Alissa, a sixteen years old girl who kept asking herself the question that she'll never find an answer of. All she wanted was someone who'll listen what she have to say and comfort her when she need it. What have cost her to have the person? Why it changed her whole life? "They were right........"

Seventeen-year-old Lucy Owens is struggling. It's been two years since the death of her parents, but she just can't seem to get a handle on life without them. After her Aunt moved Lucy and her twin brother, Jared to a new town, Lucy thought that maybe things would get better - and they did, for the most part, but her crippling anxiety and the constant feeling that she just doesn't quite fit in have left her in a rut. That is, until two new families move into town. With their arrival comes the unveiling of a family secret that will change Lucy's world, forever. She is an Empath - the strongest and most powerful her family has seen in generations. Now she must learn to harness her new-found power, overcome her anxiety, and find the strength to lead her group of friends as they embark on a journey to return their families to the place they really belong. Their true home - Eleos. Will Lucy have the courage to take on the role of a leader? Or will her fear win the battle, costing not only her life, but the lives of those she loves most? This is a story about friendship and family, and the simple truth that sometimes, all the strength you need is in the hearts of those that stand beside you.

In the Welterian empire, there are two siblings whose futures are in their hands. The evil within their heads is their path to success. Can Villian's also have happy endings? Also, can they succeed in romanticism as an anti-romantic? This is a test of skill. Can Iris and her brother Leith lead to the path of success? Iris "Wait....A prophecy for luck fell upon the kingdom of Zieglos. I don't like them as I should be the one needing luck!" Credit to a sisterly friend of mine for making the cover.

It doesn't matter how she ended up in this four-walled room. What matters is she gets out. ***** After a night out in New York City, Liliana Rossi wakes up in a windowless room with no recollection of how she got there. And she's not alone. The dark and tattooed Mateo Aguilar is also held captive. As the two struggle to survive and hatch an escape plan, they also struggle with growing attraction toward each other, facing Lili with the biggest question yet: is Mateo the reason she's here, or the one who's going to save her? ✨ Wattys 2018 Shortlist & Featured Story ✨ Content warning: this story references themes that readers might find triggering, including drug use and sexual assault. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]] Cover designed by Stefanie Saw

After being kidnapped and thrown into a VRMMORPG, 17-year-old Suzuki Mato must find the line between his real and in-game personalities before it kills him. ***** Following the death of his popular online persona, seventeen-year-old Suzuki Mato decides it's time to retire from professional VR gaming. However, his plans are abruptly cut short when he's kidnapped from his high school and forced to be a guinea pig for Genaco Gaming, the world's largest esports and entertainment company. Armed with nothing but his wit and a new online persona, he's thrown headfirst into the virtual reality of "Live No Evil," a VRMMORPG littered with overpowered bosses, secretive NPCs, and backstabbing gods. His mission? Find a way to conquer this new world and get back at the company that took over his life, all while avoiding 'Parallel' -- a condition that would make it impossible to separate his real and virtual personalities. Because in a world obsessed with VR gaming, Parallel means death, and Suzuki just doesn't have time for that... [Parallel Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 out now, Vol. 3 coming soon] Content/Trigger Warning: some transphobic language

On America's favorite TV show, the only prize is getting out alive. Daniel is an affluent Senator's son who has just been disowned over his gender transition. When he's thrust out of his home and into the public spotlight, a bounty hunter targets him for a deadly reality show where Daniel teams up with a street-smart orphan. They must play to win because that's the only way to survive The Elimination Game. COMPLETED Wattys 2018 winner in The Originals category Wattpad Featured Pick June 2018 - Blast to the Future Past Wattpad Featured Pick December 2017 **THE COMPLETE WATCHERS TRILOGY** Book 1 - WATCHERS (Watty Award winner 2018) Companion Novella - KILLERS Book 2 - FIGHTERS (Wattpad Featured Pick) Book 3 - DESTROYERS

[This story is now FREE] Florette moves to Versailles, only to discover a group of Fae are destroying France. Allying with the battled-scarred Destan, she has to save the kingdom. ***** Florette, a painter's apprentice, is finally welcomed to the palace of Versailles. Ready to work, she notices that several of the courtiers are too beautiful to be human. Soon a battle-scarred warrior, Destan, tells her the truth: a faction of Fae have left the faerie and are slowly destroying the French monarchy. Determined that France must not fall, Florette is forced to use her skill to smuggle messages about the Fae inside her own paintings. Can she trust the rugged warrior at her side? And can Florette save France from creatures beyond mortal control?

APOLOGIES: I have removed this book. It was free on Wattpad from 2017 to 2023. As of Sep 5, 2023, it is published in bookstores. AbbyGoldsmith.com/Majority If you'd like to be looped in on my Abby Updates, please subscribe to my very infrequent newsletter! AbbyGoldsmith.com/subscribe ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ In a galaxy-spanning utopia where societal leaders are networked together for instant communication, nothing goes unnoticed. There's no crime. No secrets. No privacy. And no way to escape. Until Thomas unintentionally captivates the top super-genius influencer. If he's going to help his enslaved friends, he'll need to trick her... plus her audience of thirty trillion mind readers. And so Thomas's galactic conquest begins. ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ Winner of the 2017 Ooorah Awards. ✴ First book of a completed web serial. ✴ Dual protagonists, a brain + brawn. ✴ Formerly titled "City of Slaves." ✴ Now on Royal Road (AbbyBabble). Copyright © 2017 Abby Goldsmith. All Rights Reserved.

Each day she wakes up in a different body, not knowing who she is, and each night that body dies. She is the Reaper Syndrome, and she's desperate to know why. ***** She doesn't know what's happening. Each day she wakes up in a new body, not knowing who she is. She has to pretend to be the person, and at the end of the day her new body dies. The media have a name for these deaths: the Reaper Syndrome. No one believes it's a person jumping from body to body, until Joe. He's a conspiracy theorist, but she can make him listen. He trusts her, and he can also see the mysterious man, Samael, that's following her. Why is this happening to her? Who can she trust? Every day it takes her to end the Reaper Syndrome, another person dies. She doesn't want the last victim to be her. *2021 Wattys Shortlisted*

*Watty's Shortlist!* Asher didn't know what he expected when he woke up in the desert, but it certainly wasn't to be shot at. It's 2056 and Asher-along with a group of twenty-one boys who can't remember a thing-is left reeling after barely surviving the battle that marked the beginning of his only memories. Dropped in the West Bank with nothing aside from the clothes on their backs and chains at their necks, the group scours the land, desperate to solve the mystery of their arrival. As Asher discovers the truth, he realizes that the fate of humanity may as well rest in his hands. Cover credit: @TheLittleMissShadow