In the world of magic there are only two options: learn control, or risk becoming the one thing everyone fears. On the anniversary of her parents' death Mara Collins must face more than her own grief; she must face a hidden world. When a series of accidents over the past eleven years leads to her discovery of witches and magic, Mara must make the decision to leave her life behind in order to hone her new abilities or stay and risk the chance that her powers could rage out of control. When people discover Mara is a descendant of one of the most powerful witches in history, they start to believe Mara will follow in her ancestor's footsteps. No pressure, right? Not everyone is excited to hear of Mara's potential power, and some even want to stop her. With a Fae for a roommate, a witch for a mentor, and a Werewolf Prince for a friend everything seems to be looking up. But when friends turn to enemies, who can Mara go to for help? who can she trust? Will she be able to control her powers before they turn her into the one thing everyone fears?

❛ I was afraid, yes. Frightened to the bone and undoubtedly exactly where they wanted me to be. I just stopped showing it. Stopped giving them more reasons to taunt me. ❜ After the mysterious disappearance of two women at her University, the twenty-four year old Earie Fiddes finds herself thrown into a world she previously only thought existed in the stories her grandmother used to tell her as a child. Determined to find a way back home Earie ends up trapped in a destiny filled with lies, betrayal, and fae. Who can you trust amongst the light and shadows? Current word count [12-08-2021]: 68.5k words Cover by: me [@leannansithe] Highest rankings: #2 - Faeries [25-04-2021, 01-10-2021 - out of 4.7k stories] [FIRST DRAFT COMPLETED - CURRENTLY UNDER REVISION]

Two estranged sisters must use their paranormal gifts to prove themselves innocent when a college student goes missing. Having escaped her dysfunctional past, Jess has been quietly enjoying her normal college experience. But all that changed the night she got arrested. Now with her sister, Ash, crashing back into her life, and the disappearance of her housemate, the normal life she's created is at risk of falling apart. When they are both accused of being involved in the disappearance, the sisters have to set their differences aside and work together. But Ash brings more than just crystals and tarot cards. She brings a world of secrets that could either threaten their sanity or be the key to proving their innocence. Do they have what it takes to see beyond the veil to things hidden from the rest of the world? Or will their gifts swallow them, forcing them into the realms of madness and darkness?

It's the end of the semester at Chatoyant College, but that doesn't mean Corrie, Edie, and Dawn have time to do nothing but focus on their finals. A few mysteries still remain about the book that was given to them, and Corrie is determined not to leave for the winter without releasing her ex-boyfriend, Paul, from the binding spell that was put on him against her wishes. Now that she knows how magic works, it's not hard to disentangle the spell from the two of them... but her entanglement with Paul is far from at an end. Meanwhile, Edie's girlfriend is acting very strangely indeed-as is the faerie court. When winter falls, what will be sundered and what remains?

Soren never asked to be the only faerie on campus who can see ghosts. Because honestly? It's kind of a nightmare. Between dodging chatty spirits in the hallways, and constantly being late because some 200-year-old ghost will not move from the dorm entrance, Soren has enough problems. And after Soren loses his protective charm, things get worse. The ghosts aren't just harmless annoyances anymore. Some of them are dangerous. The shadows are getting darker, the spirits are getting hungrier, and Soren is seeing things that no faerie should ever be able to see. Soren would love to focus on literally anything else, like figuring out how to make a certain angel fall in love with him or passing his exams, but first? He needs to fix this before he ends up as just another ghost on campus. (Prompt #130: Protect this with your life)

Classes have finally started for the girls, but Dawn gets a shock when she discovers that the faeries aren't content to lurk in the woods and occasionally kidnap students--one of them is teaching the magic class that she and Corrie are taking. Professor Lal seems trustworthy, but is that even in a faerie's nature? Meanwhile, Edie makes a pesky new friend and they notice the existence of mysterious statues around the campus. The statues, which are all of women, have names on plaques, but despite their searches there is no information available on those names. To add to the confusion, another mysterious scream occurs, and this time it has no connection to a disappearance. Another girl on their floor, Roe, has just had a frightening vision that involves Corrie, Dawn, and Edie, but they can make no sense of it. They discover that trust must be earned, not given, and once again, that little at Chatoyant College is as it seems. Also available as a pay-as-you-wish ebook: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/701958

One death is just the beginning. Corrie, Edie, and Dawn are awakened to terrible news: a student has been killed on campus. They instantly suspect a faerie killer-but with no evidence and no suspects, it's difficult to come to any conclusions. Among the other students, rumors swirl. Why is no one investigating this death? Why was the dead girl so reclusive? Where are the police, her family, any suspects? It's finally time to ask the questions they have been unable to ask for years. Answers come with difficulty... but, in time, they come. When all is known and the dust is settled, will this death be the end of Chatoyant College?

Welcome to Stuarson, Louisiana, where three seemingly dissimilar college students, Scarlet West, Gigi Bouchard and Audri May are all trying to make it to the end of the term without their lives falling apart. Scarlet is busy obsessing over a lost library book which she believes holds the key to her mother's disappearance while also trying to recover from a less than perfect date with a boy (that she actually likes this time). Gigi is trying to hold onto the perfect life she has built in America, even if that means rejecting everything about herself that is actually real. Audri is attempting to remain invisible despite growing attention from her biology professor and an increasing amount of strange occurrences happening around her (many of which involve a wolf that won't stop appearing outside her window). This all changes one night when three students are found brutally killed-- and the three girls were witness to the horrifying ritual. Slowly, magic is reborn in the small town, and the girls learn that there is more to them than meets the eye. The one thing they have in common is the one things that threatens to force them onto different sides of a centuries old war. A new Coven is about to arise. *** Major Edits Version***

Chatoyant College reopens in the fall with a very changed landscape. Faeries all over now disdain to hide themselves with glamours. The students who remain are the brave, the desperate, and the knowing. The professors do their best to arm them with the knowledge they need, but sometimes their best isn't good enough. Corrie, Edie, and Dawn think they know what to expect from their supernatural school, but even they are not always prepared for what happens when Roe's visions come to light. This time, it's Annie who is most affected as something disturbs her sleep, waking her at all hours of the night and exhausting her. At the same time, she must reckon with seeing the last person she would ever expect-or want-to see at the front of her magic classroom... as well as seeking the courage to open her heart. Her friends want to rescue her, as they did once before, but some traps are not made to be escaped.

As Corrie, Dawn, and Edie probe the secrets of Chatoyant College, they find themselves falling ever deeper and deeper. Edie keeps disappearing, and when Corrie and Dawn look for her, they find things that might not want to be found. Is she being used and manipulated? Or is she really helping willingly? And just how far will Leila go to keep her secret? If you can't wait for the next part of In the Orchard, you can purchase or download the whole book at Smashwords now! https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/774084