[Watty Winner 2012, Fantasy / Teen Fic / Adventure / Romance] Stars. For millennia, humans have stared up at the sky watching them light up the night. Unknown to most, they've been watching back, protecting us and keeping us safe from dangers. However, in the land of Astron, two girls are struggling to keep themselves alive. Miriam has a dark secret, living a secluded life with all the benefits that wealth provides. While Annabell is a poor orphan with a natural born gift of getting into trouble. With the help of two handsome lads, they have to uncover the truth about the prophecy that the Elders have worked so hard to hide. They need to find each other before it's too late. Change is coming, and Darkness is growing. In a race against time, they have to find the Rising Star before it's too late. Solem, help us all. [This is the first book in 'The Lores of Lyra]

Maria Rosario was your average maid who worked in the Royal's Kingdom. With the 'No magic practice' rule in order no one was allowed to practice their magic except the royals and the military. But listening to that rule didn't fit well with Maria, so every chance she got she broke that rule. Everything was fine and dandy until His Majesty discovered her using magic. And that's where it all begins with one condition in trade for the chance of a life time.

Growing up not knowing her roots, her true family or her destiny. Emilae learns of a fate beyond her dreams, and a title that is hers alone. A story of love, betrayal, and sacrifice.

When Cassie Taylor talks, ghosts listen. She wants to heal their souls so they can leave earth. Brooding songwriter Luke Rivers wants to give his recently found daughter a normal home, but he discovers his new house in small town Wisconsin is haunted by a ghost with an attitude. His ghost whisperer has an attitude too—even before someone tries to kill her. He wants conventional; she wants acceptance. No wonder she thinks men are hard and dead people are easy. FROM EDIE: The entire book was posted here. I left it up for over a week, then deleted everything except for the first ten chapters. I appreciate all the great comments, the votes and the fans. Wattpadders are the best! If you missed reading Dead People here, it's available most online bookstores right now. (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.) You can find out more here: http://edieramer.com/books/dead-people/

(Preferable no one reads this until editing is complete. Thank you.) Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. Romance. Keelea Rivers is your average teenager just trying to get through school. She has never considered her life a struggle; with life-long friends, reasonable grades, and a tight-knit family, Keelea is satisfied in the direction her life is heading. In her childhood town of Easton, nothing terrible ever seems to happen within the small community—until the body of Tamara Smith is found brutally murdered, a black rose pinned to her chest. The citizens soon erupt in an uproar as more bodies are discovered over the period of months. No one expected a serial killer to run loose within their once peaceful town. The people of Easton are now in fear of their life; curfews are set to protect their safety, the police force have expanded from a small station to a vastly growing squad—with more power, more investigators and extensive amount of hours, no piece of evidence is left unturned as they try to protect their townspeople. It soon becomes apparent that the serial killer has a fascination with young woman who have blonde hair. Keelea's once ordinary and secure life soon comes crashing down as her very existence is threatened. Why? Because Keelea has blonde hair... And she's next on The Black Rose Killer's list.

Their eyes had met from across the crowded room, music blaring in the background. Sparks flew, passion flared and it took one single night in the heat of the moment to wreck 17 year old Rachel Warner's life. She's pregnant with Jason Reinhardt's child, the school's imfamous bad boy but what if the rumors weren't completely true? What if Jason wasn't completely bad? And what happens when she wants to keep her baby? Jason Reinhardt hates his family, who had ruined his mother's health due to their cruelty just because his mother had been the maid of the Reinhardt family before his wealthy father married her. Once his mother died, Jason left to live on his own, forsaking his inheritence and vowing to never ask for his fathers help for anything but then Rachel and their baby suddenly steps into the picture. He remembers their wreckless night of passion and by the innocence he's seen in Rachel's eyes, he knows he's the father. Her warm presence, her laughter and stubbornness touches a place in his heart that he didn't even realize he had. And she's given him something he's always wanted. A family. But will their new found "family" survive the trails of life? Will their bond break or grow stronger? Only time will tell. And what does their fathers have to say about all this? -- There are also side stories of Rachel's friends Nancy and Dana. Tough girl Nancy Griffin is trying to fend off charming British hunk Gerard Hemmingway's advances...will she risk giving her heart out to him? And Dana is having a "forbidden" relationship that even her 2 best friends don't know about...how will their reactions be when they do find out?

Laila, a hopelessly romantic college student, is looking for her Mr. Darcy. However, no guy she meets measures up. Over the summer, she goes to Europe for a study abroad program with her best friends, Nate and Katrina, and her very persistent suitor, Mason, where she meets one of Darcy's descendants. From then on, it is a love triangle (or web) to be reckoned with.

As a child Venus had an Imaginary friend like any other kid. When she wakes up one morning to find him claiming he's not really imaginary, but her Kupid. Things take a drastic turn as he reveals he's accidentally gambled away her life for a game.

Elizabeth and Jarrod have been best friends for years, they even work together at the Titanic Museum in Branson, Missouri as Jack and Rose actors. They've grown so close, they are now dating. Here's the twist: Jarrod's parents fight so loud he can't sleep, so he pracitcally lives at Elizabeth's house, which is his only safe place. And Elizabeth's parents have the best technology and they live in a grand house, but they don't feed their kids or even clothe their kids. And Elizabeth has 4 other siblings, ranging from ages 14 to 1 year old. Hence the need for these 16 year olds to work.

Francesca is in her senior year, life was pretty much alright until she gets accidentally pulled in a time portal & finds herself entangled in a whirlwind of revenge, betrayal mysteries and romance. Circumstances force her into becoming a demon slayer by joining forces with a hauntingly charming stranger who has dark secrets of his own. Join her as she battles demons and finds love in this time travelling fantasy