Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents. Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is presented as an autobiography of the title character (whose birth name is Robinson Kreutznaer)-a castaway who spends twenty-eight years on a remote tropical desert island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued.

Spin follows Noah and Lilah, a young couple on the run, committing crimes across the south in a post-second-civil-war America. Living on the fringes of a broken society, Lilah empathizes with a hitchhiker they run into at a truck stop, and after convincing Noah, they decide to take him along on their way back to their hometown, Midnight, Mississippi. They soon discover the man is a creole war veteran with an odd disposition and a ton of stories to tell, some so bizarre they're hard-pressed to believe him. Being on the road gives them plenty of time to reflect on these strange tales and delve into their own pasts, remembering their childhood and the decisions that lead them where they are. But, when strange things start to occur and secrets start to be revealed, they realize too late that they've been lead into a web so tangled, they might not make it out. Spin is a southern-gothic inspired, slow-burn thriller with an underlying romance. It is told in dual perspectives with dual timelines and is rated mature. ⚠️Strong themes of sex, crime, language, abuse, drug use, and violence carry throughout. 🔞18+ recommended. Cover photos by Gage Walker courtesy of unsplash.com. https://unsplash.com/@gagewalkerr 1ST PLACE MYSTERY WINNER - THE BLOSSOM AWARDS (2019) 3RD PLACE MYSTERY/THRILLER WINNER - THE SUMMER AWARDS (2019)

When Adalina is forced to marry the heir to Sicily's largest mafia, she's thrown into a tangled web of greed while navigating an electric attraction to her new husband. ***** Adalina Romano is tired of being manipulated by the men in her life. After her greedy uncle drags her halfway across the world to barter her in a deal between him and the heir to Sicily's largest mafia, the Cosa Nostra, she finds herself married to a man who makes her uncle look like a saint. She shouldn't be attracted to Vincent Salvatore, but Adalina cannot avoid his unforgiving stare nor deny the electrical charge she feels whenever they touch. Vincent sees Adalina as an obstacle in his fight for power, but soon has no choice but to keep her safe when they're caught in a war of dominance and greed. As Vincent's walls begin to slip, Adalina discovers a spark of light in his darkness, and once she's had a taste, she only wants more. When their spark turns into a fire, protecting Adalina amid one of the biggest mafia deals of Vincent's life means going against everything he's ever known, consequences be damned. Content Warning: contains violence and mature themes.

[Completed] [Book #1 in The Brooks Family Series] The peaceful, English life of the Brooks family is abruptly interrupted by the arrival of World War II. As they struggle to adjust, they are met with the harsh realities of a world at war.

Daughter of a colonel off at war. The girl of a messenger's sparked interest. A target of the British enemy. Will she discover what she's meant to do through it all, or get lost in the smoke and chaos of the Revolutionary War?

Superheroes. Once everywhere in the world, now an outlawed and feared concept. Those who are left are either officially endorsed by the government, or are vigilantes in hiding that are hunted by the world. But evil still exists, and there are those who must stop it. Now, a team from the past will reform to bring justice and order back to the world. They are known as the Crusaders.

Erin, an orphaned pickpocket, is the queen of a small criminal subculture, but when she steals her way into a deadly conspiracy, mysterious powers seek to silence her. Erin will need all her cunning if she is to survive this new world of violence, magic and companionship, but sometimes, survival just isn't enough... Completed