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Water and Fire - A Short Story by DemelzaCarlton
DemelzaCarlton
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Working as a student midwife in an Australian country hospital is never easy, but Belinda finds more trouble than most. There's the intern doctor who follows her around like an overgrown puppy, the dangerous local wildlife and her own secrets she must keep. When she finds herself without a place to live, what else can possibly go wrong? Or is it time for something to go right? Reviews for Water and Fire: "Whales, whisky and love, great short story!" - Limeburners Whisky "This is really good, I need more, it can't finish there xx" - Lauren Russell Actually, the story doesn't finish here. This short story inspired a novel that's now available from Amazon and Smashwords. The novel contains explicit material that couldn't be contained in the short story here on Wattpad. If you wish to purchase the novel, click on the link on the right, below the cover. Happy reading!
Potter by lillyanbrooks
lillyanbrooks
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Lily Potter is an average 15 year old living in the United States in 2011. When magic upheaves her life and drops her and her younger brother into a beloved world she thought was fictional, she discovers old family secrets-and family in general.
Freaks of Greenfield High by MareeAnderson
MareeAnderson
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When a teenage cyborg is forced to hide out at a small-town high school, the unthinkable happens: she falls in love. *Optioned for TV by Cream Drama, Inc. *Winner: Maryland Romance Writers Reveal Your Inner Vixen contest, YA category *Winner: Gulf Coast Romance Writers of America Silken Sands Self-Published Star contest, YA category Jay's a cyborg who looks just like normal teenage girl. She's super-strong, super-smart, and she can even appear to grow and age like a human. When a covert organization intent on using Jay as a weapon comes after her, she needs to find a place where she can blend in. Greenfield High seems perfect... except that the boys all think she's totally hot and keep hitting on her, and she has no clue how to handle the attention. Who knew high school could be so perilous? To add to her confusion she's evolving - experiencing human emotions for the first time. And when she encounters ex-jock-turned-outcast Tyler, he sends her logical brain into a spin. She's just starting to get the hang of this girlfriend/boyfriend thing when her pursuers track her down. Now's sooo not the time for a cyborg to fall in love and get all emotional! For more information about this book, please go to: http://www.mareeanderson.com or, http://www.freaksofgreenfieldhigh.com
The Immortality Plot by DavidCallinan
DavidCallinan
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Ex-US government assassin and Hong Kong Police martial arts enforcer Mike Delaney is kicked out of the force on a trumped up charge along with his partner Bob Messenger.Delaney drops out and joins a reclusive esoteric monastic brotherhood while Messenger forms confess-confess.com - a global crime busting website where ordinary people fight back against injustice, each with their own code name. Delaney falls in love, leaves the monastery and marries. One year later his investigative journalist wife is brutally murdered by a contract serial killer known as 'The Priest'. She is one of many. Delaney vows to track down 'The Priest'. He discovers his wife was about to expose a global plot known as The Renaissance Project involving the richest and most powerful people on the planet who pay huge sums to attain true immortality. The 'Priest' is their tame assassin (but Lucius Gynt is not as tame as they think he is). On the confess-confess website Delaney's code name is 'The Monk'. His search for 'The Priest', and uncovering the labyrinthine Renaissance Project will test his skills to the limit and put his life on the line.