As the Kargil war raged on between the nations of India and Pakistan, a young army father continuously wrote to his daughter in hopes of rejoining with her post this experience. Set mostly in the gusty streets of the Indian capital, Dear Daughter is a journey from realisation to redemption. As a teenage boy matures into an army man, he is forced to face the demons of society and protect his honour. Dear Daughter is a compilation of the many letters written from a father to his "orphan" daughter. The only drawback here? He doesn't send these letters to anyone. As the war goes on, only one thought wanders in his mind: Circumstances separated them, but could circumstances bring them back? Hop on and dive into this sea of memories. // Cover Picture by Fernando Cobelo // // Featured on @_ShortStory_'s Reading List // // #20 in SS as on June 28, 2016 // // Short Listed for the Young Adult Awards, 2016 // // Winner at the Pre Wattys Award 2016 // // Winner at the Wordzmith Awards 2016 //

Here lies whatever poetry or jingles, as it may be, that I come up with. They may seem way too amateurish but, Wattpad being an amazing platform to express oneself, I wish to put them out anyway.

When do words lose their meaning? And when does meaning go beyond all words? Josette Adai is a reserved, intelligent girl with a future. She should be thrilled when her successful boyfriend starts mentioning things about taking the next step in their relationship... Why should she care what some player with more than a few tattoos and a seriously inflated ego thinks of her relationship? When things start unraveling out of control for Josette and the normal life she struggles to keep for herself starts to rip apart at the seams, will her hidden secrets threaten to send her back to the nightmares of her past? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Preview~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He stood quietly a moment longer, his tongue playing with his lip ring. My stomach dropped. He licked his bottom lip and I could barely concentrate on normal social behavior. I was a nervous, flustered mess and I was so embarrassed. It was hard to rip my gaze away from his distracting mouth but when my eyes finally met his gaze, he started speaking. His husky, deep voice seduced me and I closed my eyes for a long second. I took a deep rattled breath and gratefully felt my head clearing. I was still way too warm for comfort. This is ridiculous, get ahold of yourself woman! "I'm sorry, what?" I ask. I hadn't actually attached meaning to a single word he had said. When I opened my eyes, I saw his lips turn up at their corners in a knowing smirk. He raises one arched eyebrow. "Long week" I simply say, hoping he couldn't see how clearly bothered I was by this stranger's mere presence. His smirk widens briefly before it's gone. He regains his slight smirk, and smoothly replies "So I thought, now that we've been undressed together and you've fallen for me- literally- that I should at least ask your name."

A chance encounter in the dark leads eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love for each other. But this love has conditions: they agree it will last only one hour, and it will be only make-believe. When their hour is up and the girl rushes off like Cinderella, Daniel tries to convince himself that what happened between them seemed perfect only because they were pretending it was. Moments like that happen only in fairy tales. One year and one bad relationship later, his disbelief in love-at-first-sight is stripped away the day he meets Six: a girl with a strange name and an even stranger personality. Unfortunately for Daniel, finding true love doesn’t guarantee a happily ever after . . . it only further threatens it. Will an unbearable secret from the past jeopardize Daniel and Six’s only chance at saving each other?

Ashtyn Montgomery has been hailed a celebrity in her world. Blessed with a sensational voice and a body that can grace the dance floor, she had a very bright future as a performer. But, she wanted to leave that world to pursue a different career path. In order to do that, she hid her voice to work in one of the most prestigious event management companies in Perth, Hart Enterprises. Things get rather exciting, and uncomfortable, when she crosses paths with Rhys McLaughlin, the heir to the company. In an ideal scenario, this chance meeting would have been perfect for Ashtyn. Only problem was: Rhys does not want her in his world. Copyright © 2012 September by ThoughtsOnPaper™ / C.J.S.L.L. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this story or portions or ideas thereof in any form whatsoever. No part of this story, idea may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, reposting, or otherwise, without the written and signed permission of the author.