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Punica Granatum by kmbell92
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Daughter of Goddess Demeter and the God Zeus, Queen of the Underworld, known for her naive yet kind nature, as well as her beauty. She caught the eye of Hades, the God of the Underworld, who wanted nothing more than to make the beautiful maiden his wife. After struggling to take Persephone away from her mother, Hades finally had the love of his life at last. He assumed that once Persephone swallowed the six seeds of the pomegranate that she would be his forever. However, it was not the case. Kore Caras has always been aware of her talented green thumb, although while the people of her town know her to be a talented florist, there is so much more to the young woman. At an early age, Kore discovered her talent among plant life, how she could make even a wilting flower bloom at her will. Running a successful floral shop in town, everything seems to be going smoothly for the young woman as the days of summer draw to an end. But everything starts to take a drastic turn when Kore discovers what appears to be pomegranate seeds outside of her front door.
WALKING DISASTERS by destacia
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Four years ago, Charlie Reyes and Jonah Cavalcanti promised to die together. Four years ago, they promised to jump. He did; she hesitated, and she watched him fall to his death, too afraid to do the same herself. But little does she know, Jonah survived. He's spent all this time recovering from his injuries as well as her betrayal, but now he's back. The mysterious, haunting boy from Charlie's past is back from the dead, more confident than ever, and set on bloody revenge. When forgiveness isn't an option, the only way to stop him is to start thinking, acting like him. And maybe that's what will kill her in the end. ✦ A New Adult Horror ✦ ✦ Full e-book out now! ✦
The Last of Us by Madzalalor
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Harlow Sandoval knows how to survive. She's always been known as the 'Sandoval Survivor,' the final girl of notorious serial killer, Jason Randall. When she's asked to become the leader of a 'final girl's support group,' she knows she can't refuse. Even if escaping the horrors of her past is exactly what she wants. But when the girls start disappearing again, and Jason Randall escapes prison, Harlow knows the only way forward is to revisit her past.
Blend by addison_sweet
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✨A WATTYS 2022 PARANORMAL & "BEST CHARACTERS" WINNER✨ A college basketball star risks everything to prove his innocence with a girl who can communicate with ghosts. *** Ace Jones isn't certain about a lot of things in life, but basketball has always come easy. This is until he finds himself as the prime suspect of a murder he knows he didn't commit. Lucky for him, Devyn Brooks knows he didn't commit it either. But not because she witnessed it--she simply sees the victim as plain as day and even endures her incessant talking. Though Devyn usually does everything in her power to hide her supernatural ability, she'll have to start embracing it in order to save Ace from a common fate. And Ace will discover a deeper part of his identity that challenges his notions of the world. Will they be able to solve a case that America is so eager to pin on another Black man? ✨| FEATURED ON WATTPAD READING LISTS | ✨ 💕 Wattpad Editor's Choice Dec. 2022 💕 @StoriesUndiscovered, Thrills N Spills 2022 @SpeculativeFiction, The Crypt 2022 ⛈ A Stormy Nights Challenge Participant 2022 ⛈
A Lady's Guide to Marrying Rich ✔ by drizzlestarstone
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• WATTYS 2022 WINNER • When Iris Monet married millionaire Jared Darling, she had only one rule - that he could cheat on her with anyone except the household staff. This arrangement of theirs would have gone on quite happily if she hadn't caught him on the snooker table with their maid, and on their wedding anniversary night no less. Humiliated and more than a little drunk, Iris storms out of the house vowing never to return unless it's for a well-compensated divorce. But as the train trundles out of the city, she slowly calms down and quickly realizes that there's a problem. A big problem. Because the only thing Iris has ever done in her life is being a trophy wife. The prospect of unfunded singlehood on the cusp of her thirties is a horrifying nightmare she's unprepared to deal with. So naturally, when she lays eyes on who she thinks is the richest bachelor in Ryefair, Iris is more than ready to put her claws into him. Except, Satoh Akai isn't the richest bachelor in Ryefair - not by a long shot. And as someone who speaks better with animals than people, romance is the furthest thing from his mind. When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, anything is possible but one thing is certain - worlds will collide and hearts will burn. ✒ 17th November 2021 (start) ✒ 27th July 2022 (end)
The Vampire Always Bites Twice by AHopelessNecromantic
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Criminal necromancer & vampire private eye team up to solve the case of the missing barista. *** When a client drops dead in her fortune telling parlor, 'reformed' necromancer Isla has no choice but to illegally resurrect the poor gal. Your girl's got priors, alright? Hiding a corpse will send Isla back to the slammer. The client's just a Tourist, so Isla is certain nobody will notice. But you know what they say: The only things certain in life are death, taxes, and a handsome vampire poking his fangs where they don't belong. Gregor, a vampire private detective, has been hired to find another vamp's misplaced favorite bloodbag-- I mean, barista. Greg knows the fraudulent and distractingly attractive psychic, Isla, is the key to the barista's whereabouts, but he just can't put his fangs on what it is she's hiding from him. If her little whoopsie is discovered, Isla fears both the otherworldly authorities and an ancient vampire will have her throat. So she does what any girl would do in her situation. She hires Greg to find the risen barista for her first so that she can undo the resurrection. Sparks fly and blood splatters as Greg and Isla investigate Philadelphia's secret paranormal society, throw literal bones at the werewolf mafia, commune with the spirits of dead vampire-brides, dodge arrest by the magic fuzz, and occasionally pop off for late night cheesesteaks. The Vampire Always Bites Twice is the Wattys 2022 Grand Prize Winner! The "Bites Twice" Mysteries 1 - The Vampire Always Bites Twice 1.5 - Doubull Indemnity [revised version coming soon) 2 - Shadow of a Curse (Coming Fall 2025) This book contains explicit sexual content, paranormal violence, animal harm, and gore.
The Divorcee Murder Club by Van_Carley
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𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐎𝐧𝐞 | 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 It's all fun and games until someone suggests killing each other's spouses for revenge. Miguel Gomez is your average disgruntled divorcée attending a support group in San Francisco to cope with the split from his wife. Life as a newly single man in his thirties seems bleak, but when an alluring woman named Angie Mendoza walks into his support group, Miguel can't take his eyes off her---until she proposes they kill their exes. At first, he thinks she's crazy, but she's done her homework and has researched reasons why he should kill his ex-wife. Still, he refuses until the abusive ex-husband of his love interest threatens to kill him, and he has no choice but to seek Angie's help. This sends Miguel down a rabbit hole with more twists than a labyrinth, and it could be his ultimate ruin. * * * 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙀, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚. * * 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬: ~EDITOR'S PICK Sep 30, 2022 @Wattpad - Adrenaline Rush @WattpadExlorer - Adrenaline Rush @ContemporaryLit - Featured List @BadassReads - Featured Badass Reads @DangerousLove - Wattpad Picks @AdultFiction - Featured Adult Fiction @Mystery - Featured Mystery/Thriller @Crime - Detective & Crime
Out of the Woods | ✓ by thaliagrace-
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[WATTYS WINNER 2021] ❝I WANT TO BE YOUR OFFSCREEN KISSES TOO.❞ ━ In which Jensen Rhodes wasn't supposed to be famous and Miles Fox wasn't supposed to be anything but. © Jordin Verona, 2019 | first draft, undergoing editing complete | 110,000-115,000 words trailer by brookieismyname PREVIOUSLY TITLED: SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT • third place in the 'best book' category of the 2020 aesthete magazine spring awards • wattys 2021 chicklit shortlist + best cover winner • featured on wattpad humour's "romcom" list - may 2024
The Crown Prince's Bodyguard by Kim_Knights
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Wang Li Xun, the Crown Prince, goes out hunting for the Celestial Flower to save his mother from a terminal illness. When he nearly dies from the attack of a mythical beast, he is saved by a mysterious boy who lives in the mountains. To repay his kindness, Li Xun offers the boy a place to stay in his royal palace and employs him to be his personal bodyguard. But little does he know that he has brought home a girl instead. Completed: 4/2/2020 (Word count: 60,000 - 70,000) Highest rankings: #1 in Historical Fiction #1 in Romance #5 in Diverse Lit Featured on Wattpad || Community Curator: @KateLorraine - May 2022 Featured on Wattpad || Lunar New Year - February 2022 Featured on WattpadAsianFantasy || Asian Fantasy Recommendations - September 2021 Featured on Wattpad || Stories of Trailblazing Asian Characters - May 2021 ========================================== Copyright © 2019-2023 by Kim_Knights
AZRIEL by stardustandlies
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𝐀𝐙𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐋 / pronounced 𝘢𝘺-𝘻𝘳𝘪-𝘢𝘭 / meaning 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘥 The legend read that a sacrifice of a mortal being with beauty and skill could end the famine which had struck her town. Thrown into the woods by her own people, she helplessly began to anticipate her incoming death. That was, until he appeared. And he wasn't interested in her death either. DISCLAIMER: this is NOT an ACOTAR fanfic. All characters remain separate and my own.