WATTY WINNER! Life has dealt city girl Olivia Porter a series of bad hands, but just as she's about to fold, fate intervenes and leaves her with a full house. Out of other options, she takes a gamble and moves to the countryside, hoping Lady Luck will follow along. Olivia's decision to embrace the single life is soon challenged by the arrival of local ace, Tate, and wild card, Warren, but little villages can hide big secrets and somebody thinks Olivia is holding the key to theirs. As her opponent ups his game, Olivia gets one last roll of the dice with the arrival of a leather-clad stranger. Will she hit the jackpot or go bust? Joker in the Pack is a standalone romantic suspense novel from the Blackwood UK series - no cliffhanger! FEATURED by Wattpad. Highest ranking: Mystery/Thriller #2

[BOOK ONE] [Completed] [Voted #1 Best Action Story in the 2019 Fiction Awards] Liam Luciano is one of the most feared men in all the world. At the young age of 18, he inherited the family name. 10 years later, the Luciano name is well known for its roll in the Mafia; along with two other families: The Costello's and The Corinelli's. But when a 21 year old is put on all three of the families radar, Luciano steps in the way, doing something he had never done before. Protect her. Through their own series of trials and tribulations, they learn how to love and how to trust. But most importantly, they learn that blood does not define family. - © 2015 taintedkissesxo * cover by thelucianoseries on instagram *

It was a life she never dreamed, a love she never expected, and a tragedy she never knew existed. Faye Summers is sassy and childish, not to mention extremely self-centered. Insanely talented at seventeen, she shone brighter than her other star counterparts, leading a life that glittered like gold. When sooner she realized that fame was not her thing, she quickly took off from the stage dragging with her the ever calm Jared Hudson, her childhood friend and enemy. She thought everything was going smoothly, but boy was she ever wrong. On one sick perversion of Fate, her dream became a nightmare. All because of a strange flame. Her life turns upside-down when she became the target of the owner of those flames, the assassin under the codename: 06. Now, her life would be altered... forever. [Wattpad Featured Story - Published by Summit Media Philippines under Cloak Pop Fiction]

Winner of "The Golden Bird Awards" hosted by 'AmbassadorsIN' They say, ❝Someone up there has already decided your destiny and paired you up with someone so no matter in which part of the world you are, your paths will cross each other some day❞ When Shreya Chauhan accidentally bumps into Aarav Shah, he loses his heart to her right away in that moment without knowing that loving her won't be that easy. Each moment, each phase he would have to keep proving HIS LOVE FOR HER. __________ Started : 20th May, 2017 Completed : 12th November, 2017 Editing Completed : 23rd April, 2018

Anabelle Anderson doesn't just want revenge. She wants an entire revolution. * * * When 17-year-old Ana returns to her hometown for senior year, she vows to crush the powerful and dangerous clique that exiled her. Armed with a disguise and a step-by-step guide on waging social warfare, she sets out to overthrow the reigning monarchy at Irvine Academy and install a new social order - one that puts her and the lower class on top. But when old enemies become new friends, and with the temptation of love and power dangled before her, Ana must carefully balance her own secrets, lies, and a double identity in order to carry out the perfect revolution. A COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO retelling where MEAN GIRLS meets PRETTY LITTLE LIARS in a coming-of-age melodrama about friendship, betrayal, and sweet, bloody revenge. Featured: @wattpadexplorer: Editors' Picks, May 21 @StoriesUndiscovered: Mega Mash Up @YA: Clueless @generalfiction: Freestyle Fiction @mystery: Bright Young Minds @PsychologicalNovel: Meticulous Minds @YARomance (user run): Triangles, Bad Boys and Popular Cliches #WP2020 Summer Reading Challenge official participant (user run)

[Completed] Redaliya wasn't her first name. Before she changed it, what seems like a lifetime ago, she was called Opalescence Alkingsly. This is her story. One that's been forgotten by many in the sands of time. The path she followed help build a foundation for the future. After making a choice that leaves blood on her hands and bringing a curse upon herself, she is on the run. Travelling around to find a cure for her curse, Red stumbles upon a young shifter, Everett. Unable to leave him to fend for himself, she takes him under her protection. With even more of a reason to live she's desperate to survive. When Everett shifts early, Red brings him to the healers to make sure he's all right. While there she realizes her time really is ticking. There are consequences of one's actions; there are no second chances. |Started: June 7, 2019| |Completed: January 28, 2020| |Cover Credit: @Azanthiel| Highest rank: #2 in paranormal - April 14, 2020 Werewolf List: "Other Worlds" Dark Fantasy List: "Shades of Now"

When my sister died, I lost everything. Now I'm looking for answers, but maybe some things are better left buried... *** My sister is dead and I have no idea what happened to her. I need answers, and I need them now. The last thing I expected when hunting for the truth was to wind up in a magical world. I need to be careful; nothing is as it appears and good and evil dangerously intertwine. The last person to see my sister alive might be the only one who can keep me safe. But Mr. Noble, the mysterious antique store owner hides his own secrets. So we strike up a deal. One that's far more dangerous than I could ever have imagined. But as I develop feelings for Mr. Noble, we uncover bitter truths and dark secrets. The kind of secrets that can destroy us both... if we live that long. *** Added to the official Wattpad Romance (@romance), Fantasy (@fantasy), Dangerous Love (@dangerouslove), Paranormal (@paranormal), Mystery (@mystery), Adventure (@adventure), New Adult (@NA), Magic (@magic), Urban Fantasy (@WattpadUrban), Dark Fantasy (@WattpadDarkFantasy), High Fantasy (@highfantasy), Angels, Demons & Nephilim (@WattpadHornsAndHalos) and Young Adult (@YA) reading lists! 1st Place Winner (Paranormal) in the "3rd Ohana Awards" 2019 *** "Thanks for reading" gif by @sereneur I don't own the rights to the pictures or gifs used in this book. Cover by germancreative

As the first Lady Knight of Monrique, Juliette Van Helsing regularly deals with criminals who threaten the peace and security of her country. When a string of brutal murders among the nobility take place in quick succession, leaving behind one puzzle after another, she begins a race against time to find the murderer. Along the way, webs of lies, betrayals and greed are unravelled, and at each turn, she finds herself questioning her beliefs and assumptions. In the midst of all of this chaos, will she be able to fulfil her duty, and mayhap, find love?

Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]

"The Hacker and the Mob Boss" ❦ Reyna Fields seems to be an ordinary girl with her thick-framed glasses, baggy clothes, hair always up in a ponytail, and her head tucked away behind a computer screen. However, no one knows she's armed with a genius IQ and a heart of gold. She hacks her way into virtual systems on a search for her mother. Unfortunately for her, she has hacked into the wrong database. She hacked into the database of the notorious mob boss, Santino "Saint" Venturi. Saint is the opposite of his name. He's known for his ruthlessness. As a mob boss to a mafia, he learned to eat or be eaten. When Reyna stumbles upon his database, a plan dispersed into his mind. He's going to take her. ❦ "I don't share, angel." "He's a friend," she found herself saying. Dante was too busy staring at her to notice the fiery glare in Saint's eyes. She was mentally praying that Dante would just look away. His fingers trailed up her leg before his hand latched onto her sex. He held her there while a small gasp left her lips. "I will fuck you on this table if he doesn't stop looking at what belongs to me." ❦ HIGHEST RANKING: #5 romance - 6/26/22 Dark Romance Cover by @-simplyhan