Maude Laurent is a spirited 16 year-old orphan who grew up in a small, provincial town in the North of France with a passion for piano and a beautiful voice. One day in Paris, she is discovered by an American music producer who takes her to New York to live with him and his close-knit family while producing her first album, with help from teen heartthrob, Matt. Maude will dive into a new fascinating world discovering New York City, music, family, love and the truth about her past. ***** A FRENCH GIRL IN NEW YORK WILL BE PUBLISHED BY WATTPAD BOOKS AND IN BOOKSTORES OCTOBER 15th, 2024!

In a world where children are trained to be weapons, Yemisi fights for survival and freedom. Yemisi is a young girl who has known hardship from a very early age. Forced to survive on the streets, she is eventually taken to the Facility, a brutal training ground where children are molded into warriors. Inside the Facility, Yemisi faces grueling physical challenges and the constant threat of violence. She struggles to trust anyone, relying on her instincts and her own strength to navigate this harsh new reality. Though surrounded by others, Yemisi feels deeply alone. But as she pushes her limits and confronts those who seek to control her, she discovers a resilience she never knew she had. Along the way, she forms unexpected bonds and begins to question everything she thought she knew about herself and the world around her. They trained her to kill. She'll fight for freedom.

Spectres are agents of the Samarian Empire, the first line of defence before diplomats or the military are required. Immune from prosecution and trained to use powerful magic, they deal out justice at the end of a blade. Lord Scipio, a legendary spectre, has gone rogue and taken a piece of dangerous alien technology. Squad Fearless, the first black spectre, is assigned to track down, and possibly kill, his mentor. He is joined by Anya Fitzwallis, A DIA agent and expert investigator, Anya's brother Indigo, an autistic mage who holds an immense power, The Kindred, a highly advanced Artificial Intelligence, and Sig, a Dwarven mercenary. In order to complete their mission, they must uncover the nature of mysterious black triangles that appear in the sky and wreak untold destruction with new types of weapons. Able to level buildings and destroy cities, if you see them, you die. Why is this unknown force interfering in a war between the Jade Empire and a powerful new enemy? The secretive head of the Samarian intelligence service is operating in the shadows. Who is The Spider and what is he working towards? All the threads are slowly coming together and when they do it will change everything. A Secret Man of Blood is high fantasy meets science fiction and contains strong language and violence. #tsc22

Athena Nortsia, princess and soon to be queen of the Kingdom of Virniota, has a troubling problem. Problem being, she doesn't want to rule at all. Her loyalties lie elsewhere. That elsewhere being the Legend of the Three Rings, rings representing Virniota and its sistering kingdoms, said to contain a war curse placed on the kingdoms. Can Athena find and reunite the rings, putting an end to the war? Or will unexpected encounters disrupt her plan?

*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems* CREATE YOUR OWN MR. RIGHT Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participates in the app's trial run but finds herself immersed in the empathic conversations with her customizable virtual boyfriend, Ecto. In a society both connected and alienated by technology, Kate suspects an actual secret admirer is behind Ecto. Could it be the work of the techie student council president Dion or has Kate really found her soulmate in bits of computer code? She decides to get to the bottom of the cutting-edge app. Her search for Ecto's real identity leads Kate to prom, where absolute knowledge comes with a very steep price.