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The Ugly Truth by deyonce97
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Mia Porter has been missing for a year. Her disappearance has thrown the life of Lucy, her best friend, into turmoil. Unbeknownst to investigators, family and friends, Lucy has the unpublished manuscript of a book that Mia had been working on before her disappearance. Lucy soon realises that the book is more of an exposé than a piece of fiction, and that all was not as it seemed in their small close-knit college... "We're all liars. We all cheat. We're all capable of hurting those we love. That's just the ugly truth." Cover credits to @PurpleCiello1117
Ari and Zac by adam_and_jane
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Ari Callahan has no idea how to talk to boys -- or how to talk to anyone for that matter. Enter Zac, the cute new guy in town who won't stop texting her. But is his interest real, or does he have a hidden agenda? ***** Found as a young child washed up on the beach, 17-year-old Ari Callahan has never uttered a word out loud to anyone -- not even her adoptive family. Psychologists have diagnosed her with a condition called selective mutism, but Ari can't help identifying with her namesake character, Ariel, the little mermaid in the fairytale whose voice was stolen by a sea witch. Mermaid-obsession aside, Ari's silence makes socializing tough. She's never had a boyfriend or been asked out on a date. Not until Zac, the confident new arrival in town, asks for her number. But Zac has his own reasons for texting with Ari. He's part of a movement to sabotage the artificial music app called SirenSong, threatening to render human singing obsolete. Zac's collaborators have scoured the globe in search of a singing voice perfect enough to break the SirenSong spell, and their search has led them straight to Ari's beachside town. Will her relationship with Zac help Ari find her voice and unlock the secrets of her origins? Or will he use her and leave her high and dry? Title: Ari and Zac (formerly The Mermaid Hypothesis) Content Warning: This story contains references to selective mutism, suicidal thoughts, and early childhood trauma.
Dear Darling by CursiveWriting
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Sassy Arguments by day, Love Letters by night. If that doesn't sound like a perfect love story, then Sebastian and Alice are better off killing each other. || NOT COMPATIBLE FOR ON- MOBILE||
Ginger's Heart 01: Body Heat [1st draft] by gossamersilverglow
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[Original] Planning a massacre at a boarding school advertised to gifted teens was just the foot in the door Ginger needed to get 'Humans Against Supernatural Persons', a worldwide anti-supernatural organization, to notice her. As a newbie hunter she'd literally won a killing spree jackpot... if she, as a human, could get into a school solely for supernatural creatures of the royal variety. Posing as an unbound human servant made getting accepted easy. Unfortunately, it seemed to be the only easy part. Ginger didn't expect to make fast friends with Trina, her gluttonous Gargoyle roommate or for her rampant hormones, which the internet insisted was puberty, to run wild. She didn't expect to be the origin of a horror story whispered through the walls of the academy and she most definitely didn't expect an assassination attempt on her life. Now, the creatures she'd been slaughtering behind closed doors were trying to save her and Ginger has to figure out why she's number one on a targeted list printed by H.A.S.P, the very organization she'd worshipped. It's funny how things work. Authors Note: I have 19 or 20 (iffy) chapters complete, but only five have been edited. This is NOT the edited version. It's the version I wrote in 2011/2012. Updates? Since I have about 20 rough draft chapters I'll update once a week until I have no chapters left. Thanks goes out to the 'Is you summary/blurb good enough' thread started by @EdgarMalboeuf for helping with the summary!
Ten Reasons Not To Die by RiceLover
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"Give me ten days, and I can give you ten reasons not to die." Evan paused. "And if I can't change your mind by then, you can go jump off that cliff."
1-800-Cinderella by Musiq4lyf
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Cindy works part time at a hotline. Her front name being Cinderella. When Cindy gets involved with a guy through a hotline, he starts to call her all the time. When she finds out she used to know this guy in High school.... Who used to make out with her sister... This unique re-telling of Cinderella suddenly just gets crazier.
How to Be Cliche (A Novel) by katrocks247
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Cli·ché: a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. Meet Pepper Ballard. Independent, single, and sarcastic as hell. Pepper fights her own battles with pride and is officially #done with clichés. Unshaven werewolves, pale vampires, flawless and talented female vampire hunters who instantly fall in love with the enemy even though they want to kill the hunter's entire family... Please, give her a break. The more Pepper tries to avoid these nauseating clichés and destroy them, the further she is dragged into a dark, supernatural world that is her own virtual worst nightmare. A world that includes a bunch of sexy, mysterious, and dangerous men lurking around every corner... Wait...what's the definition of "nightmare" again? * * * My writing page! Please join! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kat-aka-katrocks247-from-Wattpad/208740202517075
The Bathroom Stall by Infatuated
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A short story of an abandoned bathroom stall door giving desperate, heartbroken girls relationship advice, hot guys incorrectly trying to woo hearts, a stupid dare in action, and irrationality ruling the minds of every character.
In 27 Days (Watty Award Winner 2012) by HonorInTheRain
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Hadley Jamison doesn't know what to think when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, committed suicide. She didn't exactly know him, but that doesn't stop her from feeling like there was something she could have done to help him. So to Hadley's surprise, on the very night of Archer's funeral, she has a run in with Death himself and is offered the chance to go back in time to stop Archer from ending his life. The catch? She only has twenty-seven days to do it. And if Hadley doesn't succeed? Well, she doesn't want to think about that.
A Siren's Crown (Book Two in the APK Trilogy) by iluvdaisychain
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Book Two in the A Pirate's Kiss Trilogy (Original Title - A Pirate's Kiss: Sunken Treasures) Circe is back and she is up in the air. Literally. She is a guest at the Royal Air Temples and with Nathaniel back by her side, she suddenly feels as though she can take on the world. But the world might be slightly bigger than Circe has expected. What is she to make of the Queen of the Air, who seems to hold all the answers to Circe's questions in the palm of her hand, both those she has asked, and those which she is still to ask? And what of Prince Zalas, the white eyed boy who radiates an untamed and mysterious power from every pore? Meanwhile the dark and dangerous Obsidian Bones waits for her just outside the Kingdom walls with perhaps the biggest secret of them all ... Everything has changed from that fateful day that Circe was snatched in the night. Her questions begin to outweigh the answers she is receiving and when a shocking truth is revealed, will her priorities change in order to protect the one that she loves most? Or will she find the strength to let him go?