*Spanish version available to read at @daydreamer_byv profile* 1 Manhattan, the fabulous city in New York where you'll find: the hottest new trends, the best parties, and the wealthiest people. Manhattan may sound like a dream come true but when you stay too long it's a nightmare. The hottest new trends aren't so hot, the best parties turn into horrible photos of that night, and the wealthiest people turn into your enemies. Being the new girl in Manhattan was fun at first until I met Blair Waldorf, the alleged Queen B. I was introduced to Gossip Girl, the blog where everything bad goes. Nate Archibald needed a friend, Serena van der Woodsen showed me the ways of living in Manhattan, Dan Humphrey was the person who helped me, Chuck Bass um well he's Chuck Bass, then there's Logan Devenport. We all know being the hottest blast on Gossip Girl isn't because it's a notable and pretty thing but an embarrassing and the worst thing ever. People in Manhattan crave the juiciest gossip. Their entertainment is knowing everything about us especially when we're dying of embarrassment. I was New Girl Lena Collier from San Diego who everyone was curious to know about. Now I'm just Lena, another typical elite in Manhattan. If you're ever in Manhattan here's a tip, stay low and try not to be on gossip girl's radar. Once you're on her blog, you can never come off. My story will tell you all. {Disclaimer: All credit goes to Cecily von Ziegesar except my characters and some unfamiliar plots} Another note: This is not necessarily a Nate fanfic, sorry for the inconvenience.

{WATTYS 2020 WINNER} {FEATURED BOOK} Paris, 1663. 500 girls selected by King Louis XIV embark on a journey across the seas from their homeland. Each is given a dowry, and the expectation that they are to marry a French settler, in order to increase the population of New France. They are the historic Daughters of the King, or "les filles du roi." Eighteen-year-old Celeste Dubois is a free-spirited, educated and headstrong girl. She comes from a wealthy Parisian family that has squandered their money and is subsequently forced to journey to New France. However, Celeste doesn't plan on marrying a complete stranger. She hopes to use the dowry and the free voyage as a way to escape the poverty and social ranks of Paris. Matters are complicated when against her will, she falls in love. Romantic, kind and stunningly beautiful Lorraine Leblanc is a girl from a large family with children to spare. Unlike Celeste, she happily dreams of the day she will meet her future husband in New France. When she marries a mysterious widower with two young children of his own and still reeling after his broken heart, she realizes that married life isn't all she had hoped it would be, and begins to question her new husband's complicated past. - Wattpad Picks Blast to the Future Past list 2018 - The 50 Best Wattpad Stories of 2018/19 by Design Wizard - 2018 Youngblood Awards Winner (Romance) - 2018 True North Awards 2nd place for Historical Fiction and 2nd place Truly Canadian special category award - Featured by Wattpad Historical Fiction profile under Kings, Courtships and Empires, Young Adult Fiction profile under Love, Actually and Romance profile under Time will Tell *Please be aware that since this book covers the colonial period, it does contain sensitive themes of racism and violence that readers will find disturbing. There are resources at the back of the book that prompt further learning in the Historical Notes section.*