The Ingrid Odyssey
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Whiskey Latte by alcoholandcaffeine
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Millennial immigrant Ingrid has quasi-settled in Berlin. She's got a place of her own, the beginning of a career and 'a conscience but not a heart,' according to her barkeep best friend with benefits, Remi. Dale is an awkward exchange student, abroad for the first time and powerless to resist Ingrid's charms when a mutual friend introduces them. He gets tangled up with her at the same time as his newfound mentor Oskar confronts Ingrid about the heartbreak she caused him way back when. Trapped between her conscience and her urge to sink her teeth into fresh prey, Ingrid must make a choice. Give the wishful-thinking fool what he wants and tear him to pieces, or let him go and hope for the best? *featured on the reading lists of official Wattpad profiles: @dangerouslove - 'Bad Girls' @WattpadUrban - 'Street Love' @BadassReads - 'The Badass Queen' @ChickLit - 'Adulthood' @Wattpad - 'Community Curator: @grendelthegood' Killer cover by @lxcksmith
Vodka Espresso by alcoholandcaffeine
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Ingrid feels at home in Berlin. She picks up one-night-stands at the bar and commutes to her 9-to-5. But she's not one to grow roots, so she embraces the promotion that takes her back to London - where her university friends have grown up without her. Ian is a doting father of two, whose business is crumbling in the wake of Brexit, and whose marriage was over before it ever began. Meeting the force-of-nature that is Ingrid does things to him - things his Irish Catholic upbringing would much rather have him suppress. But Ingrid doesn't mince words and she spares no feelings. They're both coming undone together and at the end of the day...who knows what'll be left? (direct sequel to "Whiskey Latte" but it stands well enough on its own; completed) **Trigger Warnings: references to drug use, domestic abuse and sexual assault Killer cover by @lxcksmith
Tequila Americano by alcoholandcaffeine
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Ingrid is not a good girl. She used to have an affair with a New York drug lord, has broken up at least one marriage, and is currently sleeping with her boss. She seeks redemption when the job takes her back stateside, but finds her old flame instead - and he's still obsessed with her. Edgar is trying to be a good man. A devoted father and hardworking CEO, his illicit romance with Ingrid has upended the traditional values he grew up with. His future is looking less certain by the day, as the woman he loves descends into self-destruction. Leon Ortega has made the best of a bad hand in life, and ended up one of the most feared gangsters in New York. Ingrid got away from him once, but will she manage it again, as she succumbs to her vices? Her life is in his hands, and tomorrow is never promised. (direct sequel to Whiskey Latte and Vodka Espresso but also works standalone; completed ) **Trigger Warnings: drug use, references to domestic abuse and sexual assault Killer cover by @lxcksmith
Flat White Rum by alcoholandcaffeine
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Globetrotter Ingrid gets a fabulous fresh start when her job takes her to Melbourne, Australia. Here she meets wise and sweet Oliver, who makes her forget she doesn't have a heart. This successful stability prompts Ingrid to accept an invitation to her high school's ten-year reunion and face down her childhood demons. Old habits are hard to kill, though, and a shocking death in her rundown home village puts her new life on the line. Torn between her commitment to Oliver and the lure of a charismatic bad boy, Ingrid finds herself at a dangerous crossroads. It's all or nothing, and she never wants to go back to nothing. *** Content warning: This story contains mature content and deals with or references the following themes - alcohol abuse, childhood abuse, suicidal thoughts, sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised. *** Gorgeous cover by @lxcksmith
Wasted by alcoholandcaffeine
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*Warning: this story deals with suicidal thoughts & themes, including a suicide attempt* Jude and Ingrid come from very different places, down very different roads - though sooner or later, all roads lead to Rome, don't they? In this case, Rome is both of them broken in Berlin, struggling to make sense of their scattered pieces. They save each other, but on people like them, salvation is wasted, really. And so are they. Wasted, that is. (no spoilers in the comments, please!)
experiment by alcoholandcaffeine
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"experiment": a course of action tentatively adopted without being sure of the outcome. An experiment is what Ingrid embarked on in London when she spilled her vanilla cappuccino all over Craig's crisp white shirt. He's good, easy fun - makes her laugh and buys her dinner. But what happens when nice-guy Craig asks more of bad-girl Ingrid than the semblance of carefree commitment she manages to muster in his presence? Will she run for the hills and leave him heartbroken in her wake...or will she continue the experiment until a less hazardous outcome naturally occurs? **Trigger Warnings: references to domestic abuse and sexual assault