When Olivia Parker is found dead at a high school party gone wrong, it seems obvious who her killer was. Wesley Owens was found next to her covered in blood. Obviously, he did it. The question was why. With the entire senior class attending the end of the year bash, it shouldn't have been that simple to get away with...
CHINESE ARYA STARK meets THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. *A Wattpad Featured story* When everyone wears a mask, who do you trust? In the unforgiving empire of Erden where the Imperials reign supreme, Sarna is a slave. After escaping the brothel where a man burned half her face, she is determined to lead a new life by joini...
Enduring the torments at school by her fellow high school peers, then at home by her mother, Kate Sterling decides to take her own life. Thinking that the world isn't worth living anymore, she goes to the Golden Gate Bridge, ready to take the plunge. Suddenly deciding that she does not want to die, she steps back, b...
Alexander Langley wasn't looking for trouble but Charlotte Porter found him anyway. Only, this new partnership has them in over their heads and way before their time. 2020 WATTYS WINNER in MYSTERY The life of a poor merchant's daughter in Victorian Era London is quite boring. Charlotte Porter, it seems, is the excepti...
Divorce a husband, lose a career ... grapple with a murder. TV journalist Elizabeth "E.M." Danniher will tell you she committed two sins - she didn't stay young, and she made an enemy of a powerful news executive - her ex. She used to break national news. Now her top story as the "Helping Out!" reporter at dinky KWMT...
16 years ago, tragedy and betrayal befell upon the Patel family, taking a toll on many of those around them. It particularly affected Ashmita, who will never forget that day for as long as she'll live. Now, years later, Ashmita puts her current knowledge of the case aside completely. All her biases, knowledge, opinion...
Dear Reader, The following work was found sealed in the library of a castle, belonging to an ancient noble family, in the Champagne region to the east of Paris. The dates of the events contained within are attributed to sometime in the 18th century. It appears that any other record of the Marquis featured within, and...
FEATURED ON WATTPAD'S TALES TO TERRIFY Benjamin Peters was not always a cold-blooded murderer. At one point in his life, he was just a simple man who hoped to one day become a doctor. But after having lived through many eras of history, he has learned that life sometimes requires committing necessary evils. Forced t...
South Korea. 2016. Bora is an art student who expected her 21st birthday to be as uneventful and bland as always. She didn't quite expect, however, to become public enemy number 1 on South Korea's hit-list. That is until the intriguing Jackson Wang comes into play on the brink of her 21st birthday, shattering everyt...
*** Featured in Wattpad's official Mystery account's list, "Featured Mystery/Thriller" *** ***Featured in Wattpad's official Mystery account's list, "Happy Holidays" *** When a group of five friends decides on planning a getaway for Christmas, they have the perfect place in mind. Hotel Schilthorn, an exclusive, luxu...
Traverse the gritty crime-ridden streets of the innercity through the eyes of a morally compromised protagonist. Eighteen-year-old Jack Holtz has pushed his conscience past its limit. But it's about to start pushing back. The book is already completed (but I'm still editing) so no worries there.
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...
The beautiful island kingdoms of the Detache Ocean have been flourishing for eight hundred and seventy years. Ari and Aveline, two lawless pirates, have been happily robbing every one of them for about five. But Lyla Quincy, the daughter of the Grand Duchess of Apreuna, has been stuck in her own kingdom for almost two...
Dr. Hortense Gray practices experimental psychology on an uninhabited island off the coast of California where people go wanting to die and leave fighting to live. Seventeen-year-old Daphne Janus is her newest patient. Watch a 40-sec trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMt5fO1xtHw
The picturesque town of San Fallon has become the hunting ground of the Notorious Wolf: a serial killer who displays his victims as fairy tale characters for the police to find. After months of searching, he's finally found his Sleeping Beauty. Helena Sussex is everyone's dream of a homecoming queen, with the quarterb...
On the eve of their anniversary, an intellectual forensic scientist recounts the meeting of his eternal love, Avery.
The first chance she gets, Corrine Whitman tries to escape from the man who abducted her. But when James catches her, she has to deal with his bizarre guilt trip. Doesn't she enjoy his company, the game nights, stimulating conversations? Doesn't she know how lucky she is to be taken by a caring man instead of a psycho...
Aiden Payne is a drifter. His only memory of home is a mysterious tattoo. While working as a gold miner, his path crosses with Amelia Rose Wagner, a sheltered girl in love with navigation and the stars. After a fatal mistake, the two find themselves running from the law. Fleeing may be their only escape, yet finding...
Bronwyn Larson has spent her whole life not depending on her mother, a constantly recovering addict, until the moment her life was literally torn apart when an EF4 tornado ripped through their trailer park and her mom is found dead, miles away after the storm. Suddenly, her estranged father is a part of her life, a pr...
When a girl meets a boy at a party just before her curfew, things get interesting. _______ [#1 in Short Story - 12/29/2019] [#1 in High School Experience - 3/29/2020]
Joselyn needs a job. Penelope needs someone to keep an eye on her boyfriend while she's gone. It's the perfect match. But, add in said boyfriend's charismatic side-kick and a troubled past desperate to resurface, and Josie's surveillance may be impossible to conceal. *COMPLETED* cover by @letsjam8 © Ann Valett 2019
The Witch's circus is in town, and you've got the best seat in the house! We only come around once in your pitiful, mortal lifespan. We've got feral beasts and feral children, knife-eaters and fire-feasters. We have fortunes guaranteed to come true! We have magic mirrors and a Carousel that's been spinning longe...
Lucie Montes; the most beautiful, advantaged, and wealthy heiress in the famous coastal city of Boston, has a secret. She is an empath; an individual with the ability to sense the auras and emotions of the people around her. And even though she has perfect hair, perfect skin, and an engagement to an equally perfect yo...
Yuzuko's perfect world is disturbed when she is forced to take part in the 30th season of Game of Mass Destruction, a reality tv show where twenty contestants have to fight robots and each other for a chance to become a billionaire. Each robot they destroy gives points, but extra points are rewarded for acts of sex an...
"..and just so you know, old sport, that boy eats hearts." copyright © donnastartt 2016
From a piece of human waste, a boy is raised to be an elite killer - all for the sake of his padre. Padre is the man who saved his life, who gave him meaning. Padre is also the boss of the American-Italian mafia, one of the most wanted men during his time. As he grows older, Pinocchio, as he comes to be known, he mus...
Frankie Petrovic is in over her head. Her one night stand is showing up all over the place, breaking into her trailer and offering her weird propositions. As if that's not enough, she is kind of dating Adonis-like, baseball star who has a strange tendency to peek though other people's windows. The two men she is inv...
Raven's many talents have elevated her to a position of prestige far above that of the common criminal. But when she crafts a scheme that involves outwitting one of the most cunning, powerful, and ruthless men in the world, she finds that she may be in deeper than she can handle. Kieran's sharp mind and formidable inf...