The Elixir awards romance reading list
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Till The Clock Strikes Gone by iyahartwrites
Till The Clock Strikes Gone
iyahartwrites
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  • Parts 62
❝In class, you said I reminded you of someone. Who is she?❞ ❝My wife. You remind me of my wife.❞ ━━━━━━━━━━ When an accidental time travel brings twenty-seven-year-old William eight years back to the past, he gets a chance to change his future and undo his marriage to the wife he never loved - the one who loved him too much. But landing at the doors of her nineteen-year-old self, he is met with someone who is extremely different from who he has always known her to be and he ends up falling in love with her. The catch? Eliza Scott hates him. Thrown into a race against time, William is left with two choices - win back Eliza's heart and go back to the same future which he left behind or forget Eliza and go back to a future where she is no longer his. [FEATURED BY @Romance]
LOVE BUG by feufeu15
LOVE BUG
feufeu15
  • Reads 42,603
  • Votes 3,349
  • Parts 81
Year 2095, couples are now decided and set by the Marriage Matchmaker application, and any other romantic interaction besides this match is strictly forbidden. So what happens when two people give in to an irresistible and dangerous attraction on an unexpected steamy encounter? Passionate about the law and its respect, Anastasia is a young woman studying hard for her dream to become a lawyer. She is serious, hard-working, and pragmatic; breaking the law is something inconceivable for her until one forbidden encounter with a married man. From then on, all her beliefs will be challenged as she is about to get married to her match. Nate is the most promising soldier of his generation, and he is forming the perfect couple with his wife of two years. Brave and loyal in his work as much as in his marriage, he has never got in trouble, knowing too well what happens to those who don't abide by the rules. But everything is about to change when he meets a mysterious innocent woman who drives him wild. Anastasia and Nate are two people who have always followed the rules, but together they seem to break all of them. Will they be able to resist their dangerous outlawed passion or will they give in and risk their lives? Can a little love bug defy all the scientific data and rules? One thing is sure, nothing will ever be the same after this love bug... _______________________________________________ Featured in the Wattpad Stories Undiscovered's reading list LOVE STORY AWARDS 1st place Winner ROMANTIC DREAMS AWARDS 2022 2nd place Winner in Forbidden Love THE ROSE AWARDS 2nd place Winner in Romance PRETTY IN PUNK AWARDS 2020 Best Kiss & Honorable Mention in Romance
Annika an Afrikaanse- Ballerina: The Masquerade Ball by Andrea_Nicholle
Annika an Afrikaanse- Ballerina: The Masquerade Ball
Andrea_Nicholle
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  • Votes 46
  • Parts 5
Back home. A fresh new start. Dedicated ballerina who never had faith in love to begin with. A chance at Love and to Hope... Seventeen-year-old Annika is a boarding school student with a passion for ballet, but as a black ballerina, she's had her share of setbacks. She travels back home for her father's funeral where she is forced to reckon with her past and present while reconnecting with her estranged stepfamily. She's hoping that a trip off the coast of South Africa to the country Sengula, and a couple of months away from her life in boarding school, might help her figure out how she can move forward and be happy. Spencer Van Lêuen is a confirmed bachelor and known playboy entrepreneur. Spencer whose lost faith in love is struggling to face the demons of his past that keeps him from anything more than casual relationships and one-night stands. While on a journey in discovering who she is it's taken Annika years to get to this point, but a meeting at the masquerade gala leads her to meet Spencer Van Lêuen , Billionaire heir to the country's largest producer and distributor of Sengulan wines. When they fall into each other's arms, change is inevitable... just not the change they were expecting. When his past and her identity are revealed, is there any chance for them to open their heart up to Love-and to Hope?
• Fake Bride • by Isla_Grace
• Fake Bride •
Isla_Grace
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  • Parts 17
❝ They learn that just because it started off fake, it doesn't mean that it won't become very real. ❞ •♡•♡•♡• Alexa Rose is your ordinary girl whose life takes an unexpected turn when she bumps into Noah. She was enjoying her casual Sunday afternoon with her best friend, Emma, but life had other plans. Plans which involved her being a fake bride for a stranger, Noah. Noah Adler is going through a midlife crisis in his twenties, I guess more like a quarter-life crisis. He desperately wants to take over the family coffee shop but his parents want him to have a wife before he gets it. The problem is, Noah just broke up with his girlfriend and needs a fake bride in a week to show his parents. That is when Alexa walks into his coffee shop and the deal is done. Alexa starts to fall for him. Hard. And she can only hope that he feels the same way. What happens when the fake love becomes real? Because there's a fine line between pretending to be in love and actually falling for your charming, handsome fake husband... When the act they put on fails, the most unexpected things happen. Join Alexa and Noah in their fake yet real love story! ⚠ This story contains swears and mature scenes. Read at your own risk. ⚠ • Updates every Saturday! #1 in steamyromance on 24/10/19 #1 in newadultreads on 23/11/19 #1 in fakebride on 24/11/19 #4 in fakeboyfriend on 30/12/19 #20 in fakefriends (out of 2.08k) on 18/11/19 #100 in coffee (out of 13.5k) on 31/08/19 #15 in pretend (out of 1.43k) on 25/08/19 Copyright © 2019 All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever. ----- Award tags: #tea2020 #theaceawards2020 #thecosmicawards2019 #thecrystallineawards #thedamien #damienawards #sunflowerawards2020 #blackroseawards2019 #coalitionawards2020
When Our Stories Collide by keralee123
When Our Stories Collide
keralee123
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  • Votes 5,262
  • Parts 30
"We were complete opposites. Jackson's life before me consisted of him pushing away anyone who tried to get close, while I wore my heart on my sleeve." ---------------------------- Maggie Carpenter is a waitress at a high-end club in Arizona who loves nothing more than a quiet night cozying up with a good book. One fateful night she ends up serving Jackson Porter, a devastatingly handsome yet brooding British author, celebrating the National Book Awards nomination for his newest novel. It's an instant magnetic attraction for the two of them but there's just one problem, they're polar opposites. Due to his abnormal upbringing, Jackson's life before Maggie consisted of him pushing away anyone who tried to get close, while she was an open book who always wore her heart on her sleeve. He had tattoos, piercings, and cursed like a sailor, yet she was mild-mannered and did everything to please those around her. Both stubborn in their own ways, Maggie needs someone to show her how to live in the moment, yet Jack needs someone to keep him grounded. Jackson lives his life wild and free, while Maggie toils her life away living vicariously through the pages in her books. But the reality is, neither of them were really living until their stories collided. Excerpt- "I know that I've fallen in love with a man who isn't ready to catch me but that's the crazy part about it, isn't it? You don't get to choose who you love or when it happens. There are no warning signs to keep you from getting too close to the edge. It's like a roller coaster, exhilarating and terrifying at the same time." Will she end up convincing him their love is worth the fall or simply be used as a pawn in his latest book? Stories Collide Trilogy- Book 1 *1st Place in the Galaxy Awards* *2nd Place in the Rose Thorn Awards* #57 in Romance out of 1.65 mil 4/5/2020 to 4/9/2020 5/11/2020 to 5/25/2020 #RomanceReads2020
Make A Wish || {On Hold} by incrediblestories2
Make A Wish || {On Hold}
incrediblestories2
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  • Parts 9
•▪︎•On hold•▪︎• "Make a wish." He says. "I wish that I could stay this way forever." "What way?" "Alive." ☆☆☆☆☆ Aubrey runs. She runs for fun. She runs to escape her problems. But after she collapses in the middle of her meet, her problems catch up to her and she finds out that she has AML or Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. Scared that she will die, never once having a boyfriend, she uses her wish on a date with her crush. Two years later she is NEC or No Evidence of Cancer. She returns to her high school where she sees Justin, her crush, the guy she went on the Make A Wish date with, her first and only kiss. His kindness, understanding, and bravery leaves her falling hopelessly for him. Which leads her to wonder, did she ever really fall out? Once Aubrey's sickening past catches up to her, she has only one goal; to protect those she loves from its consequences. What she doesn't realize, is that shielding someone from something, will only hurt them more. All rights reserved. ♤♡◇♧□ Contests I have won: The Romanz Awards 2020: first place in chicklit Fireworks Awards: second place LEGENDS 2020: first place in romance Adore You Awards: 2nd place The Saphire Awards 2020: 2nd place teen fiction #2 in makeawish #3 in cancer survivor Updates schedule: Slow updates Gorgeous cover made by @_MidnightBlues_ Beautiful cast list made by @JensenKrystine Amazing Trailer made by @VisualGraphics Gorgeous banners and playlist made by @kayjaytailor IMPORTANT NOTE: All writing is original, and is copyrighted!
Strength and Sensuality [Completed] by HeraHarker
Strength and Sensuality [Completed]
HeraHarker
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  • Parts 45
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
Emma by Teeshafaris
Emma
Teeshafaris
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  • Parts 50
Twenty-two-year-old Emma Campbell had a dreadful lifestyle. She survived a lifetime complete of depression and heartache. Her mother passed away whilst she was merely four-years-old. Emma and her insulting father lived together in a slight apartment they shared in New York City. From time to time she simply cherished to have an ordinary life of her own. To elope from her harsh father, Emma and her elder sister Stephanie run to North Carolina to stay with their aunt and uncle far from their brutal father. Emma's fresh journey begins when she by chance encounters a young man named James Douglas, a delightful, charming gentleman who serves as a journalist at a distinguished business in Los Angeles. Falling in love was astonishing before fidelity showed up blazing on them right after their father recognized the accuracy and came to search for them in North Carolina on Christmas Eve attempting to justify his former flaws towards his children. What will Emma expect to do once she perceives her father's arrival? Will she ever tolerate her father and be a fortunate family anew?
Black ~ A ¥iZhan Lov€ $tory by LuvLaws
Black ~ A ¥iZhan Lov€ $tory
LuvLaws
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  • Parts 87
In the world of utter darkness, blooms a musical prodigy. To the world he was a maestro, yet he himself was wrapped away from the worldly being. He was Xiao Zhan. Innocence and purity was one, Wang Yibo was known for. Singing was his passion and so was his instrument. Fate had bound them together from time immemorial, it was a chance of fate, that brought them together. In a world of Black, will Love, have a chance to bloom and consume the two souls, who just were meant to be together? Join me in the quest of their journey, as we experience love, life, sacrifice and ultimately music that binds us all together. =================================== This is a work of fanfiction. All rights are reserved. No part of this eBook may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means [graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or information retrieval systems] or reproduced on any disc, tape, perforated media or other information storage device, etc., without the explicit written permission of the editor. Breach of the condition is liable for legal action. However, the permission to reproduce this material does not extend to any material on this site, which is explicitly identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorization to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned. ©️LuvLaws Only 18+