C L Matthews

Here Lives a Corpse is book one of a five-part series. You do have to read all to understand. Each one ends on a cliffhanger.Here Lives a Corpse - Oct 13thHere Lies a Saint - Dec 8thHere Loves a Sociopath - March 2ndHere Prays a Sinner - April 20thHere Saves a Killer - June 1stLife doesn't promise anything but existence.Losing Cass proved that.Everyone thinks I'm crazy.Corpse. Freak. Vampire.They called me the one who never overcame the loss of her brother, the outcast, the least likely to succeed.But what about their lies?He jumped. He wanted to die. He killed himself.When will they stop?Unraveling the secrets they founded this town with seems impossible.Detangling the bloodlines that weave the very essence of Arcadia Crest might actually kill me.Forgetting the little details I've erased from my memories as a result of love could be the catalyst of my entire story.Death brought me hatred.Hatred drove me to them.They touched me only in secret.All stories end in blood, but an oath was never part of that equation.

A Dark Bully Academy Romance

Here Lives a Corpse

Being rich is great until you become the saint of Arcadia.Gentleman.Charmer.All-star.They call me a saint, but if they knew the lies, the fallacies, and what truths I hide, I'd be labeled a proclaimed sinner.I lie, do all the bad deeds, especially if it does right by her.She's the darkness but also the light. He's my downfall but also my redemption.Two opposites, but somehow everything I've fought for.Earning her, saving him, it's all I can think of.Saint or sinner, I'll win her.Death or life, I'll protect him.Truth or lie, I'll save them.Arcadia isn't prepared for the war its wrought.Good thing I'm a fighter.No one said I'd bow down to an unworthy king

Here Lies a Saint

It's raw, it's real, it's heartbreaking, and it is so, so page-meltingly hot. - Author Mary Catherine GebhardWhat happens when your love isn't enough to save your marriage?"I do."Two words woven in love.In sickness and in health.For better or for worse.Til death do us part.And death dragged us apart.We both said those vows.But neither of us kept them.This is not one of those happy stories.Life isn't made of simple choicesand happily ever afters.It's a dark place.It's not easy.It's full of mistakes and lessons.It hurts.And in the end, those two words said in love, are the same ones said in hate."You want a divorce?""I do."Each book in the Hollow Ridge series is a complete standalone.

Inhale, Exhale

You'd think five years would be enough time to cope and move on. It's not.If anything, it's given me more unrealistic ways to deal with my loss.More pain. And even worse, a woman I don't love.A woman that isn't her.I hate her.She hates me, too.My life's a mess.My heart's nonexistent.My soul was lost long ago.Worst of all, I no longer have any fucks to give.They say you find your true love after you lose your first one.I call bullshit.

Breathe

My Peaches, We lost each other for a while, but we found each other again. I'll never stop proving my worth.Never stop making me earn you.You're worth every battle.You're worth every scar.You're worth it all.I'll never risk losing you again.I love you.- Jas

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