*COMPLETE* "You could stay with me." Delilah Lasting- or 'Lilo', to the few who are close to her- all but gave up her whole life when her father fell fatally ill. These days, she spends most of her time as his carer: managing his medicine and the housework, all the while balancing home duties with her studies. Nobody helps her- not another family member, and certainly not her old friends, including the ex-boyfriend who broke her heart. Enter Khan Farid- the mysterious, charismatic new boy at school. Khan is as charming as it gets... on the outside. Inside, he hides a multitude of secrets that could threaten his family's security, and even their lives. Following a disastrous first meeting, Lilo wants to avoid Khan at all costs, but when the two get roped into doing lights for the school production together, this resolution is harder than ever to maintain. Especially as Khan seems to be the one person in her life who actually seems to care. But worlds keep Lilo and Khan separate, and they're both soon to learn that no matter how much you love a person, it means nothing if you don't understand them. Both suffer within their life experiences- but that kind of connection only lasts as long as both sides keep trying. Will their struggle to maintain their relationship prove that two broken hearts don't make a whole? Or will it be the other way around?

On a warm spring night in May, three lives changed forever. Lucy Anderson was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Cody Cunningham lost his life. And Aaron Matthews couldn't stop it. As their senior year begins, Aaron and Lucy must learn to navigate Holton High after the loss of its popular star athlete. Practically strangers, the two find themselves thrown together in a way neither of them dreamed possible. Aaron's best friend is gone, Lucy is responsible, and the school is playing judge and jury. As Aaron and Lucy's feelings for each other grow ... so do the tensions at Holton High. Stumbling into a web of secrets and lies, Aaron and Lucy's relationship hangs in the balance. Who can they trust? Is the truth worth telling? The more they discover, the more betrayed they feel. How far is too far to protect a lost friend's memory?

Small town girl Song Hyejin grew up with a pair of scissors in her hand, spending her high school days in her father's barber shop cutting crew cuts for young men who were about to enlist in the army; this was how she was intending to spend the rest of her life. When top star Ares Hwang walks into the shop one rainy day demanding that she give him a haircut even though it's past opening hours, her life gets thrown straight into a raging hurricane known as the world of showbiz. ======== Enter Kang Hyunwon, hairstylist to the celebrities, touted by all the country's fashion magazines as the golden hands that could catapult anyone, literally anyone, from obscurity to stardom. When his limelight gets stolen unceremoniously by the head of hair atop one Ares Hwang (whom he had callously rejected to style just days before), his ego takes a beating that he will never forget. When he finds out who it is who was responsible for his humiliation, he vows to show this clueless suburban girl what it truly means to be hair-raisingly good with a pair of scissors... ======== Cover adapted from the artwork by @ClarissaNorth

Blackwell Boarding School is swarmed with cameras that prey on the students in order to film for the reality TV show that shows an exclusive inside to an elite school. Zora McQueen avoids the glistening TV screen when her nudes are spread around campus, instead taking comfort with the only other person who keeps secrets from the public. Alluring mystery and dubbed slut, Eliott Hearse. Except now, Eliott is missing and no one has the faintest idea where she could've gone. Taking matters into her own hands, Zora believes that the answers may lie in Eliott's favourite game: chess. Partnering with the school's best chess club player, Arwyn Truong, Zora learns that not everything is as it seems and that perhaps the old school holds far more secrets than they'd care to admit. Some secrets hitting dangerously close to home. In order to see things for what they are and find her friend, Zora must escape the gossip and cameras that follow her closely and embrace the title she adorns. The only way to do that? Follow the Slut's Guide to Chess. [2022 Watty's Shortlist] [Featured on Wattpad Editors' Picks, April 2021 + 2023]

An Open Novella Contest 2020 Longlist Finalist Arabella W. Washington recently moved to Lower East Side, Manhattan, to do something with her life and start fresh. With the help of her grandma Wang's sizeable inheritance, she is able to rent out Apartment 10B in Windsor Hall, a small, old, and creaky building full of history and personality, which harbors a secret of its own. Food in her refrigerator and utensils in the cupboard starts going missing, and at exactly 6:00 in the evening, she gets the feeling that she is being watched. What is happening in 10B? Is there a human-sized rat trying to make a meal of her groceries or are the rumors true? No wonder the rent was affordable!

❝Assallam alay-❞ Holy chicken. Hottie alert. Does my veil look sexy? The holy month of Ramadan; a month where Muslims are required to fast, abstain from sins, and connect spiritually with Allah. It's also the month where Paulina Suarez--the practicing, straightforward, biracial Muslimah--tries to avoid acting on her feelings for the goofy baker boy who has been assigned to make food for her break of fast for the next 30 days. 30 days. She just has to endure his heartwarming smiles, sense of humor, and amazing talent in the art of making samosas for 30 days without jumping his bones. ...And without killing that co-worker of his that's just trying to get to him before Ramadan is up. Yep...no pressure at all. *** a/n: so much fluff... you'd probably suffocate. THIS IS AN OLD DRAFT. Featured Under Editors' Picks, April 2021. WINNER OF THE LEBOOK AWARDS (BEST CHICKLIT/HUMOR) 2016 cool cover by Mistalee_

Emira Evans, an 18 year old high school student transfers to a new school where she makes herself a new friend. Curiousity gets her on her first day as she finds herself following her new friend behind the school yard to the school's greenhouse. What she finds there surprises her beyond measure, but what will her new friend say and think of her when she catches Emira spying on her? Crowned Prince Nicholas, an honourable young man is left intrigued when his younger sister brings a strange girl into their world. But what's he to do when he finds himself connected to this young woman? Cover by: sparkle_980

Dr. Madeline McKinnon has just returned from a service trip counseling victims of Child Soldier recruitment in South Sudan to work for the FBI. She's been given a gun, a badge, and a rigid partner. Special Agent Jake Parker has been working for the Federal Bureau of Investigations for a long time and he doesn't appreciate Dr. McKinnon's tendency to doubt him. It's brains versus brawn as these two learn to work together to solve the most brutal homicides under the Bureau's jurisdiction. But, as they solve the case and work to catch the killer, they learn that not everything is what it seems. Even when it comes to your very own partner. Originally submitted during the Open Novella Contest 2021. Trigger Warning: Please be advised that this story contains violence, sexual themes, alcohol and drug use, and casual depictions of violence by characters whose jobs make them susceptible to detachment.

Love is in the air── it has always been── since the day Amaya came into Rae's life, and it has only grown stronger over the years as their boundaries as friends grew some wiggle room. Despite her feelings, Rae has never allowed herself to entertain the idea of breaking the boundaries altogether and turning their relationship into something more, but when a determined Amaya confesses her romantic intentions, will Rae embrace it or find a way to keep herself grounded? © 2021 Indigo Ivy Salamander / @indigosa All Rights Reserved ----- Featured as an ONC 2021 Ambassador's Pick by @OpenNovellaContest. Also featured on @WattpadFriendsandFamily, @AmbassadorFeatures, @Romance, @WattpadLitFic, @adultfiction, and @generalfiction.

Book 1 | Completed | When 17-year-old Elliot Watts arrived at the biggest music festival in New Orleans, he didn't expect to meet the snarky Stella Amherst. There was only one problem: Stella lived in Florida. Unable to resist the connection between them, they decided to meet up two weeks after the concert. Elliot showed. Stella didn't. -Twenty Years Later- Now living in Sevierville, TN, Elliot decided to rent out the cabin that he inherited from his parents. Less than an hour after posting it online, someone rented it. When Elliot received a maintenance request for the cabin, he was more than prepared to handle it. What he wasn't prepared for was seeing Stella again. Elliot remembered their time together. Stella didn't. Unwilling to risk losing her again, Elliot was determined to find out what happened all those years ago. Most importantly, he wanted to know why she didn't remember him...