FREE completed novels/novellas

FREE Completed

Novels/Novellas

Click on the cover to read a FREE 3-chapter teaser.

Click on the cover to go to a FREE 5-chapter teaser of "Again".

Click on the cover to read a FREE teaser of "Why Clichés."

Click on the cover to go to a FREE 5-chapter teaser of "See Her".

Click on the cover to read the FULL copy of "XO" for FREE.

Click on the cover to read the FULL copy of "Pale Shelter" for FREE.

Click on the cover to read the FULL copy of "Two" for FREE.

Click on the cover to read 5 chapters of "Labyrinth" for FREE.

Complex - Teaser

Started January 2021 – Completed October 12, 2021 (not counting post-completion edits)
JC Age: 20-21

Complex is now available in Kindle ebook and Amazon paperback for purchase! Click on the cover to read a FREE 3-chapter teaser, or click here to go to "Complex" in the "Published Novels" page of this website.

Synopsis:

This transformative phase in the life of eighteen-year-old Em Escobar involves the dawn of adulthood in a society dominated by the rise of online influencers. Through Em’s thoughtful and quick-witted perspective, Complex follows a journey of self-discovery, unusual fame, and even danger.

Again - Teaser

Started December 8, 2018 – Completed July 28, 2020 (not counting post-completion edits)
JC Age: 17-19

Again is now available in Kindle ebook and Amazon paperback for purchase! Click on the cover to read a FREE 5-chapter teaser, or click here to go to Again in the "Published Novels" page of this website.

Synopsis:

"It doesn’t help someone who’s trapped in a day to look to the future, and I realize that it doesn’t help someone trapped in pain to look to the healing."

Jane Conquest's 8th novel follows the story of Nia Khamsi, an 18-year-old senior at Mayor Independent High School. After an unimaginable tragedy devastates Mayor's small, tight-knit community, Nia finds herself facing a challenge just as unexpected and confusing as her new life as a teenage mom.

Why Clichés — Teaser

Started July 28, 2016 – Completed July 17, 2019 (not counting post-completion edits)
JC Age: 15-18

Some of you may remember Why Clichés from @JaneConquestBackup! It has been temporarily taken off of Amazon due to revisions.

Synopsis:

REMINDER: None of the short excerpts included in this story are from real books. I made them up, lol.

Jane Conquest’s advice book on reading and writing Why Clichés is directed at a much broader audience than just readers and writers. Through Conquest’s comedic “examples” of poorly-written work–based off of real amateur content she observed during her time being “Internet famous” on a website for readers and writers–Why Clichés offers a plethora of ideas on how to improve one’s reading and writing skills. But that’s not all… Why Clichés has memes, self-learned etiquette for both traditional and online authoring, and the lifelong experience of a very unique–and very obsessed–perspective on the modern world of literature.

See Her - Teaser

Started June 13, 2016 – Completed September 22, 2016 (not counting post-completion edits)
JC Age: 15

See Her was my debut novel on Amazon and is now available on Amazon paperback and Kindle ebook for purchase! Click on the cover to read a FREE 5-chapter teaser, or click here to go to See Her in the "Published Novels" page of this website.

Synopsis:

In which a boy meets the purple-haired girl of his dreams, but soon finds their love to be anything but dreamy.

XO

Started July 10, 2017 – Completed June 24, 2018 (not counting post-completion edits)
JC Age: 16-17

I do intend to publish XO eventually, but for now the FULL version is posted for FREE here on janeconquest.com! Click on the cover to read, and enjoy!

Synopsis:

In the wake of a nuclear war, North America has been reduced to a desert wasteland, and systems of order have disintegrated. Sparse towns and cities are separated by miles of barren terrain populated by nocturnal Hungries—diseased humans with cannibalistic rage brought on by a drug being created and distributed illegally.

When Esmeralda Watson, a seventeen-year-old with a strange past and a dark set of skills, is approached with an offer she can't refuse, she sets off on a quest far bigger than anything she could have ever imagined.

Jack Ivory, the twenty-year-old task agent assigned to protect the remaining population of the South, has his curiosity piqued when he discovers the infamous Thorn Killer walking the streets of his investigative town.

Jack and Esmeralda set off together on a fantastic journey of love, loss, deception, and blood.

Pale Shelter

Started December 14, 2017 – Completed January 4, 2018 (not counting post-completion edits)
JC Age: 17

I wrote all 55,000 words of Pale Shelter in 21 days. It is the first draft of Complex, although Complex completely transformed the story and characters. Click on the cover to read the FULL version of Pale Shelter, posted for FREE here on janeconquest.com. Enjoy!

Synopsis:

Em Escobar, an anxiety-ridden teenager from urban Texas, suddenly finds herself thrown into the heart of Los Angeles, surrounded by celebrities from all walks of life. Join Em on her journey of love, loss, friendship, and betrayal during her new life in California.

Two

Started January 25, 2016 – Completed April 11, 2016 (not counting post-completion edits)
JC Age: 15

I have no intention of publishing Two anytime soon. Click on the cover to read the FULL version of Two for FREE, which will stay posted to janeconquest.com indefinitely.

Synopsis:

Together.

Labyrinth - Teaser

Started March 10, 2014 – Completed October 20, 2014 (not counting post-completion edits)
JC Age: 13-14

Labyrinth is far from my best work (obviously, I was 13-14), so I've only made 5 chapters of it available here.

Synopsis:

Six kids' lives are changed forever after they wake up in a spotless prisoxn, forced to choose between everything–and everyone–they love. Follow Vengeance, Wes, Andy and others through their journey of survival, friendship and love as they survive the horrors of the notorious Labyrinth underneath the evil Mastermind's ever-watching stare.

By Jane Conquest
www.janeconquest.com
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