*WATTYS 2024 SHORTLISTED* Ellie did the 'True Love' thing and it left her heartbroken. Now her dreams are smaller: win a BAFTA, convince her mother she's okay, and don't kill her infuriating colleague Nas. And definitely don't kiss him. 'I am suddenly aware of his hand on my waist. Has he always been this tall? Has he always smelled of smoke and cloves and warmth? My brain is collapsing. All it can think is NAS IS TOUCHING ME. His lips are coming down... Or mine are coming up... Does he want to kiss me? Even worse, do I want him to?' FEATURED BY: @Ambassadors - Diverse Fiction (February 2025) @Romance - Slow Burn (December 2024) @Romance - Workplace (June 2024) @ChickLit - Self-Discovery (May 2024) @Project Athena - Author Spotlight (July 2024) @Contemporary Lit - Contemporary DiverseLit (September 2024) @Newly Written Books - Roses Are Red (October 2024) @Project Athena - Women's Fiction ChickLit (July 2024) @AstaniaCommunity - Love is Love (June 2024) @8ChapterChallenge - 8CC March-April (May 2024)

The only thing Mia Hope has in common with Jake Carpenter, Artwood High's most popular quarterback, is a love for the coffee served at The Coffee Pod. He wants her to tutor him - and if she can do it without a single cup of coffee, he'll pay her triple. Easy. Nothing could go wrong, right? ***** When Jake learns he's failing English, he knows he needs to pull his grades up or he'll risk being kicked off the football team. He strikes a deal with the elusive Mia - the quiet girl with secrets. If she can't go without a single cup of coffee, she has to tutor him for free. If she can, he'll pay her triple, and with Christmas around the corner, there's nothing Mia needs more than money. But as the pair grow closer, Jake learns the real reason for Mia's bad habit, and what starts as an innocent bet between enemies grows into something more serious. Can the pair survive the next two months with their hearts - and secrets - still intact? Content/trigger warning: This story contains themes of assault and abuse. [[word count: 60,000 - 70,000]] Cover designed by Jenna Conrad The Coffee Pact now has a sequel: The Kissing Pact

[Wattpad Picks: Editors' Choice] In a world ravaged by global warming, there is the Offering: A rite in which every eighteen-year-old woman in each village leaves their home in search of a husband. Bloodlines must be varied, the Elders say. Genetic variation is of the utmost importance for their livelihood. But Talia, an Offering, questions the methods and is uncooperative with the Elder's rules. Never one to follow the road others have set before her, she shirks the constraints of the Offering. As she travels, a chance meeting with an intriguing stranger reveals that nothing is as she thought it was and proves there are people in this world who understand her. Despite her growing attraction to the alluring stranger, she dares not trust him. Armed with her new world-view and fighting unforeseen enemies, her decisions will determine the fate of her home. PG-13 for violence and swearing **If you are reading this story on any other platform other than W a t t p a d you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack. If you wish to read this story in its original, safe form please go to https://www.w a t t p a d.com/user/katkeenan. Thank you.** ✤✤Reviews✤✤ "One of the most genuine, authentic, and strongest female protagonists I have had the pleasure of reading. Never Go Home is a rip-roaring story and @katkeenan will take you on an unforgettable journey." @SebJenkins "You just played with my emotions like a kitten with a ball of yarn." @BEWheeler "Never Go Home is one of those breathtaking page turners set in a futuristic, yet very much real time span...It's like a dash of Sarah J. Maas and a sprinkle of Suzanne Collins, but a hundred percent unique." - Gear, Sci-Fi Judge from the @SummerZodiacAwards team "Never Go Home is truly a masterpiece of wit, action, and secrets within." - Matthew, Sci-Fi Judge from the @SummerZodiacAwards team ©Kathleen H. Keenan | W a t t p a d

In order to obtain her revenge body after being cheated on by her fiancé, Claire Sheffield has to turn to her now ex-fiancé's biggest rival to train her, and she ends up getting so much more than what she bargained for. ✨ After sustaining injuries from a car crash, Claire lost all her motivation to get back to the gym. When she gains some weight because of it, her overly body conscious, gym rat, power lifting fiancé cheats on her. In search of revenge, wanting to get her body back and better than before, Claire has to turn to her now ex-fiancé's weight lifting rival. Cue Rhodes York, the heavily tattooed personal trainer by day and power lifter by night. Also rumored steroid user. Claire knows all six-foot-two, two hundred and twenty pounds of him isn't a good idea, but he seems to be her only option after her original trainer has to back out. Having Rhodes as her trainer is anything but what she expected as he helps her with something better than revenge.

Emma from Jane Austen. Emma Woodhouse is one of Austen's most captivating and vivid characters. Beautiful, spoilt, vain and irrepressibly witty, Emma organizes the lives of the inhabitants of her sleepy little village and plays matchmaker with devastating effect. #HessasBookshelf

Inuyasha Toshio lives a regular high school life, well, besides being a half demon. He has a girlfriend, a best friend, and a "good" reputation. He could take on anything. But, he is soon to be wronged. One day he was walking down the school hallway when a girl bumps into him. When the girl sees he's a half demon, she runs away quickly, crying. He was confused at this and wanted to figure out what was up. so, their friendship was born. Or maybe it's something more...

**UNDERGOING EDITING** Sakura is the unknown daughter of Juuri and Haruka Kuran. No one knows of her existence except the Kuran family. Why? To protect her from the one person who wants to hurt her: Rido Kuran. When Rido attacks the Kuran Manor, Sakura is know where to be found. Her memories mysteriously disappear and she remembers nothing of her family, nor her life as a Pureblood vampire. She is adopted by the Swan family who are excellent Vampire Hunters and who raise her as their own. Ten years later Sakura leaves the family that raised her since she was seven to go to the prestigious Cross Academy. She has been assigned to eliminate the Level E vampires around campus and to keep watch over the Night Class. As an S-Class hunter how could she say no? Soon after arriving Sakura begins to regain memories she didn't even know she had. Does it have to do with seeing people from her past long lost past?

Blayze Norman; A cold and ruthless CEO of Norman Enterprises has decided to take Caden Carter as his bride, not even the heavens was going to stop him. * * * Blayze Norman is the cold, ruthless and industrious CEO of the multi-billion Norman Enterprises. He's meticulous and calculative with his every step. The type to pay back what has been given to him. When he's informed that the debt a lesser company owes his has somehow strained the financial status of his even by the lowest percent, he's offered with the oldest alternative. Make the debtor's oldest daughter his bride and stand the first in line to claim all their properties. Unfortunately for him, the young bride-to-be is not as submissive as he would like. In fact, she's the opposite of what you might call the perfect wife. Soon, they're tying the knot followed by a series of comic events that escalates towards finding love and comfort in each other faster than the two ever expected. * * * THIS BOOK IS COMPLETE BONUS CHAPTER NOW AVAILABLE!

"You cannot change fate. But maybe, you can edit it just a little." If there is one thing Violet Ellis has learned in her five years as a Grim Reaper, it's that a) reaping souls and sending them off to the afterlife is the worst job in existence, b) her superior and de-facto boss Kevin is the most terrifying creature ever put on this earth and c) the Ledger is never wrong. Without exception, every person whose name appears in the mysterious Death Ledger is fated to die, and no force in the world is powerful enough to change that. But, much like every other rule, even cardinal ones are meant to be broken. After one of her routine reaps takes an unexpected turn, thanks to Violet's colleague and sometimes friend Mason, she finds herself in a dangerous and unfamiliar situation. One which involves a pair of unforgettable, electric blue eyes, whose owner has managed to do the impossible. Cheat Death. Though Violet can't help feeling a little glad that Mr. Logan Perfect Winslow didn't die, she is well aware that altering someone's fate is never a good thing. Death is not to be messed with. And the consequences of stopping the inevitable might just end up destroying Violet's whole world. 🥇 1. Place in the Pandora Awards, in the Fantasy category. #23 in Grim Reaper #34 in Soul

[THIS STORY WILL BECOME FREE ON MAY 27, 2021] Ammas Mourthia is a cursewright: an outlawed magician sworn to break curses. Contracted by the Emperor's daughter, he's pursuing a curse he may never break. ***** Ammas Mourthia is a cursewright -- an outlaw magician who casts and breaks curses. Practicing his trade in the bustling city of Munazyr, he is hired by the last person he ever expected: Princess Carala, the daughter of the Emperor who murdered his family. Bound by his oaths, Ammas delivers the cure to Carala ... only for it to fail. Confronted with a sickness he cannot treat, pursued by werewolves who want Carala for their own purposes, and forced to return to a nation where he is a wanted criminal, Ammas must find a real cure. But there are forces at play he cannot control, and dark secrets waiting to be revealed. Fulfilling his vows might be the last thing Ammas Mourthia ever does. [[Wattys 2018 Winner: "The Heroes"]] [[1st Place, Rebel Wars @Rebel_Town]] Trigger warning: Graphic violence, sexual situations, strong language. [[word count: 300,000-350,000 words]]