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Featured | Wattpad Picks 21/09/2018 | LGBTQ+ Arran Redfern is happy being a comparative disappointment. His first love is next in line to become the strongest werewolf in Europe. His mother is widely considered to be both the greatest mind of the 19th century and the most feared woman of the 21st. With his eighteenth birthday nearing and only one more year of school to suffer through, Arran is very much ready to settle into his promising life as a house-husband. Even if he does have to endure the hatred from the supernatural community for daring to be born a vampire. But when Cree dumps him, he finds he's lost even that lack-lustre future. Shunned by a supernatural community that doesn't want his kind, he has no choice but to throw himself into the human world that he hardly dares to join. The lines between worlds are blurring and political power systems are shifting, disrupting the uneasy peace of the past few centuries. As Arran finally starts to find a place for himself it's just as soon threatened by vampire attacks, prejudice and corruption.

Fourteen years ago, a teenage girl accidentally set her friends and a store on fire. Today, every ability-wielder is tested, categorized and closely monitored by the Civilian Security. Behave and you get to live. Misbehave and you will be hunted down and locked up - or worse. Makoto and Amanda messed up and are on the run, Trackers close behind. Theo thought his ability would forever lie dormant. He was wrong and now they are trying to recruit him. Brad is the leader of a resistance group that isn't afraid of getting their hands dirty and have been on the country's Most Wanted list for over a decade. And now, two extremely powerful and dangerous individuals have escaped from a highly secure facility. - - - - - - - - - - The Elite Awards Paranormal category winner. Wattys2018 longlist. Part I complete! Cover by kindheart6002

British urban fantasy with a twist - Everybody knows about the existence of the supernatural. That doesn't mean coexistence is easy however. Bradford, West Yorkshire in the decaying post-industrial heartlands of Northern England. Nathan Hale works as a junior investigator at a firm of psychics, which he is the first to admit is nowhere near as exciting as it sounds. Most of the time at least. Needing to pay for urgent repairs to his car, Nathan is working late when he meets James Sinclair. Working as an unofficial liaison between the werewolf community and various legal bodies, James needs help to find a young werewolf, student at Bradford University, who has disappeared. After agreeing to take the case, Nathan soon realises that there is something far more serious going on that a simple teenage runaway. With the official authorities disinterested and the number of those who've disappeared increasing, Nathan, James and Razia Khan, an outreach worker for a local charity, find they are on a race against time to stop a tragedy from occurring. One that could have far reaching consequences for the supernatural community as a whole. Urban fantasy. Very slow burn romance subplot. Present day UK setting with the twist people know about psychics and werewolves. Best rating * #89 in Urban Fantasy*

An unlucky noblewoman precipitates a civil war and falls for a half-demonic beggar with a self-destructive healing talent. Summary: Tien Lyn was born lucky, but her luck ran out fast. Tossed on the currents of politics and magic, she lives in the accursed 'interesting times', during a civil war. Her worst enemy is a song that glorifies her as a rebel leader's lover. Once she helps an unassuming healer, Demure Yu, avoid execution for consorting with demons, her list of powerful enemies grows ever faster. To shelter the man she loves, Tien Lyn has to do what it takes to outrun her own legend. If you see this book on any other site, they'd stolen it. If they're charging you for it, this is the best and free version. Please read it here. First Published: May 29, 2018