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One Foot In & One Foot Out by melanatedmelon
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Disclaimer: This story is currently under a massive reconstruction so this is the original story. You can read this version, but keep in mind that it is old.✨ If you had the chance to save your older sister and younger brother from dying before your eyes, would you take it? Yes? What about if your choice to save them came with consequences that last for the rest of your life and beyond? Meet Jael, a 23 year old college student in her last semester who did exactly that 3 years ago. She never realized the trouble it would bring her to save her siblings. She thought she was doing the right thing. But all she did was give herself a lifetime of dealing with the Mori twins. *Best Graphics and Crowd Favorite winner in the Peacock Awards ✨ *A 2nd Place Savant Awards winner in Diverse Lit ✨ *A Lollipop Awards Honorable Mention in Fantasy ✨ *There are music playlists for each chapter (the reason it says 92 parts)and a few pictures, I do not own any of the rights to the music nor pictures. *Rated M for language, some violence (fighting scenes), an attempted rape, and sexual content. *These characters may do or say things that you don't agree or may get upset with, please remember YOU ARE NOT THESE PEOPLE, and their lives are a work of fiction and my imagination. Thank you and please enjoy the story if you choose to continue.
Continuum by paradoxqueen
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|| SAMPLE - Full version published and available on Amazon || The cycle of life is a simple one: you live, you die, you're reborn as a completely different person, repeat. Every life lived serves its own purpose, and all memory of it is erased once it's completed. After a not-so-simple run in with a not-so-simple death bringer however, Sabina Kagan is unable to agree. Her life cycle is different from everyone else's and she isn't even aware of it, at least not yet. Her mundane teenage life is flipped upside down as she realizes that the people in her life aren't really who they portray themselves to be. In order to rediscover who she truly is, Sabina works alongside her ex-boyfriend, Elijah, to piece together her fragmented memory. Swaddled in the blissful embrace of ignorance, join in as she learns the truth of how difficult it is to escape the past. || Notable Achievements || • WATTPAD PICK - Featured on the Community Curator Reading List by @IdrisGrey • • THIRD PLACE WINNER - Fantasy Category of the Oldies Awards 2020, vol. 1 • || Highest Rankings || (7/23/2020) New Adult Fantasy - #1 Black protagonist - #1 Memory - #10 Soul - #10 Fantasy-Romance - #57
It Started With Lake (Book 1) by Valencia_93_
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What happens when the most popular girl in school befriends a homeless boy? *** When seventeen-year-old Emani Jefferson is walking through the rough streets of Chicago, she crosses paths with Lake Richardson. She realizes right away that he's homeless and wants to help him. She makes him an offer that he can't refuse, and the two form a close bond. When Lake's presence starts to threaten her relationships with her boyfriend and friends, Emani must make a decision. Will she make the right one?
Holy War: Two Worlds and an In- Between by Mightnever
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Diana Esme Tate, a name for the history books. Her mother is a romantic, her grandmother is a mystery. The discovery of a life time is brought to life when she finds that two worlds exist but none without the other. Well, two worlds and an in between. One world we all know, the human world, where we all live, and the non human world, with angels, demons, Caribbean seas and a lover she once knew. The first book in the Holy War series! Prequel: See how Diana came to have her powers, and the stories of the characters we know and love before reincarnation in Holy War: In the Beginning. https://www.wattpad.com/901431332-holy-war-in-the-beginning-chapter-1-no-coming-back Cover made by @ferocities This book will be under very serious editing.
Turn up the Volume ✔ by MonicaNguon
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Since the killing of George Floyd on May 25th, the news have been relating the circumstances of his death and its aftermath. I've been turning down the volume during the reports for fear of shocking my toddlers, and also, to my great shame, because my sensitive soul couldn't bear the images of his last moments. But I won't stay silent any longer, nor will I turn down the volume again. I stand with Black people. Justice for George Floyd. #blacklivesmatter Featured on: @NA ~ Take a seat and let it be | Mature Content and 18+ (September 15th, 2021) @NA ~ A piece of your mind | Poetry + ShortStory (September 15th, 2021) @CoffeeCommunity ~ One Shots (August 25th, 2020) @WattpadShortStory ~ Tissues Advised (July 13th, 2020) @NA ~ The timelines - General Fiction (July 2nd, 2020) Photo on the cover by Erik Mclean (Unsplash)
Lost Identity: Eloria Series Book 1 | ✓ by CRNedd
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|| WATTYS 2021 SHORTLIST || Since Ellis Moore was found a year ago with amnesia, she has tried her best to fit into a normal life; but she is anything but normal. Nightmares and inexplicable visions seem to be the only link to her past until she encounters a peculiar trio. Her past follows her when Ellis, her friend, Martin and his sister, Katie return to the park where Ellis was found. Katie is kidnapped by avian shapeshifters, and Ellis and Martin find themselves thrown into the world of Eloria with the help of the peculiar trio. Ellis soon learns that the key to her past might not be from this world. Before this is over, Ellis will have to make the ultimate choice: to follow the path paved by her past, or to write her own destiny. ___________ Top 3 WINNER of Wattpad's @Fantasy 'Every Day in May' contest FEATURED on Wattpad's @Fantasy reading list FEATURED on Wattpad's @StoriesUndiscovered reading list HIGHEST RANKING: #1 in #fantasyadventure Lost Identity is a completed book and is available on Amazon. ___________ Lost Identity: Book 1 of the Eloria Series © 2019 C. R. Nedd all rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without express written permission of the author.
Hell Hath No Fury - Book One by nicwritesbooks
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(gxg) Aboard the Scorned Woman, there is a crew pirates that hail from all five Baethean continents. They raid merchant ships and other pirates in the dead of night and take no prisoners. Releasing captured women, killing men, and wreaking havoc whenever they are on land the ladies of the Scorned Woman are notorious around Baethos. When a young woman with nothing but a determination to get as far from home as possible stumbles across the ship, she finds herself in a whole new world of steel, gold, and thievery. In this adventure, follow her into unknown political arenas, life-risking missions for gold, and falling in love, not just with the open seas. Cover Creds to: @xxsoteria
Flytrap | WATTYS 2022 SHORTLIST by MaskedParkers
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When men vanish around the city, a young, paraplegic detective takes it upon herself to uncover the truth and soon realizes the culprit might be a lot closer to home than she imagined. **** Barbara Gordon thought her career as a promising young detective ended after she was left crippled in a tragic accident. But when men start disappearing around the city, Barbara is given one more opportunity to fulfill her dream. Convinced her dad's new fiancee is not who she seems, Barbara begins her own investigation and discovers she might be responsible for the recent string of disappearances. But a darker truth lies just below the surface. If this once would-be detective wants to solve the case, then she must accept the help of some even more mysterious--and possibly dangerous--allies. [Wattpad Editors' Picks AUGUST 2021] [Wattys 2021 and 2022 Shortlist] (Cover by @lantea-)
Breeder (The Ephemeral: Book 1) by gtgrandom
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[12 Chapter Preview of 2019 Edition-2025 Edition Available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble] When an army of darkness falls from the sky, Alex Kingsley enlists the help of her male peers and ventures into spirit-infested lands to save humanity. ***** She's an outcast cursed to consume the memories of anything she touches. A woman fated to repopulate the nation's army. A breeder barred from the sword. And she's desperate for a taste of freedom. So when a tournament is held to recruit the army's best candidates, Alex Kingsley does what she does best: she intervenes. But it's only after dark forces are unleashed upon humanity that Alex finally has the chance to prove herself -- and put her curse to good use. ***** 2020 Watty Award Winner: Fantasy 1st Place Admiration Awards 2020: Fantasy
Serpent's Daughter (Four Kingdoms #1) ✓ by TheresNo_Rush
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The uncontrollable power lurking beneath Princess Alethia's skin can either be the savior of the Four Kingdoms or its destruction. Princess Alethia was raised on three principles: (1) Mercy is for the weak, (2) Emotions are an unwanted distraction, and (3) The penalty for weakness is death. But even her mother's ruthless training cannot strip away Alethia's humanity buried deep within her. When her mother, Queen Liliana, breaks a Peace Treaty with the Gera Kingdom and begins a deadly war, Alethia must do the one thing she thought was impossible: stop her mother. An action-packed story about friendship, love, loyalty, power, and how far one princess is willing to go to save everything she cares about. {Word count: ~130,000} Highest achievements/Impressive rankings #3 in warriors out of 34.7K stories #1 in gemstones out of 2K stories #5 in tyrant out of 491 stories #48 in darkfantasy out 5.1K stories Previously featured in wattpad community creator reading list Awards 1st Place in fantasy: The Cerulean Awards (2020)