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#TabulaTuesday by bigfivedonaldduckfan
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Magic is real. Ghosts are real. Eva Booker deals with the consequences as she always does. Having turned away from her criminal life at long last, Eva is starting with a clean slate in the small California town of Santa Margarita Cortona, along with her twin brother and a surprise niece. It's a decent life, even though the mistakes of her past have her scanning for threats all the time. But when her boss's young son drowns under mysterious circumstances, paranormal forces threaten to tear her fragile peace apart. Again. It can't be a coincidence that the Cult of La Llorona has come to town. Desperate to uncover the truth and protect her niece from becoming next in a line of missing children, Eva grudgingly reaches out to the only people who can help: her old acquaintances, celebrity paranormal investigator couple Nathan and Jamie, who helped countless people with their supernatural troubles in their hit web series Witchcraft Wednesday Investigations. Problem is, Nathan and Jamie left their series behind - for cushy jobs, a life of wealth and fame, and possibly some stupid secret reason they stubbornly refuse to share. And Eva setting up an investigation with them is bound to reopen years-old wounds on all sides. Forced together by tragic circumstances, Eva, Nathan and Jamie face a suspicious cult, the wicked weeping spirit it worships, and the many past and present grievances threatening their search for a killer. But can their uneasy coalition withstand an investigation demanding life-or-death sacrifice? ~Book three in the Witchcraft Wednesday Investigations trilogy, sequel to #FreakshowFriday~
Reprise by ellekirks
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{Written 2013} Note: edited & rewritten version, "Breaking Her Rules", is on my profile 16 year old Veronica "Benny" Bennett is just starting her senior year at the prestigious Hilverton College, but already her world is falling apart. Her best friend, Watson, has just started dating another girl. She's started to fall in love with a taken boy. Her father is being questioned about a murder that happened 16 years ago. And worst of all, her biggest enemy, Lucas, who was her childhood best friend, knows the secrets about her past. ♫ music can bring people together and tear people apart ♡ Praise for Reprise: "I actually stayed up till three last night reading this. Seriously, it's that good." - @ForeverInSpac3 "HOLY FUCKIN SHIT THIS WAS SO FANTASTIC" - @the1975 "this is one of the best books I've ever read" - @sodabottle "Every chapter left me gaping for more" - @conscience xx Elle
A Pirate in Time (Completed) by megsley22
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After finally graduating high school, eighteen year old Elizabeth Proctor is pressured into a party at sea. When things go wrong, she finds herself thrown into an entirely different world. Waking up on a pirate ship that sailed hundreds of years before her time, Elizabeth must figure out how to adjust to her new life and hide her impossible secret. A grand adventure awaits her if she's only brave enough to take a chance. Cover by @All_AboutAssymetry *Updates on Saturdays* 11/30/16 - #236 in Historical Fiction 1/23/17 - #225 in Historical Fiction 2/12/17 - #98 in Historical Fiction 4/7/17 - #69 in Historical Fiction 4/30/17 - #34 in Historical Fiction 5/21/17 - #29 in Historical Fiction 5/26/17 - #17 in Historical Fiction 6/13/17 - #14 in Historical Fiction 6/23/17 - #7 in Historical Fiction 6/27/17 - #6 in Historical Fiction 7/5/17 - #4 in Historical Fiction 5/15/18 - #1 in Historical Fiction Started - 9/17/16 Finished - 6/10/17
WOMEN OF THE WARD - brand story by FallonDeMornay
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Annie Whelan, widow turned smuggler - come read about this incredible woman who ran her own bootlegging operation in order to support herself and her son!
Climb | ✔ by Air_AM8
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[FEATURED on @teenfiction and @YA] After a life-changing move, Winter Moore realizes she needs to learn to climb if she wants to kick old habits and have a chance at her dreams. Murdoch Hayes, a lone-wolf and rock climber extraordinaire, might just be able to help. *** When Winter moves over 1000 miles away from her hometown of Toronto to live with her half-aunt in Minnesota, she doesn't know what to expect. Soon confronted by her past and daunted by her future, she finds herself struggling to meet the expectations placed on her and is thrown into free fall with no one to catch her. But with the help of new family, friends, and a surly boy named Murdoch, Winter might soon be able to overcome her walls... and maybe break down a few others in the process. Completed and under final editing!
In A Different Time by LadyHCMercado
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Eighteen year old, Grace Michaels, can't wait to graduate in high school. Tired of seeing her ex-boyfriend who cheated on her with a cheerleader and to finally start anew in college. She always wished she could make a difference to people and help as much as she can. What happens when her wish she solely desires comes true? That involves a Hollywood bad boy actor who died sixty four years ago.
Heretic of the Nile by chromatix
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[Wattys 2022 Winner - Wildcard Category] Mereneith is a junior crystal keeper at the Temple of Ptah, the greatest of the temples located within the capital of Memphis. Bored with the mundane job growing and maintaining the Ak'heka crystals-the kingdom's prized energy source-Mereneith secretly pockets scrap pieces for her own research, her wild imagination conjuring endless possibilities for the Ak'heka crystal technology. When Mereneith's mentor is found dead in a temple well, leaving behind only a cryptic message, she sets out on a mission to uncover the truth behind his death. Accompanied by the fourth prince Kha, son of Pharaoh Sneferu and forerunner to inherit the throne of Upper and Lower Egypt, Mereneith's quest for justice lands her in the middle of a political storm, where one wrong move could spell the end of the empire - and her own life. ======== Heretic of the Nile is Book One of the Sands of Giza Trilogy, a speculative historical fiction series that explores the origin of the Great Pyramid of Giza 19.10.22 - Heretic of the Nile has been shortlisted for The Wattys 2022!
Death Is My BFF (Book 1 Original Series) by katrocks247
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Watty Award Winner 2011) *ORIGINAL SERIES* This is the first book of the Original Death Is My BFF Series, which won the Watty Awards in 2011! *** Death came knocking at her door. Well actually, he pounded. Faith Williams has always been a little odd, but never before did she think she was one of a kind. Enter Death, the legendary, sadistic, and irresistible Grim Reaper who sparred Faith's life when she was a child. The more she tries to resist him, the more he's popping up in her life and turning it entirely upside down. Death is dangerous with a dark past and a thirst for revenge, and Faith Williams is slowly becoming unable to resist his power over her. Who is the man under the hood? What does he want with her? Most importantly, why the hell does he have a name for his scythe? ** This is the FIRST of the DIMBFF series. *** Fan Made Book Cover uses image from = michellemonique on Deviantart.com! http://michellemonique.deviantart.com/ MY WRITING PAGE! Please join! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kat-aka-katrocks247-from-Wattpad/208740202517075
During The Blizzard (Amidst A Snowstorm Of Love) by wuxia_studio
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In the past, no matter how hard I tried and how much I worked, there would always be a feeling of emptiness that I couldn't get rid of. Since life is not fair, why try to get it together like this? There is nowhere to go, nothing I hope for, and no one to be with. Until, I finally met you during the blizzard.
Hearts Like Ours | Red View Romance #1 by CAITLlN
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All Layla Foster wants is to launch her own branch off of her parent's fitness company. But how is she supposed to focus on making her one shot a success when her client's brother makes her feel things she swore off a long time ago? * * * * * Layla Foster has learned that people like her for one thing: her career. Being the heiress to Foster Fitness, her parent's multi-million, celebrity-filled gym chain, has led to nothing but fake friends, gold-digging boyfriends, and a lifetime of doing exactly what her parents want. She's ready to start something of her own: a new branch of the company that focuses on whipping Brides and Grooms into shape before their big day. But being on-site at McAden Orchard, the beautiful sprawling home of her first clients, is going to be hard thanks to the bride's brother Dawson. He's outspoken, nosy, opinionated... and more handsome than any movie star Layla's ever trained. Dawson McAden doesn't do love. He was scorned once, and once was enough to have him trade in commitment for one-night stands. So why does it bother him so much that his sister's new trainer has given up on love, too? He's not looking for just one passionate night with the feisty, redheaded beauty, but is he ready to risk his heart again to go after the relationship he can't stop himself from wanting? completed (first draft) - 8/21/22