*WARNING: Written in 2008, some content may be offensive* Stasee is your typical shy, quiet teenage girl until the night her brother's best friend Damen Hurtz decides to finally acknowledge her existence. In a desperate attempt to gain his acceptance she allows him to take the one thing every girl values most...her virginity. After that night, Damen constantly begins accepting her while they're alone and then rejecting her in front of his peers. Stasee's frustration and confusion continues to grow, as do her feeling toward the man who continues to break her heart. He claims that he cares for her, but will his need for his peer's acceptance prevent him from ever treating Stasee the way he should? And if he finally realizes the stupidity of popularity over love, will Stasee still be waiting for him?

ABOUT THE BOOK: **A Watty Award 2020 Winner in the Literary Fiction category! Featured Wattpad Editors' Pick!** Nora and Rainey Ko-Harvey are sisters who couldn't be more different in temperament. Rainey impulsively follows her heart; Nora, the epitome of restraint, (over)thinks things. Yet they're still best friends. Along with their mother, they run the family business-a San Francisco tea salon-while navigating the ups and downs of romance, ambitions, and careers. When tragedy strikes their family, their world is turned upside down-yet grief brings new possibilities for love and success. Told with humor and warmth, HEARTS & MINDS is a beautifully executed novel about the many forms love can take.

Mila Wilson is quiet, anxious and a little bit of a mess. Panic attacks have ruled her life for as long as she can remember - but starting college is her chance to take control. Love? Not something she believes she's built for. Then she meets Jace Evans. Dark, tattooed, and dangerously intriguing, he's the kind of person Mila avoids at all costs. But Jace doesn't scare easily - he sees straight through her walls and he's not about to let her hide. "If you're so worried about my scary, dangerous self, why don't you get to know me? I dare you," he says, leaning in her doorway with a smirk. Mila knows she should walk away. She also know she won't. This is a story for everyone who's ever felt different. And for anyone brave enough to be. Best rankings: #1 in #emotional #2 in #slowburn #3 in #newadult #3 in #tattoos #3 in #friendship #4 in #adultromance #6 in #secrets #6 in #badboylovestory

Jessica has learned that the right choices are often the hardest ones to make. It takes a marriage proposal to know she's made the wrong one. But before she can look to her future, she'll need to confront her past. Three brothers. One taught her to love, one taught her the depths of friendship and one taught her the true heartache of loss. Jessica has a secret that will tear them all apart. Will she risk it all, even the brother who owns her heart, to do what she knows is right? *Please note this is only a five chapter sample of the published book.

In her first year at college, Mila Wilson's life was completely turned around. After meeting drug dealer Jace Evans, falling in love with him, and finding out about his deepest, darkest secret, she has decided to take some time apart from him. Mila has to deal with a lot of things going on in her life - her panic disorder, drugs, and her messed up family being only a few of them. No one knows what the future of Mila and Jace holds. Will the two of them reunite, or will they part ways for good? This too is a story for everyone who's different, and for everyone who's not afraid to be. | This is the second book of the "Different" Series. If you haven't read the first one, make sure to check it out first: https://www.wattpad.com/story/201323979-different-%E2%9C%94 Best rankings: #4 in #panicdisorder #8 in #dramaromance #11 in #addiction

Emma Swan is a college student studying architecture. Regina Mills is a single mother working at a diner to support her son. They are from two different worlds but what happens when those worlds collide?

An orphan with a dubious pedigree strives to secure her future through marriage, but as she stumbles through the dance of courtship, she begins to question who she truly is -- and who she wants to be. ***** Edith Shepley looks like a Wyrm. She takes after her father, whoever he was, but that doesn't change things. She is a proper Folk lady nonetheless, trained from the cradle to govern as Baroness of Ewert someday. And she knows her duty. Now a woman at sixteen years old, Edith must marry and beget Ewert's next heir. She obediently considers suitor after suitor, some sweet, some baffling, some detestable. But the more she sees of her mother's society, the more Edith questions whether she really is a Folk lady, after all. And the more she's stung by its insults, its injuries and injustices, the more she doubts she really wants to be. Book One of The Unfinished Wyrm! Wattys 2017 "The Storysmiths" winner!

*THIS IS MY FIRST STORY BEWARE* Noelle Adams, a young woman with the kindness of saint, never imagined her life would take a chilling turn when she accepted a position at the imposing Veilwood Mental Asylum. Her assignment: to care for Maverick, the institution's most enigmatic, feared, and wanted paitent. Known as "the silent one," and convicted of arson, Maverick's reputation echoed through the asylum's grim corridors as a living enigma, a man who could never utter a single word in his life. Along the way, Noelle inches closer to unwinding the mystery of the asylum, why everyone is so drawn to Maverick, including herself. ⚠️note: This is all in a fictional world and does not relate to real life scenarios. In a case of my story relating to real life events or people is pure coincidence. If you don't like it, don't read it. Thank you and have a good time reading :)

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Terrified of what the future will hold, two best friends comfort one another on the eve of their college graduation.