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The Ghost Files
Cherry blossom lipstick: checkSmokey eyes: checkSkinny jeans: checkDead kid in the mirror: checkFor sixteen year old Mattie Hathaway, this is her normal everyday routine. She's been able to see ghosts since her mother tried to murder her when she was five years old. No way does she want anyone to know she can talk to spooks. Being a foster kid is hard enough without being labeled a freak too. Normally, she just ignores the ghosts and they go away. There's a little glitch this time. The ghost she sees is her foster sister, Sally. Everyone thinks she's just another runaway. Mattie knows the truth, though-she's dead, murdered. Foster kids look out for each other and Mattie feels like she has to help Sally, but she can't do it alone. Against her better judgment, she teams up with a young police officer and together they set out to discover the truth of Sally's disappearance. Now the killer has set his sights on her. It becomes a race to see if she can find the truth before the serial killer finds her.
The Promise (Book 1, The Coven Series)
When CJ, a teen girl living in a town that practices witchcraft, starts uncovering the truth about her sister's death, she discovers the insidious danger that haunts her and the town. Can she save herself and the people she loves, or will she burn just as her ancestors did all those centuries ago? *****Cassie Jayne Bishop grew up the only non-believer in the Coven. But when a handsome stranger comes to the sleepy town of New Salem, everything she thought was true starts unraveling around her. Clues start to pile up and CJ is determined to find out the real reason her sister died. What she uncovers terrifies her to the very depths of her soul...[[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]Cover designed by April Alforque
The Oath, Book 2 of The Coven Series
She killed herself.Everyone asked why, but when I got my hands on my sister's diary, I understood exactly why.I stared at the girl in the mirror as I removed my nose ring. Gone was the black hair, replaced by golden blonde locks that made my sapphire blue eyes shine and my California sun-kissed skin glow. The Goth chic clothes had been put away and I wore a pink tank top and a pair of khaki colored Capri's. Stylish sandals completed the outfit. I wanted to barf.The snotty little would-be witches would pay for what they'd done. By the end of the week, they'd all be praying to whatever god they worshipped to hide them from the hell coming for them.May the Fates have mercy upon them, because they would pay the same price they'd demanded of her.Their lives.
Kathryn
Kathryn finds herself not only kidnapped, but at the mercy of monsters.She must use all her wits to survive the new world she's now a part of, but will it be enough?(This may end up a full length novel, but for now, it's just a short story. Enjoy!)
The Ghost Files V2
At seventeen years old, Mattie Hathaway has survived her mother attempting to kill her, multiple foster homes, and a serial killer. Oh, and she sees ghosts on a regular basis too. You'd think Fate would give her a break right? Umm...nope, not Mattie.Dan Richards is the only person in the entire world Mattie trusts, but then the boy goes and breaks her heart. Mattie does what she does best, she runs and lands herself slap in the middle of a haunted house full of ghosts turned vengeful that want Mattie to join their ranks.Only bright spot on all this? Eli Malone - the gorgeous boy with the beautiful aqua eyes that makes her feel things she's never even imagined before. She's not sure what to do with him, especially when Dan shows up glowering at him.She'll figure Eli out if she can survive the house. The ghosts are bound and determined to kill her so she'll be one of them. Now if she can just figure out how to survive them and the demon stalking her, she might be able to decide what to do about her feelings for Dan and Eli.That is if she can survive the night in the house.
The Ghost Files V3.5
Tick tock... Mary Cross has been forced to accept the world of the supernatural because of an experience that left her with the ability to hear-but not see-the supernatural. She survived three weeks of being kidnapped and tortured, and it has left her emotionally and physically scarred. Across the street from her house, strange things are happening...Mysterious noises haunt the residents, faucets turn on by themselves, and footsteps can be heard running up and down the stairs. It all centers around Noah, a two year old child. Babysitters have run screaming from the house. Caleb Malone has been dumped into a teeming hornet's nest...He's always been the good son, done everything asked of him, and even gave up graduate school to join the family business of hunting supernatural villains. He's convinced himself he's happy, that his duty to his gift should come before anything else. Until he meets Mary Cross. She gives him hope that things can be different, that he can be different. Together, the two of them must solve the mystery of the two shadows stalking the child and save him from whatever has attached itself to him. Time is running out and to save Noah, forcing Mary to face her own demons. But in doing so...has she put a target on her back?
Initiation (A Wolfpack U Novel)
Clementine Townes is running from a nightmare no one should ever have to endure, a horror of glowing eyes, unspeakable violation...and death.Her father only ever asked one thing of her-that she attend his alma mater, Appalachia University, fondly known as Wolfpack U. With nothing left to lose, she decides to honor her father the only way she knows how.The sleepy college town of Jacob's Fork, West Virginia is far from California. But is it far enough away to escape the terrifying darkness that plagues her dreams and memories?Then she meets Cole Walker.The quarterback of the football team and all-around campus alpha, he represents everything that terrifies her. But despite her fear and reluctance, she finds she's drawn to Cole in ways she can't explain.As if all that weren't enough, she discovers the people in this small town have a secret, and they seem to know more about her history than she does. What she finds is a past her father hid from her-a past she's not sure she wants to embrace. But before she can even begin to think about any of that, her nightmare comes rushing back to torment her, threatening the new life she's trying to build. Can she trust Cole to protect her, or is her only hope to keep running?
Homecoming (Crane Diaries #1)
New Orleans, a city known for it's paranormal history, and the place Emma Rose Crane aka Mattie Hathaway, has come home to.She's faced with a family she barely knows, a new city, college, all the while dealing with the loss of someone she loved. This is a chance for her to start over, to not be the freak foster kid who's mom tried to kill her. Here she's welcome and her abilities to see ghost isn't so freaky in New Orleans.But can she really escape her past and be semi-normal? Even with her sister Mary and best friend Eric by her side, it's going to be a wild ride once she agrees to help out Mary's new friends investigate a "haunted" house. Hearst House. It's new occupants are suffering from unexplained experiences and the ghost seems to be attacking the children, leaving behind scratches and bite marks. Mattie runs into Doctor Lawrence Olivet and his team of hunters who were also invited to investigate. Emma's had enough hunters in her life to last a lifetime and is not thrilled to be working with them, especially Noah Winters. He's as arrogant as they come and bossy. Traits she can't stand, but she has to admit he's good at what he does.But will her gifts and his hunting skills be enough to save the family that is currently occupying Hearst House/
The Blackwater Legacy
Book 2 of The Bloodlines Legacy Series Saidie Walker grew up a nice, normal girl-but not everything is as it seems. Even the Walker family has secrets locked away.Saidie's grandmother told them stories from their family history about being able to raise the dead. But Saidie believed they were only scary stories meant to frighten naughty children, and necromancers were nothing more than the stuff of nightmares and make-believe.Until she met Alexandria Blackburne Reed and her powers woke up with a vengeance. Now she's shipped off to New Orleans to be tutored, but finds herself surrounded by horrors instead.One bright spot fills her dismal days-Aleric, the guy who's been assigned as her test subject. He drives her nuts, makes her so mad she's ready to hit something, but the thought of causing him more pain than he's already suffered at Madame's hands is more than she can bear. Her emerging feelings for him both confuse and excite her. She may have found the one thing she's always wanted, but will it survive amidst all the danger beginning to unfold?Aleric's past is interwoven with the friends she left back home, and she'll do what she must to protect them all, even if that means dying. Her only hope is to make it home to West Virginia-to her best friend.It's up to Alexandria to find a way to help Saidie before she loses her to the madness of her necromancy, while dealing with her own pain and heartache.Can they survive the horrors about to rain down upon them all?
The Blackburne Legacy
Book 1 of The Bloodlines Legacy SeriesFor the last nine years, Alexandria Reed has been locked away, a prisoner of her own nightmares. Determined to escape, she convinced the doctors she was sane. It wasn't even that hard really. She leaves behind her fears and joins her family in their new home, Jacob's Fork, West Virginia, where she plans out her nice, normal life. But she's not normal. She can never be normal. Soon after her arrival to the sleepy little town, Alex comes face to face with her past and learns something terrifying. There's a secret her family has killed to protect, a secret that has now put her and her brother's life at risk.Luka Rinaldi both fascinates and frustrates Alex from the moment she meets him. He's dark and broody, arrogant, and hot enough to scorch brimstone. She's drawn to him despite all the warning signs telling her he means her harm. She wants to trust him, but her instincts tell her to run. Aided by her new friends, who have some dark secrets themselves, can she survive long enough to figure out the secret behind the secret?
The Ghost Files V3
One, two, the ghosts are coming for you...Three, four, better salt your door...Five, six, death and hatred mix...Seven, eight, help will come too late...Nine, ten, never reap again...Seventeen year old Mattie Hathaway has enough on her plate without having to deal with the latest teenage ghost drama. The ghosts of eight murdered girls are out for her blood. They blame Mattie for their deaths. She has to figure out what happened to them before they make sure she ends up just like them...dead and angry.Not only that, but she has to face the greatest fear of her young life, the death of the only person she's ever loved. Can she let nature take its course or will she interfere and cause the balance of life and death to spiral out of control?She's out of time, and doesn't know if she should trust Silas, the demon who has taken a very disturbing interest in her, or her father, a man just as evil as Silas. Either way, she has to make a choice. But what will it cost her and those she loves?
The Creation Gene
We are born.We live.We die.Only there's this nasty little gene inside of us all, the Creation Gene. The scientific community has studied it, tried to find ways to combat it.But in the end it was useless. The miracle of creation is not something that can truly ever be understood or taken for granted. Who will live, who will adapt, and who will survive?
The Ghost Files V4 Part 1
Sleep, little children,all safe in your beds.But when the boogeyman knocks,if you are up watching...he'll make sure that you wish you were dead! Once every one hundred and fifty years he emerges from the darkest depths to feed. With each soul he takes, he grows stronger. There is but one gift he needs in order to gain the power he seeks. One gift that will allow him to walk amongst all the precious little children.And it's the one gift Mattie Hathaway possesses...the ability to bring images to life with just a drop of her blood. The demon Silas has warned her to never reveal this ability, not even to her father who shares her power to communicate with the dead. She's heeded his warning, but hiding it may no longer be an option.Children are disappearing all over the Charlotte area. When their bodies are recovered, they are always the same-broken, beaten, and bruised. Fear is spiraling out of control in the Queen City as parents glance nervously around each corner, seeing the boogeyman in every shadow.When one little girl goes missing in Mattie's neighborhood, it's up to her and Officer Dan Richards to find the truth. In doing so, she uncovers a far greater evil than she's ever come up against. The one thing she was bred to defeat.Deleriel. A fallen angel...one of the first demons. He is powerful, ambitious, and now that Mattie is on his radar, she's all he needs to complete his arsenal.Amid of whirlwind of secrets coming to light, Mattie is faced with uncovering the truth about her own heritage. She must come to grips with it before she can begin to prepare for the battle of a lifetime...a battle she never asked for but is caught in the middle of. Can she face her own truths before it's too late?
The Sinner's Touch (Manwhore Series #2)
(Follow up novel to Touch Me Not) I fucked up. She was the best and worst mistake I ever made. I took the cowards way out and ran. Now I have a chance to make it right, but she's being stubborn. It used to be cute, but this time it can get her killed. Boston's latest serial killer has his sights set on the only woman I have ever truly loved and I will keep her safe even if it pissesher off, even if she hates me for it. All bets are off this time. I want her. He wants her. Only one of us will win. And I never fucking lose. ~KadeThe Sinner's TouchA Manwhore Series Novel #2
Happily Ever...Not
So who says Snow White has to end up with Prince Charming or that the Big Bad Wolf can't be BFF's with Little Red Riding Hood? Welcome to my twisted Dystopian reality of Fairytale!
Insights From MasterClass
I wanted to share with you all some of the things I learned from Margaret Atwood's class on writing. It hit home with me on a personal level and I wanted you all to understand how it resonated with me.
Wattpad Block Party Author Interviews- SUMMER EDITION
Interviews with the authors behind the #KellyAnneBlount hosted anthology series #WattpadBlockParty #SummerEdition.
Best Books On Wattpad
These are the best books on Wattpad, from my opinion and the opinion of other wattpadians ____________________ If you think a book should be in the list message me. _________________________________________________________ highest ranking (30-10-16) - #117 in Humor
Illusions
BBMC Fan Fiction StoryBased around The Bondi Boys & Babes Motor Club in the GTA 5 Nopixel world.
A Conversation
Short story I wrote at 3am on the spur of the moment. I hope it brings some peace, joy, and happiness to some of you.
1980's Horror Icon Smackdown
I have been commissioned by Wattpad and DC Vertigo to share my favorite horror villain from the 1980’s (Jason Voorhees) to get all of you guys excited about Vertigo’s new title, SURVIVORS’ CLUB. I personally can’t wait for this! Make sure you guys check out SURVIVORS’ CLUB content at @VertigoComics on Wattpad!
Christmas in River's End
Caliope has everything she's ever dreamed of - wildly successful career, more money than she cans spend in ten lifetimes, and security. Yet, she's not happy.She longs for what she lost, for the family that could have been.What is the point of all the success if she doesn't have what truly makes her happy?Determined to try and regain what she lost, she goes home to River's End to try and find her happily ever after.But is it too late?
Rebellion
WOLPACK UNIVERSITY #2Cole and Clem have finally accepted the fact they're mates, but it comes at a price.Everyone knows and Cole's role in his pack is called into question. He may soon not have a pack.But the pack is in trouble and Cole may be the only who can save it.If they accept the fact his mast is a half-blood mutt (Shifter and Fae).It's against the rules for a pack member to mate outside their species.A war is started and if Cole can win, he'll not only keep his pack, but his mate as well.
The Game
Gaming has gone to the next level, especially survival horror with the invention of Virtual Reality. There is one group of gamers who want more and created The Game to give them the ultimate video game experience: real world live action gaming.Each year twelve individuals of various ages are taken and forced to compete against trained killers. The rules are simple as there is only one--survive until dawn and you get to live. Otherwise your death will be brutal, painful, and slow.Welcome to The Game.Cover art by @AngelaFristoe
Max IKSI #5)
Max ~ As an elite tracker, Max Sheridan's job is to find people who don't want to be found. He's the one who hunts them down and brings them to justice. What he doesn't do is bodyguard work. He's always made it clear he never wanted to be a glorified babysitter, but after meeting with his sister's best friend, he knows she needs KSI. Shayna ~ Television star Shayna Moore has fallen victim to a stalker. While Max would rather saddle one of the other team members with the job, he knows the threat to her is real, so he grudgingly accepts. However, things take an unexpected turn and Max finds himself falling for Shayna while posing as her fake boyfriend. Now, he needs to convince her that this thing between them is real and worth fighting for. But one question remains... Can Max keep Shayna safe from a stalker who's not only trying to end her career but her life as well?