning the people of Belle Parish mad. --- Seventeen-year-old Eloise Marlow is supposed to be on her best behavior as the newest Debutante in Belle Parish, according to her mother. When she comes of age, she'll be married off to a boy from a wealthy estate, but only if she follows the rules and keeps her nose where it belongs. In a gossip-fueled southern parish where the rich pull the strings behind the overreaching church, it's nearly impossible for Eloise to mind her own business. After a night of juvenile mistakes, Eloise finds herself at the judgment of her closest friend. Caught with a boy while unbetrothed, her friend is banished into Dreadwood, a sinister forest where demons are whispered to rule. Father McRae, sentencer and head priest, preaches that sacrifices and ridding the parish of any impure keeps their crops bountiful and their health pristine. The parish eats up his words, but Eloise notices how the boy her friend was with goes unpunished, how they all seem to go unpunished while girls are tossed to the forest for their alleged witchery. Determined to reveal Father McRae's wicked ways, Eloise sets off on a perilous path filled with secrets, betrayal, and an evil so vast it could swallow her whole. But when she tricks a darkly charming demon prince into helping her, she doesn't know what is more dangerous to her anymore--him or Dreadwood.

When Ella falls into a magic portal, she finds herself as the main character in a fairy tale she thought she knew. • Ella Jean has always had bad luck. From losing her keys, to freak accidents constantly getting her fired, she's already classified herself as a walking disaster. Things couldn't possibly get worse until an unexpected snow storm leaves her stranded in the forest of the Ozarks. When she stupidly gets lost in the woods, one wrong step sends her falling to what she thinks is her death. Instead, she finds herself in the magical world of Fantasia filled with glittering kingdoms ruled by perfect royals, envious villains plotting their coup for power, and...a wooden puppet who dreams to be a real boy? Ella is quickly thrown head-first into the plot of a well known fairy tale, and she's the leading lady. Trapped into a fake courtship with a charming, yet infuriating prince who has to marry a princess to keep his throne, she finds herself getting used to her new life in Fantasia. But this isn't the Cinderella story she thought she knew, and an evil (and terribly cliché) sorceress has her eyes set on uncovering Ella's secret. Ella finally has a chance at having a life of her dreams, but if she isn't careful her happy ending will be happily never after. • FIRST DRAFT • • NEW ADULT ROMANCE | ROMANTIC COMEDY | FANTASY •

[ORIGINAL DRAFT SAMPLE] She is twenty-nine when the FBI comes for her, but Catherine Themis was only seventeen, grieving and naive and angry, the first time she wiped someone else's blood from her fingers and felt the snake rise in her chest. She was seventeen when she stepped into the dark and never looked back. ***** By day, Catherine Themis is an unassuming civilian administrator for the Dedwich Police Department, but by night, she is a notorious vigilante known as The Hangman. Struggling with her violent urges and the psychological cost of her actions, Catherine becomes the target of an obsessive serial killer and a relentless FBI agent, and as the hunt for the Hangman intensifies, Catherine must decide which life she wishes to live and what she values more: vengeance or her fading humanity? A psychological thriller in the vein of MINDHUNTER and HANNIBAL, SERPENT HEART is a deep-dive into the life and history of a conflicted vigilante forced to confront her inner demons and evade a national manhunt. Catherine questions the efficacy of her own convictions as the FBI closes in and a vindictive murderer puts her family, love, and identity in jeopardy. With everything on the line and time running out, who will Catherine Themis become? --- [[AVAILABLE ON AMAZON]] [[REMOVED 24 DEC 2021]] [[2019 Watty Winner - Mystery & Thriller]]

FCRAs Runner-Up! Take a step back from the Snow White tale you know. Step back to get a better look. Skin pale as snow. Hair black as ebony. Lips red as blood. What does that sound like to you, dear reader? A creature of the dark. One that lives in the shadows, that cowers at the bright glow of the sun, that lives on the blood of others. She's manipulative, or she's magic, for no one seems to see the harm she does. Only the sweet, innocent facade that she puts up. When I married her father, that's all I saw as well. But on his death bed, he made me promise to end her because he never could. I promised him. I failed. • • • As the young Queen Maris is left to rule the icy kingdom her husband left her, dreams of the summer wind in her heart, she's left with the shocking dilemma the king has given her as his dying wish. To kill his only daughter, the beloved and fair Snow White. Maris isn't a killer, but as her rule progresses, she alone begins to see the princess for what she truly is, a bloodthirsty creature that could end up destroying the kingdom of Krithane In an attempt to save the life of a dear friend, Maris hires a Huntsman from the West to take Snow away and kill her. But when Beck comes back empty handed, Maris is left with only one choice. She has to be the one to kill Snow White. With Beck at her side, Maris sets out to rid Krithane of the icy grip that Snow has on it. But how can she defeat her when so many others have failed? Only with more power than Snow can she ever hope to best her, but the only thing that can give her that kind of power is even darker than the creature she's fighting. ----- Thanks to @seventhstar for that gorgeous cover!!!

Maeve es la princesa de la Corte de Invierno y busca venganza por la muerte de su padre, está dispuesta a hacer cualquier cosa para conseguirla sin importarle las consecuencias; ya que eso también le demostrará a su madre lo valiosa que es a pesar de ser mujer. *** Cuatro Cortes. Un secreto. Una longeva paz. Y un torneo. *** Maeve perdió a su padre de manera sospechosa; desde entonces, su madre le inculcó que los responsables eran los reyes de la Corte de Verano y tendrían que pagar por lo sucedido. Por ello, la princesa de la Corte de Invierno jura cobrar venganza, cueste lo que cueste. Con El Torneo de Las Cuatro Cortes cerca, celebrado para conmemorar el fin de la Guerra que sacudió hasta los cimientos la milenaria civilización mágica, Maeve ve su oportunidad. Sin embargo, pronto se da cuenta que, a pesar de su entrenamiento, ser la campeona no será tarea fácil. Por si eso no fuera poco, el estar en la Corte de Verano y cerca de los Príncipes, comienza a sentir como las murallas de hielo que ha puesto a su alrededor se derriten. Pero Maeve no debe olvidar quien es el enemigo. ¿Podrá Maeve completar su venganza y demostrarle a su madre lo valiosa que es?

CHINESE ARYA STARK meets THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. *A Wattpad Featured story* When everyone wears a mask, who do you trust? In the unforgiving empire of Erden where the Imperials reign supreme, Sarna is a slave. After escaping the brothel where a man burned half her face, she is determined to lead a new life by joining Zichuan Theater as a performer. When an assassination attempt on the crown prince casts suspicion on Zichuan Theater, the fragile foundations of that new life begin to crumble. Incarcerated with a death sentence in line, she is offered a dangerous deal: the crown prince's head in exchange for Zichuan Theater's freedom. To save her theater, Sarna journeys to learn the dark art of Facechanging from a forgotten god, hides herself behind borrowed beauty, and uses her new identity to infiltrate the Jade Palace. But no godly transaction comes without a price. Not only does she find herself trapped not only in a web of court intrigue, but in a battle for control of her body and her life. As time ticks down for her theater, she must decide between her heart and her freedom, or risk losing everything she has ever loved and worked for - including her identity. Highest ranking: #54 in Fantasy (14/2/18) Cover trailer by @Abyss-of-Crazy

*Esta historia está incompleta debido a su publicación en formato físico con la editorial Plataforma Neo* Kenzie Sullivan hace listas de planes para todo: qué comer, qué leer, qué ropa vestir... Y, por supuesto, también tiene una lista de chicos. PREGUNTA: ¿Qué pasaría si su lista de chicos fuese robada y repartida por todo el instituto? RESPUESTA: Miles de situaciones incómodas y divertidas que darían para escribir una historia, esta. ¿Te animas a leerla? Esta novela es el primer libro de la serie "Las Chicas Sullivan" Puedes encontrar ya disponibles 1. Mi Plan D 2. Hey, It's Les! 3. You Are Real (en curso) Puedes encontrarlas en mi perfil. #LasChicasSullivan ********************************************** Todos los derechos reservados. Prohibido el plagio total o parcial y/o adaptaciones. Registrado bajo el código: 1501052911355

Sara and Pride escaped Verweald's dangerous streets, but their quest to kill the Sin of Envy has just begun. In search of a way to end the immortal creature's life, Pride and the dying woman find refuge in the manor of Crow's End, where the residents harbor deadly, secretive histories, and the walls breathe with the memories of a madman as old as time. As their time draws short, Pride must manage an impossible feat no other Sin has accomplished before while Sara tries to survive the madness of Crow's End and come to grips with her own limited mortality. ---------------------------------- [[SEQUEL TO BEREFT]] [[ORIGINAL DRAFT]] [[ Highest Rank: #3 in Fantasy ]] [[Winner of the 2017 Fiction Awards (Best Fantasy Story)]] [[Winner of the 2017 Cryptic Awards (Best Dark Fantasy)]]

Fleeing a man who steals memories with a touch, Aveline Arden finds an unlikely respite in the home of a cursed vampire trying to survive in a world that wants to see his kind destroyed _______________________ Without a home to return to, Aveline Arden seeks to start a new existence in the unassuming Maine town of Greyridge, but the presence of the local vampire, Cain Elding, derails her plans for the simple life. Threads of secrecy intertwine their paths as the monster haunting Aveline's past draws nearer and Elding battles a legacy he never wished to inherit. Strange traditions clash with modern sensibilities, loyalties are tested, and both mortal girl and cursed vampire struggle to survive together. A covert war spills into human society. Adversaries move unseen in the dark, the board is set, and the game must be played. Aveline's about to learn how scary the world can get.

NOW PUBLISHED BY SOURCEBOOKS FIRE! Oliver, Alec, Xander, and JJ are just four regular guys. They're also members of the world famous boy band the Heartbreakers. This is their story.