|| 2021 WATTYS SHORTLIST || Welcome to Streamfield, Massachusetts, home to one of the largest populations of witches, sorcerers, and shapeshifters in New England. Little Jimmy Grabowski is missing ... and that's a problem. In a world where a witch or a sorcerer can locate someone with a simple tracking spell, all attempts at recovering the boy have come up empty. Finding themselves at an impasse, the local police department turns to the Michaels Clan, one of the largest shapeshifter clans in the city, for help. Snow leopard shifter Alina Michaels sees the Grabowski case as her chance to discover if there is something more to life than being the receptionist for the family business. When the clan tracks Jimmy's scent to a wooded area marked by two eerie silver stones, it becomes apparent that this isn't a simple case of kidnapping. The stones are a Gateway to the mythical lost continent of Atlantis, home to a race long since regulated to legends-elves. Now, Alina must trek across unfamiliar and fantastical territory in order to find Jimmy and bring him home. For Jimmy's disappearance may herald that something more sinister is afoot and pose dangerous consequences to both worlds ... Cover designed by @xxsoteria

It's a deadly plan, and it goes like this: First, become a crew member of the Avourienne, a pirate ship notorious for its charismatic captain and wicked ways. Second, trick the ship's cunning strategist, famous for winning every game she's ever played, into believing a delicately spun lie. Third, get close enough to their tyrant king to put a knife through him. Deadly doesn't quite describe such a plan. In fact, inconceivable may be the better word. But Archer Kingsley has a knack for such things, and he feels he's going to pull off this plan with the ease he does most everything. Perhaps he's not quite aware of the absolute hell that's about to break loose, but truthfully, it's so much better that way. Because true adventures are born from uncertainty. * Cover by xxsoteria Mature themes you may encounter in this book: - harsh language (it's a pirate book) - violence (it's a pirate book) - sexual implications (it's a PIRATE book) However, this story does not violate any of Wattpad's mature guidelines and therefore is not marked as such. This is book one in the Venture Series. It is standalone and can be read without any prior knowledge. Featured on the following profile's reading lists: (15x) @adventure (Voyages and Sea Epics) @YAfantasty (New Adult Fantasy) @talesofthedeep (Pirate Tales) @HistoricalFiction (Revolution and Rebellion) @WattpadSeries (Action/Adventure) @WattpadHistoricalRomance (Pirate Adventures) @WattpadRoyals (The Adventure Awaits) @action (Fantasy in Action) @action (Adventure in Action) @antiheroesglaore (Wicked Women) @adultfiction (Journeys to Another Realm) @fantasy (Romantasy) @StoriesUndiscovered (Not This Road Trip Again) @WattpadDarkFantasy (A Kingdom in Shadows) @WattpadDarkFantasy (Out of the Shadows (featured stories)) @Romance (Worlds Apart)

Natasha Romanoff is a formerly trained assassin and born badass. She dedicates her life and everything she knows to working with SHIELD and her team at Avengers Tower. But one thing she didn't expect was to fall in love with the one and only Captain America. Three years after a mission in DC where she kissed Steve Rogers in order to save their lives, Natasha battles her feelings while working to maintain her spy facade. And when intel comes in that Natasha might have to face ghosts from her past, she, Steve, and the other Avengers, embark on a journey where they discover not everything is as it seems. Along the way, Natasha might just find more than a friend in Steve who has always been there for her through every rough moment. She promises herself that she will not fall in love with him. But promises are meant to be broken...right? ~Book 1 in the Romanogers series~ Reviewed by: @tarishannon18 (shout out for helping with the blurb too!) Cover by: @MilaForLife Location banners by: @AziaElga All events of the story are my own creation. Some of the memories referenced are from the Marvel universe but built on/changed for my own creativeness. I don't own the Marvel characters or locations mentioned. Any character who is not a Marvel character is from my own imagination. This story is of MY OWN creation. Any replication of it on any other site is prohibited. *DO NOT REPLICATE THIS STORY* Please note: some brief language and suggestive content (nothing explicit) are included in this novel. Everything included follows all Wattpad guidelines. Copyright: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

[FREE STORY with paid bonus content] Kathy thought she had her entire life figured out, until she realizes that, in order to find herself, she must unlearn everything she believed to be true. **** Kathy Dickens had managed to avoid the drama of high school, and she was not about to break her streak in her senior year. She had it all figured out, after all. Graduate, get into a good college and marry her childhood sweetheart. But when her sweetheart turns out to be anything but sweet and her dreams crumble, it's the queen bee's boyfriend who is there to pick up the pieces. And as much as she knows she shouldn't, Kathy can't help but be fascinated by Kyle Grant. After all, he's a mystery, full of life and wisdom, and does his best to teach her how to grow and love herself. Who doesn't want that? That and the glow she feels inside whenever he's near? Kyle Grant doesn't do love. All his relationships have been hot messes and he's starting to wonder if he's too selfish to get into something real. But even if he's bad at love, he's good at friendship. And helping his new friend get over a heartache seems like the perfect feel-good project. But once she leaves behind her broken heart and learns how to fly, he starts to realize that maybe he's bad at friendship as well. After all, you're not supposed to want to kiss your friend. A story about heartache, new beginnings, friendship and a whole lot of love. Amazing cover by @wonderfulmiracles Wattpad Editor's Pick August 2021 As seen on Wattpad's official reading radar

A young sorceress, sworn to protect life at all costs, must choose whether to sacrifice her humanity or let an invading dragon army destroy her homeland. ***** Sorceress Liselle Alta has decided to put her troubled past behind her, and her first year at university has offered her the perfect chance to start with a clean slate. But after a terrorist attack on Induction Day, Liselle's dreams of having a normal life soon fall apart, and she must make a choice: Should she uphold her sacred Healer oath to protect life at all costs? Or should she fight in the upcoming war to help the Fireborn protect her homeland? With the invading dragon army on the march, Liselle has to decide before it's too late. [Fiction Awards Winner] #1 in love | 5 August 2022 #1 in action-adventure | 11 August 2022

𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗬𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧 · EDITOR'S PICKS · AMBYS 2022 WINNER · A quirky Asian high school story fused with sci-fi, romance and mystery | A lonely, small-town gamer girl dreams big when she enters Komoreby High in a glamorous eco-city. When the first day hits rock bottom and a science anomaly zips her to a parallel universe, she must reforge life and love while solving the mystery to find her way home. *** Komoreby is the metropolis of the future--an eco-city brimming with stylish urban life, where dreams are forged into reality. It's everything Evanna Zeller's quiet, old town was not. Nerdy in mind and whimsical at heart, Evanna is a lonely girl with dreams far bigger than herself. She's darkly inclined with sunshiny kawaii, and she's herbivorous with a taste for video game blood. Evanna's adventure of a lifetime is her move to Komoreby, where she reunites with her childhood bestie at the city's most prestigious high school. When she expects a brilliant new start, pranks and betrayals sink the very first day to rock bottom. As if that isn't bad enough, a school tour of the city's high energy physics lab, home to a gargantuan particle collider, takes a bizarre turn. Now she's trapped in a parallel universe of draconian rules and warped versions of everyone. As she spins down a rabbit hole of mind-boggling quantum physics, can she find her way home through the murk of the unknown? All the while weaving through a social web of potential friends, foes and a mysterious rocker guy she's relentlessly drawn to. © 2021 Su Vida | Exclusively on Wattpad *** FEATURED @Anime @ScienceFiction + 25 more BOOK 1 of the Komoreby series WC: 108,000 This tale is loosely a sci-fi Alice in Wonderland. The strict school is based on real Asian schools (chap 4+). The ban on romance, classroom raids and shadow education are real. Expect shoujo/kdrama vibes, slowburn ship, gaming, rock music, real science and veganism!

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!

After an offended Greek goddess sends Kenna back in time to Elizabethan England, she discovers she must stop the theft of Shakespeare's best known tragedy before returning to her century, all while resisting the charms of the theatre's Romeo. ***** After being dumped via voice note, Kenna Fernsby is convinced there was never a tale of more woe. Offended by the insult to true tragedy, a Greek goddess banishes Kenna to Elizabethan England, where she stumbles upon a plot to steal the priceless first draft of "Romeo and Juliet" from right under William Shakespeare's nose. Determined to outwit the thieves, Kenna dives into the intrigue, even when doing so may tangle her healing heart with a man from the past and force her to choose between the 16th century life she has fallen in love with and the fate of the play she loves as much. [[Wattys 2021 Winner in Historical Fiction]] [[Word count: 80,000 - 90,000 words]] The quotes from Romeo and Juliet used in this story were taken from the iBooks edition of the play. The text was originally from playshakespeare.com. ©2005-2022 PlayShakespeare.com. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this information under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. Terms at http://www.playshakespeare.com/license

Okie's fifteen. She lives in New York. She's got a few problems: she's failing geography, her dad's a wimp, and her mother, Sumatra, is a stone cold bitch. But things get a lot worse when Sumatra turns into a zombie and eats Okie's dad. Clio, Okie's grandmother, lives in Toronto; but since the zombie apocalypse, Toronto's a lot further away than it used to be. Clio suggests that Okie transport Sumatra across the border, because family is family. But coaching Okie by cellphone isn't easy, and Clio has some zombies of her own to contend with. Luckily she has some garden tools. Naomi Alderman and Margaret Atwood team up for this unusual two-hander. Encompassing love, death, sex, and the meaning of family, The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home will surprise, delight, and convince you of the vital importance of keeping ready supplies of rhubarb and mini-wieners in your freezer at all times. The story unfolds beginning October 24.