alcoholandcaffeine

It's 1893, and eighteen-year-old Catriona "Kitty" Thackery is bored out of her mind at the countryside parsonage she was raised in. All eleven of her cousins have grown up and moved out, leaving her without an outlet for her youngest-child mischief. Until cousin Joey returns from America alongside his dashing benefactor, Mr Benedict Hawkins.Educated at Eton, then at Harvard, the half-American Mr Hawkins is a worldly businessman and an only child, fascinated with the affectionate workings of the Thackery clan. He is warmly welcomed in their midst, and his exciting influence persuades the Thackery matriarch to break tradition and allow Kitty her London debut.In London, Detective Inspector Tobias Thackery has made a spy network out of his family in an attempt to locate his runaway sister, who may or may not be involved with anarchists. Kitty ingratiates herself into this scheme, her sense of adventure stifled by polite society. The risks are real, and more personal than she expects, but on her quest to self-fulfilment, she begins to enjoy the dangers.*ONC2023 shortlister! Prompt 51: The problem with red flags is that I'm attracted to them.*Completed, ~40k words.…

alcoholandcaffeine

In 2019, Aidan is a kilt-wearing tour guide on the cobblestone streets of Edinburgh. In 1919, Saoirse is a Great War nurse who's got nothing left to live for - until the sea brings a naked, unconscious man to her feet.Not one easily shocked after caring for the most broken of men in France, Saoirse takes the stranger in and tends to his wounds. Except the man is all kinds of unusual and she begins to question whether he even is a man at all. Is the grief driving her mad or is there more to the world than she ever thought possible?*Epic cover by @CEJeffery…

alcoholandcaffeine

Millennial immigrant Ingrid has quasi-settled in Berlin. She's got a place of her own, the beginning of a career and 'a conscience but not a heart,' according to her barkeep best friend with benefits, Remi. Dale is an awkward exchange student, abroad for the first time and powerless to resist Ingrid's charms when a mutual friend introduces them. He gets tangled up with her at the same time as his newfound mentor Oskar confronts Ingrid about the heartbreak she caused him way back when. Trapped between her conscience and her urge to sink her teeth into fresh prey, Ingrid must make a choice. Give the wishful-thinking fool what he wants and tear him to pieces, or let him go and hope for the best? *featured on the reading lists of official Wattpad profiles:@dangerouslove - 'Bad Girls'@WattpadUrban - 'Street Love'@BadassReads - 'The Badass Queen'@ChickLit - 'Adulthood'@Wattpad - 'Community Curator: @grendelthegood' Killer cover by @lxcksmith…

alcoholandcaffeine

Ingrid was never known to spend too long in one place and it's finally time to leave the nest she's built for herself in Berlin. An unexpected promotion after an unforgettable one-night stand takes her back to London, where her past lies in wait and her old friends have grown up without her.Ian is a doting father of two, whose business is crumbling in the wake of Brexit and whose marriage was over before it ever began. Meeting the force-of-nature that is Ingrid does things to him - things his Irish Catholic upbringing would much rather have him suppress.But Ingrid doesn't mince words and she spares no feelings. They're both coming undone together and at the end of the day...who knows what'll be left?(direct sequel to "Whiskey Latte" but it stands well enough on its own; completed)**Trigger Warnings: references to drug use, domestic abuse and sexual assaultKiller cover by @lxcksmith…

alcoholandcaffeine

Once upon a time, Ingrid had made an attempt at settling down in New York, after years of being on the run from herself. Except her American Dream turned into her worst nightmare and she hit the road again.Now, brave and bold, with a successful career at her back and a good man by her side, Ingrid dares to return to the shipwreck she abandoned. Vengeful ghosts await her and it's her friends who keep her sane - new ones that she takes under her wing and old ones who come to her rescue in the nick of time.And something...else. Something dangerously close to love. Something Ingrid can't trust herself with as the concrete jungle threatens to swallow her up. Does she even deserve to survive the demons she's come to chase?(direct sequel to Whiskey Latte and Vodka Espresso but also works standalone; completed )**Trigger Warnings: drug use, references to domestic abuse and sexual assaultKiller cover by @lxcksmith…

alcoholandcaffeine

Globetrotter Ingrid gets a fabulous fresh start when her job takes her to Melbourne, Australia. Here she meets wise and sweet Oliver, who makes her forget she doesn't have a heart.This successful stability prompts Ingrid to accept an invitation to her high school's ten-year reunion and face down her childhood demons. Old habits are hard to kill, though, and a shocking death in her rundown home village puts her new life on the line.Torn between her commitment to Oliver and the lure of a charismatic bad boy, Ingrid finds herself at a dangerous crossroads. It's all or nothing, and she never wants to go back to nothing.***Content warning: This story contains mature content and deals with or references the following themes - alcohol abuse, childhood abuse, suicidal thoughts, sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised.***Gorgeous cover by @lxcksmith…

alcoholandcaffeine

To safeguard the line of succession, lex sacrata confers inviolability upon the vampire queen at the beginning of her marriage. So, when reluctant monarch Ludmilla learns of a plot against her life, she rushes into a sham wedding with her human friend, Elliott. But this sacrosanctity is temporary, and together, they must race against the clock - and their feelings for each other - to uncover the conspiracy that threatens to ruin human-vampire peace forever.…

alcoholandcaffeine

The dancing prowess of Jun and Odile paved the way to fame for musician Vincent Friday. Seven years on, as his album sales stagnate, Vince summons the stars of his best-known music video to stage a one-night-only reunion show in Vegas. That night, however, ends in tragedy.Grief-stricken Jun swears the body in the morgue can't possibly be Odile's. He knows her too intimately to accept it. But Odile's twin passed away years ago and following Vince's shocking death, Jun is left with no one to answer his questions -- and a fierce determination to unravel the truth, even where the spotlight doesn't shine.*ONC 2021 entry; WIPPrompt #1: "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."*this story contains mature content. possible TW include suicide, drug use, death, sexual content.will try to stick to weekend updates. short-ish chapters.*YouTube Music 'soundtrack' playlist: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_rq598wjcO33Z0ir2_jblCBfYXgbzNy8&feature=share*killer cover by @shinrili…

alcoholandcaffeine

*Warning: this story deals with suicidal thoughts & themes, including a suicide attempt*Jude and Ingrid come from very different places, down very different roads - though sooner or later, all roads lead to Rome, don't they? In this case, Rome is both of them broken in Berlin, struggling to make sense of their scattered pieces.They save each other, but on people like them, salvation is wasted, really. And so are they. Wasted, that is. (no spoilers in the comments, please!)…

alcoholandcaffeine

"experiment": a course of action tentatively adopted without being sure of the outcome.An experiment is what Ingrid embarked on in London when she spilled her vanilla cappuccino all over Craig's crisp white shirt. He's good, easy fun - makes her laugh and buys her dinner. But what happens when nice-guy Craig asks more of bad-girl Ingrid than the semblance of carefree commitment she manages to muster in his presence?Will she run for the hills and leave him heartbroken in her wake...or will she continue the experiment until a less hazardous outcome naturally occurs?**Trigger Warnings: references to domestic abuse and sexual assault…

alcoholandcaffeine

Find the new version on my profile, titled Seacliff! :)In 2019, Aidan is a kilt-wearing tour guide on the cobblestone streets of Edinburgh. In 1919, Saoirse is a Great War nurse who's got nothing left to live for - until the sea brings a naked, unconscious man to her feet.Not one easily shocked after caring for the most broken of men in France, Saoirse takes the stranger in and tends to his wounds. Except the man is all kinds of unusual and she begins to question whether he even is a man at all. Is the grief driving her mad or is there more to the world than she ever thought possible?Saoirse hopes to find answers in her Aunt Aoife's diaries, since the gentle giant she rescued from the sea has no recollection of how he ended up there in the first place.*Editors' Choice, December 2020*an open novella contest entry which grew into a ~75k-word novelcompleted*prompt: "When something tragic happens, it's often said we lose a piece of ourselves. How far would you go to find these lost parts of yourself in order to be whole again?"*featured on:@WattpadHistoricalRomance - 'Traveling Through Time'@talesofthedeep - 'Fintastic Reads - Sea Creatures'…

alcoholandcaffeine

call her camelia, the metro murderess*quite graphic, gory descriptions*…

alcoholandcaffeine

all eyes were on the bubbles, but none on the bubble man.…