In a war over the food court, an eager barista battles the confident competitor--and her own heart. *** Young barista Cora Chun takes pride in being a Cool Bean, even after years without a promotion. So when Farron Kam, the younger assistant manager of the competing smoothie shop, flaunts her hatred for her job, Cora is determined to crush her to a pulp. What she doesn't expect is for Farron to take her up on the challenge. With that declaration of war, the two begin a battle over the food court: who can serve the most customers, who can close up the fastest, who can grab the last loaf of bread at the supermarket... But as the rivalry begins to blend with romance, Cora has to decide if she is fighting a battle over beverages, or one over her own heart. *** Cover by the great @JustAWannabeWriter30! NOW SERVING: ✓ Sapphic workplace rivals-to-lovers ✓ Genderfluid love interest (with a cool tattoo) (and a motorcycle) ✓ First love and found family ✓ Opposites attract with a height difference ✓ PUNS GALORE FEATURED: ★ @Wattpad Community Pride Recs, Love Games ★ @FreeTheLGBT Pride Awards 2024 - Second Place ★ @Ambassadors Ambassador Reads, @ChickLit Serialized Spotlight, @ContemporaryLit, @lgbtq Word Count: +90k Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romcom, Comedy, New Adult ☆ This story is only available on Wattpad by @laurendoubleu

WATTY 2019 WINNER Hale, a state of the art android, can do nearly anything a human can. He cooks meals, cleans and organizes the house, repairs broken appliances, and runs errands. He can even provide for the more carnal needs of his owner. None of these tasks should present any challenge for Hale, and they don't-until he meets his next door neighbour, Rayner. Rayner seems like an unassuming gardener, but he asks Hale a lot of questions. Does Hale wish he could smell or taste food? What would he look like if his appearance hadn't been chosen for him? From the moment they meet, Hale runs into errors in otherwise simple tasks. He experiences bizarre sensations that none of his diagnostic tools can explain, and struggles to appease the people in his owner's social circle. As the errors in his programming begin to wear on his owner's patience, Hale faces the most difficult decision yet. If he can't evolve to meet her needs, he'll be returned and recycled into parts for future androids. If he does evolve, is he still just an android? Or something more? In all this, Rayner is the only man who can help him, and Rayner only has one question left for Hale. What does he want? Hale wasn't designed to want anything, but perhaps he can find the answer in the man with all the questions. TOP RANKINGS #1 in #freethelgbt #1 in #android - UPDATES WEDNESDAYS Story and artwork by Alistair Reeves This story is edited by Lyra Evans; she has amazing books on Amazon, so check her out if you like fantasy and mxm romance! I always love hearing from readers! Your time, votes, reviews and comments keep me constantly motivated. If you're interested in supporting this story even more than you already do by reading, please check out my Patreon (linked from my profile)! You can find me @kataraqui on Twitter/IG/Tumblr - Content warning for emotional/sexual abuse (not between MC and LI). Sexual abuse at the end of chapter 2 if you want to skip it.

Robin doesn't want to be a tutor. Tyler doesn't want to be tutored. So why are their tutoring sessions always running late? *** After an illness-stricken childhood, Robin Erie struggles to free himself from his mother's suffocating embrace. Her plan for him is clear: he's to excel in school, take over his late father's business, and marry a suitable girl of her choosing. Initially, college life offers nothing different from Robin's controlled and monotonous existence. Not until he meets Tyler Caster, a former soccer prodigy who struggles with restraints of his own after an accident took his left leg and made him crutch-bound. Tyler's sweet smile makes Robin dream of freedom and excitement. Through a string of candy-filled tutoring sessions, Robin and Tyler grow close. Very close. Perhaps they're even flirting? Robin isn't sure, but he wants to find out. But he knows he can't let his mother find out about his bond with Tyler, since Robin has started to suspect that her influence over him might be more nefarious than he previously suspected. Will Robin be able to break free from his mother's shackles to explore his budding feelings for Tyler?

An exhausted university student harbours a dangerous secret: he is a Charmer, an illegal type of human who can mind control individuals using his instrument. A talented musician, Atlas gets called to play for the King's personal court. Faced with the frustrating presence of Kaito Zarka, the youngest Bloodbinder Prince, the two are forced to work together in order to discover a cure to the Alkinate, a fatal sickness that turns cartilage into bone, which Atlas happens to suffer from. All the while Atlas attempts to evade suspicion from Kai's older brother Akemi who is hell-bent on exposing Atlas's secret. ============= * First Place in the Celestial Stardust mini-awards * Winner of the Celestia Cove Awards Fantasy * Winner of Celestia Cove Awards Romance * First place in the Love Song Awards General (LGBTQ) Fiction * Second place in the Blossom Mini Awards for best dialogue * Book of the month for the Pride Reads Server (Feb 2024) *Reached #8 in the OriginalWork tag (17/10/2023) Cover art by @uly.grom.ana (on Instagram)

**AMBYS 2024 WINNER** Get out of jail, get yet another crappy criminal henchman job, get his hotshot lawyer ex-girlfriend back. Oh yeah -- and get a murderous demon exorcised from his head. Jason Torres has his route back from rock-bottom perfectly planned out, right? That is, until he gets catapulted head-first into a police investigation into his ex-employers, the mysterious and deadly Saudi criminal organization, Alcor. The police think they've hit the jackpot by exploiting criminal trash like Jason to take down Alcor, except Jason has conveniently forgotten to mention a few details: his innate ability to attract chaos, his unfortunate possession by a bloodthirsty demon, and the fact that he's falling in love with his handsome new police partner, Dante Russo. And of course, there's Jason's biggest deadliest omission. His relationship with Alcor's sadistic boss is more than strictly professional, and she doesn't like sharing. 🥇 AMBYS 2024 WINNER - ACTION 🥇 First Place Winner, Katana Awards 2023, Action 🥇First Place Winner, Valentine Awards 2023, Action 🥇First Place Winner, Clouded Ink Awards 2022, Action 🥈 Second Place Winner, Aster Awards 2022, Action 🥇 First Place Winner, Hearts Awards 2022, Action

In a world where two kingdoms, the Solari and the Lunari, have been at odds for generations, an encounter between two princes could change everything. Adrian, the Solari prince, is brought to the Lunari court in chains, paraded before the court in slave clothes. Theron, the second-born half prince of the Lunari, is immediately drawn to him. He offers to take Adrian on a tour of the city, showing him the sights and treating him with kindness that is unexpected. As they spend more time together, Adrian and Theron start to see each other in a different light, their initial hostility turning into a deeper connection. But their kingdom's teetering peace is fragile and both Adrian and Theron are caught up in a political game that threatens to destroy everything they hold dear. A tournament is proposed as a means to bring the kingdoms to a peaceful resolution, but there are those who would rather see the two kingdoms at war. The two princes must navigate the dangers of the tournament, their own personal feelings, and the machinations of those who would see them fail. As the stakes rise and the tension mounts, Adrian and Theron find themselves drawn together in ways they never could have imagined. But will their love be enough to overcome the obstacles that stand in their way, or will the kingdoms be plunged into war once again? ༓Free audiobook available!༓

Are you willing to kill for your freedom? The world was at its end, sliding down a slippery slope of carnage and war. Jaycee, a washed-up assassin that was locked up in prison, escaped with the help of a mercenary group named Inanis. Alec, the group's handsome yet mysterious leader, offered Jaycee his freedom in exchange for one thing: to kill the commander of the World Below. What Jaycee didn't know, was that he would get caught up between two conflicting sides in a plot to revive the Dark Prince of legend. It's said that the intention of whoever revives him will decide the fate of the world. It's a battle to the finish line. Will Jaycee and Alec make it to the end, or will it be too late? *Updates every Friday.*

Owen thought that summoning a demon will be great and delightful and the demon would save him from his nightmares. But he realizes when it's already late that the devil is no better than his twin brothers ******** "Your bleeding," said Spike, pointing at my nose. I looked him dead in the eyes. Is this dude kidding me? "What ?" I asked. "Your nose is bleeding, and that's not blood; it looks... black." he looked spooked out, even his face was pale. I touched my nose to see if he was serious or not. My hands came back covered in black fluid, I looked at him as my face paled. "What the fuck!!!" I stood up and rushed to the bathroom. When I got in, I found a couple making out by the sinks. I ignored them and went to the sink to wash away this fluid. My vision was blurry as I was cleaning up my nose. The sink was painted black by the stuff from my nose. It had stopped coming out, but I still couldn't see very well, and I also got dizzy from whatever this was. ****** Little did he know that that was the start of another nightmare

Started April 16th 2023 The Church of Autellia had been lead by immortals since its birth. After being dormant for almost fifty years, the Northern kingdom of Windermere receives word that the Church has risen again under a new immortal's reign. The Church lives by the laws of their ancient deity, believed to be the one to give and take life, as well as guide souls to the afterlife. Throughout history, they've visited kingdoms which have rose and fell over time to judge them. If they are worthy of their goddess' blessing then the Church leaves, and its believed that the kingdom receives good fortune and prosperity. If not, well... Its not always time that swallows kingdoms. Maeven Constantine is the heir and sole daughter of the late Serena Constantine and ruling Lord Ulfric Constantine. At her twenty-first year of life, she's not lived through war, but battle and bloodshed has been apart of her for as long as she can remember. She grew up in the bitter cold and has grown to be as stubborn and spirited as any Constantine before her. When faced with the arrival of an unknown extremist group supposedly lead by an immortal warrior, she's not sure what to do. To look someone in the eyes who believes they have the power and right to destroy your entire family, how is she meant to feel? Illythia Acyuta is a mere sixty-seven years into her immortality. Her Church and family have been dormant for almost as long as she has been alive. To be the leader her Church needs takes extensive schooling and immaculate form, etiquette, and judgement. She believes in her deity with all her heart and would do anything to make her will so. She's already wiped out the Jorgtorian Hordes for their savagery, and her eyes are on Windermere next. She doesn't know what she'll find, but she knows she's eager to prove her worth as the leader and embodiment of the Church of Autellia. But perhaps some sins are worth dying for.

With a child murderer to catch, rookie Detective Ryan Shale has no time to lose. What he NEEDS is an older, wiser detective to teach him how to become a top-notch investigator. What he GETS is a guitar-plucking, fortune-telling, pickpocketing psychic. Is Ryan's career ruined before it even gets started? Or has he just had the luckiest break any guy could wish for?