In order to uncover the mystery behind her sister's death, Li Jingrui will stop at nothing even if she must become a palace maid to serve a stern bastard prince for eternity. ***** A mountain that hides the secrets of the past, a decree written with blood, a fraud emperor, and a bastard heir. When her sister mysteriously dies in the palace, Li Jingrui endeavours to find the culprit and seek justice. But when she disguises as a maid and is appointed to work under an enigmatic and dangerous bastard prince, vengeance may not be the only thing she must deal with. Caught between a sinister plot, a forbidden romance, and twisted truths and lies, she must fight to stay alive while protecting the bastard prince who has her heart in his clutches. - [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]] COMPLETED | Under last round of editing. 无色郁金 Highest rank: #2 - HistoricalFiction FEATURED ON OFFICIAL WATTPAD: @Romance @Fantasy @HistoricalFiction @Action @MythandLegend @Magic @WattpadHistoricalRomance

1st PLACE in the UNICORN AWARDS! On the anniversary of her best friends disappearance, Lyra is ready to accept the inevitability of his death. But when mysterious men show up at her home, threatening her life and that of her family, she too disappears from the town, kidnapped. Unluckily, it is not an average gang who has taken her prisoner; they are soldiers from another world, looking for talented individuals to perform on the Kings 200th year as the ruler of the First Plane. Lyra finds herself in a dangerous situation; she has captured the eye of the King and the young prince of the realm. Teaming up with a group of unlikely allies, she plots her escape only to find herself further twisted into the web of secrets, darkness and magic, with no way out. WARNING: this story contains gore, images of horror, and trigger scenes. If you are sensitive to this material, please do not read. strictly first draft- edits will not be uploaded to wattpad weekly updates (sat or sun) Highest Rankings: 1 in Faerie 1 in Fey 130 in Fantasy 251 in Shadow

**Preview Only** When a wounded dragon falls from the sky, Claire Evans runs into a cornfield to rescue it. This isn't just any dragon, he's a shifter, one of six royal protectors, and helping him has consequences. Claire finds herself traipsing--or rather, flying--across the kingdom of Dragonwall. She must face Dragonwall's king. King Talon is not like those before him. Troubled and temperamental, he is scarred by more than the events that shaped him. Worst of all, he is mateless. With no queen and no heir, his subjects are demanding he abandon tradition and marry into nobility. There is a rising threat at his borders, whispers of a sorcerer. Soon, he will have greater problems than that of finding a wife. Modern meets medieval in this seven-book series filled with magical creatures and adventure. This epic fantasy is a slow burn romance that follows multiple POVs, woven together around Claire, a small town Indiana gal. If you've ever wondered what it might be like to get sucked into a fantastical world beyond our own, look no further! **Read Exclusively On Wattpad**

❝ But this boy, this charming boy had laid sights upon her dead boredom and ripped it apart. She wasn't one for younger men, but there was a sort of aura that sucked the quivers of Josephine chest and flowed warmth between her legs...❞ 〰️ Dante Valencio, heir to the Black Devils Mafia. A stone-cold guy with an icy attitude to hide his soft heart. Camillo Russo, heir to the Blood Sinners Mafia. A bad boy with the type of thrill that could make any girl melt. Never would Queen Bee Josephine imagine she would come between two feuding mafias in her high school. Forced by each boy to make the other fall in love with her, she decides to play both of them for her own survival. Trapped in a dizzying triangle and murder mystery, Josephine finds out that she cannot trust anyone on her side. With a killer among classmates, who will she choose and will she ever be free? 〰️ © Copyright 2017 by Melissa Chanel. All rights reserved.

❝ The first casualty of war is innocence. ❞ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ BOOK 2 IN THE ROMANO SERIES ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ Following the events of the tragic night at the church, Anaya is still struggling to cope with her loss. But with the people who've taken so much from her still out in the open, she knows she won't be able to move on until they've paid for what they did. A looming war with a fellow Cosa Nostra family has put Alessandro at odds with his father and The Commission. Struggling to maintain his power, he's forced to become someone he's tried so hard to avoid. But the question remains: how far will the two go once they've realized they must be just as bad as their enemies to overcome them? And will their relationship withstand the trials they're about to face?

2018 • [ A CROOKED TALE, a phantom's whisper, watch it burn, feel it blister. ] • A forest. A hut on chicken's feet. A fence of blood and bone. Before she was Baba Yaga, she was just a girl. Fuelled by spite and hatred for the world around her, Yaga Izeva has always had two faces. A beautiful one, the tailor's girl and a perfect wife, and the other, far darker than anyone could've ever imagined. Because things like that didn't happen in their village - until they did. With the blood of her village on her hands and nowhere to turn to, Yaga runs to the open arms of the forest, where the water runs black and the trees are haunted by ghosts of the past. Power is a pretty thing - before it consumes you. Go to sleep, children. And watch out for Baba Yaga. (cover by @wanderess_4) •1st place Morningtides Awards Winner •Reader's Choice Winner - Best Story Description •Chaos Awards 5 - 2nd Place in Fantasy •Youngblood Awards - 1st place in Fantasy

"We made you. We can break you." Bentley Waters was never meant to survive. A failed experiment with wings on her back, she's spent years trying to escape her past-avoiding old ghosts and building a wall between herself and the world. But when whispers of her dead teammates' resurrection reach her, and she's forced onto a team for a high-stakes mission, her carefully controlled life begins to spiral. The mission isn't just dangerous-it's personal. As secrets from her past resurface and her new team grows closer, Bentley must decide: will she risk trusting them? Especially him-a mysterious agent who seems to see right through her walls and into the wounds she's spent years hiding. But something bigger is coming, something that threatens to shatter everything she knows. If Bentley doesn't confront her past and learn to trust again, the people she cares about-alive or dead-may pay the price. *Cover: original photo not mine, all credits go to original photographer. . . . Highest: #1 in Agency #17 in Adventure #16 in Mystery #18 in Action

- Breaking Series Book#1 THE FICTION AWARDS 2016 WINNER! Liana Carter was a sweet, popular and kind girl that everyone loved. The keyword here being 'was'. Her life changed drastically, so has she. Now, she stays away from the limelight and maintains her distance even with friends. She is fighting a horrible past. Reece Rogers, is the new student at school with issues of his own. Not able to stand even a minute more of his father and his new bride, he sends himself off to Sydney in hopes of a fresh start. Little did he know, this was one of the best decisions that he could ever make for himself. Little did he know 'Ana' was going to change his life - this time for the best. When they meet, there was no explosions, there were no cliché sparks that romance movies and books tells us about. But there was something. He couldn't quite name it, but something about Liana made him want to get to know her better. Will the ends meet? Will Reece help Liana get over her past? Or will Liana drag him down with her? Follow Lia's journey as she battles on with a dark past, a complicated family and this new guy who refuses to leave her mind.

**FEATURED STORY JULY 2018* **WATTPAD HQ READ OF THE WEEK AUGUST 2018* **WATTYS 2018 WINNER** Casey Brogan is on a mission to self-destruct. Whether it's booze, drugs or men, she's spiralling out of control and stepping over the line, to destroy the demons of her past and herself in the process. Ethan Drake isn't looking to be anyone's saviour. He has enough demons of his own and a legacy he'd do anything to avoid. Following a near-fatal overdose, Casey discovers a world beyond the one she knows, one where dark creatures wage an age-old war and where nobody is who they appear to be. Now hunted by those who want their world to remain a secret, she must decide whether she can put her trust in Ethan, or whether he is just as much a threat as those that want her dead. After a lifetime of trying to destroy herself, Casey is about to do just about anything to keep herself alive.

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