🏆 Rank No. 15 - Romancestories (among 4.15K stories) ❛My shades are so dark and scary that I fear, if you dare knowing me, you'll become like me.❜ ~ Josh ________________⏺______________________⏺________________ ❛I may not be full, but I can always pour myself into your half and make it full.❜ ~ Alisa ________________⏺______________________⏺________________ This story is about a girl 'Alisa' whose life is as messy as a baby eating its first solid meal. Her past is gloomy because of the nightmares she get of her died father. Her present is even more glum due to her peevish mother who enjoys treating her own daughter like some shit. And her future is as hopeless as a penny with a hole in it. What happens when Alisa meet Josh, a stranger, a saviour, a man who is even more dark and captured around his own demons. Will they heal each other? Or someone would end up destroying the other? In either ways, they'll build a story which takes you to an emotional roller coaster ride. Are you ready for it?! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I want someone to love me, Someone who can let this pain fade. I want someone to heal me, Someone who can sip my shade. ~ Written by Josh ________________⏺______________________⏺________________ _ Cover by :- @megnate

After a drunken night out leads to a one night stand with her smoking hot best friend, Maya can't help giving in to temptation again and again. But are passionate hookups and wild trysts all the future has in store?  *****  Best friends since the age of three, spirited Maya Crofton and ladies' man Luke Anderson are inseparable, priding themselves on knowing everything about one another. Or so Maya thought. What she doesn't realise is that Luke has been lusting after more than just her friendship, and, with alcohol involved, sparks soon fly. But past encounters, devastating secrets, and the unbearable need to hide her true feelings put Maya in quite a predicament. Will she overcome her doubts and offer Luke the chance he's been waiting almost half his life for? [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000 words]] Cover designed by Ren T

Jasmine Clark, here! My life with the Andersen family continues to keep me on my toes. Almost one year with the unusually large family and you'd think I'd get some kind of normalcy at this point. Not here. Not when Walter and Rebecca can't keep their love to themselves or when my boyfriend, Vincent, is away at college. And I don't even want to mention the situation with my mother.... Anyway, here I am, pretending to be Andersen!

Ashlyn hasn't spoken a word since the age of eight, and her heart's never felt more protected. But, when the confident and ever so charming Derek stumbles into her quiet little world, her emotions-and forbidden desires-have never been so loud. ***** For twenty years, silence is all Ashlyn Holland has known. Haunted by the memories of her father, and the harrowing song of the ocean that stole him from her, Ashlyn maintains a safe distance from the rest of the world. Treading carefully the sea of fear and anguish that surrounds her, Ashlyn is determined to do all she can to protect her heart from such a tragic loss striking again. In silence, she grieves. In silence, she is safe. In silence, she finds the strength to breathe. But the silence can only last so long... Derek Moreno is charming and devoted, and quick to see through every wall Ashlyn erects. With his arrival in town, defences fold and walls begin to crumble, the songs of her heart reaching new heights. Together, they crest twin tides of fate, the silence she'd once sought engulfed by his gentle touch, and the whispers of a love thought impossible. For the summer, Ashlyn welcomes the noise. The disruption. But, the ghosts of Derek's past will no longer remain silent, and their deafening power has the potential to drag them both into a current strong enough to drown them amidst their heartache. 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ARCHER's VOICE x TEN TINY BREATHS meet in this journey through grief and the different stages of healing, finding love once thought impossible, and rediscovering one's voice.

[2021 WATTYS SHORTLIST] A year ago, Natasha packed her bags and hopped on the first train out of her hometown in Hampshire, England, leaving behind a dysfunctional family and a womanising ex-boyfriend. When she realises running away isn't the answer to her problems, she moves back home for the summer to face them head-on. However, not everyone is happy about her return. Alec, her best friend, is also back after his first year at University. This time, he won't let her leave again without confessing his true feelings. After a rocky past with relationships, Natasha must decide if his love will be enough. When you are young, mistakes are inevitable and Natasha is about to find out the hard way, every action has a consequence. A friends to lovers romance. --- 🏆 1st place - Romance in THE CREATIVE AWARDS 2019: 1st Oct 2019 🏆 1st place- Romance in The Chaos Awards 8!: 19th April 2020 🏆 Honorable mention in Winter Rose Awards 2020, Spring Edition: 27th April 2020 🏆 1st place - ChickLit in The Dream Awards 2021: 24th Aug 2021 🏆 Watty Shortlisted- 1st Nov 2021 🎉 featured on Wattpad's New Adult profile under 'There's Only One Bed' reading list. 🧡 3rd Jan 2020 🎉 featured on Wattpad's StoriesUndiscovered profile under 'Love Is In The Air' reading list. 🧡 15th Feb 2020 🎉 featured on Samantha from Wattpad HQ's 'New & Notable' reading list. 🧡 2nd March 2020 🎉 featured on Wattpad's AmbassadorsUK profile under 'Romance Brittania' reading list. 🧡 3rd April 2020 🎉 featured on Wattpad's Cupid profile under 'Love Conquers All' reading list. 🧡 7th April 2020 🎉 featured on Wattpad's General Fiction profile under 'Finding Love' reading list. 🧡19th August 2020 🎉 featured on Wattpad's CommunityTeam profile under 'Romance' reading list. 🧡 1st September 2020

When senior students at Lincoln High receive the same deadly text message, it falls upon Helena Gallagher and an unlikely companion to solve the mystery and catch the killer. •••• High school student, Helena Gallagher is a murder fanatic. A devoted admirer of all things mysterious. Always watching crime documentaries on Netflix, she longs for a more exciting life. What she doesn't expect is for her small town in Michigan to become the centre of a very public murder investigation. What starts off as a harmless game soon turns sinister. Students are dying. Secrets are spilling. No one is safe. Would you die to keep a secret? * •Cover design by @laurellwrites

What happens when you join the Marching Band? You play music of course, but there are also the band romances that make you stop and think. Maybe Danny will find more than just a friend. Danny is a musician at heart. Everyone in her family plays an instrument. Her Freshman year is coming up and she has to decide what to play and what to be in. Around April a sign-up sheet for Marching Band shows up on her doorstep. Signing up, she doesn't realize what she has gotten herself into. Jackson comes from a line of trumpets and other horn players. He was expected to join Marching Band as did his older brother Chase. He signed up and prepared for the first day of practice. On the first day of band camp, no one expected to be worked so hard in their life. Danny joined the Drumline and marched the second bass. Jackson played trumpet. The two will meet, but will their friendship become more? Read to find out!

Reality Screens are all the rage in America's future, just a few years after the climax of World War III. They were invented for sport, convenience, and -- most importantly -- surveillance. Enna Price, an 18-year-old graduate from the Academy of Global Doctrines, learns the true scope of her society's evil upon deciding whether or not to accept its controlling technology. The life-altering choices that she makes will forever follow her wherever she goes, for better or for worse. Unplugged: The New World is the first installment in the Unplugged Trilogy, and is an emotional journey packed with spine-tingling conspiracy, jaw-dropping betrayal, and heart-stopping romance.

🏆 1st Rank :- Dark Romance What is the most important thing to drive a man walnuts, of course other than his hormones? Man's ego. Isn't it? But what if a woman in all her innocence treads on that ego and crushes it under the weigh of her heels? Noemi Amante is a mysteriously attractive woman. She is a newly made prostitute who is constantly running away from her daunting past which triggers her every now and then. She is perfect paradigm of a seashell, fascinating yet mysterious. You want to know what's inside, but you also fear what might come out from the inside. Alvin Hertrich is a world class billionaire and the country's most wanted bachelor. He isn't a sadist but he is far more worse when something agitates him and makes him angry. He had a rough start in life which made him heartless and a pure dominant. He is a perfect womaniser and had a long history with women, but never in love, always in lust. Noemi agitates Alvin by making a mistake. Small, but significant. Now, she has to suffer the punishment. Will Alvin inflict pain on her like he always does? Or end up doing something even worse? The Story Contains --- ✔ Dark Romance ✔ Erotica/Mature/Violence ✔ Drama ✔ Mystery ✔ Haters to Lovers ✔ Heartbreaks ------------------------------------- All Rights Reserved ® (Story is On Hold for a few months)