**WATTYS 2024 SHORTLISTED** To overthrow the cruel King who brutally slaughtered her foremothers, the last surviving water witch Elara Consuli must team up with novice warrior Juda Vikaris from the Serpent Order and realise an ancient prophecy, before the blood-thirsty ruler discovers her existence and kills her too. Season 1 of The Last Water Witch *** The waters surrounding the Kingdom of Druvaria are deadly. Cursed by the Naiad, the sorceress race wiped out by King Ban-Keren, no one dare step foot into the poisoned waters in fear of certain death. Everyone, that is, apart from Elara Consuli, the last surviving water witch. In Grimefell, the cut-throat slums of the citadel, Elara blends in well with the rest of the accursed thieves and vagabonds lurking in the shadows, but her secret comes with a heavy price. Juda Vikaris, also has a secret of his own. As a skilled novice of the Serpent Order, the brutal assassins loyal to the King, no one escapes his watchful eye or the edge of his blade, and what better way to get revenge for his mother's death at Ban-Keren's hands, than by infiltrating the elite guard itself? But leading a double life is starting to take its toll on Juda as the training of the Order seeks to destroy who he once was and turn him into a cold-blooded, emotionless killer with each passing day. Juda has his own reasons for hating the Naiad and Elara knows all too well that the Serpent Order can never be trusted, but can their mutual hatred of Ban-Keren - and mutual attraction - stop them from betraying one another? In a world of dark secrets and a blood-thirsty King hell-bent on retaining power any way he can, Elara and Juda must decide whether to stand together and fight, or to trust in their natural instincts and remain enemies until the bitter, poisonous end.

Social-recluse Parker Collins doesn't expect to cross paths with the girl whose life he ruined years ago. But in a cold world that's left him bitter time and time again, maybe she's all the sugar he needs. ***** When Sugar Pearce moves into apartment 2B, the last person she expects for an upstairs neighbour is Parker Collins, her high school crush. But he's hardly the popular golden boy that she remembers; now he's a quiet, hard-working lawyer who doesn't like company and doesn't date. So when Sugar keeps running into him, at work and in their steamy apartment laundry room, she can't help but feel that fate is giving them a second chance at love. But is she ready to face the secrets that pulled them apart all those years ago? Is he? [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Cover designed by Lydia Carr Content And/Or Trigger Warning: this story examines the PTSD associated with being a survivor of sexual assault. All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2020 by Noelle N.

When 19 Year Old Haley Anderson loses her older brother to the war in Afghanistan, she's left broken and alone. A year later she receives a letter from his best friend and fellow comrade, Chase Turner. He goes to into great detail to explain what happened on the day of her brother's death, including how he died. Although it pains her at first, she finds comfort in his words and it sparks a friendship between the two as they realize they are all each other has left.

[Sequel] Nicole Taylor's life was already hectic her being The Players Bestfriend and all. But it got even worse that one crazy night in Las Vegas with her bestfriend Emily. Now Nicole is going back home with more then her luggage. Going home with a stranger is one thing but when that stranger is your husband that is another story. Say hello to Robert Novak an upcoming Rapper. What happens when your only 17 and already have to deal with Marriage. This is Nicole and Roberts story about getting Hitched in Vegas. | Trust me It will not be ANYTHING like What Happened In Vegas. Give my story a chance please & thank you (: |

Chris and Holly's relationship is finally perfect. With no gangs to harass them, the only thing they have to worry about it keeping their relationship a secret from the student body and faculty at school. Simple enough. Except when have things ever been that simple for these two? Cue in the appearance of two new students and new troubles. The new girl isn't who she seems and the new boy seems to have a thing for Holly. And Chris. Meanwhile Chris is finding it harder and harder to stay away from Holly in school. Keeping their relationship a secret suddenly becomes ten times harder. And to top it all off, Jeremy has a big surprise for every one.

Shannon moves to London, expecting the perfect College experience, but from Day One things don't go according to plan. Between a roommate that seems to hate her, a creep that she just can't seem to get rid of, and drama with her friends and family she'll realise that the Movies definitely make it look easy.

Jace is the lead singer to Silver Snakebites and he hates it. He used to love it, until girls began loving their looks and not their music. One night in a concert at Las Vegas he meets Serenity, a girl who treats him like crap and he loves it. Serenity is a senior in highschool and loves screamo. She ends up being dragged to a soft rock concert by her best friend Lizzie,who is obsessed with Silver Snakebites. Unfortunately Serenity ends up meeting Jace and now he wont leave her alone.

its hard being the secret best friend of the next king, for Tess and James their friendship spanning twelve years changes when Tess comes back from the boarding school she attended for three years, to see James as no longer a boy but a man. Causing her to ask herself is it possible to be best friends with a future king, and an even more impossible question is it possible to love him too.

When Melanie enrolls in an institute for teenage delinquents, she’s immediately intrigued by the beautiful, but dangerous Nate. Soon she discovers his past is darker than she could ever imagine and decides to stay away from him. But as time passes by she comes to the conclusion it’s very hard to fight love.