Genevieve Miller, an aspiring professional ballerina, is on the verge of achieving her dreams when a chance encounter with a charming photographer at a grocery store turns her world upside down. Chase Coleman needs a fake girlfriend to keep his clingy ex at bay. Genevieve needs to impress the prestigious ballet company where his mother holds influence. It's the perfect arrangement on paper. But as their staged dates blur into stolen moments and unspoken feelings, Genevieve finds herself questioning everything-especially the undeniable pull between them. With her ballet future hanging in the balance and a man she was never supposed to fall for, Genevieve must walk the fine line between pretense and reality. Because when love is just an act... falling might be inevitable. ••• Prompt 22: When a renowned ballet dancer and an up-and-coming illustrator meet, their lives take an unexpected turn. ••• FEATURED ON THE ONC2025 LONG LIST!

[ONC 2025] Two college roommates search the city looking for a hidden Taylor Swift concert while using a glitchy Spotify playlist as their guide. ••• Draya, a struggling college student, is desperate to pay her tuition before the final deadline. With no other options, she and her best friend, Emily--her outspoken, culturally aware roommate who shares her love for Taylor Swift--head to a pawn shop to sell Draya's rare Taylor Swift collectible, worth over a thousand dollars. But their hopes are crushed when the shop owner offers little to nothing. Just as disappointment sets in, a radio announcement reveals a secret Taylor Swift concert hidden somewhere in Washington, D.C. At that moment, Jae-won, a cute guy from their college, walks in and accidentally leaves his phone behind. Draya notices too late, but when she picks it up, she finds an open Spotify playlist filled with a Taylor Swift song. As Draya and Emily listen, they realize the playlist might be more than just music--it could be a guide to the hidden concert. With no tickets, little money, and only song lyrics as their clues, they go on a thrilling race across the city, chasing one lyric after another. But will following the music lead them to Taylor Swift, the cute guy-and the chance to change Draya's future? ••• PROMPTS: 107. You never realized that your Spotify playlist is predicting your future - until the songs start to come true. (Main Prompt) 128. »Meet me behind the mall at midnight. Don't bring anyone!« © 2025 Elle J. Nior. All Rights Reserved. This work is protected under international copyright laws. (First draft!) Updates incoming Cover by me on Canva

Landon Ashford. Star quarterback. And keeping up with the stereotype, he's a Grade-A asshole. Normally, I would have kept my mouth shut. But Hayley just confessed to him that she's really into him and wants to go out on a date with him. "Helena, you're not adequate enough for me," he mocks. "And you're not even pretty enough to ignore your lack of a personality. So please get it through your head: Dating you is out of the question." Cue the laughter of his loyal pack of brainless minions. Cue Hayley's tears. And cue me-finally snapping. I step towards him with slow claps, "Impressive." He looks at me questioningly so I continue, "When you were a little boy, your parents said they wanted you to be exotic. But the dyslexic you misunderstood. And now you're just toxic." "Excuse me?" he is annoyed. "Just because I don't want to date your petty friend doesn't mean I'm toxic." "With all due respect, which is none, this has nothing to do with you rejecting Hayley," I maintain an even sarcasm with my tone, loud enough for half of the cafeteria. "It's about your words. Seven thousand languages in this world and still you chose to speak shit." "Your friend needs to understand her place, in whatever language she gets," he states. "Audacity must be on sale this year, right?" I ask everyone around. I could hear a few giggles from some students and my friends. As their fight continues, Shanaya Kapoor starts to realise... she is making an enemy out of Landon Ashford, the golden boy. And Prince Charming sure will be ruthless towards this evil witch trying to dethrone him. It's going to be a trying time for the rest of her days at the university. Which have just started.

Ava wants to get better. No, scratch that. Ava wants to be better. Her anger management issues have been ruining her life until now. No high school diploma, no family, no friends. She's on her own but she tries her best. At 19 years old, her job at the local coffee shop allows her to live a simple life and pay the rent. Her coworker Mehan starts showing some interest in her... but she doesn't know if she's ready for that yet. Her therapist thinks it's a bad idea. She needs to resolve her anger issues first. On her advice, Ava signs up for a taekwondo class. There, she meets Jaemin, her martial art teacher. Slowly, they grow closer to each other as Jaemin digs deeper into the origin of Ava's anger... 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗸𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟮 𝘁𝗼 𝟯 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 🤗 Here are some subjects this story will be covering... Redemption, anger issues, family secrets, young adults love, coming of age, racism, and mental illness.

Felicity Park is bored stiff. She's 18 and it's the summer. She should've been making the most of her time at home before she moves out to start her university life. But she's alone. Her knight in shining armour is revealed to be (of all people) her best friend's brother Jared Connor. No longer used to spending time with each other, they lovingly decide to be each other's 'last resort' throughout the summer. What could possibly go wrong? *PREQUEL TO MAID OF HONOUR. CAN BE READ IN ANY ORDER*

Life hasn't exactly been a walk in the park for America's ice princess Olivia Grace Whitmore. Orphaned, abandoned and exploited, she wears a strong impenetrable armour of coldness and indifference. But it all changes with a chance encounter with the charming Adrian Carter. They clash catastrophically. Fire meets Ice. Light meets Dark. He sees the fiery girl behind the cold mask. From foreign countries to college parties, from dark alleys to beautiful sunrises, from police stations to galas, they can't seem to get enough of each other. As fate plays its part, we join their heartwarming journey of friendship, hope and love.

She's had a secret kept safe for three years, one that would tear her family apart. It only took one drunk encounter for her secret to be exposed on national radio. ***** Emma Ullmann has been harboring a secret for three years - she's in love with Dr. Eamon Mikklesen. Only problem, he's dating her sister Larissa. She's managed to keep her feelings a secret, but that all changes when on her way to work, Emma hears the notorious Joey Levy expose her secret on the city's most popular morning radio show. Now, not only is Emma desperate to keep her sister from finding out but she's also stuck having to be the city's biggest form of gossip. When the producers of Radio 769 realize the money making opportunity in front of them, Emma is pulled into their ridiculous game: Forget Prince Charming and give me Romeo. What follows is a hurricane of events where, no matter how hard she tries, Emma is thrust into the life of speed dating, blind dates and a voting poll where the public decides her next move. Either she moves on or, chases after Eamon. Highest ranking: #3 in diverse lit, #5 in women's fiction, #1 diverse characters. #1 in interracial [Cover design by the wonderful @Enigmatic-11]

What would you do if you knew that you only had 10 days left to live? For Mila Carter that is an easy question. She plans to spend it doing exactly what she loves best: painting, reading and having a movie marathon with all of her favourite films. The same way she's spent everyday for the past 22 years. That is until her older next door neighbour, Warner Taylor, shows up and starts his mission on introducing Mila to the wild side of life. A life full of drunken mistakes, whirlwind relationships and partying into the early hours of the morning. The kind of lifestyle that typically results in finding yourself on the wrong side of the law. As the two plan the last 10 days of their lives together, they have only one thing to remember: Not a single one of their actions will hold consequences. MATURE WARNING: This book contains strong language, sexual scenes and references, intoxication and violence. This story is UNEDITED!

Featured in the @StoriesUndiscovered Tales of the Heart List September 2021 Felicity Park's wedding day is fast approaching and she's excited to attend to the last few errands with her best friend and Maid of Honour, Layla Connor. But when work unexpectedly calls Layla away on an emergency two weeks before the big day, she sends a back-up Maid of Honour, in the form of her cocky, playboy twin brother Jared. Now she's worried, with Jared in charge of the Maid of Honour duties, that he's going to transform the day of her dreams, into the wedding of her nightmares. *BOOK #1 OF THE WEDDING SERIES. CAN BE READ IN ANY ORDER*