☆ 2022 ᴡᴀᴛᴛʏꜱ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀ!! ☆ "Hell is empty and all the devils are here." On the cusp of the 20th century, blue blood heiress Lucy Penn has lost everything: her betrothed, her family and home, and even her ability to walk in the sunlight. As she struggles to acclimate to her new nocturnal existence, she makes the acquaintance of Dr. Thomas Reed: an intelligent and tortured immortal, still haunted by the horrors of his past. As the pair grow closer, Lucy becomes privy to a frightening world far below the surface of polite society, in which beings of ancient and unfathomable power live outside the confines of humanity. Carpe Noctem (or "Seize the Night") follows Lucy on her journey through the shrouded streets, eerie hospitals, and aristocratic parlors of nighttime London. As she seeks to exhume the insidious and terrifying purpose behind her transformation, Lucy finds herself drawn deeper into a dark nocturne world of unimaginable folklore and intrigue, begging the question: can love be found after death? HIGHEST RANKINGS ~ #1 Carpe Noctem #1 Period Fiction #1 Nocturnal #1 Gothic Romance #1 Gothic Horror #3 Dracula #3 Shakespeare #8 Vampire #17 Victorian #46 Historical Fiction

A compassionate nurse and a hardheaded playboy are locked in a battle of wills. Will she get through to him on time? When Kit Hart takes a job as a caretaker for the wealthy Leonardo Donato on his deathbed, she forms an instant bond with him. The once hardheaded man has changed in the face of death and opens up about regretting his estrangement from his eldest son, Luca. Compelled to help, Kit reaches out to Luca....and his cocky attitude and careless feelings about his father infuriate her from the moment she hears his annoyingly alluring voice. Luca is happy with his carefree, no-attachments lifestyle. He has no intention of reopening old wounds with his dad and definitely doesn't intend to let anyone into his closed-off heart. ... But this feisty little woman won't give up, and the more she pushes, the more she gets under his skin. Despite his efforts, he can't seem to shake her. Kit knows getting her heart involved is the last thing she should do, but if a broken heart is the price for a dying man's wish. She'll gladly pay it. Mature: Sexual content, language, adult situations This is a steamy enemies to lover, dramatic romance novel

When young violinist Lauren Page gets an acceptance letter to the most prestigious music school in the country, she doesn't expect to lose the spark inside of her that made her love playing the violin in the first place. Can Conner Reed, an aspiring photographer who's only in town on a whim, help her find it again? *** Lauren Page is an incredibly talented violinist. She's won more than a few competitions, and some even believe her to be one of the best in the country. She's been dubbed by many to be a child prodigy, as she's been playing since she picked up the instrument at three years old. But now, just a summer away from starting her life in New York at one of the most prestigious art schools in the country, she's having a difficult time finding that old spark within her. The music just doesn't feel like it did before. She's scared. Scared she's not good enough. Scared of being a failure. Scared to even try. In comes Conner, an amateur skateboarder and a not-so-amateur photographer, who literally falls into the most important summer of Lauren's life and tries to show her that she's everything she fears she won't be. Crescendo is a story about friendship, family, and first love. But, more than anything, it's about a girl who is trying to figure out her life just before it really begins. 3rd place in the Fluorescent Awards for Young Adult Fiction 3rd place in the Glorious Awards for Teen Fiction

18+| Warning: Explicit sexual contents and mature language. All that Claire needs is an adventure of a lifetime. Being a Rapunzel in the castle, surrounded with all lavish one could possibly need, she was still deprived of something very essential; something she definitely had no idea it was deemed a void until she finally grasped the emptiness upon one stormy night on which fates flipped the cards for her. He came like a dark knight in shining armor, and then stayed like a ruthless King of her heart. He could heal and destroy her at the same time, and that she could never resist him. He was the beginning of her end, and the eternity with him was everything she desired. But what was that ever going to be enough? WARNING: this book contains explicit sexual scenes. Copyright © Grace Gervas 2019 Do not copy, nor imitate any part of my work please.

| 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐲𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 • 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝘆𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 | ONE RUN-AWAY PRINCE Prince Aster Jacques will one day rule the Queen's Wizard Corps. By blood and every expectation, he should be a master spellcaster. Instead, he has all the skill of some second-rate, street-corner trickster. Desperate to be the wizard his beloved country needs, he'll do whatever it takes to learn the trade--even if that means abandoning his family to chase a mysterious academy invitation. TWO DIE-HARD SCIENTISTS Half a continent away, Leavi Riveirre and Sean Rahkifellar are researchers in the underground city of Karsix. For them, spells, princes, and kingdoms are nothing but children's stories. Reality is the relentless plague unleashing death and darkness in the city. Determined to survive what they can't cure, they flee--but reaching safety will require more than braving the harsh topside winter. A LAND THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO EXIST When brutal weather and betrayal force these three together, they'll find themselves questioning everything--and each other--to survive. WELCOME TO AVADEL. ~~~ 𝟔𝐱 Grand Winner 𝟐𝟐𝐱 First Place Fantasy Winner 𝟏𝟐𝐱 First Place Action/Adventure Winner 𝟏𝟓𝐱 Featured ~~~ The Lost Roads Quartet Book 1 Published on Amazon Cover Art © 2021 Avadel Ink Animated Banners by @Lazybrew

Esperanza Ortega knows her father was murdered and who's to blame. Now she'll stop at nothing to make them pay. The Hemlock family has everything: looks, status, wealth, and power. But Esperanza and her sister, Luz, are sure they're hiding something. Wherever the Hemlocks go, people turn up missing or worse dead, and no one can say why. Trained in the art of revenge, the Ortega sisters have a plan. With Esperanza engaged to a Hemlock son and Luz hired on as a personal assistant, they're in the perfect position to infiltrate the family and uncover all their dirty secrets-even the most monstrous. FEATURED ON: Wattpad's Dark Fantasy reading list 'Dark Laboratory'. Wattpad's Antiheroes Galore reading list 'Monstrously Fantastic'. Wattpad's Low Fantasy reading list 'Dark Days'. Wattpad's Friends and Family reading list 'You Are My World.' Wattpad's Speculative Fiction reading list 'From The Crypt'. Wattpad's Urban Fantasy reading list 'Dark as Death'.

A forsaken God in exile, seeking to find his purpose. A soldier with a questionable past. Destiny picks the two most unlikely pieces upon the board and brings them together, when the end of the world seems to loom over the horizon. Their paths cross in Midaelia, a kingdom facing threat of war, where enemies beyond the walls are as deadly as the traitors within. The dead stir to life as a dark force gathers in the heart of the enemy kindom, Drisia. What fate awaits them in end? ══════⊹⊱❖⊰⊹══════ Word count: 279K ➳|| 11X Featured || @highfantasy @WattpadMilitaryFiction @FreeTheLGBT @WattpadDarkFantasy @NA in ongoing reads @Fantasy @mythandlegend @StoriesUndiscovered @magic @SpeculativeFiction @WattpadFriendsandFamily ➳|| 11X Award Winning || ➥Ranked #1 in lgbtfantasy (24.07.2022) ➥Ranked #1 in tactics (20.08.2021) ➥Ranked #2 in femalewarrior (24.09.2021) ➥1st Place Winner in 2022 Rose Gold Awards for Best Protagonist ➥1st Place Winner in The Winter 2021 Awards ➥1st Place Winner in The 3AM Awards ➥1st Place Winner in The Mystique Circle Awards ➥1st Place Winner in The Vibez Era Awards ➥1st Place Winner in The Winter Solstice Awards ➥2nd Place Winner in The Diamonds Awards ➥2nd Place Winner in The Fly Awards ➥3rd Place Winner in The Critics Choice Awards for Best Prologue ➥3rd Place Winner in The Seasonal Contests: Fantasy Genre ➥Honorable mention in The Lavender Awards: Fantasy 🏳️‍🌈Includes LGBTQ+ characters. ⚠️ Mature for violence and strong language. Started on : April 6, 2021 Finished on : May 15, 2022

Spectres are agents of the Samarian Empire, the first line of defence before diplomats or the military are required. Immune from prosecution and trained to use powerful magic, they deal out justice at the end of a blade. Lord Scipio, a legendary spectre, has gone rogue and taken a piece of dangerous alien technology. Squad Fearless, the first black spectre, is assigned to track down, and possibly kill, his mentor. He is joined by Anya Fitzwallis, A DIA agent and expert investigator, Anya's brother Indigo, an autistic mage who holds an immense power, The Kindred, a highly advanced Artificial Intelligence, and Sig, a Dwarven mercenary. In order to complete their mission, they must uncover the nature of mysterious black triangles that appear in the sky and wreak untold destruction with new types of weapons. Able to level buildings and destroy cities, if you see them, you die. Why is this unknown force interfering in a war between the Jade Empire and a powerful new enemy? The secretive head of the Samarian intelligence service is operating in the shadows. Who is The Spider and what is he working towards? All the threads are slowly coming together and when they do it will change everything. A Secret Man of Blood is high fantasy meets science fiction and contains strong language and violence. #tsc22

Arise Series Book 2 !!!Spoilers ahead for The Journeymen!!! A secret mission into one of the cities of before. The mysterious Order of le Fey is rising. On a secret mission into Dallas, Jack and Anya, along with the help of some friends both new and old, must gain whatever intelligence they can in hopes of stopping the dark power. On his own to train his new apprentice and deeply wounded by the loss of his partner, Jack must work through his grief while also ensuring that those in his care are protected in this world. All the while, the dangers of this new mission threaten those who join him on the road and those who stay behind. Forever changed by the magic that both saved her life and nearly ended it, Anya has the difficult task of learning her new powers. Broken-hearted over the loss of so many and the betrayal of someone she held dear, the Apprentice Journeyman must also learn to work through the trauma and hurt from a lifetime of pain.

OPEN: JUDGING: COMPLETED: 💖 Welcome to the 2022 Rose Gold Awards, hosted annually by the founder of the Rose Gold Community, SamMariLu! In the Rose Gold Community, we aim to help others improve themselves. That's not just our members, but our followers, affiliates, or anyone who may stumble upon our account. We want them to utilize their skills and work hard to reach their fullest potential! In the Rose Gold Awards, our goals are the same. We want our participants to improve their writing to become the best it can be! With our critiques, we hope to guide participating authors to grow their abilities! If you are aiming for greatness in your writing, you've come to the right awards! Keep reading to find out how to join! Cover by: @lantea-