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The Firstborn by QuenbyOlson
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Sophia has sacrificed everything for her younger sister, Lucy. She has removed them from the only home they ever knew, taken on the care of Lucy's illegitimate son, George, and even assumed the role of a widow and mother in order to erase all hint of scandal from the boy's birth. But rumor continues to follow them like the darkest of clouds, and Sophia must adapt to her new existence as a false widow with no prospects beyond the doors of her small cottage. Lord Haughton - "Finn" to those close to him - will stop at nothing to prevent the slightest whiff of disgrace from tainting his family's name. When he learns of his younger brother's latest indiscretion-one that leaves a bastard child in his wake-Haughton rushes across the country to offer the boy's mother a comfortable living in exchange for her silence about the child's true parentage. But he arrives only to have his generous offer thrown back in his face by Sophia Brixton, a sharp-tongued and sharper-witted woman who proceeds to toss him out of her house. But just because he is banished from her home does not mean he is so easily banished from her life.
Misstaken ✓ | #Wattys2019 by dystopianxfiction
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*1ST IN WRITERS' CHOICE 2019* Emma can't stand Nick's charms. After all, the heir was a brooding boy who meant trouble. But he also meant easy money - he had lost the ability to recognize faces. All Emma had to do was pretend to be in love with him. Meanwhile, Nick knows how she truly feels. He can't stand that he has every girl swooning, except Emma. She enchants him in a way that no one else does. He wants her. But the more she stays in this game, the deeper her feelings grow. It no longer feels like a pretense. When she uncovers his dark past and how it may intertwine with hers, she knows she can't go back. If she does, she would lose him, the boy who had everything, yet nothing at all. If he can't recognize faces in a crowd, will he be able to see her heart? ----- 《 ranks 》| june 2019 | ongoing updates - 1st PLACE IN WRITERS' CHOICE 2019 🥇 - 1st place in blue rose awards 🥇 - 1st place in the discovery awards 🥇 - 1st place in the future awards 🥇 - hm in cleaved awards - 3rd in pen and ink awards 🥉
An Indecent Gambit by Spiszy
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James Redwood has always loved women and feared marriage. When his parents force him into an arranged marriage against his will, he finds himself engaged to a woman he cannot stand and powerless to avoid what he fears the most. His only hope lies in prudish Grace Follet, his unwanted fiancee: if she breaks the engagement, he will be free. But how can James make Grace break the engagement when she has everything to gain by marrying him and everything to lose by leaving him?
Horkos by Trish_DW
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{SAMPLE: Published on Amazon} A war has begun, and heroes are always born from the debris of battle. Saffron is a demi-god, with power unmatched by any immortal before her. With abilities she does not understand and death looming in every corner, Saffron only has one option. She must learn how to master her powers from one of the greatest gods in history, and she must learn fast. To defeat Kronos, Saffron has to lose a part of her naivety and innocence, and she must become the hero the world needs. She must become the Savior. ​​​​​​​She must become the God-Killer. {Book Two of Ichor Series} {Book cover commissioned by Fantastical-Ink}
The Eternally Damned by QueenOfAthens
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"H e l l I s e m p t y, d a r l i n g . . . A n d t h e d e v i l ? H e ' s h e r e . --------------------------------------------------------------- Amelia has never really been a very lucky girl, maybe it was because of all the mirrors she'd accidentally shattered or the fault of the voodoo doll her grandmother kept of her. Or maybe it was just karma for being a bitch because she was always at the wrong place at the wrong time. Although this time... it was fatal. She gets taken hostage and thrown into a new world where her soul mate turns out to be the sociopathic, sadistic Alpha of one of the most notoriously violent packs around. Oh and ever heard of Hell? Turns out it isn't just a made up fairy tale parents use to get their children in line because Hell Fire is real and its fallen angels-the seven Princes- just broke loose. At least Amelia has a sense of humor about it. hello friends do not judge me for writing this book I was young and dumb Love nats #73 in werewolf 1/4/17 #12 in romance Wattpad hot list 15/12/2018 #2 in hell 15/12/2018 Cover made by @-wanderes
Forever Yours by BlaiseWeaver
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Anonymous love notes, chocolate boxes in their locker, roses delivered at their doorstep. What was every girl's dream is Nebraska Shay's nightmare. She doesn't see love notes, she sees a stalker watching her every move. She doesn't see chocolates delivered in her locker as a sweet gesture, she sees the chocolates as some sort of bribe. The roses to her isn't a sign of affection, it's a sign of obsession over her. The more she rejects the offerings, the scarier they got. What will happen next when she opens the door expecting roses and instead got the dead body of a girl who used to bully her?
Dead Girls Tell No Tales by kaloned
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[ WATTYS '18 LONG-LISTED ] ❝ I have slit throats far more beautiful than yours.❞ In which a thousand brides have fallen, and she is the last, so she spins a tale as old as time to live the dawn. | an arabian nights x beauty and the beast crossover | (cover by ES Johnson) trailer (video by @AKfiction): https://youtu.be/2OSjakJrUeo
Ichor by Trish_DW
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{SAMPLE: Published on Amazon} Five hundred years ago, humanity's freedom died. When the Greek Gods and Goddesses were usurped from their home on Mt. Olympus, they crashed upon Earth and enslaved the human race. Children spend their existence inside prisons ran by ruthless Immortals, and upon their eighteenth birthday, they are thrown into an arena to be fought after. Once won, they are scarified with their name and short-lived identity in an unforgiving world, where there is an absence of hope for people with mortality coursing through their red veins. Servitude shackled humanity, but then a girl stood in the arena on the first summer solstice since she turned eighteen years old. A nameless girl, trembling behind the safety of her friend, landed in the Gods' worlds without knowing that she was going to be their unraveling. This wide-eyed slave, who bled two colors. One red like humans. One gold like the gods. Five hundred years ago, humanity's freedom died, but she's here to take it back. Final Book Cover commissioned by @Fantastical-Ink
Road to Arcadia by DreamerCail
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Kai Gilling, a transgender wanderer traversing the American West, has to trek hundreds of miles in his beat up Jeep, in order to reach an urban legend rumored to be the only settlement still thriving. *********** It's a Wasteland, baby. In the uncomfortably not-so-distant future, the world has been ravaged by natural disasters, water shortages, and public apathy. People like Kai Gilling have flocked to the desert (once known as the American West) in hopes of finding a better life. After picking up a pair of siblings, the three come across a strange woman who claims to have a map to Arcadia, an urban legend rumored to be the only city thriving in the wreckage of the old world. Will they keep their hearts set on an oasis in the desert--even if it's just a mirage? Or will they be tempted by something else
The Painting by colleyflowers
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"It took me five seconds to fall. The impact on my chest jarring my body but not my mind. I suppose this is the point where your life is supposed to flash before your eyes as time itself freezes - and it did in a way. But I didn't relive my life physically like walking through an old memory, déjà vu in each step. It was a feeling, something that started in my chest and spread to my fingertips, one so unique to me that it encapsulated each significant event into one single second." For as long as May can remember one mystery has haunted her world. A dirty window before her, the grim obstructing her vision, she has lived with a loss she can't identify - that is until one rainy night. Gradually the spots of dirt May scratched at for so long wipe away with the touch of a finger. But when she looks in will she like what she sees - or will curiosity kill the cat?