A sheltered honor student must overcome his anxiety and esteem issues to win the heart of a charming street performer who just may be the key to unlocking his self-confidence. ***** Seth is an honor student with no social life. Jordi is a high school dropout turned street performer. They don't have much in common, but music pulls them together. Seth's mom would never approve of Jordi, but he just can't seem to stay away from her... Open Novella Contest 2022 Prompt #99: "It's always what/who you least expected that blows your mind away."

Nirrin spends her days in Foresthome caring for orphans, getting into trouble, and listening to other people's adventures with secret envy. Which is why following an intriguing stranger into an unknown part of the forest seemed like a good idea at the time. Nirrin doesn't expect to find her missing parents among a band of odd-looking misfits, but family is family, right? Her hopes to reclaim the kin she'd lost are challenged, however, when she uncovers their violent plot against "Normals" like her. They'll make an exception for her (Nirrin has always been great at exempting herself from rules), but doing nothing would mean endangering her friends in Foresthome. She must stop these outcasts from--who is she kidding? She's a smart-mouthed girl with no special talents. What is she going to do, talk them to death? Maybe babysitting a bunch of other orphans in Foresthome wasn't such a bad deal after all.

Little Sember stole readers' hearts in "Siena." Join her now, ten years later, as she embarks on a quest of her own to save her people, and to finally accept her true self along the way. - - - Sixteen and struggling is not how Sember wants to describe herself. Born with the ability to conjure fire, every day is a challenge to keep the churning blaze within her under control. After nearly incinerating her parents at the age of six, guilt and doubt plague her at every turn. While the village's gifted healer is away, a mysterious disease sweeps through Foresthome, and people start dying. When her parents get infected and the resident herbalist has no solutions, she takes it upon herself to track the clues and locate the source of this unnatural plague. Joined by her brother and a handsome Iceling, they must unravel the mystery and face an unexpected enemy in the shadows. If they fail, the plague will engulf the world she knows, plunging it into dark times. Maybe a little fire is exactly what they need. --- Big thanks to @vexnir for illustrating this awesome cover.

Siena can heal wounds with a touch of her hands. A captive since birth, she is used as a tool of war by a Plainsmen tribe. A chance escape into the forest proves successful... and deadly. Rescued by the Forestfolk--a group of people she always thought were nothing more than bedtime stories--Siena remains on edge. Trust does not come easily when persecution is all she's ever known. Keeping her abilities a secret seems like the right thing to do, until a tragic accident renders two Forestfolk spiraling toward death. If she chooses to reveal her abilities, she risks being subjugated again. Treated as no longer human. Maybe even sent back to the Plainsmen. But keeping her talent to herself means ignoring the injured around her, even allowing them to die. The choice seems obvious to Siena, but living with the repercussions of that choice is another matter altogether. A journey of self-discovery, a bit of adventure, and a splash of romance. On the Wattys 2017 Shortlist!

19 year old college student, Riley Delton, ridiculously meets her end when she slips on a banana peel. She thought that that was the end for her, but immediately afterwards she wakes up in some strange forest in the middle of nowhere. It seems that 'The Gods that be' have decided to reincarnate her into a world filled with magic and kingdoms and handsome princes, so that with her knowledge of modern life and society she will be able to speed up this worlds slow development. Of course they won't send her in defenseless; they decide to give her many magical gifts and powers so that she will be able to live happily in this world and hopefully make her way up he ranks and influence it in a good direction. Good luck Riley. ~~~~~ Follow Riley as she becomes rooted in the kingdom of Girannon, reborn as a powerful Mage. PASSAGE FROM BOOK~~ "Suddenly I froze. Why on earth was I in the middle of some Forest? I should be in a hospital or at least still lying on the pavement where I slipped on that banana peel. Why was I here? Where was here?" (For anyone that reads manga or watches anime this is your typical isekai story) *This is my own story, not a translation* Inspired by 'I've been reincarnated into another world with my iphone' and many other isekai manga

Ophelia, the Heir-Princess of Vedessa, on the sultry morning of twelfth February, wakes up in the mysterious kingdom of Theronsia, in a cinnamon sack. She has no idea how she has landed up in a place thousands of miles away from Idgard. All Ophelia knows, is that now, she cannot return without help from the Royals of Theronsia and Asmarsis, for these two are identified by Vedessans as "the lands of no return". In order to secure their help, Ophelia has to become a part of their tangled royal lives. Not as a guest, but as the bodyguard of the eldest Theronsian Princess: Natalia. Seventeen year old Ophelia, encounters a woven plot of friendships, rivals, a game of making a sworn ascetic fall in love and an ultimate, indigestible betrayal. Everything being done only to find the lost anklet of the venomous Queen Flora, without which, the Queen will unleash her wrath on Theronsia, destroying the entire population in a matter of days. And the Royals have promised Ophelia: if she succeeds in saving their land - they will facilitate her dignified return to Idgard. Flung into her own, arduous odyssey with even higher stakes and another ravishing, enigmatic King who she can't help falling for - Heir Ophelia has no idea that she is NOT writing her own tale yet. That she is only concluding her father's story, something which began fifty years ago with a visit from a mystic who knew everything. * * * * This is the BOOK 2 of the Flawed Gems series. There are several subplots, characters and story details that cannot possibly be explained here. I strongly recommend you to read The Exiled Gem first, a story following in footsteps of Exiled Princess Alexandra, the haughty and very dissimilar female counterpart of Alexander the Great.

Exiled from her own land - to be executed if she ever returns, Princess Alexandra finds herself turning a spy for the enemy. Because, well, they impress her. Especially the splendid emperor, who is indebted to Alexandra for a number of things he wouldn't tell. She doesn't mind that - because life just turns a lot more colorful outside the Palace walls - until one (not so) fine day, she realizes that the emperor no longer *only* impresses her. Unfortunately, the course of true love never runs smooth. And before she can even give herself a chance with Liam, Alexandra has to sort a few things out. Namely, all the mistakes the previous generation did. **The story starts from 339 B.C. but language used is completely modern because I don't know Ancient Greek**

After dying, Violet is reincarnated in one of her favorite fairytales. However, she isn't the main character. Instead she's one of Cinderella's ugly step sisters. Can she learn to navigate this new world without being caught? Will she survive the misfortune that comes with being an antagonist? And will she find her own happily ever after? Find out in Reincarnated as an Ugly Step Sister!

Once upon a time, the evil Amarissa Delclair was assassinated and killed on her twentieth birthday. Many came for the funeral, but nobody shed a tear, knowing that the cause of her death was her terrible personality. The Princess of the Grand Duchy of Declair was the most widely known and discussed wicked woman of the times. She was a cold, heartless woman who enjoyed inflicting suffering on others. Nobody cared if she lived or died. But the second she opened her eyes and looked in the mirror, she knew she had become the villainess Amarissa Delclair. Rather than diminish an evil woman's power, why not use it? With less than a year left before her twentieth birthday, she decides to enjoy life to the utmost.