[WATTYS SHORTLIST 2022] Auch Liebesgötter haben Liebeskummer----Liebesgott Armand ist seiner Arbeit überdrüssig und sehnt sich nach Veränderung. Doch dann erreicht ihn plötzlich ein gänzlich unerwarteter Hilferuf der anderen Art. Sylvia hat die Nase gestrichen voll von der Liebe. Seit drei Jahren lebt sie in einer Beziehung mit dem egoistischen Edgar, jedoch schafft sie es nicht, sich aus ihrer Abhängigkeit von ihm zu befreien. Als sie einem Selbstmordversuch gefährlich nahe kommt, schickt sie ein Stoßgebet zum Himmel, sie doch endlich von ihren Gefühlen für ihn zu befreien. Völlig überrumpelt von Sylvias flehentlicher Bitte, beschließt Armand Hals über Kopf, auf die Welt der Menschen hinabzusteigen. Er rettet Sylvia in letzter Minute das Leben, doch als die beiden sich näher kommen, verstrickt Armand sich zusehends selbst in den Fängen der Liebe. Die aufkeimenden Gefühle, die er für Sylvia empfindet, könnten ihn nicht nur seinen Job, sondern auch seine Unsterblichkeit kosten. Und dann ist da noch Edgar, der nicht bereit ist, Sylvia kampflos aufzugeben. --- Abgeschlossen (ca. 78.000 Wörter). Ein ebenso humorvoller wie tiefgründiger Roman über die himmlische Macht der Liebe. --- Warnung: Diese Geschichte richtet sich an eine erwachsene Leserschaft. Es finden sich Dinge wie Beziehungsprobleme, Selbstmordgedanken, sowie Themen sexueller Natur.

An elf and a mortal. He took her name, but she stole his heart. [𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐑] Elysse, the realm of the elves, is kept safe by a powerful enchantment. Every forty years it must be renewed through a cruel sacrifice. Andor, a young and dutiful elf, is chosen for this task and eager to prove his worth. With a kiss, he lures the young human Rose into a cleverly laid trap that will claim her life. But Andor's initial euphoria about his deed wears off all too soon, leaving him with the bitter aftertaste of regret. When it is revealed that Rose possessed a mysterious book holding the key to Elysse's future, he strikes a dangerous bargain. To undo what he did, he allows himself to be drawn into a tricky game of power until a terrible notion dawns on him. Saving the one whose life he took, might claim his own life in return. --- © Flora Nocturna 2018-21. Amazing cover by @arthena_design

Love Sees All *Editing in Progress* Joanna, the youngest daughter of Ian Beaumont and aspiring writer, has always been the apple of her father's eye, even after he has lost all his wealth and moves the family to the humble town of Perreneux. She would do anything to protect her family and is forced to prove this when her father's life is in danger. The Beast, the fierce protector of the forest, has lived in the heart of Nature's abundance for years. When a man comes into his seemingly clandestine domain, he almost kills him until he learns of his youngest daughter and makes the father promise to bring her to his home. Joanna and the Beast are brought together under the same roof. Their company leads them to discover each other's past and goals in life along and explore the hidden magic of the surrounding forest. This retelling goes deeper into the unlikely relationship between the quiet Beauty who discovers her strength and passion and the lonely Beast who unearths his trust and love. Cover: Dickinson (Apple iTv) still starring Hailee Steinfeld La Belle et la bete concept art Rose by Andrew Johnson @theodore_alexander https://unsplash.com/photos/ULKR-8CtHmM The Blossoming © All Rights Reserved ©K.T. Blake

Let me tell you a story, the very same story that was told to young Christine and Raoul in the attic, The Adventures of Little Lotte. Inspired by the book and the musical The Phantom Of the Opera

I guess you could say it all started with the Library Agreement. She came in every day, each time walking up to my desk and meeting my eyes with a sort of forced smile, the kind that broken-hearted people give. ❝I'm here for a book.❞ She'd say, and I would smirk. ❝Aren't you always?❞ 《SAMPLE》 54 | TF FULL STORY EXCLUSIVELY ON DREAME

A story of a boy that loves a girl one thin wall away. This story isn't going to be about how a boy fixed a girl, but rather the realization that she could pick herself up without anyone else's hand to help.

❝ you're scared of your dreams?" "i'm terrified of my nightmares ❞ Unlike her brother, Tehnaki was always one for diplomacy - it was what made her an excellent princess of Wakanda. But when her father was murdered during the ratification of the Sokovian Accords, all she cared about was seeking revenge and finding her own sense of justice by returning the favor of death. What she didn't expect was to find out the truth behind the framing of the Winter Soldier, and she certainly didn't expect to fall in love with him. Perhaps it was those damn puppy dog eyes. But whatever it is, Tehnaki needed him to complete her whole, and Bucky Barnes needed her to make him remember what it's like to be loved again.

"You found me as a kid. Now let my adult self grow old with you..." --------------------------------------------- "We'll marry as soon as we meet again." "Pwomise?" The little girl held out her pinky finger. The boy entwined his own pinky finger with hers and kissed her lips shyly. "Promise." -------------------------------------------- Two successful people with their equally giant egos... Will they be able to keep their pride aside and fulfill the promises they had made to each other? Or will their promises be burnt by their blazing pride? 26 year old Evelyn White is what you would call a perfect 10. Beautiful, confident, successful and with a mysterious air surrounding her, she is the one most would kill for. Despite her young age, she is the CEO of a famous multimillionaire company built all by herself. Everyone is intrigued by her but no one has been able to get close enough to unravel her mystery. Until he came along. Meet Adrian Stone. The youngest billionaire. The most eligible bachelor. He is cold and ruthless to the world but has a soft corner for the beautiful Ms. White. He is content with admiring her from afar until fate brings them together as business partners. Now that he's back, he's intent on fulfilling the promise he made to her long time ago and make her do the same. Both of them being equally powerful magnets, watch as their hearts get attached and prides get clashed. Which one would win? ________________________________ Credit for all the pictures including the cover goes to its rightful owner. Amazing cover by @crazyyfictions

a retelling of the tale of persephone and hades --- highest rankings - #1 in greek, god, greek mythology, hades, hecate, olympus --- ❝she wore silk dresses and flower crowns, she was soft and she was loved and then she was stolen, this is the story they tell, they don't speak of her rages, where she would pull rain from the clouds and the flowers turned black beneath her feet, they don't speak of how she laughed when icarus fell from the sky in golden plume they do not speak of how she grew flowers because she liked watching them fade and die and they do not speak of how she pounded at the gates of hell until they opened and how she let the pomegranate juice drip from her smiling lips and how even hades trembles under her gaze❞ --- word count: 37 431

It was supposed to be Ares. She was supposed to fall in love with Ares, like her mother told her. But she never was very good at following her mother's rules, was she?