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Missing Pieces | ✓ by dracaarys
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• A WATTPAD FEATURED STORY • • highest rank | #92 in mystery/thriller • Having two business partners for parents meant they worked extra long shifts, and possibly, an addition of night shifts. Therefore, being alone at home in the middle of the night was something Emilia Khafari could handle. Until, that is, her best friend sneaks through her back door dripping with blood that is not her own. { extended summary inside } { cover by @florral }
Awake | Wattys Winner! by autheras
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There's nothing you're forced to trust more than your own mind. You're dependent on it, it stores the memories that make up your world. But what if it could be stolen from you? Aspen's world is growing, from the boundaries of her country farm to the edges of the city. Her first year of university. It's supposed to be full of independence and new beginnings, and Aspen's is filled with new friends and the prospect of romance. Until she finds out her best friends are killing people. A YA thriller swimming with mystery, romance, and a seething danger that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Highest rank: #10 in Mystery/Thriller Cover by @supernovass © 2016 AUTHERAS, All rights reserved
The Lies We Speak by VivaciousElysian
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W A T T P A D F E A T U R E D -Discontinued- She's a mystery that he wants to solve, but how long before he realizes that she's a mystery she can't even solve herself. ❁❁❁ Former ballet dancer Abigail Hastings has experienced love in the form of friendship with her childhood best friend, Nate Belleview. But when a traumatizing event leaves Abby's mental state bloodied and bruised, the one person she always relied on gets up and leaves without a trace. It's been a year since Nate left, and Abby's still recovering from the broken pieces. If she focuses on school and her friendships, maybe she'll be able to stitch herself back together by the end of the year. When school quarterback and renowned player Jackson Henderson comes crashing into her life, Abby's senior year of recovery is compromised in ways she was not prepared for. But maybe, she isn't the only one with secrets. Behind his charming exterior and jock persona, Jackson hides things of his own that might be too much for Abby to handle. Will Jackson be the one to help guide Abby through her demons or will he nonchalantly enter her heart to destroy everything she's ever known about love? Copyright © 2017 Highest Rank #1 Wattys 2018 Shortlist Unity Awards Runner-up in Romance
Backbone [On Hold] by supernovass
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATTYS 2018 - Backbone will make a return in 2024 - Backbone is the new app everyone is talking about. Created by the international search engine, Haeven, it can predict a persons entire future; more precisely, when they will die, how they will die - and every other key event leading up to their death. When Ishana's prediction starts becoming true, she tries to run away from fate. But chance has it that running away from fate will only lead her right to it. [ multimedia thriller with media and written chapters / inspired by the cambridge analytica scandal and use of personal data ] [ WARNING: mature content and strong language ] [ cover by @victoriarobinson64 ]
He She It  by frankenwhine
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Lilly Martin is not model-material, but Adam Hiller is, and it turns out he likes to wear dresses when nobody's looking, and is in fact not a 'he' at all. When their school announces a fashion designing competition, Lilly decides to kill two (or three) birds with one stone and: 1) Win the fashion competition by making the best dress Edgley High has ever seen. 2) Help Adam (who prefers Eve, thank you very much) come out as the girl she is. 3) Annoy the bigots. (cover by @inevitxble)
See You Tomorrow by itsasupernova
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"You're just a crusty old white guy with a five o'clock shadow and a savior complex." "...And gifts! Don't forget I brought gifts!" Lucy is and her family are skeptical when their patriarch, Dr. Forrest Darling, returns home after five years abroad from practicing medicine to celebrate the 25th with them. She's even more skeptical that Casper, a boy with defunct lungs and a zest for Christmas, can get her excited about the impending holiday when her father is looming over her family like a ghost that's come alive. But hey - miracles do happen.
Bus 44 by tamar-
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a lot can happen on the upper deck of the forty-four.
Rhodes  by deviltown
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"I'll just take a taxi." "Across the country?" "... Okay, maybe a lot of taxis." || © deviltown 2014 ||
Top Bunk by gutless
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A BUNCH OF STUFF ELIZABETH ("please for the love of god call me El") THROPP DOESN'T EXPECT: 1. Her mom signing her up to be a counselor at her old summer camp ("I don't care if it's for extra credit, mom!"). 2. That children are this annoying ("no, you can't have another stupid cookie"). 3. Sharing a cabin with Grace Upland ("who's like, a total bitch"). 4. (Sure as hell) that she really doesn't mind it ("like, at all"). 5. Something else, but that's for later. [6. this story to be riddled with typos. seriously. it's blinding. read at ur own risk]
miles and miles by timeisnow
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they were miles and miles apart, with a promise of forever.