ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴛɪᴄꜱ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ || After a flagrant display of cosmic irreverence, Elizabeth Evans is left adrift. With no place to call home. No plan for the future. Only a useless college degree, lingering substance abuse issues, and a penchant for burnout. When a childhood friend offers her a chance to start fresh in the sleepless city, Ellie does what any hopeless soul with nothing left to lose would do; she takes it and doesn't look back. Life in New York City is more complicated than this small town girl could have ever imagined. And it would seem the gods have a few more tricks left up their sleeves. Ellie finds herself torn between two worlds. Between her growing feelings for two enigmatic men. Between her wanton desires and lifelong ambitions to finally make something of her sad, little life. The scales must be weighed. Between lust or power. Between desire or reason. Between getting what she wants or doing what's expected of her. She must also ask if those are really the only options. What if she wants more? What if she wants it all? And what is she willing to do to get it? To find out, Ellie must confront not only her past, but the deepest parts of herself. Neither the universe, the city, nor these two annoyingly handsome men are going to make it easy. And only two things are certain; the gods certainly have a sense of humor and the heart wants what it wants. | R A N K I N G S | #1 in literaryfiction (02/26) #1 in representation (02/26)

"When we get out of here, you're gonna write me a song about this, okay?" ✦ ✦ ✦ Oyza yearns for revolution, an impossible dream under a lifetime prison sentence. Her home was destroyed. Her future stolen. Forced into servitude, all she can do is read the smuggled texts of the Ungoverned. Until Yars arrives. A charming thief with a dangerous past, Yars doesn't just bring Oyza hope. He brings a way out. When they escape, Oyza discovers she is capable of far more than survival, and uncovers a truth powerful enough to reshape history. But freedom comes at a cost. Hunted by a heartless commander tied to her past, threatened by godless gun-wielding invaders, and risking everything to reach a rebellion deep in the swamps of her homeland - one rumored to live without kings or crowns - Oyza must navigate a world where trust can mean death. As alliances fracture and enemies close in, the fragile rebellion fights to survive. And Oyza must choose how much she's willing to sacrifice. When blood is spilled, how much will be their own? ✦ ✦ ✦ "... a fantasy adventure maintaining a brisk pacing of action and intrigue within a well-built story world full of rich detail... If you love fantasy, this book should be on your reading list." - Joey Madia, Reedsy.com "Galindez is an excellent world builder. The society in this book is simultaneously imaginative and believable, and the morally complex struggle between the various groups feels visceral. The Spirit of a Rising Sun has everything you'd expect in a good book-action, adventure, romance-but this isn't just another vapid page-turner. It's the sort of thought-provoking novel book you'll be turning over in your mind long after you turn the last page." - Trenzle.com ✦ ✦ ✦ #1 Work in Progress #1 Resistance #1 Utopian Society #5 High Fantasy #6 Fantasy Adventure #7 Epic Fantasy #7 Romantasy ✦ ✦ ✦ Epic Fantasy • Political Fantasy • Character-Driven • Tragic Romance • Dark

Everyone is born with a Thread - a living light connecting you to your destined partner. Kairo has none. Or so they told him. He has three. Two connect to the dead. And the most powerful institution in the world has been watching him since birth. They didn't exile the Unbound because of what they lacked. They exiled them because of what they could see. And what they could cut.

She knew she was sick. Her doctors knew she was sick. But the one person meant to protect her never believed the treatment. When her mum chooses a new life over listening to medical advice, she's sent to live with her step-brother - the boy she grew up with, the one person who couldn't say no. At his flat, recovery comes slowly, measured in salt packets, careful steps, and days where standing still feels like success. When circumstances force him back to work, help comes from an unexpected place: a friend who asks questions, learns the condition, and stays - not because he has to, but because he wants to. Measured in Salt is a slow-burn chronic illness story about PoTS, medical neglect, learning to trust treatment, and the quiet kind of love that grows through care, patience, and choice.

{Genre: Horror, Mystery-Thriller} A family, a curse, a legacy Treena is your typical spoiled rich brat. Her rebellious behavior and frequent rule breaking land her in trouble with her father. So her dad's genius solution to this? Send her off to a strict convent school. That's how Treena found herself, in a tiny dorm with goody two shoes Jennifer. One thing Treena can't stand is when someone assumes holier than attitude. But the convent is built upon dark roots. It hides an ugly secret, and everybody's life is in peril. Treena had to join forces with Jennifer, to get to the root of the incident in order to save herself and everybody else. Will Treena succeed or will darkness consume everything and everyone? *** Note: If you're reading this story on Teenfic.net, I didn't give them my consent to upload any of my books there. Do yourself a favour and AVOID that site at all costs. It's a mirror site that steals Wattpad author's books. Edited by @SharonRoden Cover designed by @Merlyn_Fereira 🥉 3rd place in BSRAngel's 'AuthorsDen Awards' 2025 | Best Horror/Crime Genre 🥉Bronze Harbour 3rd place winner in 'Whispering Waves' | Best Cover Winner 2025

When her therapy app accidentally sends Riley's private confessions to a random British expat - and his to her - what began as a glitch quickly evolves into the kind of intimacy that can only exist between strangers. A slow-burn contemporary romance. * * * When a company health initiative forces Riley Markle to download a trendy mental health app, she fills out the onboarding survey without much thought, expecting to get paired with a virtual gym buddy who'll send thumbs-up emojis twice a week. Instead, she gets paired with Joe, a lonely British expat whose wellness concern of Compulsive Behaviors is flagged by the AI system as a perfect match for Riley. Riley resolves to complete her month of check-ins and be done with it - until a glitch in the app sends both her and Joe's embarrassing therapy videos to each other instead of their therapist. Soon, Riley and Joe are talking late into the night, exchanging thirst-trap videos of their weekend routines by day, and thinking about each other constantly. Both are smitten, both are broken, and neither of them knows how to do this without destroying each other. The plan: Limit all communication to the app until after Day 30, then see where things go. But plans change. * * * 🏆 High Rankings: #1 in LITERARY #1 in QUICKREAD #1 in NEWENGLAND #1 in SHORTCHAPTERS (out of 38,000 stories) #3 in EPISTOLARY #87 in ROMCOM (out of 35,000 stories) #147 in ROMANTIC (out of 86,000 stories) Updated November 2025

Underneath Ace's pristine blonde hair and perfect football letterman hides a secret. Ace isn't just a star football player with a perfect gpa. He's the son of the powerful organized crime family, the Crulux's. Ace had always felt claustrophobic about his lifestyle but recently things are getting out of hand. Not only is he getting closer to a civilian. He's fucking a male civilian. A death sentence in the mafia. Raven's walls are littered in paintings and classical literature. She's head of the dance squad and the beloved emo girl of the school. She couldn't be any more different from Veronica. All clad in pink with vanilla scented lip gloss, Veronica is head of cheer. The perfect girl. who used to be her best friend turned one of her worst rivals. All Raven wants is Ace but currently she is sharing his affection with Veronica. And as the competition between them heats up, she starts to feel more confused than ever. Did she really want to be with Ace at all? This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental

Yan Ng is the poorest student at Two Bridges Academy. While her peers are heiresses to great fortunes, her family struggles to get by selling treats at their small humble bakery. Lucky for them, Yan is at the top of her class. But behind closed doors, she feels inadequate as if nothing she ever does is enough. Enter Maia and Ainsley, two girls who swoop in and make her a part of their friend group. For the first time, she feels like she belongs at her preppy private school, but that's because they've confused her family for the owners of Ng Corporation, a massive overseas distribution company. Yan plays along, lying as much as she could to stay with her new rich friends. But when someone from her past threatens to expose her secret after a horrible misunderstanding, she must lie even more to cover her tracks. Can she hold up her elaborate facade or will she be exposed as one of Two Bridges's four charity cases?

Tony Dawson's death shatters the lives he touched - some devastated, some liberated, all irrevocably changed. As his loved ones, rivals, and victims grapple with his absence, they soon discover Tony's manipulative grip extends even beyond the grave. But as the tangled threads of his past begin to unravel, the question remains: are they finally being set free or is the knot beginning to tighten? **** 2nd Place in Four Leaf Clover Awards for Mystery *** Chapter Headings by Samantha Puchacz

Happiness isn't meant for people like us. Not after what we've done. Not after what's been done to us. Happiness is a cruel joke, reserved for the "normal" people who pretend they're fine, who still believe in clean slates and second chances. Esme stopped believing in all of that a long time ago. Love, hope, joy... those are luxuries she was never built for. She's seen too much heartbreak, lost too much, and carries enough guilt to drown a stronger woman. So she keeps her world simple: Get through the day. Survive the night. Repeat. But everything changes the night her roommate drags her out for "a little fun." Fun, as fate would have it, comes with a price. Because on her knees in a dark room, Esme meets her new reality-two men who treat happiness like the world's darkest joke. Two men shaped by violence, betrayal, and the kind of pasts that steal whole futures. Men who have spent years playing twisted games with life, with death, and with each other. They're jaded. They're dangerous. They've mastered the art of not caring. Until Esme. The moment she stumbles into their world, something shifts. The jokes stop landing. The games stop feeling like games. And fate-cruel, messy, unforgiving fate-ties their paths together in ways none of them ever saw coming. Now there's no turning back. One broken woman who never wanted to be seen. One soulless man with a gun in his hand. One empty-eyed man who thought he could control everything. And the beginning of the one thing none of them are ready for: Fate's most brutal game yet.