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The Whole Truth by jaxharlow
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Adele knows she witnessed a murder - what she doesn't know is just how personal it is. ***** A girl was brutally murdered in the basement of a sorority house in spring 2011. Adele Theroux thinks she saw the killer - and the killer definitely saw her. What she doesn't know is why this all happened and who this guy is. As she tries to solve the mystery from a distance while in witness protection, the connections keep getting weirder and more personal. Might she be able to relate to the killer in a way that no one else can? And what does that mean about her own psyche? *2019 Watty Award for Mystery/Thriller* [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]] Cover designed by April Alforque
When Shadows Rise (Book 1) by HaleySulich
HaleySulich
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A magic-addicted spy trapped in the queen's service must track a princess-turned-assassin in order to earn her freedom, but things get complicated when she falls for the princess she's supposed to capture. ***** Weak. Cursed. That's how seventeen-year-old Kayden Branimir, the realm's deadliest assassin, views herself. Some believe she could save the world with her rare healing magic, but she gave up on her powers long ago after failing to save her best friend. Her life changes when she receives a letter from her supposedly dead twin brother, Alaric, begging to be rescued from rival territory Leodia. For the first time since her friend's accident, Kayden is determined to be the hero, but she must learn to embrace her magic--and herself--along the way. Strange. Unnatural. Those are the words whispered about eighteen-year-old Zara Tait, a Leodian spy addicted to soul-stealing magic. Forced into the queen's service, Zara wants to escape and return home, but she has nothing to offer the queen in exchange for her freedom. When Kayden arrives in Leodia, Zara sees the quiet girl with unique magic as the bargaining chip she needs. But the more she learns of Kayden, the more her feelings grow. Now, Zara must choose between her freedom and the dangerous assassin she hadn't meant to fall for. [2020 Watty Award Winner] Content warning: This story contains mature themes of violence, addiction, abuse, self-harm, and mental illness. Cover by Faera Lane
Mr. Make-Believe (An Urban, Chic-lit Novel) by chaterboxxx
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*BE ADVISED, CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT. READ AT OWN DISCRETION* What if you had the power to create the perfect man and make him real through the power of a pen? Audrey Pain is a 25 year-old, self- acclaimed free-lance Erotica writer who does nothing but write about her fantasy men and what she would want them to do to her. She describes everything she would want: a sexy, tattooed, chocolate dominering God who had the mindset of a determined strong man and the skills of a freak underneath the sheets. He would have and possess the affection and love she so desired since she first started dating. She believes that kind of man doesn't exist, so she creates him in yet another novel. That is until she sees a man who resembles the desirable man in her book. He loves the same things, hate the same things, and possess the same features as her make-believe man. Even his wife! This all could be just a coincidence or it could be exactly what she's been looking for. She's willing to destroy happiness and love to have this man and experience everything and anything this dream man could do, but it's all just words in her book, right? But as they say, God is a Jealous God. How much can Audrey get away with before her guilt sets in from living in the fantasy world of her book and the gorgeous man who stands before her eyes?
A Fracture Of Souls [MAJOR HIATUS, UNFINISHED] by YoItsYeau
YoItsYeau
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BOOK TWO OF THE BINDING TRILOGY *SO SORRY TO BE TERRIBLE AND INCOMPETENT, I STARTED THIS STORY A LONG TIME AGO AND THEN I DID OTHER THINGS LOL. IT IS NOT FINISHED, I DO NOT FORSEE IT EVER WILL BE FINISHED, AND I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS ANNOYING AND BAD OF ME, BUT IT ALSO IS WHAT IT IS, I DO APOLOGIZE, I HOPE YOU READ SOMETHING GOOD AND COMPLETE IN THE FUTURE, THANK YOU* Ifera thought that she had escaped the suffocating reality of her impending coronation by betraying her father in favor of helping her sort of girlfriend's sister escape the powerful god's clutches, but the god of charm's grasp has never been something that one merely broke free of. In order to protect the people that she has come to love, Ifera realizes that she must return to the Queendom of Musteri and become come Queen once and for all. Jarelis was skeptical of bringing her sister back to the place where their lives took a turn for the worst, but is desperate for answers as to what exactly is brewing inside of her sister. Her quest for the truth leads her to revelations about her own birth and the purpose of the ceremony that occured the day she was born, revealing that the Queendom of Musteri may not be as safe as Ifera may have believed. Now faced with protecting the interest of a country at war, Ifera is tied to a life she never imagined she would live, while Jarelis is set on the run once more after uncovering a shocking secret.