[WATTYS WINNER 2021] America knows the young Native Assassin as Connor, but Naomi O'Brien knew him first as Ratonhnhaké:ton. Having lost her parents at a young age, Naomi is sparse with trust, and even less generous with love. But all that changes when a certain dark-haired boy with deadly skills and a gentle heart walks into her life.

|WATTYS 2022 WINNER - HORROR| Shawn, a convicted criminal, never thought she'd see the sun again, let alone call another star system her home. When she's offered an out from her prison sentence, she embarks on a dangerous interstellar expedition along with 18 of Earth's most intelligent criminals. Their task is to set up a base on a supposedly habitable planet and prepare it for colonization. Although the planet has liquid water and a breathable atmosphere, it is believed to host only microbial life. However, upon arriving, Shawn and the rest of the colonists learn that assumption was grossly incorrect. In a brutal attack from rampaging wildlife, everyone but Shawn and four other colonists are killed. The five survivors retreat to the cavernous network beneath the ground seeking safety, but they soon come to a terrible discovery. These caves aren't ordinary caves, and they are no safer down under than they were on the surface. [][][] This was originally my entry for the 2021 Open Novella Contest, and it received an honorable mention! It has now been expanded into a full length novel. I used prompt number 53: "When wildlife starts rampaging, all the humans are forced underground. However, they come to a terrible discovery that being underground is no safer than being on the surface."

Fantasy novel | gay romance sub-plot| poc main character. An heir to a monarchy threatened by a popular revolution forges an alliance with an amnesiac man who could have forgotten links to the rebellion. - - - Heron, Monarch-in-Prospect of Ceres, lost his mother to an icy storm. Two years later he still battles with the grief. The storm is back. And Heron finds a man trapped unconscious in the middle of the cold winds. His vital signs are odd and the only thing he remembers is his name : Davir. Heron provides Davir with medical care and finds in the stranger the opportunity to have a pawn in the royal guard. An alibi to buy himself liberty from the control of the ruling council of the capital. An indebted man is a man easy to persuade, and Davir acts as intended. As a popular rebellion against the Monarchy festers in the capital, Heron's new-found liberty soon leads him to cross paths with the rebels. An unsettling discovery comes to the surface: he'd been lied to about the death of his mother by the ruling council. Suspicious that he's, too, a pawn trapped in a tangle of political interests he cares little for, Heron is determined to get to the bottom of the secrets kept from him. Davir's military abilities could be of great help. Davir, too, needs Heron's ressources to discover his forgotten identity. An alliance between the two is then formed. But the clues leading to Davir's past point toward where they shouldn't : the rebellion and dark, sinful, supernatural arts of soul eaters. ____________________________________ ©Copyright A. Gonçalo. All rights reserved.

[UNDER A MASSIVE EDITING] What happen when a second chance in life is real? When you died and you got another chance from someone up there. That decided to give it to you, to relieve it all over again and atoned it. But there is a catch. There is always a catch. This is the story of the wrong do'er; Licht Severié Malefic. It is not as pretty as you might think.

Guardians of Freecaster High #1 "That doesn't make any sense. You were the one who left me. You didn't care anymore." "If I didn't care, Alexis, then why is it I can't touch another girl unless I'm imagining you?" He pushes against me, trapping me against the wall, his minty beer breath skating across my lips. "J-Jace, you don't have t-to do this," I stammer, already losing the fight as my body melts against his. Jace's hand moves to trace his thumb across my bottom lip. "Why do I obsess about kissing you again? Why do memories of holding you still haunt me?" His face pinches in agony. "Why can't I do the right fucking thing and leave you alone?" _______________________________________________ Alexis 'Lexi' Young has four goals; pass her senior year of high school, buy her own wheels, get accepted to culinary school, and forget that her ex-boyfriend ever existed. Seems easy enough, right? Nope! Not when the school across town burns to the ground and all the students are sent to her school. Included in those new students is none other than Jace Hall, Lexi's ex, and his motorcycle riding, street fighting, off the wall friends. As for Jace, he'll forever regret breaking Lexi's heart, but it was either that or put her in the line of danger. Now that she's in arms reach, staying away is a lot harder to do. Especially when everything she does drives him crazy. But being part of the Guardians means trouble is never far behind, and getting close to Lexi again could put a target on her back. She wants to resist old temptations and protect her heart. He wants nothing more than to pull her close and keep her safe. But are you ever really safe when kissing your ex? ______________________________________________ Recommended age is 17+ for cursing, sexual content, and violence Best Ranking: #1 in HighSchool Romance 6/4/2022 #3 in teenlove 6/3/22 #1 in MatureThemes 1/11/21 #8 in Drama 12/31/20 Copyright © Chelsea Frey 2020 All rights reserved

It's not a story if it is real. Nessie learns to deal with life, while coping up with personal losses. A journey from living a scared, lonely life to finding her freedom and her calling. Growing along, healing and discovering what it means to love, live and laugh. Awards: 1st place in Quotidian love awards. 2nd place in The Clouded Ink Awards 3rd place in Golden gems Awards. 45 loneliness - of 7.5K books on 07/15/24 47- badboygoodgirl as on 17/05/21

Set Voland--a homeless young man who attacked a child in the midst of hallucinations--has been caught by the police and sent to a psychiatric hospital. There, he's stricken by a meeting with a Shining White Being who will completely overturn his life. David Green--supposedly an editor in chief for the Evening Times in Glasgow--has been sent to New York by a secret organization. He's given the task of finding Sybil Vain, an enigmatic fortune-teller known as The Oracle. Sybil Vain has been looking for someone as well--𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑠, or more precisely, the recurrent premonition of his own death. When their paths intertwine the wheels of destiny begin to go astray and the door to the esoteric realms slams open. Is it possible to beguile death by knowing the future or is everything already decided? And what if someone could attain Solomon's power? ⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱ "Even Newton when he discovered gravity believed in what he saw, yet there is an infinite number of invisible entities and, among those, countless are the things not subject to gravity." -Sybil Vain ⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱ DISCLAIMERS: Part of the content is mature. Readers discretion is thereby advised. *** Cover credits @J26Design

"You cannot change fate. But maybe, you can edit it just a little." If there is one thing Violet Ellis has learned in her five years as a Grim Reaper, it's that a) reaping souls and sending them off to the afterlife is the worst job in existence, b) her superior and de-facto boss Kevin is the most terrifying creature ever put on this earth and c) the Ledger is never wrong. Without exception, every person whose name appears in the mysterious Death Ledger is fated to die, and no force in the world is powerful enough to change that. But, much like every other rule, even cardinal ones are meant to be broken. After one of her routine reaps takes an unexpected turn, thanks to Violet's colleague and sometimes friend Mason, she finds herself in a dangerous and unfamiliar situation. One which involves a pair of unforgettable, electric blue eyes, whose owner has managed to do the impossible. Cheat Death. Though Violet can't help feeling a little glad that Mr. Logan Perfect Winslow didn't die, she is well aware that altering someone's fate is never a good thing. Death is not to be messed with. And the consequences of stopping the inevitable might just end up destroying Violet's whole world. 🥇 1. Place in the Pandora Awards, in the Fantasy category. #23 in Grim Reaper #34 in Soul

To Ella, life has never come easy. In between her fondness for "old-people music" and a nervous appetite the girl's always struggled with fitting into what she's supposed to be. Then along comes Mystery Man, roguishly handsome with a snappy wit to boot. Will she be able to find comfort and let herself be loved? Or sabotage this fiery romance?

Are dolls innocent figurines as the advertisements on television say? Or is there something sinister that lurks inside of them? As the last heir of a mysterious curse, Janneth Hudson has her hands full. For generations, a doll has been watching over the Hudson family without their knowledge. It was waiting for the right time to punish all who have done her wrong. After her mother passes away, Janneth is tormented with a new doll named Piper to the point of insanity. She is desperate to end the vengeance of Piper, as it took the lives of innocent people with her. But Janneth couldn't do this alone. No matter if Piper had to be sacrificed under a burning bonfire under a witch's chant, or if Janneth had to involve her psychologist, his secretary, and her social worker in the process, she'd do it. She wanted to prove that she isn't insane as many believed. The cover was created by the amazing @feralshadow #1 in Horror and Paranormal = 9/20/2021