An old family letter tells of an ancient family diary that prompts the search for a family legacy across centuries. Devious relatives, assassins, gangsters and a disquieting budding romance between cousins. This story takes place through different periods of family history and present day. Wattpad doesn't really have a category to cover it so I chose adventure. This was posted some time ago as The Letter but has undergone a facelift and a new name.

[A LookingForAlaska contest entry] Leah Coates coaches softball at Franklin Community College, but dreams of becoming a detective - and helping stop crimes like the one she endured as a child. Can she overcome her devotion to the players and the uncertainty of a new, possibly dangerous path? Welcome to Franklin, a city in full. Grace and pettiness, ambition, despair. Threats. Hunger. Heroism. Six sorts of love. More children every day. The NFL's Franklin Federals - Go Feds! The roaring Shawnee, which never floods Franklin Heights but routinely devastates the Falls side. You've passed through before, reader. Now come a bit farther off the interstate.

The Gallaghers and Pruitts have dominated the American political landscape dating back to Revolutionary times. The Yale University class of 1996 had one of each, and as the twenty-year reunion approaches, the families are on a collision course. Owen Gallagher is coasting to the Democratic nomination for president. Rock Pruitt - the brash maverick whose career was derailed two decades ago by his association to a tragic death - is back, ready to reclaim the mantle of clan leader. And fatefully in between lies Samantha Lessing. Sam arrives at reunion weekend lugging a rotten marriage, dumb hope, and a portable audio recorder she'll use for a public radio-style documentary on the Pruitt-Gallagher rivalry - widely known as the pinebox vendetta. What Sam uncovers will thrust her into the middle of the ancient feud, upending presidential politics and changing the trajectory of one clan forever. The Pinebox Vendetta is the first entry in the Pruitt-Gallagher saga: a series that promises cutthroat plots, power grabs, and unforgettable characters stretched to their very limits by the same ideological forces that roil America today.

** WATTYS 2018 WINNER ** Big Tech meets Die Hard in this techno-thriller Kirkus Reviews calls "a clever, spirited tale with a brainy, nimble heroine at the helm." From IndieReader's 5-star (highest rating) review: "Bond weaves an entertaining tale filled with deceit, robots, Russians, and tech entrepreneurs that all combine to give the reader a reason to flip pages furiously to find out what might happen next." Deb Bollinger has no time for corporate training. Her company's top engineer at just twenty-seven, Deb has blocked off her day for the one project she truly cares about: the launch of Carebnb, an app that finds spare beds for the homeless. When she's told all employees must drop everything for some busywork exercise called Blackquest 40, it's an easy no. Trouble is, her bosses aren't really asking. Blackquest 40 is the mother of all corporate trainings. A near-impossible project to be completed in forty straight hours. No phones. No internet. Sleeping on cots. Nobody in, nobody out. Deb finds the whole setup creepy and authoritarian. When a Carebnb issue necessitates her leaving the office, she heads for the door. What's the worst that could happen? Armed commandos, HVAC-duct chases, a catastrophic master plan that gets darker by the hour - Blackquest 40 is a fresh take on the Die Hard formula, layering smart-drones and a modern heroine onto the classic action tale. Cover design and illustration by Ethan Scott.