2019 WATTY AWARD WINNER | TO BE PUBLISHED BY 'W BY WATTPAD' IN FALL 2024 Jessie is a twenty first century kinda gal stuck in the Regency Era. Armed with a new university degree and a plane ticket to Paris, the plan was to celebrate graduation in the City of Love, kissing as many drunk French girls (or boys, she's not picky) as she can. Only, she never makes it. Mid-Atlantic, a mysterious accident sends Jessie hurtling to what should be a watery grave. Rescued from the ocean, Jessie is lucky to be alive. Only problem? The crew of the ship she's on is convinced it's a sailing vessel that just narrowly missed out on participating in the Battle of Trafalgar. Stuck in Regency-era England, Jessie is left with no choice but to enter into the services of as a maid and companion in return for what shelter her new employer can provide, and resign herself to a life of quiet servitude and forever hiding her sexuality. What she didn't count on was that her new boss would be Margaret Goodenough - the world famous authoress whose yet-to-be-completed novel was the first lesbian kiss in the history of British Literature, and a clever woman. Clever enough to know her new servant has a secret. Now Jessie is caught. Margaret's own perception of her place in society is transforming, the text of her novel is slowly changing, and Margaret herself is finally unafraid to embrace her own Sapphic desires. Margaret - and her main characters - are turning into irresistibly headstrong and modern women. Jessie must tread the tenuous line between finding her own happiness in a world where she is alone, and accidentally changing the course of history. Should Jessie suppress the manuscript, or is her duty to the woman she's learning to love? What is a twenty first century gal to do? * Cover Photo: Jenn LeBlanc & Getty Images Original Cover by: @RodneyVSmith

Ivy Greene is content. She's a misfit and a weirdo, and more than capable of handling her conservative boarding school surroundings, complete with: -fascist dictator principal, -drug-dealing favourite teacher, and -resident nemesis Molly Townsend. Then Twitch arrives. And everything changes.

Gail Brennan, our mopey-overthinking-hero, has just gone over a terrible break-up that causes her to dysfunction and withdraw from her social life. Now, her best friend is a cup of Irish coffee. Her other two best friends, Tiffany and Peter, only wishes for Gail to shred off her day-old pajamas. The two make ways to get Gail back in the game, to forget Pam, the woman who broke her heart. But as Cameron, the pretty and blonde woman who worked at the trio's local town coffee house, reveals to be Gail's crush, Gail's best friends do what they can to get Gail and Cameron involved. The only thing is, Cameron appears to be straight. Witness as Gail willingly dives into uncertainty, making her crush grow into something more. Can she find out Cameron's secrets? Can she be more to her like she hopes?

A story about two girls who are best friends, lovers, and lobsters. All at once.

It's the classic love story... The rebel. The sweetheart. But what happens if there isn't exactly a "bad boy"?