💖2022 WATTYS WINNER IN NEW ADULT CATEGORY!💖 "You know what this reminds me of?" he asked. I shook my head, feeling the rush of our jump stir in my belly. "Being on stage?" "Roses," he said. "When we ended up at the bar where your parents met, and you got me roses, I thought it was fitting. We never would've gone in there if I didn't run out of gas. You know the saying, stop and smell the roses? I thought I would help you slow down and appreciate life. And here you are doing it for me. I guess whenever we're together, we'll always be smelling roses." 🌻🌻🌻 Nora's determined to be more independent, but if she were honest, she's terrified of the idea. For the last four years, she's ran her family's restaurant and raised her younger siblings well. But with high school over, she fears she may do it for the rest of her life. Then she meets local rockstar, Wren. He's the town's resident heartthrob, and after a year of touring, he's desperate for a break. But when he sets out to make the album of his career, he can't seem to find inspiration. Wren's dreams have given him the independence Nora craves, but she believes dreams are a luxury she can't afford. He wants to prove her wrong. When Nora agrees to be his muse for the summer, he promises to make her dreams come true. No matter how big, small, or completely ridiculous, he will fulfill them all. But as Nora gets further away from her comfort zone, she yearns for her old life back. While her family offers her security, Wren offers her freedom. When her checklist is complete, she'll have to decide which one she can live without. 🔥HIGHEST RANKINGS🔥 🏖 #1 for #Summerfling ✊🏿 #2 for #BIPOC 🪂 #5 for #Bucketlist

So Queen Marigold had her husband beheaded. What of it? The adultering loser had broken her heart. What she didn't expect though was that her trusted council would turn against her and that her sister Elsbeth, second to the throne, would use this momentum to overthrow her reign and banish her to Baile na Grod, which - let's be honest - is nothing more than an inhospitable rock in the ocean. As surprising as that chain of events might be, nothing could've prepared her for the shock of her creepy-ass jester volunteering to keep his queen company in exile. What the fuckety fuck fuck! She might as well throw herself off a cliff right now. 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑 ONC2025 entry Prompt 52. Let's play the game of colors: you paint me red because you love me and I paint you black because I want you gone. ONC ROUND ONE WINNER 🥳 ONC ROUND TWO WINNER 🥳 ONC AMBASSADOR'S PICK 🥳 ONC SHORT LISTER 🥳 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑 ‼️CW‼️ swearing and consensual smut 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑 Inspired by The Joker and the Queen (Ed Sheeran & Taylor Swift), the Tudors, Reign, The Great, The Dare and Losers by Harley Laroux, and also a bit by Måneskin. A crazy mixed bag of wonderful things actually 🔥🔥🔥

Hetty is a reserved and studious high school freshman. Ryan is an attractive and outgoing senior who is also surprisingly sensitive. What starts out as friendly chit chat soon leads to secretly touching hands under the table during film class. As their bond grows deeper, neither of them have confessed their true feelings to anyone -- not a best friend, their parents or even each other. Will Hetty be allowed to date a guy three years older? Is love more powerful than society's rules and expectations?

Life is quite methodical for Alice Park - from each item in her house to the job she does, and even her nonexistent social life. She likes life the meticulous and lonely way, she even revels in it. But her paradise is shattered to pieces when an unruly young man barges in through the front door, and threatens to strip her of her last drop of sanity. Because Daniel Müller is just that guy. Who gets off of other's annoyance. An unstoppable force to be reckoned with. A rebellious spirit who believes life is supposed to be shared with as many people as possible. They both become roommates and somehow don't kill each other on the first day itself. But how long will Daniel tolerate Alice's prudish ways? And how many mistakes will it take on Daniel's part for Alice to draw the line? And what if somewhere in the middle, the forbidden, unimaginable happens? Can you hate the fundamental nature of a person, but still fall in love with their personality? Not sure about anyone, but Alice certainly can't. At least, that's what she believes. ••• Started - 2/11/2022 Ended - Ongoing Cover by - Me

A newly expanded and professionally edited version of the Boy in the Woods is now available for sale as an ebook and paperback! Buy it at Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and many other online outlets. Winner of the 2014 Wattys Talk of the Town award. After a devastating accident takes Jess's parents, a cold and controlling uncle is the only family she has left. Ripping away everything she's ever known, he takes her far from her home in the big city to live on the rural family estate. With a spoiled and stuck up older cousin the only other young person in the home, Jess struggles to adjust to her new life of loneliness and quiet isolation. While exploring the woods surrounding her home one day, she stumbles upon a mysterious boy. Desperate for a friend, she's instantly drawn to him, but he's deeply distrustful and wants nothing to do with her. Sneaking away to see him, she works hard to break through his walls and slowly gains his trust. As time passes, their bond grows from forbidden friendship into something more, but the threat they'll be caught looms closer. How far will Jess have to go to protect the boy she's fallen in love with? Or will her uncle find out about them before she can escape his control? The Boy in the Woods is a mysterious and poignant coming of age novel set in the late 1950's, with the same classic feel as A Little Princess and The Secret Garden. As one of the top ten most read historical fiction stories on the popular reading website Wattpad.com, it's already loved by tens of thousands of readers. This compelling story is twice the length of the average young adult novel, and is appropriate for ages 14 to adult. By the same author as Wattys finalists Stolen Hearts and Love You Forever! Best Ranking: Historical Fiction #1 General Fiction #3 Warning: This story contains occasional language and mild violence.

BEAUTY AND FLAWS SERIES #1 No one born perfect. Zoey Babe Ortega is a trying hard girl. Everything she did turned not so well even just simply cooking egg failed her to do so. But it never stop her to achieve all the things she want. Since elementary, she was in love with Chanwell Zion Filkins, a man who set the bar of standards really high. He is always on top. Everyone always praising him even Zoey never failed to amaze. Until their last year in highschool came, she decided to take a move because she only want is to returned her love by the man she was wanting ever since. How can she softened his heart if he hated her the most? Date Started: 07/08/22 Date Finished: /--/--/

*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems* CREATE YOUR OWN MR. RIGHT Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participates in the app's trial run but finds herself immersed in the empathic conversations with her customizable virtual boyfriend, Ecto. In a society both connected and alienated by technology, Kate suspects an actual secret admirer is behind Ecto. Could it be the work of the techie student council president Dion or has Kate really found her soulmate in bits of computer code? She decides to get to the bottom of the cutting-edge app. Her search for Ecto's real identity leads Kate to prom, where absolute knowledge comes with a very steep price.

wattys winner 2021 editor's pick nov 2021 Naloko, nasaktan, at isinumpa sa langit na siya'y magiging stronger and better habang yakap ang bote ng alak. 'Yan si Megan Espirtu. Nang lokohin siya ng kanyang high school boyfriend na si Derek Lorenzo, ipinangako niya sa sarili na magsisisi ito dahil sa susunod na mag-krus ang mga landas nila ay siya na si Megan 2.0: successful, prettier, and so much better, until ten years later. Derek is set to be married to a socialite and celebrity vlogger. Si Megan? Well, hindi siya successful, hindi rin siya prettier, at higit sa lahat ay naiwan siyang bitter. Hindi lang iyon, siya pa ang assistant ng wedding planner ng dalawa. With the wedding of her ex and a reluctant artist as her only salvation to not be fired, Megan is faced with the question that has been silently mocking her: was it really his loss or hers?

"Its a deal then". "Okay", he replied and before I had the chance to kick him out of my couch, outside my door away from me he placed his lips on mine. At first I was shocked, frozen in my spot and a bit irritated as I was wedged in an awkward sitting position. But soon my body began to respond, our lips moving in perfect sync, electricity skating down my spine. Slowly he let go with a mischievous glint in his eyes. "I thought we are only kissing in front of them", I said breathlessly trying to sound annoyed while clearly his stupid lips had just made me see stars. "I was just practicing. And also sealing the deal with a kiss", he smirked. "Yeah right", I quipped . "Oh come on princess, you didn't even stop me. Just admit it- that you are addicted to my kisses". At that moment it hit me, that I had sold my soul to the devil and there was no giving back. Because this particular devil smirking at me didn't do refunds. ................................ Emerson Justice is your average girl with straight As and an acute love for pizza. Leo Arsen is the Italian hottie who just moved to her school and is not to mention the school's new bad boy. He also happens to work at Emerson's favorite pizza place. But there is more to Emma the pizza girl then what meets the eye. Emma has a secret. A secret that has made the school's queen bee her arch enemy. A secret that made her kiss Leo Arsen. Now he is at her doorstep demanding for more. They make a deal. But, what are Leo's true intentions a few innocent kisses or something more? #1 in humor #1 in romance And most importantly #1 in Pizza Cover by: @resistance_ Trailer by: @marquietta

Nerdy Dakota Evans makes the biggest mistake of her life by falling in love with her best friend, Aaron Ford. Despite coming from entirely different cliques in school, will their relationship have a chance? *** In a high school where everyone belongs to cliques, nerdy and boyish Dakota Evans' friendship with basketball jock, Aaron Ford, becomes a big issue. Aaron's highly protective of Dakota and doesn't realize that she's in love with him. With their friendship eventually going on the rocks, will Aaron finally realize his true feelings for Dakota before it's too late? [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]]