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CC by RebeccaSky
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**WINNER of The People's Choice Watty Award** Finn Harlow met his soulmate in kindergarten, but fate wasn't kind and she ended up marring his best friend. After years of watching in silent agony, he's certain he's met a girl who can finally mend his broken heart--until he finds her in the arms of her lover. In walks Holden Drake; dark, mysterious, and dripping in confidence. All the things Finn wishes he was. He promises to turn Finn into a modern-day Casanova and offers a guarantee that no woman will leave Finn again. But something about Holden doesn't seem right and the deeper Finn pries, the more he stumbles into a world of sex and scandal, leaving him forced to decide if he will risk it all to chase his first love, or succumb to the invitation and join Holden's club.
The Elementals [Watty Awards 2012 Action Winner] by vovnix
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Winner of Most Popular in the Action category in the 2012 Watty Awards. Most Read in 2013. Valerie is Water-Abled. At the age of sixteen she was able to manipulate and freeze water molecules. After she graduates high school she's shocked to find that she was accepted to a university she never applied for - Abled University, at the request of her deceased parents. Valerie soon falls into the Abled community but what should she do when she learns dark secrets that were kept from both her and the entire Abled society?
Playing Dead: Book One of The Whitechapel Chronicles by LittleCinnamon
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'I was falling. And he was going to catch me. I just knew he was.' For Megan Walden, life is all about perfection. She's the perfect friend, the perfect wife, the perfect office dogsbody, but what happens when she makes a decision that cracks the glass protecting her perfect little world? During a night-out in the shadow of her effervescent best friend, Megan meets Harper Cain and is instantly intrigued by the mysterious tattooed rocker-type with his trace of Bostonian accent and brooding darkness that lurks behind his smile. Knowing instinctively that she is playing with fire, and yet finding herself inexplicably drawn to the irresistible Harper, Megan embarks on a course that will destroy the foundations of her whole world and force her to question everything and everyone she has ever known. Plunging headlong into a nightmare she cannot stop, Megan realises too late that playing away with a mysterious stranger is the least of her worries. It's time for her perfect life to come to an end Will Harper catch her? Or will Megan be able to save herself?
Her Dark Desire (In the Process of Being Edited) by RemovingAllDoubt
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Paisley is in love with Zeke and anyone who comes between them and doesn't back off, well they're never heard of again. When Paisley made her first kill, she found out how much she enjoyed it and how it easy it was to get away with it. So for her there is no reason to stop the killing and it's an easy solution for her problem. But now with her latest victim, Trudy, things start to go wrong when the police are suspecting Zeke. Paisley can not let this happen and with every next decision she makes everything starts spiraling more and more out of control. Enter Damien, a boy who believes he's just like Paisley and he wants her badly. But she loves Zeke and will do anything for him, although she is not so immune to Damien as she likes to believe. If that's not enough problems, she is also stalked by the ghosts of her past kills. They are hiding in the mirrors and waiting for their chance for revenge.
The Blood Contract by beautifulatsunrise
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Gem Austen runs a profitable business by helping vampires find potential blood donors. Unfazed by these supernatural beings from years of dealing with them, she knows that vampires are cold and proud creatures incapable of loving no one. That is, until Luke Garon, a charming vampire, turns up at her doorsteps to enlist her services. Can she keep herself from falling for him? Or will she end up becoming a vampire's victim?
Thicker than Blood - Book One (Watty Awards 2012) by thethornsofmylife
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Book One in the Soul Seeker Series. At fifteen Amelia is forced to move in with her birthfather when her mother passes away. A man she's never met before in her life, stern and unfair, he is almost never at home and forces his family to move whenever his job calls for it. For three years Amelia has looked after herself and her younger brother Hayden but when she tranfers to Riverwood High everything changes. She finds herself friends there despite the efforts of her stepsister. One teacher in particular takes an interest in her, the 25 year old Nathaniel Flynn. The first time he laid eyes on her he knew, he just had to have her. At eighteen Amelia has to look after her baby brother, hold her own against a stepmother and mean stepsister and battle feelings she's never felt before. After all... Dating your teacher is forbidden, not that Nathaniel seems to care about that. Add into the equation that both her new found friends and teacher aren't who they say they are... Their diet consisting mainly of blood.
After by imaginator1D
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Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.
Adeline (Watty Awards Finalist 2013) by sasha_94
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Adeline St. Clair, afraid that her father's desperate attempts for money might sully her any more than they already have, stows away aboard the notorious Poseidon's Curse ran by the treacherous pirate Flynn. Flynn Gaige, tired of living with what he considers a deformity, sets sail on the most dangerous voyage yet in search for a cure of his abnormality. How does the brutal pirate fare when he discovers an accident prone girl aboard his ship? Follow Adeline on her quest for freedom, love, and quenching her desire for adventure.
Immortalia by MajaDiana
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[Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Romance ] Aurora Rosa is bonded—but not by choice, her existence is tied to a man she has yet to meet. Forced into submission because of her origin, her fate is sealed. Why? Because she is the property of Zachary Thomson. The man who owns her contract. As an Immortalia, she is nothing but a product with no expiration date. With extraordinary powers, she’s useful to many. Useful in the sense that she can benefit several businesses—that is until they tamper with her nature, and transforms her into a weapon instead of a tool. Cover Model: Miss Mosh http://miss-mosh.deviantart.com/ Cover art: Prisim
Adam&Audrey by BehindTheNiqab
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[Humor #184 / Romance #259] Meet Adam. A nineteen year old college freshman ready to take on the world with his best friend Audrey by his side. But when Audrey hatches a scheme for Adam to start a blog to help him lose his virginity, things start to get a little out of control. Far-fetched rumors and impromptu dates start to take over Adam's life but, the more he tries to navigate the world of romance, the more it becomes clear that he may have already screwed up his chances with the perfect girl. Losing his virginity shouldn't be this complicated. (Not Rated-R or LGBT-related, nor does it contain mature content.)