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Lady Baby by Precious_Nkem
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After two years of marriage, Sharon and Max are contemplating divorce. She's a perfectionist. He's not. She's mature and responsible. He's childish and carefree. A little vacation to Sharon's home country and an intervention from a jovial uncle help reignite their spark, until Sharon's little accident causes her to develop amnesia and Max is forced to grow up and be the adult in the relationship. When Max's doubts resurface and Sharon's absentee mother comes into the picture, things are about to get a whole lot worse-or just maybe, a whole lot better. *** 🏆Ambys 2024 favourite: Contemporary Lit category
All That Magic by KittyKash92
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[WINNER Of YA SUMMER ADVENTURE CONTEST] A girl plans a trip with her friends, but what happens when she gets on the wrong plane and arrives at a strange city? With no money in her pockets, she decides to explore. What happens when the girl gets hungry and resorts to stealing? Or worse when a handsome silver eyed blond catches said lost girl? cover done by me. Please Note* I DO NOT own the picture used for the cover. It belongs to it's rightful owner and is only being used as a cover for entertainment purposes. No commercial use involved. Note* This is a short story written for the #SummerAdventures2018 contest. Copyright 2018 KittyKash92 All Rights Reserved
SIREN by JacobTDyer
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SIREN is a novel about six people from around the world selected by the UN to investigate a strange musical transmission emanating from Neptune's orbit. They're given a spaceship with cutting edge technology, placed into an induced coma, and expected to report back in three years time. But when the awakened crew arrives at the origin of the transmission, their electronics malfunction and they're driven through the Kuiper Belt. With their engines ruined, oxygen supplies dwindling and one of the team members suffering from hypoxia, time is of the essence for the troubled squad. Their situation grows ever more tense when Tommy Fletcher discovers three alien ships watching their every move. Tommy Fletcher, the protagonist of SIREN, is the resident linguistics expert who over-thinks, second-guesses and has a habit of biting his nails. He may be in his late twenties, but Tommy's ceaseless trepidation makes the rest of the hardened crew feel like he's fragile and witless. Will the chaotic events happening around Tommy break his brittle will, or can he shed his hesitant demeanour and become a hero?
Eddie on the Edge of Everything by Jules_Haigler
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Orphaned Eddie is gifted a wish from the oldest star in the galaxy. Chased across space by wish-hunters and an evil djinn, Eddie must make her wish or risk everything her heart desires for something wishes cannot grant. ______________________________________ Eddie Eversby is an orphan after her astronaut parents are killed during a failed launch to space. Now living with her cruel aunts who enjoy making her do pointless chores and serve them like a maid, Eddie finds her greatest joy to be with her friend making claymation videos. She thinks her life will be forever miserable until a small meteor crashes into her room. The glowing rock is the heart of a star and the essence of a wish. Coveted by the creatures of the universe, wishes are good money on the black market. A Wish-Hunter appears attempting to bargain for Eddie's wish in exchange for an intergalactic adventure. As the two discover the beauty of the cosmos, an evil djinn sets his sights on Eddie. She learns that when the greatest star chooses a young girl from Earth to have the most powerful wish, the whole universe is bound to take notice. Young Reader - Sci Fi - Fantasy - Adventure Featured: 🌟 Editors' Choice [January - May 2020] 🌟 Wattpad HQ's Hidden Gems Beautiful cover design by @italychick
Overwritten by TheImperfectLife
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Population levels have reached critical, forcing the government to step in. A new system is built - an assigned mate for 16-year-olds, one child per family, all done with a computer algorithm. Careers are determined by what job is needed and best suited for. Any deviation and they face the risk of becoming a Lower--the unwanted dregs of society. Or sometimes something far worse. Rebecca hates the system. She's paired with a cookie-cutter human called Jake, sees her dream job given away to a liar, and is forced to work in endless code as a programmer. Nothing is what she would choose for herself. When she and a boy with many secrets, Scott, discover a flaw in the system, they realize they can change everything. Jake could be with his real love. Rebecca could follow her dream of writing. Society can be turned on its head with the sweep of a keystroke. If they're caught, they face a fate far worse than becoming a Lower. INCREDIBLE COVER BY @kerozeo - show him some love!! [ FEATURED WATTPAD STORY ] [HIGHEST : #6 in Science Fiction] [HIGHEST : #2 in Rising]
The Unspoken (One Shot)✔️ by KittyKash92
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Grace likes visiting the nearest bookstore and more so since the time she lays her eyes on the employee, Duane Harrison. He is good looking, but arrogant to a fault. But, there's something very intriguing about a boy who refuses to speak. Cover done by me. Please Note* I DO NOT own the picture used for the cover. It belongs to it's rightful owner and is only being used as a cover for entertainment purposes. No commercial use involved. Copyright 2014 KittyKash92 All Rights Reserved
The Boy with Words for Skin by JacobSeifert
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Samuel Brandt woke up with his thoughts written all over his body. His brother woke up with his head missing. His sister woke up to find that her skin would crack open unless she stayed in water. All of the other children in the secluded Iowa town of Oak Knoll woke up having undergone strange transformations. Now, they are all forced to live at 407 West Marshall Street, the mysterious house outside of town. With the new name of The Boy with Words for Skin, Samuel wants nothing more than to hide from his new life. He painfully and unpredictably sheds his skin, there is a Voice in the entryway closet that is often cruel, and-perhaps worst of all for a naturally shy boy-the other children look to him as a leader. As his seven-year-old brother struggles with their new life, as terrifying growls start to come from the pitch black basement, and as his feelings for a girl begin to grow, The Boy with Words for Skin realizes that he wants to change. He wants to put others first, learn from his peers, and let himself hope that things will get better. The Boy with Words for Skin is the first book in the 407 West Marshall Street series. Each book will advance the story but be told from a different character. Book 2 will be The Girl without Eyes.
The Locker Exchange by weathervane
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The Locker Exchange is becoming a film and will be adapted by Wattpad WEBTOON Studios and Leone Film Group. Stay tuned for updates! ***** The Locker Exchange is now published as a Paperback and E-book by Wattpad Books! As a Wattpad reader, you can access both the Wattpad Original Edition and Wattpad Books Published Edition here upon purchase. Thank you so much for your support! ***** When Brynn finds herself accidentally sharing a locker with a misunderstood and popular bad boy, she can't help being pulled into a high-stakes mystery. ***** After discovering her newly assigned gym locker has no back wall -- so she's stuck staring at the shirtless abs of the school's resident bad boy, Kyler Fellan, almost every time she opens it -- Brynn Cadence does what anyone would do: she tries to pretend like everything is normal. But soon enough, she catches herself laughing at his flirtatious jokes and searching for his eyes in the crowds of the halls or lunch room. What she doesn't know, however, is falling in love with Kyler Fellan comes with more danger and drama than she realizes... [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
Ellie is Cool Now by victoriaandfaith
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Ellie Jenkins is struggling to write a high school TV show, so her boss gives her an ultimatum: go to her ten year reunion or lose her big break forever.. ***** Ellie Jenkins definitely didn't peak in high school. She was an outsider, an invisible girl with a desperate crush on Mark Wright, a guy who hardly knew her name. But ten years later, she's living in Los Angeles, trying to write a hit show about cool high school kids, when an invitation for her high school reunion arrives. She doesn't want to go, but her writing has been suffering and her boss makes her an ultimatum: go to this reunion or lose her big break forever. Her boss even gives her a list of challenges to complete! Ellie takes the bait and returns to the school determined to find friends, fun and to prove to Mark Wright, once and for all, that Ellie is cool now. [[2018 WATTY AWARD WINNER: THE HIDDEN GEMS!!!!!!!]] [[A TOP WATTPAD PICK: FEATURED IN MILLENNIALS & MAYHEM]] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]
Rosehead by kseniaanske
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Misunderstood and overmedicated, twelve-year-old Lilith Bloom finds the prospect of a grand family reunion decidedly dull... That is, until she discovers that the rose garden surrounding her grandfather's Berlin mansion is, well, completely and utterly carnivorous. Armed with Panther, her talking pet whippet, and the help of the mute boy next door, Lilith must unravel the secrets behind the mysterious estate, all while her family remains gloriously unaware that they are about to be devoured.