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The Rebellion's Ashes | Book One | End of an Empire by GeneralPretzel
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Born into a civil war that has torn her country apart for twenty years, Rowan Emerson fights to maintain the fragile peace that's kept the North American Empire from ruin. As the youngest Imperial General in history and the daughter of the Emperor, Rowan is hard pressed to stifle an unexpected rebel invasion before the conflict plunges the whole country into chaos. Joined by rival General and former friend, Damien Montague, Rowan is determined to bring the invasion to an end- and Sam Victor is determined to stop her. Sent as a spy within Empire lines, Sam fights heart and soul for the rebellion's cause, but the battle is always more than meets the eye. Steps haunted by danger from the beginning, his fellow spy, Chyanne Hawking uses all her wiles to avoid of suspicion. Caught in the middle of the clash, civilian Gwen Ash struggles just to keep herself and her family alive. As the Empire retaliates with crushing force, all begin to wonder if the invasion was doomed from the beginning. Will the spies save the Offensive from ruin? Can a single spark awaken the ashes of war? What's more, what will become of the friendship blossoming between Sam and the unwitting General? The stage is set, the pieces are in motion. Who is the real enemy? Is this the Empire's end? Or just the beginning? FORMERLY 'THE GENERAL'S FALL' Featured on @Wattpad-Military-Fiction's Modern Wars Reading List Ranked #1 in Government May 15th, 2018 and June 2nd-June 18th, 2018 Ranked #5 in General August 22nd, 2018 Ranked #325 in Action August 30th, 2018 Ranked #952 in Future December 16, 2019 Begun December 27, 2017 ~ Announced February 21, 2018 ~ Posted April 26, 2018 ~ Completed on December 20, 2019 ~ Completed on Wattpad on December 31, 2020
Siren Song (The Fated #1) by UnboundWings
UnboundWings
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Iliana Katrakis couldn't care less about the will of the gods, and she's certain they feel the same way about her. After all, it's rare for the god-touched to live normal lives--and that's all she wants. Having spent the last three years aboard the merchant ship Airlea, Iliana couldn't be happier. Sure, her best friend Kain is the only one who knows she's a girl, but it's a good life. The work is simple, and her shipmates are the closest thing to a family she has. Fate, however, is not on her side. A storm tosses the Airlea wildly off course. Within the day, she's stranded, alone and injured, on a foggy island known only as Inna's Cove. She's given a choice: become one of the islands' goddess blessed sirens and rescue her best friend, or take her chance with the monster-infested woods. The choice seems obvious. That is, until the mercenaries arrive. Their captain wants a siren--and not even the threat of the goddess' wrath will change his mind. **Cover by Morana
Magic's Memories by Ellowyne
Ellowyne
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All Feyla Everbloom wants is to leave her past behind and marry her fiancé, Sedgewick Alverdyne, a mage and the Minister of Magic. But when a wizard out for revenge threatens the city, Feyla's past reaches out and forces her back into the Healer's Guild. Under the direction of her disapproving mother, Feyla and her old team of battle healers race against Sedgewick and his Magic Ministry to bring the wizard to justice. Torn between longing for her mother's approval and her own heart, Feyla will have to choose whose side she is truly on. Black magic is afoot and a spell long thought buried has re-emerged. As lies are told and truth is revealed, her relationship starts to crumble. Feyla must act quickly because unbeknownst to everyone, time is running out. And nothing festers worse than magic. Note: This book takes place after my first novel, Magic's Minister. While the books are best read in order, Magic's Memories can be read as a stand-alone. Cover by mahana258 A winner in The Fae Folk's Winter Court
Glass Slippers [1st Draft] by Pennywithaney
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Clara's problems can be summed up in two words: responsibility and family. After the loss of her mother, life for Clara was never the same. Although she loves her three siblings and tries to be the best sister and lady she can, the weight on her shoulders grows the more she learns and the more she has to know. When her father remarries to a secretive widow, Clara's responsibilities triple overnight. Through no fault of her own, Clara is thrown into an adventure she never counted on-- one of magic, tragedy, and romance. Through palace ballrooms, enchanted forests, and encounters with a handsome stranger she really shouldn't care for, Clara soon realizes that the only way to help her family and fix the problem is to do it herself. The only trouble is that she doesn't know how. A Cinderella Retelling. ----- Cover design made by solidarity_! First draft! *featured by Once Upon A Time as of 9/24/2015*
The Night Rider by CaptainSarcastic101
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The world of Para Dormus is a complicated place full of dragons, demons, magic and mystery. No one knows that more than Nivara Cross. Burdened with a grimoire too powerful to hide with mist magic alone, Nivara longs to help her fellow Traited who struggle with the same fate. But she is powerless to help. Tasked instead with locating an unusual, black grimoire, truths get tangled together as Nivara struggles to hide her past and her power from those attempting to replace her. With more and more Traited trying to find the lost grimoire of the Night Rider, she has no choice but to involve Hawkins, an unsuspecting detective with an unusual Trait of his own. As their goals drift apart and the separation proves more than necessary, Hawkins realizes a much bigger threat faces them. A young girl with an unstoppable Trait threatens to disrupt the peace from beyond Nivara's reach. Can secrets remain hidden and Cricket's power be stopped? Or are Hawkins and Nivara too late to save the black grimoire from her clutches?
Dìlseachd - A Stolen Crown [Excerpt only] | NOW A PUBLISHED NOVEL by CelticWarriorQueen17
CelticWarriorQueen17
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Princess of the Highlands Trilogy Book 1 ~~~ A TIME OF DARKNESS Six years since the Danes invaded Scotland, slaying her finest men. Five since the Highland King married one of the enemy, betraying his countrymen and losing the Lowlanders' support. Three since the king died and the Danes imprisoned the remaining blood heir to the throne. Her crown stolen, her country desolated, Fiona McCurragh now faces the looming threat of execution. The Lowlanders, weary of enemy rule, seek to free their stolen homeland. With the aid of a blind harper, they attempt to rescue their Highland princess when the Danes ride in on Lowlander territory, shattering the fragile peace. The Scots are left with no choice except to launch a war in the face of the coming winter. If they do not attack now, the Scots-and their princess-may not live to see the spring. In the face of despair, Fiona McCurragh finds courage in friendship with two chief's sons. Yet conflict lies on more than one side, and for some of the Scots and their allies, loyalty no longer has any meaning. --- **FEATURED on Wattpad's Blast to the Past List** **Highest Ranking: #34 in Historical Fiction 8/24/2020** January Book of the Month in Historical Fantasy in The Gladiator Pit Top 5 in The Historical Award 2019 Best Technical Skill in Fiction in The 2019 Futhark Awards Best Historical Fiction Chapter in What a Chapter Contest 1st: Earnesty Awards 2017 Hidden Gems Awards 2017 The Paper Plane Awards 2017 The Chaos Awards 3! The Carnation Awards 2020 The Chic Awards 2nd: Treasures of the Past Awards 3rd: The Rarity Awards 2017 The Monthly Awards 2018 The Dream Awards 2020 5th: The Golden Writer Award- 1st Edition © Cheyenne van Langevelde 2022. All Rights Reserved.
Kingdom Of Veiled Bloodlines | ON HOLD by KiraDeRosier
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"We weren't meant to be good. We were meant to survive." Zerlinda has had a sword hanging over her head ever since her father's disappearance. With her cowardly mother good as dead, Zerlinda is forced to accept a bargain with Hades, the God of Death, in exchange for the life of her younger sister, Adalia. After years of avoiding her fate in the gallows, Zerlinda is captured and sent to her death, only to survive and be sold as slave to the King of Nerissa-the man who could very well be behind her father's sudden disappearance. But when the king offers Zerlinda a chance that she cannot possibly let pass, she finds herself torn between survival, protecting Adalia and finding out more about the strange power that seems to call to her. Lives will be lost, loyalties broken, and soon, Zerlinda will be forced to face the darkness blackening her very soul. A darkness that could cause her to lose whatever shred of sanity she has tediously fought to hold on to. For in Nerissa, there is no one to be trusted. Not even one's own self. - Highest Rank: #2 MultiPov story Runner up to the Creativity Awards 2019 Runner up to the We Are Writers Awards 2.0 Honorable mention in the Action/adventure category of the EWA awards - #Thelitawards2019
1001 Nights by ellechanel
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❝Tell me a story, love.❞ In which, a slave girl tells a bloodthirsty king a story in exchange for her life. [07.15.16] all rights reserved ©2016
Brotherhood of Cain (Werewolf/Mafia) by Makingmyownworld
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"Welcome to Citadel, a town full of monsters and meth!" As a notorious career criminal and the Alpha of Brotherhood of Cain, Draven Cain, is used to controlling everything. He knows exactly what happens in the cutthroat slums of Citadel: every gruesome death, every planned heist, and every one of the cities power players. However, what he didn't know, is that the one time he decides to be a good guy and saves a seemingly distressed damsel, his carefully calculated life goes straight to hell. And damned if he doesn't enjoy it. Ethel Pennington is not used to scarred werewolves with homicidal tendencies and elite drug rings. Though with the way she strolls around, you thought she would. But when her deeply ingrained past comes back in the form of a bloodthirsty cult, there may be only one person who can save her: Draven Cain. Too bad he has no intention of letting the brunette spitfire go. First book - COMPLETE Second book - ONGOING w/ updates every week BOTH BOOKS ARE IN BROTHERHOOD OF CAIN