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Phobia  by SamiCoops
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Five teens. Kidnapped. To live out their darkest fears. *** When five teenagers are abducted outside of the local nightclub, it sends shockwaves through the small town of Redstone. How were they taken? Where are they being kept? And most importantly, why? The answer is as simple as it is horrifying. The creator of a new serum called Phobia needs test subjects. And if she can't get volunteers, she will just take them by force. Detectives Jon Cartwright and Isaiah Sanders willingly take the case. But they soon realise they are in over their heads. With the parents desperate to find their children and an evil genius who's always one step ahead, the race against time becomes crucial. Trapped in a room and injected with the serum, the teenagers begin to lose their grip on reality and are unable to tell fact from fiction. Minutes turn to hours. Panic descends into paranoia. Bonds will be tested and broken. And their worst fears will come to life. [Featured on @mystery, @fright and @newlywrittenbooks] Amazing cover by @FireOpalDani
Wife of My Soul by LucindaRenfield
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Life had made Lilah Taylor a pessimist. Orphaned, homeless, and hangry, Lilah did not have the patience to be around other people. Especially not a gorgeous guy who claimed that she's his wife. Yeah, right. He sounded like a cliche. Except in Lilah's world, he was probably going to turn out to be one of those weird, wealthy men who wanted to do weird things to a poor, innocent (albeit cranky) girl. It would be better if she just avoided him. Except, Lilah decided to kidnap him. Which led to the thing with the satanic cults. **Wife of My Soul updates every Thursday** **1st Place Acheron Awards Humor/Chicklit**
Comfort the Wolves by kcgalloway
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Ivan has hunted a beast for years, and everything he knows about William comes back to Lianne - the beast's first victim, his only survivor and his next target. The plan is simple: protect Lianne, kill William when he comes. But protecting Lianne is anything but simple. Whispers follow her like shadows: of a Lady of the Lost, of her curse and her miracles. Demons prey on her at night. The toll of William's victims continues to rise. And when she speaks to Ivan's wolves, her words restitch their wounds with a hope he hasn't seen in his Pack for years. When William finally shows for the reckoning, Ivan finds everything he loves tested. Just how much can he sacrifice for one woman? Content/trigger warning: This story contains mentions of rape, self-harm, suicide, miscarriage, and drug use. [[word count: 150,000 - 200,000]] Cover designed by @Eunkyung_art
Beautiful Death: Sleeping Beauty Case File #1 by JudithHolstrom
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The picturesque town of San Fallon has become the hunting ground of the Notorious Wolf: a serial killer who displays his victims as fairy tale characters for the police to find. After months of searching, he's finally found his Sleeping Beauty. Helena Sussex is everyone's dream of a homecoming queen, with the quarterback boyfriend to match. The world is hers for the taking: whatever her looks and charm wouldn't hand her could be earned by her quick wit. It's left her bored and hungry for more, and she's made a game out of controlling those around her. As long as no one realizes it was her constant manipulations led to the suicide of fellow cheerleader Wadelyn Fairchild, she can have it all. Follow Helena's path as she's stalked by the Notorious Wolf to see if it leads to salvation, or if his Sleeping Beauty is denied her happily ever after. All credits to this beautiful back blurb goes to @AdrianAldrich. Thank you so much. Hope to be as good as you one day when it comes to these little suckers.
The Curse by JudithHolstrom
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Dreamcatchers can't ward off nightmares if your nightmare is your reality? Moving to a small town is the last thing Melanie wanted, but her entire family, even her identical twin, Emily, assures her it's the best thing for her family. But Melanie knows it's just another form of punishment, because that's all her family does to her-punishes her. Emily just wants her sister back, wants to recover their twin bond after she broke her sister's trust. But something evil is waiting in their new house... When Melanie falls into the clutches of an ancient darkness, Emily is the only one who can save her. Will their bond be strong enough to break the curse? Or will Emily lose her sister forever?
Swan Song by Artoile
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"Swans sing before they die- 't were no bad thing Should certain persons die before they sing." Humanity is rotten. This is the one thing in which attorney Alistair Frye truly believes. Even so, he has no complaints. He is successful, leads a luxurious life, and his name is feared and respected in the legal scene. He has no reason to be dissatisfied. Regardless of his methods, his work yields results. So long as he does not break the law, what is it to him if others disagree? And yet- At the peak of his career, a series of foretold murders may prove to be his undoing.
Isle of Sanctum | The Aya Thrasher Chronicles | Book 1 |[Editing] by Ajg037
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It's 2075 and Earth is quickly disintegrating. There are less than three years of inhabitable air left for both humans and Sciusians, refugee aliens. Officials are quickly unveiling their evacuation process called the "dyeing process". Because the dyeing process can't evacuate everyone, earning a dyeing spot becomes like winning a lottery. Sciusians and humans are allowed to have relationships, though, hybrid offspring were thought to be impossible....until now. A handful of these hybrids are relocated to a Sciusian owned island, where they are told they can earn a dyeing spot by performing, although it's unclear what that really means. Aya Thrasher is a seventeen-year-old from a broken home in a poverty-ridden suburb of what used to be Boston. She's creative but very self-conscious. After being relocated, she must deal with the pressure the performance brings. To top it off, she's caught between two potential love interests, brave but slightly geeky, Brennan, and wealthy and gorgeous, Trevor. Aya must also come to terms with her newly endowed gift - her dreams. Rayne Marovic is almost eighteen and comes from a small town, which she absolutely loathes. After a botched robbery, she serves a stint in prison, until she also ends up relocating to the island. Rayne is a hothead who must learn to deal with her temper, especially when she starts to discover her telekinetic abilities. Aya, Rayne, and the other hybrids must band together to defeat an insidious threat and learn the true meaning of the performance. - - - - - - EDITING - - - - - -