WATTYS 2020 WINNER THIS IS NOT A PAID STORY. ONLY THE BONUS CHAPTERS ARE. YOU CAN READ THE MAIN STORY FOR FREE! When Brenna and Shea, two rival hockey players, have to collaborate to take down a common enemy, they soon discover love is a ruthless game. ******* Brenna Harrison, a gifted hockey player, wants to prove her worth in the hockey world. She knows the consequences of playing on the boys' hockey team: degrading comments, sexist rules, and jealous boys, but she's determined to undermine the patriarchal foundation of her favourite sport. Shea Smith is also a gifted hockey player... but he sees Brenna as a threat. He believes she doesn't belong in the boys' league, despite her astounding skills; he's jealous. So, when the opportunity to potentially eject her from the league presents itself, Shea takes the opportunity. He agrees to a bet with his enemy, Connor Watt; a bet that will break Brenna's heart and make her not want to play hockey. At least... that's what he thinks. Soon, he's regretting the decision and decides to tell Brenna. She's furious, but also sees this as an opportunity to have the root of the problem ejected from the league. Brenna and Shea agree to take Connor down and expose him for who he truly is: as sexist jerk. But with bending the rules, there comes a price.

The only thing Mia Hope has in common with Jake Carpenter, Artwood High's most popular quarterback, is a love for the coffee served at The Coffee Pod. He wants her to tutor him - and if she can do it without a single cup of coffee, he'll pay her triple. Easy. Nothing could go wrong, right? ***** When Jake learns he's failing English, he knows he needs to pull his grades up or he'll risk being kicked off the football team. He strikes a deal with the elusive Mia - the quiet girl with secrets. If she can't go without a single cup of coffee, she has to tutor him for free. If she can, he'll pay her triple, and with Christmas around the corner, there's nothing Mia needs more than money. But as the pair grow closer, Jake learns the real reason for Mia's bad habit, and what starts as an innocent bet between enemies grows into something more serious. Can the pair survive the next two months with their hearts - and secrets - still intact? Content/trigger warning: This story contains themes of assault and abuse. [[word count: 60,000 - 70,000]] Cover designed by Jenna Conrad The Coffee Pact now has a sequel: The Kissing Pact

Camilla Holland is a socially awkward nerd. She struggles to find basic responses in demanding social situations. Camilla only feels comfortable around people she has known for a long time so when her friend decides to fly to Paris, our nerd is left alone to deal with the demands of daily highschool life. She just wants her senior year to finish smoothly so she can go to the university of her dreams to study and get into the career she always fantasized about. But the popular jock in her school, Adrian Hunt makes sure to make Camilla's senior year everything she doesn't want it to be... Trouble.Love.Fun.Thrill. Everything she has never experienced is waiting for her in the upcoming year. Most popular ranking: #9 in teenage #51 in teenromance -------------------------------- Copyright ©2018 Yusra Rehman

{#1 in teenagers} {#2 in fiction} {#2 in popular} "You better not tell anyone about this." "Aw why not? I'm sure your fandom of desperate girls would love to know that their precious prince charming needs a babysitter." I smile innocently back at his death glare. "I'm serious, nerd. I could make your life hell." ------------------------------------------------------------ Marnie Jones is an ordinary 11th grader. Her only intentions are to get good grades and save money for college with her babysitting job. Everything is going to plan. Until she gets a job babysitting the high school bad boy, Zeke Blakely. The two come from complete different social groups, and Marnie automatically hates Zeke and his big ego and cocky attitude. He's a player. He's dangerous. He's reckless. She's safe with an overthinking problem. As the two are seen hanging around school together, attention gets drawn to Marnie. Which she hates. But she also catches the eye of a handsome jock, too. And why, you ask, does a 17 year old boy need a babysitter? You'll have to read to find out. WARNING: contains vulgar language and mature scenes.

Bad boy, bad boy. Whatcha gonna do when he comes for you? Bad boy, bad boy. ** "Pssh," I scoffed. "I've seen and been with better." Wow, I did not think it would be so easy to lie through my teeth. Because, come on, you gotta be blind to not think he is one of the most gorgeous people you have ever seen. Plus, look at me...the most Ive been with is my fridge. "Come on, Sweetcheeks, we both know you're lying." He started leaning closer to me over the console of the car. His face stopped millimeters from my face. From this distance I could make out all the details of his face. I stared at his capturing brown eyes, perfect nose, and clear face. I could also make out a scar below his left eyebrow. As I started to lean closer once my eyes landed on his lips, he smirked triumphantly and pulled back, "Told ya. Take a picture it'll last longer." ** Meet Eva Morgan Brody. A bubbly, geeky, sarcastic teen. She is seventeen year old girl who does not take crap from anyone, not even a hot guy holding a gun. She is not afraid of anything but love. Eva has a bad history with love and trust. Her single mom and her best friend of 16 years are the only people in her life she can trust. A abandoning father, bad boyfriend, and crappy ex-friend are the cause of her trust issues. Meet Grant Thomas Kingsley. An egotistical, sarcastic, secret softie, but all around badboy. He hates almost everyone in his life. He hates his mom for leaving and his dad for staying. The one person he loves is his six year old sister, Ellie. The only people he tolerates are his four best friends Tommie Stevenson, Joey Bacho, Brad Shin, and Conlee Edison. The bad boys that rule the school. Eva is the good girl, Grant is the badboy. Must I say more?

NIKO VOLKOV is a reckless romantic, who struggles to meet an expectation that exceeds his own standards. Young VOLKOV has recently had the privilege of owning many chains across North America, after having chosen to follow down his father's path, ALEX VOLKOV. Work can be overwhelming and as his reputation may seem mature, he is still a young adult with young taste...in music. He has a calming sense listening to his favourite artist, jagged star, pushing him through workload. Addicted. With being twins and all, he seems to keep finding himself around Sofias best friend, by choice? You'd like to think something was familiar. CAMILLA VON ASHEBERG is a rebel princess, after having been born in to a strict respectable world, her duties as princess remains the same. As for every young spirited heart, hides a dream. CAMILLA has found a calming sense in music and has since she was little, and has found it growing. Her life belongs on the stage, not on a throne. Disagreements and duties however hold her back, but does that stop her? No. After realising the only person who understands her is her best friend, SOFIA VOLKOV..her being twins and all follows along her cold aspirated brother NIKO VOLKOV.

I have found an ideal life. I have a loving husband, no work and no danger. This is exactly what I wanted when I ran away and changed my identity. But I just didn't think that I would have a thirst to be in danger. Next to him. Especially next to him. And sometimes our desires come back into our lives with a nasty cry, "I'm back from your past." I am crazy because I knew that he will find me and I love it.

The aliens kill every human they catch, or in rare cases, put trackers on them to discover their hidden villages. When Natalie is caught in an ambush, she is unexpectedly released. But there is no tracker. The Saursunes have an entirely different motive this time. *** Run. Don't look back. When Natalie is trapped in an alien ambush, she is unexpectedly released. The first human to ever be let go. The Saursunes invaded centuries ago, and everyone knows that getting caught is certain death. Natalie is confused but grateful to be alive. As a porter, one of the few humans with the rare ability to teleport between special crystal formations, she must leave the safety of her desert village every day to help gather food. When other villages increase their raids on the Saursunes' farms, the aliens retaliate by hunting down every human they can find - except Natalie's group. Instead of trying to kill her and those helping her, they bring them food instead. Is it a trap? Or something else? Natalie isn't sure, but one thing is certain: the Saursunes aren't done with her yet.

Beth Corday never expected that accidentally stealing from crime boss Rob B. Illion would land her in a dangerously intimate contract with him. With her life on the line, can she make him fall in love with her? Season 1 of How to Rob a Billionaire Series. *** At just twenty-three years old, Beth Corday has mastered the art of thievery to pay the debts her mom left behind. Once she completes her biggest mission yet, by stealing from the mysterious billionaire, Rob B. Illion, she's thrilled by the forty million dollars she acquires...Until she realizes Mr B. Illion has no problem with killing for revenge. Now trapped in the deadly world of this ruthless crime boss, Beth silently vows to make him regret the day he crossed her path. Rob B. Illion doesn't think twice about the young woman who stumbled into his arms, until he discovers his forty-million-dollar watch is gone. When Rob proposes a deal to Beth to work for him in exchange for her life, he realizes she's his best shot at taking down his rivals. When he moves Beth under his roof, he also discovers she's incredibly smart, sly, and impossible to trust... And now she's all he can think about. As their dangerous game unfolds, they find themselves drawn to each other in ways they never expected. But can Beth steal Rob's heart before it's too late?