Also: Love and Other Mishaps by the Scottish Seaside. An impulsive decision has Amera flying down to charming Scotland for old friend and classmate, Bea's wedding. The castle, courtesy Bea's royal fiancé, is the stuff of Amera's dreams, and the Scottish seaside is even more beautiful to discover. Yet, castles aren't without their dragons to slay, one of which is in the person of Vince, Bea's prickly cousin, then there are Bea's two mean girl bestfriends, one of whom with anger issues, and the other on a less than subtle mission to secure Vince at last after all these years. Throw in the rest of the wedding party, and Amera is tempted to use her return ticket. Still in all the chaos, there's Vince who she just can't shake off. He goes from expressive distaste to holding her hand and unwavering stares, but she doesn't like him, does she? What's there to like about his handsome smiles, or his gentle gestures? Nothing at all. Nemeses don't become lovers. ••• fast updates xxxx ranked: #1 Wattpadgems (6/6/22) #10 romancereads (6/6/22)

Seventeen years after the end of Gone With The Wind, Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara have a sixteen year old daughter: Eleanor Melanie Butler.

Featured on @WattpadBookShelves °•☆•*•:•*•☆•° This book is now available for purchase on Amazon. Link in bio. °•☆•*•:•*•☆•° A collection of written words confronting the reality of depression in young adolescents. Dodie brings the reader into her world often filled with dark, anxious thoughts and an unhealed inner child trying to survive in an toxic environment that resides within. Inside these pages, there is no sugarcoating the depth of damage that depression can and does cause in someone's life and the helplessness and hopelessness it feeds to the hollowed-out soul of a lost child in a big world. Explore the mind of a fallen soul written with realness and first-hand experience about the effort and pain taken to stand back up again after a brutal descent into the murky waters of self-loathing. After all, when all is lost and you find yourself standing at the bottom of the abyss, there's really nowhere else to go but up. °•☆•*•:•*•☆•° "I learn to stand still in my pain. I tell everyone that I'm okay Even though I am on fire; Ablaze in the ever-burning flames Of my toxic thoughts." °•☆•*•:•*•☆•° *All rights reserved. Neither this book nor any part may be produced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher*

"And with one little touch, everything came crashing down..." ▪︎▪︎▪︎ Life changes. And most times for the best, but for Quince Delco? Definitely for the worse. When a simple shift at work turned deadly leads to her becoming an overnight sensation, Quince doesn't know how to react. Afterall, surviving a shooting at the infamous Marina Restaurant and saving the owner's daughter all in one night isn't something she'd ever think she'd put on her resume. Yet, there she was: a hero to the eyes of so many, but even heroes have their own secrets. Things are difficult to keep buried in Kingston and Quince will have to learn that the hard way when the notorious Caleb Gonzalez comes knocking at her door with his nephew, Mateo Dela Cruz, and - at their heels - a curious reporter looking for answers. For Quince, it's a matter of differentiating allies from foes, but the line between the two is so frustratingly thin.

❝𝘊𝘖𝘕𝘎𝘙𝘈𝘛𝘜𝘓𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕𝘚. 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘏𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘉𝘌𝘌𝘕 𝘈𝘊𝘊𝘌𝘗𝘛𝘌𝘋 𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘖 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘎𝘈𝘔𝘌. 𝘠𝘖𝘜𝘙 𝘛𝘌𝘈𝘔 𝘕𝘈𝘔𝘌 𝘐𝘚: 𝘍𝘖𝘜𝘙 𝘖𝘍 𝘊𝘓𝘜𝘉𝘚.❞ Everyone at Rutherford High is familiar with the elite and anonymous group known as The Seven. When they announce a competition to win five thousand dollars, an unlikely group of students decide to band together in an attempt to win it all. But they aren't the only ones with their eyes on the prize, and with every challenge seeming more absurd than the last, they'll be forced to question just how far they're willing to go to win- and why. Join the Four of Clubs in their journey of friendship, romance, and excitement as they learn to work together to decipher the riddles and comple the dares that get them one step closer to victory. 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 (𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝) - 𝟖/𝟑𝟏/𝟏𝟖 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 (𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬) - 𝟏𝟐/𝟐𝟖/𝟏𝟗

2020 WATTYS WINNER in NEW ADULT! Oliver Ausman has been given a second chance at life, but it's hard to feel grateful when he was the one trying to end it in the first place. Returning to his normal life after being released from the hospital is hard, especially since his parent's idea of normal is made up of dinner parties, prep school, fancy suits, and fake manners-- all paired with a complete disregard for the mental health of their firstborn. He's long been fed up with it, but the final straw is when he finds out that his "father" isn't actually his father at all. Oliver decides he's had enough of the perfect facade, so he packs a suitcase and grabs his younger brother, "borrowing" his mother's car to sneak off on a trip to find his biological father. But he never expected to pick up a girl with her own similar set of problems, to be followed across the country by a money-hungry pair of criminals, or most of all, to find out that maybe this life thing isn't as bad as he thought. 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 (𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝) - 𝟏/𝟐𝟐/𝟐𝟎

Charlotte Claridge lives a life dictated by her stepmother's whims. Sent to live with one family member after another, she finally arrives in Scotland, on the doorstep of a crumbling estate abandoned by its owner. With her aunt, she spends her days mending curtains and peeling potatoes, a quiet existence that changes with the appearance of a carriage bearing a coat of arms. From out of the carriage falls Lord Hartley Cowden, Baron Aldburgh. Drunk, unconscious, and bleeding, Charlotte and her aunt carry him into his ancestral home. As he recovers in Charlotte's care, Hartley confesses to a crime that nearly sent him spiralling towards his grave. But can she entrust him with her own secrets while coaxing him back from the dead?

"Rose, I'm sorry, but your eyesight will be gone by the end of this year." Who knew one simple sentence could change a life so drastically? Rose is a normal seventeen year old girl with a normal life, normal friends, and what she thought to be normal vision. When she receives the news her vision is slowly deteriorating, she doesn't know what to think. Her life is over. What's a life without being able to see? Enter Chace, a young man who tackled Rose to the ground, mistakingly thinking she was about to commit suicide. He's handsome, suave, and has no idea why Rose is so upset. And even though she is a complete stranger, he decides he wants to help her feel better. With four months until her vision is gone forever, Rose slowly falls in love with this happy-go-lucky young man, but never reveals her problem to him. She's scared. Will he stay with her when he finds out she's going blind? Or will he ditch her when he finds out the truth?

Spray Painted Bananas is a romantic comedy about Amber, a broke temp working in a catering firm in London, who after one too many evenings scrounging free wine from wacky art gallery openings with her best friend Farrell, decides there’s no reason she can’t become a conceptual artist herself. A chance meeting with the wealthy, young art curator, Elliott Frinton-Smith, sets things off in a desirable direction. Now all Amber needs is a brilliant idea to grab the attention of the nation. Spray Painted Bananas explores love and ambition with the touch of the absurd and plenty of bananas. It is OUT NOW published under the title THE TEMP by Harper Collins.

At three and twenty, Lady Susanna Beresford is at dire risk of being considered an old maid, though she is determined that nothing but the deepest love will incline her to marry, a fact that deeply vexes her mother. As the season closes in 1810 and Susanna prepares to return home to Hertfordshire unattached, she meets the very man who will indeed change her life forever. A man whom high society would deem inappropriate and forbidden based on the very colour of his skin. But there is more to this man than meets the eye, and their meeting sets in motion a series of events that will undoubtably change society as they know it forever.