*Coming soon from W by Wattpad* When beauty meets her beast-a modern retelling of a classic story with one major twist...this story isn't for sweet little girls. 'Keep the Blarcum name strong.' That is LORD VAN BLARCUM's duty and his curse. All his life he's been groomed to carry on the Blarcum legacy. He lives under his mother's rule, and he does as she pleases to protect the one thing he loves most: his manor. He doesn't care for the legacy or the empire. He prefers his isolated life on the Hebridean Isle of Lewis. His manor and his horses are all he needs. Until she walks into his life... AMANI BLAKE wants adventure. She's dreamt of seeing the rolling hills of the Highlands since she was a child, but she's stuck. She let her mother's fears keep her in the same place she's always been. After an explosive encounter with her employer, Amani has enough. She quits her job and takes her life into her own hands. A lucky search on LinkedIn has her accepting a position as an assistant to a Lord in Stornoway, Scotland. Will Lord Blarcum learn to love something more than his manor and be the adventure Amani didn't know she was looking for? Or will duty stand in the way of affairs of the heart? Cover illustration by Loveedreams from Artists&Clients ************************** Highest rankings: #1 in #Blackwoman #1 in #Swirl #1 in #StrongFemaleLead #1 in #Interracial #1 in #DiverseLit #1 in #POC #1 in #BWWM #1 in #Slowburn #2 in #Royal #2 in Interracial

He said, "Let's get married when we grow up" He said, "Your eyes are so beautiful" He said, "I will always love you the way you are" but he also said, "I love her now, I always love you like a sister". Is it wrong for me to fight for my love? For my own fiancee? Is scheming is not allowed? Everyone condemning me, but what about her? Why everyone is praising her while she snatched what was mine at the first place? What is so great about her? True, she is the heroine while I'm the villainess. Even villainess is worthy of love but why am I not? Worthy or not, I will get what I'm worthy of and it started with the proudest of the heroine's backer. I will hurt you and break you as you did to me! Synopsis: Li Xi Rui is the first miss born from the only wife of the Left Prime Minister. Growing up, she has been pampered and sheltered by her family. From when she was born, she has been betrothed to the crown prince of the Qi kingdom. Life seems beautiful till the day she was cast aside and humiliated by her own fiancee and his brother, the second prince. By determination, she schemes her way to get back her fiancee. But, the second prince managed to deflect all the plan and as a result her family died and she was thrown to the dungeon and left there to be forgotten. While the prison guard try to force himself on her, she killed herself and managed to be reincarnated. But it was too late, the time she have been reincarnated is back when her engagement has been annulled. This time, she will cherish her family but it doesn't mean she will blindly accept her fate. She will first get her revenge! Highest Ranking: #1 Transmigration #1 handsomemalelead #1 cn #1 tragedy #1 sidecharacter #1 historicalchinese #1 reborn #1 pastlife #1 blackbelly #1 historical #1 originalstory

"Sh..." he murmured, stroking her hair. She nuzzled her face into his hand, eyes closing in bliss from the simple contact. "You've been a very bad girl, haven't you?" She nodded immediately. His hands stilled, and her eyes popped open. "Yes, sir. I'm sorry, sir," she whispered. A tear slid out of her eye. "Oh sweetheart." He moved forward, wrapping her in his arms. He dropped his face to the top of her head. "We're going to make this right-we're going to make it all better." (This is a bdsm story with real characters and a real plot. Feel free to squirm at hot and heavy scenes, but at its core, this is a story of redemption. Of real people coming together in love and community. *Warning* There are themes of abuse here as well as sexual situations. I will say that the main relationship is not abusive. This story does not glorify abusive relationships or sexualize them. The bdsm elements are entirely SSC (safe, sane, and consensual) RACK, PRICK, etc.)

Once an Outlaw always an outlaw. Coleman Murphy had played the field landing himself as the top gun Sheriff in Cheyenne County. A pretty little thing by his side to marry and enough money to make the president sick. However, his pretty condemned past that he had tried to suppress has been shoved back in his face in the shape of a woman he loved long ago who holds his biggest secret of all.

Nori Michaels has heard horror stories about the south from every family member possible. They were even more appalled when they were informed that Nori managed to get a very well paying job in Texas for a very influential white family. They saw it as a death sentence. Nori saw it as an opportunity. She was too ambitious for her own good. Nori thought she could handle anything thrown at her until the house owners brute of a son comes to stay for while. Oh Nori was not prepared for him...

Everything she once cherished slipped away in the blink of an eye. After a mugging gone wrong, Hannah is left with brain damage. Years later, she's still trying to come to terms with the fact that her old life is one she'll never get back. Not her ability to write out a sentence or read a good book. Not the strength she once had to run a marathon or her ability to speak without stumbling over the words. The woman she was is gone forever and Hannah is forced to live with constant reminders surrounding her day to day life. Desperate for change, Hannah takes her former best friend from high school up on an offer to move in with her across the country and start a new life. It's the second scariest thing she's ever gone through, but Hannah knows the only chance of living her life is to give up trying to fix the old one that she'll never truly be able to mend. When she arrives, however, Hannah immediately realizes she's made a terrible mistake. This part of the city doesn't fit someone like her and she's ready to turn around before her bags are even out of the car. Until she meets Meggie's boss. David is southern, muscular and, according to Meggie, a grade A prick. But the brooding bar owner seems to have a soft spot for Hannah and is determined to show her that the choice she made to move here wasn't the wrong one and will do whatever it takes to get her to stay. Her second chance at life is becoming more than she imagined and as Hannah gets to know David, she begins to wonder if that second chance at life comes with a second chance at love.

What happens when the star baseball player hits a home run into the art studio window? ***** All Sadie Lane Garner needed to make herself happy was a canvas and paintbrush. With copious projects due and little studio time, she volunteers to clean the art building in exchange for after-hour use of the university art supplies. But, she doesn't foresee the loud baseball games outside the workshop windows, the near-perfect view of the field, or the sight of devious, dark-haired athlete, Elijah Preston, known for his charm and home runs. And it doesn't take long for Sadie to find out he also has the perfect view of her. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Completed, 80-85k words Stand Alone novel [previously named The Art of Falling] Cover photo from Pexels edited on Canva Copyright of Anna Steffey All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. -- ONLY POSTED TO WATTPAD

"You no tell this girl that I said, I want no relations with a darkie?" She spat to me, making my eyes go wide. What? I thought to myself and Gio tried pulling me away but I snatched away from him, knowing I heard right this time. "Wait, what?" I spoke out loud and Gi grabbed me roughly, trying to pull me away again. "Why you saying these things? She's beautiful." I heard his abuelita sticking up for me as she stood to her feet and all the guys began to as well, telling their mom that she was wrong for what she was doing. "That puta heard me." She spat, pointing her finger at me. "You're too dark." She held up a brown paper bag that she was drinking her beer out of. "You no match this bag or lighter, you're too dark." "You look too much like his father. I no want you around me." She shooed me off, instantly breaking my heart into a billion pieces as I looked up at Giovanni who was looking down at me with hurt in his eyes. "Baby, please." He begged and I shook my head at him in disgust before putting my attention back onto her. "Get that darkness out of here, Giovanni. She's a demon." "Only demons have her color." She kept on going and I felt sick to my stomach in this moment as I stood there in complete shock.

Book 1 of The Fae. Harmony is a woman who grew up believing in fairies and knowing she was blessed by the fae. Hatch is a man who grew up believing in nothing except the deceitfulness of women. Harmony thought she and Hatch had a magical connection until he betrayed her over a misunderstanding, and she discovered pain like she never knew. And a tiny little blessing that came out of it. When Hatch realizes Harmony's daughter is his, can he ever make up for not believing in her?