Adopted by a Killer’s Granddaughter

Every time I kill, I inherit my victim’s memories and talents—but the world only sees a grieving, overlooked girl. My first victim was my own grandmother; my second, the class prodigy. Now, with the SATs looming, my best friend Natalie is next on my list—because being average was never an option, and I’ll do anything to escape the life I was born into.

After a century as a forgotten ghost, Lillian is thrust into the battered body of a grieving girl whose decorated mother was betrayed and erased by those in power. Now, with the fury of two broken souls and a murder weapon from her own grave, she’ll expose the lies, confront her killer father, and shatter the legacy that destroyed them both. But with the Reaper watching and the President’s blood magic standing in her way, can she claim justice before history repeats itself?

Forced to be her stepsister’s errand girl, an unloved foster daughter stumbles into a deadly game when she kidnaps the Governor’s infamous son. As twisted family loyalty and dangerous secrets close in, she must choose: betray her own heart, or become the villain’s next victim. One wrong move, and everything she’s ever known could burn.

Death was supposed to bring peace—but for Maddie’s family, Grandpa’s hunger only began in the grave. On the sweltering third night after his passing, Maddie hears her grandfather’s voice—starved and desperate—echoing from his coffin, demanding barbecue. When Grandma burns herself alive in the old stove, the family dismisses Maddie’s warnings as childish nightmares, even as the body count rises and the caskets multiply under the funeral tent. Each night, the voice grows hungrier, craving flesh and turning kin against kin. As ancient vigil rituals fail and whispered secrets unravel, Maddie must face a monstrous truth: some hungers never die, and some family curses demand a final, terrible sacrifice. Who will be devoured next—and can Maddie break the cycle before the skinwalker claims them all?

My little sister died as a decoy so the Sullivans could survive, and my father called it fortune. Now orphaned and branded by betrayal, I’m forced to serve the girl who once humiliated me—my childhood tormentor, now my master. But as secrets, blood money, and forbidden promises bind us, I’ll do whatever it takes to make them all pay for what they stole from me.

Ten years after my death, the system drags me back—scarred, memoryless, and forced to save the ruthless villain who destroyed the world for love. But everyone knows his late wife was his obsession, and every imposter before me has died horribly. The twist? My new name is Natalie Carter—his wife’s name—and even his icy son suspects I’m not who I claim to be.

When his bullied daughter is pulled lifeless from the river, Derek refuses an autopsy and takes hush money from the rich girls’ families—earning the town’s hatred and his ex-wife’s scorn. But behind his cold mask, Derek is hunting for the truth, even as the parents of the guilty turn to violence and revenge. In a town obsessed with SATs and status, how far will a father go when justice is for sale?

Family never lets go—even after betrayal, even after death. When Colin’s half-brother’s accident throws his life into chaos, a single desperate phone call drags him into a twisted inheritance plot and a custody battle with a cunning niece and a manipulative stepmother. Every decision is haunted by the echoing voice of a cosmic comment section, warning of schemes, traps, and a future where he’s the one destroyed. But this time, Colin remembers everything—and he’s not playing by their script. Will he outsmart the family that ruined him once, or is he doomed to repeat the same nightmare? What if the real enemy is the one smiling right at him?

Death never scared my family—until the day Grandma died and a stray cat brought her back. In Maple Heights, rumors fly faster than the autumn leaves, and nothing sets tongues wagging like a resurrection in broad daylight. Now, as ghost stories and Appalachian folklore collide on our front porch, my paralyzed grandma is walking, the neighbors are whispering about zombies, and Mom is laying down lines of rice to test the truth. But when Grandma’s hunger returns—and the kids start seeing fangs in the dark—one family dinner might turn into our last. Is blood thicker than superstition, or have we invited something into our home that won’t let us go? How do you save the ones you love when they come back…wrong?

When a call reports a little girl and her grandmother swinging in the dark, officers arrive to a nightmare: the child is dead, but the old woman keeps pushing her, lost in a memory loop. As grief, guilt, and dementia blur reality, a video reveals the girl’s final moments—her face twisted in terror, her corpse letting out an impossible, haunting laugh. Was it just a tragic accident, or did something unspeakable happen on the playground that night?

I died a nobody and woke up in a trash can, only to be adopted by Chicago’s coldest, most broken heirs. Everyone thinks the Harris twins are destined for heartbreak, used and discarded by the main couple—but I refuse to let their story end in tragedy. If I have to cry, scheme, and outshine the leads as a baby, I’ll rewrite fate and steal the family I always dreamed of—no matter who I have to outwit.

Pregnant and craving peace, Rachel’s world shatters when her husband’s ruthless grandmother storms in—killing her beloved dog, stewing him for dinner, and forcing her to kneel to a turtle. But Rachel’s no stranger to family warfare, and she won’t let a monster-in-law destroy her home. The real battle begins when Rachel serves up the old lady’s own secrets—shell and all—at the dinner table.