Smalltown Stories

When good girl highschooler Ellie falls in love with an ex-convict, old family secrets come back to haunt them and keep them apart. ***** Living up to her "good girl" reputation had never been an issue for Ellie Browning, a small town Australian highschooler. That is until she meets Haze. Handsome, tattooed, and with a criminal past, he is everything she was taught to avoid. Unable to control their feelings, the two form an unbreakable bond that unearths family secrets and emotional turmoil for Ellie and everyone she has ever loved. With all odds against them, Ellie and Haze must ultimately choose between their love and familial obligations. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION When a summer of fun turns upside down, Olivia must figure out whether her paranoid imagination is playing tricks on her or if she's being followed - and by who. ***** It's been years since Olivia nearly drowned in Caldwell Beach, and after moving away, she's back for the summer to reconnect with old friends. However, not everything-or everyone-is the same. Her childhood best friend, Miles, is still sweet and carefree, but his older brother West is not. Disowned and working at the local garage, he's distanced himself from everyone, until Olivia accidentally uncovers the reason why. But as the two grow closer, strange things begin happening to Olivia. She can't stop seeing shadows and hearing voices, but as she slips into a downward spiral of obsessiveness and paranoia, she must fight to uncover the truth behind who is after her, and why. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-old Ethan Harper's parents send him to Ellison, Alabama, to live with his aunt and uncle for the summer. But the year is 1955, and Alabama is a far cry from his beloved home of Arcadia, Washington. As much as it's hotter in temperature, it's colder in every other way, and Ethan learns the hard way that people see his mere existence as a threat. Amidst all the mayhem, a fiery, free-spirited, oddball walks into Ethan's life. Her name is Juniper Jones. She is the first person in Ellison who seems unfazed by their racial differences, and she promises to give Ethan a summer he will always remember, filled with endless adventure and discovery. With Juniper, Ethan can breathe, he can be, despite the incessant attention and bullying their newly formed friendship attracts. Can the two survive the summer, run in the light and block out the noise of the outside world? [Published version comes out June 16, 2020 with Wattpad Books!] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. There are some friends you never forget. It's the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he's sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in small-town Alabama, his blackness is suddenly front and center, and no one is shy about making it known he's not welcome there. Enter Juniper Jones. The town's resident oddball and free spirit, she's everything the townspeople aren't-open, kind, and accepting. Armed with two bikes and an unlimited supply of root beer floats, Ethan and Juniper set out to find their place in a town that's bent on rejecting them. As Ethan is confronted for the first time by what it means to be black in America, Juniper tries to help him see the beauty in even the ugliest reality, and that even the darkest days can give rise to an invincible summer . . .

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. The past always resurfaces . . . Five years after almost drowning, Olivia Cathart returns home to Caldwell Beach determined to face her fears and take some risks-not just by swimming but by opening her heart. Hoping to rekindle her friendships, she's excited about a carefree summer with her best friends Keely and Miles. But life in the sleepy town has changed, and no one and nothing is as it seems. When a series of startling crimes threaten Olivia's fragile state, she is plunged into a terrifying game of cat and mouse. Her only solace from the chaos is West, Miles's disowned and ruggedly handsome brother, but even he can't answer the question on everyone's minds-is Olivia really in danger or is it simply all in her head?

Kelly just wants her business to succeed, and getting involved with a bodyguard is not part of her plan - but he is the only one who can keep her safe... ***** Kelly Harris is determined to make her antiques business a success. She won't let Tanner, a bodyguard who likes first edition poetry books, interfere with her life. But winning a mystery box at an auction changes everything. With Tanner working alongside her, they decipher the code in a forgotten journal, uncovering a young girl's journey to freedom and a powerful family's secret. Working for a high-profile security company, Tanner has seen the worst that humanity can do. He doesn't believe in love. But when disaster strikes, he finds himself doing everything he can to keep Kelly safe - even if that means letting her into the most vulnerable part of who he is. Leeanna Morgan is a USA Today Bestselling Author.

A young woman tries to escape her past by moving to a new town and bets a renowned Christmas-hating local that she can get him to fall in love with Christmas. 85-90,000 words

When Hayley falls for a bodyguard whose secret is more dangerous than her own, she must decide how much she is willing to risk for love. ***** Tank has spent his life protecting people. He works for one of the most successful security companies in the world, makes more money than most people see in a lifetime, and has a past that no one can ever know about. Hayley Elliott will do anything to keep her mom safe. Her sister has found a cure for Alzheimer's and their mom is living proof that the supplement works - but hiding from the people looking for the supplement's formula is impossible. When the threat to their lives becomes deadly, she has no option but to trust a man who's living with a secret more dangerous than her own. With more at stake than their own lives, Tank and Hayley have to decide what is more important: protecting the past or risking everything for love. Leeanna Morgan is a USA Today Bestselling Author.

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION Griffin Tomlin is dead. And Clara's sister killed him . . . Four months after the murder, the entire town of Shiloh is still in shock. For Clara Porterfield, the normal world has crumbled around her in a million chaotic pieces. Now Clara lives in a new reality, where her sister awaits trial for murder, her mother obsessively digs in a dead, frozen garden, and her father lives and breathes denial. At school, Clara is haunted by her classmates' morbid curiosity-and all of the unspoken questions they won't ask. But none of them knows what she knows . . . Now Clara's sister wants something from her-the one thing in all of this that Clara isn't ready to face: the truth about what really happened that night. Because this story didn't die with Griffin Tomlin. There's another story that needs to be told. And sometimes, the lies we're told are nowhere near as deadly as the lies we tell ourselves . . .

Ophelia Carter has been working for the famous Richards family for almost four years. In that time they have begun to trust her and treat her as one of them. She loves her job and the family, which is why she keeps her love for the eldest son, Sullivan Richards, a secret. Sullivan isn't exactly hostile towards her, but it's evident that he finds her mildly annoying, which has dashed any hopes Ophelia has that he might one day return her love. When the entire family goes on location to shoot Sullivan's latest movie, Ophelia joins them, and she is distressed to learn that the location is her hometown of Oak Island, Georgia. There, Ophelia's carefully crafted facade starts to crack as old ghosts that she would rather keep hidden are cruelly exposed. Will the Richards family stand with her? Will Sullivan prove to be the man she knows he is and help her slay her demons?

Harper Brooks torna a Willow Creek per passare l'estate nella casa dei nonni, convinta di trovare il solito paesino tranquillo in mezzo al nulla. Ma dal momento in cui mette piede sul vialetto di Cedar Drive, capisce che qualcosa non quadra: la città è più viva, più rumorosa, più... agitata. La comitiva Parker che la trascina subito nel loro mondo fatto di serate sul portico, falò sul fiume e musica che esce dal garage trasformato in base ufficiale. Harper pensa che sarà un'estate normale. tra nuovi amori e nuovi drammi. Harper non immagina che Willow Creek stia cambiando. E che il cambiamento abbia scelto proprio loro come bersaglio. Tutto inizia con piccole cose: dettagli che nessuno nota, ma che Harper non riesce a ignorare. Oggetti lasciati in posti strani. Facce sconosciute che compaiono troppo spesso negli stessi luoghi. Voci su qualcuno che gira per Cedar Drive di notte. E poi una sera, tornando dal fiume, la comitiva trova sul portone del garage dei Parker una foto di una polaroid del gruppo. Una foto scattata da lontano, senza che nessuno se ne accorgesse. Nessun messaggio. Nessun nome. Solo la foto. E quel senso sottile che qualcuno li sta osservando. Harper si ritrova coinvolta quasi senza volerlo. Perché gli altri la prendono come un portafortuna, come se la sua presenza tenesse unito il gruppo proprio mentre intorno iniziano a succedere cose troppo strane per essere coincidenze. E mentre Willow Creek si riempie di luci, risate e serate che finiscono all'alba, sotto la superficie rimane una domanda che nessuno riesce a ignorare: Chi li sta seguendo? E perché ha iniziato proprio quando Harper è tornata? Un'estate che doveva essere tranquilla diventa qualcosa di più grande, più luminoso, più coinvolgente - non cupo, non drammatico, ma carico di quella tensione che fa correre veloce il cuore e tiene incollati fino all'ultima pagina.

Grace Evelyn Larson is a ray of sunshine wrapped in pastel colors and kindness. Despite the weight of her family problems and her own silent battles with social anxiety, she's determined to find joy in every day. Grace hides her struggles beneath wide smiles and spontaneous acts of kindness, always trying to convince the world- and herself- that everything is just fine. Luca Kendrick Beckham is everything Grace is not: brooding and closed off. With dark tattoos marking his skin and a permanent scowl, Luca as made peace with keeping people at arm's lenght. Their worlds collide when nearly knocks him off his motorcylce late at night. What begins as a tense encounter turns into a string of unexpected moments neither of them saw coming. Together they discover that sometimes the most unlikely people become exactly what you need.

When Maryanne Carter's young daughter vanishes from their rural Southern trailer park, the town is quick to blame her. After all, Maryanne has always been the girl people whisper about. But the deeper Maryanne digs, the more she uncovers about her town's forgotten history: a congregation obsessed with purity, a riverbed full of unspoken names, and a ledger of children stolen in the name of salvation. As the past bleeds into the present, Maryanne is pulled into a world where the dead refuse to stay buried. To save her daughter, she must confront the ghosts of a faith twisted beyond recognition, and the secrets that have haunted the small town of Braswell for generations. Content Warnings: References to drugs and alcohol, referenced murder, missing children, cults --- Fully completed, but I'm releasing new chapters every Friday. I'm thinking about publishing this story officially, so please feel free to leave constructive criticism.

Diana always thought she belonged in the big city, a place where everything feels possible and every door seems to open just for her. Moving to the quiet village where her mother will take over her grandmother Alice's beloved bakery is far from the life she imagined. Jonas has always lived in Bentleaf, yet the emptiness left by a past accident has kept him distant from everyone. His focus is clear: finish school and escape to the big city to pursue his football career. Between the cosiness of Bentleaf and the opportunities of the city, would Diana and Jonas be able to meet in the middle or will the distance between them keep their worlds apart?

❛Nessuno sa distinguere la realtà dalla falsità, ma io so leggere, e so farlo molto bene.❜ Mistery-Romance con Thiller.

In the hushed countryside town of Havenridge, where appearances are holy and secrets fester beneath lace curtains, two sisters trade places for what should have been a harmless week. Marissa Whitmore-once the brilliant daughter who fled to New York and was disowned for it-returns home under her twin's name, only to find herself tangled in the life her sister painted as cruel and loveless. But the husband she was warned to fear is nothing like the tyrant described. In his quiet strength, Benjamin Monroe begins to see the girl he fell in love with years ago-never realizing it was Marissa all along. Meanwhile, Clarissa Whitmore-the dutiful daughter turned restless wife-chases danger and desire with an old flame, only to spiral into a world she cannot escape. As lies tighten and hidden truths surface, Marissa must navigate the razor edge between loyalty and longing, family and freedom. Because in Havenridge, sins never stay buried-and love has a way of striking twice.

I ran because I thought I killed him. Joseph's blood was on my hands, my clothes, my skin... and in that moment, I believed it was the only way to survive. So I fled into the night with the tiny life inside me as my only reason to keep breathing. Yzerfontein was supposed to be the end of the nightmare. A place to hide. A place where no one knew my name. But nightmares don't stay buried. Just when I start to believe I can build a life for my baby, the truth hits me harder than any punch Joseph ever gave me: Someone is coming for me. And it's not a ghost.

In the small town of Hollow Creek, a paralegal begins piecing together inconsistencies in a new case she's doing research for. Things aren't adding up. As Elena Marlowe digs deeper, she uncovers a string of murders connected to a secret werewolf pack, unaware of the dangers of what she's about to reveal. While investigating, she's drawn to a brooding detective who hides a supernatural truth. Together, they must solve the crimes before the next full moon-while navigating a forbidden romance that could change both their worlds.

Dahlia Katherine Monroe moves to Forks seeking quiet, not chaos. But the town has a way of pulling people into secrets older than its trees. Haunted by the fear of losing control-and the even deeper fear of never belonging-Dahlia finds herself tangled in a world she was never meant to touch. Between the storm-heavy skies, the weight of expectations, and the impossible pull toward Jasper Hale, Dahlia is about to learn that forever doesn't begin with immortality-it begins with a choice.

Aurora Harrington is the younger sister of Steve Harrington and has been best friends with the Party since what feels like forever. Her and the party have always had a protective friendship, and care about each other deeply. But Aurora, has had a crush on Lucas since before she could remember. After her friend Will Byers goes missing, Aurora and the party get involved in alternate dimensions, supernatural forces and the secret government. SEASONS 1-4, 5 AFTER THE SEASON COMES OUT! I DO NOT OWN STRANGER THINGS, ALL RIGHT RESERVED TO MATT AND ROSS DUFFER FOR THEIR STORY. HOWEVER I DO OWN AURORA AND HER PART IN THE STORY, AND SOME OF HER DIALOGUE.