WATTYS 2022 SHORTLIST EDITOR'S CHOICE -- SEPTEMBER 2021 EXCLUSIVE CHAPTERS AND WRITER'S REVEAL CONTENT AVAILABLE - NOT A PAID STORY Appearances can be deceiving. What if the Bad Boy wasn't so bad and the good girl wasn't quite so good? Kelly Wankum has an unfortunate last name and even worse luck. By the tender age of twenty-three, she's broken her tailbone, thumb, her nose, hip, and now her rib. It wouldn't be so bad if she could say something funny like, "I broke myself on a stripper pole" or "I was mugged in a Walmart parking lot." That would actually be believable, right? Instead, she breaks her rib reaching for a ball of yarn. Even worse, everyone knows she's so accident prone, she could sneeze and lose a tooth. They'd probably bet on her swallowing it in a pancake. Oh wait, she's done that too. Another trip to the Urgent Care has the doctors shaking their heads, offering to pray for her health while new, sexy Doctor Blake Cole immediately gets off on the wrong foot. Months after their first encounter, Blake and Kelly meet again by chance. After inadvertantly humiliating her, Blake tries to set things straight and make it up to her. The problem is, Blake's lifestyle is painfully different, and Kelly can't help imagining him like every bad boy she's ever read about online. Can Blake convince her to give him a chance and prove he's actually a good guy? **This story is set in the present and the pandemic is part of the narrative.** --Cover by AnnieRosebud-- ©2020, 2022

"It really is a shame that such a pretty face is about to get so fucked up." I say as I run my finger down his jawline. "Even more so that it was wasted on an asshole like you." I add. "Feel free to sit on it anytime you want, Tesoro." He replies. *** Anastasia Levkin has recently taken the title of Donna of the Russian mafia after her father died. No one knows she exists, let alone is the most feared and deadliest assassin in the world and the new queen of the Russians. When Anastasia goes on a mission to infiltrate the Italian mafia, she believes it will be an easy task - get caught, lie her way into the Italian mafia and destroy them. Simple right? Except things don't always go according to plan. When Vincenzo Medici, the Don of the Italian mafia, catches Anastasia in his warehouse, he falls into her trap and accepts her into his mafia. Using her as an asset... but is that really all she is to him? The question stands: Will blood always run thicker than water? Or are there exceptions? The more time she spends with Vincenzo and his family, the more difficult her decision becomes. *** *Book 1 of the Medici series* BEING RE-WRITTEN #1 in Mafia (21/03/22) #1 in Humour (22/03/22) #1 in Gun (22/03/22) #4 in Romance (21/03/22) #1 in MafiaRomance (08/04/22) #1 in Don (17/04/22) #7 in Funny (15/11/22) #1 in Assassin (22/02/23) #1 in Violence (26/04/23) #5 in Betrayal (25/01/24) #1 in Plottwist (21/05/24) #1 in Guns (09/02/25)

When Conner was 12, he stops dating, he isolates himself. Why? Because he thinks his life is ruined when he finds out he has to get married to a girl he doesn't know when he turns 18. When the day comes and his new family comes and picks him up, he meets his fiancé, Disarray. Right when he think he's going to hate her and not find himself liking the beautiful rich girl, he's wrong.

Oh darling, did you forget? The devil was once an angel too. Forced to marry the most dangerous man in England, Aurora wasn't optimistic about her future. But when the enemies drew closer and her past pulled her in, the devil stood by her through thick and thin.

Dave Francis. The richest, and most ruthless banker in the country. I was meant to marry someone else... Until he bought me, like a trophy, in an auction. I didn't say yes. I didn't get to say no. I became his wife and was bound to him by a contract written in cruelty. He treated me like I was nothing. A burden. A mistake he regretted with every breath. To Dave, I was a stain on his perfect life, a waste of his wealth, a waste of his time. He didn't touch me with love. He scarred me with silence. And yet it was him my heart foolishly began to crave. He was my husband but in the name only.

I quickly turned away from him, to get the hell out of the room. But he caught my arm and pulled me back into his chest. Shit. Fuck. He buried his face in my hair, arms enclosing around me and whispered into my ear, ❝I thought things between us were getting better, is this how your gonna lie and ruin it?❞ I could feel him smiling against my ears, his fingers gently raking through my hair. I didn't reply. This is exactly the situation I didn't wanna get into, cause I know I melt when he says shit like that. ❝You gonna give up resisting me now?❞ His lips barely touching my ears. My heart skipped a beat as he tightened his hold on me. ♡♥♡♥♡♥♡ SAMANTHA ROSS Beautiful. Smart. Successful. Kind. Stubborn. That's who she was. But life challenges everyone at some point, right? When her parents decided to get her married to her childhood friend who she last met decades ago, she agrees. But things quickly goes down hill when she discovers that her new husband actually turned out to be his gorgeous and arrogant twin. What will she do when she has to stay married to the man she once crushed on as a kid but hated just as much? Will she accept the challenge? Fire and ice do not make a good combination, do they? NATHAN WALKER Hot. Arrogant. Successful. Intelligent. Stubborn. That's who he was. And challenges? Damn, if he didn't love them. But everyone breaks when the person they love decides to marry your brother, right? But that just doesn't happen exactly. Yes, he did it because deep down he was still that young boy who yearned for his mother's love, but he was also the man who couldn't let his love go because that's how selfish he was when it came to her. And this time, he'd do anything to keep her. Forever. ♡♥♡♥♡♥♡ #1 in Billionaire #1 in CEO #1 in Arranged Marriage #1 in Mature #1 in Pasts #1 in Childhood love #1 in Hurt #1 in Introvert #1 in Drama #8 in Fate #9 in Lovehate #13 in Possessive

"I hope you realize you made the worst f**king decision of your life." She could feel his cold icy blue eyes piercing through her soul. "I didn't ask for this..." tears threatened to fall from her eyes, her lips quivering in fear. His grip on both her wrists become tighter as he slams them hard against the wall, trapping her petite body in-between the wall and his body, "You'll never have a place in my life, let alone my heart, do you understand?" She winces from the pain from her wrists. He slams her arms against the wall again. He leans in close enough to the point where their lips are only inches apart, "I said, do you f**king understand, foolish girl?" His voice rises as he clenches his jaw in an impatient manner. She nods in hopes that he'll let go. And just like that, he lets go of her as she falls to the floor in utter defeat. What have I done... she asks herself. **Full Summary Inside** Cover by: Me, Myself, and I!

Aria Brown is a 25 years old introvert. She works as an architect in Moretti constructions. Lives alone in Newyork. Neelam and Anna are her best friends. Her mom is adamant to get her married as soon as she turns 25.she has a small crush on her boss Allesandro Moretti. Allesandro Moretti, 27 years old. CEO of Moretti constructions. He is known as cold, and ruthless in the buisness world. Loves his family dearly even though they are pushing him to get him married. What will happen when their parents decide make them meet?? Follow their journey will they found love? Or will it end right before even starts?

"A quiet, bookish girl who must overcome horrendous obstacles." • The Steele Family Series - Book 1 • Charlotte Locke-mega geek-has always been in love with her best friend's brother, Christian Steele. What is not to love about the man she deems, "Utterly perfect"? Aside from the fact that he is Bridgewalk's most confirmed player. She wants him with every ounce of her being, but she knows what he is, and she knows this is one mistake she can't afford to make. But what happens when said Player starts to fall for said Geek? Christian Steele-mega player-never noticed Charlotte until that one night in his parents kitchen. It was the night that changed his life forever. The cute, brunette staring up at him through mammoth sized glasses, with her large brown eyes, pouty lips and blush tinted cheeks, it is the image that haunts Christian's every dream. He wants her more than he cares to admit. But what happens what she won't have him? What lengths will he go to get the girl? And what lengths will she go to stop him? Can love truly conquer all obstacles?