[ Former Wattpad Picks: Editor's Choice] [2019 ONC Ambassador Pick] [Open Novella Contest Longlist] [Completed] Moriah Hanlon is a new, biracial girl in Pachuck, Oklahoma trying to come to terms with her twin sister's death while also adjusting to her mom's psychotic episodes. When a foreign exchange student goes missing, Moriah discovers unsettling things about Pachuck's dark past. Things like kidnappings, sacrifices, and a weird obsession with hogs. After a secret club leaves letters addressed to her, claiming to "watch her", she fears she'll meet the same fate as the missing foreign exchange student. Now, Moriah has 24 hours to figure out who's behind the kidnappings, or she might be next. Inspired by a writing prompt from The Open Novella Contest, Like Lambs Led gives us a glimpse into an Oklahoma town that's willing to kill for their secrets... 🐺 🐺 🐺 05/26/19 #1 Bingeworthy 02/20/19 #1 Teen Thriller 02/20/19 #12 Open Novella Contest 02/01/19 Featured Wattpad Picks: Editor's Choice 01/16/19 #10 Novella 01/16/19 #6 Identity 01/16/19 #1 Oklahoma

EDITORS' PICK (November 2019) || COMPLETE Nick Buckingham is three things if nothing else: salty, antisocial, and the quintessential gay theatre nerd. He's content to drift through the rest of senior year throwing himself into productions to avoid his peers - until it arrives. As an anonymous classmate begins courting Nick via text, he's suddenly desperate to figure out just who this dashing secret admirer is--even if it means actually socialising. He'll be fine--so long as he keeps his wits about him and doesn't fall for this probably-catfisher. Can't be too hard, right?

Sixteen year-old Avery Taylor has just jumped from social obscurity to the most coveted role in America. When her brother joined THE GUYS, an up-and-coming boy band, her parents insisted they hit the road with them. Avery is plucked from her quiet and predictable farm-life and thrust into a world of tour buses and abdominal muscles. She thought her future held science fair ribbons and weekend nights with Netflix (and no chill). To her surprise, she becomes the girl at the center of their lives. THE GUYS become everything to her. It's more than any one girl could ask for: ✔ Older brother ✔ Best friend ✔ Comic relief friend ✔ Harmless flirt ✔ Heartthrob crush She's living every teenage girl's fantasy. But then she wonders, what if being their girl isn't enough? It isn't long before the lines get blurry, hearts are broken, and Avery's future dreams dance just out of reach. 3rd place winner - 2019 Majestic Inc. Universal Awards Chick-Lit/Humor 3rd place winner - 2019 Golden Awards Chick-lit 3rd place winner - 2019 The Top Shelf TEEN FICTION Romance

Riverly trains as an apprentice healer. Every day, she works tirelessly to mend the broken and bloodied Imperial soldiers who protect the Empire from the vicious forces of a radical cleric. And, every day, the war chews up and spits out the lives of conscripts. When a soldier appears in need of saving, Riverly's skills and quick thinking are not enough. Exhausted and frustrated by yet another loss, she makes a rash decision that changes the trajectory of his and her fates: She accidentally resurrects him from the afterlife. The reward for her efforts? The soldier orders Riverly by sword-point to meet the man commanding the Imperial forces, the Lord High Commander, a man known for his cunning and brutal tactics. What Riverly finds in the mysterious commander, however, is something both familiar and treacherous. Where she can snatch life away from the grip of death, he can call upon the deadly shades of the netherworld to strip men of their souls. Riverly now must make a choice: Enter the Lord High Commander's service and win the war, while risking her humanity and freedom, or flee and allow the shadow of death to grow across the Empire and endanger everyone she loves. AWARDS/HONORS - First Place Fantasy, 2019 The Top Shelf Teen Fiction - Round One Impressionist, The Tridents Awards - Judges' Favourites Winners, The Tridents Awards - Finalist (Teen Fiction), Writer's Circle Awards - Featured on the Sapphire List of Wattpad's Stories Undiscovered - Featured on the Young Adult List of Wattpad's Fantasy

Marley is good at pretending. Pretending that she's not traumatized by her sister's death. Pretending that she doesn't feel guilty for being the cause of the accident that killed her sister. Pretending she's fine. Even her closest friends are unaware of her past. Omitting the truth is now just part of her. Until Liam, the persistent and flirtatious nephew of her next-door-neighbors moves in. For some reason, Marley finds it hard to keep her carefully constructed façade intact around Liam. For the last three years her guilt has made her try to make up for her sister's absence. Formerly a rebel without a cause with abysmal grades and an even worse attendance record, she has turned a 180 and became the perfect student with perfect grades in an attempt to go to med school, which was her sister's biggest dream. Marley figures if she can achieve June's dreams, then maybe she isn't completely gone, maybe she didn't just die for nothing Maybe her parents will finally utter her name again. Maybe her overwhelming guilt will finally go away. Maybe she'll finally, truly be at peace. Cover by @flowermindd

***SPARKED IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON*** Brooklyn Sable goes through the trials of learning to trust others after a break-up when all she wants to do is the opposite. Friendship, love, and her mental stability is put to the test, especially when people from her past come knocking on her door. While in her last year of high school, she claims that she is as independent as it comes, but in getting to know the one person she tries to actively avoid, she begins to learn that maybe not everything is as she thought. However, change is all part of growing up, right?

High school senior Jess Smith meets Ace of Spades, an online friend who helps her question her mask of celibacy and recognize her true asexuality. Except that their friendship begins to develop into something more. [Featured April and May 2020 under Love and Heartbreak and June 2020 under #PrideatWattpad] ___ It's the last year of high school. Everything's in full swing for academic awards, prom, and graduation. Everyone knows their place. Everyone fits in their neat little boxes. Everyone except for Jess Smith. Join Jess as she embarks on a journey of self-discovery. In 1999, asexuality isn't widely known--even to her--or accepted as an orientation. With the help of Ace of Spades, she explores what asexuality means through her blog and conversations with family and friends. Can she embrace her true self, or will she keep wearing the mask of celibacy? ___ Status: completed Highest tag: #1 in blog | #1 in asexual Cover created using CANVA PRO June 1, 2023

A trail of Post-It notes leading her to the golden boy of Providence Prep. A girl who seems to have no other motive than to ruin her life before they become family. And that sweet, dorky boy who suddenly seems like he belongs on the red carpet. Some things just aren't meant to be, are they? Sophomore year for Quinn Ramirez is not going the way she planned. Not only has her New York City stepsister-to-be come to live with her, but she's got a difficult love rectangle she's trying to unravel all while trying to capture the heart of the gorgeous yet entirely unreachable Andrew Summers. That's until she receives a mysterious note offering her help and a complete solution-if only she follows the Andrew Summers plan. {Cover by @graphicqueen-}

Wren Martin is socially awkward. She blocks off herself to the world, hiding behind her favorite hoodie. All she wants to do is keep a low profile, and graduate well enough to qualify for a college scholarship. But then a babysitting job leads her to cross paths with Asher Reed, Eastview Highʼs notorious athlete. When a field injury kickstarts his senior year, heʼs turning his free time and attention to Wren. And maybe she might not want to be invisible after all. ***** [Watty's Collector's Edition Winner] [TFA Runaway Prize Winner] [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Santoro

Unedited story* 21-year-old Persephone(who actually goes by Steffi since no one can spell or say her name correctly) is starting college. She's is finally two hours away from her overbearing mother, and able to live on her own. The first day, as she's walking through the forest, she meets a stranger on the bench. Dark hair, bright eyes, her stomach filled with butterflies. She was drawn to the stranger that sat on the bench. Connecting to him, they soon see each other more and more. Little did she know, it's the God of the underworld, and he's falling in love with her every second of the day. This is the story of Hades and Persephone. (I honestly didn't think people were going to read this story, so I am slowly going back and editing each chapter! Thank you to all my readers who have loved this story as much as I loved writing it!) 1K 11/24/18 10k 2/2/19 20k 2/20/19 30k 3/10/19 40k 4/6/19 50k 4/28/19 60k 5/14/19 70k 5/30/19 80k 6/15/19 90k 7/2/19 _____________100K!___________ 7/22/19 200k 1/7/20 300k 3/4/20 400K 1/10/21