Vera Monet wants to leave the Las Vegas companion life behind. When her favorite client passes away, he leaves her the ultimate fresh start: half ownership of a beautiful, albeit failing, Vermont inn named Heartwood. There's just one problem. The other half belongs to Clayton Casablancas, her client's uptight, perpetually scowling, suit-wearing son. To make matters worse, Clayton believes Vera was his father's "spiritual life coach." Thanks to his father's final wish, Clayton reluctantly joins forces with Vera to save Heartwood. As they work together, Vera finds herself falling for Clayton, even if he is the grumpiest man in Vermont. But with Heartwood on the verge of collapse, failure means losing her shot at a new life. And when Clayton inevitably discovers what kind of "coaching" she really did in Sin City, she's terrified that she'll lose him too.

You might have heard of this old British tale. A passing knowledge that there was once a prince who pulled out a sword out of stone and become a king so glorious his story carried on into the ages, surviving wars and famines, and dynasties. Arthur Pendragon is a name with meaning, history, and the immortal that first spoke it shares with him half of a soul. Neither man nor fae, the Magician keeps the memory of his king alive. Their fate intertwined, from their very first day on earth to each of Arthur's very last day. Every time, they replay the tale again and again.

Aurelia was born with chains around her wrists and a destiny confined to the stables. Raised in the slave quarters alongside countless others, she believed life was nothing more than surviving beneath the cruelty of a merciless master. But as the years passed, she realized she was never meant to live-or die-as someone else's property. She was meant to be free. The road to freedom, however, demands more than courage. It demands the sacrifice of innocent lives, the shattering of dignity, and nights spent in the arms of men she despises. Every step toward liberty strips away another piece of her soul. Still, Lia is willing to endure it all for the chance to break her chains. But when freedom finally stands within her reach, will it still be worth the price she paid... or will she realize she claimed it far too late?

Fresh out of college, aspiring musician Lola Carvajal moves from her home country of La Republica to move to Dowon to get away from her cheating ex-boyfriend. After months of looking, Lola is fresh out of luck with the job search. Until she finds an ad from the Dowon Employment Agency, Lola immediately is thrust into a position she might not be qualified for. Nanny to the daughter of a hardworking secretary who works long hours. It wasn't on the cards for her, not really. She was trying to work in the entertainment industry as a musician, but it wasn't meant for her. Desperate, Lola takes the job, fully aware that every nanny at the Lee household has only been there for a few days. When she steps foot in apartment 402 of Hangyeol House, she has no idea what she has signed up for -- and that the angry little girl who answered the door that hot summer day would be the reason her life is changed forever.

"𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄" (n.) a state of being pleasantly lost in one's day dream. °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ Alexios Vasilakis prefers silence over people. Transferring to Halstead College was never meant to be anything more than a clean escape; a place to play football, keep his head down, and stay far away from anything that might crack the control he's spent years building because control is the only thing he's ever had. Back in Greece, love came with conditions, and silence was safer than speaking, safer than feeling. Then there's Sienna Hartwell, loud in all the ways he isn't. Stubbornly kind and impossible to ignore. She slips through his carefully built walls without trying, without even realizing she's doing it and somehow, she becomes the one complication he can't seem to avoid or walk away from. °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ Sienna Hartwell has always believed love is worth the risk. Even after years of holding onto feelings for someone who never saw her the same way, she refuses to let disappointment harden her heart. So when the quiet, guarded Greek transfer student joins Halstead's football team, she doesn't see distance, she sees someone worth understanding and when Alex, against his better judgment, agrees to help her win over the boy she's always wanted, it should've been simple. It wasn't. Because somewhere between stolen glances, quiet moments and everything left unsaid. The lines begin to blur.

Doll [The Fiction Awards 2019 winner of the Best LGBTQ] [Featured in 11 Wattpad profiles] ************************************************************* Doll shares the journey of two people who belong to the opposite side of a dime. It explores the conscience of humans steeped in guilt and the struggle for liberation. This is the story of a man who grows up with unconditional love and of a man who is reborn by getting to know him. Blurb: Tragedies change the way Luuk and Jona lead their lives. Luuk grows up with unconditional love, whereas Jona has to pay for it his whole life. On a perfectly ordinary morning, an embarrassing accident happens, and everything that they once held true is turned upside down. Luuk calls it fate, Jona calls it a coincidence. But however they see it, the nudge in their ordinary lives subjects them to a linguistics expedition deep in the Amazon jungle for five months. There, they learn more than just a new language. They learn that life can turn on a dime, and no power but God can change a misanthrope into a sentimentalist, or a doll into a human being. Along their journey, Luuk sees that love is not as pleasing as he thought, and Jona sees that love is not as hideous as he knew it. ************************************************************** Genre: Literary Fiction Subgenre: Romance, Psychological Thriller THIS STORY HAS LGBTQ+ THEMES, BUT IT IS NOT MXM. DON'T LIKE HETEROSEXUAL COUPLES? THEN THIS STORY MIGHT NOT BE FOR YOU. Trigger Warning: This novel contains explicit content that may be particularly distressing for survivors of abuse or trauma. It includes graphic depictions of (human and animal) death and violence, drowning and suffocation, medical abuse, physical and emotional abuse, PTSD, and assault. It also contains explicit sexual content. Reader discretion is strongly advised.

|| 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 || After a flagrant display of cosmic irreverence, 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘀 is left adrift. With no place to call home or plan for the future. Only a useless degree, unmedicated anxiety disorder, and a penchant for burnout. So when a lifelong friend offers her a chance to start fresh in the sleepless city, Ellie does what any hopeless soul with nothing left to lose would do; she takes it and doesn't look back. Life in NYC is more complicated than a small town girl could have imagined. And it would seem the universe still has a few tricks up its sleeve. Ellie finds herself torn between two worlds. Between her forbidden feelings for two enigmatic men. Between her wanton desires and her lifelong ambitions to finally make something of her sad, little life. The scales must be weighed. Between lust or power. Between desire or reason. And she must also ask if those are really the only options. What if she wants more? What if she wants it all? And what is she willing to do to get it? Ellie must confront not only her past, but the deepest parts of herself. Neither the city nor these two annoyingly handsome men are going to make it easy. And only two things are certain; the universe has a sense of humor and... 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨.

Gwyneth Ha tries to leave behind Hong Kong and the only girl she's ever kissed in the city that holds her heart. Coming home ten years later is never part of the plan. Neither is seeing Yannis Fong again - with a wedding ring on her finger.

In a tiny off-campus apartment in Osaka, three young men found themselves drawn together by a desire to experience genuine connection and belonging in a world that often felt too confined by expectations. Kenta, an aspiring botanist with a reflective soul. Johan, an aquaculture student who looked calm on the outside. Chandresh, an extrovert whose humor and princely persona masked his longing for unconditional acceptance. What began as a practical housing arrangement quickly evolved into an interdependent attachment built on shared meals, late-night study sessions, and the quiet promise that they didn't have to navigate the complexities of adulthood alone. But their friendship wasn't without its hardship. When Johan's family conflict threatened to pull him back into a life of parental abuse, and when Chandresh's past came back to haunt him, and Kenta got caught in the middle of all the chaos, their commitment to each other was challenged. It was up to them to let circumstances tear them apart or to use the hurdles as an opportunity to deepen their bonds.