Son doigt effleura ma peau. Froid et chaud à la fois. M'électrisant au simple contact. Il traça la courbe légère de ma nuque, dessinant du bout des doigts les marques blanches qui parcouraient désormais tout mon corps. Mes yeux n'arrivaient pas à se détacher des siens. Ils étaient noirs. Noirs d'un désir que je ne comprenais encore que peu. Ses ailes battaient légèrement dans son dos comme pour me rappeler que ce n'était pas terminé. Que le temps n'était suspendu que pour quelques secondes. Ma main se serra sur son torse. Il murmura mon nom. Un nom si lointain et pourtant si proche. J'avais changé. J'avais grandi. J'étais devenue quelqu'un d'autre. Quelqu'un de plus fort, de plus courageux. Je fermais les yeux et inspirais profondément. Quand je rouvrirais les yeux, la lutte pour ma propre vie débuterait. Kenan prononça à nouveau mon nom. Ma poitrine se gonfla d'une sensation étrange. Je les protégerais. Tous. Aucun ne mourrait. Tous m'entoureraient encore demain. Je rouvris brusquement les yeux. J'étais prête. - - Un énorme merci à Sinadana pour la couverture ! N'hésitez pas à aller faire un tour sur son profil, elle fait un travail magnifique !

Gabin et Agathe se sont rencontrés à dix-sept ans au mariage de leurs frères et sœurs respectifs. Qui aurait pensé que les deux familles auraient trouvé en cette soirée de nombreux points communs ? Soudain, Gabin et Agathe se croisent bien plus souvent qu'à des mariages. Du repas du dimanche à Noël, les voilà obligés de se fréquenter à chaque fois que leurs parents veulent « se faire une bonne bouffe ». En l'espace d'un an jour pour jour, Agathe et Gabin auront la chance de partager vingt-quatre fêtes, du repas d'anniversaire aux dates les plus oubliées du calendrier. Et en vingt-quatre fêtes, ils s'aimeront, se détesteront, et tenteront d'assembler pièce par pièce ce qui ressemble peut-être à une jolie histoire. Gabin et Agathe se sont rencontrés à dix-sept ans au mariage de leurs frères et sœurs respectifs et depuis, ne se sont plus jamais quittés.

The grown-ups are all gone and children rule the new world. Harry lives in a strange utopia: resources are plentiful, the climate has stabilised, there is peace. His village is watched over by an invisible force that keeps them all from danger - but is it protecting them, or holding them back? Join Harry and his friends as they embark on a journey to unravel the mystery of what happened to the old world, and what is wrong with the new. They might not like what they discover. From the writer of the Watty-winning A Day of Faces and The Mechanical Crown.

***Wattys 2020 Winner*** Rex Fletcher is caught up in a desperate race to unravel one of the most ancient mysteries of the world. ***** Rex and his motley group of friends travel across Europe trying to stay one step ahead of a megalomaniac that wants nothing more than to reshape history in his image. Can Rex connect the clues, save an old friend's life, and track down a historic relic in time? Or will he be forced to watch as the power of the gods falls into the wrong hands? Author's note: This is a sample. If you are interested in the full novel, you can find it on Amazon in paperback and ebook.

Ilragorn's history never lies. The obedient ones live. The traitors always perish. In daylight, Indigo Sarte is the perfect daughter, a future student of the Healing Arts. In the shadows, he is a master of forbidden alchemy, ruthless and cunning, all in the name of fulfilling his wish for true freedom. Indigo's sights are set on The Academy-a prestigious establishment where aspiring alchemists are taught to master gifts inherited from their birthrights. But Indigo is recognized as a woman amongst his peers, and The Academy's rules are clear: Women heal. Men fight. Disobey-die.

[Mirror Me Series Book 1] Hope Martinez was taught to fear her reflection, but the magical world on the other side is too tempting. Descended from those who can use mirrors as weapons, Hope has many dangers to face if she wants to get home before an ancestral curse destroys everything she loves. _________________________________________________ After a frightening incident leaves her family shaken, Hope Martinez promises her mother to never look at a mirror again. Three years later, Hope stands between two worlds - the world of her mother, a contrived and constricted set of rules ignoring their family's Hispanic heritage and abolishing all things reflective from the home, and the world of her abuelita, which is said to contain a mysterious power that members of the family are fated to discover. When high school bullying and peer pressure start pushing Hope's limits, she finds no other choice but to gain normalcy and break her mother's promise. She soon discovers a hidden magical world beyond her reflection, one filled with strange beasts, enchanted cities, and flying walnuts. Why would such a wonderful place be kept from her? The reason - Hope's family has a terrible destiny waiting to be unleashed. Young Adult ■ Fantasy ■ Sci-Fi [COMPLETED] AWARDS: -First Place in Teen Fiction category for Chaos Awards 6 -First Place in Fantasy category for Ohana Awards 4 Copyright © by Jules Haigler No parts of this manuscript including black and white illustrations or content may be distributed, copied, or sold on any media without permission of the author. All names, places, and themes are a work of fiction.

Antigone Katsaros was born and raised in a cult. Now, at eighteen, she doesn't know what wifi is, but she's well-versed in the old gods. [A Wattpad featured story.]

In a nightmare world ravaged by misery, the Imperium offers utopia to a select few. When Arya and Everett are recruited into this elite society, they choose to leave their homes against their families' wishes. Naive and young, Arya and Everett are blissfully unaware of the fate that awaits them in the Imperium, one that will put them in the path of secrets, danger, hope, and maybe even love. |dystopian romance △ on-going △ cover by @strayinspace △ all rights reserved|

All small towns have their quirks. The town of Nowhere, for example, has an overabundance of ghosts. Wyatt Best has lost his money, his father, and his last sweater vest. He is only sad about losing one of those things. When he's sent to live with his estranged uncle in Nowhere, Wyatt is immediately fascinated by its magic. He then meets the Penny family. The three Penny sisters, who were each born on the same day exactly a year apart, have the ability to commune with the ghosts in Nowhere and act as a bridge between the land of the living and that of the dead. Just as Wyatt begins to adjust to his new life in this strange town, a forest appears. And the ghosts it has trapped inside have secrets to tell.

In this gripping sequel to The Culled Crown, Monroe finds herself fighting between the power in her blood, her traitorous heart, and her freedom. ***** Monroe Benson had two choices: be queen or be dead. When the Culling for the Erydian crown turned deadly in new ways and girls started dying outside of trials, Monroe's rebel brother gave her a third option: kill the queen and escape the Culling. Hidden in the mountains of Vayelle, Monroe must now try to prove her loyalty to a group of rebels who only see her as a threat. They don't want culled crowns or toxicant thrones - they want a new country with no goddess and no goddess-touched girls. With her only allies now her enemies, Monroe finds herself on a dark path filled with grave danger. [[word count: 250,000-300,000 words]] Cover designed by Natasha Shaikh