International Intrigue
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SNAP: The World Unfolds на micheledrier
SNAP: The World Unfolds
micheledrier
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SNAP, a multinational celeb TV show and magazine, is the holy grail for Maxie Gwenoch. When she snags the job as managing editor, she’s looking for fame, fortune and Jimmy Choos. What she finds is a media empire owned by Baron Kandesky and his family. A family of vampires. They’re European, urbane, wealthy and mesmerizing. And when she meets Jean-Louis, vampire and co-worker, she’s a goner. The Kandesky vampire family rose in Hungary centuries ago. They gave up violence and killing to make a killing on the world’s commodities markets and with that beginning they built SNAP, an international celebrity multimedia empire. Now cultured…and having found food substitutes for killing…they’ve cornered the world market for celebrity and gossip journalism. They haven’t fully left the past behind. Their Hungarian neighbors and rival vampire clan, the Huszars are starting to ramp up attacks, maybe looking to start a war to take over all the Kandeskys have built. Maxie believes she’s found her ultimate career. She doesn’t realize that she’s found a family feud like none other, a centuries-old rivalry between vampire families, with her as the linchpin. Bells ring with Jean-Louis, but she doesn’t realize they’re alarm sirens until she learns that Jean-Louis is second in command of the Kandeskys…but by then it’s too late.
No Place for Females на NickiSyler
No Place for Females
NickiSyler
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"I wasn't even suppose to leave the base." The only thing Lena Jacobs ever expected to do in Afghanistan was work at the military base clinic to which she was assigned. But when she arrives she finds out that she must fill in as a medic for a U.S. Marine Corps female engagement team during a dangerous mission.All goes well until the night time mission goes terribly wrong and her team is attacked. Now, alone in the Afghan wilderness, Lena must use everything she knows to get back to the base before she is captured by insurgents.
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Tourist Trap на Wuckster
Tourist Trap
Wuckster
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[A WATTPAD FEATURED STORY] Okay, so Dr. Octavius is a kooky but lovable mad scientist. You'd really like him if you ever met him. But one day he disappears through a secret door into another world. His niece Sarah and his lab assistant Zeke set out to find him and end up in Quartzwater City, a bizarre land filled with talking animals, mythical creatures, bloodsucking plants, and the strongest alcoholic beverages ever concocted. They enlist the aid of local private eye Maximillian J. Toad, who might be incompetent at his job and also might possibly have a serious drinking problem. Oh yeah, some freaky dude with razor-sharp teeth who hates outsiders is after them as well. This outrageous fantasy comedy adventure features chills, thrills, and, of course, forbidden monkey love.
Perking the Pansies, Jack and Liam move to Turkey на JackScottAuthor
Perking the Pansies, Jack and Liam move to Turkey
JackScottAuthor
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A bitter-sweet tragi-comedy recalling the first year of a gay couple in a Muslim land. Polari First Book Prize 2011: Top Ten Perking the Pansies, Jack Scott's award winning, best-selling debut book is available in paperback and as an ebook from all usual retailers. Signed copies are available direct from the author. Sequel released in 2015 on Springtime Books - Turkey Street, Jack and Liam move to Bodrum. For more information check out http://www.jackscott.info
Espresso Love (A Dystopian Japan Novel) #Wattys2014 на takatsu
Espresso Love (A Dystopian Japan Novel) #Wattys2014
takatsu
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In Tokyo, where the System siphons thought, emotions & memories, a literature student meets a strange psychic girl and they embark on an escape from mindless agents, dream worlds and reality itself, in a soul-searching journey for love, for identity and what it means to be human. But all that remains is a peculiar coffee shop order. The novel examines the human condition, perception, socio-political systems, capitalism and consumer culture, incorporating paranoiac conspiracy theories, surreal cosmic visions, circular symbolism and shifting parallel worlds, with profound discussions of coffee, art, literature and music. [Dystopia, Magical Realism, Philosophy, Literary] #1 Sci-Fi, Spiritual; #Wattys2014 Award Winner; Featured on Wattpad, IndieReader, @DIGonUSA "Struck me to the very core of my being." "Very interesting concept of reality... Thought provoking.." "I have been turned to a whole new way of thinking because of you." "Like a seven course meal full of spice and illumination... One does not listen to a classical piece to get to its ending. No. It is the ride, the moment by moment...a genuine Masamune among stories." "It was both personable and philosophical. A rare breed of good story and thought provoking ideas... A virtual standing ovation would not be enough to encapsulate the absolute awe I have of you." "It's not a regular thing to find a piece of work that oozes sophistication and embodies literature and art." "The world Takatsu has created opens to the deeper awareness of another, the draw of another." - Mary L Tabor, Wattpad author, essayist, professor "Offers acute, almost painful observations of the minutiae of life, if life took place in a Murakami snow-globe." - IndieReader Insiders "Vapoury style that seems to hover off world at times...haunting and strange (which is good)...You're on to something different, striking." - B.W. Powe, York University English Professor, award-winning author, poet, philosopher http://EspressoLove.tk
Darkness Girl: Trickster God на Sam_McGregor
Darkness Girl: Trickster God
Sam_McGregor
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Can a natural killer learn to be human again? Regan's unique talent for murder makes her a perfect assassin. After a lethal encounter leaves her broken body washed up on a beach, she finds herself adopted by a group of teenage bodyguards. She doesn't intend to stay for long, but soon Regan finds herself faced with a choice: become a hero or stay a villain? *** The boy played with the flat brim of the cap in his hands and looked around the room. He sat back in his chair, trying to look casual, but the heel of his hi-top sneaker drummed rapidly on the concrete floor. Regan sat opposite him with her legs crossed and her hands folded on her tartan skirt. She watched him without a word and brushed a strand of blue-dyed hair behind her ear. Somehow this seemed to unsettle him more. 'Calm down,' she said. 'It's just murder.' *** Author's Note: Darkness Girl: Trickster God is represented by Louise Fury from The Bent Agency. P.S. The epic cover was made by Paul Kopetko (you can stalk him at paulkopetko.com). Enjoy!
22:10 - Part I - The Crooked Chain of Ghosts на HuckleberryInk
22:10 - Part I - The Crooked Chain of Ghosts
HuckleberryInk
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A horrific crime against humanity takes place in a remote area of the globe. Only one piece of evidence remains in existence. Desperately running from his memories, Eli sought solitude in a quiet university town on the Welsh coastline. Just as he begins to find respite, he stumbles across some puzzling documents. Although Eli sets them aside in an effort to try to live the semblance of a normal life, he is drawn back into a deadly international mystery by unknown players who have selected him for a lethal role. Eli's only chance of survival is to uncover the truth behind the elusive atrocity. Yet, the closer he gets to answers, the more he, and all those around him, discover that the past always catches up. It is just a matter of when. ______ 22:10 Copyright © 2015 Thomas Mitchell Robinson All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. This manuscript and chapters posted on Wattpad or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
As Long As She Lives (full published version!) на DarcyConroy
As Long As She Lives (full published version!)
DarcyConroy
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NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A WOMAN WHO SURVIVED. Highest rank # 1 in Mystery/Thriller! Written on Wattpad and now published worldwide in print and eBook (in ePub and Kindle) at the usual retailers! Back Cover Blurb: After 4 years teaching in central Africa, Caitlyn Lancaster returns to her family in Australia, telling them she's been sent home because of looming political unrest. But Cait is more fragile than she and her Federal police handler anticipated. She's forced to accept that childhood family friend, now police detective, Riley Duncan must be told the brutal truth if she is to keep herself and her family safe. With Riley's support, Cait begins to recover her strength but civil war erupts around her friends in Umoja and her harrowing secret becomes the key to that nation's future. Putting her faith in her handler, Cait takes the ultimate risk only to discover that Agent Koffa has failed to take into account one vital detail...he's not as good at his job as he thinks he is. ** Please note, rather than the original, unedited draft, this book is now a sample of the first three chapters of the published version of As Long As She Lives. The draft version to which so many of you lovingly responded was available here for over two years and I cherish every reader and all your support but having the unedited draft available here was beginning to affect other opportunities as I attempt to establish a career in this fiction writing game. Also, I'd prefer that the version of the work that is publicly available is the best version! Again, thank you all so much for your support, I look forward to sharing my next novel in the draft stage soon! Darcy. ©Narrative Disorder 2014 - All rights reserved.
Born of Shadow - Book 1 (complete) на SarahBensonBooks
Born of Shadow - Book 1 (complete)
SarahBensonBooks
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On her seventeenth birthday, Kami receives a mysterious artifact and a ticket to visit her estranged grandparents in Egypt. When she arrives, no one is there to meet her. Alone in an unfamiliar country, she discovers their disappearance is only part of a greater threat. Whispers of strange creatures made of a shadowy substance can be heard among the nomads of the desert. A new queen has quietly come to power, given strength by a powerful evil unleashed when she opens an ancient jar. Kami must rely on a band of misfit friends she makes along the way to save her grandparents and stop the queen. But does the handsome boy she just met have the answers, or is he part of the reason for her grandparents' disappearance? Born of Shadow is the first book in the Shadow Wars Series and is a featured story on Wattpad. It has hit top 10 rankings in adventure, fantasy and paranormal hotlists. It was chosen by the hit TV show ONCE UPON A TIME for Best Heroes & Villains and is now available to buy on Amazon! © Copyright 2014, All rights reserved