A 2019 Watty Winner. For fans of Allison Pataki and Philippa Gregory, THE NYMPH OF VERSAILLES is based on the true story of Madame Montespan's rise and fall at the court of King Louis XIV. Being the Sun King's mistress is a coveted position in a court full of greedy courtiers vying for power and Athénaïs de Montespan won't let anything stand in the way of her stealing the king's heart-not even poison. When the king's interest in his mistress Louise begins to wane, Montespan sees the position as a possible escape from her husband's mounting debts and loveless marriage. Her strained friendship with Louise doesn't stop her from charming the king. However keeping his heart is tricky in a court full of plotting beauties eager to have him for themselves, especially with her jealous husband bent on ending her seduction. Then her children's governess becomes an unexpected rival for the king's heart and the only woman who can contend with Montespan. With the court swirling with rumors of poison, Montespan finds herself caught in the web of accusations. Her position with the king begins to crumble as she fights to hold on to the life she's built. Without the king's love, she fears she will lose everything as she falls from grace.

[WINNER OF A WATTY AWARD 2019 IN THE LITERARY FICTION CATEGORY!!!!] "We always want to know what the dead would tell us if they could tell us anything at all. We invent ghosts. Ouija boards. We make mediums and psychics stinking rich, getting them to talk to those who aren't around anymore. I could just play that game. I could play the messenger of Death. Even if just for a while; I could make something out of the miracle that I am." Cover art credit: Janice Sung

🏆Wattys 2019 Winner for Mystery & Thriller🏆 Sister Mary has lost her way, or so people think. Kicked out of her convent and sent away to be reformed, this jolly nun discovers her gift of glee is perfect for solving murders and the occasional naughty peek. ________________________________________ Merry Sister Mary is the world's most happy-go-lucky nun, and where the nuns are concerned, possibly the worst. She has none of the qualities reserved for a traditional lady of the cloth: a fear of water, an odd relationship with an umbrella, and no talent in teaching or nursing, yet Sister Mary believes she has a special God given power, laughter. Such a belief has led her to be kicked out of her convent in Chicago for accidentally flashing a group of churchgoers and deemed in desperate need of reform. She is sent on a bus to a stricter convent in New Orleans, Louisiana, but in a drama fueled twist, God has different plans for the joyous nun. She is to solve a murder. After missing the bus Sister Mary is forced to seek refuge with a Catholic family in the small town of St. Francisville. A horrific murder occurs sending the town into a frenzy of bittersweet joy. The person killed has long been despised and so named the Stanton Witch for the mystery surrounding her husband's death and the decades of misfortune since her arrival. In an effort to expose the truth, Sister Mary finds herself in the middle of one family's terrible and insidious secret. As the bodies pile up she uses her gift of glee to uncover the clues missed by the police and hopefully stop the killer from claiming another innocent victim. Her goal-- prove to the world once and for all that one does not need to be traditional to make a difference. Comedy ■ Mystery ■ Thriller [COMPLETED] Copyright © Jules Haigler No parts of this book may be distributed, copied, or sold on any media without permission of the author. All names, places, and themes are a work of fiction.

'I never thought my dad could be a criminal. So I had to track him down and find out truth. But then again, look at me with my criminal record. No-one saw that coming 2 years ago.' - Amelia Jackson. Sunset Lake academy is like no other school. Unknown to everyone else, it's full of delinquents, and secret operations are going on all the time. Amy goes there because she has a criminal record, and Nick is trying to keep up his player act. When life was this perfect, how did they know it would turn out to be a blood bath? When Amy hacks her dad's bank account to find that he has £7 billion in his bank, and Nick gets increasingly mysterious calls from a dad he never knew, they do what anyone else would do in their place. Yep. They travel half way across the world to find the truth. But one thing is for sure. Being hunted down by secret organizations who will stop at nothing to get them, is something they never expected.

*This story is under construction. You are not advised to read it yet. I'll tell you when it's ready, though. Read at your own risk.* Dreams, when tried to be remembered, are supposedly dark - the kind of darkness wherein you could see nothing. But in lucid dreams, one sees vivid things, one could remember it, and one could be seeing colors. In fact, in lucid dreams, you can do anything you want. You can fly a Pegasus, attend Sky High, or even go face to face with Voldemort or Smaug and get through them without a single scar on your face. The best part is that you wake up remembering all of them - like they happened in your real life. Petula Carter knows how it feels: she can control her dreams. And in her dreams, she wishes to reunite with her faded loved one. But never in her mind she would find something else. Something deeper. Something colorful. And something that could be real.

Melania Cary, the girl who was supposedly normal. Ever since she was twelve, she's been having the same nightmare every night. The nightmares mysteriously stop, replaced with what Melania believe's are hallucinations. But how could experiences like her ripping metal, falling off a church roof and stabbing a monster under her bed possibly be her imagination? Especially if she felt what she hallucinated? Like before, they stop, bringing more problems. On her eighteenth birthday, she dies, killed by her worst nightmare, the one she used to wake up from day after day after day. In what she believes is the Second Life in the Underworld, she learns to not conquer her fears in the Scholatimor but to love them. Including Adrian, Prince of the Underworld and her killer...

Haitlin Brookes had no idea her life would change forever after she saved a young girl from being hit. Her instincts told her not to trust the girl's father or to get into his truck, but his persuasive manner and sweet talk got her exactly where he wanted her. Haitlin must devise a plan to escape before she become a permanent member of this happy, sadistic family.

Formerly known as "Silent Howl" Penny and Jacob are twins that were abandoned as babies. They grew up moving from one foster home to the next. With the abuse they endured at the hand of those that took care of them will they ever be able to move past the memories haunt their dreams. Penny is a mute who can communicate using telepathy with her twin. Who are the new foster parents? Why were they so secretive? After nearly three years living with them they find out who the new foster parents are. And just before they turn sixteen they find out they are werewolves. How will being a mute human affect her wolf. Will they ever feel loved and have a forever home? Do they find out the truth of their birth and heritage? Keep reading to unveil the twist and turns that are to come.

On 10th April 2012, Nicholas Webster disappeared. On the same day, one hundred years previously, a lost eighteen year old appeared on the deck of the world's most famous ship, a ship that was doomed to a freezing fate in the freezing waters of the cold North Atlantic a mere five days later. In this tale of love, loss and adventure Nicholas Webster must try, with a little help from his friends, to return to his own time period without altering the course of history itself. But the question pervades; will he escape the Titanic?

Victorian London has been transformed by Henry Babbage's perfection of his father's Analytical Engine. Fuelled by these computing machines, science and engineering have taken giant leaps forward; horses and manual labour have been all but replaced by the limitless power of steam, and Britain's armies have become practically invincible thanks to the introduction of mechanical leviathans. With new and more fantastic inventions being produced daily, the citizens of the Empire struggle to keep up with the accelerating pace of change. Indeed, there are many who oppose the relentless march of Progress, and the gentleman's clubs and drinking dens of London abound with talk of change; be it evolution or revolution. When an outspoken MP is found brutally murdered, Scotland Yard enlists the assistance of the adventuress Lady Rose Buchanan and her scientist husband Professor James. Accompanied by the professor's mysterious assistant Mr. Lazarus, the couple begin to investigate the strange occult phenomenon that surrounded the victim's death, and quickly find themselves embroiled in a sinister plot to overthrow the monarchy and bring down the empire. The first two chapters of the book are available here and on the iDotE website, with the full book downloadable from Amazon