NOVELS BY MORIAH CHAVIS
HEART OF THE SEA
A story of sisters, wicked queens, and a quest...
Sometimes you have to trust the one sent to destroy you in order to save the one you love.
Willing to do whatever it takes to save her sister, Nerissa Elliot commandeers the ship of notorious pirate, Cyrus Crow.
But Crow has a mission: kill Nerissa and earn his freedom from the Queen who's controlled him half his life. However, Nerissa harbors powers over the sea. Powers she can't control. Powers that threaten to consume her.
With nothing but a tenuous facade of an alliance and sparks between them, they set sail to face sirens, sea dragons, betrayal, and Nerissa's own uncontrollable ability. Can they find the strength to trust each other? Or will they destroy one another for the sake of their quests?
2024
Fantasy
Young Adult
Debut
The Curious Case of the Midnight Specter
She can see ghosts, but can she catch a killer?
Stornshire, England - 1890
Leighanna Pauley barely escaped consumption. Now, she's claimed by both Life and Death. Fascinated by justice and why she survived when so many others haven't, she has a new obsession: the murder of a fellow socialite. But the police have no leads.
The investigation emboldens Leighanna to attend the first ball held at the Carmine Estate. When midnight strikes, the unimaginable takes place. Time stops for everyone but Leighanna. Before her stands the ghost of the dead girl, pleading with Leighanna to catch her killer before someone else is murdered.
In a race against time, Leighanna hunts for clues across Stornshire. Will she be able to solve the case before the murderer strikes again, or will she become just another forgotten victim?
Short Stories & Novellas
Find short stories and novellas you can purchase separately from the anthologies I've been part of!
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Thorns of Winter
She can see ghosts, but can she catch a killer?
William Rhodes has always known harsh winters. Every year, the beast holds someone captive in the forest castle, and the village chooses a warrior to save her. The girl survives, but the warrior always dies. This year, Will volunteered to be the warrior. But the night before he's supposed to defeat the beast, his betrothed traps him, refusing to let the curse take the boy she loves. But winter sinks its claws deeper. Another victim is stolen from her bed: Will's sister.
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Now, both the girls he loves most are held captive by the curse.
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He travels deep into the forest to face the monster. But the beast inside is nothing like he imagined.
Sea of Sorrow
She can see ghosts, but can she catch a killer?
The mermaid queen is dying, and Kiera’s in line for the crown.
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When Kiera left her life in Marmor, the underground mermaid queendom located in the Bermuda Triangle, she forwent her tail and traded it for legs. Now, engaged to the man of her dreams, the sea calls with news that threatens to turn the tide.
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Kiera doesn’t want to give up the life she’s created for herself, but her mother’s illness draws her back to the sea of grief and to the world she left behind.
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She’s forced to decide which is stronger: her inheritance in the sea or her new life on land.
Anthologies
Below are the short story collections I have been part of. My short stories vary in their intended audience. For more information about how to read and escape into one of the many worlds below, click on each collection to learn more.
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READ SEA OF SORROW IN TIDE & SCALE, AN ANTHOLOGY FROM QUILL & FLAME PUBLISHERS.
May 2023
When a visitor from her past visits Kiera with devastating news of the mermaid life she left behind, she must choose between returning to the waves and her family or welcoming a life on land with the man she loves.
READ GHOSTS AT MIDNIGHT IN THIS ANTHOLOGY'S SECOND EDITION!
October 2022 (Ed. 2)
Leighanna doesn't believe in ghosts, until one arrives at midnight with a challenge: save her. The recent deaths in London have everyone on edge, but Leighanna will stop at nothing to stop a killer. But with the clock ticking, the killer's impatience might turn his eyes toward the girl burdened with stopping him.
READ SWAN SONG IN THIS ANTHOLOGY!
September 2022
Odessa has lived a cursed life. For almost eighteen years, she’s spent her days as a swan and her nights as the crown princess of a small kingdom. The only way to break the curse is true love’s kiss by sunrise on her eighteenth birthday. She’s convinced the man she’s loved for years is the one to give her back the day, but a series of missed opportunities have kept the curse alive. But true love might be more complicated than she realizes, and in her last hour of freedom, she’ll learn what it means to be loved and to love someone in return.
READ THORNS OF WINTER IN THIS ANTHOLOGY!
July 2022
William Rhodes has always known harsh winters. The beast holds someone captive in the forest castle every year, and the village chooses a warrior to save her. The girl survives, but the warrior dies. This year, Will intends to take the place of the chosen warrior if his name isn’t called. But the night before he’s supposed to defeat the beast, the girl he loves traps him, refusing to let the curse take the boy she loves. The castle releases the girl, but the winter sinks its claws deeper. Another victim is stolen from her bed: Will’s sister.
Now, both the girls he loves most are held captive by the curse.
He travels deep into the forest, the second in one season, to face the monster. He realizes that the beast holding the village captive is nothing like he could have ever imagined. Now, he’s racing against the winter to save the girl he loves and break the curse.
READ THE ASSASSIN'S KISS IN THIS ANTHOLOGY!
August 2022
As a Mantis, Celene spends her days--and nights--ridding the world of the most despicable of monsters: men who abuse women and get away with it. All that changes when someone close to her is taken by the monsters she hunts. For the last time, she'll rid the world of one more beast.
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