WATTYS 2022 SHORTLIST EDITOR'S CHOICE -- SEPTEMBER 2021 EXCLUSIVE CHAPTERS AND WRITER'S REVEAL CONTENT AVAILABLE - NOT A PAID STORY Appearances can be deceiving. What if the Bad Boy wasn't so bad and the good girl wasn't quite so good? Kelly Wankum has an unfortunate last name and even worse luck. By the tender age of twenty-three, she's broken her tailbone, thumb, her nose, hip, and now her rib. It wouldn't be so bad if she could say something funny like, "I broke myself on a stripper pole" or "I was mugged in a Walmart parking lot." That would actually be believable, right? Instead, she breaks her rib reaching for a ball of yarn. Even worse, everyone knows she's so accident prone, she could sneeze and lose a tooth. They'd probably bet on her swallowing it in a pancake. Oh wait, she's done that too. Another trip to the Urgent Care has the doctors shaking their heads, offering to pray for her health while new, sexy Doctor Blake Cole immediately gets off on the wrong foot. Months after their first encounter, Blake and Kelly meet again by chance. After inadvertantly humiliating her, Blake tries to set things straight and make it up to her. The problem is, Blake's lifestyle is painfully different, and Kelly can't help imagining him like every bad boy she's ever read about online. Can Blake convince her to give him a chance and prove he's actually a good guy? **This story is set in the present and the pandemic is part of the narrative.** --Cover by AnnieRosebud-- ©2020, 2022

The one rule Daniel has for himself? Don't date your boss. And it's the one rule he can't help but break. They say never meet your heroes, but Daniel has to. He's hired as a personal assistant, tasked with turning around the life of the man he'd admired since his college years-bestselling author Oliver Carlson. And he's nothing like Daniel pictured him, dressing in baggy cartoon T-shirts, with facial hair overwhelming his features and a messy home that resembles a frat house. But what Daniel doesn't know is how well his new boss can clean up... and how smoking hot he really is, underneath the oversized shirts and overgrown beard. There's more to Oliver than hidden six-pack abs and gorgeous eyes. What other secrets will Daniel unlock, all while trying desperately not to break his one and only rule?

Nerdy Dakota Evans makes the biggest mistake of her life by falling in love with her best friend, Aaron Ford. Despite coming from entirely different cliques in school, will their relationship have a chance? *** In a high school where everyone belongs to cliques, nerdy and boyish Dakota Evans' friendship with basketball jock, Aaron Ford, becomes a big issue. Aaron's highly protective of Dakota and doesn't realize that she's in love with him. With their friendship eventually going on the rocks, will Aaron finally realize his true feelings for Dakota before it's too late? [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]]

This is a FREE book with PAID exclusive chapters. A 500 year old curse dictates that Blake and Daniel must get married before the end of the year or their families will suffer the grave consequences. However, the couple figures there must be some way to get around the curse, some way to convince the demon that created the curse to change the rules. There must be some way to be free from this arranged marriage. If only they could avoid falling in love too. # Saying no to the arrange marriage is not an option. Blake's family will lose the magic that created their empire and if Daniel says no, his family of vampires will turn to dust. They can't say no without ruining the lives of the people they love the very most but... all Blake wants to do is be free and experience the world outside his sheltered lifestyle and Daniel just wants to focus on work and bringing his kingdom into a golden age. Blake finds himself in way over his head, realizing Danny, the kid he thought was such a punk, turns out to be Daniel, the future king of the largest coven of vampires in the world. He can't dance, doesn't know proper etiquette and doesn't even own one pair of dress shoes. Daniel puts himself to the task of changing Blake from being a pauper to a prince as long as they're engaged. But why? What kind of demon makes a deal like that? What did the demon get from this? Those are the questions both Blake and Daniel ask each other and on one dumb drunk night, they decide to ask the demon, Ignacio, himself. Is there something more sinister involved in this contract? Are there ways someone else can bend it's rules? Cover designed by Ren T

The outcasts of their pack, Dylan and Casey meet the mysterious Grey who breaks the rules of mating practices by being their third soulmate and change their lives for the better, but when there's a chance they'll lose Grey, Casey must accept his destiny as the Alpha of his pack before everything goes up in flames. Literally. ***** Grey Weathers thought he was going on a relaxing vacation with his "friend with benefits" pal, until he walks right into two people that seem like the perfect couple, Dylan and Casey. What he doesn't know is that this couple are actually mates. Dylan and Casey are a couple of werewolves and their instincts are telling them that Grey is more special than he knows. Grey finds himself in the middle of family drama, bloody secrets and a plot that would like to see every supernatural creature wiped from the face of the earth. All this is a lot to deal with, especially when he's falling in love with not just one, but two people. Could they be falling in love with him too? Is that possible? To fall in love with someone like him? Cover designed by Ren T

A pair of siblings on a dangerous journey. A vicious spirit quickly drawing near. A bedtime story filled with peril and magic, loss and self discovery, set within a dark, fantastical forest. Growing up with frightening tales of the woods around them, Credence and her younger brother Josiah never imagined they would venture far from home. After a sudden tragedy reveals a dark family secret, the children are forced into the strange and deadly forest alone, with nothing but a map and a book of spells to guide them. While seeking the purple house of their aunt, who will either protect or curse them depending on her mood, the siblings must contend with a host of wild and wicked creatures, from bog women to ghostly jesters, cannibal twins and rude pumpkins. Credence and Josiah must keep their hearts strong and their wits quick, lest they fall to any one of a thousand dangers lurking within the trees, or worst of all, into the clutches of the Collector, a malevolent spirit with a connection to their parents, feared above all in the woods-who's developed an obsession with finding them. 📚 Book One of the "Bedtime Story" Series 📚 ✨WATTYS 2021 FANTASY WINNER✨ Content Warning: This story contains violence and mild language.

Adrian always felt like he was never the best at anything. His school grades were mediocre, he wasn't much of a popular person and the girl he likes doesn't know he exist. The only thing he had going for him was being the star player and captain of his school's hockey team. That was until the spotlight turned to his new rival Brody. Confusion and circumstances causes them both to grow closer beyond their imagination. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Highest rankings: • LGBT - #1 (26/4/20) • Bisexual - #1 (1/5/20) • Boyxboy - #1 (28/05/20) • Rivalstolovers - #1 (7/4/20) • Gaylove- #2 (29/9/20) • Cheesy - #2 (1/5/20) • Enemiestolovers- #2 (22/12/20) • Wholesome - #2 (30/5/20) • Cheesyromance - #3 (17/6/20) • Rivalry - #4 (12/4/20) • Enemies - #4 (30/7/20) ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dirty Lying Faeries is now published as a Wattpad Book! As a Wattpad reader, you can access both the Original Edition and Books Edition upon purchase. ***** With a kiss of her hand, Thea is transported into the faerie world. Now she's trapped in the faerie court, with fate drawing her to Devin and into danger. ***** When recent grad Thea gets dragged to a black tie gala at an art gallery, she didn't expect to meet the handsome Devin. With a brief glimpse at some art and a kiss to her hand, Thea is unknowingly pulled into the world of the fae. She never believed in faeries, until she started seeing them for herself. With strange creatures visible on the street and fangs and colors flashing in the shadows, Thea has to accept the truth: Faeries are real and she is a part of their world. Will a blossoming romance keep her afloat in a world of magic, or will she be drawn into the darkness by threats she's only beginning to understand? For better or worse, the newest changeling has arrived. (This story is a standalone title set in the Dirty Lying Creatures universe.) [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Azima Rousseau, a demon hunter destined to save her world from the denizens of the Underworld, has to venture through the Seven Levels of Hell in order to face its Prince and close the rift between their worlds once and for all. ***** Ever since her eighteenth birthday, Azima Rousseau knew she would die battling the forces of Hell just as her mother had, and every other Rousseau before her. So when her destiny delivers her to Death's door, it is not the Devil who answers, but the Demon Prince Malecoda. Instead of ending her fated existence as his sworn enemy, he decides to bind her into a pact that challenges not only the intensity of her will to survive but also the integrity of her soul to persevere. Together they soon discover who the monsters truly are- Azima's own people. [[ 2021 WATTYS SHORTLIST ]] ---------- Cover designed by Stefanie Saw

Down-on-her-luck Aubrey gets the job offer of a lifetime, with one catch: her ex-husband is her new boss. *** Aubrey Whitlock's life is turned upside down after her divorce, leaving her an unemployed, broke, and single 29-year-old. A chance meeting with her ex throws her for a loop again when he makes her an offer: come work with him as his assistant. Now a self-made billionaire, Bryce Roberts is just as infuriating-and good-looking-as he was the first time around. Their marriage was disastrous, but their chemistry is stronger than ever. Will they ever mend their relationship, or will it be nothing more than a heated game of seduction? And what will happen when Bryce discovers the secrets Aubrey has been keeping from him after all this time?