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Karmic Hearts by JhingBautista
JhingBautista
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Karmina Joan's Valentine's wish resulted in her seeing red strings connecting people's fingers. Suddenly, Cupid appeared, instructing her to collect six pairs of connected hearts by the following Valentine's Day to revert to her normal life. Failure would condemn her to a perpetual role as a matchmaker. *** Karmina Joan, a romance author, becomes numb to love after years of crafting stories about it. While attending her cousin's wedding, she encounters Cupid, who assigns her the task of uniting six pairs of souls before Valentine's Day or face eternal matchmaking. Through her journey, Karmina learns about the stages of connection from Cupid and grows fond of him. After completing her mission, she awakens from a coma, realizing Cupid was merely a dream. Yet years later, she meets someone resembling Cupid, named Eros, her genuine soulmate. Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish, a combination of Tagalog & English. Cover Design by Louise De Ramos
Finding Humanity by NinaMarks
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After escaping a stalled elevator into a zombie apocalypse, Emily must learn how to trust people again or risk losing everything in this terrifying world. ***** For Emily, every day of the last two years have been a blur. She keeps her head down, takes her college courses online, and only goes out to work at her mandatory internship. But all that changes on the day the office elevator breaks down, leaving her trapped when the screams begin. And when the doors finally open, revealing a dystopian world ruined by bloody teeth and disease, Emily is launched into a terrifying run for her life, caught between the strangers she's not sure she can trust and the man-eating monsters that hunger for her flesh. Now she must learn not only how to survive in this new and dangerous world, but also how to overcome her own inner demons before they cost her something more precious than her life. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[Promoted by AMC]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: The story contains some gore, violence, strong language, and dark themes. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
In Case You Die (A Collaborative Novel) by purpleyhan
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Private investigator and necromancer Lawrick Stryker takes on cases for money with no attachments or feelings involved...until he meets Alvis Sullivan, the girl he is willing to save from a rogue soul no matter what it takes. *** After taking over a private investigator business, Lawrick Stryker makes a name for himself in the city of Creos. His cases have a hundred percent success rate, but solving them comes with a hefty price. Clients pay no matter the cost, and Lawrick makes the most of it, for he can find anyone here and in the afterlife. He usually dissociates himself from his clients, but when he meets company heiress Alvis Sullivan, all hell breaks loose. Now interested in the correlation of Alvis to the recent deaths in Creos, Lawrick decides to make a move. Can Lawrick solve this case and catch the rogue soul wreaking havoc in Creos before it's too late? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish, a combination of Tagalog & English. Cover design by Louise De Ramos.
Wind Chime (A Lucid Dream Spin-off) by alyloony
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Lavender is in love with Yuan, the perfect guy--kind, sweet, charming, and a musician like her. The problem? He's not real. He only exists in her dreams. *** Lavender Laxamana can't sing or play the guitar in front of anyone anymore. She hides in her dreams where she can perform and play music to her heart's desire with Yuan. Lavender has already accepted that the man she loves is just a figment of her imagination, but when she crosses paths with Aki, a starting artist who goes by the name of Musikero and looks and sounds like Yuan, Lavender is hopeful they can finally be together in real life. But reality slaps her in the face when she finds out Aki is the exact opposite of Yuan, and he loathes her. While Lavender struggles to find the connection between Yuan and Aki, can she finally find the courage to stop escaping from reality--no matter that Aki may be in love with another woman? And can she finally face the rhythm and beats of her heart and pursue her passion again? How far will she go--or not go--for her dreams? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Regina Dionela
Damien by the_rebellionxx
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Damien Stryker is a ruthless billionaire, but when Serena Mclane is forced to marry him, she hopes to find the mercy behind his cold eyes and strong hands. ****** Damien Stryker, a domineering billionaire, is someone you don't want to get close to. Unfortunately for Serena Mclane, she doesn't have much of a choice. Always at the mercy of her family's name and legacy, Serena has to do as her father says. So when her father forces her into an arranged marriage with the one and only Damien Stryker: the truth comes out. Secrets are unveiled, and love starts to bloom. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]
Day After Day by masonfitzzy
masonfitzzy
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Each day she wakes up in a different body, not knowing who she is, and each night that body dies. She is the Reaper Syndrome, and she's desperate to know why. ***** She doesn't know what's happening. Each day she wakes up in a new body, not knowing who she is. She has to pretend to be the person, and at the end of the day her new body dies. The media have a name for these deaths: the Reaper Syndrome. No one believes it's a person jumping from body to body, until Joe. He's a conspiracy theorist, but she can make him listen. He trusts her, and he can also see the mysterious man, Samael, that's following her. Why is this happening to her? Who can she trust? Every day it takes her to end the Reaper Syndrome, another person dies. She doesn't want the last victim to be her. *2021 Wattys Shortlisted*
Lucius by cosmicgh0st
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To save her brother, Veronica decides to dig up a vampire's grave and must grapple with the dangers that come with fraternizing with a killer. ***** There's a reason buried things should stay buried. Desperate to save her dying brother, Veronica digs up Lucius' grave--a notorious vampire with endearing charm and a thirst for redemption. Ignorant to the spotlight now on her family after releasing a killer back into the world, Veronica must grapple with her new reality while Lucius is forced to finally face the ghosts from his past, pulling him into the hell he helped create. As enemies begin to draw closer, Veronica finds herself having to choose a side, and leaning toward one she never thought she would. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Ren Tachibana
A Different Virus: Heartfire by CrystalScherer
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In the future, everyone who's bitten by a zombie turns into one... until Diane doesn't. Seven days later, she's facing consequences she never imagined. * * * * * As civilization collapses under a relentless wave of zombies, Diane and her friends take shelter in a military base. However, while she's rescuing another survivor, Diane gets bitten by one of the monsters. She hides it and runs away, knowing she only has days left to live. But she soon discovers she isn't turning into a zombie - she's turning into something else. --------- Excerpt: I looked up and stared. My reflection looked back at me in the mirror of the dark room. My eyes were literally glowing, there was no mistaking it. It was not a reflection of light, or any of the other excuses I had used or others had assumed. They were glowing a light sapphire blue color. It was not a bright glow, but it was definitely a glow. Glowing eyes were not normal. Okay, at this point I had to admit it, I was no longer normal. What was I then? For that, I had no answer [[Word count: 495,000]] Copyright August 2016. All Rights Reserved. Readers may not copy, alter, or steal this story. Fanfictions are allowed to use my *world* and *zombie rules* as long as credit is given. Cover was lovingly made by JimenaVivancoo.
An Impossible Deception by Spiszy
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FOR FANS OF BRIDGERTON. To save her family's reputation, Isabella must impersonate her twin sister to deceive her sister's husband in a scheme that depends on her not falling for him. ****** Identical twins Isabella and Arabella Garvey have nothing in common except their looks: where Arabella is a confident socialite, Isabella hides from society, ruined by scandal. But when Arabella runs away with a secret lover to escape her loveless marriage, Isabella must impersonate her sister in order to save her family's reputation. The only problem? In order to outfox Arabella's cruel and clever husband, Isabella must start living with him, and it doesn't take long for her to discover a passionate and respectful man under his icy exterior. But is she willing to destroy her sister's reputation in order to be with the man she loves? [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
POSSESSIVE 21: Knight Velasquez by CeCeLib
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Knight Velasquez would willingly and silently sacrifice himself in order to protect the people he cared the most about, even if it meant endless trouble and deceit. But his life soon took a quick turn when he fell for the woman who saved him from his world of pain. ****** To ensure the safety of his beloved brother and friends, Count Knight Velasquez would willingly suffer through his domineering father's punishments. However, just as he reached his limits and desired to give up, a certain Sweet Monday Lopez unexpectedly came into his life and saved him. Before meeting Knight, SM can be said to be living an ordinary life with a fair share of painful past but they soon realize that ordinary is an understatement and their love comes with a price. DISCLAIMER: This is a Filipino language story. WARNING: WITH MATURE CONTENT COVER DESIGN: Ren Tachibana