Author Kellie M. Parker
thriller and fantasy stories for teens
and teens at heart
Come in, friend, and take a seat. Maybe that one right by the fire. Outside the wind may be howling and the storm raging, but in here you’ll be safe and dry. So grab a fuzzy blanket and curl up. The tea kettle is boiling and there are tales to tell.
What kind of tales, you ask? Stories that stir the heart and move the soul. The ones that inspire wonder. And maybe a few of the kind that make you glad you’re in here and not out there.
Intrigued? Then, please, by all means, pour yourself a steaming cup and stay a while.
I’m Kellie, YA thriller and fantasy author, tea drinker, and fan of all things cozy and bookish. I also write adult inspirational romantic suspense as Kellie VanHorn. When I’m not writing, you’ll find me reading to my four kids, helping my hubby with DIY home projects, and planning our next family camping adventure.
My debut YA thriller, Thin Air, is out now.
BENEATH THE DROWNING TIDE
Coming August 18, 2026 – A free novella for newsletter subscribers
In an engulfed cathedral, two sisters live trapped by the sea god’s curse.
Ever since the destruction of their kingdom, Dahut and her sister Rozenn have spent centuries trapped in a magical cathedral beneath the sea. Every seventy-six years when the comet appears, the cathedral rises to the surface, and the sea god admits one suitor who must solve a riddle within seven days or drown when the cathedral sinks.
Aodhan isn’t interested in winning a royal bride or breaking any legendary curses. He only wants to sneak in, loot the cathedral’s treasure, and get out before he’s caught. After all, when everyone thinks you’re a changeling, it’s hard to make an honest living. But when he enters before the chosen suitor, he is unwittingly trapped by the cathedral’s curse.
Forbidden from sharing the riddle’s answer, Dahut has trained herself not to care when the suitors inevitably fail and die. But the longer she and Aodhan are trapped together, the more he breaks through the walls guarding her heart. When the sea god offers Dahut a way to save Aodhan, she must decide: sacrifice her own future by marrying her captor or watch the man she loves drown.
An atmospheric, slow burn reimagining of the Breton legend of Ys, where one wrong decision could be your last… Enter the cathedral if you dare.
THIN AIR
Eight hours. Twelve contestants. A flight none of them might survive. A flight to Paris full of teenagers seeking opportunity turns deadly in this suspenseful, locked-door YA thriller. Perfect for fans of Diana Urban, Karen McManus, and Jessica Goodman.
Seventeen-year-old boarding school student Emily Walters is selected for an opportunity of a lifetime—she’ll compete abroad for a cash prize that will cover not only tuition to the college of her choice, but will lift her mother and her out of poverty.
But almost from the moment she and 11 other contestants board a private jet to Europe, Emily realizes somebody is willing to do anything to win. Between keeping an eye on her best friend’s flirty boyfriend and hiding her own dark secrets, she’s not sure how she’ll survive the contest, much less the flight. Especially when people start dying…
As loyalties shift and secrets are revealed, Emily must figure out who to trust, and who’s trying to kill them all, before she becomes the next victim.