Aspiring writer Norah Jacobs needs an escape. In the span of two weeks, her corrupt brother has been jailed for murder and his partner has been hovering on her doorstep, threatening to ruin what little peace she has left. Packing her car, Norah flees the city and goes off the grid, finding refuge in the small coastal town of Bellvale. However, Norah's newfound refuge lands her right in the middle of a power struggle between creatures she thought only existed in fairy tales, and she begins to see that no matter how hard you try to run from your troubles, they seem to have a way of catching up with you... Watty 2014 Winner Haven Copyright © Melissa Lucas 2013 All Rights Reserved. No part of this literary work may be reproduced or used without written consent from the author.

**FEATURED STORY JULY 2018* **WATTPAD HQ READ OF THE WEEK AUGUST 2018* **WATTYS 2018 WINNER** Casey Brogan is on a mission to self-destruct. Whether it's booze, drugs or men, she's spiralling out of control and stepping over the line, to destroy the demons of her past and herself in the process. Ethan Drake isn't looking to be anyone's saviour. He has enough demons of his own and a legacy he'd do anything to avoid. Following a near-fatal overdose, Casey discovers a world beyond the one she knows, one where dark creatures wage an age-old war and where nobody is who they appear to be. Now hunted by those who want their world to remain a secret, she must decide whether she can put her trust in Ethan, or whether he is just as much a threat as those that want her dead. After a lifetime of trying to destroy herself, Casey is about to do just about anything to keep herself alive.

There's something killing the alphas around Maviz, planet of the werewolves. Dallas Crane is the best and number one officer in the Peace Force and Investigation Team - he loathes that his omega status makes people want to walk all over him and so he takes it as a challenge to anyone on a higher status. Then he meets Markus Rowan and the younger alpha seems to bring out the omega just begging to be free from within him. Brendon McKelly wants every alpha on the planet to die in a hole. In fact, he would personally stab and gut every single alpha if he could and this fact doesn't really make him a good candidate for the recent happenings in Maviz seeing that he works as the right-hand of the Chief Medical examiner in the hospital. But Spencer Smith is adamant to prove to him that not all alphas are THAT bad. Tom Hanson is just your average omega, going through life day by day in a boring, monotonous routine until Chris ends up on the doorstep of his isolated home in the north while he's on the brunt of his heat. Chris doesn't remember anything but his name and flashes of a lab and other things that don't make sense but over time; Tom realizes that this strange alpha might just be the key to what exactly is out there killing alphas and perhaps also the key to his heart. - Copyright © 2014 Viano Oniomoh All rights reserved.

Cover by @Clairetie {BXB and GXB} *Temporary blurb because Wattpad so graciously deleted the one I spent an hour writing* Lucy Tifford hallucinates strange creatures at night. When she stumbles across the affairs of her boyfriend, Lucy's emotional drive home turns into a life-altering incident as she crosses paths with a mysterious creature in the woods. Her newfound friendship with the beast brings a whirlwind of chaos in Lucy's life, as she finds herself in a war between her loyalty to her friendship and her strange attraction to the mysterious man hunting them down. Cameron Tifford has spent his entire life caring for his twin sister. When her impulsive nature brings a storm of danger and magic into their lives, Cam has no option but to tag along and watch her back. He isn't expecting the spiritual bond he soon finds himself trapped in with a complete stranger. Nor the way that, for once in his life, Cam finds himself wanting to be the one protected.

After a wolf is killed in defense of a shaky alliance, a life-debt binds Kiera to a new pack and forces her to leave her home to fill the empty space he left behind. Though determined to find acceptance, she knows that under the leadership of their Alpha, whose hatred for humans runs deep, her mixed blood will always separate her as an outsider from the Castle Pack. Gabriel is cold and calculated, and puts his responsibilities as Alpha and the needs of his pack above all else - including his own desires. But Kiera's arrival has stirred something deep within him that he long ago committed to keeping dormant, and how he chooses to face these new emotions will have consequences that threaten to unravel the careful balance he's built. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, Kiera and Gabriel must confront their feelings for each other and decide where their true allegiances lie. In times of conflict, when trust is paramount, can the pair learn to trust each other - and themselves - before it's too late? With threats coming from all sides, Kiera and Gabriel must navigate their emotions and their allegiances carefully if they hope to protect those they love.

Eli didn't think much about the city's newest so-called hero, but he supposed Vigilante wasn't all that bad. Granted, he was kind of a jerk and if he ever tried to kiss Eli again he was definitely getting punched. A story about a starving college student, making a living serving coffee and the local vigilante with a crush. - - - - - - - - - Highest rank #1 in Action, Wattys 2016 winner in the Trailblazers category! Featured 6/3/2016-7/23/2017

Book 3 in the Bad Moon series - After an out-of-body experience leaves Matt a local hero, he's entrusted by the queen to take down the last remaining dens in Pacific North West. But when he's forced to take on Bailey as a partner, Matt learns more about the hound's dark past than he ever expect-and more about himself than he ever wanted to know. The boy who thought himself incapable of love finds himself falling for a street rat who acts as if every touch is poison. To make matters worse, Matt's hiding a secret. The hero everyone's commending isn't him at all, but the dead man who lives in his head.

It's not often I turn my back to the moon. But for him, I'd make friends with the darkness. Or I'd fight it and all of its monsters. ☾ Nine months have passed since the Bad Moon. The gang's back and making their way to California to meet with Qamar concerning Ziya and the events of that night. There, in the luxurious Opulence Rose hotel, hundreds of wolves gather to celebrate the exposition. But a time for festivity could soon become the era of a new war. Will Jaylin be able to heal from the emotional lacerations of his recent hardships? Will he manage to find his way over the pain of his past to find happiness with Quentin Bronx, or will the beast in him only bring new chaos over his life?

Narrowly escaping an attack by wolves, Jaylin Maxwell is driven towards the alluring Quentin Bronx. Together, they unleash the beast inside Jaylin's heart. ***** Jaylin Maxwell has a strange relationship with wolves. They've saved his life before, but they're coming after him now. Attacked again, he only survives with the assistance of Quentin Bronx, a handsome man who brings his own wolf to the battle. Quentin is drawn to Jaylin, and despite their romantic tension, Quentin reveals a dangerous truth: there is a monster inside Jaylin, a monster that the wolves of the East are coming for. Under Quentin's guidance, Jaylin learns of his monstrous nature. Struggling to gain power over his body, and over his heart as he falls for the alpha protecting him, Jaylin prepares for the ultimate battle against the monsters coming for him-and the one inside himself. [[Winner of the 2018 Fiction Awards!]] [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]

When a string of mysterious and violent deaths plague the small city of Spring Lakes, psychic consultant Julian Hart finds himself partnered with veteran detective Dane Hunter. As the mismatched pair dig deeper into the mystery, getting along with one another seems harder than catching a killer; but when Julian is marked as the killer's next target, solving the murders becomes a dicey game of "do or die." - Warnings: Contains strong language and explicit sexual content. - This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, 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.