Mari thought that coming home to a ghost town after her mom's death was bad. It turns out it's worse having to attend her estranged father's wedding and letting her childhood best friend break down the walls she carefully built. ***** Mari Chasey's life is suspended. She returns to her hometown in a cold November day following her mother's death, after years of studying abroad in Europe. Pinewood is sleepy in the bitter cold, the deserted shoreline stretching further than she can reach, but that's okay. Mari is good with temporary things and at not lingering. She's not planning to stay for long, just enough to sort out her mother's affairs without poking at open wounds. Then her father returns. Jack Chasey, former renowned superstar, absent for most of her childhood, is getting married to a woman Mari hardly knows. He gets to begin again, build something new, while Mari grapples with a fractured life and all the scattered pieces of herself. Her mother was supposed to live forever; Jack was mercurial and always at arm's length. But now he's here to stay. Enter Kinney St. James. Once Mari's closest friend, then another person that passed by like a comet, she still knows Mari and all the shards of her. Even the sharper ones. In the stillness of winter, Mari reconnects with the quiet life Jack always wanted for her, the softer parts of her that only Kinney can tap into, and what it truly means to be her mother's daughter. ***** Open Novella Contest -- prompts 24, 29, 46, & 77 [[OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2026 ROUND 1 WINNER]] © 2026 caterina george // all rights reserved

After her best friend is found dead in a motel room with no clear answers, Sofia Wineheart is determined to uncover the truth--even if it shatters everything she thought she knew. ***** It's a quiet October morning in Palo Alto, California, when the news break out--June Beaumont was found dead in a motel room, and no one knows what happened, not even her family. Sofia Wineheart, confused and devastated, takes it upon herself to pick up everyone's pieces--her friends', June's brother Meridian, but not hers--and figure out exactly what happened that night for the sake of closure. The little leads she finds all connect to one place: San Francisco. There's no telling what it will bring, or if it will bring up any answers, let alone those she's hoping she'll get. [wattpad editor's choice] © 2019 caterina george // all rights reserved

❝If a victor is considered desirable, the President gives them as a reward or allows other people to buy them for an exorbitant amount of money. If you refuse, he kills someone you love. So you do it.❞ Ontari Nightfall wants revenge after seven years of being President Snow's puppet. When she's reaped again for the 75th Hunger Games, it's no surprise that she joins the Golden Alliance to make her district proud, and destroy the Capitol that tried to rip her family apart. [catching fire] ©stilestastic 2018 [old version] 2025 [new] highest rankings: #7 in thehungergames #2 in thg

"Truth makes us transparent..." In sixteen-year old Sage Stronghold's world, civilization has been divided into five factions; abnegation, amity, candor, dauntless, and erudite. With each faction devoted to the development of specific virtues such as; selflessness, peace, honesty, bravery, and intelligence. At the age of sixteen, the communities' youths must choose the faction to which they will dedicate the entirety of their lives. The cause of it all? Simple, an attempt to form the ideal world. After receiving life threatening results on his Aptitude Test, Sage Stronghold discovers that the world he once saw as black and white, has more areas of grey than he ever realized. On his Choosing Day, Sage is then faced with the life altering decision of whether to stay with his family and the life he knows, or try and create a new existence in a different faction. He makes a choice. But is it the right one? Sage has a secret, dark and threatening to destroy him; one that he must fight to bury and conceal from everyone, because if anyone finds out, it would mean certain death. His candor-roots scream for the truth to be heard, while his sensibilities tell him to keep quiet. The truth sets you free. Or so they say...© Completed. Prequel: Set before Divergent/ Insurgent/ Allegiant events. "Featured in the official Wattpad @Fanfic Divergent reading list"

IRON | ❝Hail Emperor, those who are about to die salute you.❞ Vesper knows that if she were ever to be picked for the Hunger Games, she wouldn't leave much behind in District Six. That is, until Icarus Brunel's name is called. The little boy of only thirteen years who wouldn't hurt a single soul. She could never let him die. Taking on a sisterly role, Vesper makes it her mission to do what she can to protect Icarus for as long as she can, and return him home safely. But in the arena, when faced with survival, trained killers and the prospect of death, Vesper's objective is easier said than done... ( extended summary inside ) the 68th hunger games | no love interest BOOK 1 of THE PRECIOUS METALS TRILOGY © starryeyedturtle cover by @bayports

"Dishonesty is rampant..." A year has passed, but in seventeen-year old Sage Stronghold's world, there exists only emptiness and grief. After the tragic loss of Randi, he has taken a turn for the worst and changed into that which he never wanted to be; a cold and senseless fighter. With his family and friend's lives on the line, he has no other choice than to follow the orders he's given without hesitation. Under the supervision and strict mandate of Banks, he has been sent on various expeditions to gather information and samples from the factionless; for what purpose, he doesn't know. He doesn't care. To avoid further blood-shed, he has let himself become but a pawn in this new game of life; existing only to facilitate whatever plans Banks may have in store. He knows something bad is coming. Something that could affect everyone's way of life. But will he act? Fighting a tumultuous inner-battle, he's torn between making the decision between right or wrong. As things begin to worsen, he stands balanced on a precipice, about to fall one way or the other; will he continue to live in compliant servitude, or will he dare to risk it all to find out the truth? Everything seems bleak and hopeless, that is, until he meets her. Kind and gentle, but with an edge of mystery, this new transfer-initiate is about to turn his world upside-down. The truth sets you free. Or is that a lie in it's own?© Completed. A sequel to Transparent: A Divergent FanFiction (Book One) Prequel: Set before Divergent/ Insurgent/ Allegiant events. "Featured in the official Wattpad @Fanfic Divergent reading list"

[ON HOLD] ❝You make yourself seem like an asshole to cover up all of that sadness inside of you, but I see right through you.❞ Ares Ortega was framed for murder, locked up in jail to be floated on his eighteenth birthday, and is now on a dropship hurtling toward a radiation-soaked planet, so that's pretty much how life is going for him right now. ©stilestastic 2019 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟎𝟎 | 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝟏 - 𝟐 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 highest rankings: #4 in ravenreyes #13 in bellamyblake

this chick runs with wolves! THE TWILIGHT SAGA © stxrmborn COMPLETED COVER BY @medusatruther

Emma Brisbane has been an outcast at Beacon Hills High ever since the accident that took her mother and sister's lives nearly three years ago. But when she notices unusual behavior by fellow classmate Scott McCall, she can't help but investigate. Once she realizes the truth she knows that it is her responsibility to share her mother's knowledge in the field of the supernatural. But Emma isn't doing this for Scott, but instead his sidekick, Stiles Stilinski. And once Emma proves that she is more than just a brain full of answers, she may be able to save the one she was trying to protect, just not the way she'd imagined. COMPLETE~~EDITED

Emma Brisbane was never normal, but now she's not even herself. After losing her memory, she must find her way back into her old life, including her relationships. Stiles Stilinski technically never stopped being her boyfriend, Emma just happened to forget. Now, the pair must not only work their way back to each other, but fight off the supernatural that is constantly torturing the town of Beacon Hills. ~COMPLETE~ Book 2 to Chasing the Moon. Based off season 2 of Teen Wolf.