Gripping Stories

As hot blooded as he is good-looking, and as wounded as he is powerful. His only goal in life is to keep his younger sister safe and to break the chains that tie him to the ruthless and powerful Dragon Shifter, known only as Draefin. Freelance bounty hunter, Kaeron Lucian Deitas, and his take no shit, but kind hearted to a fault, younger sister Lexie Lucian Deitas (aka Lex), cross paths with the mysterious Lillian Hearthstone, a smart, but impressionable 15 year old girl on the run from what she has been told is to be her destiny for the past 12 years by a man with enough statis, influence, and money to burn down the entire world if he wanted. They will have to travel through underwater cities, criminally run towns, and the infamously mysterious creatures and demon worshipping inhabitants of the most dangerous desert in the entire world, to get to a place that doesn't even exist. Shifters, vampires, goblins, ghouls, and plenty of other unknown horrors and challenges await our three protagonists on their way to this mysterious if not completely made up "Itara. The city of angels."

📖 Maala | Roman Urdu | BY NEMRAH AHMAD A beautiful and emotional suspense- thriller Urdu novel written by Nemrah Ahmed, filled with love, sacrifice, faith, and life's unexpected twists. This Roman Urdu version is for readers who cannot read Urdu script but still wish to enjoy the story. It is highly gripping and full of twists and turns that will keep you hooked until the very last page. Some stories are read. Others are felt. Maala is one of them.

Two years after the destruction of Midtown Manhattan, Kyle Desipich and his allies have been living as stranded, fighting against Condemned, Krens and even other human settlements to stay alive. However, he is approached by the past in order to save what remains of a broken world from humanity's extinction. R for Intense Post-Apocalyptic Violence Including Battle Sequences, Some Disturbing and Bloody Images, Language, Some Sexual Material, Brief Drug References and Smoking. Running Time: 148 Minutes

In 2895, the world is barely holding together, thanks to apocalyptic disasters and scientists who took "What's the worst that could happen?" way too seriously. Meet Skyleen Winters, a girl stuck with a family legacy she never asked for... and a man who's really just a side character. Kay. The brooding, too-cool-for-this, "I-could-kill-you-with-a-paperclip" heir to her family's rival guild. She hates him. Follows him around anyway. Or wait-he hates her... but follows her around anyway. Honestly? Hard to tell. Now, Skyleen has to survive Kay's cryptic one-liners, brutal training, and the unsettling feeling that he either wants to kill her... or doesn't? We'll see. With dangerous science, family feuds, and one very inconvenient rivalry, Skyleen's biggest challenge isn't just surviving-it's figuring out who she really is before it's too late. Top Ranking Achievements 🏆 🔥 1st Place - Gripping (25.03.2025) ⚡ 1st Place - Energy (25.03.2025) 🗡️ 91st Place - Backstabbing (Respectable effort! 😆 25.03.2025)

A sketch artist who lives in Netherlands Amsterdam She Went on an antique shop where she buys A vintage sketchbook which belongs to an artist Artist's name written on the cover of it He mysteriously disappeared 24 years ago. Nobody knows where he was . Did he die?. but the police never found his corpse.. when she returned home and started painting in the sketchbook. blood stains appeared on its pages. She was shocked. now she gets eager to uncover the truth behind this mysterious sketchbook.... is it connected to the artist...and if it is,was he murdered? What can be the truth?

❝ 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘰𝘰𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮e ❞ » This story is a dark psychological thriller centered on manipulation, obsession, trauma, and violence. » Makayla carries deep wounds from her past that have shaped her into someone who uses control and manipulation as survival instincts. When a new boy named Jake arrives at her school, she becomes dangerously obsessed with him - until she discovers that he's just as obsessed with her. » Jake comes from a financially troubled family. Years ago, he studied manipulation as a way to get whatever his family needed, eventually passing that knowledge on to a young girl he barely knew. He never expected to one day find himself face to face with her again.

A woman slips in her home. A tragic accident, everyone agrees. Except investigative consultant Leora Dane doesn't believe in accidents. She believes in gaps-the invisible spaces between what people claim happened and what the evidence actually shows. When called to the Harper house, Leora reads something others missed: a coffee table moved deliberately, grip marks that don't match a fall, a staged scene hiding months of hidden knowledge. What appears to be a simple accident is actually the violent climax of infidelity, secret tracking, financial control, and a confrontation that spiraled into something no one intended. But proving it means pushing back against institutional pressure, institutional machinery, and a case everyone wants closed. One interrogation. One chance. No margin for error. Leora Dane reads crime scenes the way others read faces. She finds the architecture in the gaps. She sees the invisible pressure that breaks people. And she won't stop until everyone else sees it too. --- **THIS IS A COMPLETED MANUSCRIPT** - I'm seeking beta reader feedback before submitting to publishers/agents. If you love crime investigations, psychological tension, and unreliable surfaces hiding darker truths, I'd love your honest thoughts. **What I'm looking for:** - Does Leora's voice work for you? - Did the pacing keep you engaged? - Did the interrogation scene land emotionally? - Any plot holes or inconsistencies? - Your gut reaction to the ending? Comment as you read-all feedback helps! Thanks for being part of this journey. ❤️ --- **Genre:** YA Mystery/Thriller/Crime **Status:** COMPLETE (45K words) **Content Note:** Themes of domestic control, violence (not graphic), grief

What's the point of life? In a world with only happy endings, how could anything go wrong? Aria's life is normal until her twin brother starts acting weird, asking questions no one has ever asked before.

An assortment of my deepest and favorite poems.

Lucy smith is a young 17 year old girl starting to move forward in her life and deal with the grief that has come with the tragic loss of her parents. When she thinks her life is so set out and planned to a point where nothing can change that something ... someone changes it all and she can't help but try and piece back together the broken person that she loves.

Separated by the Atlantic and unaware of each others existence, Bea and Caleb have lived in the shadow of their "better" siblings their whole life. Until Bea moves in next door to Caleb that is. Nothing will stay the same, who can you trust In this world anymore...

A different world with different horrors, styles, rulers, and most importantly....enemies. Bloodthirsty Zanians that wont stop at anything to get what they want.

a gripping mystery of the missing cupcake but who took read now!

Raquel Winters has always had a normal life, as the personal assistant to the CEO of a major banking company, she hasn't much time for a social life. When Raquel shows up to work one day with no previous reconciliation of what has happened in the past month, she doesn't take it as a big deal. When her co-workers are so surprised to see that that they call the police, that's when she knows something is wrong. With the help of a FBI agent, Raquel uncovers the mystery behind her kidnapping, and all the secrets surrounding it. Information surfaces, as the person behind Raquel's kidnapping is doing all they can to stop her from finding out the truth.

The detective with a dark past, the twist villain, the red herring, small-town secrets.

You don't know until you do....