Zoya Hart has been eluding her gold-digging stepmother for the last few years. Knowing that this woman will do anything to gain control of her and her late father's company, Zoya finds herself hiding out on a farm. Now, with a PI on her trail, Zoya's luck is running out in more ways than one. Roman DeRoux is fresh out of prison from a crime he didn't commit. When he arrives in Louisiana to claim the house his grandmother left him, he finds a strange girl already living there. He'll try his best to get her to leave, but ends up finding more reasons to make her stay. ⭐️ Wattpad Pick on Pumpkin Spice Romance ⭐️ Wattpad Pick on Its Sagittarius Season, Baby ⭐️ Featured on Wattpad Explorers ⭐️ Featured on Wattpad's Romance profile ⭐️ Featured on Wattpad's Spiritual profile There will be mature themes in later chapters. I will tag them in case anyone wishes to avoid.

Angie, a grieving expectant mother, must help the spirit of a little girl find the remains of twelve other children who mysteriously disappeared three years ago. ***** After the death of her twin brother, Angie Abernathy immersed herself in her painting to help her deal with her overwhelming grief. When her husband, John, finally convinces her to sort through some of Cory's belongings, she unexpectedly finds the closure she needs in the form of a map and a journal full of cryptic notes. When the notes lead her to the bodily remains of six-year-old Mary Drake, the first of thirteen children who went missing three years ago, Angie finds herself caught up in her own investigation and quickly starts to believe that Mary's bones aren't as dead as they seem to be... Content warning: This story contains mature themes, including references to the murder of children

A thirty-seven-year-old woman who never breaks the rules finds herself facing unexpected consequences after a one night stand with a younger man. * * * ☆ FEATURED ON @WattpadStars reading list (stars did NaNo), @Romance (Romance spotlight: Featured stories), @AmbassadorsNG reading list, @Wattpad reading lists (escape through stories) (strong female leads), @WattpadExplorer reading lists (#CelebrateBlackStories), (Black girl magic) (April, Editor's pick) and @ContemporaryLit reading lists (Hot picks) (contemporary romance) (celebrate women's history month)☆ Genevieve Ukaji is a successful banker still single at thirty-seven-years-old. Her mother continues to remind her to find a husband. Her colleagues gossip about her behind her back, and to make matters worse, she wakes up one morning in a stranger's bed. Regardless, she decided to push the experience to the back of her mind until the stranger unexpectedly walks into her parents' home, and she realises the big age difference between them. Genevieve is too ashamed and embarrassed of herself. She wants nothing to do with him, but it's not the same for the cute stranger. He tries his hardest to bring her out of her shell. Amidst all this, Genevieve finds out she's expecting. For the first time in her life, she would have to decide if this glimmer of happiness is enough to face the fear of what others might say about her. THIS WAS A NaNoWriMo2020 PROJECT. THIS BOOK IS COMPLETE Started: 06/11/20 Completed: 29/11/20 Edited with the help of @SabaUmmeSalma

An #OpenNovellaContest (#ONC) Ambassador Pick! Eleanor and Lydia, book 1 Armed with knitting needles and a fantastic playlist, Eleanor and Lydia set off to solve The Mystery of Novak Manor. Eleanor Albright is a spritely ninety-year-old ex-detective with more than a few skeletons in her closet and a grim determination to keep them there by hiding from the world. Her great-granddaughter Lydia is twenty-two- years old and sorely misunderstood by the world. After all, just because a girl dresses in all black and listens to My Chemical Romance doesn't mean she lacks vision or hope. Well... maybe hope. When Lord Novak calls Eleanor from his castle in a tiny, beautiful Eastern European nation with a desperate plea for help, she agrees, with mixed emotions, to come out of retirement and she talks Lydia into serving as her assistant. Now the two women must find the truth about the fearsome ghost that's haunting Novak Manor before the "ghost" finds the legendary secret treasure with the power to bring the monarchy to its knees.

Storie Sovany is used to being dismissed as the fat friend, until she moves from New York City to rural Ohio for college and the charming frat boy Liam Alexander approaches her. Torn between disbelief and flattery, Storie hopes her luck may have finally changed - but is it too good to be true? [author's note: this is not a romance!]

♡[Highest Ranking #2- newsouthafrica]♡ Cindy Whiteman is not your normal mixed race teenage girl. Born and raised in New York, at age 16 she was dragged to South Africa by her father so she can learn about her "African Roots". Instead of meeting lions on your way to school and riding elaphants on the safari, she finds that South Africa is not what she expected. Crazy aunts and hidden family secrets never crossed her mind when she entered that plane. **** If nautical nonsense be something you wish..." "SpongeBob Square Pants" Kyle came down the wooden stairs and saw the crowd that has now gathered around me. "Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish" "SpongeBob Square Pants!" "Ready?" My feet were stomping the table and Kyle was trying to get through the small crowd. He was standing on the front and he was trying to pull my leg. I stomped on his hand and continued with my act. I will not let the devil ruin my night. "SpongeBob Square Pants! SpongeBob Square Pants! SpongeBob....SquarePants" Everyone started cheering and clapping for me. I bowed down and when I rose back up, my head started spinning. The voices around me were getting smaller and the last thing I saw was Kyle's face. Just like that...I fell down on the floor surrounded by my own vomit. **** Join Cindy on her journey of learning about all the wonders of living on THE OTHER SIDE.

"Ina lebe seromo." This is a Setswana proverb that means: you are your name. Your name is your destiny, it is who you become, and it is you. Batswana, like most if not all Africans, understand that your name defines your fate. That your name shapes your life, thus for most Africans names bear deep meanings. I grew up believing the proverb. My granny would sometimes say, "Neilwe be careful what name you give your child, a child's name maps out the path their life will take." Young, naive me used to believe she was right, Boitumelo changed that. ______________________ Boitumelo Such a beautiful name, Setswana for happiness. I guess her parents thought she would bring happiness into their lives and everyone she interacted with or maybe they hoped she would have a happy life. Unfortunately her parents missed the ball with that name. They should have named her Tears, or maybe Pain. To be honest, her life story is not one filled with the happiness her parents had in mind. Hers is one filled with all the things people pray their lives have none of. ____________________ How could someone whose parents only envisioned happiness for them, be cursed with such pain? How could love turn to hate so fast? Maybe it is true that the very same thing we love is the one that kills us. ____________________ If you're looking for an easy read filled with mushy stuff and a million clichés, this is not the right book. If you're looking to read something different from your average wattpad books, then feel free to read on. Please be warned. This story deals with domestic violence and abuse, so there may be some unsettling parts in the book. Be warned.

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

Nonkululeko find out that she was born into the royal family, but is told to keep it a secret. Bandile tries to get on her good side but because of her rudeness, it makes it more of a challenge for him. Nonkululeko is bipolar. Can't control anything in her life and causes everything to crumple on top of her. Before all of this, she was at peace. Now her life is literally falling apart. . . . . . . What will she do? . Will she keep the secret that will either make our break her life? . Read to find out

The story is about a young tsonga girl who gets to meet a Zulu guy (a prince to be specific) and marries him. But remember not all that gliters is gold