Opal Mailo has her life carefully planned. Fixing the gap between her teeth is next on her list. She doesn't expect her charming (and unfairly handsome) dentist, Dr. Apollo Merrill, to completely derail her plans.

"You don't have to tell me everything, just let me be the one who's there for you." She lied to fit in. He's breaking under pressure. But when their worlds collide, truth is the only thing that can save them. Maliyah Thompson is used to being invisible. At Milton Prep a private school on the Upper East Side, she wears knockoff designer bags and tells fake stories. No one knows she takes the train back to Brooklyn. No one knows her mom works two shifts to keep her enrolled. And no one knows the price she's paying to stay. Liam Weber isn't invisible. He's the new star athlete, handpicked from Europe to lead the team to a champion win. But under the surface? He's unraveling. The pressure, the secrets, the father who only sees him as a ticket to the NBA. When Liam accidentally slams a door into Maliyah's face, neither of them expects that moment to change everything. But it does.

Penny Kingston finally has the life she once only imagined; steady work that challenges her, friends who feel like home, and an apartment high enough to make the past seem small. The version of herself she used to be is a closed chapter, locked away where it can't hurt her anymore. Until one night changes everything. When her coworker asks her to attend an event in her place, Penny reluctantly agrees, unaware that fate has other plans. It was supposed to be simple. Quick in, quick out. But across the crowded room stands the one person she's spent years trying not to remember. The boy who taught her what love felt like and what it cost. Sylas Kaine grew up beside her, who followed her into every wild idea, who made her feel invincible, right before he became the one wound she never healed. He's older now, steadier, carrying the kind of regret that sits heavy behind the eyes. And yet one look is enough to make her carefully rebuilt world tremble. With every unexpected encounter, the memories she's worked so hard to bury begin to surface. Because some pasts don't stay locked. And some people never stop being home, even when they're the ones who left.

When the God of War gets banished from Olympus he falls into a pile of roses and triggers the God-killer. Little does he know that he'll end up risking his life for the one who's destined to kill him. The dual point of view takes us on the journey between the feared God of War and the horrifying God-killer. Will it end in bloodshed or rose scented romance? *** Highest rankings (8/18/25) - Greek: #12 - Prophecy: #9 - Gore: #47 *SEXUAL CONTENT, GORE, VIOLENCE, MENTIONS OF SA, TORTURE, DEATH, TRAUMA.* Picture credit: Creators on Pinterest xoxo

Raina Thompson never wanted to act. She only took a background job on 'Indemnity of the Heart', a sweeping wartime romance, for a paycheck. After an expected outcome on set, Raina is offered the starring role of this prestigious movie, desperate for a new face. Her co-star, Clark Crawford, is the son of Hollywood royalty, trying to prove he's more than a 'nepo baby'. But critics doubt him, and the fans doubt her. With the added pressure of successfully delivering their on-screen chemistry, their roles demand. The lines between performance and something else could easily be blurred. A story built on desire and heartbreak, Raina must survive a world she never meant to enter.

NOTHING IS EVER HIDDEN. SOMEONE'S ALWAYS WATCHING. It's Anastasia's sophomore year, and nothing screams sophomore year like a little drama. Zane Blackwell, comes back from his junior year in New York, he's a senior now and things are different, at Astor Heights. More people getting exposed, TheHeightsSociety still shares text-messaged scoops on scandals and heartache. Why? No one really knows, and no one really cares until they take it too far. As who ever is behind this page continues to stir the pot and feed any potential scandals, Zane and Anastasia have grown a liking to each other. And the midnight games are back, more funny, more risk and less chance to run.

He burned her. But another placed a gun in her hands and taught her how to aim. ------------------------ Evelyn Hartwell creates beautiful dresses for a living, but she somehow always finds herself in the ugliest corners of Brickhaven. Smoke-filled speakeasies. Alleyways with blood on the walls. All because she can't stop sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. She's soft-hearted, naive, and impulsive. And in a city ruled by two rival crime families, these can get a girl killed. Her Aunt Clara tries to keep her safe, hidden, quiet. But Evelyn has never been good at keeping her head down. One reckless act of kindness goes terribly wrong and shatters everything she thought she knew. A gun is raised. A name from a past she never knew is spoken. And the life she knew goes up in smoke. Her aunt is lying. Her past is wrong. And two powerful families suddenly want her under their protection...or control. Evelyn finds herself pulled into the gilded, dangerous world of the Crowe family. They say she's safest with them, but Evelyn is done being caged. And the Crowes make it impossible to breathe. Dominic - warm smile, passionate devotion, a seductive kind of danger that feels like falling. Sebastian - cold eyes, steady hands, a quiet command that crawls beneath her skin. Both hiding things. Both watching her. Both wanting to keep her in their grasp for reasons she can't decipher. Caught between warring families, two men who could ruin her, and a past she never knew she inherited, Evelyn must decide what she's willing to give up: freedom, heart, or life.

When Sawyer wakes up one morning, the last thing he expects is to see the ghost of his childhood best friend, Indigo, sitting at the foot of his bed. A fight in middle school shattered their friendship, and they drifted apart. Now in college, a tragic accident brings them back together, forcing them to confront their past and work together to unravel the mystery that binds them. With time running out, Sawyer and Indigo must find a way to make amends before it's too late. **WATTYS 2025 SHORTLIST**

In a world fueled by elemental magic, Kalee stands at the center of a storm he doesn't understand. This story follows a young boy with a dangerous fire burning inside him-a flame tied to emotion, chaos, and something far more mysterious. Alongside his best friend Keonte, a shadow-wielding tactician with hidden depths, and his bold, flame-warping lover Rae, Kalee is pulled into a path laced with romance, betrayal, bloodshed, and destiny. But this isn't just his journey. Dozens of young magic users were chosen from towns across the region after surviving brutal school-level trials. Each of them was handpicked to enter Duskfall-the capital stronghold, home to the kingdom's elite defenders. It's not a school. It's a living fortress, a magical city built to protect every soul in the outer towns. But just because you made it in... doesn't mean you get to stay. Here, under the watchful eyes of commanding captains and battle-hardened lieutenants, each candidate must now face the Duskfall Trials-a grueling series of tests that strip you to your core. They're not just evaluating your magic. They're evaluating your soul. Will you stand among Duskfall's elite? Or be sent home in pieces? As ancient secrets unravel and dormant power awakens, Kalee and the others must fight to prove they belong-not just to survive, but to shape the future of magic itself. Because only the best earn the right to protect this world. And only the strongest... can survive The Mysterious Spark.

Sienna Carvalho is the wildest and most mischievous of the Carvalho sisters-a woman who thrives on danger, adrenaline, and outsmarting powerful men. Known across Europe's underworld as a ghostlike thief with a taste for priceless jewels, Sienna's latest heist crosses a line even she didn't mean to: stealing a billionaire's $2.5-billion diamond necklace during a royal auction. But what she doesn't realize is that the necklace belongs to Kai Reyes, an elusive and dangerous man-both a world-class hacker and a trained sniper with ties to covert intelligence and black-market tech. Cold, calculating, and impossible to find, Kai tracks her down within days, breaking through every fake identity she's ever created. When he finally corners her, instead of turning her in, he makes her an offer: help him expose the international syndicate that financed the auction and survive long enough to steal something far more valuable. What begins as a reluctant partnership soon spirals into a web of danger, passion, and obsession. Sienna finds herself torn between her desire for freedom and the magnetic pull of the man who should have been her greatest enemy. As they navigate assassins, double-crosses, and a world of glittering deceit, one thing becomes clear: the thief and the hunter are more alike than either will admit.