After a near-fatal overdose, 20-year-old Anya DeSotto is powerless to stop her dream of being a professional ballerina from pirouetting far out of reach... Until Revend Marcus, the owner of a prestigious - if crumbling - ballet company reluctantly offers his expertise. But Revend's attempts to reawaken her passion are unorthodox and dangerous, and soon both of them are caught up in an intimate dance more intricate than any pas de deux. As a shadow from Revend's past looms over their futures, Anya's insecurities and buried trauma pushes their dance to a violent crescendo, one which threatens to destroy them both. Though, sometimes, even destruction can be pretty perfect.

Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]

Lance Corporal Kenneth Pines was a United States Marine killed in action while serving his country. Taken from this world quickly, he left behind a younger sister and four fellow Marines he had served beside until the day he died in front of them. Just when he thought he had completed his last mission, he finds himself trapped between worlds, left to discover and carryout the most important objective he'd ever been assigned. Quinn Blair has been on her own since her grandmother passed away four years ago. She has no known relatives and her job as a nurse has left her very little time to nurture close friendships. Comforting terminally ill children makes her feel emotionally connected in a way she can't seem to find outside the hospital walls. Spending hours with children who are slowly slipping from this world to the next has made her sensitive to that mysterious space between. Death might come quickly, but going "home" isn't always easy. As Kenneth waits to pass from this world into the next, he finds friendship in Quinn to comfort him until then. This is the final book in the Dear Bailey Series. It can be read as a stand-alone, but it will spoil the other stories if you have not read them yet. Also, reading the Dear Bailey series first will enhance this storyline.

WATTY WINNER! Life has dealt city girl Olivia Porter a series of bad hands, but just as she's about to fold, fate intervenes and leaves her with a full house. Out of other options, she takes a gamble and moves to the countryside, hoping Lady Luck will follow along. Olivia's decision to embrace the single life is soon challenged by the arrival of local ace, Tate, and wild card, Warren, but little villages can hide big secrets and somebody thinks Olivia is holding the key to theirs. As her opponent ups his game, Olivia gets one last roll of the dice with the arrival of a leather-clad stranger. Will she hit the jackpot or go bust? Joker in the Pack is a standalone romantic suspense novel from the Blackwood UK series - no cliffhanger! FEATURED by Wattpad. Highest ranking: Mystery/Thriller #2

*cover made by weird_liv* DISCLAIMER: This Sebastian Smythe is NOT the character from Glee. The names are a coincidence and I did not know about that character at the time that I wrote most of this story. Artemis Novak has never been so excited to move. After all, she will be moving back to her hometown and see the friends she had to leave behind five years ago. But what she doesn't expect is the transformation of her former best friend, Sebastian Smythe. Sebastian is the bad boy of the school, getting into more fights than everyone at the school combined. Not to mention he smokes, drinks, parties, and rides a motorcycle. Nobody knows what happened, but he claims it's because his best friend left him without so much of a warning. Artemis knows something is up with her former best friend and she's determined to find out. But what happens when finding out what's up with Seb becomes trickier and more dramatic than it seems?

Underemployed Julia Cruz longs to have a real career, but her options at the Noble Matchmaking Agency are limited by her lack of experience. So when the ambitious receptionist is finally given the opportunity to play matchmaker, she's dismayed to discover how attracted she is to her first potential client, sweet and gentle Whit Fletcher. Will Julia finally have the career she's been longing for, or will she choose to follow her heart? Updates for this short story will be posted every Wednesday for 4 weeks. Check out my Pinterest visual board for this story here: https://www.pinterest.com/lindsayaarons/make-me-a-match-visual-board/ Thanks for reading! ____ Praise for "Make Me a Match (Noble Matchmaking Series #1)", a featured Wattpad romance: - "Love this!! It's fun, reads well and I like the characters." @JenniferAnnLewis - "This is a really interesting and addictive book. I'm loving it." @TresseFruit - "Wow! This is an excellently written story! Loved it from start to finish." @thelphred - "That was as the most sweetest, crisp, romantic, short, interesting, and amazing story I have read." @cookie_and_cream2001 - "This story was written beautifully and I have never gotten such satisfaction out of such a short story." @sleepalldayy

(STERLING SERIES # 1) - Daphne Dennings thought she could finally tick off "Have sex with a random stranger" on her bucket list. She realized the next morning that it wasn't a one-night stand after all. After meeting that cute guy on the top deck of her cousin's yacht wedding reception at Saint Tropez, Daphne wishes she could meet another guy just like him. Five years later, she bumps into the very same person she hooked up with back at her cousin's wedding. To her surprise, the guy she hooked up with was none other than one of Forbe's most eligible bachelors, Vincent Sterling. And this eligible bachelor wants her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The story launched on the Radish Fiction app - June 29, 2021 - No longer available. This story is only posted on Wattpad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C O N T E N T / T R I G G E R W A R N I N G S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sexual themes Drugs Swearing Suicide Character death Knife Gun Alcohol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Formerly What Vincent Wants. Changed on 06.20.2021 CREDIT: Photo by Asad Photo Maldives from Pexels ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ❤ P O S T E D - 05.24.15 - 11.27.19 #3 (Romance - 10.29.15)

Lucas sucked my lip in between his teeth as he pushed me roughly back against the wall. He pried my legs apart with his knees, moaning softly in anticipation of what was to come. He had me melting into his hand, burning at my very core. He released my lip, kissing me hard, his hands trailing down to my hips, pulling me flush against him. "Your brother is going to kill me if he finds out. " He said as his hands brought fire to my core, rubbing me fiercely through my jeans. "But I'm worth it, right?" --- Angela "Drew" Shepherd never had much luck with relationships or men in general, so it wasn't too surprising when her boyfriend of the last six years suddenly breaks up with her at a bar in front of all their friends. Suddenly, the laughing stock of the night, Drew finds herself hiding in the ladies room, but what she doesn't except is who comes to her rescue. Lucas Tucker is one of Baltimore's finest, and Drew's older brother's best friend.

Before he was Amelia's Sun God, Ryan Fielding had a story.