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Killing Me Softly (#Wattys2016) by BiancaSloane
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On a bitterly cold January evening, Tracy Ellis went for a jog along Chicago's snowy lakefront and disappeared. Her body is discovered days later, her beautiful face bashed in with a rock. Police determine her brutal death to be a mugging gone wrong and drop the matter into their cold case files. Over a year later, Tracy's sister, Sondra, still can't come to grips with what happened. She throws herself into her work as a documentary filmmaker to try and forget the cruelty of her sister's death. However, a chance encounter with a man from Tracy's past rips the wound open and sends Sondra on a desperate search for answers about the secrets from her sister's life that may have led to her death. As Sondra struggles to uncover what happened to Tracy, she's launched into a tangled web of deceit and danger that put her on a collision course with life and death...
16 Letters, 16 replies by 4everlostinmusic
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Two sentences Both had three words Eight letters She said it 16 times He replied 16 times Two years passed No more letters
Finding The 10 by krystal-44
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**********Mature Content Inside********* (This includes sex scenes, violence and drug use. Reader beware) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What are the 10 qualities that you are looking for in you future husband or wife? Do you know what they are? Would you make a list to help you find to your 10? Eli has made his list after realizing he isn't where he wanted to be at 30 years old. Now he is on the search for his perfect 10 but will she be that easy to find? Sometimes you don't have to look very far to find your 10. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Its not that I don't want to stick to the plan, Marco. It's just that I don't even know where to start." "You start by finding the right girl. She is out there somewhere you just need to look harder." "If you suggest online dating I will throw my glass at you." I say with a jokingly straight face. "No, not online dating. Figure out what you want in a wife and go from there. If you meet a girl that fits the criteria, date her if not then don't get close." "You mean a list of qualities?" Frankie asks suddenly intrigued. "Yeah, I guess. Why not? What do you want your future wife to be?" "A woman." I say before downing my drink and reaching for the bottle again. "Be serious man." Marco says. "Fine. Im probably way to drunk to remember this anyway." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Her Cinder Throne (Completed) by ViridianHues
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Cole Glassad couldn't care less about the upcoming palace ball meant to find a wife for the prince. Her life is down in the dangerous Sparkstone mines, slaving away for a few coins that her stepmother and stepsister promptly steal. With life a living hell, she has barely enough energy to care for the injured animals she tends in secret, much less a party for the royal family that cares so little for her and the people like her. It isn't until a mysterious man appears out of the shadows, claiming to be one of the long-lost faeries and offering her a chance at freedom, that she begins to see hope. In exchange for enough money to free herself from her family, the faerie asks only for one thing in return-- that Cole attends the ball in order to get close enough to the prince to assassinate him and bring an end to the corrupted royal line. With her mission clear, Cole enters the world of the palace to learn about the prince and find a way into his ball. But dark secrets, violent plots, a strange sense that perhaps the prince isn't as bad as the faerie makes him seem, and a life-changing discovery about her past, all conspire to make Cole's shot at freedom messy and difficult. She must find the strength to get close to the prince, or else the mysterious faerie will send her back to the mines and her dreadful family. Once the clock strikes midnight... she must fulfill her end of the bargain. Once the clock strikes midnight... her hands must be red with the prince's blood.
Song of the Piper by MissBookNut
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A mysterious man only known as the Pied Piper haunts Aschein. Not only does he lead children away, but he robs many towns of the magic that sustains their life. Now, monsters overrun the world, and humans are being driven into a corner, unable to fend off the creatures that attack them more and more frequently. Enter sixteen year-old Klaudia, a disabled girl who was left behind because she was unable to follow the Piper. She is a living curse to the people of Hamelin, a painful reminder of their misfortune--and has no place in the town. When she receives a marriage proposal from the powerful Lord Himmel, she accepts without hesitation. Introduced into the world of magic, Klaudia finds her calling as a Magus, a powerful brand of sorcerers whose Affinities are among the most powerful in the world. But underneath the glamour and the luxury of Lord Himmel's castle lies a deadly secret. Soon, Klaudia will learn that not everything is as it seems, and freedom will always come at a dangerous price. *** EDITOR'S CHOICE OCTOBER 2020 Previously Wattpad Featured Lovely cover by @seventhstar Word count: 127K
1928 ✓ by highfoxes
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Rose Davies, a modern-day university student, finds herself trapped in the body of a 20s Lady, who had been brutally murdered at her time. Cutthroat gangs, fancy pubs and a new aristocratic lifestyle pull her into the hazardous world of Old London. An encounter with the Walker Twins, leaders of a subversive organisation, throws her into a blind alley as she tries to save herself from the dangerous fate that awaits her. Looking for a way to turn back to her world, what will cross her path in the meantime? Hardship? Crime? Betrayal? New friendships? And perhaps, love? Cover made by nelysian Copyright © 2020 by L (highfoxes)
Serpent's Kiss || Kingdom at the End of the World - Book I by BelitAm
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When a storm strands Ira Hale at the stately Beaufort Manor, she joins the household to work under the mysterious and reclusive Valeri Beaufort, but what secrets are lurking in the shadows? *** Ira Hale joins the Beaufort household under the employ of Beaufort Manor's mysterious master, Sir Valeri Beaufort. She soon comes to care for the reclusive noble and his haunted home. When a series of gruesome murders in a nearby town expose Sir Beaufort as a vampire, both the town and Beaufort Manor fall under the scrutiny of a ruthless police force known as the Amith Capil. In a world where monsters walk among humans, the true killer hides in plain sight. *** Book I of Kingdom at the End of the World series. 2021 Watty Winner in Horror *** Content warning: This story contains graphic depictions of violence and death.
Dead Serious by StuartCampbell5
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Now listed as a Wattpad Editors Choice! When Sam takes a job at Eternal Wings Funeral Home, he thinks he's just getting a summer job so that he can save up enough money before he starts university. What he ACTUALLY gets, is the adventure of a lifetime in the most ridiculous of circumstances. A rival funeral home is threatening to put Eternal Wings out of business, so Sam and his new friends must do whatever they can to save their jobs. This is a story about friendship, teamwork, never giving up . . . and lots and lots of dead people.