[Watty Winner 2012, Fantasy / Teen Fic / Adventure / Romance] Stars. For millennia, humans have stared up at the sky watching them light up the night. Unknown to most, they've been watching back, protecting us and keeping us safe from dangers. However, in the land of Astron, two girls are struggling to keep themselves alive. Miriam has a dark secret, living a secluded life with all the benefits that wealth provides. While Annabell is a poor orphan with a natural born gift of getting into trouble. With the help of two handsome lads, they have to uncover the truth about the prophecy that the Elders have worked so hard to hide. They need to find each other before it's too late. Change is coming, and Darkness is growing. In a race against time, they have to find the Rising Star before it's too late. Solem, help us all. [This is the first book in 'The Lores of Lyra]

COMPLETE #1 in Fantasy #1 in Adventure #1 in Historical Fiction ---------- Sometimes, believing helps us to see truth. Other times, we need a little evidence to believe. But there is truth behind everything; every false manoeuvre, ever little lie...a small piece of truth is hidden. Just like truth is wound into legends too. Growing up best friend to the future King, Arabelle never really thought her life could go wrong. Whenever she wanted something, or needed something, she would get it. Then she lost her father at a young age and Arabelle was forced into a world of dresses, balls, and lies. Being a tomboy, Arabelle would have rather been out on her horse doing archery practice with her brothers. When Arabelle gets curious and sneaks into a forbidden area of the castle, she discovers a deadly secret: her bloodline is sacred, dating back to a legend surrounded by the one thing she knows not to be true. Unsure what to do, she gets caught up in a series of events that lead to her being hidden and whisked away from the only familiar place she knew. After making some unlikely allies, Arabelle sets off on a journey to find the legend of the last dragon egg. Fate has something big in store for her; will she be able to withstand the pressure of it all?There is one thing Arabelle needs to learn to survive this new place... Some things are more than a legend. ---------- © Isabella Espe 2013 - 2019 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. This work is unedited. Your patience and leniency towards any grammatical or spelling errors is requested while you read this story. This story was written in 2013, and the author knows there are a lot of errors in this work. Thank you for understanding. ---------- Credit to @Abyss-of-Crazy for the cover!

Brooke, 19, loses her memory after a fire kills her whole family and everything in her home is destroyed. The only thing she has left is a jaded journal with a bucket list she made years ago. Nowhere else to go, she reconnects with an old childhood friend who helps her reach the end of her bucket list, while also battling a heartbreaking fate.

Sophie Andrews knows it's the end for her when she has to work at the teenage hot-line center as a school punishment. But what happens when just talking to a stranger over the phone makes her fall in love? Will she ever find out who's on the other line? And if she does, will she able to bear the consequences that follow? Join Sophie in her "Phone-calls" journey to find out!

Rima always loved the season of winter in her small seaside village of Winterson; the cold winds and lashing sea waves comforted her, somehow making her feel more at home than in the Summer months. But now, for the first time in her life, the place she once knew as hers has changed. The woods by her house are becoming more and more alive, and the pain inside her keeps growing. Who is the boy waiting, watching in the woods? And what does he want with Rima?

Elysia Riddle, a talented witch raised by her 'Uncle' Severus Snape on the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy is about to have her life changed as she finally enters the ranks of a Hogwart's student. After discovering that she was created by Voldemort in a highly unorthodox way, she is soon going to be called upon to uphold her birthright and join her Father and restore him to glory, and power. Can she defeat her birthright, and her Father, to defend herself and her friends? Elysia must make the choice between love and heritage, but will she make the right choice?

Meet Aisling Klime, 17 years old, fiery red hair, five foot tall, very curvy. She is what most people would consider beautiful .Aisling Klime has led a hard, lonely, life for the last 10 years .Aisling wants nothing but revenge on the royal prince who had casued her and her family a hard life the last ten years and will do anything to get that revenge. Aisling has the magic power of invisibility. She grew up in a small home in Grokedule, the land of magic. Now, meet Blake S'llvam. Blake is 19 years old and Prince of Grokedule. He possess every kinf of magic possible, as he is Royalty. All Blake wants is to become King. He is cruel, arrogant, and handsome. He treats the people of Grokedule as scum, and has ever since his mother died. For the past ten years, he has caused havoc in Grokedule, taking away people'smoney and housing just for sheer joy,and the palace people listen to his orders in fear of the Price killing them. The only problem to him becoming King is that he must marry a Princess, and truly love her. If Blake does not learn to love,he will never be King. Of course, he does not know that yet. All Blake knows is from The Prophecey his father told him. "To be King, One must win over the hearts, Be one with control, And conquer his greatest fear." So what happens when Blake meets an ordinary girl named Aisling? ...................................................................... I apologize for any errors.I am slowly but surely editing this book along the way!

When Clara Allenson stumbles on an antique necklace, she does not expect it to save her life-until it does. It plunges her into the depths of an enchanting world where past and future are intertwined. There she meets Tamer, a vagabond with a hidden past. Together, they embark on a dangerous journey in search of ancient artefacts that are the keys to protecting Tamer's world as well as sending Clara back home.

Samantha's life changed two years ago when her mother died. She now cares for her younger brother and puts up with an abusive guardian. The fun, happy girl turned into the shy, terrified girl. When they move and her and her brother start at a new school, she doesn't plan on making herself known. But when she catches the attention of the resident bad boy, her plans change. What does he see in her? What is he hiding? And most importantly, why is a mysterious wolf suddenly appearing?

Blare isn't your average teenage girl. With hair black as night and eyes green as the summer trees, no boy can possibly resist her. Little does she know, her looks won't help her anytime soon. Darkness has found her and isn't about to back away. Will she escape its tightening grasp or be forever imprisioned?