Victoria Stone, the Queen of all mermaids, is known for being like her name, stone cold. Hearing rumors of littering by the new family on her territory, she goes to check it out. She is shocked to see a sweet, platinum-haired goddess cleaning up after her family. Adalee Evans, known as a ray of sunshine. She lights up a room the moment she walks in. She and her abusive dad move to a house on the waterfront when the last town got a whiff of what he was doing to her. At one of the parties where this alluring girl's dad requires her to wait on him and his friends, she sees something she shouldn't have. To protect the kingdom's secret, Victoria tries to erase the beautiful girl's knowledge of mermaids but is unexpectedly unable to. Leaving Adalee confused about what she thinks was a dream, she is determined to find out the truth. A story of a serious Queen and naïve girl, and how they collide in a sea of unexpected turns.

In a war over the food court, an eager barista battles the confident competitor--and her own heart. *** Young barista Cora Chun takes pride in being a Cool Bean, even after years without a promotion. So when Farron Kam, the younger assistant manager of the competing smoothie shop, flaunts her hatred for her job, Cora is determined to crush her to a pulp. What she doesn't expect is for Farron to take her up on the challenge. With that declaration of war, the two begin a battle over the food court: who can serve the most customers, who can close up the fastest, who can grab the last loaf of bread at the supermarket... But as the rivalry begins to blend with romance, Cora has to decide if she is fighting a battle over beverages, or one over her own heart. *** Cover by the great @JustAWannabeWriter30! NOW SERVING: ✓ Sapphic workplace rivals-to-lovers ✓ Genderfluid love interest (with a cool tattoo) (and a motorcycle) ✓ First love and found family ✓ Opposites attract with a height difference ✓ PUNS GALORE FEATURED: ★ @Wattpad Community Pride Recs, Love Games ★ @FreeTheLGBT Pride Awards 2024 - Second Place ★ @Ambassadors Ambassador Reads, @ChickLit Serialized Spotlight, @ContemporaryLit, @lgbtq Word Count: +90k Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romcom, Comedy, New Adult ☆ This story is only available on Wattpad by @laurendoubleu

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Finished high school, Emma's forced to spend her summer at a camp. But a striking counsellor, Vivian, changes her plans from escape to together forever. ***** Seventeen-year-old Emma Lane usually lives with her dad, but she's once again being forced to spend the summer with her homophobic mom. This time, however, instead of spending a summer on the beach, her mom drops her off at Camp Mapplewood while she heads off on a cruise with her new husband. Emma hates the camp and tries to escape, but she is caught by a camp counsellor Vivian. She's drawn to Vivian's voice and her charm, while Vivian is fascinated by Emma's instinct to protect others and to feel with her whole heart. The two grow close, but the end of the summer looms. Can they find a way to stay together when they have to return to their normal lives? (Has a sequel: My Pretend Summer.) [[word count: 50,000-100,000 words]]

How do you survive in a world without rules? ------- Some of them were old enough to remember what it was like before everything turned into sand. When there were cities, communities and grocery stores. Now there was sand, scorching sun and more sand. Lo and his brother are scrappers looking for parts to keep their small community alive. But one day, Carl, the leader of their little gang, hears about a secret passway into Vegas. The only functioning city where only the selected few are allowed to live. But will they survive the journey in a world where water and petrol are worth more than diamonds and cash, and humans are hunted to be sold as slaves or meat. Will they finally gain access to the utopia of Vegas? ----- This is a post apocalyptic story set in a dystopian future in the United States, inspired by Mad Max, the 100, Star Wars of course and cyberpunk 2077!

In many ways Tiffany is the newest girl in her small community near Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the whirlwind of the last few weeks she has emerged from the shell of a scared and confused little boy named Brandon. Ever since Tiffany's parents confirmed with her their suspicions of her deepest wants and needs, they've supported her completely. With solid support from her family, her best friend and family and surprisingly, her growing circle of other friends it seems she might have a chance for a successful future. 'Can all this last?' is one of the biggest questions on her mind now. She's had an amazingly easy last couple weeks and she knows it won't last. What will happen when she returns to school? Will her psychiatrist force her to return to living the lie as Brandon? These fears and more whirl in her mind as she looks to an uncertain future. Daring to Hope is the continuing story of a bright, talented, and beautiful girl, who dares to hope for a future that is right for her. Book 2 of Tiffany Shar's 'Standing Up to Life' Series.

These women have now grown into their own. They have kids, families, career's, friends of their owns. They can't rely on their parents to handle things for them now. Each of them had to grown and do things their way. Maybe it's wrong, maybe it's right. They damn are grown women with issues. PLEASE READ Grown Women 1. Story contains very mature content including but not limited to: Sex Murder Suicide Gore/Violence Sexual Assaults Strong Language Ideologically Sensitive 🖤

"I was ordered to kill you." 21 year old Mavis Griffon is a stripper for the Inferno night club when one night, a woman in a silver dress walks in. Calm, deadly, and a knockout blonde. There is something alluring about her, something intoxicating in the way she pulls out her gun and aims it at Mavis with words that will change her life forever. "I was ordered to kill you." Her eyes search mine, as though she is waiting for me to scream, to run, to fight. But I only let a smirk grace my lips, and I hide my trembling hands as I say, "Then what are you waiting for?"

Things are different. Humans are not at the top of the food chain, and life does not have the silver lining that Lily remembers it having when she was a kid. Civilization means living in fear and cowering away from the monsters that march the planet, hoping every night to see another day. But Lily is too fearless for her own good, and it just so happens to be during the night that she is plucked from her life like a flower from the earth. Little does she know that her capturer, whilst being the most bloodcurdling and lethal creature known to life, has a heartbeat regardless of being eternally undead. ✞ [a lesbian vampire love story] [tw: sex, violence, non-descriptive situations of rape]

Wren's life takes an unexpected turn when she joins a roller derby team led by the elusive Corinne Fontaine. ***** Moving to Connecticut had never been in former figure skater Wren Wu's plans, yet there she is. She's there for her brother's sake, against her will, and is feeling like her whole world is slipping out of her hands. When she's offered an opportunity to try out for the university roller derby team, captained by the infuriatingly beautiful Corinne Fontaine, everything inside her tells her it's a bad idea, but she's never been one to make good decisions anyway. [[4X WATTPAD FEATURED STORY]] [[THE AMBYS 2023 TOP PICK IN ROMANCE]] © 2020 caterina george // all rights reserved

Diana is looking forward to finally finishing high school. Stay out of trouble. Focus only on art. This is Diana's grand plan - until she is assigned to paint the portraits of a girl she can't stand to be around: the school's obnoxious soccer team captain, Alex Perez. ***** It's senior year. Diana just wants to keep her head low while dealing with a family that is slowly but steadily falling apart and a best-friend-turned-enemy that she could certainly do without. The last thing Diana wants to do is spend her last year of high school painting the portraits of Alex Perez. Everyone loves Alex - she's the town's prodigy and the school's golden girl. But Diana and Alex couldn't be more opposite; put them in an art room together and a disaster is bound to happen. [[word count: 70,000 - 80,000]] Cover designed by Ilafi Nastiti [WATTYS 2021 SHORTLIST]