It's 1939, and the world is at the precipice of war. But life for one young man in rural America couldn't be better. Jonathon Blackwell is the eldest son of the most powerful family in town and heir to Blackwell Iron and Mining. Unlike many who struggled to survive the final years of the Great Depression, he has everything he could ever want - except the one thing he desires most. Sheltered by class, privilege, and living inside a locked iron fence meant to protect him, no one could ever imagine anything terrible could happen to him, but dark times are coming. Fate is about to play it's cruel hand, and when it's all over, the world, the country, and young Jonathon will be changed forever. The much anticipated prequel to the 2014 Watty award winning and Wattpad featured story, The Boy in the Woods! This is Jonathon's story, and it just may break your heart... Best Ranking: Historical Fiction #4 Note: Even though this story takes place before events in The Boy in the Woods, it's intended to be read AFTER because it wraps up the last of the mysteries of that story. A gentle warning - many spoilers and much confusion lie ahead if you decide to start with this one. :)

she was broken because she believed. he was okay because he lied. they both had their fair share of hurt in their short lives. they both believed they would never get over it, that there was no way for them to. her friends left because she pushed them away. he pretends to be perfectly fine, not telling those who care the truth. she pushes everyone away. he lets whoever get close if they dare. she blames herself. he tries to fix everything. she tried to leave the world. he's just trying to find his place in it. she has no one who cares. he has no one who understands. she believed. he lied. maybe they will each be the person the other needs. maybe he can see through her broken life, and she can see through his facade of lies. ×××××××××× lowercase is intended. there will be talk of suicide, depression, self-harm, and other mental issues, but not in the more obvious ways. {peter parker x oc} {post-homecoming} {all rights go to marvel except my ocs}

ONE: There is light to keep them at bay. TWO: Don't let it go out or the will come out. THREE: They can sense the fear. FOUR: The ending is near. FIVE: They are here.

Survivors of a new ice age prepare to leave the safety of the underground compound they were born in, to explore the world above ground. The Earth was divided into three climate zones when the ocean currents shut down 95 years ago. The Northern Hemisphere is a new ice age. Temperatures had been -70 degrees for almost eighty years. They have risen almost fourty degrees in fifteen years. What's happened in the Southern Hemisphere? It was turned into a drought and fire filled wasteland. Worst of all is the fifty mile strip that circles the globe, where the hot and cold air is in a constant war to take over. Tornadoes, super cells, and every manner of unpredictable weather covers this terrain. Cooper, Jayla, and the rest of their team will fight for knowledge, adventure, and survival. The question is, are they strong enough and smart enough to survive the intense conditions they are about to enter?

Rye has lived at the Institute her entire life. Watched over by Sentries and loyal to a man who calls himself Dr. X she has dedicated her entire young life to training to be the perfect spy. Cunning, clever and lethal as an Experiment to Dr. X, she (along with other girls at the Institute) are sought to rebuild the New World after coming close to another World War breakout. Safe behind the Institute's walls, Rye trains till no end so she can fulfill her duty and become a lone agent. But when an intruder has been captured and she is sent to find our who this person is and how they found the remote building, she discovers darker secrets to what the Institute is hiding, and the where her loyalties lie is finally questioned...

A newly expanded and professionally edited version of the Boy in the Woods is now available for sale as an ebook and paperback! Buy it at Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and many other online outlets. Winner of the 2014 Wattys Talk of the Town award. After a devastating accident takes Jess's parents, a cold and controlling uncle is the only family she has left. Ripping away everything she's ever known, he takes her far from her home in the big city to live on the rural family estate. With a spoiled and stuck up older cousin the only other young person in the home, Jess struggles to adjust to her new life of loneliness and quiet isolation. While exploring the woods surrounding her home one day, she stumbles upon a mysterious boy. Desperate for a friend, she's instantly drawn to him, but he's deeply distrustful and wants nothing to do with her. Sneaking away to see him, she works hard to break through his walls and slowly gains his trust. As time passes, their bond grows from forbidden friendship into something more, but the threat they'll be caught looms closer. How far will Jess have to go to protect the boy she's fallen in love with? Or will her uncle find out about them before she can escape his control? The Boy in the Woods is a mysterious and poignant coming of age novel set in the late 1950's, with the same classic feel as A Little Princess and The Secret Garden. As one of the top ten most read historical fiction stories on the popular reading website Wattpad.com, it's already loved by tens of thousands of readers. This compelling story is twice the length of the average young adult novel, and is appropriate for ages 14 to adult. By the same author as Wattys finalists Stolen Hearts and Love You Forever! Best Ranking: Historical Fiction #1 General Fiction #3 Warning: This story contains occasional language and mild violence.

(NOT EDITED AT ALL) (LOTS OF GRAMMAR ERRORS) (I was young when I wrote this lol) BOOK 1 of The Alliance Mia has never seen a boy in her life. Well, only in pictures in her history book. It's 2259. In the United States, genders have split. Male and females despise each other. They keep themselves safe in little domes, separating themselves from one another. And unless you want to get kicked out of your dome, you don't leave. 16-year-old Mia doesn't expect to see a male in her life, until her dome takes one in as prisoner. Archer, a 16-year-old teen with a mission on his mind and a determined heart. But little does Mia know he was on his way to The Alliance. Something Mia will be a big part of.

They are trapped. They are scared. And they only have each other. A group of twelve teenagers; six girls and six boys, wake up on a remote Pacific island. Water surrounds them for as far as they can see, and they have no memory of where they are or how they got there. Now, they must work together to find not only an escape, but their lost memories as well. That, or they perish on the desolate island. Slowly, Tessa begins to unfold the disturbing reason why the twelve of them are imprisoned on the island. And the truth is horrifying. Filled with page-turning action, adventure, romance and suspense, "Desolation" tells the thrilling story of these teenagers fight for survival on the desolate island. HIGHEST RANKING: #1 in Adventure THE OFFICIAL SEQUEL TO "DESOLATION", "REPLICATION" IS NOW UP!

ORIGINAL DRAFT. SEE UPDATED NOVEL FOR REWRITE VERSION RELEASED 9/2025. Wattpad Featured Author | 800K+ Reads | AMC TWD Partnered Story | Ranking #1 in Adventure | Wattpad Beta book for text-to-speech accessibility A Dystopian Society 4522. Both a name and a number that had labeled many. Within a society of the alive, yet not living, 4522 struggles to conform. She finds herself lost while surrounded by strict rules of direction. Deep inside, she knows there is another way to exist than following orders in a herd of humans who do not think for themselves. 4522 believes there is more to life than numbers and laws; she just has to find it. When her hall Officer is replaced, and she forms an unlikely friendship with the boy next to her, the opportunity for change arises. When the mysterious Officer selects her and her friend, 4313, for testing she knows something is wrong; 4522 can only think she was picked because they know about her secrets that she had been keeping. They know she is different and different only meant one thing. Death. Pronounced: Four-Five-Two-Two

THE SECRET OF MOONACRE [Wattpad: Featured Stories] Misadventure and catastrophe threaten Moonacre Valley and only Maria can save it. Thrown together with the roguish Robin de Noir, the Moon Princess faces mystery, danger, and a romance seemed destined to happen. "If you are the Moon Princess, then I shall decidedly be your starry-eyed knight." Stories of Maria & Robin│The Secret of Moonacre A Wattpad Featured Story [Cover designed by myself│Cover graphic 'Alchemical elements' attributed to Tatkuptsova on Dreamstime RF]