Princess Elara Aviella Monteya wants only to experience life outside of the secure walls of her palace home. While wandering the city disguised as a maid Elara is kidnapped by foreign raiders. She wakes up on a ship headed for Adavia, surrounded by other young women with no clear memories of her former life. Her companions tell her she is a maid named Eyla, turning her disguise into her new reality. Before reaching Adavia it is revealed that the women were taken as brides for the men aboard. Elara, now Eyla, finds herself married to a young merchant and sailor named Noah Marchand. Noah Marchand expected to return from his journey across the sea with new stories and a few foreign trinkets, he never expected to return home with a wife. Noah has been striving to rebuild the family name tarnished by his misspent youth and a strategic marriage seemed like the perfect solution. Instead, he finds himself married to a woman from a land most of his peers consider savage. This arrangement is far from what either ever expected in their lives, but it could prove to be exactly what they needed.

Destiny, a sweet, innocent and often introverted Christian moves to a new country with hopes of studying in the country of her dreams but soon her life gets woven into a tapestry of love and lies as she lays eyes on Antonio. Antonio, leader of the Italian mafia, a stoic man with a cold demeanour weaves his way into Destiny's life making her question all she had believed in one by one.

[This story is free as of February 10, 2021] "Move over A Walk to Remember, and make way for one of the most heartwarming stories this side of Wattpad. It's so cute, I could cry (again)." - Grace @ HQ After tragedy strikes, Nolan loses all faith and never expects to love, let alone smile again until Nora-perky and persistent-walks into his life. ***** 15-year-old Nolan Haynes has everything. A loving family, a promising future as a filmmaker, and a pretty cool group of friends. That is until tragedy strikes and he's forced to move towns. Nolan vows never to let anyone in ever again-they always leave. But on a summer day two years later, when the super upbeat, Nora walks to his lunch table-Nolan has to try a bit harder to keep a smile off his face. Little does he know that Nora is fighting a battle of her own, one that no one could even imagine. And as the two get closer, they not only find solace in each other but in God. When Nolan is faced with a situation in which he has to break Nora's trust to protect her, can their budding relationship still stand and will God show up in all of this? [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: This story contains scenes of verbal and physical abuse that may be triggering for some readers. NOTICE: Before the Morning is currently undergoing revisions! A sensitivity reader (someone who goes through your manuscript and assesses representations in your work) identified a number of issues surrounding the Filipino representation in BTM. I'm rewriting with the goal of creating a more authentic and respectful story. I'm sorry for the pain I caused by failing to include accurate Filipino culture and in having written from Nora's point of view.