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The Thousand Words We Spoke (A Novella) by oliviarose85
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In the eighteen years she'd been alive, Adam Whitman had taken a thousand photos of Mia Holloway. From the day she was born until the day he left town. And while he was away for five years, he wrote her a thousand words scattered across postcards. It seemed like forever since he'd seen her and upon his return, those five years turned her into a woman; a sight he cannot seem to ignore despite his best efforts. Mia has loved Adam all her life and has been in love with him ever since she understood what it truly meant. His time away never erased her feelings for him and now that he's returned and no longer treating her like the child she was when he left, they're only growing stronger. Everything is standing in their way, including the eighteen years between them as well as his self-control. When Mia finally surrenders to the fact that she may never have his love in return, she makes a choice to move on. Now it's Adam's turn to make a choice and figure out just what he's willing to lose in order to keep her.
𝕋𝕙𝕖 π”»π•’π•£π•œπ•Ÿπ•–π•€π•€ 𝕋𝕙𝕒π•₯ β„‚π• π•Ÿπ•€π•¦π•žπ•–π•€ 𝕋𝕙𝕖 π•ƒπ•šπ•˜π•™π•₯ βž€ by AndiBlackbird
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✬ 𝕋𝕙𝕖 π”»π•’π•£π•œ οΌ† π•ƒπ•šπ•˜π•™π•₯ π•Šπ•–π•£π•šπ•–π•€ ✬ Meet Sean, the epitome of a narcissist. The only thing he thinks about is how he'll get his next rush of endorphins. While slowly losing himself as he tries to mask his past he becomes intrigued by the woman who lives across the hall, Monica. It's an enigmatic story of a man trying to find the balance between his all-consuming darkness and his light. π”Ήπ• π• π•œ βž€ 𝕠𝕗 βžƒ - β„‚π• π•žπ•‘π•π•–π•₯𝕖 - ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ This is a work of fiction. This all comes from inside of my mind. If there are any similarities to people, places, events, etc. they are purely coincidental. Also, this book has mature themes such as substance abuse, explicit language, sexual content, and violence. It is intended for MATURE audiences only. Β©2021 | AndiBlackbird Started 2-6-18 Completed 7-24-18
Never Tell Lies (18+) by AJ_Rella
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The complete, fully edited version is available on Amazon. Highest Rank: #1 in Dark Romance and #1 in Mental Abuse WARNING: NTL was #1 in Dark Romance and Mental Abuse for a reason. If you're looking for a gentle love story, this isn't it! Fear is a wave, O'Connell, you need to learn to ride it... Billionaire hotel mogul Alfie Tell loves a challenge, and Lola O'Connell puts up one hell of a fight. Cold and conceited, Alfie is everything down-to-Earth Lola despises, but he's a determined man. Bruised from a lifetime of loss, Lola does everything she can to keep her feelings at bay but glimpses of a dark past behind Alfie's cold exterior intrigue her. An aspiring garden designer, Lola's work thrusts her into Alfie Tell's presence as she takes on a project at his newest hotel. Unable to escape his seductions, she finds herself falling fast and hard, despite every warning sign that this man can't be trusted with her heart. Afraid of losing the one woman who has ever meant anything to him, Alfie employs every tactic he can to keep her. Manipulation, control, possession and lies consume them. Soon, their heated romance becomes a toxic infatuation that drags both of their demons to the surface and threatens to shatter them both... (This story was previously titled Loving Lola.) *Featured on Wattpads "Dangerous Love" Reading List 05/09/20 *Second Place in the The Sass Awards *Second Place in The Discovery Awards *Second Place in The Solstice Awards (This is a sample. The rest of the story is currently available of Radish.)
The Prince and the Spitfire - βœ“ by DarlaCassic
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When the overindulged son of a duke meets a feisty bohemian beauty, two opposite worlds collide. But it doesn't matter how ill-suited they are for one another, Aiden and Amalia can't prevent their feelings from growing. β€’ β€’ β€’ England, 1790. Aiden Langston, Earl Graham, future Duke of Leeds, is a jaded young man with everything to lose. Amalia Romero is a proud Bohemian who needs no one's help despite having next to nothing. After one mistake too many, Aiden is forced into exile for the summer. The boredom of the countryside nearly drives him mad until he meets Amalia, whom he hires to give him violin lessons. Amalia has always longed for freedom, and this deal is a golden opportunity to finally obtain it. Her desire for a lonesome life soon wavers, subdued by Aiden's effortless charm. Their shared love for music opens a doorway to more, and before long and despite their great differences, Aiden and Amalia can't deny this is much more than a convenient deal. But in a society that would never allow such a union, can things truly work out between them? β€’ β€’ β€’ Shortlisted for the Wattys 2021! This is the first installment of the Langston Series. It's a standalone that doesn't end in a cliffhanger.
To Love Irrevocably [18+] by sky_is_limit
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At twenty-two years old, Sutton Anstein is basically a walking corpse. Growing up with a helicopter mom and relentless high school bullies, Sutton adopted a way of being that has kept him safe and guarded, and consequently, sucked the life right out of him. Craving some adventure, he moves away from his family and takes up a new job that sets him right in the path of fate. Ariel. She is sultry, confident, free, and everything Sutton is not. All he knows about her is her stage name, and the mystery surrounding his red-headed beauty turns him completely on his head and forces a spark into his numb life. That spark blazes through his mundane, day-to-day routine, and sets fire to it all as Sutton chases the woman he never knew he needed. There's something so intoxicating, so beautiful, and so world-bending about Ariel that Sutton is positive she is the One. To win her over, he will have to risk the pain and heartache that has kept him hidden for so long, and force him way, way out of his comfort zone. Relationships will be tried. Boundaries will be pushed. Hearts may break. But in an effort to reach his Happily Ever After, he has to try. Sutton has to live.
Liquid Lucidity (A Novella) by oliviarose85
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Everything she once cherished slipped away in the blink of an eye. After a mugging gone wrong, Hannah is left with brain damage. Years later, she's still trying to come to terms with the fact that her old life is one she'll never get back. Not her ability to write out a sentence or read a good book. Not the strength she once had to run a marathon or her ability to speak without stumbling over the words. The woman she was is gone forever and Hannah is forced to live with constant reminders surrounding her day to day life. Desperate for change, Hannah takes her former best friend from high school up on an offer to move in with her across the country and start a new life. It's the second scariest thing she's ever gone through, but Hannah knows the only chance of living her life is to give up trying to fix the old one that she'll never truly be able to mend. When she arrives, however, Hannah immediately realizes she's made a terrible mistake. This part of the city doesn't fit someone like her and she's ready to turn around before her bags are even out of the car. Until she meets Meggie's boss. David is southern, muscular and, according to Meggie, a grade A prick. But the brooding bar owner seems to have a soft spot for Hannah and is determined to show her that the choice she made to move here wasn't the wrong one and will do whatever it takes to get her to stay. Her second chance at life is becoming more than she imagined and as Hannah gets to know David, she begins to wonder if that second chance at life comes with a second chance at love.
Snowflakes In Autumn (A Novella) by oliviarose85
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That day was only retained in her dreams, and when Faith awoke, she brought only three things back with her. Loud pops of the gunfire. Her father's voice yelling at Noah to keep her safe. Tears rolling down Noah's cheeks as he asked if she trusted them. Everything was lost that day. Her father, her sister, and her childhood innocence. Then with little time, the details of that day and the life she led before became cloaked by their own darkness. With the memories of her childhood dissolved, Faith survived but never lived. Now as an Adult, Faith has nothing. No job, no emotional connections to others, no truths of the past, and about to lose her apartment, forcing her to live with a mother who cannot look at her without seeing the daughter she lost. Faith is at a crossroads. Continue on barely living as only half a person, or face the past in the hope of finding peace, and maybe find herself. To do that, she must go back to the beginning. Back to the only person from her dream who'd lived. Word Count: 28,778 Started: 6/19/20 Completed: 7/04/20
Midnight Kiss by oliviarose85
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She hadn't meant for it to happen. One moment Harper Holloway was out In the beer garden to get some fresh air and the next moment she was in James Wittig's body embrace, his mouth against hers in reality rather than just the fantasy she'd been living in for the last ten plus years. James is more than off limits. Not only is he her older brother's best friend and had been since kindergarten, but he's also her older sister's ex-fiancΓ©e, who has been trying desperately to win back his heart after breaking it last year. When the clock strikes midnight, all bets are off, but when daylight approaches Harper knows her horses must turn back to mice, her carriage must turn back into a pumpkin and she must turn back into the baby sister in the background. Because if that other glass slipper drops, everything in their lives will shatter.
The Paradise Gate by InMySecretHeart
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Whosoever hath collared the devil best not let slip the leash... Cracks are forming. In the Gates of reality. In the seams of a universe abandoned by its author. In the brittle heart of a lonely girl. In the opalescent eyes of the Wytch Wyrd. In the clean clay skin of an old gypsy Listener. In the fragile foundations of the empires of men... In the prisons that hold the greatest and most ancient evil, cracks are forming. Dalli cannot number the bruises or the indignities, the fears or the lies, but there are two things she can count: her enemies, and the thirteen silver bells with thirteen notes soul-searing sweet to call forth an unknown power. Have you a soft spot for the anti-hero? Do you like heroines who'd rather play to win than play nice? Does your heart beat faster when you hear a floorboard creak in an empty house? Want to feel the warm wind of whispered words against the back of a bared neck in a winter-chilled room? What about the ghost touch of a fingertip that glides down your arm just a quarter inch away? if you love adventure, romance, intrigue, mystery, and maybe even a shot at redemption, or if you just enjoy a fantasy world where there's a story behind every brick and tree, then please do come inside. We have cookies, and they have stories, too.
Persephone [18+] βœ”οΈ Complete by ESHurricane
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Seph is a hedonist. She's selfish. She just wants to have a good time. But when a man crashes into her life and she suddenly cares about somebody other than herself, it flips her world upside-down. Warnings: Language, drug use, sexual references