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The Magician's Vow: A Retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin by VEGraham
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The year is 1350 and the Black Death rages in Europe. With his young wife on the verge of death, Eugene knows that the only way to save her is to save the entirety of London. Striking a deal with the city's council, he makes an enchanted flute to lure the rats away in exchange for enough coin to purchase a well-guarded recipe to save his wife. Once the task is complete, the citizens of London refuse to pay the magician what is due, not knowing the evil they have unleashed upon their descendants... **Editing. Copyright © 2014 Veronica Graham. All rights reserved. [NaNoWriMo'13]
Truly by RuthieKnox
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May Fredericks hates New York. Which is fair enough, since New York seems to hate her back. Just weeks after moving from Wisconsin to Manhattan, she receives the world's worst marriage proposal, stabs her boyfriend with a shrimp fork in a very public venue, and accidentally becomes notorious. And that’s before she gets mugged. At her wit's end, May washes up at a Packers bar in Greenwich Village, where she meets a surly, unhelpful guy who hates her shoes and calls her ex a douche. His name is Ben. He used to be a chef. Now he's a rooftop beekeeper with anger management issues. She wouldn't even like him, but he reminds her of home … and he knows where to find all the best food in the Village. She makes him laugh. He buys her tacos and cowboy boots. The longer they’re stuck together, the better May and Ben get along … and the harder they fall. TRULY is a quirky, modern New York love story unlike any you've read before. ********* About the Serialization TRULY, the first novel in Ruthie Knox’s forthcoming New York Series, will be serialized in its entirety on Wattpad. Look for chapters every Monday from September 3 through November 4! Once completed, the full Wattpad version of TRULY will be pulled, so be sure to read it while it's still available! TRULY will be published by Loveswept/Random House in Fall 2014. Two sequels — MADLY and COMPLETELY — will follow. If you like this book and want to read more by me, check out my full list of publications here: http://www.ruthieknox.com/books
The Villain Complex by GeTeno
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We all know the story: Boy finds out he has superpowers. Boy hides powers until the time is right. Villain comes around and threatens the world. Boy becomes Hero. Hero defeats the Villain. Everyone is happy. But every story has another point of view. ***** Hello, My name is Erik Schatten. And I'm the villain. I was born with the power to control shadows. Unlike most people in my shoes, I choose the life of villainy. Believe me, being the "bad guy" isn't as easy as it is set out to be. Especially when it seems all of life is against you... ((Warning: This book might go through a major plot change soon))
Like Rapunzel, but Not Really ✔ by amarawrrr
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Living a life out of a fairytale story is really not as it is cut out to be. I mean, Cinderella had to clean up a whole mansion by herself every day. Belle had to put up with a housemate who needed a shaver as much as he needed anger management classes. And don't even let me get started with Snow White and her stepmom's drama. Really, Rapunzel of the 21st century? I would rather be a tree. At least I would be contributing oxygen to the world. -------------------- Arianna had lost track of the number of houses, schools and countries she had moved to in order to run away from her crazy stalker until finally her Dad had just had enough and locked her up in the penthouse of The Tower, a building he owned in the city, with only her flamboyant cousin for company. But one desperate decision to sneak out of the house one night caused her an eventful meeting with Tristan, a mysterious boy, who suddenly seemed to be cropping up all the time after that first meet. Suddenly, the past quiet year was no longer peaceful. And she may just find herself forced to face the past she had been running from her whole life.
Gallia (Discontinued) by TheIronicIrony
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What would you do if your village was burned down? If your family and friends were mercilessly slaughtered? What would you do if you and your brother were the only survivors of a bloody massacre? You know what you would do. You would seek revenge. Ari is a girl hell-bent on vengeance. She has spent every waking moment of every waking hour training, training to bring down the organization that left her and her brother orphaned. This training has left her deadly and lethal. She can bring down a human when they are only a speck in the distance, her daggers can slip in and out without anyone knowing. She is not a girl to be trifled with. However, there is a problem. The organization she hunts is secretive. So secretive that for years Ari could not find a clue to their whereabouts. The only sign of their existence has been in the form of rotting corpses thrown in different areas. The corpses are only identifiable by the curling ‘T’ burned onto their wrists. When Ari finds once again finds her refuge under attack, she decides to fight. What she doesn't expect, is that this attack could be her biggest breakthrough yet. What she also doesn't expect is to find an emerald-eyed boy there to match her skill. A boy who will not leave her alone. Join Ari as she travels the world of Gallia, a world full of magic and monsters, of healings and killings, a world you’ve never before known.
Wolf Hunt by Ladygoldragon
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Lady Sarah the daughter of an Earl was a close friend of Robin growing up until he was outlawed yes, as in Hood. She is the forgotten one in his story but she is more then just a part of his story. She has her own story and tale to tell and this is it.
Friendship for Dummies by leigh_
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"Being reunited with your childhood best friend after eight years apart? Sounds like a heart-warming story. Finding out that said best friend is now a complete jerk who's determined to make your life hell? Not so much." Georgie and Connor were once inseparable. Best friends from birth, they did everything together - well, that was until Connor's dad got a once-in-a-lifetime job opportunity and the family was forced to relocate to New York. At age sixteen, Georgie's life is totally different - her main goal being to keep her head down and escape the brutalities of high school with as little emotional scarring as possible. Balancing school, work and her dwindling social life is enough of a challenge, but it's about to get a bit more complicated when her conceited ex-best friend gets thrown into the mix. Maybe friendship should come with an instruction booklet.