🌟A poem on the true meaning of Christmas.🌟 Entry for the Christmas Advent calendar contest 2023. 🎄Prompt 2 - an appreciation of the details that make Christmas Christmas.🎄 200 words. By Mary-Jane Kristo. © All rights reserved.

Book of poetry for April 2023 Versification hosted by @WattpadPoetry. 8-10 line verses based on each day of April's prompts. (Mostly) A mix of theology, romance, philosophy and a little fun fictional history. www.wattpad.com/story/336414231-versification

Entries for the Words in Bloom challenge hosted by the @WattpadMulticultural profile. www.wattpad.com/1327388219-challenge-book-multicultural-community-words-in 💐 Poetry for spring. Word count: 215 words total.

FAKING IT is out now in the UK, and with W by Wattpad Books in the US/Canada! Available in paperback, ebook and audiobook. CAN YOU FALL IN LOVE IF YOU'RE ONLY EVER PRETENDING? Sophie, 25. Looking for: a plus one Perfect first date: At my sister's wedding pretending we're already dating . . . Lifelong singleton, Sophie, is looking for love. With her friends settling down and her family piling on the pressure, it seems that her anonymous column about relationships is more successful than her actual dating life. But now, with her sister's wedding approaching, she's determined not to turn up alone - and if she can't find her soulmate in time, she'll just have to fake one. Enter Harry. Charming, attractive and seeking a post-break-up distraction, he answers Sophie's plea on a dating app, promising an all-expenses-paid weekend to anyone crazy enough to go along with her charade. And with the wedding a hit and a calendar full of "couple" events on the horizon, the pair realise the only way they'll survive the next few months is with each other - and a little white lie . . . But as their love deception deepens and the pair grow closer, Sophie realises their charade may be holding them back from facing the truth. After all, when you're pretending to be in love, how is it possible to find the real thing? From the author of YA sensation and Netflix hit THE KISSING BOOTH, and LOVE, LOCKED DOWN, this is the ultimate fake-dating love story, perfect for fans of THE SPANISH LOVE DECEPTION, THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS and THE HATING GAME

***Published in the US with Wattpad Books and in the UK under the title 'LOVE, LOCKED DOWN' -- out now in ebook and paperback, and also audiobook in the UK!*** When the London Lane apartment block is put on lockdown, its residents are in for a whirlwind week. Imogen's stuck living with a one-night-stand in Number 14, and has to face the reality that maybe it's time to grow up. Upstairs, Isla and Danny are still in their honeymoon period, and this could make or break their new relationship; meanwhile, Zach and Serena's steady relationship is on tenterhooks, and pineapple on pizza might actually be the last straw. At Number 22, Olivia's Maid of Honour duties are really pushing her to the edge as a wedding-planning weekend has turned into an entire week... And speaking of weddings, this whole thing has made Ethan realise he wants to spend the rest of his life with Charlotte - if only he can surprise her with the perfect proposal. Follow these five stories of twenty-somethings through their week of quarantine, where romances will blossom, friendships fracture, and relationships are forged that could last a lifetime. Disclaimer: This is a fictionalised and dramatised story inspired by real events that are happening right now. For the most up-to-date FACTS on Covid, you can check out https://support.wattpad.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040903132-A-message-about-COVID-19

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE KISSING BOOTH. To celebrate ten years since I began writing The Kissing Booth and uploading it to Wattpad, I'm sharing this special one-shot retelling of Elle and Noah's epic first kiss, from Noah's point of view!

**NOW PUBLISHED IN EBOOK! This is a companion novella (not a sequel) to my book The Kissing Booth, but if you don't mind some spoilers, feel free to read on regardless!** It's summer, and for Elle and her best friend Lee, that means one thing: The beach house. They've spent every summer of their lives there, but things are different this year. For one thing, Elle is dating Lee's older brother Noah, who's also going to be there with them. Summer at the beach house has never been more fun - and never has it been more upside-down and inside-out. From kissing to sunbathing to volleyball, summer this year is going to be one hell of a ride.

A collection of my short holiday stories so far in one handy, holly-jolly anthology, featuring: **NEW FOR 2018: Christmas Cupid** - Part Two coming soon My True Love Gave To Me (2017) A Little Christmas Magic (2015) Meet Me Under the Mistletoe (2014) Deck the Halls (2013) Let It Snow (2011)

[This book will be published by Random House in September 2013 in paperback and ebook format. This is a sample of the first fifteen unedited chapters.] They say that the higher you climb, the harder you fall - and Madison Clarke will do anything to keep her new life from crumbling to pieces. Moving from a small town in Maine to Florida, Madison Clarke grasps the opportunity to reinvent herself. Because that's what people do, right? Madison just wants to forget about those days of being a lonely, loser outcast, and jumps at the chance when the popular kids decide to take her under their wing. A hot boyfriend, parties, friends... If only there wasn't the slight problem by the name of Dwight, a cute, funny and totally nerdy guy in Madison's physics class who she can't help but enjoy spending time with. Running from her past and stumbling through the present, who knows what lies ahead in this new life in Florida?

Ashley Bennett has it all: a hot boyfriend, Josh, a place in the cool clique at high school, straight A grades... It's definitely better than when she was invisible, a nobody, ignored by everyone except her best friend Allie. Or make that ex-best friend - Allie and Ashley haven't spoken since Josh came into the picture. Enter the new boy next-door, Todd. He's sweet, introspective, and prefers to play his guitar to football. As he and Ashley grow closer, she starts to wonder whether she and Josh have enough in common to go the distance. But what will breaking up with him do to her picture-perfect life? Should she follow her head or her heart? THIS IS A SAMPLE ONLY OF MY THIRD PUBLISHED NOVEL WITH RANDOM HOUSE. YOU CAN READ THE COMPLETED PREQUEL I WROTE, STRIKING A CHORD, HERE ON WATTPAD AS WELL. THE PAPERBACK OF OUT OF TUNE IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE UK AND THE EBOOK WORLDWIDE.