One woman's guide to falling in love, getting fit and surviving the end of the world. Karla is busy running her own business, half-heartedly trying to lose her belly fat, and avoiding thinking about her single-status - she does not have time for civilisation to fall apart rn. But when the world as she knows it crumbles like a triple-choc cookie, Karla will have to embark on the trip of a lifetime to find safety. Traversing the vastness of the Australian east coast, Karla and her companions - a misfit band of workmates and one reasonably attractive stranger - will find adventure, love and a new dress size. Rom-com meets disaster movie meets extreme-makeover, this story is for anyone who needs the motivation of a planetary disaster to change their world.

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This is the sequal to Double Standards. If you haven't read it yet please do before you read this! "I'm telling you now that your cherry belongs to me, but I'm also telling you that one day you'll love me like I love you, but I won't give a damn". That was Cole's famous last words to me. How true they was. "I don't get in a car with a stranger" I'm hardly a stranger cupcake". "You chased me through the woods" "I had to because you ran and you took something of mine" A tale of love, betrayal, murder, and a king in the making. Meet London and Laney Harper's children.

“Has that ‘curl up with hot chocolate and read’ feel to it.” ~*~*~ Monica doesn't believe in life after death. Obligations, certainly. But, after her husband's death, there hasn’t been much ‘life’ to speak of. Just her kids, her farm, and the man who rents it to run his business, Marshal. She decides to change that. It won’t be like it was the first time. Nothing could be like it was with Jason. But she didn’t quite anticipate how different the dating world had become. The more she learns, the more panicked she becomes until she literally runs from her first date . . . and directly to Marshal. She was just looking for someone to ease the loneliness. What she found was a friend she’d already learned to lean on. But can Monica let go of her picture-perfect memories and embrace a new dream? With a new man?

Fiore is anything but your typical princess. The royal family's attack dog has lived her life in the limelight walking the line of what is acceptable and what is not. She has always been there for Prince Ian and Lana, Christine, Alex,and Juliet. Somehow she always is right there at the right time knowing just what to say and how to fix any situation. She's everyone's favorite royal sister, the paparazzi's worst nightmare, and a mystery to the rest of world. Could there be more she's hiding behind those dazzling smiles and extravagant parties?

THE CRYSTAL WARRIOR, Book One of The Crystal Warriors series A career-focused dancer who's sworn off men... A cursed crystal warrior on borrowed time.... Chalcedony (Chalcey) is too busy planning the launch of her dance studio to fret about the absence of men in her life. Besides, she's hanging out for the man of her dreams--if such a creature exists. Her ordered world is turned on its head when she's given a wulfenite crystal, and Lord Wulfenite, Keeper of the Shifting Sands fief, emerges... and kisses her like there’s no tomorrow. Before she realizes what’s truly at stake, Chalcey has bonded with Wulf and his life is in her hands. And with the Crystal Guardian’s final test looming, Chalcey must confront her feelings for Wulf... and find a way to save him before it’s too late. Winner: RWNZ Clendon Award (for full-length romantic manuscript) For more information about the author, please go to: http://www.mareeanderson.com For more information about this book please go to: http://www.mareeanderson.com/books/paranormal-romance

~A Wattpad featured and Wattys Longlisted story~ Lana can hardly remember what it's like to be free. After nine years as a captive on board a ship ruled by ruthless bounty hunters, sailing across Maris with no clear direction, she's desperate for something to change. Then, as a boy and a new world full of dragons, adventure, and magic enter her life, everything changes, but nothing could prepare her for the danger that comes with her newfound liberation. Skye feels lost. He's the Dragon Prince, surrounded by his people and power, but after being shunned by his own father, he's all but alone. Then, suddenly, there's a girl, a prophecy, and a chance to finally prove that he's more than what his father thinks he is. A century old war between the Dragon Riders and the Morai has awakened, threatening the very world Lana and Skye fight to protect. They are the only ones who can stop the Morai from destroying all of Maris, but destiny, shrouded in mystery, reveals secrets about their past. Some of which might have been better left hidden... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Watty's 2018 Longlisted Wattpad Featured Featured on the Dark Fantasy 'A Kingdom in Shadows' reading list The Fiction Awards 2018 Best Adventure Story Nominee Highest: #23 in Fantasy #93 in Action #5 in Adventure #927 in Romance #1 in Fantasy Adventure

[COMPLETED] This is an epic, character driven tale about love, gaining freedom, finding yourself, and overcoming hardship. Stolen away as a child, Erinne has spent her life as a slave to the orcs, a race that has been at war with humans for as long as she can remember. However, times are changing and the new Great Chieftain has forbidden the keeping of slaves in a bid to bring peace with the humans. Being freed is only the beginning. She struggles to find her place in the world as humans no longer accept her for being too "orcish" and orcs find her too human. She is stuck in between, in the heart of a war attempting to broker peace for the orcs that saved her life while she fights to survive and understand the war inside her own heart and find where she belongs. Author Note: This story is now under revision, but it took me years to write the first one, I expect it might take just as long to revise so I encourage you to please read this version, and if you like, step over and review the in progress revisions which I will be posting periodically. #1 Fantasy Romance (6/9/21) #1 Epic Fantasy (1/11/21) #1 Quest (12/2/19) #11 fantasy (12/31/19) #1 fantasy adventure (4/6/22) Update: #4 medieval (8/22/21)

Given an ultimatum by her parents, after falling pregnant with her high school sweethearts baby, she chooses giving up her life and raising her baby instead of aborting it. "Get rid of it. Or get out, " they said. And so she got out. Five months pregnant and alone, except for the emotional support of her younger brother. An amazing Grace follows Stacey Laurence, on her journey to build a life, different from her original plans, for her and her daughter. Gives it all up for the life that shares her DNA. She meets a man that shows her she doesnt have to give up her life in order for her daughter to have one. Andrey shows her, that not all men cant share her with her beautiful child and love her offspring just as much as she does Juggling a baby, a new relationship and her education, Stacey Laurence realises she is stronger than she thought. And with the help of Andrey, for the first time in her life. She lives. Not scared of making mistakes but determined to learn from them. This is a novel apart of the Baby Mama series. The first book that can be read as a stand alone. Copy rite belongs to Deborah Zaloumis.