[2022 WATTYS SHORTLISTED!] [WATTPAD EDITORS' CHOICE] Riley Axford has it all figured out: Temptr, the new app which claims to tell you the identity of your soulmate, is bullshit and its creator, Decker Lord, is single-handedly destroying society as we know it. Riley has first-hand knowledge -- his parents are divorcing because his dad used the app, and his girlfriend, Chloe, is the loudest anti-Temptr activist on the internet. Riley proudly produces her podcast, and feels like they're doing a good thing for the world. But when Decker Lord's son, Noah, enrolls at his school and Riley falls in love with him at first sight, his black and white world becomes full of shades of gray. Soulmates are real, and Riley has found his. Getting in between Decker Lord and his son sets Riley on the path to discovering a deadly secret in the Lord family's past and the sinister truth about Decker Lord's tech empire. ***Top Rank: #1 in bxb***

Adam Garrett works from home, so quarantine doesn't affect him much, but his new roommate, Brad, is a high-energy guy who needs constant activity to stay sane. Adam is worried for how he'll cope, and worried that their fragile new-roommate relationship will break down under the pressure. As he helps Brad deal with lockdown, Brad slowly chips away at the walls Adam didn't even realize he had built up. A fun little romance story to make you smile during this time of uncertainty.

In a world where people are followed by animals that reflect their personality, Taylor is devastated when she starts being followed by companions of the creepy crawly variety. As her passionate science teacher's annual companion showcase rapidly approaches, Taylor's mind is abuzz with anxiety about what her newfound companions mean about who she is.

Jack and Tyler meet at Our Redeemer Baptist Camp when they're seven years old. They're polar opposites, Jack being outgoing and Tyler a nervous wreck, but they quickly become inseparable. Despite the fact that they only see each other for one week every year, they become best friends. When that brotherly love turns into something more, Tyler tries his best to convince himself it's nothing. But when Jack reciprocates that feeling, neither of them know what to do. Together, they fight the odds. From homophobic parents to school bullies, they're bonded together for life. Inspired by real life experiences Highest ranking: #3 in realistic fiction, #2 in teenagers, #1 in christians, #2 in writtenwithpride

To avoid failing English class, seventeen-year-old Max Callan signs up for a school penpal program that matches up students with deployed soldiers who have no one to write to. At first he's just doing it for the extra grades, but his correspondence with Captain Alastair Barrington-Stowsworth soon becomes a lifeline. Alastair is eloquent and caring, and his letters show Max that not all military men are abusive scum, like his late father. When Alastair asks what TV is and mentions trenches, Max pieces together an impossible truth. Alastair is not fighting in the modern Middle East like Max assumed, but in the trenches of France in 1916. Stranger still, Max might be falling in love with him.

[This story will become free on August 15, 2023] Season 1 of The Moonlight Cafe Failed writer Isaac Billingsley manages the Moonlight Café, a small-town haven for artists and misfits. When a breakup leaves him single on Valentine's Day just before his first couples' therapy session, August, an actor/musician and café regular, offers to play the part of his boyfriend to help Isaac heal. But is it just roleplay, or will their little game become the real deal? WARNING: This story contains strong language that may not be suitable to some readers.