A dark foe. A forbidden love. A deadly, high-seas quest. Mercenary sailor Jack's past comes back to haunt him when his crew receives a commission during the height of hurricane season. Charged with returning the all-too-familiar Prince Valory to the capital by way of the isles, Jack and schooner Windjammer battle storms and sea-monsters alike in Oceana's treacherous waters. Jack's new patron, however, is no ordinary nobleman. A hardened soldier and powerful commander, Valory boards Windjammer to scour the isles for signs of the mysterious new threat at Oceana's borders: an evil that burns innocents alive and smashes ships to pieces. Yet Jack isn't without secrets of his own -- secrets that unravel under the growing intensity of a forbidden attraction to his patron. Forced to reclaim his lost title, Jack comes face-to-face with the past he thought he'd outrun. As Windjammer races to defend Oceana from invasion, he and Valory must work together to untangle the threads of the dark alliance threatening their home, crew, and kingdom -- or risk losing everything in the process. [Book One of a Fantasy/LGBT+ Romance series. This is a sample; the full draft is available on Patreon.] ★

Ethea has long been plagued by a monster named Fangril, created to force the Elements to coexist. Only the Elementals can stop it, if their unity is unbreakable; none have. Chosen as the Moon, Zelenia sets off on her quest to find her twin, the Sun, and the rest of the Elementals, then together, they can eliminate Fangril. She knows that their journey will not be an easy one: one that will test them physically and mentally. With so many dangers and heartbreak lying ahead of them, Zelenia begins to understand why the past Elementals failed. Cover by: PhoenixWars The Lunar Awards 4th place [Fantasy] The Phoenix Wars Wordsmith (wave 1) [Fantasy/Sci-fi] Little Sanguines Awards 3rd place [Fantasy] Your Choice Awards Finalist [Fantasy] The Mystical Awards 2.0 July 1st place [Fantasy]

[COMPLETE] A Novel of the Bloody Saints:: Mirrah, a young girl from a broken family, cut out her living heart for the power to protect her people. That sacrifice gave her enormous power over the elements, over the very spirit of her realm. The cost was dear. Now she is bound to the land, and unable to hate, or fear, or love. Every act whittles away the time she has left, so any moment could be her last. She even gave up her name to become THE ICON. It was supposed to be an HONOR. It was supposed to be a BLESSING. But slowly she comes to realize that she has been lied to. There are dark secrets just under the surface of the world, and behind the shield she holds, an old enemy waits to STRIKE. Somehow, this Icon must face the terrible truth of the world she inherited. She must regain what was lost without succumbing to the same fate as every Icon has before her. The darkness rises, and she must face it, or become what her people feared more... THE ICON UNBOUND. Rated Mature-- For Violence. This is a fantasy folks, and there is blood-magic. If knives and blood are a trigger for you, please do not read this. Work-- Complete. Chapters will be edited and re-posted. Cover -- MJ Erickson

When Whitley winds up on the top of a pirate hit-list thanks to her con-artist father, she must hide her identity and board another pirate ship, trusting in one shape-shifting pirate named Bluff to help her escape. Too bad you can never, ever, trust a pirate.

Vecto: Vengeance was published Nov. 18, 2014, by start-up company Vic's Lab, LLC. It was edited by Paul Witcover, who has worked with Del Rey, Tor, Tokyopop, and DC Comics. You can buy this book from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, etc. (ebook or print edition). Its sequel, Vecto: Voyage, is also available for sell, so please check it out after reading this book. Tell others about the series with the hashtag #WhoisVecto. Here's a blurb of Vecto: Vengeance: An obsessed robot, lightning-fast cyborg, armored ex-military commander, sword-wielding teenage thief, sniper/assassin, martial arts master/farmer, and others cross paths in this over-the-top, action-packed story about a sentient robot named Vecto who goes on a revengeful search for a longtime nemesis. But as Vecto's actions turn drastic, will he become a hero or a villain? Inspired by anime, comic book superheroes, RPG video games, and other media, this story blends the best of all worlds. The Wattpad version of the book is told in a BitNovel(TM) format. Say you're in a car, you're in between classes, you're in a long line, or you're just on lunch break and only have a smartphone to entertain you. You want to read a story but simply don't have the time to get through a 10-page episode (chapter). Or you don't know if you can find a stopping point. What do you do? Read a BitNovel, of course! Each episode from the Vecto book is divided into "bits" that make your smartphone reading enjoyable! It provides stopping points for you and gives a quick summary of the story at the beginning of each bit so you can jump right back into the story. No rereading necessary! Try it out, and say goodbye to boredom. It's rated 13+ due to violence. This book is dedicated to my friends C.T. Smith, H.D. Chattin, George Arthur Guinn IV (a.k.a. J.G. Guinn), and others who have helped me through the writing process. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be the writer I am today.

The mysterious and frightening past of David Smith, might leave you hooked on what his future will be. That's if he does have a future, read and go on David's journey, where he must face his demons.

Hey, Wattpad! I"M GIVING AWAY 10 DAYS OF TRUE BORN! Since you are the reason True Born has gone from a tiny novella to a full-length novel in a trilogy, it seems only fitting that I give back to you with a special sneak peak! True Born is hitting stores May 3rd, but I wanted to give you all a chance to see how the material has evolved during the publication process. (The first chapter in particular is a bit different - and there is at least one important scene in the novel that has changed - you'll just have to keep reading to see what!) And so: without further ado! Every day (April 21 - April 30, 2016) for the next 10 days I will be posting a new chapter of True Born. That's right - you heard me - 10 chapters over 10 days! And if you'd like to read a little more about the reasons I'm doing this, feel free to check out my #LovelettertoWattpad on my website: www.le-sterling.com. With special thanks to my publishers, Entangled Teen, who are letting me do this crazy thing! L. E. Sterling ---- After the great Plague descended, the world population was decimated...and their genetics damaged beyond repair. The Lasters wait hopelessly for their genes to self-destruct. The Splicers pay for expensive treatments that might prolong their life. The plague-resistant True Borns are as mysterious as they are feared... And then there's Lucy Fox and her identical twin sister, Margot. After endless tests, no one wants to reveal what they are. When Margot disappears, a desperate Lucy has no choice but to put her faith in the True Borns, led by the charismatic Nolan Storm and the beautiful but deadly Jared Price. As Lucy and the True Borns set out to rescue her sister, they stumble upon a vast conspiracy stretching from Dominion's street preachers to shady Russian tycoons. But why target the Fox sisters? As they say in Dominion, it's in the blood.

When seventeen year-old Runner was sentenced to death for stealing a loaf of bread in MegaCity One, his dreams were literally at an end. But then he opts to sign up for the Remnants of Men, a government sanctioned search for a rumoured fresh water lake beyond a radiated wasteland. At first, it seemed like a second chance to a new life, the transformation from zero to hero. But after an encounter with a rabid gang of men suffering an acute insanity, he soon comes to understand that he is one of many discarded into the wasteland to study the cannibalistic effects of a new drug called the Sixth Sense. Olivia Patterson has had one too many doses of the Sixth Sense and owes a massive debt to a shadowy rebel and loan shark called Death-Throe. Being the daughter of the City's dictator, she knows too well that the gallows awaits any who associates with the rebel. In an attempt to free herself, she acquires an asset in the form of Runner and finds herself always at the edge, for if he survives it means freedom for both, but if he dies...

Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business coalition plots to kill the emperor, she feels a tad overwhelmed. Worse, Sicarius, the empire's most notorious assassin, is in town. He's tied in with the chaos somehow, but Amaranthe would be a fool to cross his path. Unfortunately, her superiors order her to hunt him down. Either they have an unprecedented belief in her skills... or someone wants her dead.

Alone, lost in a strange forest, Yksi, a half-dragon child, searches for a way home. But is there even a home to go back to? With fuzzy memories of a night of terror, her family gone and an insatiable hunger pushing her forward, she struggles to survive in a land where creatures of fables and nightmares lurk behind every corner. But who can she trust when the only one speaking her tongue is a voice that guides her deeper into the forbidden forest. And the only one who shows her kindness is a mortal enemy of her kind. All the while the untamed dragon inside her grows stronger, and every day that Yksi relies on her dragonling for survival pulls her further away from her humanity. Witness the birth of a reluctant hero in this epic tale of dragons and men. Set in a rich, high fantasy world where any skill can become magic this dark fantasy story will take you on an emotional journey through Faeriedawn. Both Yksi and her new found friend will have to grow up quicker than expected and fight for what they believe in if they hope to survive in this gripping coming of age story.