*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems* CREATE YOUR OWN MR. RIGHT Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participates in the app's trial run but finds herself immersed in the empathic conversations with her customizable virtual boyfriend, Ecto. In a society both connected and alienated by technology, Kate suspects an actual secret admirer is behind Ecto. Could it be the work of the techie student council president Dion or has Kate really found her soulmate in bits of computer code? She decides to get to the bottom of the cutting-edge app. Her search for Ecto's real identity leads Kate to prom, where absolute knowledge comes with a very steep price.

The Bad Boy and The Tomboy is now published as a Wattpad Book! As a Wattpad reader, you can access both the Original Edition and Books Edition upon purchase. Nicknames, a love of soccer, and school rumors are all the bad boy and the tomboy have in common. But if they give each other a chance, will they find something more? ***** Seventeen-year-old Macy Anderson is a tomboy that plays soccer, hangs with the guys, can't stand girls (except her best friend Jasmine) and doesn't know who Sam Cahill is. But when the pair unexpectedly meet, everything goes downhill from there. Because Sam Cahill is the school's bad boy, known for skipping classes and getting into trouble. Not to mention his cocky attitude, British accent, and magnetic charm, which seems to work on all the girls -- except Macy, who has a rule not date in high school. But when Sam starts showing her his moves (on and off the soccer field), Macy begins to see a different guy under the leather-clad exterior. Will that be enough to convince her that he's the one guy worth breaking the rules for? [[Word count: 300,000 - 350,000 words]] [[2015 Watty Winner]] All Rights Reserved- ©nikki20038

Marie. Marie Miller was a very special girl. She wasn't your typical 15 year old. She was more. Yes, she was beautiful but she had talent. Lots of it. She was a gold medalist surfer. Her parents moved to Hawaii before she was born so she grew up near the waters. But, what will happen when they have to move to California for a year? Will she survive? Yes, there's water but it isn't the same as the water she grew up with.

Maddy Malone is a 17 year old girl from Perth, Australia. She and all her friends love to surf! Maddy wants to be a surfer when she's older, as does her best friend Titan. But with a very unrealistic dream about becoming a surfer, Maddy has to look elsewhere to find what she wants. With all her friends getting into different universities all over Australia, Maddy is struggling to find out what she wants to do with her future. With various plot twists, tragedies and lots of arguments, will Maddy get her dream future?

Perfect waves, houses on the beach, and amazing Hawaiian sun. Hannah and her friends are all die-hard surfers, including her hot best friend Ryan who she could never date. They all can't wait for another whole summer of surfing and they're finally old enough to compete in Oahu's Amateur Surf Competition in the North Shore. It has been Hannah's dream to enter the competition until a rival group of surfers threaten to ban them from their favorite surfing spot if she loses. As the intensity of summer continues so will this feud. Will they be able to keep their favorite surf spot? Will Hannah win the surf competition and the guy of her dreams or will she lose it all? Everything in this surfers paradise is about to get heated.

Tatum Lillywhite is a 18 year old Pro surfer who is semi famous. Her entire career is moved from Palm Beach, Florida to Malibu, California to attend Malibu High School after being expelled from her last school. (FUN FACT: Gigi Hadid went to Malibu high). Surfing is a huge part of her life and so is her family, if anyone hurt them she wouldn't let them see the light of day ever again. shes a bit of a prankster and isnt the biggest on rule following. Tatum has the looks of a Victoria secret model and always has boys dropping at her feet. The only serious boy ended badly, but thats a story for another time. All and all Tatum is a Lovable, Thrill seeking , Ray of sunshine. As in every good high school story there has to be a 'Bad boy'. In this story 18 year old Weston Moore is considered just that. Weston is also a very good surfer, but isn't as famous. He is the popular guy in school and has the looks of a Greek god. He has girls begging to date him, but its always a one time "get together". Weston never followed the rules since birth and shows a cold side of him at all times. What will happen when the two meet? Will sparks fly? Read and see ;) *SLOW UPDATES*

"You don't surf as good as you used to." I rolled my eyes. "You're wrong and you know it." His gaze burned with treasured desire. "I could surf waves on your neck with my lips." My eyebrows rose and I slid my hands down his waist and watched his eyelids flutter back. "Oh really?" His eyes snapped back open. "Really," he murmured. "Show me your best wave then," I whispered against his ear. *** Teen Surf Champion, Kennedy Dyline has the beauty, the fame and certainly the talent. But when she returns to Australia to compete in the worlds largest surfing competition, she discovers not all her fans are head over heels for her. Because where there is fame, there is sabotage. Not to mention how her life has always been an easy surf but a long distance 'second chance' relationship with player Caiden Hurley creates another tsunami of a challenge, especially now she's run back into the guarded twin brother of her dead best friend and she has no idea why he hates her. 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘛𝘸𝘰 (SEQUAL TO 'PLAYING THE SURFER') (Could be read as a stand alone)

(completed) "And I will call upon Your Name and keep my eyes above the waves..." Savannah's physical conditions limit her from doing what she used to love. She goes through every day doing the same things over and over again secretly hoping that God would give her a miracle. Nate on the other hand, is popular and known for his good boy attitude and rad surfing skills. He's a champion surfer and happens to be her neighbor and- ex best friend. When the two start talking again, things start changing and new challenges come... (Not edited. Thanks for reading:)

❝You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to face them.❞ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ After wiping out on the waves and spending the last six months in a physical therapy centre recovering, pro-surfer Thalia Monroe, heads to the small coastal town of Sandy Cove to escape the limelight. Still recovering mentally from her near-death experience, getting back on the waves has not come back to her as easy as she hoped. Maybe all it takes to get back on the board is a local, Atlas Hayes, who wants to show her that maybe the strength she's been looking for has been there all along. One thing Thalia wasn't expecting was that falling in love is like surfing a wave, it's an adrenaline rush that can throw you ten feet under.

A cute little romance on a beach in Australia ☼ 18-year-old Indy has finally returned to her mother's pretty little beachfront cottage, where she used to spend every summer. This is going to be the summer she finally confesses her love to Ryan, the boy next door. But this year, Ryan has brought along a girlfriend. Indy is determined not to let heartbreak drown her, because when you get wiped out, you've just got to get back on the board.