Bloody mannequins have been found in various parts of the city of Los Angeles; all dressed in the clothes of missing women, and wearing flower crowns. No bodies have been found, but Homicide Detective, Adrian DeWitt, is the lead investigator on the case. The Doll Collector, is a lonely man, who stalks his victims before luring them to his cabin in the woods, where he murders and stuffs them like animals. He turns them into beautifully dressed dolls he keeps in his private collection. They're his life, his young ladies, his most prized possessions. Maria Gonzalez is a young girl down on her luck in the dating world. When her best friend convinces her to join a dating app, just as she's about to give up, she meets a mysterious man named Bud. Their paths are about to cross in the worst way. Based on the original, 2017 Watty Award Winning Tap story! Image credit: Getty Images Originally Published June 11th, 2017 Originally Finished October 13th, 2017 This story is being reposted after being taken down due to being plagiarized too much.

Six months have passed since Maria disappeared, and without her bloody mannequin to convince everyone she's dead, the search for her continues. But something is brewing in the darkest corners of Los Angeles. The Doll Collector has fallen dormant, but The Admirer has awoken, and is finally fulfilling his deepest and deadliest desires. After bloody bodies start getting delivered to the police station, addressed to Kristopher Marner, the FBI finally steps in and takes control. As the presents get bloodier and the creepy texts start rolling in, Marner realizes that keeping his identity hidden will be harder than he thought. After all... you can't hide from your admirer. WALL OF SHAME *The following people have plagiarized The Admirer* Acidfairys on Tapas - 2019 Published 12/22/17 Finished 7/6/18

#1 Teen Fiction - 25.04.18 {Completed} "No one has ever spoken to me like that." "And why is that? Because you're the 'bad boy'?" "Exactly sweetheart. You'd be best to remember it." Ashley Anderson switched apartments four times before she found one that actually looked like it did on the website - no grubby shower, no busted sink and no 'DIY wardrobe' - the only problem was she wasn't expecting a roommate. Ashley Anderson and Mason Murphy both study at the local university, only thing is they are complete opposites; Ashley is a hard-working, non-drinker, non-smoker who is tidy and never home late, while Mason is the uni bad boy with a bad rep and a girl on either arm. How will they get on? First draft - Excuse any spelling errors or mistakes. [cover by: Imperfect_beautyy]

It's only been 6 months since the true identity of The Doll Collector has been revealed. It rocked the city of Los Angeles, and left Maria picking up the pieces of her life. But 6 months has been enough time for her to set the ultimate goal, be reunited with the one person who did this to her. When Maria arrives at White Crest Psychiatric Hospital for the Criminally Insane, her little plot seems to have worked, but there is a killer lurking behind those walls, that is slowly killing off the dregs of society. How long before it's the one person she can't live without? Published August 25th, 2018 Finished January 27th, 2019

Elena Parker is in her second year in college, she stays with her roommate Laura at the girl's dorm. Most of her time is spent reading Stephen King's books or watching documentaries. She never had a boyfriend and never thought of love, but what happens when someone crashes her world and rules all at once. . . . Adam Rutherford, an English literature professor with a dark past. His failed experience in relationships made him stay away from women, getting betrayed by the one who thought was his true love eight years ago, made him promise to never trust a woman. But his promises and rules get broken when he meets his student Elena Parker. . . . Elena's father has a huge debt to be paid and in order to save her father's bookstore, Elena agrees to the deal that Adam proposed. They marry each other on paper, each of them for a reason, but will the deal stay on paper? or fate has other plans? . . . Sparks of admiration and love arise between the teacher and his student, a marriage deal, dark secrets, and a forbidden love that spread in the midst of university walls. . #1 in forbidden #1 in literature #1 in contract #2 in henrycavill #4 in contractmarriage (on sep 2021) #9 in agegap #10 in teacher #18 in romance