When her boyfriend asks for a break right before Christmas, holiday-obsessed Celeste Brighton has to team up with lone wolf Sterling Holt to fake a relationship in hopes of saving her Christmas. --- Overachieving college student Celeste Brighton is excited to spend Christmas cozied up with her first love, Jared. Christmas has always had a special place in her heart, and she can't wait to share it with him. That is until Jared asks for a break... right before Christmas! With her plans--and heart--shattered, Celeste needs to find a way to get Jared back to recapture the perfect Christmas she had planned. But how? Guarded lone wolf Sterling Holt has never liked Christmas. He's never had one of those 'perfect' holidays like they do in the movies--all he's had is bad memories, and so he'd much rather keep himself distracted. When a distraction comes in the form of a brokenhearted girl begging for his help to get her ex back, it sounds too fun to refuse--until he learns that means becoming the Perfect Holiday Boyfriend. --- ✨ Rankings & Features The Wattys 2023 Shortlist Featured on Wattpad's Cozy (Hot) Reads Featured on @Romance #1 in #Xmas #1 in #Winter #1 in #ChristmasRomance #1 in #College #5 in #Holiday #5 in #Christmas

"Love at First Sight" is a feeling - a belief. It occurs when two people find one another, creating a bond such as two halves becoming a whole. Therefore, "Love at First Sight" is a connection, but not always one that can be seen in the beginning. For life without love is a picture - a puzzle missing the final piece. Sometimes the piece you have doesn't seem to fit, until you realize that all you needed to do was turn it around. Alexandria Weasley was just that - the missing piece to someone's puzzle. _ [ harry potter | books 1-7 ] [ golden trio era ] { © based on the book series written by j.k. rowling, aside from slight modifications to fit oc } { 2014 - tbd }

Nobody can forget their first kiss. Even if you were only 6 years old. Especially when the person who kissed you was your older brother's bestfriend. After Blair's father died, she became distant and her brother Blake has become very overprotective over his younger sister. His bestfriend, Aiden, was overprotective too. 10 years later, they're having a normal college life. After a few incidents, Aiden begins to look at Blair under a new perspective. But isn't there an unwritten rule about staying away from your bestfriend's sister?

"You were always annoying to me" "Yeah but you love me" "You hurted me by your ignorance" "Yeah but you love me" "I don't want to be near you" "But you love me" "STOP SAYING I LOVE YOU" "THEN STOP LOVING ME" She fell on her knees He hugged her "But you won't, cuz you love me"

"i hate you" "no you don't" ~~~ Unexpected love is the melody that plays softly, catching us off guard when the world is still. It is the laughter that surprises us, the comfort in a voice we never knew we needed. It's the stranger who becomes a confidant, the friend who turns into something more with a single, unplanned confession. Unexpected love is the serendipity of hearts finding each other in the vast, unpredictable tapestry of life. It is the reminder that sometimes, what we didn't know we were missing was everything we've been searching for. It was against the nature for two doppelgängers to be born in the same lifetime, one of them was an abomination, who would be followed with death, always trying to take her. she would have a miserable life, because of her existence but when those miserable days can be turned into enjoyable ones by someone quite uniexpecting, it might not be as horrible as it sounds. welcome to Serena Gilberts story serena gilbert and damon salvatore love story

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Everyone knew Clara was in love with Griffin, the most popular and perfect kid at school - so no one understands why her older sister, Emily, murdered him. ***** Golden boy Griffin Tomlin is found dead, floating in his pool, the morning after his family's Labor Day party. Clara Portfield's older sister, Emily, is arrested for his murder. No one knows why she killed him - except for Clara. The mystery is uncovered in dual timelines: In the present, Clara, burdened by a heavy secret, struggles with the aftermath of the murder. And In a series of flashbacks, the events that brought Clara, Emily and Griffin together are revealed: a crush, an obsession and a shocking twist. (𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐚𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬) 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐔𝐋𝐓

Ryan wasn't expecting to end up with the captain of the hockey team as a roommate, and she certainly didn't expect the initial sexual tension between them to blossom into love. ***** In desperate need of a place to stay, Ryan Winters doesn't see an issue with rooming with the captain of the hockey team, Ethan Russell. After all, she's focused on her studies, getting over an ex, and honestly, not that into athletes. Though the more time she spends getting to know her new roommate, the more it becomes apparent that Ethan is the exact type of guy she could fall for. When lines begin to blur and drama from the past threatens to tear them apart, can the two of them find a way to keep both their friendship-and their relationship-from crumbling to pieces? [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]] Cover designed by April Alforque

Marina is a surfing champion and a perfectionist who hates chaos. So why can't she resist the chaotic Win, the men's surfing champ and her long-time crush? Standalone in the Riding Your Wave series. *** Four-time Women's World Surfing Tour winner Marina isn't like other girls. Her sisters are sunny and simple; Marina is perfectionistic and complex. The women on the surfing circuit are easy-going and focused on today; Marina is driven and focused on her future. So when Marina realizes she's developing a crush on a certain Men's surfing champion, she's baffled. Win is the opposite of what Marina should be attracted to: she loves order - he is chaos. Tall, sexy, bald, muscled, irresistible chaos. But Marina and Win have a long history, and he's not about to let her go without a fight. When the undercurrents of tension become too strong to resist, will Marina be able to let go?

"Feel that?" He asked, keeping her hand still. "That's what you do to me. Every time I see you. Every time I hear you laugh. Every time I think of you." ❤︎ ❤︎ ❤︎ It started with an accidental run in, but blossomed into something more. Aurora never thought she could ever love herself again, let alone give her love to another. Yet after meeting him, her doubts slowly began to fade away. Xavier was never a man of many words. Known to be cold and closed off, he found himself opening up to her as he fell for her fast. Join Aurora and Xavier as they learn to love and trust each other, forming unbreakable bonds. ❤︎ Extended description inside ❤︎ #2 in romcom 07-20-2022 #2 in sweet 04-23-2021 #1 in loveatfirstsight 04-14-2021 #1 in fiction 02-15-2021 #2 in billionaire 11-14-2020 #3 in chicklit 11-13-2020 #4 in protective 10-18-2020 #1 in boyfriend 10-15-2020 #1 in drama 10-8-2020 #4 in love 9-23-2020 #2 in humor 9-20-2020 #1 in sweetromance 9-14-2020 #1 in asiansinlit 9-04-2020 #1 in newadultromance 8-16-2020

When Dallas Cooper stages a fake relationship with her enemy Amara Singh to get revenge on their exes, the last thing she's prepared for is their feud-ridden hatred turning into love. Standalone in the Sunset Scandals series *** Dallas Cooper hates Amara Singh. After their infamous feud over volleyball captain, she'd do anything to avoid her arch-nemesis. So when she's dumped by her first love, only to learn that her ex has moved on with none other than Amara's on-again, off-again ex-girlfriend, things feel like they can't get any worse. Except now Amara and Dallas have something in common. And with little risk and a lot to gain, they agree to a foolproof plan: pretend to be a couple to get revenge. As the unlikely duo spend time together, shocking the whole school with their picture-perfect romance, the line between ruse and real starts to blur. What happens when falling for each other is no longer part of an act? Will Dallas and Amara give in to their undeniable chemistry, or will their hatred-filled past and suspicious exes manage to tear them apart?