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When story comes alive di wordscassata
When story comes alive
wordscassata
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***FEATURED NA ROMANCE*** What happens if your fiction comes true? Eva considers herself realistic person rather than romantic. Her best friend insists that she write about a love she misses in her life to help her open up. She begins writing about her high school boyfriend adding in some fiction. She is in for a surprise when her fictional stories start happening in her real life. She tries to take control of her life by taking control of the narration of her story. But will she succeed in finding love through fiction or will she lose everything? ***FEATURED ON WATTPAD STORIES UNDISCOVERED SAPPHIRE LIST 2019***
Strength and Sensuality [Completed] di HeraHarker
Strength and Sensuality [Completed]
HeraHarker
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A modern Pride and Prejudice story. Only sexier. Mira is a refugee, starting a new life far from home. She has to deal with her troubled past, her son, and her enigmatic boss, while her only weapon is her killer sense of humor. It's a slow-building love-hate story, with a strong female lead; two control freak lawyers, fighting for dominance, in denial of their feelings; an alpha discovering his submissive side; lots of humor and humanism. ~73K words ~~~ Warnings: - Mild language. Characters talk like white-collar workers usually do in real life. - Chapter 43 has mild sexual content. It isn't very graphic, it's emotional, rather, but if you don't want to read about it, just skip it. It won't affect the story. ~~~ Featured: - WP Romance's Read Together and Head Over Heels reading list - WP ChickLit and Women's Fiction reading list - WP New Adult's Romance reading list - WP Adult Fiction reading list - WP Classic Authors Twisting Austen's Magical Moments reading list - WP Retold reading list ~~~ Reviews: "You have a lot of literary elements going for you: your style is chock full of subtext, humor, and intelligence. There's a careful craftsmanship in world-building, character development, and theme." Scripturam Awards "A truly unique story with a quite remarkable a plot! It has the ability to convey the emotions stirred within the characters to the depth of readers heart!" The Graphomania Awards "I am beyond impressed with this work. The characters feel real; three-dimensional. The narration does not feel forced in any way, it flows as it reads." The Dream Awards "Some books lead with suspense and cliffhangers that even if you don't want to continue the book you do so just to sate your curiosity. But then a rare gem like this comes along and without any cheap tricks it pulls in, you just continue and keep reading it and you may not even know when you reach the end." Shadow City Awards
Unbreakable Currents di jackdeanna
Unbreakable Currents
jackdeanna
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With a less than desirable past, Abby is relieved when she is promoted to Property Manager and must move hundreds of miles from home. Leaving her tainted relationships behind, she is determined to have a fresh start and focus on herself. She wants nothing to do with romance or love, until she must evict the smug, but gorgeous, resident breaking the rules. Their chance meeting throws Abby's life into a whirlwind of secrets, surprises, and romance.
Culinary Confessions [Sample] di Fondness_Fantasies
Culinary Confessions [Sample]
Fondness_Fantasies
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Madelyn Jones has always wanted to take over her aunt's bakery. For her dream to finally come true, she has to bake a wedding cake for a customer, and nail it to perfection. Soon, her original enthusiasm wavers, as she realizes she's dealing with the worst bridezilla in existence. Luckily for her, her best friend, Justin Valdez, is in town, on break from culinary school. To their advantage, he also happens to be the bride-to-be's nephew. He accepts to help Maddie out, and the pair start working on the most perfect wedding cake they can muster, so she can take the reins of the bakery she so desperately wants. But between sugar flowers and tasty fillings, it soon becomes more than a cake, as two best friends slowly understand that there is more than friendship lingering in the air. However, both of them are scared to admit their feelings, since it could ruin everything they have. But, as they spend their days alone in a small kitchen, how long can they deny it? Cover made by @sereneur Purchase on Amazon and read for free on Kindle Unlimited! Link in my bio.
Winners Don't Have Bad Days (Watty 2020 Winner, Romance) di DomiSotto
Winners Don't Have Bad Days (Watty 2020 Winner, Romance)
DomiSotto
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When a total stranger knows what eats you, maybe they are your one true love. Even if you don't know it yet. || On Friday the 13th, two twenty-something, Daya and Mike, end up in a mutually beneficial arrangement: she is his caregiver after he breaks his foot; he provides room&board to help her out with a teeny-tiny cash flow problem. Not a whiff of a romance, strictly business. And for a while, all is good... for about five minutes, that is. What can an overweight man, a video game obsessed librarian, know about her quitting a challenging sport of figure skating, Daya scoffs. He needs to get off her case and sort out his binge eating! What does a celery-chewing skating diva care about his failure as a PhD candidate, Mike wonders. She is just replacing her dreams with his non-existing problems instead of pursuing her one true passion! With the two already teetering on the brink of mutually assured destruction, oil splashes onto the flames when Daya resumes her never-ending quest for skating triumph at Canadian Nationals. (Well, that should make Mike happy, right? Right?) But isn't there *something* worth fighting for *together*? Like, you know, love? COMPLETED. First Published: August 19, 2019 Trigger warning: This story contains themes of eating disorders and body image insecurity (male).
Gavin and Roxanne ✔️ di wa02guy
Gavin and Roxanne ✔️
wa02guy
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Orchestral percussionist Gavin McKee just might be having the worst week of his life. It wasn't enough that his longtime girlfriend dumped him for another man. Just a few days later, his dog had to die unexpectedly. It's no wonder, then, that Gavin falls into a deep funk. He tries to keep up some semblance of normalcy by attending a colleague's birthday party; it's there that he becomes better acquainted with violinist Roxanne Lively, in whom he finds a kindred spirit who's recently endured her own painful breakup. They end up at Gavin's place after the party, nominally for a quick nightcap - but it turns into more. Much more. The complication? Gavin's twenty-eight years old - and Roxanne is fifty-four. As they try to figure out if they can work with the age difference and have a chance at love, or if they're just meant to be friends who found each other at the right time, they both know one thing is for sure: neither of their lives will be quite the same again. Awards received: First Place, Romance, March 2019 Blue Rose Awards Best Unknown Author, March 2019 Blue Rose Awards Third Place, Romance, 2019 Night Owl Awards Third Place, Romance/Chick Lit, 2019 Hidden Gems Awards
The Bodyguard - |SAMPLE| di AlwaystheRomantic
The Bodyguard - |SAMPLE|
AlwaystheRomantic
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Rosalie William had been homeschooled her whole life. Ever since the kidnapping attempt when she was 4 years old, her parents had became overprotective and never let her out of the mansion. Now at 19 years old, she begged to go to college-to experience life and meeting new people. After a lot of pleading, they agreed under one condition-she would need a bodyguard. Jonathan Jones was the son of a billionaire. He was cut off-all his credit cards and bank accounts frozen-due to a huge disagreement with his father. Now, jobless, unemployed and broke, he found an easy job-babysitting and protecting an heiress. How hard could it be to babysit a spoiled princess? Jonathan thought. However, Rosalie was anything but what Jonathan expected. What happened when a sheltered shy timid girl met with an arrogant charming playboy while living under the same roof? Started: August 2019 Ended: Highest ranking #1 in Playboy (May 2022) #8 in Romance (Nov 2019) #5 in College (Nov 2019) #1 in Naive (Nov 2019) #1 in University (Nov 2019) #2 in Oppsitesattract (Nov 2019)