What's better than sex? To Naomi, it's going out with friends for delicious food, winning softball games, and having a whirlwind romance with her close friend. The only problem: despite a decade of friendship, she has yet to come out to him as asexual, and she's unsure if romance with an allosexual guy is even possible with the rotten luck she has had. Since Kieran's move to a Canadian city miles away from his unsettling past, life has felt dull. Only the near-impossible dream of hooking up with his friend gives him a spark of energy. After failing to win her affection again, he connects with a stranger in a similar situation whose refreshing honesty and unique perspective on relationships intrigue him. As Naomi and Kieran's paths cross and they help each other with contrasting goals, will they find happiness or will they want more? 4 times featured on the official Romance, Contemporary, LGBTQ, and Stories Undiscovered profiles This book is rated mature as late in the book one character experiences some suicidal ideation (but it is short and there is no attempt).

As Maria accepts being a newly single expat teacher in Thailand, she can't forget the passionate kiss she shared with her hot neighbour. Mitch, who would sooner move back to his boring tiny American hometown than commit to a relationship, is drawn to his friendship with Maria. Tom shares her dream of finding love and raising a family, but can he evoke the feelings in her that Mitch has? When faced with passion and potential heartbreak or safety and shared values, Maria must choose which risk is most worthwhile. This is Book 2 in the More to Life series. It can be read as a stand-alone or as part of the series. Cover image photo: Azlan Baharudin from Unsplash Copyright Sarah Paradis 2021

This is the Stormy Nights Reading Challenge. (Sept 2nd thru Oct 31st) Join the fun to find new stories and possibly win prizes. This is a collection of murder mysteries, horror stories, science fiction, and some humor--the perfect stories to read on a stormy night! Brought to you by @LLSanders @Monrosey @SheHopes ***Please note: Participating stories may refer to issues and situations that some readers MAY find distressing. Please read responsibly and take note of each author's individual warning for possible story triggers. ***NOT affiliated with Wattpad or Wattpad staff

Participating story in the 2022 Stormy Nights Reading Challenge! Popstar Insomniac Werewolf? Verity Jayne is harboring a secret buried so deep, even she doesn't know what it is. Until one day, she does. Or she thinks she does. Her family and friends worry that she's losing her mind. Either they're right... or they're lying to her. Alek Sinclair knows her secret, but he isn't telling her what it might be. Hired as her bodyguard, Alek's real mission is to watch Verity for signs that she's taking after her mother. Verity believes her mom succumbed to mental illness. The truth is far stranger-so strange that even Alek will be forced to reevaluate everything he thought he believed in. Verity wants to embrace who she's become, but if she does, Alek will have to finish his mission: ending her life before the world finds out what she really is... or what she's capable of doing.

《PARTLY EDITED》After failing to pursue a career in art, Charise Sinclair moves back to her parents' home in the countryside. She is heavily encouraged to get married to a successful but broken man - and she doesn't know if she's ready to commit her life to someone she hasn't yet learned to love. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 🥈NEW ADULT ✷ ASPIRANTS AWARDS 🥇TEEN FICTION ✷ FLAMES AWARDS

🎖 Featured on Teen Fiction Reading List #YA Ambassadors🎖Love or Music... Which should they choose and what price do they have to pay? Love will give Kit and Tully a future together, but music can make Tully's dream come true. Sixteen-year-old Kit has zero interest in new guy, Tully, a nobody who's always there for her. Neither of them believe a half-forgotten legend is true, but once a sleeping Celtic god awakes, it's too late to turn back, too late to refuse his offer... Love or Music... Which will they choose? Breakfast Club vibes, 1990s Ireland, Normal People banter!

When Alma, a museum curator at the Met in New York, is assigned an exhibition in partnership with the Prado museum in Madrid Spain she must work closely with the associated director, Carlos Alvarez. This won't be the first collaboration she's had with the handsome Spaniard. Not only does her wealthy Spanish-American family share a history through generations with the Alvarez family, but Alma also has a past with Carlos. While in graduate school, Alma had a passionate affair with her then Professor Alvarez. She installed Carlos in her life for two years, until the shine came off the varnish of their relationship when he returned to his wife and children in Spain. Now Alma is involved in her own complicated marriage with childhood best friend, Mick. With Carlos's return, the pressures mount in both her professional and personal lives, and the picture Alma had in mind for her future begins to change. Just like with portraiture, the faces we show the world may not always reflect the truth beneath the veneer, and sometimes a pretty frame can only contain reality for so long. Whether this period of her life is just a phase or not, she hopes the new one that begins to emerge will be her masterpiece.

I don't know where this is going. I felt like writing about these strange, historic times we're living in. Part of me wants this to be fiction, while the other part of me wants it to be non-fiction. It might just have to be what it is. Just like these times we're living in---it is what it is. We're powerless over this situation but we can find power through story, through exploration, and through surrender to what is.

A poor farmer enlists the help of a memory snatcher to discover the truth about his sister's suspicious death. *** Upper-Caldozzans have access to everything: wealth, power, advanced technology, even memories of things their overindulged bodies could never achieve. Lower-Caldozza's creators feed themselves and their families by selling their experiences to the elite through memory snatchers. When a prolific creator, Messita, dies suspiciously, her brother, Runan, a poor farmer with a grudge against the memory selling business, enlists the help of a childhood friend, now memory snatcher, Solara, to discover the truth about Messita's suspicious death. *** Cover image by Rohan Makhecha from Unsplash

When her first love falls apart, a Filipina-Canadian foodie is devastated. To salvage their relationship, Maria joins a social-media cooking contest despite her family's advice to move on. Her efforts draw him back until he reveals his loyalty to his new girlfriend. Crushed, Maria uproots her life to move to Thailand to teach English. As her vibrant photos and contest posts catch her ex's interest, the feelings she tried to suppress resurface. The stress of being a new teacher and handling Adrian's mood swings pushes Maria to her breaking point. As her new friends, including her flirty next-door neighbour, encourage her to move on, she must decide between her ex's apologies and promises, a fling with her hot, commitment-phobic neighbour, or time alone to heal and find herself. More to Life is Book 1 in the More to Life series. [Rated mature for the topic of self-harm and emotional abuse] Copyright © 2022 All Rights Reserved Cover images: Grimnoire (Emy) from Unsplash