As Clementine Bell has learned, running a successful NYC patisserie is tougher than it looks. Even with training in classical French baking from the best school in the world, getting people to walk through the doors to the Clementhyme Bakery proves much more difficult than drawing millions of viewers to her sensational baking vlogs. With the overdue rent piling up, Clementine's mother has the idea to enter her into a televised baking competition with a staggering $250,000 cash prize. Clementine isn't thrilled with the idea of competing on national television, that is until the producers let slip that her infuriatingly talented pastry school classmate and rival has been invited to participate. Sequestered on set in a partially renovated chateau in southern France, all of Clementine's knowledge of pastry is put to the test, but can this pastry purist outlast her competition to save her bakery in an arena where the culinary arts have become a spectator sport?

Penny Hale has a lot of items on her checklist before she leaves for college at the end of the summer. The sudden and unexpected return of her childhood, imaginary best friend is not one of them. As it turns out, Leander, Prince of Bees wasn't so imaginary and the beloved town of Sugar Falls is in very real danger. On the weekend of the Brambleberry Festival, the most important weekend of Penny's summer, she's pulled away from the checklist she clings to so dearly and is thrust into a whirlwind of adventure, magic, and romance.

When Penny Hale's not-so-imaginary friend shows up in her bedroom, he pulls her into a whirlwind summer adventure of magic and bees and romance. This short story first appeared in @RebeccaSky's Sunkissed Summer Fantasy Anthology.

What happens to your dating life when you're still living with the ghost of your former marriage? This short story was originally tweeted in installments as a promotion for ROOMS, by Lauren Oliver. You can check out ROOMS on Goodreads!

The Freeze-Dried Groom is one of the nine stories in Margaret Atwood's fantastic new collection Stone Mattress. A collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy. Vintage Atwood creativity, intelligence, and humor: think Alias Grace. Margaret Atwood turns to short fiction for the first time since her 2006 collection, Moral Disorder, with nine tales of acute psychological insight and turbulent relationships bringing to mind her award-winning 1996 novel, Alias Grace. A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband in "Alphinland," the first of three loosely linked stories about the romantic geometries of a group of writers and artists. In "The Freeze-Dried Groom," a man who bids on an auctioned storage space has a surprise. In "Lusus Naturae," a woman born with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for a vampire. In "Torching the Dusties," an elderly lady with Charles Bonnet syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing, while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence. And in "Stone Mattress," a long-ago crime is avenged in the Arctic via a 1.9 billion-year-old stromatolite. In these nine tales, Margaret Atwood is at the top of her darkly humorous and seriously playful game.

It started on Wattpad and now it's hitting the screen. Read the original story that inspired the film and then watch KISSING IS THE EASY PART February 13th on Tubi. KISSING IS THE EASY PART is published by Wattpad Books. Please order from the link in my profile. *** Being beautiful might as well be Flora Morgan's only talent. Some of the words she hates include economy class, second-hand clothes, and budget. She likes fashion, dating, not being on time and getting what she wants - until she meets Sean, who is like the clock striking midnight; he erases all her magic power. He is as mature and sophisticated as the dark roasted coffee he drinks, while she is like a lollipop: colorful, dazzling on the outside but empty calories and artificial sweeteners on the inside. The attraction is instant, but getting a kiss is only the first step. To keep their fire burning, they must accept each other's differences and decide if what they're building is strong enough to survive trials, jealousy, expectations, and the fear of becoming someone they no longer recognize.

Lauren Cross was a misunderstood shy quiet girl. She's been bullied for as long as she can remember. She hides her bruises from her best friend Jordan and slowly breaks down inside, but never lets anyone see her sadness. Jake Collins is the typical bad boy, but has some untypical bad boy features. He breaks hearts, he plays around, he fights, smokes, and runs some shady business. ButJake Collins has a soft spot for one Lauren cross he see the girl behind the wall of happy shy girl and see's she is the feisty fighter she really is. But will the bad boy reputation and shady gpast get in the way of him and Lauren. Or will Jake be to late to save her. Will Lauren finally shatter into pieces.

The name is Riley Evans. But to some its Razor. Riley Evans is not your typical teenager. Maybe to everyone else she is but everyone has their flaws. When Riley was just 10 years old her father taught her how to fight; how to protect herself..and others. Using her abilities she goes out on the streets of Chicago being as you might say a hero. But there's a catch. No one knows this mysterious person who beats people up and sends them to jail. Who doesnt cause the fighting but actually tries to stop it. The only name they know her by is Razor. They dont know what she looks like, how old she is, or her real identity. Just Razor. But what happens when a star football player and her get teamed up for an English project? What happens when secrets she never knew are revealed? What happens when her family's past comes back to haunt her?

Mia Bianchi is the daughter of the strongest mob boss in the world and she's a daddy's girl big time. That's going to change when she finds out what he has in store for her future. A future filled with Love, Hate, Betrayal, Friendships, Magic, Secrets, and Hidden Pasts. People tell her she can't change the inevitable future. Mia begs to differ. Not only will she try her hardest to stop her father but she will also try her best to protect those she loves against an evil force that has been hunting her family for centuries. Please give me some feedback ...it motivates me to continue this story

Alexander Rodriguez. A powerful business man of the Los Angeles. He has it all. Anything and everything he wants. He is powerful and unstoppable. He is devilishly handsome with good looks. Although he can have anything, he feel this very undeniable pull towards her, his "Little One", Kiara Night. She has him trapped and wrapped him around her finger from the first time he saw her. No one knows it. Even he didn't realize it himself. Kiara Knight. A very beautiful, lovely, bubbly, feisty and spoiled princess of her family. Being the only girl with six possessive brothers made her a drama queen. She is just out of college and is about to start a new life with her boyfriend like she wanted. But all her plans goes down the hill when her parents announces that she has to live two months with the one person whom she always feels intimidated and feels a very great pull towards him. The one who takes her breathe away with one look in her eyes. Alexander Rodriguez. When two thumping hearts, live under one roof, anything can happen. Fire may ignite, creating an Undeniable Love between them. Cover designed by Sweetblast.