-- "Uh normally I wouldn't persist but the kiss cam does have mistletoe!" he waved his hand towards the screen above centre court as the audience chanted loudly. Indie let out a genuine laugh and glanced at the screen then back to him. He was cute, polite and not to mention drop dead gorgeous... what harm would one kiss do? -- Josh was not as arrogant as he seemed on the cover of magazines. He was caught in between modelling fashion and his up and coming rock band. On a slow Winters day he and his best mate Wilson found themselves at Madison Square Garden; centre court, second row. Indie is "girl next door" beautiful who spent majority of her life travelling the globe with her best friend Jayde; starting out in the world of modelling with the industry experience and guidence of their super model mothers. Little did Indie know; that one fateful and random visit to Madison Square Garden a Kiss Cam could change someone else's life in the years to come - ultimately leading to a worldwide search for her.

In a world where dreams shape power, those known as Somniarchs manifest reality-warping concepts born from their sleep, visions fueled by desire, fear, and trauma. When a quiet high school student named Rei triggers a catastrophic anomaly without even knowing how, the world takes notice. Branded an unregistered threat, Rei is taken by a secret government division that monitors Somniarch activity. But Rei is different. Unlike others who draw power from dreams, he cannot sleep without reliving a nightmare, one where his sister nearly drowned, his parents died, and a nameless entity first whispered to him. That entity never left. As Rei is pushed toward his limits in a world that classifies people by danger level, he faces a truth far worse than imprisonment: His power does not come from dreams... but from something awake. When survival demands a choice, Rei is offered a pact known as The Covenant, a bond that grants terrifying power at the cost of his mind, his autonomy, and eventually his humanity. Because in this world, dreams don't save you. They consume you. And some nightmares are never meant to end.

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*THIS IS THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS* A brilliant scientist. A soldier out of time. And a very judgmental cat. Arcadia Lyra is a world hopping xenobiologist who follows the beat of her own drum. Blaze Forsyth is a military popsicle until one adventurous, green haired scientist finds him in a smoldering stasis pod on an alien planet. Thrust together by the universe and bound to each other by consequence, this mismatched pair embark on an adventure of wild alien animals, sarcastic AI, butthole trashcans, mood enhancing mushroom trips, and a very insistent tuxedo ship cat. Equal parts absurdity and heart, join these neurodivergent explorers as they learn to work together and come to terms with their newfound partnership while working through grief and parental trauma. Because sometimes, the strangest worlds help us find what we've lost - and who we really are. The Unknown Before Us is a cozy new adult sci-fi book that explores what it means to find your place in a universe teeming with life, full of wonder and discovery. Join autistic scientist Arcadia and ADHD soldier Blaze with a cavalcade of side characters as they explore the unknown, and find what matters amongst the stars. Some quotes from readers: "The Unknown Before Us is a sci-fi adventure full of heart and joy, and completely took me by surprise. Imaginative and yet rooted in reality, I lost myself amongst unique planets, fell in love with Arcadia's straitforwardness and related a little too much to Blaze's chaos. This is a must read for anyone who would love to journey beyond the stars." "I loved the build up and look towards our future in the stars!" "This is not just an adventure story about exploring the unknown in outer space; it's a deeply moving chapter about exploring the unknown depths of the human heart, finding self-worth, and forging emotional connections."

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She looked down at Peter, the boy who had been her first love, with tears in her eyes. "Will you marry me, Celeste Strange?". Celeste giggled slightly, "Yes! Yes, you idiot! I will marry you!" This is the story of Celeste Strange, daughter of Doctor Stephen Strange (the Sorcerer Supreme), caught in a binding romance with Peter Parker. This book has no smut, just romantic scenes. There is a trigger warning for each of the chapters that are marked as "MATURE", marked with an asterix. Please DO NOT copy my work. Start Date: May 10, 2025 End Date: January 3, 2026 © Copyright @SoaringRavenWrites 2025. All Rights Reserved.

🌷 Through Seasons Of Love - Description This is the story of Saanjh. And maybe... the story of every heart that has ever loved a little too deeply. Once in every lifetime, love arrives like spring- gentle and full of colours you never knew existed within you. It teaches your heart how to bloom, dream and belong to someone so completely, that their presence begins to feel like home. But not every love story is destined to reach forever. Some end before they even begin. Some are lost to fate, distance, or time. And some remain unfinished... like pressed flowers between the pages of an old book-fragile, beautiful, and impossible to forget. And when a heart breaks for the first time, something inside it changes forever. So when love returns again... does the heart still know how to trust? Can shattered souls truly fall in love twice? Can a second love heal wounds left behind by the first? Or does fear quietly turn love into nothing more than a compromise? Because sometimes, the hardest thing is not losing love, but finding the courage to feel it again. Come... walk through the seasons of Saanjh's life through spring-like beginnings, autumn goodbyes, winter grief, and the quiet hope of another spring. This is not just a love story. It is a story about healing, longing, memories and finding love again after losing everything. #romance #love #emotional #relationship #secondchances #healing #loveinparis #wattpadromance #wattpadindia #throughseasonsoflove

Dovian never asked to be the Messenger of the Gods, especially not in an age when the Gods are preparing to leave and have little will left to share. Among the people of the Hundred Tribes, he becomes the least useful - and least wanted - Divine Messenger in history. Timid and marked by a difference no one understands, Dovian has long been overlooked, except by the Princess he secretly loves and can never reach. All he wants is a quiet life, untouched by fate or expectation. But when calamity strikes and ancient forces rise from every direction, Dovian must face a choice: deliver a message that could end an era... or destroy it completely.

"We were just supposed to scare him!" That's what Geno keeps screaming, now that he and his partner, Benny, have accidentally turned a simple job into a full-blown murder scene. When their professional fixer, "The Spider," cancels-because he has to chaperone a slumber party-Geno is panicking, and Benny is annoyed. Benny, the calm mastermind, proposes a solution that's either brilliant or completely insane: Hide the body beneath an inflatable bouncy castle, and throw a very public 10th birthday party in a city park. Now, as they try to dig a shallow grave with novelty spoons while wearing ridiculously stolen tourist shirts, every second is a close call. The biggest problem? The birthday boy's entertainment: Mr. Zippy, a clown with half a million YouTube subscribers who is filming the entire day. With a prominent "jump hump" in the bouncy castle and a cake that reads Party like there's no tomorrow!, Benny and Geno have to smile for the camera and pray they get away with murder-or at least don't end up going viral.