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The Numbered oleh bnlfan
The Numbered
bnlfan
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Imagine the second you're born, a consultant removes you from your mother's grasp and runs a battery of genetic and physiological tests on you. Thirty minutes later they give you a score out of one hundred which denotes your level of perfection. If your score is above eighty and you work hard to maintain that score you will have a charmed life; well fed, well-rewarded, spoiled. But fall below eighty and you're labelled Flawed, and life will not be so kind. Hannah is adopted by a Flawed family when her birth parents choose their social standing over their daughter and endures a life of struggle, hunger and service. One day Hannah is escorted to the regional government office and told that the Consultant who delivered her, who labelled her Flawed got it wrong! Now, she is being relocated back to her birth parents, to live as one of the Ninety-Five- all medically and legally judged as perfect. Entering this new life Hannah has an impossible decision to make which puts not only hers, but the lives of everyone she cares about at great risk. "The Numbered- where no one wants to be number one". Authors notes: -This is a first draft of my story and will be edited soon. -2013 Began writing Flawed -2015 Watty Winner/ Named changed to The Numbered -2016 Completed The Numbered -2019 Optioned by eOne for development into a TV show.
Somewhere Else oleh novelsandcoffee
Somewhere Else
novelsandcoffee
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Elle and Jude have made it through the first few hurdles as a new couple in the spotlight, but can their relationship stand the distance when their careers keep them apart? ***** Handsome celebrity boyfriend? Check. Better than ever life plan? Check. It's been a few weeks since Elle moved in with Jude, and he still manages to bring a blush to her cheeks whenever he's near. But there's a new wrench in this romance: Jude's packing up to leave the country for a few months to film the upcoming season of his wildly popular television show, and Elle has never really lived in a Jude-less London. Will their relationship be able to stand the distance? Join Elle and Jude in the next chapter of their love story in this sequel to the Watty award winning story Someone Else. Somewhere Else is the second book in a trilogy following Elle and Jude's love story. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or copied without the expressed written permission of the author. If you are reading this work in any format other than the one presented here, you and whoever reproduced it are in violation of US and international copyright laws. Please inform me of any instances of my work appearing outside of my Wattpad profile. Thank you. Any resemblance to persons (living or dead), places, businesses, incidents, or events is simply coincidental. Cover designed by Moe Sangster Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved.
Time Will Tell (sequel to HMM) oleh Red_Assassin
Time Will Tell (sequel to HMM)
Red_Assassin
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THIS IS A SEQUEL TO HE'S MY MATE I feel the cold stones pressed to my back, seeping through the piece of fabric I have on to cover my body, the concrete below just as cold. This room, wherever it is, is kept low, low enough to bring my body temperature down. I haven't been able to access my wolf since I had been drugged when they got me. I don't know who they are, some monsters that have kept me prisoner. I don't even know how long I've been here. I tried counting the days, but when there are no windows, barely any lights, and when you keep getting knocked out by drugs, it makes it impossible to guess. I feel the deep pit of despair coming back to swallow me whole. The mood swings I keep going through, they must be a side effect of whatever it is they're giving me. There's no way out of this, there's no way Alarik will find me, and there's no way I can break free. I give up pulling on the shackles that bind my wrists, the skin there rubbed raw and scabbing from all the times I've tried to pull them loose. Even if I had my wolf strength, they're made of silver. There's no way I'm getting out of them, not unless someone unlocks them with a key. *************** Following Allison's disappearance, Alarik has been on edge. He's seached the entire pack, looked every possible place near their lands and hasn't found a single piece of evidence that leads to her, and what's worse is he can't link to her. Something's shut off the access of her to him, and there are very, very few ways that could happen, and one of them is death. Alarik refuses to give up hope that his mate is still alive and while he wants to blame Hazel, the very demon who said she wouldn't stop until she was with Alarik, one witness actually saw what happened, and it wasn't a woman that had taken his mate. Alarik is racing against time. Time that if it runs out, he must marry the very woman he despises, and the time that's slowly ticking to find Allison alive. Cover by @_fangirling
The Medusa Deception oleh lindatemple
The Medusa Deception
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Dreams. They're only dreams. Strange, brutal dreams, straight off the pages of an ancient Greek mythology book. That's what Mandy Burkhardt tells herself, stocking shelves at the Occult Bookstore in Chicago. Her boss senses more. He feels something. An awakening. The prophecy. The others can, too, even if they can't quite put a finger on it. As the hidden power inside of her grows, an ancient spell comes to life, compelling her back to her rightful time and place: ancient Greece, a barbaric era of witches and gods, gorgons and oracles. Witnessed by new friend, Ryan Taylor, Mandy's disappearances can no longer be denied. Together, they try to discover what's happening to her and why but in the process become targets in a deadly and sinister plot. Caged, trussed, shackled and hunted, Mandy must come to terms with her past and fight for her future in a bloody battle to the finish with even more at stake than she knows. * * * Bringing legend back to life in this present-day fantasy thriller, the Medusa Deception gives readers a glimpse of ancient Greece and the gods - their thirst for power and revenge - their treachery and lies.
Fierce oleh LemonConfetti
Fierce
LemonConfetti
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Georgiana Abel is a formidable business woman and her high powered, fast paced lifestyle doesn't leave much room for romance. Luckily it's something she has no interest in. She's very clear about this with the men she gets involved with...though when their expiry date arrives, male ego makes them bitter and leaves her with a reputation for a callous, man-eating bitch. Regrettable, but necessary. When Lincoln walks into her office, he has a very different idea about what he wants from her. He finds her fascinating and has every intention of sticking around for more than one night. But he discovers Georgiana to be quite a prickly individual, and she has no intention of giving him what he wants. So it's a good thing that Lincoln's a determined fellow... and he's not going to budge either.
Goats from Lambs oleh PaulKingston
Goats from Lambs
PaulKingston
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Headless bodies start appearing in the streets, so cunning Detective Rashida Heyes and her partner have to stop the killer to prevent the apocalypse ***** After bodies start appearing in the middle of the streets, hollowed and headless, Detective Rashida Heyes and her partner, Travis Virgil, are given the case. However, once they dig deeper, meeting the emotionally broken Victor Eccelstone, and realize how heavily the church is involved, Rashida has to acknowledge that this case might be bigger than she had ever imagined. These crimes aren't the act of one man - they're the beginning of the end of the world [[Winner of the 2017 Wattys Storysmith Award]] [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]
Ella's Story ( Devil's Angels MC #1 )  oleh photosofrose
Ella's Story ( Devil's Angels MC #1 )
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✔COMPLETED ✔ Description: So, what do you do at 14 when you've been kicked out of the only home you've ever known? What do you do when you call your family and friends for help and they all say no? Ella's last hope is a biker named Beast, who happens to be the reason she was thrown out of her house in the first place. Beast is the oldest son of the Wolf family and he's the black sheep. He was thrown out at 15 and has been apart of the Devil's Angels since he was 16. He's 17 now. The two of them have been friends since Ella was 11 and Beast was 14. They have always had a hatred filled relationship. So when she calls and says shes in the old church building with two bags and that she has no other choice but to ask for his help, what does he do? He goes to help her of course. What will happen to them? What hardships will the two go through? Come and see for yourself. Welcome to the world of the Devil's Angels MC. Hope you enjoy your stay. Excerpt : "What's ya name sweetheart?" One of the oldest looking men in group asks, looking me up and down undressing me with his eyes. "Its Ella and I'm not your sweetheart." I say glaring at him. "Oh feisty ain't cha?" He questions like a prick stepping closer again. "Take one more step and I'll kick you where the sun doesn't shine." I threaten, holding my ground. He throws his head back laughing and then says, "As if, you're a tiny little thing." While taking another step, close enough for me to get him. He throws his head back laughing again, which gives me an opportunity to kick him, so I do. I use all the strength and force in my leg and I get him right in his junk. His knees instantly buckle and he grabs his crotch as he falls. All his buddies, including Beast start laughing loudly at the old man. I bend over to his face and slyly say, "I gave you a fair warning sweetheart." I finish by blowing him a kiss. "
The Devil Wears Leather oleh Red_Pineapple6
The Devil Wears Leather
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Leslie Demitriou, Angelina Ander's best friend, is a mystery in itself. On the outside, she seems like the kindest, most selfless, person you'd ever meet but, on the inside, she's a ball of fire just waiting to combust. All her life she's struggled with her anger and it was only recently when she began to take anger management classes. Who could've possibly warned her for what she would find? A room filled with ticking bombs and a devil, clad in leather, just waiting for every chance he can get to push her buttons. Will Leslie finally snap under Steer Johansson's devilish ways? Book Two of the "Riders of the Southside Banshees" Series !! Please Read Book One: "Right Through Me" before starting this one !!
The Necklace: The Trial Realm oleh Shelby_Painter
The Necklace: The Trial Realm
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Malikah knows her place. It's with the other defects in the outer rings. In her world where perfection and Unitarianism are the only options, and all who don't fit the mold live out their lives in the slums of the outer rings she's used to doing whatever it takes to survive another day. Fighting in the pits and helping out at the baker's hut has become her daily routine for so long that Malikah doesn't expect anything out of the ordinary. But that's exactly what she gets. With her hard earned savings in hand, ready to buy her own pair of shoes she goes to the market place, but instead of shoes, a mysterious necklace seems to literally be calling to her, begging her to buy it. She does. And her whole life changes. With the help of a handsome stranger and a insanely strange group of people who say she belongs with them, Malikah may just find that she doesn't know her place after all and her world, might not be the only one there is. Thrust into adventure filled with strange creatures, Gods, betrayal, destiny, and maybe even love, Malikah must stay true to herself if she wants to not only save the world, but fulfill her destiny.
Beloved Beast oleh inkzerospace
Beloved Beast
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This novel is an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. Blind since birth, Elle Duncan has only ever known darkness, but lack of sight has never hindered her ability to perceive the beauty of the world. Her kind and gentle soul is put to the test when her father sustains an injury that threatens their livelihood, and in desperation, he turns to the most unlikely of saviors-the Rossetti Beast. Don Rossetti is bound for an unchanging fate. He is bad-tempered, with an equally dark and scarred countenance to match. With a heart forged of ice and a soul confined to darkness, he has surrendered to a forlorn existence. But when a peasant man arrives from the village begging for a favor, he is compelled to aid the farmer in exchange for a price-a price that Elle will be forced to pay. Cover Photo © RJ Creatives Cover Art © 2023 by RJ Creatives