The Wrath of Con - A Novel
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Brie Cassiday is cursed--and a bungled safecracking job with a race against the clock to pay off her father's debt are only the beginning. Enter confidence man Josh Harlan, whose pranks and overblown ego send Brie's world spinning. Now, her only option is to join forces, and what unfolds is zany caper of unwittingly mystical proportions.
Set amid the glitzy backdrop of Las Vegas, Brie and a pithy band of thieves embark on an adventure including: ninja courtesans, an unscrupulous casino magnate whose power goes far beyond money (and he's got a lot of that, too); giant birds, strippers, enchantment, crooked cops, drunk magicians, luck goddesses, and a diamond with a dark past at the center of it all. In a battle of not-quite-good versus evil, who will win?
A fast-paced, supernatural-crime-comedy-bonanza... It's The Wrath of Con.
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❝𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐒」 𝐁𝐋❞ (Hiatus)
❝𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮,𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬❞ ʸᵃⁿᵈᵉʳᵉ ˢᵘᵖᵉʳⁿᵃᵗᵘʳᵃˡˢ ˣ ᵐᵃˡᵉ ʳᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ Turns out, Aliens are real, and they recently just discovered your planet. With their rule came a prosperous life. With their rule also came creatures your kind thought were just myths. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒍𝒇𝒔,𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒅𝒔,𝑺𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒔,𝑬𝒍𝒇𝒔,𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔. And you? You're just a human, yet that didn't stop them from 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 you, Royalty And Not Alike. You hated them...yet they loved you, genuine or not 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 they aren't scared of your wrath they're scared of 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐘𝐎𝐔. ʳᵉᵛᵉʳˢᵉ ʰᵃʳᵉᵐ ɪᴍᴀɢᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴍᴀʏ ᴜsᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪs sᴛᴏʀʏ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴍɪɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇʟᴏɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʀᴇsᴘᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ
Ready. Set. Psycho.
Wattpad Pick 2018! Wattys2018 long list selection! "With the ferocity and black humor of a Quentin Tarantino film, this in-your-face chiller delivers lethal villains; flawed, dogged investigators; and a bevy of twists and turns." - Kirkus Reviews A team of NYC Detectives chase down a sadistic serial killer racing against a countdown to the death of a young woman. Former detective Solomon Roud, driven from the force by the killer, is tormented into giving up his new life as a master thief to help. With the girl in an induced coma, Solomon knows the stakes: he lost two girls while on the case, and when he figured out who the killer was his partner was murdered and the psycho escaped. Now he's back with a promise: one of them is going to die.Complete
The Cocky Thief
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐧 [𝐎𝐜 𝐱 𝐎𝐜] 𝑾𝑻𝑴
√ 𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 '𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝' 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧. 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨, 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞. ______________ 𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇... 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧'𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧'𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐛𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 '𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝'𝐬' 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥? 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞?
Someone Else
When the ultra-reserved Jeff stumbles upon a bag filled with cash and the identification of a man who looks just like him, he decides to take the money and assume the identity to pursue a relationship with Cleo, a wannabe actress with a penchant for foreign accents and secrets of her own. Jeff is finally living the life he felt destined for, until the man whose identity he stole-a drug dealer on the lam-hatches a plan for Jeff to take the fall for his crimes. Someone Else follows the misadventures of an in over their heads couple as they race through the Rockies while navigating devious doppelgängers, backsliding Mormons, extreme tattoo artists, and hired thugs.Complete
Try Me (18+)
A Dark Romance Witnessing something she shouldn't have, Ezra is thrust into a dangerous world of sex, drugs and murder. A deadly love triangle ensues where danger, passion and friendship collide. Caught between extremes; one whose power knows no bounds, another who would sacrifice the world for her and another driven by a storm of emotions but limited by loyalty, she's forced to navigates this treacherous new world in attempts of survival. Ezra must choose between them or find herself forging her own undoing. "Try me, I dare you."
Three (History Plays, Book 2)
Summer break? Nah, it's heist time. The heirs to crime family syndicate work together and against each other as twisting plots for dominance run over each other over a piping hot summer. Loosely based on the first half of the Elizabethan Drama, Edward III. Feels like an indie drama. Trigger/ Content Warnings: Rape is discussed at length (no voilence on page). A character believes they are going to be raped. Some sexual innuendos. A teenage character does illegal drugs and drinks on page. Some on page violence. Children commit crimes on page and are encouraged to do so by adults. Be aware of your mental state and seek help as needed. More information below if needed, there are spoilers: A female character believes a male character is going to rape them. This goes on for the majority of the book. There is no violence and the other character never intends to commit rape, however it is implied that he is aware the female character is upset and does not seem to care, however he ceases advances when he realizes she is genuinely afraid of him and not merely nervous. That said the female character spends most of the book contemplating escaping the situation by whatever means necessary.Complete
Becoming Her Dark Side
They lied to me. My own family. My so-called friends. All of them hiding the truth, that we're tied to the criminal underworld, a forte where my family, the Storms, are the undisputed kings. Then everything falls apart. My dad gets framed. My cousin ends up dead. And the boy I've had a childhood crush on-Nathaniel-turns out to be the one who could destroy me. At least Luke, the one person I shouldn't want, fights to keep me from breaking... but even he has secrets. But it's gets even worse, because now an organization is rising from the shadows, an organization that opposes everything my family stands for. And in a family of warmongers and sociopaths, I stood out as a glaring weakness. The most normal, the most vulnerable, and the most efficient way to end a dynasty that has ruled for centuries. Because what is a throne without an heir, and a crown without its king. So here I am, stuck in a game of blood and betrayal where the only way to survive is to stop being the fragile girl they thought I was. If I have to burn bridges, spill blood, and embrace the monster inside me, then so be it. Because this time, I'm not running from my darkness. I'm becoming it.
Unique. 1
With only two hundred dollars, Unique packed her suitcase and headed to New York City for a brand new start. It's there that Unique meets big time boxing promoter, Kennard and it is love at first sight. However, after nine months of living in the lap of luxury with Kennard, skeletons from Unique's past show up and it will cost her a cool million dollars to not only keep her relationship but her life. But Unique isn't about to lose it all. With the help of her best friend, she devises a major heist and to pull it off all she has to do it stay alive.Complete
THE EMPRESS | NYSM
❝ The closer you look. The less you see. ❞ NOW YOU SEE ME 1 | ( DANIEL ATLAS )Complete
❝𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮,𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬❞ ʸᵃⁿᵈᵉʳᵉ ˢᵘᵖᵉʳⁿᵃᵗᵘʳᵃˡˢ ˣ ᵐᵃˡᵉ ʳᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ Turns out, Aliens are real, and they recently just discovered your planet. With their rule came a prosperous life. With their rule also came creatures your kind thought were just myths. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒍𝒇𝒔,𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒅𝒔,𝑺𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒔,𝑬𝒍𝒇𝒔,𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔. And you? You're just a human, yet that didn't stop them from 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 you, Royalty And Not Alike. You hated them...yet they loved you, genuine or not 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 they aren't scared of your wrath they're scared of 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐘𝐎𝐔. ʳᵉᵛᵉʳˢᵉ ʰᵃʳᵉᵐ ɪᴍᴀɢᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴍᴀʏ ᴜsᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪs sᴛᴏʀʏ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴍɪɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇʟᴏɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʀᴇsᴘᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ
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