[ BACK IN 2023 ] One cold morning, Simon meets a boy with starry eyes and poetry-wreathed lips, and that is when their tragedy begins. *** Simon Huang's a quiet loner with dreams of being on stage. Too scared to disappoint his overbearing, grade-focused parents, he forces himself to stick to books instead of scripts. Then he meets his Literature professor's son, and all that changes. For piano prodigy Vincent Kelle, failure is not an option. Gifted from birth, he prides himself on dominating all the competitions he participates in with a giant smile on his face. After his mother enrolls him in a piano competition outside London, he's forced to fly to America to stay with his estranged father until further notice. Determined to win the contest and head back home immediately after, he's intent on getting out of America as fast as possible. Then he meets his father's star student, and all that changes. When a boy who's afraid to try meets a boy who's afraid to fail, there's only two ways it can go. It'll end in heartbreak---or maybe they can rewrite the stars. [ UPDATES ON SATURDAYS, 9AM EST ]

An #OpenNovellaContest (#ONC) Ambassador Pick! Eleanor and Lydia, book 1 Armed with knitting needles and a fantastic playlist, Eleanor and Lydia set off to solve The Mystery of Novak Manor. Eleanor Albright is a spritely ninety-year-old ex-detective with more than a few skeletons in her closet and a grim determination to keep them there by hiding from the world. Her great-granddaughter Lydia is twenty-two- years old and sorely misunderstood by the world. After all, just because a girl dresses in all black and listens to My Chemical Romance doesn't mean she lacks vision or hope. Well... maybe hope. When Lord Novak calls Eleanor from his castle in a tiny, beautiful Eastern European nation with a desperate plea for help, she agrees, with mixed emotions, to come out of retirement and she talks Lydia into serving as her assistant. Now the two women must find the truth about the fearsome ghost that's haunting Novak Manor before the "ghost" finds the legendary secret treasure with the power to bring the monarchy to its knees.