Like all her kind, Neave is cursed. To become a witch, she must fall in love. To stay a witch, she must destroy her soulmate. Some love stories are written in ink. Theirs is etched in blood. --- All magic has a price, and in Neave's world that price is paid by men. To fuel the witches' magic, men are oppressed, exploited, and sucked of the life that fills their veins. Lachlan refuses to be a victim. Witness to his father's suffering at his mother's hands, he knows he'll never bind with a witchling. Instead, he has his own plans. Plans to reshape their world and give the witches what's coming to them. But it all begins to unravel when the one thing happens he didn't count on... He falls in love. For fans of THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS, TWILIGHT, love triangles, lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers, witches, and DRAMIONE vibes. --- #1 YAFantasy 27th Feb - 30th March 2026 #1 TwinBrothers 14th, 15th, 16th March 2026 #2 YA 29th - 30th March 2026 #3 YA 27th Feb - 29th March 2026

~Based on prompt 119 for ONC 2026~ "You wake after a mafia raid with a vampire bite marking you as »claimed«, but the vampire heir accused of biting you insists they are innocent." Katie is the lead police investigator into vampire mafia activity, but when she is suddenly Marked by the heir of a Vampire King after a near-death shoot-out at a blood-smuggling warehouse, she will be forced to search for the one who Marked her and uncover the hidden secrets of the city's wealthiest vampire family.

~A ROBERT IRWIN FANFICTION FOR WATTPADS 2026 ONC~ Having survived an accident that wiped your memory of everything but your celeb crush on Bryan Erwin, you find yourself alone in the town of Beerhwa after an unsuccessful trip to the Australia Zoo to see him. However, when you stumble upon a strange local magic shop, the witch seems to recognize you. Tempting you make an impulsive decision to buy an overpriced stone in the hope of regaining the memories she promises it will bring. But this stone brings more than just your memories of your past, for as soon as the old witch hands you the stone, your celebrity crush stumbles through the magic shop's doors as if he has been searching for you... instead of the other way around. With a single kiss, he brings back your memories of your past on a planet far, far away. Where you were tasked to search for the one who escaped to earth with your leader's prized "Eggs of Immorality", and remember the story of how you fell in love with that man's son and the world he cared so much for instead. Inspired by Prompt 41. You never imagined that one impulsive purchase from a magical shop would catapult you into the middle of an intergalactic conflict.

Dark fantasy romance • crazy-sexy • why choose • multi POV Naiara learned to survive the imperial work prison. She never learned how to walk away. So when her closest friend is taken by two masked men, she fights tooth and nail-until she's taken too. They were meant to be pawns in a revenge plan. But desire turns captors into something far more, and lines blur. By the time the real game shows its teeth, it's already too late to leave. Dive deep into a world of dangerous secrets, men who are not above sharing, and women who prove just how dangerous they can be.

After betraying the covert Agency that made her, fugitive operative Grace Sumer is hunted across Europe, until the football star she loves finds her, drawing them into a deadly conspiracy that threatens not only their lives, but the future they are desperate to build together. ◈ ◈ ◈ Grace Sumer is on the run from the Agency that raised her to be a weapon, moving across borders to stay out of reach. Hermes Mansi is not a man who gives up. Using every resource at his disposal, he launches a relentless search for the woman he loves, the one who walked away to protect him and his six-year-old son, Drax. Grace has taken refuge in Naples with a powerful Italian mafia family, trying to stay hidden as new dangers close in. When Hermes finally finds her at an elite event in Rome, their reunion sparks more than old feelings. It pulls them into a deadly investigation that exposes corruption at the highest levels of the Agency. With enemies closing in and allies shifting across borders, Grace and Hermes are forced into a race for the truth. But for Hermes, this has never been just about survival. He wants more than to save her. He wants a life with her. And he will chase her across the world until she believes she deserves it. ◈ ◈ ◈ Book two in the Grace Sumer series, sequel to "The Nanny Protocol."

A covert government operative sent to surveil a famous footballer accidentally becomes the nanny to his six-year-old son, forcing her to choose between completing the mission that could destroy him or protecting the unexpected family she has begun to love. ◈ ◈ ◈ Grace Anna Sumer has always craved freedom. That hunger is what led her into the shadows, working as a covert field operative for a little-known government agency. Officially, she gathers intelligence. Unofficially, she removes problems. Pulled from a coveted assignment in the Congo, Grace is reassigned to Paris to surveil the family of Hermes Mansi, an international football (soccer) star whose career is tightly controlled by a powerful and corrupt league that profits from obedience. Grace is told to watch him. To observe. To wait. What she does not expect is a twist of fate that places her inside his home, hired accidentally as the nanny to his six-year-old son, Drax. Under the safest cover imaginable, Grace enters Hermes' life with one objective, gather evidence and prepare for a quiet takedown. But the longer she stays, the harder it becomes to remember where the mission ends and her feelings begin. As secrets unravel and loyalties fracture, Grace must choose between completing her assignment or protecting the fragile and unexpected family she has found. ◈ ◈ ◈ This novella was written for the Open Novella Contest 2026, based on Prompt #33: "It doesn't take long before everything in your life spins out of control. One moment you're a secret assassin, and the next you've somehow been hired as a nanny and you're not entirely sure how it happened."

Kindness can change everything. Even your past. Aurelian farm girl Naima Gentlekind never thinks she was special. As the kindest girl in her village, she always shows up to help someone in need. She couldn't help but wonder if she wasn't born in Aurelia. Her hazy past comes back to haunt her when she learns she is a lost heir to a royal elven bloodline and the same man who killed her parents tracks her down. With the help from a group of legendary warriors and a sun elf prince whom she's been rubbing off her positive influence on, Naima must learn to believe in herself in order to defeat the Great Deceiver of Harmonia and become the princess her parents knew she could be. Perfect for fans of Kelly Barnhill, Soman Chainani, and The Dragon Prince, Madison Ciabattari crafts a breathtaking debut novel about overcoming adversity, belonging, self-discovery, and the life-changing power of kindness.

A romance/thriller novel where love attracts the opposite of worlds. However, one mistake in a fling causes backlash for their future love. Dahlia, a teacher visiting New York for a wedding, shares an unexpected moment with a stranger in an elevator. The brief connection leaves an impression, but the two quickly go their separate ways. At the wedding, Dahlia meets her blind date, Damon, and the two spend the night together. Over the following week, Dahlia explores New York with her best friend, enjoying the city and the memories they create. When it's time to return to California, Damon realizes he doesn't want to let Dahlia go-but she has already moved on. Formerly known as "Love's Hidden Price".

|SEASON 2 OF CLAXTON · BREAKING INTO TWO PARTS DUE TO SIZE| | WATTPAD CREATORS PROGRAM · PAID STORY ON INKSPIRED!| The Octopus Man is growing stronger, and so is Tracey. Makenna must find her way to the Bermuda Triangle to protect the Human and Magic Worlds before the young apprentice becomes the claxton he is destined to be. *** Since Makenna Delling discovered she is a Metamorphic Fairy, nothing in her life has been simple. Having just finished her sophomore year of high school, she and Tracey must travel to the undersea city of Atlantis to stop Tracey from falling victim to his own power... the power of the claxton. Ash, a Wizard Fairy, is on a secret mission from Coutarine Island to help them. However, the Octopus Man remains active and vows to drag Tracey to the Bermuda Triangle. Because of this, Ash must teach Makenna and Tracey Special Spells--spells that will help them win their battle against the Octopus Man. It is now even more crucial that Makenna becomes a Merfairy Metamorphic Fairy. The Human and Magic Worlds are colliding in an event similar to something that happened seventeen years ago. What does this event have to do with Makenna, Tracey, and Ash? How will the teens reach Atlantis without the Kraken destroying them before confronting the Octopus Man? Most importantly, will Makenna ever find her long-lost family member? *** *Main tropes: Love triangle and friends-to-lovers.* *Note: My writing style is 3rd-person omniscient, so please judge it accordingly. Thank you!*

|SEASON 1 OF CLAXTON| |4X FEATURED · WATTPAD CREATORS PROGRAM · PAID STORY ON INKSPIRED!| As the Octopus Man returns from the Bermuda Triangle, Makenna Angelia Delling teams up with Merlin the Great's ninja-like fairy apprentice, Tracey, to defeat him. However, what will happen when Tracey learns he is the K-T Magic Murderer? *** Fourteen-year-old Makenna Delling is a Metamorphic Fairy, a rare fairy from a family in which one person must have been a fairy. Except, who is that one person? To help find answers regarding her past, Makenna teams up with seventeen-year-old Tracey, a mysterious fairy who hails from Merlin's Island. Together, they are dragged into the flight of their lives after they learn that the Octopus Man has returned from the Bermuda Triangle, and he is eager to kill Tracey. Mustering up all her courage, Makenna must find a way to stop Tracey from becoming who he truly is. She has to help him defeat the Octopus Man himself if he is to change his fate. Both teens have high stakes, especially since Tracey could be one of the greatest threats in the entire Magic World. Who is Makenna? Who is Tracey? Most importantly, why must Makenna find her long-lost family member? It's so she can call herself a True Metamorphic Fairy. *** *Main tropes: bad boy, love triangle, and friends-to-lovers.* *Note: My writing style is 3rd-person omniscient, so please judge it accordingly. Thank you!* *Important: There is a non-graphic suicide attempt in Part Two of Chapter Sixty--just FYI, in case you'd like to skip that section.* Main Achievements: 🏆Most Original Fantasy in the Strawberry Cupcake Awards! 🏆 100K Reads on another writing site! 🏅 Shortlisted for the Red Carpet Awards! ⭐ Featured on @Fantasy | Mythology and Folklore Reading List.