A Steve Kemp x Reader Fanfiction Theres a fine line between love and the psychotic, between devotion and the criminally insane. . . and sometime, just sometimes, those lines get blurred. What happens when past crimes and lovers collide and how are you tangled in the middle? TRIGGER WARNINGS AND FRESH SPOILERS

When the arrogant stranger Bess is forced to marry unexpectedly becomes a duke, she'll find herself at odds with her growing feelings as he hunts for a killer. ***** Sharp-tongued Elizabeth 'Bess' Jones is perfectly content living on her lonesome in a tiny village south of Derbyshire. She works as a nurse, owns a small home, and finds the label of 'spinster' an agreeable trade for her independence. But when her entire life is uprooted in an instant, she only has one person to blame: her new husband, Emmett Wilde, who was caught in a compromising situation with her. And now, despite his promise to fake a death certificate after their wedding--to free her of any duty to him or their marriage bed--he sends for her in the dead of night with startling news: his father has been murdered, and he is now the Duke of Ascot with a wife he can no longer deny... [[Word Count: 60,000-70,000 words]] [[Cover designed by Ren Tachibana]]

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 ✨️Secrets duology | book one✨️ ✿ 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶(the relentless forensic doctor) never expected to return to the city she once called home...until a chilling murder forces her back. The only problem? The lead investigator is 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗵 𝗠𝗲𝗵𝘁𝗮(the cbi officer she shares a complicated past with). They were once everything to each other, but a single night changed everything. Now, with a killer on the loose and their past threatening to resurface, will they find the truth before it's too late? 𐙚 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗕𝗛 𝗫 𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗔 𐙚 • cbi officer x forensic doctor • Second Chance romance • forced proximity • A love never forgotten ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ 𝗩𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 (the self-made billionaire) has built his life from the ground up, closing himself off from anything that could hurt him. But 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘆𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶 (the strong girl with heart of gold) isn't afraid to break down his walls. She sees his loneliness, the cracks beneath his perfect image. But will Veer let her in, or will he push away the one person who truly understands him? because he thinks that he is not allowed to love. 𐙚 𝗩𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗫 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗬𝗔 𐙚 • CEO x criminologist • Grumpy × Sunshine • Touch her and you die • she fell first, he fell harder ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ Seven friends, 3 Murders, Lies, Secrets. This time, the past isn't just haunting them, it's hunting them. ⚠️𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠⚠️ ♥️THIS BOOK WILL KEEP YOU ON EDGE, MAKE YOU FALL IN LOVE DEEPLY BUT SHOCK YOU WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT♥️

What if it came to the starkest of all choices: kill, or else suffer the loss of a loved one? Readers' comments: 'simply the best', 'one of the best books I've read', 'loved it', 'amazing', 'great reading', 'stumped me to the very end' and others Plot: When a pregnant doctor is brutally murdered in her own kitchen, the husband claims to have some weeks earlier received an anonymous and darkly menacing letter. For the small town of Ravensby, it's just the start of a living nightmare - one in which nobody is spared from the murderous cross hairs, and which will drive Detective Inspector Kubič to the edge of his own sanity... Genre: suspense/thriller Status: completed Length: 70,000 words (approx. 275 standard novel pages) Target readership: Though aimed primarily at adults, the novel features several teenage characters and so may also appeal to a younger audience Extract: "Warn you sir, not a pretty sight in there." Kubič took a deep, preparatory breath, his footsteps slow and leaden as he moved towards the kitchen door. Not for the first time over the years, he found himself wishing he'd chosen an entirely different sort of career. Paper-pushing, something out of doors. Anything at all. He'd always been reasonable enough at woodwork back at school, he recalled. Why hadn't he done that, he thought? Become a cabinet maker or some damn thing. A reluctant hand pushed open the door... "Oh dear Christ." The words escaped his mouth forcefully, involuntarily, like blood gushing from an open wound

In the midst of the Salem Witch Trials, a resentful woman employs the help of an executed victim's ghost to solve the growing mystery of the conspirator behind the trials. *** Salem, 1692: Witches are feared, and rumors are spreading of the wicked deeds they commit after dark. As tensions rise, more and more men and women find themselves at the mercy of their townspeople. One of the first to die? Elizabeth Varlett, an innocent woman. Anne Blight had the misfortune of watching her die while on trial - but she soon learns Elizabeth is far from dead. And when Anne starts to see strange visions and bloodstained memories that don't belong to her, she realizes that something far larger than false accusations is brewing within Salem. And if she cannot solve this growing mystery, then her life may be the next one at the stake. -----　✼　----- INCLUDES: ✼ Dynamic detective duo ✼ Race for survival ✼ Unraveling mysteries of history ✼ A fight for feminism FEATURED: ✼ @OpenNovellaContest Round One Ambassador's Picks, Honorable Mentions, @lgbtq's Pride Award Grand Winners ✼ @Mystery, @StoriesUndiscovered, @WattpadWitches, @HistoricalFiction, @lgbtq 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙚: 02/07/2023 𝙀𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙚: 04/20/2023 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩: 26k 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚𝙨: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller 𝘾𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧: @rissacorbyn © 2023 [First Edition]

Detective Jones is solving a new child death case. At first glance, everything seems ordinary, but the detective dreams of these events and lives by them. Is it bad? Or maybe this is her twisted reality? The case is almost solved, but someone knocks on the love door of Jones's life - Benedict, a famous Parisian lawyer who defends justice the same way as our detective. Is it love at first sight or is it one-sided? Sooner or later she will understand the truth... What will she have to sacrifice to be happy? Freedom to live or your fragile feelings? The rhythm of the life of these two people who unexpectedly fall in love is disturbed by her former love - Eliot. He is Jone's ex-husband who left her to study in Spain. Which will the detective choose? Eliot or Benedict? What about the case? When there is no time to solve the questions of love, what will she pursue herself? Justice or love?

20/12/2021 Most Impressive Rank: #61citylife EDITING A Series of events turn a warm and loving wife into an unrecognized woman. A mother of two who feels unprotected by a man who should have kept them safe. She must struggle to find balance and safety after being married and enduring constant abuse from her husband. ******* What happens when John wakes up with no memories of the previous night? A knife in hand, his parents in a pool of blood, and wailing of sirens. John must rely on Maryjane to tell the story of the previous night. Finally, a wounded and desperate Mary Jane gets her chance to either free John or trap him in eternal misery... Watch out as Drama, secrets and life uttering decisions unravel.

Chosen when a child, Lady Joselyn is trained to be a ruthless killer. She is destined to be the English king's assassin and protector. Only he and the guild master are supposed to know. It's a life and death secret that must be kept. For an assassin survival is precarious. Life is something you simply cannot take for granted because the next day is never granted. Despite her privileged upbringing, Joselyn quickly learned how to survive on her own and to never trust a soul while following the Guild without question. Upon her return to England, a murderous plot against King Cassiush is discovered. Joselyn is shocked when she finds out who the fiend is. She's even more shocked when the King proposes marriage, a lot. An assassin has never married her king before. The last one who fell in love had her tongue ripped out and was burned alive. Letting her emotions cloud her judgment, Joselynfalls for Cassius and agrees to the marriage, jeopardizing not only his life but her own. Disobeying the Guild means death. Now she must figure out how to keep them both alive and not piles of smoldering ash.

Perhaps things would have turned out differently. Maybe I could have avoided what was to come. Maybe it's a game life wanted me to play, and there's no forfeiting or escaping. I simply have to follow the rules and hopefully make it to the final round, even if that means that I'll be buried six feet underground like him. __________________________________ "Things happen when you least expect them, whether they're good or bad, and in my case, it was everything and more."- Linda Smith Linda Smith, in a million years, never expected her life to take a crazy turn. To be handcuffed and blamed for a death no one saw coming. With a new identity and a new life, she is determined to find the true suspect. Can Linda prove her innocence, or will she share the same fate as Jacob, her now-dead boyfriend? Warnings: *Language Involved* *Violence/fights* (mainly on Chapter 33) Cover made by @lyspynen