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Ongoing, First published Aug 20, 2024
Mature
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Secret lovers Emmalee and Niko dream of a quiet life, but they're born into a paramilitary cult-a violent patriarchy that breeds children as weapons-for-hire-and they hate it. If they dissent, they die, and their parents are brainwashed leadership.
Expectations are high for Niko, the son of cult executioners, and his dissociative PTSD sells his emotionless killer image. But Emmalee's empathic sixth sense knows Niko's truth; he's actually a crybaby who hates violence. Similarly, the cult deems Emmalee useless due to her chronic illness, but Niko knows she's the lion-hearted leader the world needs.
To prove her worth to the ableist world, Emmalee sabotages a cult superior's deadly drug trial. Except Emmalee doesn't know Niko's darkest secret; the cult superior is also Niko's sexual abuser.
When Niko's abuser threatens not only them, but the entire nation with a dimension-altering experiment, Emmalee and Niko have to end the abuse cycle that imprisons the US without losing their lives-or each other.

With edge-of-your-seat suspense and prevailing love, Soul Survivors is Book 1 of a psychological thriller series following two survivors' journeys to escape a paramilitary nightmare.

DEBUTS OCTOBER 15TH, 2024! You can now pre-order Book 1! For a list of quick bookstore links, visit https://riverkaiart.com/soulsurvivors :)

This is just an excerpt, however...
Want to read the FULL story early, for free? You're just in time: I'm currently seeking ARC readers willing to leave a review on debut week for a free, gifted ebook copy of Soul Survivors! Apply through this form before October 8th! https://forms.gle/kmDEkoufCfvKMkkZ7
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Hidden Whispers

25 parts Complete

[ OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2019 SHORTLISTED ] [ FEATURED ON MYSTERY ] Mikaela didn't want anything to do with her past. Her life already changed to a drastic extent when she had to be the sole witness of an "accident". 10 years later, a new accident pulled her back to her hometown. Because it resembled something she dreaded for long. But things aren't the same in Glenville, and she realises that she wasn't the only one who knew what happened that night. People have changed. There were new perspectives, new love, too much hallucinations (or are they?) topped up with self-fed lies and bitter truths. But we know that what we know doesn't always come true. And the ride to knowing about the fact that you don't know is a bumpy one. But to find out who the other person is who knows about night other than her could cost her many things - even her own sweet life. TW

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