❝ Things are only as beautiful as you make them, Charlie. Including murder. ❞ It's the opening night of Burton Abbey's production of Romeo and Juliet and all is going smoothly - that is until the climactic death scene. Romeo takes a big gulp of the poison to be with his lover, except it really is poison and Elijah, who plays Romeo, is now dead. Charlie Monet, in charge of props, is the first suspect but soon the suspicion around her turns to worry as it seems she's the next target. Khaleel Rahim, an aspiring writer, is dying for a mystery to solve at his new school. When he sees Charlie sneaking around at night he thinks he's finally found something worth writing about. After discovering Charlie's ability to see visions of the past, Khaleel decides that they're the perfect pair to solve the mystery. With threatening notes, a quiet library and poison disguised as props; somebody in the school is blurring the lines between theatre and reality and the fast friends are about to discover that there's more to boarding school than just silly rumours. [2022 Watty's Shortlist]

"They have belligerent sexual tension." "What does that even mean?" --- James and Casper have been fighting for years - they've just never gotten along, ever. And then comes along a game of Gay Chicken and a kiss that changed everything. (BoyxBoy)

Independent Sequel of Tangled Tracks on Side B. Ranked: #1 wlw (Sep-23)

We can't escape We can't run And neither can you. ~~~~~~~~~~ It's been eight years since The Plague began. More than half the population is infected, their minds stolen by an invisible virus. No one can fight it, and no one can escape it. But she has to try.

(On an undetermined hold) Dear Diary, I believe that some strange person is reading my entries and I would think they would have at least a thread of human decency to not do such an act. But if it's not a stranger but an apocalypse survivor stumbling upon this searching for the comfort of someone's thoughts from long ago then... Fine, I guess that's okay. If it helps I'll hide a bag of M&Ms in the back of my desk drawer for you. Stay alive. To the stranger, hey! Do you mind! I'm sick, it's rude to read someone's personal thoughts, okay. Captain's log out.

Three things. A boy who loves to piss her off. A girl who loves to annoy him. And them understanding what it's like to feel love, while being scared of it at the same time [I flick his forehead with my pointer finger, "You're an ass," He leans down further near my ear so only I can hear him. "Y'know you're kinda cute when you're pissed."]

Nicca Aisling has a complicated life. He's never lived anywhere for longer than a few months. He has his mother and her philandering ways to thank for that. Nova Aisling has made it her lifelong goal to find true love even if it's at the expense of another person's marriage. When one relationship ends, a new one starts the next week. Nicca, use to this by now expects that this new move will be no different from any of the others. From the moment, he meets his mother's new boyfriend everything changes. Nicca can tell that he may be stuck in San Diego for the long haul. Just as Nicca starts to make friends enter Gianluca, head of the Antonucci family. His affection for Nicca is becoming obsessive and deadly. Nicca doesn't quite know how to say no to Gianluca. What's Nicca to do when his decisions have deadly consequences?

"You can't like him, you just can't!" "I know. It's wrong, but it's how I feel and I can't freaking control that." We've all heard the phrase 'The heart wants what it wants' or 'You can't control how you feel', and according to Nate, his life is just an example of that. (#5 General Fiction)

Book 2 of It's You Series. Soon to be titled as the Crown Princess of Joseon, Hwang Eun-bi struggles to adapt to the palace's life, but it isn't as easy as she thinks. What makes her days more bearable is her betrothed prince, Lee Yul, who can't seem to take his eyes and hands off her. After their marriage, they begin to work together to serve their nation. When trouble challenges their love for each other, will they be able to tackle it together? Or will their path diverge? Completed: 29/5/2023 (Word count: 50,000 - 60,000) This story contains PG13 violence and is a work of fiction. Characters, organisations, name of places and incidents may not be historically accurate. Highest rankings: #120 in DiverseLit ========================================== Copyright © 2022-2023 by Kim_Knights