||WATTY'S SHORTLIST 2023|| [LGBTQ+ New Adult Fiction] When Mia Cunningham leaves her hometown in coastal Maine at 11 years old after her mother's death, her best friend, Leila Sutherland, gifts Mia a seashell "so she can hear the ocean and remember her home." Over a decade later, the two young women are beginning to n...
I stared at the contract, this was crazy. A fake relationship for money? This couldn't be real. But I thought of mom and Charlie back in Chicago. Where they live even worse than I did. If I took the money, I could send them more money, hell, I could move them out here with me. We could live comfortably for a while. "W...
[COMPLETE] Peyton King is the popular girl at school. She's known for her cold attitude towards everyone, but despite her cool exterior, guys want her and girls envy her. What people don't know about her is that she's into girls. Peyton hates her high school life and can't wait until she goes away for College. That is...
Dani Lennox has a secret she's been keeping for half of her life. She's in love with her best friend Mia. The only problem is that Mia is straight, or at least that's what Dani thinks. Sometime's she'll catch Mia staring at her adoringly, but best friends do that, right? After Mia comes home after 2 years traveling a...
At the ripe age of twenty-seven, Nokomis Reed's love life has come to a screeching halt -- which is why when her mother nominates her to be a contestant on a reality TV show, she reluctantly says yes. Nokomis soon finds herself in a strange new world, living in a house with twenty other women, each vying for the atten...
From a very young age, Samantha Poulsen knew she was different from other girls-the unrequited crush on her best friend, Andrea, was just the tip of the iceberg. But when the earth's temperature plummets, and you and your family are just looking to survive, things like finding a girlfriend or being in love become triv...
(Book 4) *complete* The first three: 1, Alberta 2, Willa and 3, Harper It's been three months that Harper and Teddy have been parted by a lie, a deception, and a lot can happen in three months, especially when you're heartbroken. What has Teddy been up to in Turkey? And when the truth of Ethan's deception is revealed...
(Book 3) *complete* The first being Alberta, the second being Willa. Harper Jameson is nearly finished college, her father has her mission paperwork all sent in and she awaits her calling but something is about to change the trajectory of her life, or someone. One night of poor decisions when she had done everything...
Fresh out of law school, Sutton is eager to climb the ladder at her new job. But on her first day of work, she comes face to face with an unexpected colleague--her ex-best friend and first love, Ada. Forced to work together, Sutton and Ada must untangle the complicated feelings they've always had for each other--feeli...
The story of Emma, who believed that her life was said and written, without ups and downs, without new adventures like those that leave you breathless. With a good job, friends, a dreamy boyfriend when suddenly a hurricane arrives to move everything out of place, a hurricane with a woman's name...
(Book 2) *complete* The first being Alberta. (Willa is not a retelling of Alberta it is quite different with an array of new characters who follow through to the next books... so please don't skip it if you plan on reading the series or you will miss out) Willa Jameson has been hopelessly in love with her best friend...
When eighteen years old Elis moves to spend the summer back in her hometown to face long hidden woes, she meets a sixteen years old girl called Gray, who makes her uncover a whole new old apart from her grief. *** The lake house didn't exactly hold many good memories for Elis, so she greatly despised that her parents...
"It took me five seconds to fall. The impact on my chest jarring my body but not my mind. I suppose this is the point where your life is supposed to flash before your eyes as time itself freezes - and it did in a way. But I didn't relive my life physically like walking through an old memory, déjà vu in each step. It w...
(Book 1 of 7) *complete* I fell for Alberta Anderson when I was a teenager, she was my childhood best friend. It was a slow and steep descent into an all-encompassing love. To be Allies favourite person in the world, and yet to yearn for more...to dare to yearn for more. It was torturous, and before I would ever get t...
In a world where nothing is freely given, how much can they give when there may be nothing for them in return? Heartbreaks... Love... Everything in between... And hopefully, a happy ending! © All rights reserved
On the eve of a person's 21st birthday, they have a Dream. In their Dream, they see their Soulmate. Cammie, who has been with her boyfriend for the last four years, is confident that she will Dream of him. But on the eve of her 21st birthday, her entire world is turned upside down she not only doesn't see Her boyfrie...
Riley Brenan should've had the life she dreamed of when she was young. A good job, a lovely house and a beautiful wife. But life had other plans. When faced with making a life changing decision to protect someone she loves, Riley is forced to abandon everything she has ever known and cherished. Four years later, Riley...
(GirlxGirl) Laura Spafford had already known success at age fifteen. She was a rising athlete with her life ahead of her, a couple of acting jobs on the side, and advertising deals that paid her for breathing. But after an accident ruined her career and shattered her dreams, life threw her into a tornado of disappoint...
Audrey is a 24 year old who was used to working hard to help out her family. Something horrible happens though and all she can think about was the one girl that got away from her. Holland is a 25 year old Medical Student with the dream of helping children. She had avoided going back to her family for years for fear of...
Addison Torres has been traumatized ever since she was ten years old. A past experience has lead her down a completely different path, which doesn't involve any physical contact from another person. She's been to therapy countless times, which none of them could help her. She takes medication for her disorders, which...
Maddie Collins is a successful lawyer in London who heads to Vegas for her best friends hen party for the weekend..she awakens on her final morning with more than a hangover... (Completed) (Editing as of March 2020 ✔️ 👈 on the chapters that have been edited)
After the summer break, Sasha goes back to Seville and to work with a broken heart and pretty much no idea what the future holds for her. The only person she's ever considered family has abandoned her after a seven-year relationship, and she feels completely lost. The only thing she knows for sure is that she can coun...
When Lacey graduated from college she had her life planned to a 'T', secure her dream job, find a new apartment, and maybe get a cat - that was a year ago.
A deeply moving love story that will throw you into an emotional roller-coaster of learning the diverse facades of love. "Her presence took hold of every single person inside that room, that kind of power over people was inebriating. She reminded me of a fox looking right at its prey and still, even though the prey k...
The story of how a shy elementary teacher still exploring her sexuality becomes involved with two of her student's mother. - *Contains strong language, mention of alcohol abuse, and mature scenes solely for the purpose of the storyline I own all the rights to this story. This story is a work of fiction. All characters...
After disappearing for the rest of her senior year, Nova is an enigma most people don't want to mess with. She thought she could come back to school and maintain a low profile, but her cursed reputation is making it harder than she imagined. She's now a second-year senior and old trouble is following her like a moth...
She's got the looks, the money, and the recognition, but she's missing one thing. On the outside, Mya Stone has the perfect life anyone would be envious of, but on the inside, she's heartbroken and alone to pick up the pieces. Having to attend the Santa Praiser Business Summit to represent her department, Mya is sure...
Emery Randolph swore she would never return to her hometown the day she graduated and left for college, but its eight years later and her father is getting married. It was the kind of invitation you cannot say no to yet all your senses are screaming at you to run. Emery had been running for eight years, from the one g...
Shawn Reyes is a typical, closed off, impatient, cocky, stubborn, introverted woman. Okay, so maybe she isn't a typical girl. But neither is York Grey. Shawn has never know the expansions of love like those that York has shown her. And although it terrifies her, in every single way, she can't say no to York. Shawn an...