Joan Johnston Bitter Creek

Bitter sugar.

In the quaint town of Hollow Creek, appearances are everything, and no one knows this better than Eli Donovan. A seemingly charming and intelligent high school student, Eli has perfected the art of deception, donning a facade that conceals the chilling truth of his inner world. While his classmates buzz with gossip about recent mysterious disappearances, Eli basks in the chaos, manipulating those around him as he carefully navigates his double life. Beneath the mask of the ideal brother to his younger sister, Lucy, and a dutiful student, Eli harbors a dark secret: he is a vigilante serial killer who believes he is cleansing the world of its true monsters. As he juggles the complexities of teenage life—school plays, friendships, and sibling rivalries—he secretly plots his next move, driven by a thrill that pulsates through his veins. But as Eli’s world begins to spiral into a dangerous game of cat and mouse, he finds himself entangled with a classmate whose sharp intellect threatens to unravel his carefully constructed web of lies. Amidst the tension, friendships are tested, and his mask of innocence starts to crack. With darkness lurking just beneath the surface, Eli must confront not only the monsters he hunts but also the demons that threaten to consume him. In this gripping tale of duality, Mask of the Misguided delves into the mind of a boy who walks the fine line between good and evil, where love, loyalty, and betrayal intertwine, ultimately questioning the very nature of humanity and the masks we wear in our pursuit of acceptance and control.

Twenty-year-old Kaito Rose, who goes by "Ice," never believed in the supernatural until he meets a ghost named Nia by a creek at sunset. His unique ability to see spirits, particularly demons known as Echos, leads to tragedy when his entire family is murdered by one of these entities. Guided by Nia, a mysterious "Lost Echo" hunted by her own kind, Ice ventures into the land of the dead seeking revenge. After consuming an Echo's lungs to gain supernatural powers, he confronts the God of Death, known as The Siren, who reveals they've been manipulating events all along. The Siren captures Nia and subjects Ice to psychological torture, forcing him to relive his worst memories through a mysterious whistle. As Ice struggles between the world of the living and the dead, he must uncover the truth about Nia's nature, The Siren's ultimate plans, and his own destiny as someone who can bridge both realms.

"Letters to my first love" is a book of letters from the point of view of a girl experiencing her first love. Sweetness and bitterness. Deep emotions. Highs, lows, passion, anger, meetings and disagreements, distance. Letters that come from the soul expressed in words. From lovers who connect through heart, body, spirit and soul. With a hundred letters, we travel a sweet and profound journey of a first love.

Teela married King Heavenly because she loved him, but life in the Heavenly household was anything but euphoric. Lettie, her hard-as-nails mother-in-law, treats her like an unpaid servant. The family treats her like an outsider. King treats her like a shadow, transparent and forgettable. When Lettie presses Teela to prove her value to the family or get out, Teela has a decision to make. But she’s not leaving without a fight. King Heavenly rules Heavenly Industries with an iron fist, but he leaves his home life to his mother to manage, and that includes the management of his boring little wife. Teela has never complained. She’s never done anything interesting, for that matter. She’s just one more responsibility in a long line of responsibilities that King shoulders on a daily basis, and that is exactly how he treats her — as a responsibility that he’s delegated to his mother. Suddenly Teela steps out of the shadows and into a fight with him and his whole family, and King is baffled by the ruthless actions of his now daring wife. He’d always heard that vengeance is a dish best served cold, but Teela is coming in hot!

Lia, an ordinary young woman struggling to make ends meet, finds herself in a dire financial situation. Desperate for a way out, she encounters Ryan, a charismatic and mysterious billionaire with an unconventional offer. Ryan proposes a contract that will solve all of Lia's problems, but the terms are far from simple. Bound by the contract, Lia and Ryan's worlds collide, leading to unexpected emotional entanglements.Lia and Ryan relationship evolves from business to something much deeper,Lia and Ryan must face their own insecurities, hidden pasts, and growing feelings for each other.

In the intergenerational story, Emily Moore and her daughter Joan Lewis—both formidable tycoon heiresses—navigate love, betrayal, and the ominous shadows of the past. Both ladies must face the men in their lives and the dark legacies that follow them as long-kept secrets come to light. Will love and atonement triumph, or will betrayal and retaliation devour them all? Journey with me to find out what happens in the end... *** Cover own by me: Do not reproduce.

WHEN BILLIONAIRE ENIGMA LEON KING collides with elusive heiress ISABELLA HARRINGTON, it's an explosive meeting accompanied by less than love at first sight. With his takeover of the business empire around the corner, a runaway bride wasn't on Leon’s agenda - until now… Upon their battle in boardrooms and behind closed doors, neither is ready for the fire that sparks between them. Isabella means to preserve the legacy of her family while Leon is determined to show her exactly what their passion can mean outside the world of business. But as they slowly uncover the haunting secrets of their past, Tessa and Ryker realize it's not just bitter memories that linger in our hearts and minds. Isabella and Leon fall — hard but immovably in love, rewiring their shock-mangled hearts as everything they've known is ordained safe and not a little thrilling to be thrown into chaos.

A man with a bitter and painful past must tread the path of darkness and blood to exact his revenge on the Supernatural creature that slaughtered his father, mother, and little sister right before his eyes. A mysterious power awakened within him when he was on the brink of death—a power that allows him to copy the abilities of both Supernatural beings and humans alike, as long as he consumes part of their body. But each time he uses this power, he endures excruciating pain and loses a small part of his humanity. With this ability, the man walks the thin line between death and shadow, becoming a Hunter feared by both monsters and men. --- This is a grimdark fantasy—at least, that's what I’m aiming for—featuring magic and guns. Imagine a Wild West setting, but with magic, guns, and creatures of the night. Hope you enjoy it!

Christine Clark, a delicate bloom of thirty summers, wilts beneath the shadow of leukemia’s cruel embrace. Born to a family where dreams fluttered like fragile butterflies, she once believed in the magic of fairy tales. But life, that fickle storyteller, had other plans for her tender heart. Ensnared in the thorny vines of a loveless marriage, Christine’s world shatters like spun glass when she stumbles upon a betrayal most bitter—her husband entwined with her own sister. Fate, not content with this tragedy, casts her into the depths of an accident that leaves her gasping for air, for hope, for a chance to rewrite her story. With her last whisper, a plea escapes her lips, carried on the winds of destiny: a second chance to pen her own happily ever after.

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In a one fateful day, Rein who was just coming home from school was met by a horrible accident in which he luckily survived albeit in a cost of ones life. Feeling a sudden pang of bitterness gnawed over him he goes home and decided to sleep only when he woke up he wasn't in his room anymore but is inside a dream where he was forced to fight the three categories all the while trying to find what he longed for.

"Bitter Heart" follows the tumultuous journey of its protagonist, Kamdilichukwu, who grapples with the emotional scars of a broken relationship. Set against a backdrop of a small town, the story unfolds as Kamdilichukwu navigates her feelings of betrayal and loss after her family's infidelity. As she seeks solace in her art, she discovers unexpected friendships and the strength to confront her past. The narrative delves deep into themes of love, resilience, and self-discovery, ultimately leading Emma to reclaim her identity and find hope amidst the bitterness.

Earth is dead. Moments before its destruction, it saved its ruling race from sharing its fate by sending them to the Tower. Humans now have to choose between struggling to climb the Tower and living a decent life on the lower floors. However, the new environment isn't all the humans have to worry about as a bitter climber from the far future returned to steal all the opportunities humans will have. His goal? Ruling the Tower and all its races with an iron fist. Watch as someone who has been robbed of his fate and destiny turns the Tower upside down. ******** A/N- I will not be uploading daily as some chapters take days to write and I have a life besides writing.

**Scott Hunter, the powerful and beloved Beta of the Silver Creek pack, seems to have it all—strength, respect, and a steady, if predictable, life. But everything changes when he crosses paths with Preston, a fragile omega on the verge of giving up.** **Preston's world has been shattered. His home pack, Red Moon, is crumbling, and he’s barely holding on, ready to surrender to the harsh reality that life has dealt him. But when Scott finds him, broken and vulnerable, a spark ignites that neither of them can deny.** **As Scott helps Preston heal from his trauma, the two face growing challenges—both from outside forces threatening their happiness and from within their hearts as they navigate their undeniable connection. Together, they will discover that love is not just about surviving, but about finding hope, healing, and strength in each other.**

joan travels to a fantasy world with his system and created many forces like cultivation school's, city's, kingdom's and manu more ps. it's my first novel and you all want to know about this novel you can checkout what's writer want to say or something like thet.

"Luna and Stella,AKA moon and star 16-year-old twins with a passion for music, have always dreamed of making it big in the music industry. When they form a band with three other talented girls, they quickly find themselves in the spotlight, with a record deal and a growing fan base. But as the band's success skyrockets, the twins find themselves navigating the ups and downs of fame, from paparazzi and groupies to backstabbing record executives and bitter rivalries. "Luna and Stella are twins who love to sing. Will their sisterly bond be strong enough to keep them together, or will fame tear them apart? Find out in this story about sisters, music, and the cost of being famous."

Some say God is dead. Others say God abandoned us. In a sunless world, lightless, soulless, and cruel, all that remained was boundless darkness. Humanity fought a futile struggle against the universe. But hope was coming. An era of change. An era where hope would glow ever brighter but darkness would grow ever stronger. The flames of ambition would shine the light of a thousand suns. Man would fight in a mad struggle to achieve the impossible. They would sacrifice anything. Become anything. They would bet it all, for a one in a million chance to transcend everything. A second upheaval was coming, on a scale unimaginable. This is the story of a boy's bitter struggle for greatness in this era of chaos. ___ Cover credit: @isaackavilez pintrest Please leave a comment if you'd like me to take it down

Memories ... A blessing yet a curse, ever changing who we are as a person. Sweet ones we embrace and bitter ones we escape. Good or bad, it doesn't matter, both but bringer of change. . . . . . . . . . . . . I have no knowledge of the world I don't know anyone. I don't know who I am. A strange system. And yet somehow. The fear. The uncertainty. The chase after past present future. I find it thrilling. Have I lost it ?

Amilia Johnston was mentally retarded daughter of the sole hier of international black wolf mafia group. She grown up like a princess far from the cruelty of the world . But on her 20th birthday their house was attacked and she have to left with her mother to India. After reaching India they met with an accident in which she gets her past life memories of a criminal lawyer back. But when she wakes up from coma she found herself lying in a local hospital in the common ward after investing she find that she was unconscious from last seven months and there is no news about her family. Another tragedy falls upon her as she lost her voice in the accident. what will happen to her now?? will she be able to survive???

In a harsh world where loyalty and strength define one's worth, warriors, nobles, and commoners alike struggle to create lives they can be proud of. Each faces relentless challenges as they navigate a treacherous landscape filled with danger and unpredictability. Through battles for power, and honor, their intertwined stories reveal the sacrifices and betrayals required to endure in a world where survival is never guaranteed and triumph often comes at a bitter cost.

Holding a demure personality, Sia finally gave credence to her parents wishes of getting into an arranged marriage with a CEO,a vow Sia had always made never to get acquainted with,” An arranged marriage”Her Master plan was to Fall in and eventually get married to whomever her heart merged with. David Brian,The rude, naughty,nasty and arrogant CEO himself,no one dares to go against him. Getting to know Sia more,he founded her attractive, going to a long length to make sure Sia becomes his wife even though Sia objected to it causing a bolt from the blue to transpire when Sia's sister Isabelle returned back from the states. The ever loving Brian who was so nice to her and who always treats her like a queen turned in a monster. Living in a bondage with a monster,she tried to break free from the turmoil and torments of Brian . Sia found herself in world were she had to live for herself, and then suddenly another mysterious guy with a jaunty and dubious disposition came along the way.

Yvette Matthews had a great early childhood. She had loving parents that has given her a great life. Her father was a 5-star master chef while her mother was a well known patissier in the culinary world. Her life was great but all of that changed when her parents got into a car accident and died. Yvette was orphaned at a tender age of six years old. In her parent’s wake, a middle aged man with his ten year old son came. He told Yvette that he was her parents’ friend from college and was willing to adopt Yvette. Her having no next of kin and rather than her going into foster care, the adults in the foster agency agreed after checking the man’s background. It was known that the middle aged man was the CEO of a large 5-star hotel and restaurant group that not only operated in the country but around the world. Yvette lived a life as a princess being doted by her stepfather and stepbrother. Even though she lived a life full of luxury, she stayed humble and studied hard to be a good chef and patissier like her parents. She loved her new family, and she harbored romantic feelings with her stepbrother, Joseph Hamilton. Something she kept a secret since she knew her feelings cannot be reciprocated. But all of that changed when her stepfather died of old age. When the lawyer of his stepfather read his last will leaving seventy percent of his fortune to Yvette including the rights to the Hamilton hotels. This shocked many especially her stepbrother, Joseph, since he was only left with thirty percent. But there was a clause in the will, that Jospeh could be the CEO if he marries Yvette and they produce an heir. Her life started to turn gray since Joseph was forced to leave his current girlfriend whom Yvette knew he loved so much and marry her to get the CEO title. Joseph’s kindness and pampering turned into hate and disgust. He became cold and aloof, coming home late and going to work early in the morning. Yvette’s only solace was the son she bore with Joseph on their wedding night. She poured all of her love to her little son. But fate was cruel to her once again when she found out that Joseph was seeing his ex-girlfriend once again. Hearing from someone that they were meeting in a hotel room, she mustered the courage to confront them. Yvette saw the ex-girlfriend in the hotel room wearing sexy lingerie. They got in the heated argument. “Seph does bot love you.” The ex-girlfriend said. “He just married you to get the position that should be rightfully his!” She shouted. “Do you not think I know that?!” Shouted Yvette. “But he is still married to me!” The two were pulling each other’s hair in the hotel balcony which is located at the 43rd floor. They both went over the railed in the heat of the moment and they were holding for dear life. “Dianne!” Joseph voice was heard inside the hotel room. “S-Seph!” The ex-girlfriend shouted. “Help me!” “Dianne!” Joseph was alarmed to see her hanging on the balcony. “Yvette? Why are you here?!” He sounded surprised. “H-Help me.” Yvette cried. “Hold on! I am going to get you out.” Joseph said but he pulled his ex-girlfriend first and took off his coat to put on to her. Yvette’s heart was crushed. She knew in that time that who Joseph really loved was Dianne and not her. This erased all of her hope on being loved and had let go. She felt her body falling for a long time. Yvette’s body felt light and she thought that she had now thrown all of her guilt and the burden in the loveless relationship. She wished that in her next life, she would not have this kind of love once again. But then she opened her eyes once again, to the day when the lawyer would read her stepfather’s last will. “I will changed my fate.” Yvette thought. “In this life, I will not be drowned in a loveless marriage with my stepbrother.”

[Love After Marriage + secret crush realized + sweet pampering] She was the mistaken daughter, a fake heiress. After the real daughters's returned, everyone despises her. "Please marry me." She had no choice but to beg the tyrant tycoon, "Even if it's just for one year." She had prepared herself to be rejected, yet he actually agreed. Married for a year, each for their own needs. A fake heiress actually married the famous bigshot! Everyone was waiting to watch her get dumped. But they only find out that the tycoon started pampering her without any limits. A year later, she proposed to divorce according to the contract. The tycoon pushed her against the wall and smirked. "Where do you want to go with my baby in your belly?"

In a world full of magic and wonder, Aisha is a girl born without a soul. Bitter and self-loathing, Aisha is unable to experience empathy, rendering her alone. But her life changes when she falls helplessly in love with a kind girl, forcing her to confront challenges she has never before, while grappling with her newfound attachments. Join Aisha as she learns to change and grow, in the midst of a world mired in conflict. Encountering monsters, demons, and worse, she must pull herself up from the depths of despair, to chase the last ember of hope and love she might ever hold. (GL Story)

It is the early 1800s, and Ethan Ashbury has loved only one girl, and since her birth, promised to protect her and love her no matter the cost. Georgiana’s mother, a once loving and beautiful woman, now bent on securing a spouse of any type for her, has been reduced to the bitterness of a heart swallowed up in the shadow of death. At the time, she was so young an age, Georgiana could hardly recall what her Mother was once like before that terrible day, when her world began to crumble piece by piece and everything she thought she knew was gone. Too timid to express feelings of endearment, Ethan both struggles to find any possibility of happiness for Georgiana, or her safety, and gives everything just to try... even down to what very well may be his last breath.

Deeptide -the underworld- has once again opened its gates and only two can stop it. Enslaved by fate, the world is coming to a bitter end, but Gabriel -a hero free of fate- and the nameless one can save it. Will Gabriel, his friends and the unnamed destroy Deeptide? Or will they die trying.

Cedar Creek High School known for its prestige as an alumni to geniuses and gifted minds poses as one of the best in the state and continually lives up to expectations until new comer Amari, a young prodigy learns a secret, something dark hidden behind it's perfect walls, he teams up with his new found friends to uncover this mystery that leads to even bigger revelations.

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Title: Pregnant to the Mafia Lord . Synopsis: Alessia is a daughter to a powerful mafia boss. She craves freedom from her family's criminal empire. Unknown to her there was a secret within her family that kept her fighting for justice. During a night party she met a mysterious stranger by the name Luca which resulted in a passionate one night stand. Alessia wasn't aware that Luca is a werewolf and a rival mafia's family enforcer. Months later Alessia discovers she was pregnant she kept the secret from her family only informing Luca about it, this made Luca have an unexplainable bond between her despite their families bitter rivalry. As Alessia's baby bump grows, her father begins to suspect, realizing her pregnancy which he quickly arranges her marriage to a loyal associate, unaware of her secrets Luca appears claiming Alessia as his mate but she rejects him, fearing her father's wrath. Will Lucas and Alessia love prevail? Or will their families' hatred tear them apart?.