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  • What We Agreed On by Sapphire5258
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    When detective Easton Watts gets an invitation to his 10-year high school reunion, he must face Charlotte Desmond, a former classmate that he hasn't talked to in years. Not since she came to him with evidence of foul play in another classmate's tragic but suspicious death their senior year. Then, when Charlotte dies the night of the reunion, hidden secrets about other classmates from ten years ago resurface. In this thriller mystery, Easton must navigate, connect, and solve not one, but two suspicious deaths, a decade apart.
  • Return (Book 3, the Redemption Series) by henry_scott
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    ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** After a great loss, Jake Bryant finds himself in Las Vegas. To fill the void in his heart, he searches for a woman's missing daughter and finds more than he bargained for. ***** Two years after his daughter was kidnapped, Jake Bryant meets a woman in desperate need of help. Seeing the opportunity to redeem himself, Jake probes Las Vegas's seemly underbelly to find the pimp responsible for abducting her daughter. But navigating Sin City's sex trade business proves tougher than Jake thought, and he finds himself digging his own grave at gunpoint. Can Jake find a way to escape? Or will his mistakes lead to more death? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]
  • Revealed (Book 4, the Redemption Series) by henry_scott
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    ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** When the biker gang calls in a Jake Bryant's debt, he has no choice but to hunt down an old friend by any means necessary and retrieve their stolen drugs, even if it cost him the woman he loves. ***** Time has run out for Jake Bryant. The Devil's Hand motorcycle gang has cashed in the debt he owes them. Jake must hunt down his old friend, Rick, to retrieve the million dollars worth of heroin he stole from the gang. Soon, Jake finds himself double-crossing both Rick and the Devil's Hand, but his true loyalties will be tested when his girlfriend becomes a bargaining chip. After failing the other women in his life, will Jake finally be able to save someone he loves? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]
  • Regret (Book 2, the Redemption Series) by henry_scott
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    ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** When Jake Bryant's daughter is kidnapped for ransom, he's forced to gamble with her life in order to discover which of his enemies has taken her hostage and to what end. ***** Jake Bryant's daughter, Sam, is in trouble. Her all-star quarterback boyfriend gave her pills to help her study for a test, but the pair are caught on school grounds with the unprescribed drugs. Since Sam's grandfather is a district court judge, she gets off with a slap on the wrist. Austin isn't as lucky. But with Austin's precious future at stake, his brother attempts a Hail-Mary pass by kidnapping Sam for his release. Can Jake rescue her before time runs out, or will they both pay for her mistake with their lives? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]
  • Reckoning (Book 5, the Redemption Series) by henry_scott
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    ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** Jake Bryant must stop the criminal mastermind who orchestrated the murder of his best friend from killing his new family. ***** More dark secrets from Jake Bryant's past come to light. Dolan, the criminal mastermind who ordered the hit on Jake's best friend, Tom, is searching for evidence Tom collected against him for another murder - evidence Tom hid with his widow before his death. Desperate to bring Dolan to justice, Jake finds himself in a race against time to save the lives of those he loves. But with allies double-crossing him left and right, Jake must discover who he can trust before Tom's family is destroyed along with the evidence. Can Jake win the race or will he die just like his friend? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]
  • Where the Evidence Leads by WreneeStokes
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    This is my first story!! Please take that into consideration before reading! Summary: This story follows a character named Mae, she is an experienced detective who is lonely and has nobody. A case involving the murder of a family leaves one survivor - Ash. They bond over their similar experiences and start to become close. This is when both are assigned on the same detective case. What will they do when left on a case together?
  • Revenge (Book 1, the Redemption Series) by henry_scott
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    ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** Jake Bryant, a disgraced Chicago detective, inserts himself into the police investigation of his murdered best friend to protect the woman he loves - his friend's widow. ***** Jake Bryant, a former Chicago PD detective, rushes home after his best friend is killed. Determined to find the murderer, he starts his own investigation into Tom's death. However, the case is complicated by the involvement of a motorcycle gang, drugs, and Jake's feelings for Tom's widow. But Jake has bigger problems when the police set the killer free- who then decides to silence Tom's family as well. Now Jake is faced with the ultimate dilema. Does he trust a broken system to protect Tom's family? Or does he seek his own brand of justice? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]
  • The Descent by TechieInAK
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    After Denton foils a terrorist attack at an Intergalactic sporting event, he finds himself racing to save his homeworld from a plot of betrayal and revenge. ***** When Denton Staxx, a special agent with the Orbital Security Services, discovers the Intergalactic Olympic Games have been targeted by a terrorist attack, he rushes to Earth to try and stop the event before it's too late. But what he discovers on earth is far worse than he imagined, and Denton is quickly pulled into a galaxy-wide conspiracy that takes him from one solar system to another in the search for a mastermind that will stop at nothing to get his revenge on the richest man in the universe -- regardless of the innocent people who die along the way. [[Wattys' Shortlisted]] [[1st place, Month Elimination Awards, Sci-Fi Category]] [[Best Plot Development, Iced Tea Summer Bash Awards]] [[Best Adventure Scifi Story, The Ooorah's SciFi Awards]] [[1st place, Rebel Awards, Sci-fi Category]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
  • 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐾𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝐹𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 - {𝐺𝑥𝐺} by AlchemyArcher
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    𝑫𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑺𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓. 𝑼𝒏𝒃𝒆𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔 - 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 - 𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒂 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔. 🥇#1 writing 🥇#1 Sapphic 🥇#1 syndicate 🥇#1 girlongirl 🥇#1 gxgbooks
  • The Hidden by LuzCreates
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    The Silvestri family has always been strong. One father and four boys - the only constant life has given them. They've endured heartbreak, loss, and pain that reshaped them in ways no one could see from the outside. Sofia, a nine-year-old girl, has spent her entire life with her mother. From a young age, she has had to fight - for herself, for stability, and for a last name she isn't sure truly belongs to her. But as her mother's health begins to fail, Sofia is brought to the family she has never met - a family that doesn't know her, and a life she's never known. From the very first glance, everything changes. How will this new arrangement reshape the Silvestri family? And will they accept Sofia for who she truly is?
  • The Black Fox (Shinichi X Reader) by DoloresMika
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    You are an average high school girl; shy, secretive, and highly intelligent. However, under the cover of night, you become the sarcastic, independent, and highly intelligent thief, The Black Fox, code name Aster. ------------------------------------------------------- I do not own the photos I use. I do not own Detective Conan or its characters. I do, however, own the plot and and any characters I create.
  • 𝗏𝗂𝖻𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 ༒𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘬 ༒ by russianmurdock
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    "𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘰𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳." - 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘫𝘦𝘧𝘧 𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 1993 ♡♡♡ a story in which Danielle and Matthew struggle as strangers, enemies, friends, and as lovers, to fight against the plague of crime in their city - and against themselves. #1 in Murdock #1 in Foggy #1 in Karen Page #1 in nelsonandmurdock #1 in devilofhellskitchen #1 in defenders #1 in matthewmurdock {as of March 27th, 2026}
  • Souls (BNHA x OC) by RoseRedWithBlood
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    After Tomura Shigaraki of the Paranormal Liberation Front wakes up from his enhancement, he fights the heroes, leveling the Jaku General Hospital and much of the surrounding city in the process. Following that, he pulls off a prison break of the most secure prison in all of Japan, releasing the country's most dangerous and powerful villains. Among the jailbreakers is an infamous black-and-white villain. Free once more, Puppet Master navigates a newly chaotic world. She reconciles with allies, and tracks down former enemies. What happens when she hunts down the erasure hero? And what happens when she disagrees with the all-powerful Demon Lord himself? Read to find out. ••• This is the sequel to the book Strings. I highly recommend reading through that story (preferably the rewritten version) first. I do not own My Hero Academia ❕Story contains spoilers for the entire anime/manga❕ [Story contains strong language, violent themes, graphic imagery, death, implied nudity (non-sexual, in two chapters), and drug use (in one chapter)] Any wording that could be interpreted as "suggestive" is not written with that intent, so please do not twist my writing in that way. I am not sexualizing the characters. Current Word Count: 51,573
  • Scream Franchise: Daredevil The First Defender (Sidney Prescott X Male Reader) by Huyhuynh4062
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    (Y/N): "I'm Daredevil." In the small town of Woodsboro, California, a masked killer known as Ghostface begins murdering high school students, and a group of friends must use their knowledge of horror movies to unmask the killer. Until a new student who appear in the Woodsboro by himself and however...he was a blinded new student and he is childhood friend of Sidney before and since they both having a lot of fun to talk with each others by themselves...a young boy had a gift power that he had a superhuman sense with ears and also touching. A young boy had a name is (Y/N) Murdock who called himself is Devil...but he is a real hero and had a name is Daredevil...he will not kill.
  • PAW Patrol - Origins - Book #1 by JNightshade328
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    After escaping the hardships of the big city, the brilliant yet struggling orphan, Ryder, and his loyal pup, Chase, travel to the coast, and make their way into Adventure Bay. Hoping to find a better life. But the sleepy seaside town is not what it seems. An incompetent police force. Disasters happening everywhere. A corrupt Mayor contributing to all. A dark shadow engulfing the town. And a people who are in despite need of help. Adventure Bay needs heroes. As Ryder tries to settle into his new home and adopts more pups, he begins to realise what he is capable of. He and his new family. But what he will decide to do? Will he decide to harness his courage and talents to help the people of his new home, and make Adventure Bay a better place? Or will he decide to allow the town to continue falling into chaos?
  • Half-Boiled in the Family (Spy x Family X Male Reader) by al3x_aur0ra
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    From being the son of a private eye that's a ghost to the world to being in a new family with bizarre members, Y/n had his own secrets to hide from his newly parents. In daylight, he was just a normal kid who had a detective website to help around his town, mainly finding people's lost cats but in the shadows, he was a vigilante hero. He had many names when he wore the mask but he fond of the title that his former father had...and since the day he wore the mask, he called himself Kamen Rider Lone. Now with a few of responsibilities, he has to maintain a safe and good life for his little sister figure, Anya while also continuing what his father started. I own nothing but this story and am grateful for the people who had made the pictures.
  • FBI Agent by sakz15
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    Hunter, a street kid turned FBI agent, is ordered to befriend Calvin Black. But as they grow closer, she realizes Calvin cares more about her than the FBI. Hunter Ashley was taken off the streets as a teen and brought into a highly secret FBI program that's turned her into a full-fledged agent. She is assigned, alongside the brooding agent Micah, to befriend Calvin Black, the son of the notorious Christopher Black. Hunter does her best to hide her survival training inside a typical high school, only she's developing feelings for Calvin, and it looks like Micah is starting to crush on her. In a world where a single mistake can prove fatal, Hunter has to figure out who she can trust, or she'll end up back on the streets. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]
  • The Case Of Singularity (Nakahara Chuuya) by bloodheart08
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    Fukuzawa Tsukasa had been a member of the Armed Detective Agency for as long as she could remember and the adopted daughter of Fukuzawa Yukichi. She is a powerful ability user who can generate and manipulate electricity at will. Though it was completely different from her ability's true form. She had to use a limiter just to suppress her immense power, preventing her from going berserk. Tsukasa had been away from the agency for a classified overseas job and only came back a year after she completed her assigned mission. However, the moment she returned, she had an unfortunate encounter with Nakahara Chuuya, a Port Mafia executive who was also a gravity manipulator. Things had gotten worse when she accidentally broke his expensive wine, and now, she owed him a massive debt that was thrice her annual salary at the Agency, much to her sheer horror. The compensation? She must be at his beck and call every time he needed her great assistance. A/N: I do not own Bungo Stray Dogs or any of its characters, excluding the OC. The credit still goes to the original author of the story. Date Started: 12/25/2025 Date Ended:
  • My Spy 5: A Southern Girl in Paris by edenae22
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    Sawyer Sweeney is going through a break up. Her heart hurts from Ryan pushing her away and she's convinced he's making a huge mistake. Her mother on the other hand, sees her new single status as an opportunity to get her with an appropriate suitor and so the meddling begins. Just as Ryan shuts down Sawyer for the last time, her mother finds a new handsome visitor staying with his aunt near Hollis. Sawyer wants nothing to do with men but her mother seems particularly interested in the mystery man from Maybridge. Delilah Sweeney tries to work her motherly magic to convince Sawyer to keep her heart open to possibilities. Will Sawyer accept that Ryan and her weren't written in the stars? Will she stay open minded and meet the mystery man? And if she does, will Delilah enjoy the consequences? This is the 5th installment in the Sawyer Sweeney Series!
  • Arrested.| The Rookie| Lucy Chen X OC! Fem| by wellidontexistbyeee
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    Detective Jordan Cross was undercover, until she got arrested by the rookie Officer Lucy Chen.