She never wanted anything more than to be loved, but providence had something else in store for the young Beatrice Fisher. Orphaned and then adopted by the Lee Family of Virginia, she looked to have a life filled with happiness, but when her friend Nathan Hale steps back into her life and the taxes spark the battles of Lexington and Concord, her life will never be the same. She finds herself at the epicenter of the British Empire when she agrees to spy for the Continental Commander George Washington and is almost swept off her feet by the handsome and charming John André. Her adventures don't cease with the Battle of Yorktown. Thrown back into regular life with haunting images of her past, Bea finds herself needing to settle down. With her dear friends embroiled in politics, Bea finds herself in a dizzying waltz in a brand new world filled with new faces and excitement, but can she find the one thing she wants most of all? Can she find love amid the scandal and frightening pace of her new life or will her greatest nightmare of being unloved and alone finally be realized?

{The bravest thing she ever did was run}

*WATTPAD FEATURED STORY 16/03/2018* ☁ ☁ ☁ Where else will a girl be able to find a boy with a giant heart other than in the fortress in the clouds? ☁ ☁ ☁ Inspired by Jack and the Beanstalk. Highest Rank Short Story: #16 ***

Highest ranking: #3 in Paranormal Forest Atlandria was ready for a new life. Being the princess of an underwater kingdom was growing utterly old, she was ready for an adventure. Daring nights, sword fights, epic creatures, and damsels in anything but distress. On account of her uneventful life underwater, she decides to swim up to dry land to find an amazing epic full of the life she dreamed of living and friends in the characters she reads. But on dry land she finds herself in a bit of a scuffle and ends up being saved by Aran White, her one and only soul mate, as the fates would so amusingly have it. Two people from two different worlds entirely, spells a load of confusion. Meanwhile, things under the sea aren't going so well; a vengeful uncle threatens to make the waters quake as a princess begins to realize her part in the world and what she would do to save her home. A paranormal romance full of vengeance.

Each baby born beneath the waves is killed--with one exception: the one hundred thousandth is spared. There's one rule shared between the island's tribes: don't touch the water. When Cressa-la breaks this law, her world, and body, changes. Sure, change is normal... but when has growing scales ever been normal? • • • Watty Award Winner 2015: Best Use of Visuals • • • Each baby born beneath the waves is killed--with one exception: the one hundred thousandth is spared. Among the spared, magic chooses a rare few, connecting them to the moon or sea. These are the One-Hundreds, mermaids and humans with the power to save the world-or corrupt it. When Cressa-la breaks the first rule of her tribe and touches the water surrounding her island, everything she knows turns on its head. Talking, sinister dolphins, mind control, and a whole world just under the waves await her on her eigteenth birthday... but she never asked for any of this. All she wanted was to become a Tribe Leader and take care of her village. It's amazing how one screw-up can change everything. A relentless darkness reaches for her, wanting her affections for his own twisted purposes. In opposition stands a fractured light, haunted by a painful past where corruption eroded friendship. Unless Cressa-la can bring the darkness to his knees and fight the war raging inside, the world is doomed. • • • Content warning: This story contains themes of depression and violence.

2019 WATTY WINNER FOR HISTORICAL FICTION. Charity loves Ian. Ian thinks Charity is an incorrigible flirt and he is certainly not tempted. Not one bit! Or at least that's what he tells himself... Bright, optimistic, and a bit naïve, Charity Crewe has always been in love with Ian Douglass. And it would certainly help if he loved her back... just a little bit! Though Ian was raised on the estate and generously given lessons with the Crewe siblings, no one, especially Ian, has ever forgotten he is the housekeeper's son. Charity might not care what anyone thinks of her, but Ian certainly does, so he is determined to protect her reputation as well as his own. He's worked too hard to secure his position to risk his livelihood, not to mention his mother's. He has discouraged her affections at every turn... with only a few moments of weakness. However, while Charity is away gaining some polish, circumstances drastically change and Charity must decide if she is willing to risk everything, even complete and utter ruin, in pursuit of the man she loves. Authors notes: This is Book One of The Crewe Legacy, a four-book series in progress, involving the Crewe siblings and other characters you'll meet along the way. I hope you enjoy Ian and Charity's story and that everyone else intrigues you! CONTENT WARNING: this story contains some mature sexual content, descriptions of spousal abuse, child abuse, murder, and suicide.

Rosalie Eldridge lived the high life. She was the golden good girl during high school and now that she was a freshman in college, she continued to live up to her reputation. At the age of nineteen, she could have everything you could want. The girl with the astonishing grades, rich family, stunning face, handsome boyfriend, perfect life. Perfect. Although perfect was just a dictionary adjective that everyone strived to be, but never would be because that was simply the opposite of reality. Everyone has their own flaws, just like Rosalie. Everything seemed to go smoothly for the girl. It was hard to believe that Rosalie Eldridge has ever lived a bad day. Rosalie Eldridge and Youssef Romero's love was equal to that of Romeo and Juliet. But Romeo and Juliet was anything but a love story, it was a tragedy with lust being confused for love. Everything that was once perfect comes crumbling down eventually. In this case, when her loving boyfriend Youssef decided to screw her perfect life up and sleep around, Rosalie Eldridge later finds out that revenge surely was sweet. And she happens to learn that through Youssef's forty-one-year-old father. 2020-ongoing. ©sinfulsrose *ON HOLD*

Noelle Monroe remembers only flashes of the few short years spent with her father. He disappeared when she was young, and now she wants to know why he left her behind when her dreams portray a man who loved her. Nothing else seems to matter as much as answering this question, especially after years growing up with her rage-filled mother, who insists that he abandoned them. She finds herself traveling across the country alone to the small town her father grew up in. Someone must remember the man now existing only in blurry memories and dreams. It's here that she meets West Harrison. He's tall, gentle, and determined to get to know the closed off girl who has appeared so suddenly in his remote Montana town. Slowly but surely, Noelle begins to put together the pieces behind her father's disappearance. But everything is not as it seems, and she will have to learn how to trust again or risk losing this new life she has begun to build in Aspen, Montana. - Later that night, I'm bundled up in the truck next to him, my converse lying on the floor and my arms wrapped tightly around my legs. It's quiet except for the sound of the heater blasting away the coldness. The moon is a brilliant glow in the dark sky, and rays of light fall across his face every now and then. Our eyes meet in the dark, his expression heavy and thoughtful. We sit in silence for a moment, our gazes locked, before he slowly reaches out and brushes warm fingers gently across my jaw. He looks down at my lips and I feel something I've never felt before. I'm not scared, and yet I'm terrified. It feels like an eternity passes before he swallows hard, pulling his hand away. It's dark for a moment, and then the moon emerges from behind a cloud, and everything is light. I take it in with wide eyes. This feels like magic, if magic could exist. I feel the warmth of his hand on my lower back. It's steady, comforting. I like it. And I... I wish he had kissed me.

For 8 year old Jasmine, 18 year old Chris was her superman. There was nothing more than she liked than spending time with her babysitter. But the day Chris left for college, she felt a part of her going away with him. With time, she forgot all about him. But after 8 years when Chris returns back to his hometown, both Jasmine and him can't help but feel a pull towards each other. No matter how much they try to tell themselves how wrong it was, they couldn't fight back those feelings. But will they be able to fight the age gap and accept their feelings? Or will they succumb to society's view on a forbidden love story? Book cover credit: Pinterest

Verboten: /vəːˈbəʊt(ə)n,German fɛɐˈboːtn/ Forbidden, especially by an authority. . . . In which a sheltered inexperienced teen finds comfort in a not so healthy relationship with her father's best friend.