To read
8 stories
Saving Hope by SarahLWhite
SarahLWhite
  • WpView
    Reads 6,064,335
  • WpVote
    Votes 280,949
  • WpPart
    Parts 47
Twenty-one-year-old waitress, Hope, can only dream of living a better life. Keeping her little brother safe is her top priority no matter the cost to her own happiness. So when she meets Caleb, who seems too good to be true, her instinct is to resist - but what if he's the only one who can save her? ***** Hope is struggling to make up for her mother's absence and provide for her six-year-old brother. Enter: Caleb, who comes from money and lives a good life, but can't help feeling like there is something missing. Tired from a long day's work, he stumbles into the small café where Hope works. When fate gives him the opportunity to help his enigmatic waitress, he finds himself in a world where all that matters is saving Hope. But knowing that danger is on the horizon, would Hope let Caleb into her world? Content/trigger warning: This story mentions drug use and addiction. [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]] Cover designed by Ren T.
The Senior Trip by SarahLWhite
SarahLWhite
  • WpView
    Reads 1,781,452
  • WpVote
    Votes 96,727
  • WpPart
    Parts 73
On the eve of her senior trip, Harper Quincy finds out the only boy she has ever been in love with is suddenly single. He's her best friend's older brother and when her plane leaves so does her perfect opportunity to finally tell him how she feels. Asher Kennedy is practically royalty on campus. His life as a star baseball and football player was perfect, especially with his girlfriend Jess on his arm. So why is it that everything fell apart the night before the senior trip? The senior trip stops for nothing so Harper and Asher take off for a few days in paradise. When a night of drinking leads to them being separated from the group, they wake up the next day to find they have been left behind--together.
My Hands Hold My Story (Rough Draft) by thequietwriter
thequietwriter
  • WpView
    Reads 224,698
  • WpVote
    Votes 16,950
  • WpPart
    Parts 26
In 1874, Ivy Steele's deafness is more than a handicap. It's a disease. Surrounded by a family that doesn't understand her, she's learned to cope and find solace where she can. Then, the unexpected happens. Her aunt dies, and her uncle sends her away to rejoin her father's family in Montana. Left to fend for herself, after the companion hired to escort her abandons her, Ivy faces continual hardship and danger. Several men see an unaccompanied Ivy as a flower ripe for the picking, and things only get worse when masked men hold up their stagecoach. Barely scraping through, Ivy makes it to Montana with her nerves shaken and what little money she has in her boot. Expecting a peaceful if not affectionate welcome, Ivy finds herself in greater hardship than she's ever known. Surrounded by a stepfamily that hates her, and flung into a life where hearing is vital, Ivy finds solace in a handsome cowboy named Remy. But things with her new family are not what they seem. And Ivy is about to find out that the danger she faced on the journey west, has followed her to Montana... Bethany Swafford dazzles with her stunning young adult debut, introducing a strong heroine, the hardships of frontier life, shocking twists, and a slow-burning romance that will leave you wanting more. Third place winner of the 2018 Rosemary Award
Malediction  by _kellygalea
_kellygalea
  • WpView
    Reads 39,913
  • WpVote
    Votes 2,108
  • WpPart
    Parts 44
Emilia has heard the sinister rumours, her entire town had, for years. Distance has always kept the truth hidden, until the Newscot brothers are forced into Emilia's school. Thrown into an ocean of uncomfortable coincidences, Emilia finds herself submerged in not just the mystery, but the attraction of Danny Newscot. While enchanted forces pull them together, they must battle to keep themselves apart, for it could very well end in tragedy.
His Eliza (Available in paperback & eBook-SAMPLE) by CrystalW99
CrystalW99
  • WpView
    Reads 52,801
  • WpVote
    Votes 2,945
  • WpPart
    Parts 39
Eliza never knew the touch of a gentle hand. She never had a kind word spoken to her. Orphaned at an early age, she was forced to grow up in a life of servitude. While caring for others she wishes someone would care for her. The day Noah Prescott brought Eliza into his home he did so with the belief that she would be nothing more than one of his servants. As Noah gets to know Eliza, he finds himself developing feelings for her. Can two people from different worlds overcome the obstacles in their way and be together?
Saving Sawyer | ✓ by millie_
millie_
  • WpView
    Reads 22,967,329
  • WpVote
    Votes 427,867
  • WpPart
    Parts 39
{ Watty 2015 Winner + Featured Story } Meet Sawyer Jameson. On the outside, she's a normal seventeen year old girl with amazing friends, a charitable job and a loving family. She's beautiful, funny and easy to get along with and just by looking at her, you'd think that she's the perfect girl, living in the perfect world. On the inside though, just waking up and living her day-to-day life is a struggle for Sawyer. Well, aware of this fact, Sawyer's mother forces to see a psychiatrist after school on a daily basis in order to cope with the tragic events Sawyer encountered a year prior. Now meet Graham Cambridge. Those who don't know him could easily stereotype him as being a blunt, selfish, egotistical golden boy, just because he likes to party and play football. Those who actually know him though know that he's actually quite the opposite of all of those things. When Graham transfers from his elite prep school to Sawyer's high school and quickly takes an interest in her, things go from bad to worse. At least, that's what Sawyer's convinced herself of. What people don't realize though is that maybe they were wrong about Graham Cambridge and that his life is about as far from perfect as they come and that he and Sawyer are alike in more ways than one. Two completely different teenagers that maybe aren't all that different after all are about to embark on a wild ride that neither of them could have ever expected. Can they help each other get past their demented previous tragedies? Or are their bygones too great to ever escape them? And can Sawyer ever truly be saved? Full of romance, heartbreak and just a little bit of fate, the next couple of months will challenge both Sawyer and Graham in ways they never thought possible. And maybe, just maybe, something beautiful will come out of it. © Copyright 2013 Millie Morgan. All Rights Reserved.
The Football Player's Roommate by StoriesAtSunrise
StoriesAtSunrise
  • WpView
    Reads 21,610,143
  • WpVote
    Votes 623,404
  • WpPart
    Parts 70
| COMPLETED | Highest Ranks: #1 in Teen Fiction (06/11/17) & #1 General Fiction (07/22/17) | When Amaya receives an acceptance letter to her dream college, she is ecstatic. It has been her dream for as long as she can remember to follow in her father's footsteps of graduating top of her collegiate class. She has been working her whole high school career to be chosen for a scholarship to the university, so when she received it, Amaya thought it would all be smooth sailing from there. It truly was going well until her roommate jumped ship...well schools, and dumped all costs on her. To avoid getting a job that would distract her from her studies, Amaya decides on renting out the other bedroom in her apartment to split the costs and save some money. Poor Amaya didn't know when she made this decision, that a smooth-talking and annoyingly attractive, football player could be just as distracting, if not more, than employment. ***************************** Theodore Thompson, or as he liked to be called Theo, is a hot shot football player quickly climbing the charts and earning many of the NFL scout's watchful eyes. He could care less about morals, or even schoolwork. But for some odd reason Theo does care about good financial opportunities and saving money. So when a flyer goes up advertising an exceptional deal on a nice apartment, he goes for it. Unfortunately, at the time, Theo didn't know that getting a roommate came along with such an amazing arrangement. Cover made by: WinterFeels_
Letting Him Go by kataroo22
kataroo22
  • WpView
    Reads 189,107
  • WpVote
    Votes 3,763
  • WpPart
    Parts 11
You can't hold him back from his full potential You can't be the one to make him bleed You can't be the one to save him soul So you can't be his anything You can't stop his heart from breaking You can't soften each and every blow To stop all of this, first you must start by letting him go ----------------------------------------------- • •The companion book to 2 People Who Care• •