"This is what she had become." ===== Cleopatra Banks' last week in the small town of New Chelsea is nothing like she would have imagined it, but nothing could have prepared her for the stinging betrayal she's faced with and suddenly the prospect of moving to a new city doesn't sound that daunting anymore. ------ Enter Victoria Springs. A city well known for its breathtaking springs, lavish neighborhoods and undiscovered Real Housewives. Everything seems perfect and glamorous on the surface, but not all that glitters is gold. What happens when Cleopatra, whose entire life was spent in the shadows suddenly becomes the center of attention at her new school? Could it have something to do with the fact that she's the only plus sized girl there or is it due to something more shocking and sinister? Exactly how much makeup and blueberry cheesecake ice cream can remedy the situation she finds herself in? Secrets, tempers, queen bees, some bad decisions and the mysterious brooding boy next door with a past of his own ensure for one epic roller-coaster ride that's anything but normal. ....and what really happened to Isabella?

When Jude Lockhart found out that his best friend and girlfriend were hooking up he was completely destroyed. The two people he cared for more than anything betrayed him. In truth, Jude Lockhart didn't think he would ever recover from such a massive blow, but then he does in the form of Waverly Clarke--a familiar, mysterious girl with a knack for being complicatedly beautiful in all meanings of the phrase.

Hanna April was raised to believe that getting married to a stable guy will be the biggest milestone in her life, preferably before her 25th birthday. Otherwise, she'd be a disappointment to the family---her mother! Now six months before her 28th birthday she finds herself single with no fiance, no boyfriend, not even a friend-zoned guy, but three ex-fiances and a career that barely hangs on a thread. Caught up in shear of facing her mother on her birthday, three perfect guys come into her life ready to give whatever it takes to be with her, but Hanna doesn't buy it unless they pass her test. That's: a) Proposing to her and b) showing up on the wedding day. A few days prior to her birthday, she arranges three instant conservative weddings with the guys vowing to marry whoever shows up and present him to her mother on her birthday, but things get out of her hand when they all show up one day prior on her birthday requesting her to pick one.

Evelyn's day couldn't get any worse, until a local news anchor drops dead in her café. If that weren't bad enough the police suspect her former drug dealing cousin as the culprit, and Evie's not someone who just sits by while her family's in trouble. Putting on her sleuth hat she's in a race to find the true killer; not an easy task considering the deceased was a total ass to just about everyone he knew. Was it his neglected wife, sick of the constant verbal abuse? His pretty assistant, tired of being sexually harassed on a daily basis? Or was it his brother, jealous of the success he could never find himself? Hell, maybe it's that strange new guy that's only a quarter-step from being a bum. If Evie thought today was a hot mess, she's in for ride of her life. Evie Harper Mysteries: Book 1

*Book Two in the Every Other Memory Series* What wouldn't you give for a love worth saving? What wouldn't you do for a promise of forever? What wouldn't you say to protect the person you've loved longer than you can even remember? Coming Winter 2021

When I met him on a rainy afternoon the air smelt like gardenias. My black oxford pumps were soaked from accidentally stepping on a puddle, and the tiny yellow umbrella I held up barely saved me from the chilly rain. When I met him on a rainy afternoon, the sky was pink and blue. I was starving and almost craving to smell the stuffy scent of my closed up home's small living room. When I met him on a rainy afternoon, his son held my feet out of the blue and called me 'mum'. He rushed out of the restaurant only seconds later, his cheeks a pale flushed hue. When I met him one day on a rainy afternoon, he looked up into my eyes and apologized. And inside my head, I thought to myself... what a lovely way to meet a lovely man on such a lovely rainy afternoon. ••••••-••••••-••••••-••••••-••••••-•••••• 1st Draft - 15/03/18 2nd Draft - 08/08/20 Published : 28/08/21 | Paperback & Kindle Cover : Sierra Po Trailer : boba

His secret online gaming partner is actually his high school crush, but is she also a murderer? Nerdy Caleb thinks he's the luckiest boy on earth when he learns that his online gaming partner was actually the prettiest girl in school all along. Caleb thinks he's even more lucky when she tells him she's recently single. Just when Caleb thinks he can't get any luckier, one night he finds her ex-boyfriend hung dead in her basement. Faced with the choice of turning her into the police or having a date for Friday night, what Caleb decides to do next is sure to surprise everyone. CTRL FREAK is the classic tale of boy meets girl. Girl turns out to be a serial killer. Boy decides that's not an absolute dealbreaker. CTRL FREAK is a YA/NA Thriller that dares to explore your wildest fantasies. It's cute and rom-com-y at times, yet also dark and devastatingly hopeless at others. It's action scenes are horrific and iconically brutal. But at its heart, it's about illuminating the struggles that many teens in this era face. It's a whimsical nightmare about depression, the pressure to live up to high expectations, toxic families, true friendships, and idealized romantic relationships. In this story, the gamer gets the girl. The girl gets the fairy tale. And the fairy tale gets a crazy, bloody makeover. 🏆Awards: 🏅Wattpad Featured Story ⭐️#thepurpleappleawards Winner ⭐️Wattpad #Oscars Award First Place Mystery/Thriller ⭐️Blue Rose Award for First Place Mystery/Thriller ⭐️ Best Friendship Runner-up in The Discourse Awards ⭐️Blue Award for First Place Mystery/Thriller ⭐️ Moonlight Award for First Place Mystery/Thriller ⭐️Season Star Award Runner-up Mystery/Thriller ⭐️Season Star Award for Best Plot ⭐️Lucent Award Winner ⭐️Fallen Angel Award for Third Place in Teen Fiction ⭐️ SkullCandy Award for Best Horror ⭐️ TickTock Award for Best Mystery/Thriller ⭐️ Writing Wars Award for Best Dialogue

He acts like an asshole but is a real sweetheart. She is a sweetheart, a real darling. They both are made for each other but don't know it yet. They have so much in common. Will they fall in love? Will they both focus on their own success? Will he finds his missing piece? Will she finds her missing piece?

A newly expanded and professionally edited version of the Boy in the Woods is now available for sale as an ebook and paperback! Buy it at Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and many other online outlets. Winner of the 2014 Wattys Talk of the Town award. After a devastating accident takes Jess's parents, a cold and controlling uncle is the only family she has left. Ripping away everything she's ever known, he takes her far from her home in the big city to live on the rural family estate. With a spoiled and stuck up older cousin the only other young person in the home, Jess struggles to adjust to her new life of loneliness and quiet isolation. While exploring the woods surrounding her home one day, she stumbles upon a mysterious boy. Desperate for a friend, she's instantly drawn to him, but he's deeply distrustful and wants nothing to do with her. Sneaking away to see him, she works hard to break through his walls and slowly gains his trust. As time passes, their bond grows from forbidden friendship into something more, but the threat they'll be caught looms closer. How far will Jess have to go to protect the boy she's fallen in love with? Or will her uncle find out about them before she can escape his control? The Boy in the Woods is a mysterious and poignant coming of age novel set in the late 1950's, with the same classic feel as A Little Princess and The Secret Garden. As one of the top ten most read historical fiction stories on the popular reading website Wattpad.com, it's already loved by tens of thousands of readers. This compelling story is twice the length of the average young adult novel, and is appropriate for ages 14 to adult. By the same author as Wattys finalists Stolen Hearts and Love You Forever! Best Ranking: Historical Fiction #1 General Fiction #3 Warning: This story contains occasional language and mild violence.

NOW PUBLISHED BY SOURCEBOOKS FIRE! Sixteen-year-old Jackie Howard knows nothing about her new guardian Katherine Walter when she moves from New York to Colorado. After discovering that Katherine has twelve boys, Jackie fears that living in the Walter house isn't going to be easy. It's just icing on the cake that the boys look like models... Cover design by pizzazz-