Nineteen-year old Nico Floyd has the world on his shoulders. After his freshman year of college is brought to a devastating halt by the death of his father, Nico is left picking up the pieces of what remains in his childhood home of Heavensport Island, Maryland. Five rambunctious younger siblings. A resentful mother enraptured with her own grief. And finally, a familiar face which finds him in even the darkest of places. A prequel to Heaven and Back (Can be read as a stand-alone novel) TW : child abuse, manipulation, domestic violence, swearing/harsh language, narcissistic abuse, mature themes, gaslighting

Rewrite Note: [At present I am rewriting the book with a planned release of the redone chapters starting in July! Originally thought I'd just clean up the chapters but decided instead to change up the 온라인카지노게임 lines and make things better connect to book 2] So major plot changes will occur to what was read in draft 1 originally posted last year! A new opportunity to live his "best" life. At least, that's how Vincent was sold on the idea. Thing is, the condo's sort of haunted... by the ghost of a brutal killer known as the Hammer Man. For most, this would be a deal breaker. Well, not for Vincent. He's four years into his "career" and lives for hunts like this. It's a simple enough job: Go in, find the ghost, make it pay for the crimes it committed decades ago and deliver damnation in the way he knows best, punishment based around the target's sins. Will this job just be an easy, open, close case or will this hunt start him down the path of unraveling crimes of decades past, all while meddling in the affairs of the creatures around his new home?

[2024 WATTYS SHORTLISTED] [18+] In the picturesque lakeside town, the calm waters mask the storm within Juniper Jenkins' heart. Betrayed and broken by her cheating boyfriend, she flees to the sanctuary of her friend's lakeside house, to work remotely for the summer. What she doesn't expect? Running into Wells Hansen-her rival from the Seattle Sun Times-of all people. And of all places, he's running the only coffee shop in town with decent Wi-Fi. She's sworn off men for the summer-pinky-promised no boys-with her two best friends. So there's no way she's breaking that pact. Not after what just happened. But fate doesn't care about pacts, and Juniper keeps bumping into Wells no matter how hard she tries not to. She resents him, and the feeling seems mutual. At least, that's what she believes.

Slowburn friends-to-lovers dark romance set in the 1990s Seattle grunge scene. Take a look at the Before You Read chapter for trigger and content warnings. Contains dark and explicit content. Features special guests from Seattle grunge bands! I won't say who, but some of them are in the tags. Summary: Amidst the explosive grunge scene in 1993 Seattle, Riley Brooks finds herself broken after an abusive relationship with her first love comes to an end. Struggling to put the pieces back together, she has a chance encounter with the friendly, but enigmatic Landon Cross one night at a bar, oblivious to his burgeoning career as a rockstar. Despite being warned about Landon, she can't help but feel drawn to him, repeating the toxic patterns from her past. Complicating matters, Landon is entangled in a toxic relationship with Meadow, his girlfriend. Riley finds herself torn between her friendship with Meadow and her secret love for Landon, who represents everything she desires, but is also battling a dangerous heroin addiction. In the midst of a chaotic mix of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, Riley experiences danger and loss, unsure of her own limitations. As she invests in Landon's tumultuous journey, she must decide if she can save her own shattered soul before it's too late.

Frank Hartman is going to prison, which means his organs are now for sale. Frank meets a cryptic old man in the neighboring cell who's been harvested eight times and knows the ins and outs of prison politics. Tension mounts when a mysterious young guard takes interest and meddles with Frank's case. Desperate to avoid harvesting, Frank relies on advice from his big sister Jane who works for the nation's largest harvesting company. But in the end, without Jane by his side, Frank realizes he has to fend for himself for any hope of exiting prison in one piece.

"𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒚... 𝒊 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕?" Chai Loveletter has been - ironically, considering his last name- in love with Daisy Grey, daughter to the headmaster of St. Grey's Institute for the Gifted, for as long as he can remember. He still has no idea how he even made it into the prestigious institute filled with the most brilliant and driven- and not to mention richest- students of the generation, given his less than zero motivation for anything and general don't give a fuck view on the world. All he knows is, he's just trying to survive this world. And maybe finally get over Daisy Grey this year because she's one of his best friends and definitely doesn't have a clue that he spends half his class time drawing hearts around her name and writing love letters he'll never send in his notebook. At least, never willingly send... Daisy Grey is just trying to get through her time at St. Grey's under her father's wrathful gaze, trying to make sure her brother doesn't get himself killed every five seconds. She's got her whole life mapped out ahead of her like the blueprints she spends hours working on, building toward her dream of being an architect. However, when she begins receiving a series of love letters addressed to her filled with the sweetest sentiments and most beautiful words, she's determined to figure out who's behind it. However, with tensions rising high within the school, old rivalries blowing up and dark secrets being revealed, the line between academics and morals begins to blur. As genius creeps toward insane and ambition bleeds into obsession, St. Grey's is about to reveal itself to be much more dangerous and sinister than anyone could've ever thought. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘭𝘭'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘵?

ꜱᴛᴀʏ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ • ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴏɴᴇ Follows the lives of six self-proclaimed adults: a witty procrastinator, a smart-mouth with a drinking problem, a crybaby, an overdramatic playboy, a social-recluse workaholic, and an intellectual charmer, as they learn to enjoy the pleasure of each other's company. * Veronica Walton has been infatuated with Allen Ford for years and was pleased to know he was leaving for good. It's been five years and nothing could have prepared her for his return. Chloe Brown is stuck in a relationship with a toxic boyfriend, oblivious of the fact Bilal Youssef had been in love with her for years. Danielle Brown is miserable in relationships. But a revelation brought her to realize she didn't know herself as well as she thought she did. Ethan Walton has earned, much to his disapproval, the reputation of being a womanizer. He falls for a woman who wants to keep things casual.

"Do not fall in love with that girl, agent. That's an order." "I won't," I promised. But I'd never been good at following orders. ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Revenge is 17-year-old Seth's first and only priority. Ever since an Anomaly - an evil, destructive being created from mutations to the human genome - murdered his father six years ago, he has trained at a special government facility to avenge his father's death by hunting Anomalies himself. But when he receives his first undercover mission - to pose as the son of two other agents in the small, rural town of Eastbrook - he meets a girl who makes him wonder if there is more to life than vengeance. Unfortunately, the danger in Eastbrook is growing. And when an Anomaly threatens the life of his new companion, Seth will be forced to choose between love and revenge. Written for the 2024 Open Novella Contest

How long is a lifetime? For Luc, it stretches far beyond human reckoning. As punishment for a crime that shook the foundations of the world he once belonged to, he is now condemned to walk the earth among mortals. Luc has carved out a vast empire for himself through both respectable ventures and shadowed dealings, but none of it brings him peace. One rain-slicked evening, from the balcony outside his favored courtesan's room at the infamous Bessie's brothel, Luc watches a line of enslaved girls being dragged in. Among them, a girl with hair like the sunset and fire in her eyes is struck for resisting. Something ancient stirs within him. On a not-so-uncharacteristic impulse, Luc decides to buy her. ... Aida, stolen from a faraway land, is young, bruised, and burning with defiance. Her presence was never meant to matter, but soon she becomes more than a passing distraction and inconvenience to Luc. She cracks something long buried in his soul: a memory of grace, a glimpse of light, a pull toward something he thought lost forever. Forced to share a living arrangement neither of them truly understands, their constant clashes breed awkwardness, tension, unexpected moments of humor, and something more. Can two broken souls, worlds apart, save each other from the darkness they were never meant to endure alone? *This 온라인카지노게임 is original fiction with Luc as the main character, set in an alternative Victorian era. It is intended to be the prequel/spin-off to 'Until The End Of Time', where Luc played a major part toward the end. Slavery is depicted. Cover by @sulkytae ♦️Pink Diamond Award and 1st place of the Historical Fiction category of the 🌺🔥Phoenix Awards🔥🌺 @AthenaPersephone9 🏆Historical Fiction Category Winner in the Milestone Awards 2024 @YuHua온라인카지노주소 🏅First place in the Historical Fiction category of the The Hot & Bothered Awards @gremlin