*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems* CREATE YOUR OWN MR. RIGHT Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participates in the app's trial run but finds herself immersed in the empathic conversations with her customizable virtual boyfriend, Ecto. In a society both connected and alienated by technology, Kate suspects an actual secret admirer is behind Ecto. Could it be the work of the techie student council president Dion or has Kate really found her soulmate in bits of computer code? She decides to get to the bottom of the cutting-edge app. Her search for Ecto's real identity leads Kate to prom, where absolute knowledge comes with a very steep price.

BOOK 1 // Human Error (COMPLETE) BOOK 2 // Human Instinct (IN PROGRESS) *NOW OPTIONED FOR A TV SHOW* "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness engineered right into their DNA." - William Shakespeare, 1602 (adapted for BioPlus) Astrid Oxford is not normal. Two hundred years into the future, society is recovering from global collapse, and genetic modification has saved the remaining population from a hunger crisis. The alteration of human DNA has been illegal since the technology was developed, but in the heart of New London, a sinister trend has emerged among society's elite. Designer children have been the city's best-kept secret for years, but strange side effects are now appearing as they hit adolescence. When a freak suicide forces modification into the public eye, eighteen-year-old Astrid is about to learn how difficult it is to stay under the radar when you really were born to stand out.

Christine doesn't like people. She lives alone, has a pet cockroach to defend herself with, and has her route home timed specifically so she doesn't have to talk to people. All this changes however when she is stolen from her dorm room and forced to play host to a vampire named Damien. Christine has never met anyone crueler in her life, and worse, he wants to drink her blood. Can Christine escape before its too late? Or will she be forced to live as a vampire slave forever? Find out in Diary of a Non-Conformist Vampire Victim!

Nova can't escape the rich town of Riverside, where a tragedy follows her every step, but she can work to uncover who's been lying to her all these years. ***** When seventeen-year-old Nova Nightingale returns to her late mother's hometown the last thing she expects is to be public enemy number one, but the rumors surrounding her mother's sudden disappearance fifteen years earlier follow Nova everywhere she goes. And to top it all off, the local rich boy, Isaac Royal, is adamant about making her life hell. Surrounded by rumors, lies, and a secret keeping the town on edge, Nova has to figure out why she's hated and why the boy hell-bent on making her suffer seems to be the only person she can trust. Content/Triggering Warning: this story contains themes of suicide and violence [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]

Aessa, expert thief and sometime courtesan, has finally been summoned across the sea by her long-lost brother. But with a religious war on the verge of exploding, tenuous trade relations with the neighboring ports, and a curious encounter with a strange man on her last day in town, Aessa may find herself drawn back to Tychium City sooner than she expected. "Tychium Falls" follows a world-weary, complicated anti-heroine trying to find her place, and determined to survive. Netted into a complex web of politics and characters, she'll have to learn who she can - and can't - trust.

Lexie is not a warrior. In fact, Lexie is a painter. Her hands are always covered in paint. Never coming off. Always there. For Lexie, painting is an escape. An escape from her pain. She paints to avoid the darkness that is in her soul. She paints to avoid looking at the bleeding wound inside her chest. She paints. To forget. But then Lexie meets someone. Her mate. He also hides a dark anger inside him. An anger at everything and the world around him. When two souls collide, how do you fix each other? Atlas isn't looking for a mate. He's seen the effect of women within his life, and how cruel they can be. But then he meets someone. Someone he doesn't want to meet. A painter soul. And a warrior's heart. How will the two collide? ***Note this can be read as a stand-alone story. Moon Child can be found on world_joy_ bio page - feel free to read it to get other characters background story. Highest rank #1 in werewolf Thank you for reading Copyright: ©Joy (world_joy_) All rights reserved

Wealthy. Beautiful. Spoiled. Welcome to Melbourne, where privileged children reside, attending prestigious private schools and throwing parties in five-star hotels. Blessed with wealth, cursed with secrets and lies. Everything comes with a price. Juliet Anderson's the new girl, with a secret history and a plan to become queen bee. Lauren Fitzgerald is the one with the life slowly falling apart- and she'd do anything to fix it. Fallon Rose is on her way to becoming famous. Alex Winfred is learning the ugly truth about his stepmom, and the elite life. James Sutton is the playboy, in love with someone who can never be his. *inspired by Gossip Girl* - cover by dinomyte -

A collection of romantic stories. From summer sweetness to winter heat, with a sprinkle of humor, magic, and everything in-between.

**Completed** Colby Byers and Wyatt Matheson shared an enviable love-at least, until that fateful day. Torn apart by tragedy, the stubborn ex-lovers struggle to come to terms with their desire for one another, while reconciling their feelings with their tumultuous past. Never Mine intertwines snapshots of the onetime paramours' history with the present day rekindling of their love. A dual perspective contemporary romance. **Winner of the Completed YA Book Awards** | **Winner of The Fic Awards in Teen Fiction** | **Winner of Work of the Month April 2017 in The Ginger Twin's Review Book** | **Winner of Shoot For the Stars Weekly Awards in week 5** | **Winner of The Indigo Awards for Best Cover in Chicklit** | **Second place in The Wolder Awards in Chicklit** | ** Runner up in the Your LOVE Awards in Round 1**