*2019 WATTY AWARD WINNER: YOUNG ADULT* Madiera-Jade has no money, no luck, and absolutely no sense. Atticus has no interest and no patience, especially not for Jade. When Madiera-Jade enters Atticus' life (invades, really) she takes him by storm. On the run from a quarterback hell-bent on revenge, she attempts to steal from Atticus, the latest bad decision in a long line of bad decisions. Atticus, a perpetual grouch who is already a semi-established video game designer at 19, has no idea what's about to hit him when he agrees to his Aunt and brother's request to take her in.

In a world where humans coexist with other races, known yet unknown to them, the throes of fate force a young human woman to leave the familiarity of her world and thrust her right into the arms of a scarred alpha. Lillian, a single mother of five-year-old twin boys, was welcomed home one night by the horrors of death and blood. Forced to flee with her children, she ends up on pack land. Her new life in the pack will unravel secrets that will lead her to question everything she knows about herself. Noah is the alpha of his pack. A series of kidnapping disturb the peace of the neighboring territories. In the middle of attempting to solve the issue, a human female drops into his land. Everything about Lillian is a paradox, and Noah doesn't know how to deal with a human who doesn't accept his authority, and who gives life to conflicting emotions in his scarred heart. excerpt: He should kill her. It was only one life, a reasonable price to pay in order to protect their secrets. "You'll die," he repeated, looking down at the fire in her eyes. She took a deep breath, the smell of fear disappearing again. "Take care of my boys." she smiled at him and closed her eyes. Noah's hands lifted. One move. Quick and painless. Simple. Humans were so easy to kill. Her slender neck would break without a real effort on his part. The wolf raged again, Noah's muscles turned rigid, fighting the beast for control. It had never happened before. Noah's hand touched her neck. Her skin was freezing. A lone tear slid out of Lillian's eye. She bit her trembling lip and Noah followed the action. Her body was trembling, from cold or fear, he didn't know. *This book is part of the Blue Flames world. However, it can be read as a standalone.

"Have you no sense of self-preservation?" he asked, seeming genuinely curious. "I do. But it's kind of low on my list of priorities. Right below not sucking up to immortals, no matter if they were elders." And I really needed to shut up before I got myself killed. *** **** *** Elle Sanders is a headhunter with a secret. In a mission to hunt down a thief, Elle's life takes an unexpected turn when she's thrown into the very world she spent her entire life avoiding. Faced with a series of life-changing decisions, an irritating vampire lord who's dangerously curious about her, and a crime she holds the key to solving, Elle has to choose between revealing her secrets or staying silent at the expense of innocent human lives.

Getting chased by the Japanese Mafia with a hot girl probably isn't on your top ten of romantic first dates. The morning after Halloween, Kaya wakes up handcuffed to a beautiful stranger. Forced together on the run, it quickly becomes obvious that the lethal, terrifying girl chained to her, who can take out ten armed men with one hand, isn't who she says she is. With an enemy at every turn, Kaya has no choice but to trust her instincts━and a runaway Mafia boss. "Weather report: chance of rain. Sunny skies. A gruesome and terrible death. Beautiful day outside!"

*BOOK 2 OF THE GODDESS OF WAR SAGA* Completed Two weeks. Token has no more than two weeks to find a cure or her new family will be destroyed all over again. The only problem, she's no longer on Earth. She's been shoved into an entire new realm-the Fae Realm. Unfamiliar land, unfamiliar people. She has no idea where to start looking but she's willing to shred the universe apart if it meant her mates would live. The Forest of Unbinding seemed to be the perfect place to start, seeing as almost everything wants to kill or eat her. Even if she does find the right medicine, she isn't sure she can make it back in time or alive. And if the fae find her exiled mate first . . . Trigger Warnings: Explicit Language, Gore, Guns, Sex, Violence, Weapons, etc. Reverse Harem: mmfmm

FREE STORY WITH EXCLUSIVE CONTENT. This is *not* a Paid Story. Eighteen-year-old hockey prodigy Elliot Wexler has three goals for senior year. One: somehow graduate with a 3.5 GPA. Two: hide his bipolar disorder from his peers. And three: make it into the NHL with no scandals. Piece of cake. What he doesn't expect is to find Lucy, a homeless girl, hiding from the winter frost in his dad's shed. Elliot's busy, complicated life doesn't permit room for error, and falling in love with a girl from a totally different world sounds like the opposite of a good idea. But Elliot can't help but be drawn to Lucy and her elusive ways--even when she seems to vanish from his life non-stop, each time leaving him with a bigger hole in his heart. But Elliot is determined to break down Lucy's barriers. And when he does, he discovers that her life is more complicated--and dangerous--than he could have imagined. With drafting season approaching, and Elliot's fragile mental health deteriorating, he's forced to face a difficult question: Is first love supposed to hurt so much? *** PLEASE DO NOT ADD THIS STORY TO GOODREADS.

Lucy Lahey trusted the man she was dating, and it turned out to be her biggest mistake. Reeling in the aftermath of a rape that stole not only her virginity, but her confidence, her love for MMA, her clarity and more, Lucy now finds herself in Jersey City, living with her absent father. Noah hasn't been the worst father, he hasn't been the best either, but he's doing it full time now and he's determined to do his best. Follow Lucy as she meets new friends, including her father's assistant, Niles Taylor, and tries to rediscover herself after being stripped of her self identity and self worth. Cover and all chapter graphics designed by @ashley_mariex I have eyes everywhere on this app. Don't steal my work, I will find out and I will bring the heat.

Living the high life wasn't all fun and games. With were Empires that took decades to build could fall in seconds with one wrong move. Lyra Anderson was the future of her fathers dynasty when her four older brothers had chosen to go down different paths. Don't mistake her for being weak for having older brother's this girl knows how to win a battle all on her own and the whole world knows it. Life get's interesting though when two of the biggest rival schools in the country get joined together. This leads to two people who were once sworn to hate each other now have to survive under the same roof. In walks Riker Kennedy. Son of the one of the biggest Mafia leaders in the country. Not that the world knew, as there family had a front of being a normal High Society family. Lyra finds out his secrets and soon she is thrown into his life without either of them even knowing what is happening. What he doesn't know is that she has already been involved in this world. Finding out Lyra was the reason he had such a hard ruling over the City. Zane Knight, Lyra's ex boyfriend and son of the biggest rivals to Riker's Empire. He was the reason Lyra knew about Riker's world all to well. Life gets interesting when these three people are all thrown into the same school and the world didn't know what they were in for when plans start to come together. Are they truly the biggest rivals out there or will they have to join forces to bring down something or even someone even bigger. After all everyone has their own secrets and sometimes when those secrets come to light the world finds out.

(THIRD BOOK in the Golden Girl Series) **** "Till death do you part?" The priest finishes off with. "I do," I answer - knowing how ready I am to die with this man. *** You've been on Amber Marigold's journey since she arrived at Tygerwell. Now join the end of her journey. In the final book to the golden girl series, we level up. Bigger races. Epic fights. And much more death. It's not just Tygerwell or the country that's at risk. It's the whole world. "This has become so much bigger than us." And in the final battle of blood and loss and pain, victory is not a certainty. Good guys don't always win, because the lines between good and bad are blurred. Not everyone is going to make it out of this alive. **** "Sterling? The South? They both have a common enemy now..." he whispered. "Us," I answer.

Meet Jade Cross, NYC's infamous heartbreaker... the very same one who seamlessly crushed the guy known as "The Legendary Player" 's heart into tiny pieces. However, at the end of the day one's actions have consequences, and this heartbreak may or may not have sparked a change in her emotionless character. Such is her allure and her notorious ways, that she is known as the Black Widow, for she toys with guys at her will and once she's had her fun, she leaves them for dead... but not before planting a red kiss in the corner of their lips - her trademark. Enter Jesse Saunders, an average-looking and at times painfully awkward guy. He's not even close to being her type, but a weird situation forces them to cross paths, and she's not one to turn down some good fun. Or at least fun is what she thinks it would be, but ultimately she has no idea what she is getting herself into. Mix these two extremely different creatures together, sit back and watch how they drive each other nuts. But the question remains, will he be enough to make her call it quits on the game? Or will she destroy this naive kid's heart just as frivolously as she's done to every other guy she's ever crossed paths with? *** "Oh, don't take it personal, you are attractive," I told him. "In an awkward, I'm-your-best-friend's-little brother, kind of way." Jesse blinked once and gave me a -seriously?- look, which I ignored. "But I'm afraid that's not what I'm into, so you're safe." I paused for dramatic effect and smirked. "For now." His head snapped up to look at me. "Kidding." *** Original Story: Next Level Player - evryday_imstumblin Fan Written Sequel: Black Widow - LautheReader21