Apricity [a-PRIS-i-tee]: The warmth of the sun in winter Briar Elizabeth Maddox Became a social outcast over the summer and now her used-to-be friends treat her no better than the dirt under their shoes. But no matter what she's been through, she's still our sunshine girl, always treating life with a positive attitude. Roman Dean Castro Well... he's definitely got an attitude. His main focus is basketball and he has no time for anyone else's crap. Being the new kid in town just brings him unwanted attention. With his social skills hanging by a thread, it's a wonder how he's quickly considered one of the school's biggest heartthrobs. It's their senior year. With Roman being the way he is, his teacher decides he needs a positive influence in his life. And what better influence is there than our sweet girl star student Briar Maddox? COVER BY: @meha-k

Sixteen-year-old tech prodigy Mahina Aunika Tembo Kai-codename: CIRCUIT-was born into secrets. The daughter of two legendary operatives in The Veiled Legion, she's spent her life chasing echoes: encrypted messages, phantom signals, whispers from a past buried deep beneath the classified vaults of the world's most secretive spy agency-M.A.U.S.A.M. But when a forbidden interface unlocks a voice from the dead-her mother's-and a warning about Project Acheron, everything changes. Now Mahina and her elite black-ops unit-Lux Tenebris, eight prodigies raised in the dark-are thrust into a puzzle older than any satellite. One that merges ancient magic with bleeding-edge tech... all connected to a fallen celestial relic called Elarion, humming with code and untold power. As the line between myth and machine blurs, Mahina must unravel the truth before the Legion's most dangerous secrets rise again. And in the shadows of this unraveling storm stands Zaiden Elio Santiago Mercurio II-a cold-eyed mafia heir with encrypted loyalties and ties to the very war Mahina was born to fight. Their destinies weren't supposed to cross. But fate-like firewalls-was made to be broken. Her parents vanished without a trace. The Legion won't speak. The code is waking up. And CIRCUIT is done waiting. --- ⚠️ Read if you like: 🔥 Teen spies, tech gadgets & rogue AI 🖤 Found family, forbidden bonds 💥 Action-packed missions & spycraft 🧊 Cold love interests with hidden hearts 🦁 Fierce, brainy female leads 🕵️‍♂️ Mafia x Spy dynamics --- > ☣️ This is your official briefing. Expect spies, secrets, mafia mayhem, emotional warfare, and tech you're probably not cleared to know about. Mahina was thrilled. Zaiden was... tolerating it. There may or may not be explosions. And feelings. You've been warned. - -Agent CIRCUIT 💻🦁 "It's fun. You'll survive. Probably." -Agent OBELISK 🕶️ "This was a mistake."

Her name is Winona or Winnie for short, she's 10 years old and at early age learned how to work, just to earn money to help her mother. She was the product of her mother's unreciprocated love and because she's the spitting image of her father, Matilda couldn't love her with all her heart, as she reminds her of the pain that he gave her. Though she's not abused physically by her mother, she was bullied in school for being the daughter of a prostitute and also because of her rare eyes that caused her to become mute. And for unexpected turn of events, something happen that led her to be with her half-brothers. Will she be able to experience the true meaning of love, happiness or never? Well, let's find out and see if that's going to happen in the end. ⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️ Date started: 18 june 2022 ⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️ 10k➡️june 26 21k➡️june 30 40k➡️july 8 54k➡️july 13 76k➡️july 21 100k➡️july30 140k➡️aug15 18 in Mafia: june 22 🥇in Brothers: june 23 🥇in granddaughter: june 23 🥇in babysister: June 25 🥇in princess: June 26 🥈in siblings: June 27 Please do not copy this book

Alina Book 2 NOT a standalone!!! ----- The treasure has been hidden, now the hunt is on. Alina Lombardi has disappeared. Stripped of her identity and locked away, the young girl has fallen victim to a sick obsession at the hands of her brothers; the new leaders of the Russian Bratva. The Ivanov brothers will do anything to keep their little rabbit, their Zaya safe. But how safe can one really be with the likes of them? Will Alina's dwindling spirit heal the wounds of their past, or only feed the fire that fuels their insanity? Her adoptive family, the American-Italian mafias, saved her from the clutches of the Ivanovs once before. But can the Lombardis do it again? In a twisted game of rivals, lies, and greed, is family, love, and new friends in the most unlikely of places. But how many players really are there?

Volume One of the Born For Harmony Series After moving to Arizona following her mother's death, an aloof, introverted, Jenna tries to cope up with everything that is being thrown at her. She tries to put up with the fact that she goes to high school after years of studying at home. Things were pretty... "unpredictable" as you may say. She then meets Grayson Sanders, who has been aloof and distant over everything, but who knew he was what she needed to uncover something shocking? ~~~ "Then everything blacked out until I heard this voice..." "What voice?" I ask her. "I don't know...I couldn't put my finger around it...all I know is that it said, 'You're next, Jenna Lou McCartney.'" She sighed, covering her eyes. That's...really different from the past nightmares she got. "I know I shouldn't let this get all over my head, but part of me felt like it was real..." I can't hold myself anymore. I wrap my arms around her and pull her into a hug.

Riley Mathew's is a 17 year old girl. She lives in a rich town with her mother and stepfather. She's struggling to keep her past locked up, it's getting harder to do so by the day. Her dad was murdered 3 years ago, what makes matters worse is that she's ill treated by her step family. She found a way to cope and release all her anger and sadness, through street fighting. Although she doesn't do it frequently she still is the best in the country. Wade Smith is the most romantic and the sweetest guy of Rosewood High, he's seen as the gorgeous Greek god. He is 18 years old. A year ago Wade caught a glimpse of Riley and since then he can't seem to get her off his mind. Finally he see's her at school and he made it his duty to somehow speak to her. Will he uncover parts from her past? Can he help her heal and possibly make her quit street fighting? Will she finally learn to love... Maybe it's fate that brought them together or was it a mere coincidence that Wade was at the right place at the right time? Join us as we uncover the story of Riley Mathews and Wade Smith.

〚FEATURED〛 ⭒⭒⭒⭒⭒ "My pick-up lines are great." "Yeah, and I have a pet llama." "You do??" "No, idiot." ⭒⭒⭒⭒⭒ Arc-en-ciel (n.): Rainbow He's the perfect example of a thundercloud. He's rude, grumbly, and frightening to most- ready to harshly rain down on anyone in his way. She's a human sunbeam, at best. She's the kind of person with a sunshine personality that everyone adores- bubbly, nearly always beaming, and looking to spread smiles. Working with your polar opposite might seem like the worst thing that could happen. But around every thundercloud's rain, there comes sunshine. And with the sun and rain, come rainbows. ⭒⭒⭒⭒⭒ Featured in Wattpad Teenfiction's 'Funny Bones' Reading list [no idea how that happened lol] [#1 in Adorable | 1# in Cute | 1# in LoveAtFirstSight } [#1 in BadBoy | 1# in Boyfriend| 1# in Fiction ] [#2 in GoodGirl | #2 in Romance] ©All rights reserved, available only on Wattpad [Cover images do not belong to me, all rights reserved by owners]

The Lombardi family is the most notorious group in the crime world. They rule both the American and Italian mafias and have many others bowing at their feet. Lombardis show no mercy to anyone who gets in their way. Alina is just shy of 4 years old, but her short life has been a living nightmare, full of pain and suffering. She is the unwanted daughter of the Russian Bratva, the Ivanovs. Alina was sent to the States shortly after birth to be "raised" by her older brothers. But she's nothing more than a burden to them, right? Though seemingly impossible, one day, Alina escapes and unknowingly falls right into the hands of her enemy, the Lombardi family. Little did they know who exactly had just changed their lives forever. For the better? Or for the worse... ---- "Brothers," I point to the boys. "Mommy," I grab her hand. "Daddy," I reach for his, but I'm lifted off the ground instead and pulled into his warm embrace. "And our little Allie." This is my family. ---- [WARNING] Contains - mature content, bad language, abuse, and other violent behaviors ---- Recommended 15+

This book can be read as a stand alone Greyson Blake Rosen-Hower Who doesn't know that name? Everyone with a pulse knows his family. He's blessed with his father's devilish looks and cunning mind. He's already on top of the corporate ladder at a young age without any effort. He also inherits his mother's pure heart. Well, if you dig deeper, I mean more more deeper like Mariana's trench deep. I swear you'll find it. Sunshine McBright is the epitome of happiness and positive energy. Even her name says it all. She's simple minded and detached from reality most of the time. Trying to be happy and making others happy while you are experiencing hardship was so hard but she'd rather die trying than not. They met in a strange way and she captivated Greyson with her quirkiness. Like his father, Greyson believes at love at first sight. They are opposites in every way but Greyson will do anything to leap that gap between them and make Sunshine his. Forever. -excerpt- I was sitting quietly in the middle of Central Park when suddenly a flower appeared on my vision. I looked up and saw a redhead smiling widely at me. My hoodie obscure half of my face so I doesn't know if this strange woman saw my flat expression. "I am sorry. I've been staring at you for a while which I know was totally creepy but I swear I am not. I notice that you look lonely and sad so I picked this flower and hopes that your day will become a little bit lighter." She pushed the flower a little so I was forced to take it. "Huh you're still not happy. Wait please." The redhead run towards a bush that has a sign that clearly said "Don't pick any flowers. Fine $50." After she picked a handful. She runs back to me. "Here." she offered the newly stealed flowers to me. "oh I also have a chocolate bar. do you want one?" The only thing that's running on my mind was who's this strange woman and can I take her home? Another amazing cover from @Regina_Anais!

WILL BE MOVING TO GALATEA ON THE 14TH OF JANUARY! The Crown Trials is a royal competition in which 24 Iridis suitors from each of Heliac's Royal Academies compete for the title of Heliac's guardian and the hand of the apparent heir to the Golden Throne in marriage. Willow Aldwyn is an Iridis blessed with the powers of an Air Wielder but has spent most of her life trying to escape it by hiding amongst the First-Bloods. But hiding comes with a price. With each passing year, her powers grow stronger and wilder until the fateful day when she's pushed beyond her limits and unleashes her destructive powers during a visit from the king and his son. Crown Prince Atlas. Astonished by her untamed powers, the king obligates her to join the Trials, posing as an ordinary suitor while secretly being taught how to manage her intense abilities. But the Trials prove to be far more complicated than Willow could have expected. Friendship and competitors in a game of lies to satisfy the entertainment of the public. And a prince, hard to resist. Copyright © 2021 Tori R Hayes All Rights Reserved