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A Secret Service [NOW PUBLISHED] by joymoment
A Secret Service [NOW PUBLISHED]
joymoment
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  • Parts 61
Now available in paperback! "I LOVE IT!" - CarniaHolmes "I'm going to break your nose, because I don't like your face," Carter said. She pointed to Zac. "I'm going to dislocate your other shoulder, just to make them even." She cocked her head and gave the main guy a sickly sweet smile. "I'm going to break your wrist, taking away your baseball career. And finally you, Finch," she said, looking to the last guy. "I'm going to bust your ankle because I don't like the way you walk." She slid her hands into her pockets. "Now, how does that sound to all of you? And please feel free to look amused, skeptical or patronizing at this point. I'll have all the more fun wiping the expressions off your faces." Carter Owens, daughter of a Secret Service agent, is trained to disassemble any weapon, any situation, and anyone. Her biting sarcasm and razor-sharp mind make her impossible to beat in a word fight and when talking doesn't work, she uses her fists. She attends Hamilton Prep, Washington D.C.'s most prestigious high school, where everyone is related to someone in power, except her. When Hamilton Prep receives a flood of new students, Carter's role as social outcast changes when she makes two unexpected friends. Friends who are hiding a secret. As Carter uncovers the truth, she confronts challenges she is unequipped to handle and finds herself in a dangerous situation. For a girl trained to see everything, Carter never saw this coming. "This is one of those books that seem like it won't be really good, but then it's mindblowing-ly amazing and then you're questioning life =)" - rwrites07 "#rr for like the 10th time haha love this book" - tahls16 "I loved this book, it wasn't cringey cliche or stupid. I normally hate third person books but I loved this and all the characters, especially carter." - lenathedov Editor's Choice Talk of The Town #1 Teen Fiction, #1 Fiction #1 Love #1 Completed #1 New Adult #1 Friendship #1 Funny #1 Drama
The Four - Book 3 by gracey_liz
The Four - Book 3
gracey_liz
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  • Parts 38
(Book 3 of "The Four" series) (NOT EDITED AT ALL) (LOTS OF GRAMMAR ERRORS) (I was young when I wrote this lol) They thought they were going to ruin the world. They thought the war would go on until both sides were illuminated. But it just so happens the world they live in isn't what they thought it was. Now Paytah, Aira, Juris and Lana must find out why everyone else is different from them, and why Hanson put them and all the other elements through this. The test they went through was just a warmup, because the real test has just begun. Half the world thinks the government should be punished for doing this to them, while the other half wants them dead, gone, forgotten. Will the four teens survive when half the world wants them dead? Or will they fail trying to take on the real world?
Struck by Grace by Nerdyna
Struck by Grace
Nerdyna
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  • Parts 1
Sequel to: BOUND BY GLASS. If you haven't read Bound by Glass yet, I advise you to do so first before reading this story. Thanks! This story is on indefinite hold until further notice. * * * That lost Outsider girl is still far from home. Or has she found a new one? Still amidst the roaring machines of the Globes which protect the people from the destroyed world outside, Tenna Finley is torn between two worlds. The one of extravagant balls and beauty, and one of poverty, tears, and endless injustice. With the code which might unlock the secrets of the Globes at her fingertips, Tenna might be able to liberate the poor regg at last. However, with a mysterious figure roaming the luxurious streets of the Higher District, and a wrathful Authority Captain on her heels, Tenna has to be more careful than ever before. Everything changes when the hooded figure's actions take a deadly twist; Tenna's world gets turned upside down. Driven by grief and revenge, Tenna takes on the Globes, ignoring the cries of the people around her. Prepare for retaliation. This isn't that scared little Outsider girl anymore. My name is Tenna Finley, and I am going to tear the Globes down. • • • ~first draft, all feedback is welcome!~ ~edited by Catie1350~
Shy Powers by SilentVoice777
Shy Powers
SilentVoice777
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  • Parts 9
Danielle has always been afraid of the strange powers that she and her best friend possessed. But a time has come where she needs to step up to the plate. Can she over come her fear?
Death's Awakening by SarraCannon
Death's Awakening
SarraCannon
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Life is about to become a nightmare... Sixteen-year-old Parrish Sorrows lives in the shadow of her prodigy sister, ignored by her parents and shunned as an outsider at her private school. But today, everything changes. An ancient evil awakens, spreading a magical virus that will kill millions in a matter of weeks. When the dead begin to awaken, survivors must battle an enemy they can't even begin to comprehend. But as the rest of the world is dying, a mysterious power inside Parrish is reborn. A power that reveals she's the key to saving what's left of the world. And she's not the only one. Told from alternating points of view, Death's Awakening is equal parts fantasy and horror, witches and zombies, love and loss. It is the story of five extraordinary survivors struggling to realize their destiny as they fight against the darkest evil this world has ever seen. Praise for Death's Awakening: ☠"Imagine Stephen King's The Stand hooks up with a dark fairytale and begets The Walking Dead." ~Goodreads Review ☠"A Brilliant, different take on a zombie apocalypse." ~Goodreads Review ☠"This book is action packed, hair raising, spine tingling, and completely awesome. I loved every single minute of it and couldn't put it down!!!" ~Nerd Girl Reviews' BOOK ONE OF THE ETERNAL SORROWS TRILOGY. Amazon: http://deadriverbooks.com/blink/?b=13&v=1 Barnes & Noble: http://deadriverbooks.com/blink/?b=13&v=2 Google Play: http://deadriverbooks.com/blink/?b=13&v=6 iBooks: http://deadriverbooks.com/blink/?b=13&v=4 Kobo: http://deadriverbooks.com/blink/?b=13&v=3 THE ETERNAL SORROWS SERIES: ☠Book One: Death's Awakening ☠Book Two: Sorrow's Gift ☠Book Three: Fate's Surrender (Coming Soon To Major Ebook Retailers)
Harbinger's Child (A Literary Space Sci-fi) #Wattys2016 by takatsu
Harbinger's Child (A Literary Space Sci-fi) #Wattys2016
takatsu
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  • Parts 10
After decades of struggling, the broken remnants of humanity barely escape on the last starship from a cataclysmic otherworldly threat and wanders in the darkness of space for blind hope and a desolate future. They eventually find themselves on a journey and a fight for ancient wisdom, long forgotten civilizations and a mythical planet called Earth, yet the cycle of endless dark secrets, oppression, destruction and fear is in pursuit. And in the end, is there anything left? Takatsu's approach on the well traversed theme is a haunting literary and deeply metaphysical experience where the interstellar novel's grim and traumatized characters search the cosmos for answers to the greater age old questions on spirituality, the human condition, mortality, history, mythology, higher dimensions and our place in the stars. [Interstellar Sci-fi, Literary, Mysticism] --- This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best. Night, sleep, death and the stars. - Walt Whitman From the Watty's 2014 award-winning author of dystopian literary novel, Espresso Love.
Foxfire (The Blood Oath) old version by achilles22
Foxfire (The Blood Oath) old version
achilles22
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  • Parts 31
When fifteen year old Drake was born, they called him boneless. Destined to die for what his clan called an abnormality, the love of his mother saved him. But growing up with a weak bone disease meant he cannot fight, hunt, joust, or draw a blood-sigil that has become a custom for every kid. Considered a weakling by many including his family, Drake knows his only chance to succeed is to learn faster and work twice harder than the other boys, but he lacks the very thing that defines greatness amongst his clan; the ability to wield a blood bonded magic. When a failed assassination attempt leaves him lost in the woods, a chance encounter sets him upon a strange creature with secrets that could change his life or destroy him. In the prominent cities of the Nine Worlds, an assassin strikes fear in the hearts of Kings. People whisper of the Black Fury, a goddess of vengeance, but Zelos Shadowstealer is just a girl burdened by a great power, whose identity, happiness, and future have been enslaved to serve the greed of her masters. Kingdoms have fallen, wars ignited, and great names extinguished at the edge of her blade, but when she is set upon a young prince doomed to die by her hand, she begins to entertain questions that leaves her with two choices- smother the affection that had sprouted in her cold heart or be hunted by the murderers she had once served. In a world where a strong arm and a cold heart rules, the two begin to realize that the line between withering and surviving is truly thin.
Upon Wings Of Change by CrystalScherer
Upon Wings Of Change
CrystalScherer
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No one ever said what would happen when dragons and aliens meet. And no one told me that I would be in the middle of it. Tasha was studying hard to get through her last year of university when she was kidnapped. She certainly didn't expect to wake up with four feet and wings. Mad scientists are bad enough, but things get even more complicated when aliens appear and wipe out the human race. Is there a way for her to hide her true identity in this new world while retaining her humanity? --------------------- Sneak Peek: I jumped over the lip of the tray and beat down hard with my wings. I had expected to only slow my fall; I had not expected to end up gaining so much height. I squawked in surprise and spread my wings wide in alarm before gravity regained its hold on me. With several awkward back-winging motions of my wings, I landed lightly on the floor. Well, at least I know my wings work. I glanced at the man in the corner as he was scribbling quick notes. I turned around to regard the tray again. They say practice makes perfect. With another hop and a single wingbeat, I managed to land in the sand tray with fanned wings slowing my momentum. That was much more graceful. But a wing-assisted hop wasn't true flight. And I still wasn't on the windowsill. ---------------------------- Entire semi-polished draft can be read on Wattpad. The polished version may be purchased on Amazon as print/audio/ebook. Copyright November 2016. All Rights Reserved. Readers may not copy, alter, or steal this story. Fanfictions are allowed to use my *world*, *labs*, and kidnapping/metaforming idea as long as credit is given. Loosely based on a story of a loyal war dog who had originated as a street stray. The Cover was done by Dedefox at https://www.deviantart.com/dedefox
Rodrigo Zacara and the Mirror of Power by victorgayol
Rodrigo Zacara and the Mirror of Power
victorgayol
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  • Parts 18
Rodrigo is used to his best friend, Oliver, getting him into trouble every once in a while but never had he imagined that one of his craziest ideas would take them to the Kingdom of Karinthia, a magical world where each person has a different power. Although Oliver loves adventure, he soon realises the danger they are in: the entirety of Karinthia is subject to the tyrannical power of Emperor Arakaz and children are obliged to appear before him at twelve years old to swear their loyalty. Luckily, the boys soon find refuge in Garador Fortress where they join a secret order of knights who fight against the cruelty of the emperor. What they hadn't imagined is that one of them is destined to play a key role in this fight. Original story in Spanish: https://www.wattpad.com/story/40848171-rodrigo-zacara-y-el-espejo-del-poder Translation by Rhian MacGillivray.
His Royal Runaway (#1 Royal stowaway series) by NiyWrites
His Royal Runaway (#1 Royal stowaway series)
NiyWrites
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  • Parts 39
"What do you expect me to do?" I whispered. "Go back." That was something I couldn't imagine. ___________________________________ I was an Alpha, a princess. But even the most tamed run wild. Alpha Wyatt, king of rouges if you will. Not all wild filthy killers act and forget thinking. But then again he wants my head. And I am right under his nose. My only wish, was that I could change what can't be unseen.