Once, she woke up in a warm, soft bed surrounded by towering city buildings. Now, she wakes up wrapped in threadbare sheets in the wilderness. Once, she raided the fridge for delicious food, snacks and ice cream. Now, she hunts for meat every day to keep the hunger at bay. Once, her goal for life was to get a job, make money, be happy. But now? Now there is only one goal: To survive. ➳ ➳ ➳ This is the story of Leila, a lost girl in a broken world. The pandemic of 2020 was the catalyst for a reaction that shook the planet, leaving it barren, devastated and ruined. The Earth as we know it exists no more and each day is a struggle to stay alive. But when Darius, a mysterious boy, enters Leila's life, her world turns upside down. Together they embark on an emotional journey, figuring out what it means to live, to love, and most importantly, to survive. ➳ ➳ ➳ WARNING: This story will contain descriptions of violence and unsettling scenarios. It also centers around COVID-19, which may be triggering for some readers. I hope that you are all healthy and safe during this time :)

Leighanna Chua has always struggled to fit in. Left feeling disconnected between her suburban community and her own identity, she's determined to prove that she belongs. But when Hunter D'Medici, a boy who embodies the very essence of privilege, offers her a proposal of a lifetime, Leighanna puts aside her morals and accepts. *** 4 years ago, Hunter's sister, Kassie, disappeared without a trace. Left determined and without closure, Hunter enlists Leighanna, a girl as smart as she is insecure, to help him find his sister--dead or alive. cover by @mjwritesx

After a prank gone wrong, a high school junior unintentionally becomes a TikTok star and inspires protests against gender-biased dress codes. ⁂ How to go from a high school anonymous to an Internet sensation in five steps: 1. Break into your school during the Open School Night, 2. Protest the ridiculous dress code in a football mascot costume, 3. Smuggle in a dairy cow if you happen to have one, 4. Let your best friend get the whole thing on video, 5. And, miraculously and inexplicably, profit. The only thing that Liz has ever wanted is to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Fine, maybe she's aiming high, but a prestigious film academy is well within her reach - at least if she can focus on her film project instead of fantasizing about the local heartthrob, Aiden West. But when the new dress code puts a damper on her pristine student record and her harmless prank turns viral, Liz realizes that she might be starring in a box-office flop after all. Can she make it through this plot twist without getting expelled? And how many drafts will it take her to get the guy of her dreams? 📚 WORD COUNT 📚 ✍ 80,000-90,000 words 🏆 AWARDS 🏆 🏅 This book has been featured on: 🔸 Wattpad's official General Fiction account ("Finding Love | Romance" reading list) 🔸 Wattpad's official Romance account ("Young Love" reading list) 🔸 Wattpad's official Young Adult account ("Love, Actually" reading list) 🔸 WattpadSocialMedia account ("No Filter Needed | Romance and Chicklit" reading list) 🥉 The Thriller Club Awards

🏆Featured on Wattpad || Watty's Short List Winner 🏆Featured on Wattpad || Editor's Picks 🏆Featured on Wattpad || #WrittenWithPride 🏆Featured on WattpadExplorer || Written With Pride Kopter and Park are from two completely different worlds, one heralding from one of the wealthiest families in Thailand and the other from, well, a relatively poor family from South Korea. The opportunity to study at one of the most elite high schools in the world brings them both to the vibrant, dream-chasing city of New York. When fate steps in and the two boys meet in the small, charming coffee house Koon Chai Cafe, the sparks between these polar opposites are undeniable. To stay humble and grounded as he attends one of the most elite schools in the world, Kopter must work his afternoons in one of his family's coffee shops. Working there he meets Park, a classmate and Kopter's opposite. Park works there only to support himself and his scholarship. Tall, athletic, and outgoing, Kopter makes friends everywhere he goes. Cold, reclusive, and an outcast at school, Park takes an immediate dislike to him. So why do sparks keep flying between these diametrically opposed boys?

She is Neptune - distant and invisible - and I am her ring of stardust; alive because of her.