Formerly known as The Black Diamond and Astraea Academy! Book Cover and Banners: @lavendareyes 💜 𝐷𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝐼 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘. 𝐴 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑠. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝐼 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖r 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒'𝑠 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑒. ✧༝┉┉┉┉┉˚*❋ ❋ ❋*˚┉┉┉┉┉༝✧ Freya's 18th birthday is nearing and with that her weirder than normal dreams. She doesn't give them much thought at first, but the weirdness doesn't stop there! She suddenly receives an invitation to Astraea Academy. An academy meant to help witches, vampires, werewolves, and fey reach their full potential. She must believe in the impossible, the very things that are supposed to exist only in fairytales. And when she finally thought she got everything under control, she finds out about a prophecy. Identical twin witches will be born for the first time in a thousand years and they will be the most powerful beings the world has ever seen. Will she be able to find her sister before something bad happens to her? ✨Inspired by The Originals✨

Shanice Wilson, born and raised in Harlem, moves to Atlanta for her new job. The company sets her up in a lovely cul-de-sac in an almost deserted part of the suburbs. Nate Dylan is the president of the Dead-Eye Angels MC. He rides with his buddies, takes care of them and their families, and doesn't have any problem getting a lady to warm his bed. But things turn upside down when a loudmouth, rude New Yorker moves next door. Nate is all about Southern hospitality, but Shanice isn't falling for his charms. A tit-for-tat battle starts between the two, and things go too far. This is the first book in the Dead-Eye Angels MC series. ***Book contains language and content that may be triggering and/or offensive to some.*** The story contains information and discussions of but not limited to childbirth, infant loss, miscarriage, traumatic health care experiences, racial discrimination, domestic violence, police violence, death and dying, mental illness and mental health crisis, sexual assault, and incarceration, which some readers may find triggering. ***Awards*** 🏆 Best Protagonist (Shanice) (1st place - The Cobalt Valentine's Special Award) 🏆 Best Romance (2nd place - The Temeraire Awards) 🏆 Best Short Story (3rd place - The Petrichor Awards) 🏆 Best Short Story (3rd place - The Winterspell Awards) ***Featured on*** @WattpadESL | Words Of Affectionate | Romance & ChickLit @WattpadMulticultural | Chiclit and Mature content @WattpadShortStory | Love Diaries @StoriesUndiscovered | Lunch Hour Shorts [Short Story <1 hour] @GirlBossINC | Badass Babes @AdultFiction | Melting Hearts and Featured Adultfiction Stories

In the summer of 2002, Erin goes missing, leaving behind a devoted husband, precious little girl, and questions that go unanswered for nearly two decades. The years that follow have her family and friends searching for answers and trying to build new lives despite suffering a mysterious loss that has never been explained. What happened to Erin? Is she dead? Did she run away? It's like she disappeared into thin air.

The Bond Once Severed, Book 1: Natalia never doubted their bond-until Lukas, the strongest Mind Master of his generation, turned against her, using his power to destroy everything she loved. Once hailed as the hope of his people, Lukas now stands as their greatest betrayer. Raja, the exiled son of a chief, was meant to inherit leadership, but his father cast him aside, leaving his destiny uncertain. Fate pulls the three together and tears them apart. They may be the ones to restore balance to the continent-or they could destroy everything, including each other. *A/N: This is essentially a first draft, so I appreciate all comments as they help the story grow.* ***1st Place in The Rose Awards 2020 - Fantasy*** ***3rd Place in SUAW First Impressions Award 2020 - No categories***

The Noire family curse is out for blood. Zenetra Noire must remain vigilant, especially after joining the Constabulary Force as a cadet-in-training. A distress call radioed in by celebrated explorer Scarlett Burn changes everything. The search and rescue operation over the Ghost Sea puts the team in peril and though led by a powerful alchemic inspector, someone on the airship harbors ulterior motives. To survive, Zenetra relies on haunting childhood stories from her missing sister, but there's no guarantee that her alchemic education is going to solve the secrets of a lost city and the strange, magical phenomenon that encircles it. *SLOWBURN* - *DEEP WORLDBUILDING*

Two spies, a conflicting mission. One is hired to save a missing boy, the other is paid to sell him to the enemy. Which side are you on? Have you made your decision? Good. Now think again. When two powerful Italian diamonds traders are found dead in London, the authorities have no doubts as where to find the culprit. But when the couple's thirteen year old son goes missing from their villa in Italy, that's a very different story. Two MI6 officers are separately hired to find the boy but if their goal is the same, the reasons behind it are poles apart. Caught between dangerous politics and international scandals, the two spies will have to outsmart each other to complete their mission and get to the boy first. But will either of them succeed or will their past get in the way?

"If it lives, we can slay it. And then burn it, just to make sure it doesn't come back from the dead," she said. "...does that happen often?" he asked. "Slaying? Yeah, duh? It's what we're here to do in the first place, dummy." "I meant the coming back from the dead part." "Eh. More often than you'd like." "Great. Just great." Walking away from a life drenched in senseless bloodshed, Raksha embarks on the Warrior's Pilgrimage. In doing so, he strives to hone his mind, spirit, and martial skills, and he swears to abide by the Ancient Code's tenets of honor and compassion. He definitely did not expect to run into Sadea, a powerful sorceress who loves silk, jewels, and killing things for fun and profit. Neither did he expect to be stuck with her as they fight murderous mutants, vicious monsters, and demons. She calls their entanglement a beautiful partnership, but it's the last thing he needs. Or so he thinks.

Randall Cashe, a mechanical and electrical engineer, joins a team of scientists in a Mars-mission habitat hoping to rake in a massive payday. Their goal: to produce their own air, water, and food while testing the building with simulated disasters. When the outside world succumbs to a lethal airborne pandemic, the hermetically-sealed structure is suddenly the safest place on earth. As tensions among the group of scientists rise, Cashe has every intention to not only survive, but thrive. After all, why would he let a world-wide apocalypse and a few murders prevent him from making a profit? The parts I publish initially will be 90% where I want them to be. Feel free to criticize anything.

In six months the Earth will stop on its axis and the world will end. For Gabe, a once talented pilot in the EDEN program, it ended years ago with the death of his brother. Since that day, imminent annihilation has been eased by menial work, his eccentric friend, Jaibles and canteen bacon sandwiches. However, all is not lost. A mysterious god named Alan has appeared as the pet budgerigar to Susan, an unassuming woman exasperated by patriarchal injustice. Promising paradise and the technology to evacuate Earth, all god wants in return is for her to start his own religion - or at the very least, generate 50% of humanities undivided worship - whichever comes first. Gabe may yet get the adventure he always dreamed of, but only if he can survive EDEN, a vengeful God, a holy war and a paradise constructed of his own subconscious memories. God has returned to save us all, but who will save us from God? Paradise Awaits!

☆ 2022 ᴡᴀᴛᴛʏꜱ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀ!! ☆ "Hell is empty and all the devils are here." On the cusp of the 20th century, blue blood heiress Lucy Penn has lost everything: her betrothed, her family and home, and even her ability to walk in the sunlight. As she struggles to acclimate to her new nocturnal existence, she makes the acquaintance of Dr. Thomas Reed: an intelligent and tortured immortal, still haunted by the horrors of his past. As the pair grow closer, Lucy becomes privy to a frightening world far below the surface of polite society, in which beings of ancient and unfathomable power live outside the confines of humanity. Carpe Noctem (or "Seize the Night") follows Lucy on her journey through the shrouded streets, eerie hospitals, and aristocratic parlors of nighttime London. As she seeks to exhume the insidious and terrifying purpose behind her transformation, Lucy finds herself drawn deeper into a dark nocturne world of unimaginable folklore and intrigue, begging the question: can love be found after death? HIGHEST RANKINGS ~ #1 Carpe Noctem #1 Period Fiction #1 Nocturnal #1 Gothic Romance #1 Gothic Horror #3 Dracula #3 Shakespeare #8 Vampire #17 Victorian #46 Historical Fiction