Beach Stories

Alana has always found comfort in her bedroom, especially now with the Crown Prince of Greece warming her bed, but she never thought it'd spark disaster. *** Alana dislikes change. She's perfectly happy with her life until her father decides to ship her and the family off to Australia. In an act of rebellion, Alana refuses to find a job, instead choosing to spend her time sleeping with Phillip, a man with a body of a Greek God. But when things turn sideways and she ends up pregnant with the prince's baby, Alana realizes she's stumbled upon a lot more change and responsibilities than she has bargained for. Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains mentions of violence and abortion [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

Stay With Me is now published as a Wattpad Book! As a Wattpad reader, you can access both the Original Edition and Books Edition upon purchase. In this sequel to She's With Me, tensions are high as secrets are unraveled after Aiden's arrest. Amelia and Aiden are strong, but even the strongest can sink under the weight of heartbreak and loss. Will they make it out of this mess together, or will the drama get the best of them? ***** It's winter break, which means Amelia, Aiden and their friends can finally enjoy a vacation at the beach house after all the drama they've been through. But misfortune seems to follow them wherever they go. As truths and lies are spilled and emotions revealed, their vacation becomes more explosive than relaxing. And on top of that, Aiden's biological father is back in the picture, but not in the way Aiden, or any of his friends, could have ever imagined. As events escalate like a ticking bomb, Amelia and Aiden have to figure out a new way to survive. Content and trigger warning: This story contains violence and mentions rape and drug use. Book Two of the With Me series.

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION When a summer of fun turns upside down, Olivia must figure out whether her paranoid imagination is playing tricks on her or if she's being followed - and by who. ***** It's been years since Olivia nearly drowned in Caldwell Beach, and after moving away, she's back for the summer to reconnect with old friends. However, not everything-or everyone-is the same. Her childhood best friend, Miles, is still sweet and carefree, but his older brother West is not. Disowned and working at the local garage, he's distanced himself from everyone, until Olivia accidentally uncovers the reason why. But as the two grow closer, strange things begin happening to Olivia. She can't stop seeing shadows and hearing voices, but as she slips into a downward spiral of obsessiveness and paranoia, she must fight to uncover the truth behind who is after her, and why. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. The past always resurfaces . . . Five years after almost drowning, Olivia Cathart returns home to Caldwell Beach determined to face her fears and take some risks-not just by swimming but by opening her heart. Hoping to rekindle her friendships, she's excited about a carefree summer with her best friends Keely and Miles. But life in the sleepy town has changed, and no one and nothing is as it seems. When a series of startling crimes threaten Olivia's fragile state, she is plunged into a terrifying game of cat and mouse. Her only solace from the chaos is West, Miles's disowned and ruggedly handsome brother, but even he can't answer the question on everyone's minds-is Olivia really in danger or is it simply all in her head?

***THIS STORY WILL BECOME FREE ON JULY 15t!*** Kelsey Harris, a young chef moving to LA, struggles with work, the glamour of the hollywood scene, and a new romance with mega-celebrity Ethan Glenn. ***** Kelsey Harris is heading to LA to begin her new career as a sous chef, and she's excited to work under a prestigious mentor and feed fabulous celebrities. She also meets Ethan Glenn, a movie star with doubts about his career, on the plane. But when she settles in, she learns that her new job is more intense than she expected, and her roommate is acting strange. When they happen to be on the same movie set, Ethan and Kelsey begin to grow close, though their friendship is immediately put under scrutiny by friends and the media. A romance begins, but the delicate facade of Hollywood is slipping, and Kelsey has to decide if she wants to escape the photographers and screaming fans, or if she wants to be with Ethan and put up with the consequences. [[Wattys 2018 Shortlist]] [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]

This summer was supposed to be simple. For years, Conrad had endured the long, salty weeks at the beach house; sand between his toes, the smell of bonfires at night, and the constant reminder that his ex, Belly, was now in a relationship with his little brother. He thought he'd perfected the art of keeping his distance. But then she showed up. Belly's sharp-tongued, unexpectedly magnetic stepsister. She had a plan: help him get over Belly by playing matchmaker. It should've been harmless, a distraction to pass the time. Only, the more late-night talks they shared and the more secrets they swapped under the stars, the more the line between pretending and feeling blurred. Now, Conrad's summer isn't about forgetting anymore, it's about risking everything for something he never saw coming. STARTED: AUGUST 2025

❝would you ever bet your life on 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬?" ⋅•⋅⊰∙∘♤༓♡∘∙⊱⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⊰∙∘◇༓♧∘∙⊱⋅•⋅ arisu x fem oc started; june 5th 2022 ended: april 3rd, 2023

'In his embrace, I feel myself start to cry. I don't even know why, but John B. notices and wipes the tears from my cheek. "It's over, Sarah. The chase is over." "Mhm." I nod through my tears, but the words mean nothing to me. "Hey, what's up?" "Nothing, it's just- it's never really over, you know? I can't help but wonder, what now?" ' - WHERE the beloved Pogues finally get what they're looking for: the lost treasure of El Dorado. Now, they have to grapple with their new lives, swerving between foreign themes and familiar troubles. How will the pack handle integration back into society, and how will they manage opportunities for new treasure?

Jesse has been living his dream! After getting a second chance in life, he turned said life upside down and become a lifeguard on the world wide known Bondi beach. Not only found he a new purpose in life thought, he also found a new family within the service. Which only makes him all the more happier. What his chosen family however doesn't know, is that he has a younger sister. A very well known singer, who also was the reason why he changed his life to begin with. What will happen if his sister needs rescuing herself from the crashing waves of his home beach. Even worse is the conditions his sister is in because of the rare and dangerous health issue she battles for years now. Will Jesse be able to save his sisters life? Will his brothers in blue help him do so? Or are they holding him back in fear of what he is on about.

𝘒𝘦𝘻𝘪𝘢𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦-𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

"You don't surf as good as you used to." I rolled my eyes. "You're wrong and you know it." His gaze burned with treasured desire. "I could surf waves on your neck with my lips." My eyebrows rose and I slid my hands down his waist and watched his eyelids flutter back. "Oh really?" His eyes snapped back open. "Really," he murmured. "Show me your best wave then," I whispered against his ear. *** Teen Surf Champion, Kennedy Dyline has the beauty, the fame and certainly the talent. But when she returns to Australia to compete in the worlds largest surfing competition, she discovers not all her fans are head over heels for her. Because where there is fame, there is sabotage. Not to mention how her life has always been an easy surf but a long distance 'second chance' relationship with player Caiden Hurley creates another tsunami of a challenge, especially now she's run back into the guarded twin brother of her dead best friend and she has no idea why he hates her. 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘛𝘸𝘰 (SEQUAL TO 'PLAYING THE SURFER') (Could be read as a stand alone) All rights reserved to the Author: Kate Thomas under the username @Murffiee

Ten thousand miles from home, Freja thought she was chasing her dreams. She didn't expect to lose her footing. Struggling to hold onto a failing relationship while navigating a competitive marine biology program in New Zealand, Freja is already drowning. Then the tide turns: mounting tension, hidden truths, and an irresistible attraction that breaks every rule. When the one person she shouldn't want becomes the only thing she can't resist, staying afloat is no longer an option. How deep is she willing to sink for a spark that could ruin everything? PS sorry english is not my first language!!!

Meet the friend group: Paige (the short-lived ex), Lexi (the iconic, on-and-off IT girl with the matching TikTok streaks), Arlo (the little brother who inexplicably worships the ground Leo walks on), Tristan (who has always had a crush on Gracie), and Gracie - Paige's twin sister who has wanted Leo so badly it hurts. When Leo and Lexi finally break up for good (two whole weeks, a record), the group banishes him. But summer at the shared family beach house changes everything. Forced into 24/7 proximity, Leo is failing school, risking his spot on the football and swimming teams, and desperate enough to ask Gracie for help. Everyone warned her that Leo is bad news and that he'll mess her up. But sitting by the pool, trying to teach him algebra while he acts completely oblivious to the chaos he causes, Gracie realizes she's playing a very dangerous game.

A chaotic beach trip with his friends was not how Jaehyun expected to reunite with his middle school ex, Yerin. When old feelings resurface, he becomes convinced there's only one way to finally move on from her: get the kiss he never got in middle school.

She only wanted to forget her heartbreak. Instead, she saved a stranger who never learned her name. Invited by her closest friend, Chinese actress Xie Yùn Hu, she never imagined the stranger would turn out to be the actor she'd admired from afar. Sometimes, the greatest love stories begin beyond the limelight

Book 2 of the Summer Series, a sequel to Summer, Interrupted. After Katie and Sammy decide to take a break, Katie finds herself spiraling-lost in a world that feels unfamiliar without him. Both of them must learn how to live separate lives, facing the painful question of who they are without each other. But as they navigate heartbreak, temptation, and the pull of old memories, one thing becomes clear: letting go is never as easy as it sounds. Will distance make them stronger... or finally break them for good? Continuing with a perfect combination of The Summer I Turned Pretty and Outer Banks, this story is told mainly from Katie's perspective but unfolds through the voices and feelings of those around her, full of twists, drama, and emotion.

Kai was the quiet, unreadable one among his friends. A young man admired for his beauty but rarely understood for his heart. Behind his silver hair, cold expressions, and distant attitude was someone deeply protective, gentle, and afraid of revealing too much of himself. Mia entered his life during a storm, literally and emotionally. Forced to spend a night at the same house, she discovered that the coldest person in the room was the one who came to comfort her when she was afraid. After the tragedy at university, Kai became one of the people who silently protected her. While several friends criss-crossed, Mai's path to check on her, Kai cared through small, lasting actions. Mia slowly realised with some very close friends that Kai's silence was not indifference; it was self-control. Kai, who spent his life hiding behind a carefully built image, found himself seen for the first time as a person who needed love, too. Mia challenged Kai's belief that love was something dangerous. She taught him that being vulnerable did not make him weak, while he taught her that she deserved to be cared for even when she felt broken. Their love was not loud or dramatic; He discovered that she made him want to stop running from his own emotions.

𓂁 ☼♒︎ The sea had always been unforgiving, pulling her under, again and again, teaching her how to survive, not how to live. She was used to surviving the sorrows alone, how to between between waves, how to stay afloat when the ocean turned cruel. But JJ didn't fear the storm in her. He met it head-on, he didnt calm the sea he just stayed beside her in it, until she realized she wasn't drowning anymore and for the first time, the waves didn't feel like something she had to face alone. ⚓︎ On the Outer Banks, there are two sides: Kooks and Pogues. Evie Diaz knows exactly where she belongs. Late nights at the Château, dangerous storms, and secrets she's been keeping for years, the lines start to blur but when JJ Maybank is always right there, pulling her into chaos with a grin and no way out. He's everything she's wants. And maybe the only thing that's ever felt real. ── ⋆⋅𖤓⋅⋆ ── But there's one thing Evie has never told the Pogues. For years, she's been sneaking across the invisible line between the Cut and Figure Eight, keeping a secret that could change everything. Rafe Cameron. The Kook everyone knows to stay away from. The boy she was never supposed to fall for. Behind closed doors, away from the parties and the Kook life, Rafe is different. He's the boy who knows her better than anyone, the one who sees the parts of her she refuses to show the rest of the world. But secrets have a way of surfacing. And when the lines between Kook and Pogue begin to disappear, Evie is forced to choose between the life she built with her friends and the boy she's been loving in the shadows. Because JJ Maybank might be the person who makes her feel alive. But Rafe Cameron is the person who makes her feel different. More than some Pogue. 𓆉 Season one only. Warning: Child abuse Underage drinking D

★·.·⍣·.·★.· 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔞𝔫'𝔱 𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔬𝔰𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔡𝔢 𝔭𝔲𝔩𝔩𝔰, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔭𝔦𝔠𝔨 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔣𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔠𝔨𝔰 𝔶𝔬𝔲? 𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔱'𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔄𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔩, 𝔖𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔥, 𝔄𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔯, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔏𝔞𝔶𝔩𝔞 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔴𝔢𝔯 𝔟𝔢𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔞 𝔴𝔞𝔯 𝔟𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔨𝔰 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔬𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔐𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔰. 𝔚𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔟𝔢 𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔥𝔦𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤? ★·.·⍣·.·★.·