[BEING PUBLISHED BY FRAYED PAGES X WATTPAD BOOKS IN 2026] [WATTYS 2018 WINNER - THE HEARTBREAKERS] They say "the cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea..." Natalie doesn't believe it. In fact, Natalie doesn't believe in much. Not until Brooklyn gives her something to believe in. [extended summary inside] [#1 in chicklit, new adult, realistic fiction, recovery, & addiction] Copyright 2018-2025 | Taylor Romagnoli [moonraess]

~~Next thing I know, I'm pushed against the wall. Cade's arms surround me and his eyes look fierce, I glance to the sides to see if anyone is around but the hall is empty. "Now you listen here, Doll." He says, I crumple into the wall, "I don't have to be here, I don't have to spend this time with you. So I wouldn't push it. Got it?" He tilts his head and raises his eyebrows. "Got it." I squeak. He huffs and pushes away from the wall, snatching one of the keycards out of my hold and walking through the door.~~ Hospitals. We all hate them. Tamitha, aka Tammy, is a teenage girl going through a teenage life. When she wants to go to the biggest party of the year, her Mum and her decide to make an agreement. Tammy will work at the hospital for three months, if she does this she can go to the greatest party of the year. Even though she dreaded the job, she knew it would be easy, wandering around a hospital, helping out nurses and doctors, etc. But she didn't expect Cade Roberts. With the looks to melt any girl in a twenty-metre radius, she can sense the dangerous aura he brings. But why is she so attracted to him? Filled with action, fast cars, relationships, and revenge. Tammy might have just got herself mixed up in a whole lot of trouble. Badboy trouble. What happens when he starts to pay Tammy more interest? So could these next three months be a bigger challenge than Tammy expected? Because she didn't expect elevator 13... **Warning: Coarse language and extreme themes**

Mikan and Natsume are both the successors to their family business. At the right age, they have to marry in order to get the position. The two find out their feelings for each other but they soon find out the Sakura and Hyuuga companies are at war.

Kate was a decent and lovely girl until she had harsh experience during college. After graduating, she decided to move far away from that place to move on and live her life. But there is one thing about Kate, she's stronger and no longer weak. Marc, a flirt, playboy, and a son of the famous billionaire was irritated when it was his turn to take over the company. The news of him being a playboy reached the company. He was then known the company's playboy. Marc's sister challenges him to make a girl fall in love with him in four months or his sister won't follow his rules. Will Marc be able to do the challenge? What if Kate and Marc's paths cross? As days passed, a secret is to be revealed. And what if Kate's past is back? Will she be able to move on? Or will she still be the weak girl in college? --------- Enjoy!!

He watched her from afar and admired her. She didn't love herself so he made her feel loved by sending her mini love messages but didn't realize he ended up falling for her. cover by; forbeslist

IF YOU COULD PLEASE VOTE SO MAYBE JUST MAYBE MY STORY WILL REACH OTHERS When the world seems to fall on top of you, there is only one thing you can do ? Right ? You pick yourself and carry on even with your scraped knees and bruised ego . But Catalina has never been able to be the one to pick up on her own and make many of the choices that concern her life . She didn't choose to be the survivor of the car wreck that had ended her parents life, she didn't choose to be thrown into the foster care system , only to be known by a number and teased because of her hair and eyes, or her looks in general , nor did she choose the day that the devilishly handsome Mafia Boss Demitri Vallentino would take one look at and decide that against her will or not he would have her . He would possess her mind , body and if by chance he got lucky enough her soul . Demitri was immediately attracted to the young girl who stood laughing and smiling by the bar without a seemingly care in the world . And when you live in a world as dark as his , sometimes you have to pull in the light , not caring what fight or angle you have to use . Even if it may be slightly on the criminal side. Not that the criminal side of life ever bothered him to start . But now with Catalina's free spirited ways , and his rough and hard demeanor and a lifestyle mapped out for him since before birth can they push against the rest of the world and find love or will Catalina sink to just becoming another one of his toys in the vast expansion of his play room . Being In the Mafia always comes at a high price . But now so does LOVE. A price neither one is sure they are prepared to pay. Not when the payment you must offer is your heart .

Infidelity, ˌinfəˈdelədē, is the action or state of being unfaithful to a moral obligation. Olivia Ludavico Spraying my right hand out to the door, I pushed it open, but I didn't miss a drop of blood that was plastered on the knob. Training my gun up into the room, I surveyed around and my eyes landed to see the man, that was suppose to be my kill with my bullet, with his head titled back and his hands tied to his chair- he looked to be sleeping but the two bullets to his head and chest told me it was an instant kill. Someone had beat me to it. "Damn it." I hissed out, clearly annoyed. I placed my hand on my earpiece turning my body sideways to the door. It hadn't been thirty minutes but my brother needed to know we wasted valuable time with me coming down here. It was apparent he wasn't doing bad business with just my father. My brother didn't respond and I rolled my eyes before my breath quickened after hearing clinking of a glass, and I turned on my heel ready to fight for life or death. I hesitated for the first time in my life. Piercing grey eyes in the dim light to Abram Smirnov's office stared back at me, and not to the gun that could end his life at any moment. He looked to be the man that invited death with open arms, but it was on his time and not when the universe called for him and the way his eyes flickered told me it was for damn sure not going to be from me; not for tonight. His fingers grazed the side of his glass before I watched him tick his forefinger against it. He radiated off power and my finger closed around the trigger but I didn't pull it. If he was going to hurt me; he would've by now. What did he want? Nicholai Corsetti

It happened so fast. I knew that having a woman in my employment would be dangerous, but I foolishly believed I could obtain happiness if she stayed in my life. Like a blazing fire extinguished, she suddenly left me to drown in my once treasured but now suffocating solitude. ~*~*~*~*~ Disclaimer: This is a continuation of the one shot, 'Rage, Betrayal and Despair' from the fanfiction, "Tales of the Fiery Ifrit and the Iceberg". The events that transpire within this are not happy and will most likely leave you upset and with negative feels. I apologize in advance for the emotional turmoil this may cause you. Also, I DO NOT wish for the things that happen in this story to actually occur in the real book. This is just a what-if scenario, not something I want in the original story. P.S.- Almost all of the characters belong to Robert "Sir Rob" Thier. I do not own them.

Aylene Dennings is one tough chick. After saving the French billionaire, Antoine Bastien, from being beaten up one night at a bar where she works at, he offers her something she could never refuse. Marriage. While a marriage proposal sounds superbly tempting, especially when it's coming from a hot French billionaire, sometimes you just have to learn how to say no. Antoine Bastien is no stranger to girls who carry emotional baggages, but when it comes to the girl who saved his life that night at the bar, he knew their paths were crossed for a reason. He needed to fix her shattered heart. Aylene and Antoine's story available at RADISHFICTION.COM

Every Tuesday during football practice, sixteen year old Sem Bolton finds himself stealing glances at the gorgeous college boy jogging down the path next to the fields. He was his dirty little secret. His guilty pleasure. His unobtainable fantasy: safe and distant on the other side of the chainlink fence. Then, through a series of unpleasant events including being forced on a camping trip, it turns out his unobtainable fantasy is not so unobtainable after all. Not only is gorgeous college boy gay as well, he also wants to date Sem. Now, Sem was never one to play it safe. But outing himself was in a whole different league than testing his mother's patience or taking hits in the boxing ring. Was he really ready to date a guy, all consequences included? As if internal struggles weren't enough, count on girls, friends, and an estranged brother, to complicate stuff even further. Photo on the cover by: https://unsplash.com/@nickkarvounis