AN ONC 2020 ENTRY- SHORTLISTED A Wattpad Romance, Stories Undiscovered, General Fiction, Cupid and AmbassadorsUK featured story. Art in the cover by @CutoutsCo on Etsy. ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ "Dear Miss Clara Abbott, I am delighted to inform you that you have been engaged. I wish you the best of luck with your new husband. Yours, Aphrodite." When Clara was just fifteen, she vowed to the sky that she would never fall in love. For ten years, she told herself that she was happy alone; that stubborn streak inside of her never letting her believe otherwise. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, for Clara, Aphrodite and her gummy bears saw through her façade, and decided to give her a little nudge to help her make a different sort of vow... "I want to allow myself to feel everything, but there is something in me that feels like it is physically stopping me from doing that." ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ • @newlywrittenbooks featured • @WattOriginals featured • ONC Shortlisted • Second Place- Psychological Novel Reads Contest 2020 • Honourable Mention - Romance Reads Contest 2021 • Second Place - The Creative Awards (Fifth Edition) • Third Place - The Gen Z Awards 2020 • Honourable Mention - The Ace Awards Supreme • Fifth Place - The Belle Amè Awards 2020 Highest ranking: #8 / 195K in Story [20/7/20] #2 / 69. 4K in Book [5/7/20] #751 / 2M in Love [24/6/20] #1 / 11.1K in Letter [20/7/20] #5 / 3K Novella [22/6/20] #1 / 626 in Opennovellacontest [26/5/20] ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ [Yours, Aphrodite, written by TinyAsianEmpress. © All rights reserved] This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner without the permission of the author.]

THE HUNGER GAMES - FINNICK ODAIR Each night I wake from my nightmares and he's there to hold me, I whisper to him: "will you stay with me?" And, every time, he whispers back: "always." ---------- Rated 16: violence, mild language, graphic descriptions, death, etc.

When Alexis agrees to help the school's player, she must guard the secret that could unravel everything - even as unexpected feelings complicate the game. *** What happens when Alexis Dawson, the 'resident loser' of Redwood High, agrees to help the school's notorious player, Aaron Walker? How can she stop herself from falling for him? It isn't all love and romance - Alexis has a secret of her own. Join them on a journey of jealousy, betrayal, trust, friendship, and love. A little favour just got a whole lot more complicated. *** He was so close, his breath hit my lips. His eyes darted from my eyes to my lips. I stared intently, awaiting his next move. His lips fell near my ear. "Shut up and kiss me" He whispered roughly. A chill shot up my spine. I pulled back, staring at his eyes and leaned in...

An Arrange Marriage Sounds Complicated, Right? Two souls who don't know each other but yet they vow to stand with each other for their whole life without any condition. Two souls who were unknown to each other's presence are bounded with each other for their whole life. They say, for a girl, Arrange Marriage is very difficult but what about that boy? The one who was a bachelor till yesterday and suddenly is a husband today. He has to share not only his room but his whole life. If you fall in love in a Arrange Marriage, it is the best feeling but if you don't, the marriage becomes a suffocation. Trust and Understanding, the common factors in every relationship specially in Arrange Marriage because, you can stay without love but not without trust. Manik Malhotra and Nandini Murty are tied by the sacred bond called Marriage by their respective parents. Neither of them was ready to marry a stranger and fall in love but yet they had to. He is a Buisnessman while she is a Doctor. He, A perfect son, a perfect person. Everything he does screams perfection. Will he be able to give space to her in his perfect life? She, A mature person with baby heart and clumsiness in hand, will she be able to fit in his perfect life? Will this Marriage turn into love or will it become a suffocation for them? Will they be able to become MaNan from Manik and Nandini?