"Just like the universe tends towards entropy, I tend towards chaos." After a sea storm, a group of friends end up stranded on a seemingly desert island. Searching for water and shelter, they encounter a civilization, stricken by an unknown disease and in desperate need of help. While Tyler wishes to help the islanders in his attempt to run away from his old life, Corinne wants nothing more than to return to her old life and she stumbles upon terrible secrets the islanders are hiding.

*WATTYS 2018 SHORTLISTED* *FEATURED ON WATTPAD JANUARY 2018* NATASHA BLACKMORE is barely hanging onto her crown after all five of her suitors have been murdered, making her the prime suspect. Determined to stay on the Arlean throne, she coaxes (or rather, forces) one unsuspecting duke into marriage. After all, he was out of the country for all the killings, so he can't be the murderer, right? That duke is CONNOR WHITE, who wanted to live as low-profile a life as possible for a noble, even moving to a foreign country to teach school. But when his father dies, he's called back home. In Arles, however, all he finds are betrayals, family secrets, and a completely unwanted marriage. Because he's already got a girl... VICTORIA RUTHERFORD has just moved back from Xianggang to Arlea, only to discover the schoolteacher she was courting is actually a duke, who has just married the queen. To enact her revenge, she joins a rebel group determined to take down the monarchy, but ends up in way over her head. Whoever the killer is, this murderer either wants a crown or a heart. And he's closer than it seems to both.... one m a r r i a g e | two e n e m i e s | six m u r d e r s | will love or hatred ensue? {#178 IN HISTORICAL FICTION ON 05/23/2017} [#1 in #asiansinlit on 03/01/2019] SEQUEL: OF HEIRS AND HAVOC

They're soulmates bound in eternal love. He's powerful water god. She's a seven-tailed fox demon that feeds off of his desire for her. But gods and demons aren't allowed to love. Miu dies every time he falls for her, losing one of her tails and forgetting their past. Pieces of Cassian's soul splinters from heartbreak each time he loses her. These broken pieces have since festered into phantom shadows of himself. This lifetime, their paths cross again as almost-strangers, and Miu is destined to marry Cassian. Will she be ready for him on their wedding night? All three of him?

COVER BY @luxiferase A queen of blood. A king of thorns. A guard of hearts. - "You are mine," he said again, instead, "in every way. Mine to kill, mine to bed, mine to marry." "Am I yours to love?" - Fifteen years ago, the Queen of Mordana was engaged to the Lord of Hartfall in a match that would have strengthened both their families. But then, the Mordanians' worst enemy attacked. In order to escape, the Queen needed to be thought dead. So, the Lord of Hartfall's sister was killed in the queen's place. In the years since, they have both sought vengeance: her against the nation that invaded her country, and him against the queen who took his sister's life. But will they get the revenge they want... or the love they need? {#189 IN FANTASY ON 6/14/2019} 3RD PLACE IN DRAGON FIRE AWARDS

Cages aren't made of iron or steel; they're made up of the lies and half-truths we build our realities upon. Sixteen-year-old Caterina Donati's life appears ridiculously perfect on the outside. She's rich, beautiful, and top of her class and continues to maintain this facade until an old classmate's return to Ashton Wellesley Academy turns her world upside down. With ink, piercings, and attitude to match, Zachary Mazur is no longer the boy everyone used to bully in seventh grade. They become rivals from day one. Chaos ensues as egos clash and sparks fly. Cate soon discovers there's much more to Zac than meets the eye, and the two of them embark on a quest for truth and justice. The dark and wrenching journey brings Cate and Zac closer than ever even while it unravels everything the young lovers know about themselves and the smiling sharks around them. "Gilded Cage" is the first book in my "Gilded" series. Be sure to check out the sequel, "Gilded Hearts," after reading this one.

Freya Arsov sits on top of a world of diamonds and sports cars. Her father is a billionaire, head of a world-renown company, her mother, an esteemed lawyer. She attends the most prestigious boarding school in England. She has four amazing best friends and a dreamy boy who was in love with her. Except, none of these things make up for what happened last summer. Matthew al Nassar has fallen far. After the death of his father, he finds himself involved in a world of gangs and guns and has no way out. When these childhood neighbours clash, bullets fly. Love is a girl pointing a gun at the boy who owns her heart. Or at least, in this story, it is. [Book #1 in the Bulletproof Series] [loosely inspired by the myth of Persephone and Hades] © archeronta 2019

"She is a pet that sleeps in my bed, rolls onto her back to please me, and gets on her knees when I demand it." "A bitch can get manipulated just as easily, she just has a vendetta once she finds out." **** Empires rise and fall. The world crumbles and people die. Powers change and champions are made. Bodies are cremated and the world keeps turning. Burn Rome burn; the Queen demands it.