When Everly Reed collides with the cynical and devilishly handsome Mason Valdez, she knows trouble is ahead, but she never could have guessed how much she would be drawn to the storm. ***** Nineteen-year-old Ever Reed likes when things make sense. Which is probably why she excels at math, enough to secure her a spot at an Ivy League school out of state. Sheltered by her mother and older brother Asher for most of her life, Ever hasn't experienced much of the world, but she knows New York will be an adventure. Enter Mason Valdez: cynical, arrogant, and undeniably attractive-exactly what Ever doesn't need. But as their paths keep crossing, Ever finds herself intrigued by Mason, and eager to know the boy behind the bitter mask. As secrets, scars, and painful pasts rise to the surface, Ever knows one thing for sure: they can only make it through if they face their storms together. [[word count: 150,000 - 200,000]] Cover designed by Frances Louise De Ramos Spinoff to The Hoodie Girl Book One of the A Thousand Storms series [[The Fiction Awards 2018 Best Overall Story and Best Romance Winner]] Content/trigger warning: This story mentions sexual assault and childhood abuse

This summer Valerie won't be spending her days shopping in city, New York. She'll be helping her grandma out at her small farm in Kansas. All she has ever known is the rush of the city, the bright lights from the skyline, and nothing more. From Times Square to Cottonwood Falls, Valerie is more than out of her comfort zone. Things start to change when she meets Will, the boy who has his head up in the clouds. Watermelon seeds, lemonade pitchers, sunburn, and kisses. Follow Valerie and Will on their journey of finding their way home.

[highest ranking in romance - #3] [highest ranking in teen fiction - #19] "You've built your walls so high no one can climb them. But I'm gonna try." ❧ Lauren Gates is an eighteen year old girl whose past has left her with major trust issues and has caused her to shut out socializing from her life completely. But when she moves with her aunt to a new state, everything starts to change. Logan Williams is popular, good-looking, and determined to help Lauren break out of the shell she's been hiding in for the past three years - no matter what it takes. Somewhere along the way, her feelings for Logan start to develop into something more than she expected. But can she really learn to let go and allow herself to feel this way? Or will she keep holding on to the past?

"It's obvious to everyone that you two are so in love with each other! Everyone except you!" Axel's voice silenced us, and we look at each other. Kenny's face was stricken with tears, running over her bruises, a reminder of what happened moments before. Bloodstains were on my jeans, blood from the unconscious blond man slumped against the wall. "Kenny, you are too stuck on what happened in the past. It happened, let it go!" Kenny cries harder, and I want to comfort her, but Axel's angry facial expression has me paralyzed. "And you," he starts, looking directly at me, "you are so afraid that she won't feel the same way that you never told her how you really feel towards her." All was silent. I saw Jace start to move in the corner of my eye, but I didn't dare move. "You both need to quit being stubborn, because you're made for each other! You're more than just roommates, or even best mates! You're soulmates!"

Elizabeth, or Liz, Morgan has only one goal: keeping her secret identity, well, a secret. Sure, she loves singing, and according to some of her followers, she's good at it. But that doesn't mean she's just going to go out to the world and start beating out lyrics for the whole world to hear. So she plays it safe, going on a private website where only other songwriters are exposed to each other's music. Come in David Styler, one of the most popular teen artists of his time. He's got everything: the look, the voice, the record deal. When David takes an unexpected break from his musical career to come back to high school, their two lives inevitably twist together through the one thing they have in common: their love of music. David makes Liz question everything she once believed, leaving only one question. Is it worth risking everything for the chance of something more?

It started on Wattpad but now is EVERYWHERE! With a bestselling book by WWBG, a captivating Webcomic on Webtoon, and a film adaptation by Wattpad WEBTOON studios, you can read, scroll, or watch - there's an experience for everyone to dive into Waverly and Blake's journey. ***** In order to fit in during her summer visit to a beachside town, Waverly must take swimming lessons from Blake, the moody (but gorgeous) lifeguard next door. ***** Seventeen-year-old Waverly Lyons is from Alaska. She doesn't do sun. But after her divorced parents can't agree on who gets to have her for the summer, Waverly gets shipped off to Holden, Florida, to spend a couple months with her aunt, Rachel. There's one minor hiccup: Blake Hamilton, Rachel's seventeen-year-old neighbor. He's athletic, outgoing, arrogant, tan, and pretty much Waverly's exact opposite. She's eager to avoid him at all costs, hoping to fit in with the other kids in Holden without drawing too much attention to herself. But when Blake discovers that Waverly has been hiding the rather embarrassing secret that she can't swim, he does the unthinkable: He offers to teach her. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

its hard being the secret best friend of the next king, for Tess and James their friendship spanning twelve years changes when Tess comes back from the boarding school she attended for three years, to see James as no longer a boy but a man. Causing her to ask herself is it possible to be best friends with a future king, and an even more impossible question is it possible to love him too.

Unknown: Hey peaches, I'm in love. And you're the lucky winner. Love is beautiful once achieved. But is love as real as it may seem? A/N: I wrote this when I was 12. Have fun with that.

Kayla Ryans tries to maintain control in all aspects of her life and avoids relationships at all costs. When she signs up for a Co-ed Summer Beach Volleyball League the last thing she expects is to befriend Jake Mitchells. On the surface they seem to be complete opposites. The whole town thinks they know Jake, but maybe he has more secrets than anyone. Can a girl with trust issues team up with a guy like that to win the prize money they both so desperately need? What is Jake hiding? Why does Kayla have trust issues? Why do they need this prize money so badly? Can the past ever truly stay in the past? You think they'll fall in love and everything will be just easy and wonderful right? Hah as if it is ever that easy. It's an unlikely duo so who knows what could happen.

"Don't underestimate me, Hunter." I gulp, trying to sound unaffected by our close proximity. His lips are inches away from mine when he whispers with a smirk "Bite me, Kitten." ----------------------- "When a boy with anger issues meets a girl with even bigger anger issues..." Scarlet has been through quite a bit, but this final move to a new town was meant to make things easier and allow her to start fresh. After a lot of new friends, enemies, first impressions and situations she's never dealt with before, she realizes that life isn't meant to be simple, or maybe, it's a lot more simple than she thinks. Hunter, on the other hand, has never doubted the simplicity of life. What he wants- he gets. Right? And he definitely wants her. ----------------------- Completed -----------