Watty's 2018 short list, #2 highest rank for Historical, 1st Place in the Profound Awards. Lord Grey has sailed the seas, fought pirates, and built a shipping fleet before turning thirty. Now he must marry and produce an heir. He believes his days of adventure are limited until he meets Gabriella Barrington. Her courageous nature and daring talent with a sword is astounding, however, it is her belief in equality that gives him pause. Her strength of character and ability to love convinces him she is the only woman for him. However, he fails to anticipate her fortitude to keep him safe and the lengths she goes to, including becoming a stowaway.

Ellie, a normal 16 year old girl in Gardina. She longs to meet the prince of Gardina but never had a chance. Until one day, something changed her life once and for all.....

Previously known as 'The Unexpected Queen.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "He follows me still, so I turn around to look at him. 'What do you want?' I say narrowing my eyes at him. 'To know what you are searching for,' he states all too simply. To know what I am searching for? I guess I never really thought of it. I stand there thinking of my answer. Then it dawns on me. 'For love,' I admit." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Azalea the mere housemaid, according to Lady Guinevere, has no life ahead of her. She has no friends, except a horse named Joy, and has two parsimonious step sisters, Helen and Alys to keep her company. Not an ideal life right? That is until she meets devilishly handsome, farmboy Rowan. They become friends, but will they become more? The Prince's Maiden Ball is taking the kingdom by storm. Who will be there? What shall I wear? Will he pick me to be his wife? Azalea is less than interested in Prince Peter. But will a personal visit change her mind? Could she finally have the life that she deserves? *UNDER MAJOR PLOT CHANGING EDITING* Cover design by: @Addietay Currently #181 in Historical Fiction

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.

#WATTYS2017 Winner - HIGHEST RANKING # 5 - DOWNTON ABBEY meets Libba Bray's THE DIVINERS in this YA Historical Fantasy set in 1922 England. Unlike all the Debutantes she knows, eighteen-year-old Vita couldn't care less about her coming out ball. Trapped in her gloomy country estate, all she wants is to spend the summer dancing to jazzy numbers in East End clubs with her best friend Izzy. Freshly returned from a year abroad, Izzy is ready for the thrill of the London Season, with its endless whirl of balls, shopping sprees and horse races. Most importantly, she's counting on Vita to help her find the rich and handsome husband every high society girl deserves. But when Vita is kidnapped and found barely alive in an East London alleyway, the carefree summer the girls had planned turns into something much stranger than they could ever have imagined. With flappers turning up dead all over the city, and Vita terrified of hybrid monsters she swears she can see lurking in Mayfair's marbled houses, Izzy can't help noticing that darkness is seeping into their lives. As Vita starts to believe she's turning into a monster herself, Izzy suspects her friend's sanity is slipping away. Both girls have to find out what's happening before they lose their friendship and status, and their crowd of Bright Young Things becomes a thing of the past. *** A Wattpad Featured Story from 16/02/17 to 25/07/17 HIGHEST RANKING: # 5 on the Wattpad Historical Hot List *** THE BRIGHT AND THE LOST Pinterest Board: http://uk.pinterest.com/emcastellan/the-bright-and-the-lost/ *** Cover designer: Amalia Chitulescu *** Copyright © 2016. All works posted here are the property of EM Castellan. Please do not use without permission. Any duplication or reproduction of all or part of the work without explicit permission by the author is illegal.

1st place winner of the @_Once_Upon Disney song contest! I went with "I See the Light" from Tangled because who doesn't love that song and that movie? Stuck in the shadow of her older sister, Addy has always felt invisible to everyone. Everyone, that is, except for Parker. He's been long gone since graduation, though, and Addy has been stuck trying to cater to her bridezilla sister. Just as she thinks she might lose it, Parker's back. Addy begins to remember the way things used to be, and starts to realize that maybe she wasn't seeing things quite as clearly as she thought.

Elizabeth has only ever known one life, a life of sorrow and hard times. Growing up in the 17th century is hard, but it's the only life she's ever known. Her parents died when she was small, and now she lives with her grandmother in a small cottage,under the rule of King George VI. Even though she's gone through rough times, she always has a smile on her face. Her best friend since childhood is Alec, and he's always been there for her no matter what, but is that too good to be true? One fateful day, Elizabeth's life crumbles around her, as she learns things about her self that she'd never thought possible. Will she stand strong and make it through? Or will she lose herself in all the lies and deception around her? Highest Ranking #112 in Historical Fiction! 8/11/2016 This is my first book on here so please be kind (:

Once upon a time there were two flippers; one with legs and one with a tail. One was a princess; admired and adored. The other was a seashell scrubbing mermaid. Both wanted to escape. And so, one day they decided to switch. But flipping hair and flipping fins are not as similar as one might think . . . There's an original mermaid song created and copyrighted to J.D. Jacobs on chapter 2! As with all my works, when there's a song look for the 🎤 . Hope you enjoy! ©

What if your parents were murdered instead of you? What if you find out your parents had a dark secret and you come to know all about it only after their death. Hayden Mackay was one such person. After his parents death he become aware of the fact that he is master of a gemstone providing him supernatural powers. Also he is not the only one in America. He comes across eleven others who, like him, possess a stone, parents dead, have mysterious powers and above all, they all had connection with The Forgotten Kingdom in the other country, seemingly India. This is a story about the group of twelve, each called by the name Samagraha, who lives in an academy run by a Doctor. He trains them, looks after what's best for them but he has this motto- nothing comes for free. He gives each of them a job in return to live in the academy. Hayden was also given one-the deadliest one and in the process he finds out the truth behind their possessing the stone. Cover Credits : Devesh Suri

Everyone knows the story of Beauty and the Beast but what they don't know is the full story. Talan was a ordinary 15 century boy till a courting gone wrong changes his life forever. Fast forward 500 years to the 21 century where Nora is feeling as alone as ever even though she is surrounded by friends. She knows there is something is missing in her life but doesn't know what it is. Then on a dark night her life is forever changed.