[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]]

"fuck me," said the monster. _______________________ A psychopath, a person with a mask of sanity. Someone who blends in. Unlike their sociopathic counterparts, psychopathic criminals are cool, calm, and meticulous; making psychopathy the most dangerous of all antisocial personality disorders. Though there's something about them, something emotionally intriguing and intellectually engaging that draws us in, making us apart of their sick mind games. Maybe that's why FBI agent, Ella Grant, can't get away from the misunderstood monster... _______________________ WARNING: GRAPHIC MATERIAL AND POTENTIALLY TRIGGERING CONTENT, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK (18+) note: inspired by hannibal i use poems and quotes; they belong to their rightful owners cover was made by Fracture :) the psychopath hides, a wolf amongst the sheep.

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The Pocket Universe Effect - the feeling that nothing else outside your little bubble of reality can quite matter at all. One am on a Friday in June, admist quiet neighbourhoods of New Jersey, the Ieros are away on a night out and Frank and Gerard are sprawled out across Gerard's green anorak, without the capacity to care about anything other than the night sky and the way the stars reflect in each other's eyes.

*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems* CREATE YOUR OWN MR. RIGHT Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participates in the app's trial run but finds herself immersed in the empathic conversations with her customizable virtual boyfriend, Ecto. In a society both connected and alienated by technology, Kate suspects an actual secret admirer is behind Ecto. Could it be the work of the techie student council president Dion or has Kate really found her soulmate in bits of computer code? She decides to get to the bottom of the cutting-edge app. Her search for Ecto's real identity leads Kate to prom, where absolute knowledge comes with a very steep price.

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You can set yourself on fire, but you're never gonna burn. You can set yourself on fire, but you're never gonna learn. Terrence Vendetta. The world's most notorious criminal. He's killed hundreds, thousands, in cold blood without being caught. He's robbed banks, dealt drugs, dealt weapons to the most prolific criminal organizations world wide, led a gang of some of the most highly trained criminals alive; Vendetta is crazy. Law enforcement everywhere wants nothing more than to take him down. One day during a low-level drug deal, a SWAT team from the LAPD busts into a warehouse. Thinking it's only a drug bust for the local gang- the team soon finds themselves in a whirlwind of gunfire, as the man two feet in front of them is the king of crime. In a successful mission, Terrence Vendetta is taken into custody and sentenced to life in prison at Tollsada Bay; the modern-day Alcatraz. Fresh out of college with a Ph.D. in criminal psychology, Lilianna Price is a genius. Her senior partner in psychotherapy, Hardy Wallon, is a world-renowned Doctor assigned to be the new therapist at Tollsada Bay for Terrence Vendetta. Will Lilianna crack the criminal with her stunning good looks, or will she be caught in the arms of a killer? Highest Ranks #1 in Cliche #1 in Gangleader #1 in Death #1 in Prison #1 in Bad Boy #1 in Prodigy #1 in Bad Boy Love Story #1 in Criminal #1 in Crime #1 in Gifted #1 in Psychiatrist #2 in Guns #2 in Genius #3 in Obsession #5 in Good Girl #7 in Nerd

Isla King grew up wealthy, but not as wealthy as Billionaire playboy Arturo Calendri. The family company was being taken over by Arturo's greedy father, but he's in prison now, and she's in Arturo's high rise office to beg for some mercy now that he's the one in charge and running Calendri Corp. When face to face with him, however, he reminds her of one tiny little detail that she might've forgotten. That time she told him to fuck off when he hit on her in her family's boutique. She'd forgotten all about that, and hadn't recognized him back then! How was she to know? But Arturo is holding all the cards and very happy about it, and if Isla wants the family business back, she's going to have to agree to a little arrangement. Spend four weeks with him in his lonely mansion, and yes, sex is involved, or go home with nothing. Edited Ebook is now available on Amazon and in Print! ***Sign up for my email list at http://mandyrosko.com/contact.html and I'll send you my Starter Library for Free. The Vampire's Curse, Burns Like Fire, and Sold To the Enemy! (Copy and paste the link into your browser)*** #Wattys2015

"It is your choice," he said, stepping so close to me that our lips were almost touching. "Either do what I say - or get another job." My heart stood still as I gazed up into his deep, dark, dangerous eyes... In a world where women's only role in life is to sit at home and look pretty, Lilly is determined to fight for her freedom. There's only one problem: a powerful man blocking her way.

Love is more than skin deep. What would you do if your sibling, your closest friend in the world, suddenly vanished? Alyssa Ross doesn't believe for a moment that her younger sister ran away from home. It's inconceivable to her that a dedicated student on the brink of graduation would abruptly abandon everything for a boy she didn't love. Facing skepticism from her parents and the police, Alyssa is determined to uncover the truth about what happened to Cassi on the night she disappeared. But as she digs deeper, she discovers that nothing is as it seems. Hidden clues, false leads, a mysterious stranger, and suspicious townsfolk lead Alyssa into a chilling realization. What's more terrifying when discovering your sister was abducted by cannibals; her being their dinner, or that she might have joined them willingly?