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"The more you search, the less you'll find, for tricks and mysteries will ruin your mind."*Thomas Rayhart has only been married a month when his new wife and love of his life, Hazel, disappears in the mysterious circus town of Okandora.Invited inside a box to amuse the masses during a planned trick, Hazel never resurfaces. Alone among the strange people of the circus, Thomas begins to chase down clues in a town that seems intent on keeping him from his wife. His amateur investigation leads him to Eden, a pregnant teen in search of her missing sister. Even if a year apart, Thomas hopes that the disappearances could be connected and joins Eden in her search. Yet, as the two unlikely partners delve deeper into the enigma shrouding Okandora and its residents, especially the prestigious Sullivan family, Thomas is left grappling with the increasingly blurred lines between reality and deception.Soon, he gets tangled up in the tendrils of his own bloody family history, and is forced to reconsider the true natures of the people around him, including his beloved wife.Circus: A Tricks & Mysteries Novel.Started - 20th July, 2025. Weekly Friday Updates…

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Karyn doesn't believe in magic... until the day it comes for her. When four mysterious students arrive at Emerfield High, Karyn's haunting dreams vanish, and so does her best friend. They claim Karyn belongs to Wlerden, a kingdom that remembers her far more than she remembers it. To them, she was going to save a nation on the brink of ruin.To her, it was a chance to finally uncover the truth about her parents' murder, a truth someone had gone to deadly lengths to keep buried. And she took it.But Wlerden is a world fractured by power, and the past Karyn chases may destroy her before she can claim it. As her powers spiral beyond her control, she must survive the hunt of monsters and men, and decide if she's ready to become something more than a missing heir.Logic meets Magic in this lyrical, thrilling, and fiercely original debut about legacy, loss, and the price of truth.Started - 6th May 2023Finished - 1st January 2025Ranks 🎖25/10/24 - #2 in #highfantasy21/06/25 - #3 in #epicfantasyAwards 🏆30/07/25 - 1st Place Best Cover in 2025 Rose Gold Awards…

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When her close friend and neighbour, Sarah, is found dead in a pool of blood, Lisa sets on a mission to unravel the mystery behind the very first murder in their quaint town but it proves not to be the last. *****It was a cool night when Lisa stepped in to check on her best friend and neighbour, Sarah, but the sight she met was one she never imagined. Sarah Monroe was found dead in her room, a bit more than three months after her arrival. Sarah - the cherry beloved of Liddenville. Although a stranger who hadn't been in town for long, she quickly gained the love and care of most people. One of them being the Mayor's son, leading to a romantic relationship much to the dislike of the Mayor.Investigation from different directions begins in earnest and truths that were very well hidden come to light. Events from that night begin to unravel, revealing much more about Sarah than Lisa ever knew. Although the clues seem to bring her closer to the killer, she can't help but feel farther from the truth.Book 1 in "A Murder Mystery" series.Started - 5th January 2020Finished - 21st June 2020Ranks 🎖21/9/24 - #1 in #detectiveAwards 🏆3/02/24 - Datura Awards Shortlist12/04/25 - Best Mystery/Thriller in Hidden Gem Awards Featured on Reading List 📚13/03/25 - Murder on @mystery23/07/25 - Ambassador's Pick on @mystery…

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Riley had a boyfriend, Brayden, who was a perfect escape from her family. She had never once imagined life without him but now she was living one. Her love life that was planned and set was all messed up now that he was gone.She wanted to expose her step mum who had deceived her dad but she couldn't. She wanted to marry and spend the rest of her life with Brayden.After finding herself and her family in certain precarious financial circumstances, she agrees to marry the billionaire, Ansel Winson.A contract was all it was, nothing more and it most certainly didn't have love as a clause.Started - 1st September 2019Finished - 29th December 2019…

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She would trade all the spells in the world if it meant she could tell a lie.✥✥✥✥✥Merle of Thorne is An Anthology of short stories made from prompts under the Fantasmical Contest 2023.…

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Mysteriously transported to her past, soon-to-be college student, Clara Williams, has to find her way back to her own time or get stuck doing high school all over again. *****Clara never believed that one month could change her entire life.For Clara, everything is riding on starting college in a month. That's when she can escape her parents. When she can finally be her own person. And all she needs to do is survive those final few weeks with them in her grandmother's cabin. Freedom is so close that she can almost taste it.A pity that fate has other plans.After blacking out in the woods, Clara wakes to find herself back in high school. Flung two years into her past and plagued with memory gaps, unanswered questions, and a desperate need to return to her place in her timeline, Clara must discover what's drawn her back here before time runs out.Started - 5th June 2021Finished - 7th August 2022Reposted - 14th May 2023…