Phones, light typing...and murder. Think breaking into show business is hard? Try landing a temp job without office skills. That's the challenge facing aspiring actress Isobel Spice when she arrives in New York City, fresh out of college and deficient in PowerPoint. After being rejected by seven temp agencies for her lack of experience, Isobel sweet-talks recruiter James Cooke into letting her cover a last-minute vacancy at a bank. New to his own job, and recently sober, James takes a chance on Isobel, despite his suspicion that she's a trouble-magnet. His misgivings are borne out by lunchtime, when she stumbles across a dead secretary in a bathroom stall. Can Isobel find the killer before he strikes again?

Ensuing an inopportune foreclosure on the Holloway residence and the sequential bankruptcy of their multigenerational bakery, Marisole must withstand the severance of herself from her childhood neighborhood and her stunted umbrella of familiarity with Life. In spite of her incessant proclamations of dissatisfaction, she discovers herself and her parents swiftly relocated from sweet-tempered Macon, Georgia, to unrepenting western Birmingham, Alabama. With her palpitating heart receding from her sleeve, and similes surging from her voluptuous lips, Marisole will infallibly unearth something-whether it resolves to be herself or another essence of aliveness. copyright © 2015 taygetsthegay / freethelgbt contest entry • 2015

A surfing safari down the coast of California, a few shocking and rather unpleasant secrets, and four inevitable relationships that seem doomed to fail - this is where six salt-encrusted, surf-stoked teenagers find themselves as they rocket down PCH in a beat-up Volkswagen surf van. Alana Walker was born and bred in the waters of Ventura, CA. She's known as the best surfer at C Street and has a heart for God. Cole Anderson, on the other hand, hates anything that has to do with church and loathes being second-best to a girl, especially when that girl is Alana. So when these two get stuck on a month-long surfing safari, they find that their relationships - and more importantly, their faith - is about to be compromised. However, the old saying still rings true: opposites do attract. [ adventure #3 ] SEQUEL: CAUGHT INSIDE

Ayla is easily the best female athlete at her school--particularly at softball--but she can't cook to save her life. Graham is hopeless at any sport involving hand-eye coordination, but he can whip up just about anything in the kitchen. Ayla is desperate to learn how to cook, meanwhile Graham couldn't care less about whether or not he participates in a sport. So with some insistent convincing on Ayla's end, the unlikely duo decide to pair up to share their abilities with one another, although they soon come to realize that trying to teach your passion to someone who just doesn't get it is never an easy task.

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.

RULE#1: DON'T STEAL HIS HEART. After ripping off a dangerous mob boss, Ellie Phillips decides it's time to quit hustling and give up her life of crime. She just needs a big score. Then she can give up the grift and start anew. When she steals a map from Jacob Hawkins that shows the location of a huge heart-shaped diamond, she decides it's time to go treasure hunting. It's just one last hustle before she goes straight. She thinks she's made a clean getaway when she jets off to South America with the map, but Jacob isn't letting it or Ellie get away so easily. With the mob hot on her trail and the bullets flying, she finally meets her match when she ends up in Jacob's sights. HUSTLE won the SYTYCW competition from Harlequin and Wattpad in 2013.

Sarah Bertram had everything a rich California upbringing could provide. But she didn't want to live out her life in the shadow of her wealthy and showy parents. After experiencing the death of a young lover while still a teen, Sarah, now in her mid-twenties, tried to find a more humble, simpler world. A place she envisioned as a 'greener field.' But Nature would not allow for this, as the attractive young woman was charmed into a summer romance by Jess Danford--a wealthy self-made man, on his way to becoming a billionaire. Just what that whirl-wind relationship would bring to Sarah was at first mysterious, but later much more than she bargained for. Her sensual adventures with Jess would send her into the deepest of carnal desires. But horrific events would emerge to push her beyond the boundaries of terror. Another man, even more mysterious would enter Sarah's world, different than Jess in every way. Yet she would shockingly learn the connection between these two was reason enough to fear for her very life.

The summer of her 17th birthday brings surprises to Bee, an English American girl who has come back to Virginia for the whole summer. Soon she meets Abe, the boy with secrets, and falls in love, but will it last?

She changed schools. There's a guy playing her favorite song at the piano. She asks him to teach her how to play. He smelled like lemons. She had red October leaves in her hair. Will they tomorrow as well? A love story in a high school in America. Nothing uncommon, just a simple and cute story. With Frozen. Lots of Frozen and songs. If you don't wanna build a snowman, then don't read this.

Akahana is a 16-year-old Japanese girl that is coming to America. When she leaves Japan and stays in America, she gets teased and laughed at. But she does have a passion-gardening. Can Akahana fit in and live a happy life in America?