A magic-addicted spy trapped in the queen's service must track a princess-turned-assassin in order to earn her freedom, but things get complicated when she falls for the princess she's supposed to capture. ***** Weak. Cursed. That's how seventeen-year-old Kayden Branimir, the realm's deadliest assassin, views herself. Some believe she could save the world with her rare healing magic, but she gave up on her powers long ago after failing to save her best friend. Her life changes when she receives a letter from her supposedly dead twin brother, Alaric, begging to be rescued from rival territory Leodia. For the first time since her friend's accident, Kayden is determined to be the hero, but she must learn to embrace her magic--and herself--along the way. Strange. Unnatural. Those are the words whispered about eighteen-year-old Zara Tait, a Leodian spy addicted to soul-stealing magic. Forced into the queen's service, Zara wants to escape and return home, but she has nothing to offer the queen in exchange for her freedom. When Kayden arrives in Leodia, Zara sees the quiet girl with unique magic as the bargaining chip she needs. But the more she learns of Kayden, the more her feelings grow. Now, Zara must choose between her freedom and the dangerous assassin she hadn't meant to fall for. [2020 Watty Award Winner] Content warning: This story contains mature themes of violence, addiction, abuse, self-harm, and mental illness. Cover by Faera Lane

Ashanti was once one of the most revered and sought after assassins in Abzul. Stories were told of her deeds even in the far off mother continent of Nebrhista. But everything changed the night that her home base was attacked and the fort's leader was murdered. Now, the ex-assassin lives in solitude in the tribal lands of the Ebony Plains, contending with the neighboring tribe for land and hunting rights. Until the day that an old friend calls in a favor. Now she will travel back to the fort of Morzan to try and save the fort from total annihilation from within. But there's more to the assassin than can be seen, and as her ancestral homeland erupts in chaos and a rebel group emerges, Ashanti will have to decide whether or not her home lies in Morzan, or elsewhere. CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is appreciated. I'm new to writing. Please be gentle. :)

WATTYS WINNER When her fiancé ends up in a coma and his secret mistress, Halley, shows up, Mary feels like her world is falling apart. What she doesn't realize is she's actually falling in love...with Halley. ***** Eight years after a traumatizing accident that killed one of her loved ones, Mary Kincaid is about to marry her childhood sweetheart when the universe yanks the rug out from under her yet again, leaving her fiancé badly injured and in a coma. Of course this is when his secret mistress shows up, a beautiful person whom Mary should by all rights hate - so why does she find herself inviting her to stay in the spare bedroom? She soon learns that sometimes the person you're looking for comes when you're not looking at all. Content and/or trigger warning: This story mentions violence, addiction, and childhood trauma, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]

"You see love I'm about as straight as a circle." "Circle's aren't straight." "Exactly." --- In which a good girl falls for a bad girl. (book one of PRIDE series)

| WATTPAD EDITOR'S CHOICE | Major Aula Reed is a Canadian fighter pilot, veteran astronaut, and closeted bisexual. She's stationed on the second International Lunar Base or ILUB-2 with seven other crewmates. To be separated from Earth means facing radiation, meteorites, and equipment failure while under constant public scrutiny. For Aula, it also means struggling with memories of ILUB-1: the worst disaster in space exploration since the shuttle era. While she tries not to let her first mission overshadow her second, the Moon is an unforgiving place. It only takes one mistake, no matter how small, for history to repeat itself. This is a story of the near future informed by the lives of today's astronauts, whose triumphs and tragedies are immortalized in the public eye.

Mara and Ezra are a newly wed couple that has just decided to move across the country for a fresh start after they find out they can't have children. They decide to become foster parents because they cannot afford to pay an adoption fee at the moment. A sixteen year old boy named Elliott Barra and his eight year old little "brother" Matéo (Téo) Ortiz become their foster children. But what they didn't expect was for them to be so hurt. Elliott had been tossed around like a piece of trash for as long as he could remember. Bouncing from foster home to foster home, he never really had a family, except for Téo. They met at a group home and he'd promised to stay with him and protect him forever. Even if it meant turning down opportunities to be placed in a good foster home. They were thrown around, and Elliott was confident that the world had forgotten about the scarred little boy and the broken teenager. Until Mara and Ezra Carrel started fostering them.

***GirlXGirl Romance*** Living in New York you learn to keep up with the quick pace of the city, myself included. I was never the one to stop and smell the roses, but that was until I met her on that dull September afternoon. Her eyes were light and dark at the same time, as if a devil and an angel lived inside of her. Time itself had stopped, and since that day everything had changed, ever since I had crossed paths with Drew Wilder.

*this story was written by Gibslythe on ao3* "Two whole months of free laundry in exchange for two weeks of being my fake boyfriend. Deal?" Keith hesitated for a moment. Was this really worth it? Hardly. Lance was an asshole, and he wasn't sure what fake dating would entail. But, free laundry was free laundry, right? "Alright, it's a deal." Or: Lance makes the mistake of telling his Mom he has a boyfriend coming home with him for Christmas. Keith makes the mistake of agreeing to be Lance's 'fake boyfriend'. This is actually the best fic I've ever read. It emotionally destroyed me and then put me back together only to kill me again. Read on ao3 : http://archiveofourown.org/works/7454385

Highest Ranks: #1 in wattpride (17/05/21) #1 in unlimitedpride (17/05/21) #10 in lesbian (27/02/19) #4 in girlXgirl (27/03/19) #10 in LGBT (07/02/19) #75 in Romance (18/04/18) First published 28/12/16 Completed 16/09/18 Ellie runs a small coffee shop in a little village just outside of London. It's somewhere local businessmen grab a drink before heading to the city, or where mums can take their kids and have a chat with friends. Either way, a soaking wet customer after closing time was something that Ellie didn't expect in her sleepy coffee shop. And yet it was the best thing to ever happen to her.

Eden's mother considers her the ruin of a perfect family. When the only father she's ever known leaves Eden and her family behind at the age of three, Eden becomes the brunt of abuse and neglect. On her first day of school, Eden meets Noah, a little boy in her class that greets her and fast becomes her best friend. Abuse and neglect have led Eden to become mute and terrified of the world around her. It seems Noah is the only one that understands her without saying a word. After many years of friendship, Eden shows up at Noah's house: broken, bruised, and afraid. •Best Ranking: #4 in Chicklit Start Date: December 2015 Completed: January 2017 Last Edited: June 14, 2018 Stealing my story will not be tolerated!