One must see beyond the title. The Duke of Devonshire, the most powerful duke in England, tires of female debutantes' and their gabster mothers' pretenses and Spanish coins just to win the station of duchess next to him. But one queer day in Northamptonshire, he meets the strangest of women by the name of Esther. Who is she? And is she everything she appears to be? Find out as the duke unravel the pages of this woman's closed book of wounds, laughter, and love. Disclaimer: The pictures in this fiction are photo manipulated. The original ones belong to their respective owners.

"Let me guess, you want to order coffee again?" "You know it." "Something tells me the only reason you come to my diner everyday is for the free coffee, not me." "Shouldn't it be that way?" "Name one thing you love more than coffee." "You."

✔ Female Protagonist ✔ Historical ✔ Ancient China ✔ Fantasy ✔ Martial Arts

Octavia. That's the name the world knows her by. One word. One name. At seventeen, she was a girl who had her spotlight when she was whisked away to co-star in what would be an award-winning movie. From that moment on, she had never strayed away. Now, at 24, Octavia is a star and has found herself in multiple productions. As she finds herself in Milan, Italy for a new and upcoming movie she is cast in, she crosses paths with Caleb Henderson, the famous writer known to the world as Romero Henderson. However, as the production of the movie begins, Octavia immediately decides her opinion of Caleb. She doesn't like him. She borderline hates him. She hates how annoying he is. She hates the stupid, random topics he always brings up. She hates how he almost always cuts her off whenever she's speaking. She hates how attracted she is to him. I exhaled, trying to rub the tiredness off my face with my hands. I looked down at his shadow on the ground to him. His face looked as if it was glowing from the sun, his eyes narrowing from the brightness. I let my gaze trail from the exposed tattoos on his arms to the stupid smile that was still on his face. "Why are you like this?" For a moment he didn't answer me. He simply glanced at me, knowing that I meant more in the five words. The smile on his face went from pure amusement to bitterness. It was something I had never seen before and I didn't think I wanted to see him smile like that ever again. He pivoted his head towards the sun once again and in a serious tone asked, "Would you have me any other way?" Cover: @EmSlough_

[NGVM ©2019] First Place for Romance/Slice of Life Genre in Light Novie Awards 2019 by @lightnovelsociety Yin Hua Lei was supposed to be the villainess to his Highness the ninth prince Xia Yu Heng and daughter of third rank official Bai Chen Rong's perfect love story. Who knew that on one stormy night, the shock of the news of the Emperor conferring marriage to the two would open her eyes and the plot would reveal itself to her? Yin Hua Lei decided then and there not to follow the plot and the scum author. What would happen to the villainess? ... Start: 6/4/19 Completed: 7/7/19 [ORIGINAL WORK] #1 Asian 7-9-19 #1 StrongFemaleLead 7-19-19 #1 AncientChina 7-19-19 #1 MartialArts 8-5-19 #1 Prince 9-26-19 #1 BxG 10-9-19 #1 HISTORICALFICTION 11-6-19

Ari Callahan has no idea how to talk to boys -- or how to talk to anyone for that matter. Enter Zac, the cute new guy in town who won't stop texting her. But is his interest real, or does he have a hidden agenda? ***** Found as a young child washed up on the beach, 17-year-old Ari Callahan has never uttered a word out loud to anyone -- not even her adoptive family. Psychologists have diagnosed her with a condition called selective mutism, but Ari can't help identifying with her namesake character, Ariel, the little mermaid in the fairytale whose voice was stolen by a sea witch. Mermaid-obsession aside, Ari's silence makes socializing tough. She's never had a boyfriend or been asked out on a date. Not until Zac, the confident new arrival in town, asks for her number. But Zac has his own reasons for texting with Ari. He's part of a movement to sabotage the artificial music app called SirenSong, threatening to render human singing obsolete. Zac's collaborators have scoured the globe in search of a singing voice perfect enough to break the SirenSong spell, and their search has led them straight to Ari's beachside town. Will her relationship with Zac help Ari find her voice and unlock the secrets of her origins? Or will he use her and leave her high and dry? Title: Ari and Zac (formerly The Mermaid Hypothesis) Content Warning: This story contains references to selective mutism, suicidal thoughts, and early childhood trauma.

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★ Final installment of the 2019 Watty Award winning Posies series ★ Armed with the knowledge of what really killed his family twelve years ago, Felix Reynolds must learn to harness his supernatural abilities to prevent the uprising of banished spirits, and stop the one person standing between him and the rest of his life. ***** Felix Reynolds has to put an end to what his brother started twelve years ago, once and for all. Felix must do everything possible to stay under Connor's radar. He also needs to figure out how the hell to control the banished spirits tormenting him, address the trauma of his family's deaths, and stop Connor before things spiral out of control. Nothing too stressful. As Felix begins to realise what he is truly capable of, achieving this doesn't seem so impossible. Unfortunately for him, nothing is ever simple. Felix has to be more wary of those around him than ever before, and above all, he can't lose himself along the way. Felix Reynolds has to put an end to what his brother started twelve years ago before it puts and end to him. ***** (Book Three of The Posies Trilogy)

★ Sequel to Wattys 2019 winner, A Pocket Full of Posies (#1) ★ After revealing his supernatural abilities, Felix Reynolds and his friends embark on a road trip to meet people from his past who can shed light on what happened to his family. However, as truths are unraveled, who can Felix truly trust? ***** Felix Reynolds has to remember. After fleeing his university town to escape the dark forces hunting him, Felix and his friends set off on a cross-country road trip to unravel the mystery of a childhood he can't remember. They need to spark his memory, and they need to do it fast. If not him, then his spirit sister, Annabel. The trouble is, as memories are unraveled and buried truths revealed, Felix begins to question who he can trust. Felix Reynolds has to remember - but does he want to? ***** (Book Two of The Posies Trilogy)

*A Wattpad Editor's Choice* Freddie kissed him again. He groaned and pressed into it. Deepened it immediately, kissing her so hard, she thought he might draw blood. She liked it. But then he was pulling away. Backing away three steps, and freezing, miserable air rushed between them. "You're dangerous." He ran a hand through his hair. A tiny frown knit his brow. "So, so dangerous, Freddie Gellar." -- From New York Times bestselling author Susan Dennard comes a story packed with steamy romance, epic best friendship, and a dark mystery that dates back centuries. The Executioners Three is Stranger Things meets the legend of Sleepy Hollow in 1999 on the shores of Lake Michigan. After high school senior Freddie Gellar finds a body in the woods, she sets out to prove it wasn't a suicide like the sheriff ruled. But then more bodies start piling up -- and if that's not creepy enough, supernatural warning signs from the old poem "The Executioners Three" start unfolding too. To complicate things even more, Freddie gets roped into a rivalry between her high school and the local prep school. For twenty years, the two student bodies have pranked each other, and the enmity between them is vicious. Except that over the course of all these back-and-forth pranks, Freddie finds herself falling for the #1 enemy of them all: Theo Porter. New chapters every Wednesday and Friday!