The first book in the SCU series! This is a reverse-harem book. ~ Love. Money. Success. Gabrielle Johansson has just attained all three as one of Los Angeles' most hard-working and successful young, black professionals who has just gotten her residential, is on her way to becoming one of LA's best surgeons, and is engaged to world-renowned artist Damian DuPont. All that seems to change when she gets a phone call that Steve Richardson, beloved friend of the family and father of her childhood best friends, Chris and Charlie, passed away. She takes time off from her job to help the Richardson's prepare the funeral arrangements. Upon her return back to rural Pennsylvania she is overwhelmed with memories of her childhood, family and friends. In an attempt to rekindle old friendships, Gabrielle is forced to face old buried feelings for the Richardson brothers and finds herself constantly succumbing to repressed desires. But what are her childhood best friends really hiding? She soon finds herself in the cross-hairs of a toxic feud involving intense violence, dishonesty, love, and unthinkable betrayal.

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•• Wattys 2018 Winner •• Wattpad Featured Story •• One day, a wind blew into the town of Millstone and didn't stop. Slowly people moved away. It was like the town was trying to clear itself out, as though it was preparing for something sinister. When a strange man moves into town and purchases the old abandoned farmhouse on Clay Road, Harper suspects he might be up to something. As Harper and his best friend Jeremey investigate the man's activities, they end up discovering some frightening truths about their town, the newcomer, and the wind itself. But getting close to the truth comes with risks, and they soon find themselves in danger not only of the stranger on Clay Road, but also the dark forces within Millstone that have remained silent for too long. •• AWARDS •• 🥈2nd Place in Horror, The Chaos Awards (April 2018) 🥉3rd Place in Horror/Paranormal, The Literally Lit Literature Awards (May 2018) 🥈2nd Place in Horror/Paranormal, The Blossom Awards (June 2018) 🥈2nd Place in Horror/Paranormal, The Psychedelic Awards (July 2018) 🥉3rd place overall and best grammar, The X-Factor Awards Season 2 (August 2018) 🥇1st place in Horror, The Hidden Gem Awards 2018 (September 2018) 🏆 The Wattys 2018 Storysmiths Winner (October 2018) 🥇 1st Place in Horror/Paranormal, ILoveAwards (May 2019)

When Grace Ballard jumped to her death from Mercury Overpass, the whole town halted to a stunned silence. They halted to a stunned silence for all of a few weeks, before things picked up as normal. It's not the same for Natalie, one month in and she doesn't have a clue what drove her sister to do it. When Jenny and Oscar become a solid part of her coping unit - both dealing with untold sorrows themselves - the teens find a way to band together in a time of need. And in the big question, the one Natalie herself fears, is it ever possible to move on from the ones we love? Or will Grace's death take Natalie with her?

"If you leave me, I will kill you," he said. This is how my story started. I left him 7 months ago, he'll swear we never parted. Recollections of such memories just brings my eyes to tears, it's the most pain I've ever experienced in my 21 years...too close for comfort, I've tasted death my family doesn't know. Visible scars and a distorted mind are all I have to show...secrets, lies and escape...how will it end?

This prequel hit #5 on the New York Times bestseller list. The full series has recently been optioned for film! Thank you for all your support! Now read the prequel for free here on Wattpad. ONCE UPON A TIME A PLAGUE ENDED THE WORLD. Mary knows how to thrive on the street. She makes it her mission to keep other kids away from everyday monsters. But when she's attacked by a crazed man clutching a bloody heart she realizes-there's a new kind of monster in town. A single drop of blood, and now Mary's one of the infected. Unless she can stop the virus and save her friends, the new monster in town might just be her. ~~~~~ZombiesAreHuman.com~~~~~

I was the good girl. Innocent in every sense of the word until I moved to my new apartment. He was a temptation I didn't anticipate. A fantasy I craved to experience. I wanted him. The man across the hall. The man in apartment 306 but someone wants me more and he'll stop at nothing to get me.

There is nothing worse for a pirate than dying on dry land. Except, maybe, swinging two feet above it. When their captain is imprisoned, facing the gallows, the men and women of the Lady Lesya's crew will try everything to break him out--even if it means fighting guards in ridiculous uniforms, bargaining with overweight monsters, and risking the life of the more or less innocent. Add vengeful local thugs, a mysterious killer with a grudge, and some unexpected ghosts to this already perilous task, and the streets of Puerto Seguro turn into a bloodbath. To get out of the town alive, the brethren of the coast will have to act not just as a crew, but as a family. ___________________ As it's a pirate story not created by Disney, expect strong language, violence, gore, and allusion to sex. But also humor, strong characters, and a touch of love. The story, three years and a half in the making, is now complete (and under revision). ____________________ Magnificent cover by @Tweeter109 Awesome headers by @FayLane

When Mollie starts to prefer the dreams she's having to the painful reality of life, she's forced to choose between embracing a fantasy or the man she loves. ***** Since she was seven, Mollie Cutright has known two truths: she loves Howard Flynn and her dreams are the most magical part of her life. Each day she suffers at the hands of her abusive parents, but each night she is surrounded by a loving family who call her by a different name. Growing up in 1930's Virginia, no one has patience for a girl who might be mad, so Mollie strives to keep her dreams (and how often they intrude on her reality) a secret. But when her secret comes out, Mollie is sent to an asylum, though not before she and Howard are secretly engaged. It is at the asylum she discovers the dreams are echoes of her past lives. She's an immortal, if she makes a journey to claim her heritage. The problem is, if she continues down this path, she can never see Howard, the love of her life, again. [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

Natalie Randall had it all. A dream home in Bethesda Maryland. A rich husband who was a prominent lawyer in one of the biggest law firms in D.C. Two beautiful children and all the cars and clothes that money could buy. But amidst all the glamour and all the power, an all too familiar horror lays hidden behind the gates of Magnolia Lane. Once exposed, she seeks to find absolution and regain a sense of who she used to be. As she begins to reset her life, the unspeakable happens, her husband is found dead in his office with his throat slashed. A seasoned homicide detective is hot on the trail and believes Natalie to be the killer. In an attempt to prove her innocence, she seeks to find the killer herself, staying 10 steps ahead of the investigation. In her search for innocence, she discovers a secret about her husband that shakes her to the core and chills her to the bone. ****THE WIDOW OF MAGNOLIA LANE IS CURRENTLY ON THE READING LIST OF WATTPAD'S PUBLISHING DIRECTOR (Deanna McFadden)**** ****THE WIDOW OF MAGNOLIA LANE IS CURRENTLY ON THE READING LIST OF WATTPAD'S DIRECTOR OF CREATOR DEVELOPMENT****