She just wants to be independent, have her own freedom to make her choices and live her life free from aches and problems. The last thing she needs at the moment are affairs of the heart and her past coming back to haunt her; fate has other plans for her. She forgets her problems using her new secret identity no one knows of but a very famous personality. The choices of the past intertwine with her present status. Her identity runs a risk of being exposed if she does not quit. Will she run away like she always does or will she face her fears and come out unharmed. A story of heartbreak, betrayal, sadness, love and true friendship Based on a Nigerian Setting.

You know what's funny about life? It never turns out the way you expect it to. We all have that one wish. And we all have that one dream that we think is not going to come true, but then it does. Just when you think there's no hope, you then find out life has other plans for you. Well that's life and for a matter of fact, that's my life. My name is Hale Harrison and this is the story of how Mason Coleman saves me.

2021 and 2022 Editor's Picks Cover by : @Guinealove2005 Matthew, an orphaned safe-cracking wiz of a boy, is being held prisoner in an old folk's home where he is forced to counterfeit money. However, on a stormy night, Matthew is rescued by a crime-fighting troupe of child chimney sweeps and is swept away to the big city of Spring Heights to live on a half-sunken boat. In the city, Matthew is introduced to other orphaned children who live on the streets, cleans chimneys with his new family, flees for his life across rooftops, rescues other children and tries to find out the whereabouts of a mean woman connected to his incarceration at the old folk's home. He also races carts down a hill, a popular pastime of the street children of Spring Heights, where not dying or getting injured is a good outcome. ***Official Wattpad Reading Lists featured in: Superhero -- February reading list Adventure -- Middle-grade reading list Undiscovered Stories -- Thrill Seekers reading list Wattpad Urban -- Urban Fantasy reading list Children's Fiction -- Age 10 - 12 English Crime -- Kicking Ass &Taking Names Fantasy -- Middle Grade and Children's Fantasy Fantasy -- Featured Fantasy Stories Action -- Adventure in Action General Fiction -- Live Life While You Can Superhero -- No Power, No Problem

"It is your choice," he said, stepping so close to me that our lips were almost touching. "Either do what I say - or get another job." My heart stood still as I gazed up into his deep, dark, dangerous eyes... In a world where women's only role in life is to sit at home and look pretty, Lilly is determined to fight for her freedom. There's only one problem: a powerful man blocking her way.

Adela Rivera was a girl who spends her time thinking about why her life is so messed up when she loses her father, and if she is the one to blame for everything that goes wrong in her life. But when her twin brother who she hasn't seen for several years and who she thought was dead comes to her doorstep unexpectedly to the only place she calls home. She finds out that she might be more than who she thought she was. Her life turns into an adventure that she had no idea she was walking into. After finding out how there is darkness everywhere. She remembers what she wants more in the world, to be free from her sadness and from the world. For her to be free from blaming herself for everything that is wrong with everything that she does. When secrets arise and when a new danger approaches. She must find a way to save everyone, but who can she save and who can she trust? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She opened the car door and jumped out. She ran, ran, and ran until she couldn't run anymore. When she turned around towards the car, she saw trees and darkness. Now she was scared and didn't know where to go. She walked every possible way, but it felt as if this forest was never-ending. Adela started whispering words under her breath without knowing she was, "Daemones tolle angelos tollendum." She opened her eyes, and all the trees were gone as if they weren't supposed to be there.

It's a new year and Gauntlet finalist Codi James is back for round two. With her new position at the top ranked Battlecast Academy and with last year's victor no longer competing, it seems like the fates have aligned to give Codi a clear run at winning the tournament once and for all. Armed with state of the art equipment, a rigorous training schedule and a scholarship fund to let her focus on nothing but the Gauntlet all year round, she has one goal: first place. But this year the game has changed. She's not the plucky underdog anymore. Codi has the weight of expectations on her shoulders, and there are those who view her leap to fame through jealous eyes. This year her battles won't be confined to the arena, and now she has everything to lose. [Sequel to The Gauntlet]

Codi James is a chronic underachiever. A straight C student, her life is going nowhere. Causing havoc at yet another school it looks like she's heading for another expulsion, until one teacher decides to call in a favour from an old friend. Codi is sent to the one place where her aggression might do her some good. Joining the underdeveloped Brax-Delta training academy, Codi is set on the long, bruising path to compete as a champion in the Gauntlet Tournament. Thrown together with a team of other misfits and under the tutorage of a frustrated veteran, she has one chance left to prove that she's more than just a struggling orphan. Never underestimate a desperate person. WINNER OF 2014 WATTPAD PRIZE FOR BEST EPIC

When seventeen-year-old Natalie Porter finds a treasure chest belonging to her dead mother hidden away in the attic, she follows the clues inside and discovers her mother's death was never actually confirmed. Ten years ago she simply disappeared, leaving behind a mysterious charm necklace. Longing to learn more about her mother, and finding herself fascinated by the odd charm, Natalie claims the necklace. It quickly becomes apparent she's not the only one interested in her mother's disappearance. When Natalie finds herself pursued she hides, still clutching the charm, and is shocked to find herself transported to a place called Brookland. Brookland, once a lush, green land full of magic, has been drained of life and turned into a blackened wasteland by Queen Casias, a woman obsessed only with her own wealth and power. To Natalie's horror, not only does the queen know she's here, but she's been searching for the necklace for the past ten years. And now she knows who has it. If Natalie doesn't keep the charm out of the queen's grasp, she'll use it to spread her twisted darkness into the human world, destroying everything in her path.

A world where everything is stereotypical. Girls can't work and are treated as slaves. Boys always have the upper hand. A story where a 21 year old girl named Bree has to be trained into being a house-wife. Then forced into a marriage with a boring, disgusting man named Eric But what happens when there is freedom. when one day she bumps into the Mexican mafia and she had a choice. Stay or leave. So she runs away with them. They become her family, her friends, her life. what happens when she opens an illegal club underground and falls for a certain criminal What happens when Eric finds her... What happens when she finds her long lost brother in this club... What happens when secrets are revealed...

Nothing lasts Forever ... Mia Kenton,daughter of the mayor of Winshire a developing city whose economic growth has been retarded by bad leadership, has been trying to live a normal life with her mom ever since her parents got divorced. Mia finds herself caught in an unexpected twist of events when the city council's secrets are spilled and the people of Winshire begin to show an unusual aggression toward the council . Mia is faced with life threatening situations as she discovers the real truth behind the uprising