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The Star and the Ocean (Book 1 in the Starborn Series) by star-powered
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When May Alana's wish on a star brings a stranger to her remote island home, the pair must survive a deadly magical conflict in order to be together. ***** When May Alana, a scorned and anxiety-ridden young woman, finds a stranger on the beach of her remote island home, she wonders if this is the adventurous, accepting, and loving answer to her otherwise cloistered life. But as the pair grow closer, the stranger entrusts May with her brilliant secret: that she is half-Star in possession of otherworldly powers, and that a violent group of Star worshippers are out to destroy her. So if they want any chance of being together, they'll have to survive a deadly conflict between humans and mythological creatures first. THE STAR AND THE OCEAN is Book 1 in the Starborn Series Book 2: THE WIND AND THE HORIZON Book 3: THE FIRE AND THE SKY Cover illustration by Brittany Willows (@BrittanyMWillows) [[Watty Winner]] [[Wattpad LGBT Book of the Month]] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]
Unexpected Love by Blakeblida
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Clarke is on a airplane to go to England to marry a man she doesn't love when the plane she is on crashes in the middle of the ocean. She meets a woman that also survived and it changes her whole world
of all the stars by hannagustin
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Ki Katashi was the quiet girl with the loud mouthed best friend; one tragedy away from completely losing it. Lyra Meclane was the athletic superstar from the east coast just trying to finish out her last few years with a fresh start. Kennedy High School was a cesspool of careless teenagers and your typical cliques vying for attention in an unforgiving world of relationship drama and who-did-what's. Ki sank away into a world that was separate from the rest and hoped that no one saw her. Lyra couldn't avoid being looked at no matter how hard she tried. Neither one of them wanted attention. Both of them got it where they weren't expecting it.
CHASING CHARLIE GRAY by ManicAddict
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" US OLYMPIC SWIMMER CHARLIE GRAY FORFEITS" " WHAT HAPPENED TO OLYMPIC SWIMMER CHARLIE GRAY?" Charlie Gray stopped swimming . Though the reason was unclear one thing was certain, she'd never get back into the water. When Gia gets assigned to be partners with the girl who's hardly ever at school she doesn't think things would turn out the way they do until she meets the girl behind the headlines.
All is Found by findinglove9499
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With her life crumbling around her, worldwide popstar Ashlyn 'Ash' Monroe finds herself standing on the wrong side of the railing overlooking the river. Just when she thinks she is going to be free of this life, a lifeline pulls Ashlyn back over the railing. Will Ashlyn be able to free herself from the contract she wanted to end her life over? What happens when she starts having feelings for the woman who saved her life? TW: Talk about suicide throughout Highest Rankings: #1 musicislife 2/25/2021 #2 gxg 9/9/2020 #5 girlxgirl 9/8/2020 #20 girls 9/22/2020
Valeria Torres and the Midas Vault by Rogue705
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🌟2020 Watty's Winner🌟 A sixteen-year-old orphan, hoping to find a new family, joins a faction of Rogues and becomes vital in their conflict with a rival faction. *** For as long as she can remember, Valeria Torres has always been the girl no one cared about. Having immigrated to the United States as a child after her parents' deaths, she tried to play by the rules as she navigated orphanages, homelessness, and a juvenile detention center. But her luck is about to change. Valeria discovers the Rogue Faction; a group of outlaws who use real world and mystical talents to steal from the wicked and give to the poor. Things seem to click into place as she joins a new family in New York City, goes back to school, trains as a Rogue, and makes new friends. But when Valeria discovers that two of her new friends are teenagers from a rival faction, she finds herself thrust into the middle of a conflict that could determine the fate of the world. ------------------ A story that combines elements of Harry Potter, Batman, and Robin Hood with a unique female protagonist in a GxBxG love triangle. Winner of a 2020 Watty Award, with the following review: "It's super original, and dang, it's got so much heart. We love all the characters and their relationships. The plot covers difficult topics, but handles everything so well. You can't not fall in love with this story. We love the LGTBQ2+ and Hispanic main character as well!" [Updates] *3rd place in Adventure Category for the 2020 Ocean Pearl Awards! *Selected for the @BootcampMentors program by TeaNHeartache! *1rst place in Fantasy and honorable mention for the 2020 Rose gold awards! *1rst Place in Adventure for the 2020 Diluculum Awards *1rst Place in Adventure for the 2020 Red Cloak Awards *2020 Watty Award Winner for Science Fiction! (Even though I entered it as more of Urban Fantasy ;)
The Trial Period by ASMorrow
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This is a FREE story with PAID bonus chapters. Lizzie and Parker couldn't be more opposite, except for their inability to sustain romantic relationships. They can't stand each other - but when they take on the challenge to date for thirty days to fix their horrible dating habits, the line between fake and real starts to blur... ***** Lizzie's relationships have never lasted a week. Parker's have never lasted more than two. But being dating disasters might be the only thing they have in common. Tired of their constant fighting, a mutual friend challenges them to date each other for thirty days. What they didn't expect was for the trial period to be so sweet. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Cover designed by Adam Budny
The Night The Vampires Came Sample (Available on Amazon) by KateLorraine
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Ailith has had a secret crush on popular girl Holly since high school. When vampires kill everyone they ever knew, will Ailith finally get a chance to tell Holly how she feels? Who is the little boy who keeps appearing in Ailith's dreams? More importantly, will Ailith survive the rainstorm that is turning the entire world into blood-drinking monsters? *** Editor's Choice November 2020, August 2021 | Watty Paranormal Winner 2020 *** Ailith Ying is a college student whose family is turned into vampires during a toxic rainstorm. Her only hope of saving them is to find an elusive and rare medicine known as a Lumin pill. Unfortunately, she is kidnapped and taken to Miami by two of her friends who are on the run from the vampire horde. Soon, as the infection spreads across America, Ailith must find her way back to her family and save the world. **** Our world is dying. We thought the end of times would come from the plague, from disease, from war - it came from beneath the Black Waters. Cover designed by Frances Louise De Ramos