[2024 WATTY WINNER][18+] When global pop sensation, Maisie Rhodes, accidentally reveals her love songs are about someone close to her, she agrees to fake-date her best friend, August, to keep the truth buried. But with six weeks of pretending and nine years of unspoken feelings between them, she's forced to choose between protecting their friendship or risking everything for the one person she's never stopped wanting.

Based on the hit WEBTOON comic by Ingrid Ochoa, The Kiss Bet follows Sara Lin on her quest to experience her first kiss. Told from multiple points of view, including Sara's and three boys, The Kiss Bet shows that life-and love-can be messy and complicated, but it sure can be fun. Read it on WEBTOON, Wattpad, or get the full published version adapted by Farrah Penn in book stores today! *** It's senior year and Sara Lin just turned eighteen. She's got great friends, a cool dad (or so he thinks), and a whole lot ahead of her. She understands that her first kiss is a rite of passage, one that she takes very seriously, even if everyone around her doesn't. She wants it to be special-true love's kiss-and wants to fall for someone she really cares about, not just get it over with. Then her best friend Patrick challenges Sara to a bet that will either lead to love or heartbreak. Or maybe embarrassment? Maybe all three. And the more he teases her, the more she wants to prove him wrong . . . that maybe her first kiss can be memorable and special and fun and life changing.

Elias Miller is a chronic insomniac who prefers to stay invisible, while Vinnie Madden is a notorious party animal, with more energy than the sun hopped up on caffeine. At a party, Elias and Vinnie strike up an unlikely friendship, after which, one thing leads to another, and lets just say, mistakes were made. Or was it a mistake? Elias sure thinks so. Then, as the situation rapidly devolves, Elias and Vinnie get paired together for an english project, and Elias's entire life becomes a whole series of highly stressful events with Vinnie staunchly wedged right at the center of absolutely fucking everything. After all, Vinnie Madden is a god damned sun, and his presence is so all consuming that eventually, all Elias can do is sit back, bask in the glow and try not to get fucking sunburnt. [NOW COMPLETE]

"Something's wrong with me, Bubble!" Caine hisses dramatically, floating back and forth in his office. "Every time she smiles, I glitch! My code jitters, my heart races... Wait, do I even have a heart?!" Bubble floats lazily. "Sounds like a crush to me," he says matter-of-factly. "A what?!" The Amazing Digital Circus's all-powerful ringmaster can bend reality with a snap of his fingers, but apparently not his own feelings. ~~~~~ Cover art by taikko (@_taikko_ on X)!!

Freya. Eine normale junge Frau, die viel zu früh lernen musste alleine klarzukommen. Mit 18 zog sie aus dem Kinderheim aus und übernahm das Familienrestaurant, das ihr Vater erbaut hatte. Er war, als sie noch sehr jung war, auf eine weit entfernte Insel verbannt worden. Als an einem normalen Arbeitstag ein paar seltsam geschminkten Möchtegern Gangster in ihrem Restaurant von den Ninja bekämpft wurden, wird ihr Leben total auf den Kopf gestellt.