It doesn't matter how she ended up in this four-walled room. What matters is she gets out. ***** After a night out in New York City, Liliana Rossi wakes up in a windowless room with no recollection of how she got there. And she's not alone. The dark and tattooed Mateo Aguilar is also held captive. As the two struggle to survive and hatch an escape plan, they also struggle with growing attraction toward each other, facing Lili with the biggest question yet: is Mateo the reason she's here, or the one who's going to save her? ✨ Wattys 2018 Shortlist & Featured Story ✨ Content warning: this story references themes that readers might find triggering, including drug use and sexual assault. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]] Cover designed by Stefanie Saw

Haven Hill Animal Sanctuary specialises in the rehabilitation of patients with mental health issues, which is exactly what Bret O'Neil signed up for when he saw no light at the end of the demon filled tunnel. Bret needs help, and he needs it bad. Destroyed by the devastation of war, he's given an ultimatum: Find help or risk losing his family forever. The only problem? He's too late. Bret's wife has already moved on, and his world tips upside down. Diana McCormack is so caught up in her work at Haven Hill that she doesn't see that her life is crumbling around her. Stuck in a one-sided relationship, she craves to be whisked off her feet even if it's just once, only she knows her boyfriend, Cameron, isn't the man to do it. Cameron is safe. And, exactly what Diana thinks she needs. But what happens when she realises she wants more? Bret is danger, and for Diana, he couldn't have come at a better time. BRUTE WILL CONTAIN SWEARING, SEXUAL CONTENT AND ADULT SITUATIONS. 17+ RECOMMENDED.

He needs a place to live, she needs a baby daddy. Pietro Santangelo and Marguerite White are students at prestigious Columbia University in New York City. She is a fun-loving, free spirit who finds herself in a bit of a familial bind, he is an exchange student with a chronic case of poverty. They concoct a plan that they think will work, not realizing how much changes with two simple words... Pete merely looked at her and opened a box of books. He took some out and began placing them on the shelves, bending and stretching at his task. He had a nice back, broad shoulders and muscles that could be seen clearly under his light blue T-shirt. Daisy watched for a minute, fascinated. "Like what you see?" he asked without turning around. She jumped at the sound of his voice. "Well, you're the only thing in the room that's moving, you know?" she said by way of explanation. He turned around to look at her, books in either hand, a small grin on his face. "Of course, what was I thinking?" he asked rhetorically. "And look. We're both adults here, hm?" He looked carefully at her. "The couch we just brought up here cost fifty dollars at the second-hand store, and has to be at least thirty years old. I don't want to sleep on it, and I don't think you're going to want to sleep on it, either." She shook her head. "So the bed is nice and big," he continued. "I think we can manage, don't you? We can share the bed." He watched her for her reaction. "I give you my word this is not going to be a problem for me. At all. Is this going to be a problem for you?" She looked at him. "Really? At all?" She recovered from the unintentional meaning of his words quickly. "No, it won't be a problem for me, either," she said firmly. "We can share the bed." Content warning: This story contains mature sexual content, and themes of premarital sex and sexual assault.

[book #3 of the Someone Else series] COMPLETED First comes love, then comes...couples therapy? Elle and Jude have a whole lot to work on-both personally and as a couple-if they want to make it. Join Elle and Jude in the final chapter of their love story in this third installment of the Watty Award winning story Someone Else. #57 in Romance on 5/20/18 :) All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or copied without the expressed written permission of the author. If you are reading this work in any format other than the one presented here, you and whoever reproduced it are in violation of US and international copyright laws. Please inform me of any instances of my work appearing outside of my Wattpad profile. Thank you. Any resemblance to persons (living or dead), places, businesses, incidents, or events is simply coincidental. Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved.

Hayden barely knew her aunt Dee. When big shot lawyer Warren Williams called to say she had been left an inheritance Hayden thought it would be a piece of jewelry or a small sum of cash. Nothing prepared her for owning and running a beach resort. Suddenly the part time artist finds herself swimming in a sea of hot guys and happiness. But even paradise has it's share of storms!

Drew Rangle, quarterback of his high school football team, is dating gorgeous cheerleader, Elle Martin. When Drew's parents ask Elle's full-figured twin sister, Em, to stay with Drew during their month long vacation, Drew discovers more about himself than he ever wanted to know.

For single mother Sam Martin, her life is broken, derailed by a history of abuse, broken dreams, and an ex-husband who refuses to take no for an answer. But all that changes when she meets Erik Maystrom and his widowed sister, Olivia. Suddenly, life becomes a much better place, made even better when Sam learns that Erik holds a special piece of her past. But what happens when she can't let go of her imperfections and hidden scars? Can she find true love and acceptance with Erik, or will she return to the life she always knew, unable to let go of the past that has long kept her rooted in regret? Liz Durano © Copyright 2014. All rights reserved. #ProjectWomanUp

I had everything I could ever need. I had everything any person could ask for: money, friends, a promising future and a wonderful boyfriend. That's what everybody thought. And I let them. I had to. My boyfriend, the athlete, the popular guy: Nathan. The guy every girl wanted and I had. He was every girl's dream. And my nightmare. But then I met him...Daniel. The most gorgeous man I have ever known. The man who danced his way into my heart and took my soul to keep forever. I met him too young, pursued him too early and ruined our lives all too soon. Student falls for professor having an inconvenient, cheating boyfriend. You probably think you know this story, our story. You probably think you know me, us. You're wrong. Because this story...this story is fucked up. And so are we.

Grey. It's a really simple color. Pretty bland. Matches just about anything. That's how you normally describe grey. But this grey was unique. The specks of green that sparkled on the edges of the misty grey abyss entranced me. In my mind, I imagined those endless abysses roaming over my body. Examining it. Praising it. I crossed my legs to control the warm feeling that traveled down to my nether regions as I thought of the grey. "Babe, you okay?" I broke out of my trance and smiled at Paul. He gave me a worried look, and I patted his cheek gently. His blue eyes searched my face to see if I was lying, but he found no lies. He smiled back at me, and pecked my cheek. I sighed deeply, and tried to clear my head. It would do me no good daydreaming about my boyfriend's father.