Smalltown Stories

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 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 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 . . .

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.

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?

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 . . .

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.

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The only hunger Brianna had ever known was for cuisine-until he walked into the café. A man hardened by the military, Roman felt his control begin to slip, every ounce of discipline undone by the breeze tangling her dirty-blonde hair. At first sight, he knew.. Bon Appétit is an affair between a quiet girl, an untamed man, and the dangerous beauty of wanting something for the first time.

Drawn into the shadows of a powerful mafia dynasty, a woman scarred by betrayal finds love, strength, and an unexpected family-until her past returns with a vengeance, threatening the life she's built and the child she calls her own.

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Turn up the volume. Ignore the screaming. It's October 1994 in Oakhaven, Washington-a fog-drenched logging town cut off from the world by endless pines and a restless ocean. The rain never stops, the flannel is worn thin, and the radio is king. Fourteen-year-old Leo spends his nights scanning dead frequencies, searching for a sign of his father, who vanished three years ago. Instead, he finds The Resonance-a frequency that shouldn't exist. A low, invasive hum that bleeds through cassette tapes and car stereos, dragging the past into the present. At first, it's just numbers. Then the hallucinations begin. Buildings that burned down decades ago flicker back into existence. Gravity reverses in the dead of night. And the town's missing residents return as Echoes-static-charged glitches in reality that burn anything they touch. When a shadowy government contractor seals off Oakhaven under the guise of a chemical spill, Leo and a small group of outcasts-including his grunge-mechanic brother Silas and the fiercely skeptical Maya-must bike into the exclusion zone to stop the signal. But the hum is getting louder. The static is getting hungry. And the voice calling from the tower sounds exactly like Leo. A haunting 90s sci-fi thriller about grief, brotherhood, and the danger of never letting go- where some signals aren't meant to be answered.

In the quiet desert town of Redwood Mesa, everyone thinks they know their neighbors. Cliff Gordon, a 19-year-old with a troubled past and a reputation he can't escape, knows better. He's always called his neighbor Lizzy Tyler "Lizard," the one person who saw him for who he truly is. Until she vanished. As suspicion swirls and the town looks for someone to blame, Cliff finds himself caught in a web of secrets, lies, and dangerous obsessions. Lizzy's best friend Mara may know more than she's letting on, Alana hides a dark truth, and the real threat is closer than anyone suspects. In a place where appearances are everything, and loyalty can be deadly, Cliff must uncover the truth before the quiet streets of Redwood Mesa swallow it-and him-whole. Across the Street is a gripping psychological thriller of obsession, betrayal, and the darkness lurking beneath small-town perfection.

The ARRINDALE series centers on an eerie small town called ARRINDALE. With it, the small town has an eerie darkness that no one can understand. Meanwhile, the central main protagonist, teenage Violet Benson, is the confidant among her young teenage group of best friends, The Benson Gang, are stuck in the middle of the eerie drama. Join Violet Benson and her best friends as they navigate through teenage romances, friendships, rivalries, high school gossip, local gang rivals, and eerie dark forces along the way.

2 adopted brothers go to the small town of Brickswood with their parents to visit their grandmother. And all seems right until Topher begins feeling strange and running into stranger people and going down the strangest of rabbit hole. But the one question stands... How deep does the rabbit hole of Brickswood go?

In a sleepy coastal town, two emotionally distant people - a guarded musician with a hidden past and a free-spirited artist trying to outrun heartbreak - collide one summer. Their lives begin to intertwine through quiet moments, late-night drives, shared songs, and the kind of conversations that only happen when the world slows down. As they heal each other in unexpected ways, they must decide if they can risk letting someone truly see them.

We Were Never Just Friends Lenny moves to Broadbank expecting a fresh start, not a motocross rider with too much pressure on his shoulders and no space in his life for distractions. Jonny knows exactly where he is going. Championships. Early mornings. A future built on speed and sacrifice. He does not have time for feelings. Or girls who ask questions that linger. But some connections do not wait to be convenient. As racing takes Jonny further from home and Lenny stands on the edge of a future she has worked hard for, they are forced to decide what they are willing to give up, and what they cannot. Because they were never just friends. And some choices leave marks long after the moment has passed.

When seventeen-year-old Naya Porter moves from Boston to rural Georgia to live with her dad and aunt, she expects to be bored out of her mind. But there's something in the woods behind her aunt's house that has other plans for her. Something old and hateful that's trapped behind a twelve-foot-high brick wall that her family has guarded for generations. With the accompaniment of four new acquaintances from school, ranging from emerging crush to low-key nemesis, Naya must lead a deadly expedition through a breach in the wall where she'll encounter a nightmare-scape mash-up of horrifyingly real haunted houses. **New parts drop weekly on Fridays! Start your 2026 off right with some creepy horror!**

Shadow Valley A town far from civilization. A town that appears on no map. A town where it all began. After the death of her grandparents, Chloé is forced to leave elegant Paris behind and move to her father's mysterious hometown-a place so small and hidden it hardly seems real. From the moment she arrives, Chloé senses that something in Shadow Valley is not right. Strange noises echo through the night, fleeting shadows cross her path, and her little sister Rosie begins to act oddly-seeing things no one else can see. And then there are the Parkers-the most respected yet most enigmatic family in town. Four brothers, surrounded by whispers and admiration alike. The deeper Chloé delves into the dark secrets of Shadow Valley, the clearer it becomes: everything leads back to the Parkers. Especially to Lucas Parker-a boy as dangerous as he is captivating. And to a secret that will change Chloé's life forever.