Thrilled Stories

Just a regular job.... Get in, crack the safe, fetch the diamonds. That's what hobby cat burglar and acclaimed jewelry maker Calendar Moonstone has aimed for. Instead she finds a dead body, meets a handsome Detective, has a nosey insurance investigator on her tracks and manages a complicated boyfriend situation. And must solve a century old jewelry mystery!

Alianna Winter thought her detecting days were over when she solved the case of the Merryweather Jewel Thefts. But never had she ever been so wrong. An innocent visit to the country village of Lesser Farthing twists into one of the most dangerous investigations Allie has faces so far. Two apparent suicides-but neither ringing entirely true. And the murderer will do anything to cover his tracks... -The third book in the Alianna Winter series. Her earlier cases: 1.Death At Scarlet Leaf 2. The Merryweather Jewel Thefts Her later cases: 4.Murder Is At Hand 5. The Incident Concerning The Alsatian Dog 6. At The Plaza Majestic 7.Madame Juror 8.A Murder Shall Commence 9.The Impossible Poisoning 10.The Final Endgame The Toby Smart Spin-offs: What Makes A Detective What Breaks A Detective

Secrets, Scandal...and Murder. //// Ahmed Heavenstate just wanted to fit in. A recently adopted high school freshman in a brand new town, he'd barely gotten his foot in the door before being targeted by the headmaster's entitled son Steven. But when a cruel prank brings both boys face to face with a brutalized corpse in the school's main building, these warring adolescents are swept into a terrifying world bloodied with the long-buried secrets of their tight-lipped community. As the passions and prejudices of old money and new acquaintances whirl relentlessly through their town of sheltered closets and the skeletons inside them, Steven and Ahmed will discover a truth more terrifying than anything their paragon of sacred laws and tradition would dare allow them to believe.

Adele knows she witnessed a murder - what she doesn't know is just how personal it is. ***** A girl was brutally murdered in the basement of a sorority house in spring 2011. Adele Theroux thinks she saw the killer - and the killer definitely saw her. What she doesn't know is why this all happened and who this guy is. As she tries to solve the mystery from a distance while in witness protection, the connections keep getting weirder and more personal. Might she be able to relate to the killer in a way that no one else can? And what does that mean about her own psyche? *2019 Watty Award for Mystery/Thriller* [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]] Cover designed by April Alforque

All is well in Patty's life until her best friend goes missing. No note. No texts, just got up and was gone the next day. People say she ran off with some guy, or was hiding because she was pregnant with notorious bad boy, that Patty never seemed to like, Jasper Mckinley's child. Some say, she's dead. Patty denies all of it. She knew Jasmine like the back of her hand and she was convinced she did not run away or fell in a ditch somewhere. A year has passed. But she never stopped believing her best friend was still alive. So what happens when a stranger suddenly sends her flowers with notes about things only Jasmine and her would know? And she finds herself asking for help from the very guy she suspects? Everything starts to become a game. For every flower delivered to her doorstep, the chances of finding her best friend alive, decreases.

"Oh, look, we're back home! You'll be a lamb for me now, right? Unless you'd like a bullet in that pretty little head of yours, I'd suggest you do as I say." "Starving. I've been starving for so long that I don't even care how I get it. I just want it, I need to know someone needs me." // Young Acacia finds herself kidnapped by the murderous son of a famous sociopath. How will she manage to survive the violent outbursts and mental torture?

"Soothe the devils in my head, love me to my death." In which a psychiatrist gets kidnapped by a serial killer, only to lose her mind.

CORRECTION: The Naked Sword Book One Kairo Shen dies on a bathroom floor in Osaka at twenty-six. No light, no warning. He wakes up naked in a forest that has no name for him, in a world that has never heard of him, with nothing but the clothes a stranger lends him and a mind that cannot stop mapping what it sees. What he sees is a system. A levy that bleeds villages dry by design. Stewards who walk through doors like they own them. A lord who eats well while old men stop tending their gardens. He has no magic. No sword. No destiny handed to him by anyone. What he has is the ability to read a broken thing and understand exactly where the rot started. And the patience to build, from nothing, the tools to correct it. Book One follows Kairo's first year. From a forest floor to a village to a garrison to a battlefield. From nobody to Shield Warden. From a man who woke up with nothing to a man who knows what he is building and why it is going to take much longer than he wants it to.

"Run away, run away, runner, Run away, run away, Run away runner, What are you running from?" Carson Lake, a sixteen-year-old girl that had a strangely fucked up life. With a mother that left her when she was six and a father that thinks doing drug deals is actually legal, the teen starts working for others, teaching herself how to hunt to bring food to the table. Tired of having to hold her life together, Carson immediately accepts Elliot Baker's invite to spend the weekend with him and his two sons. Little did she know, it was gonna be one hell of a weekend. - "Did someone order a Carson Lake with their Skittles? 'Cause here I am!" - "You ever heard of being nice?" "Does it look like I have?" - "Well, glad to know I'm home." "'Home' is in the middle of nowhere for you?" "No, dumbass. It's in hell."

Paranormal // Mystery/thriller // Horror // LGBTQ+ // Novel // Completed ~ He haunts them every night, but these two kill men in their sleep. ~ Devon and Tamesis have shared dreams since they met back in highschool. Every fear, hope, and dream they shared as they built their life together. Even after Devon's promising military career was shot down with her, the two have been inseparable lovers. For years they've been on wicked adventures together, but then another person manages to sneak into their shared dream world--and he is not friendly. This strange, shadowy man changes his appearance every time in an attempt to elude them. He tries everything, from torture to seduction, in an attempt to sate his sadistic desires. He wants them for himself, dead or alive. But when you've shared your heart, dreams, and life with someone, it doesn't matter what reality you're in together: you fight for each other. ~*~ Wattpad featured "Tales to Terrify" (Halloween 2019) ~*~ Cover by the talented @SeventhStar Story written by both @Godhand and @Shimaira

*Watty Winner* & *Featured Story* WITCHES - NECROMANCERS - INAPPROPRIATE TABLE MANNERS. The three-hundred-year-old town of Loon Lake looks calm as a pond, but below the surface, clans of witches and wizards clash like hungry sharks. First-year student Tonya isn't privy to her family's darkest secrets, but when campus is overrun by a deadly eating epidemic, only she can resist the hidden, mind-controlling entity behind it. Meanwhile, Tonya's new friends, artist Priya, and Digital Ninjas Drake and Zain, want to create the creepiest art installation Loon Lake Cemetery will ever know. Too bad what's lurking in the graveyard is deadly. Untrained and overmatched by occult conspirators, Tonya will need to develop magical abilities she never knew she had. Can she uncover the mystery behind the epidemic and save her town? Winner of the coveted Watty Award, supernatural thriller Feeding Frenzy is a witch's brew of intrigue with a dollop of comedy, a teaspoon of romance, and a pinch of horror. Readers say: "It's been an amazing ride! ...I've loved every minute of it!" -J. L. Weaver, author of the Penderry's Bizarre series (England) "A great ending! Loved it!" -Denise Murdoch (USA) "Just when you think there won't be any more surprises, Maaja Wentz throws us for a loop." "It's like I'm infected and you're food because I NEED MORE." -Helaine Duvenhage (South Africa) "...great novel - it has been so much fun to read! The ending wrapped things up nicely, but it begs for a sequel. With Tonya's discovery of her powers and the hints at this Loon Lake magic community...it feels like there is much more to come for Tonya and the gang." -David J. Thirteen (Canada) Zombie...meet cake. Take a spooky town, a food obsession and wrap it all up in a wee bit of @MaajaWentz creepy, ghoul-tainted humor and you end up with the kaleidoscope that is Feeding Frenzy. -Jetta Frame for WattZombie reviews (Wattpad) Vote, comment, and tell friends about FEEDING FRENZY. I'd love to hear from you.

Five crime stories by different authors.

LogLine: Sue Marie Asillo,a 34 year old woman who joined the former workplace of her younger boyfriend, has to seek his involvement from a scandal happened in that company,in order to decide whether to wait for him or ending his existence. Summary: Sue Marie Asillo,a 34 year old woman who accidentally met a 24 year old man, called Ramon del Soliman. Within time their feelings developed into romance, but it only lasted for 4 months after the departure of Ramon to serve the military service. This sudden change, made Sue disappointed and fell into depression resulted to lose her job. Trying to focus back to her life again with the help of her Auntie she found a new job. But not long after, she discovered it was the former workplace of Ramon del Soliman, and he got fired due to a scandal between him and Amy, which made Sue seek for the true version of what had happened in order to decide whether to wait for Ramon that she still love or focus to her neighbor Steve who helped her find the stolen bag she lost or to Mr.Pele her old boss who changed a lot for her.

Xander's ex is contacted by the CIA to help bring down the rebel leader Amazon

Completed | ✔ A young girl, Lilah with a simple life runs into an adventure when she meets a man who she feels instantly drawn to. He's charming and sweet. Mean while she is having strange hallucinations of demonic-like creatures. She finds herself easily distracted by their chatter amongst her mind. Although she doesn't know it yet, she has been chosen by a powerful goddess to change the fate of her race. And this goddess has a relentless admirer who is somehow affecting Lilah aswell.

Everyone thinks Nari is just the strange new girl. Kina knows something is wrong. After a mysterious game begins inside their school, survival becomes impossible, trust disappears, and reality starts to break apart. But the biggest mystery isn't the game. It's Nari. And she isn't human.

Jimin is a 17 year old with 6 different uniquely great yet very dangerous personalities hidden within him. After all Jimin is charming, callous, cunning, manipulative, comically grandiose, egocentric, energetic, compatitive, possessive, controlling, and with an apalling failure of empathy along with an very short temper. If you saw him from a distance or met him once, you would never think that Jimin was crazy, a psycopath killer. But if you knew Jimin, I mean really knew him you would do anything and everything in your power to never encounter him again, EVER. Jungkook 21 years old a young detective who had been caught in the cross fire of one of Jimin's plans and after that. He never thought he'd whine up as one of Jimin's obsessions after all they never met before, or did they? "Your nothing but a psycho!" Jimin nods happily. "Yes, a psycho for you." Vocab if confused Callous-A cruel disregard to or for others egocentric-Thinking only of oneself constantly without a regard for the feelings or desires for others-Basically a person who is very,very self centered. Grandiose-A sustain view of oneself as better than others that causes the narcissist to view others with distain or as inferior-Basically a person who sees no one equal to him, that he's so unique no one is on his level or even near his level.

The ads enthused, "The virtual lands of Mirror World await you! Live out your most secret dreams in our world of Sword and Sorcery! Become a Great Wizard or a Famous Warrior! Build your own castle, tame a dragon, conquer a kingdom! All those desperate, lonely and insecure - Mirror World offers you a chance!" But Oleg isn't meant to become a great wizard or a famous warrior. He'll never have a castle of his own. Neither will he ever tame a dragon. And he's definitely not the type to conquer a kingdom, however virtual it may be. Oleg is doomed to toil away in the recesses of Mirror World's mines. His goal is to raise enough money for a heart transplant for his dying six-year-old daughter. The clock is ticking. Will he make it?

Twenty five year old Yuri Katsuki is a hard working, but chaotic agent working for the FBI. He works hard to earn money for his mother, who is stuck in the hospital with leukemia. For two years, he's been stuck in his small office doing tedious paperwork for his boss. He's known, but not well liked. Then there's Viktor Nikiforov, another agent who works under the FBI. He is notoriously known for his credit in cracking the hardest cases and his well known ability in finding evidence. He's well liked by all his peers and is swooned over by both women and men. One day, a big case comes where a principal of a well known school is kidnapped for an international drug trade between unknown forces and a notorious wanted criminal, who managed to escape the scene. Both Katsuki and Nikiforov are recruited to solve the case as a duo. They are informed that they will need a disguise in order to take the case. However, one awkward piece of information lies on the palm of their hands. The scene occurred in a club. And in order to diligently solve this case, the two agents must disguise in order to blend in.

Twenty-six-year-old Emily Carter has spent her entire life wishing she belonged somewhere else. When a strange night leaves her waking up in 1979 as a young Hollywood actress with a life she never lived, she discovers she's been given something impossible: a second chance. As memories of her old life clash with the new one, Emily finds herself swept into the glittering world of fame, music, and endless possibility. But nothing compares to meeting the person she's admired her whole life-a young Michael Jackson on the brink of superstardom. Emily knows what's coming. The records. The fame. The heartbreak. The loneliness. And the more time she spends with him, the harder it becomes to stand by and watch history unfold. Caught between the future she remembers and the past she's beginning to love, Emily must decide whether changing fate is worth risking everything-including the life and love she never expected to find. Because some stories are written in time. And some are worth rewriting.