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The night Maelys was born, a storm made a decision for her. A desperate woman, a coerced midwife, and a courtyard where someone died in the rain conspired to place one infant in a palace and erase another from the record entirely. Twenty-two years later, someone has come to unmake it, and she has twenty-two years of righteous fury, a powerful patron, and the specific weapon of a truth that supports multiple stories at once. Raised in the painted corridors and orange-blossom courtyards of Solenir Palace, Maelys knows how to read a room before she enters it, how to wear humor like armor over something more serious underneath, and how to survive in a court that admires her with one hand and doubts her with the other. She has been exceptional here her entire life. She knows what exceptions are for. When the girl she unknowingly replaced arrives with documents, damage, and the kind of righteous anger that is the most dangerous kind because it is not entirely wrong, nothing careful is enough anymore. With a conspiracy threading through the court's most elegant rooms, a bodyguard who has been keeping a report in a locked box for eight years waiting for the right person to receive it, and a crown prince who asks before he touches and is not without fault and is learning the difference between those two facts, Maelys must fight for her name, her life, and the identity she has spent twenty-two years choosing rather than receiving. This is a slow burn interracial historical romance with explicit intimacy, graphic violence, and a world that does not soften its edges for the comfort of anyone in it. It is a story about what is owed and what is chosen, about love as a continuous practice rather than a destination, about darkness that stays and is carried rather than resolved, and about a woman who refuses, repeatedly, in every room that tries to define her, to let anyone else decide who she is. Dark. Tender. Permanent. Earned. ©️ _RelleLebby_ // R. L.

"Your world is an absolute sanctuary of quiet, sweet girl. But outside? The world is a monster. Let me be your eyes, your ears, and your ultimate shield." ⚠️ WARNING: This is an intense, dark action-crime romance. It features heavy themes of stalking, extreme possessiveness, deep psychological angst, forced proximity, age gap, graphic violence, and gore. Please read with care. 🔥 TROPES INCLUDE: • 🤫 Stalker / Obsessive Anti-Hero • ☀️ Sunshine x Grumpy/Darkness • 🎓 Professor x Student (Forced Proximity) • ⏳ Age Gap (23 & 32) • 🩸 Mafia Coup / Underworld Action & Crime • 🫀 Disability Representation (Deaf/Mute Lead)

Chika's great-aunt Anne invites her to New York for school and promises to pay for all her expenses. Chika leaves Nigeria and heads for New York. She meets new people and experiences a whole new kind of life( courtesy of her aunt's acting career). Her aunt isn't the nicest person and Chika has to get used to all the new people around her but she has faith that everything will work out.

Seven-year-old Galaxy Grace loves three things: her imagination, the color purple, and rainy days in Belpre, Ohio. But when the rain suddenly stops falling everywhere on Earth, a playful fairy named Bungie appears with an impossible request-and an ancient prophecy. The cloud kingdom of Kiss Of Rain is under attack. Alien Gator raptors from a distant planet are stealing the fairies' power to save their dying world, and without the rain, Earth will soon follow. According to prophecy, only a human child with a fairy's heart can become the ambassador between worlds and stop them. Galaxy must make an impossible choice: stay safe at home, or transform into a tiny fairy and journey to the clouds to save the rain-and the world. With her parents' blessing, her beautiful imagination, and Bungie by her side, Galaxy will learn fairy magic, make new friends among the clouds, and discover that being small doesn't mean you can't do big things. But can one seven-year-old girl master ancient spells and stand against alien invaders in time to bring the rain back to Earth? A whimsical adventure about courage, friendship, and the magic that lives in every kind heart.

There are days when Aiden wants nothing more than to leave Tristan to suffer in the messes he's made. They've been through a lot, he, Tristan, and Callie, and he loves them, but Tristan still drives him to thoughts of murder. Until Tristan goes off on a research trip, and a few days later the magic in Aiden's tattoo stops glowing-meaning that in all likelihood Tristan is dead. Clinging to the hope he's wrong, Aiden and Callie go looking for him, and wind up in a town where a series of suicides aren't exactly what they seem, and only the beginning of their troubles...

This is my review of the Wattpad novel, "The First Out". I encourage other Wattpad users to read it. It'll inspire you.

An anthology centered on the power, strength, weaknesses, fears, hopes, ambitious, prejudices, thoughts, secrets, and dreams of Filipino women from all walks of life.

BASED OFF 'Merchant Ships' SONG OF THE SAME NAME Seventeen-year-old Michael Horowitz is the rock of his dysfunctional family, shouldering the burden of his mother's hospitalization, his father's addiction and arrest, and the protection of his younger brother, Gary. But when the 9/11 tragedy shatters their world, Michael must navigate grief, anger, and despair to lead his family out of darkness. Haunted by prophetic dreams and an uncertain future, Michael's unwavering love for Gary and his faith are put to the ultimate test as he strives to keep the last flickers of hope alive in their hearts.

#272 in teen fiction {june 26 '16} ×× Protagonist - Eva Antagonist - Life as we know it ∆ It was a hour long drive from the airport to our new house. I always found car rides really horribly boring and unbearable. The constant honking,the bumps on the road, the whirr of the engine - it's the absolute recipe for 'Not Being Able To Sleep.' And that my friends is the major reason behind why I despise car rides - because I don't get to sleep. No matter how hard I try, no matter how I position my back or body or arms, no matter how sleepy or tired I am, no matter how soothing the music is - I'm never able to sleep during car rides. Also - claustrophobia. And a closed moving vehicle that makes me feel uneasy and trapped is a nightmare at the least. Add to that, it being midnight when our plane landed, meaning I had to spend the peak of my sleeping hours awake (in the moving thing) and you get an overly annoyed and cranky Eva. ∆ #346 in teen fiction {June 25 2016} © 2016

Asha has always lived a simple life with her mother, but has always wondered about the magic that is forbidden in her country. When she is thrown into the secrets of a magical resistance and an ancient prophecy, she starts to wonder if she is meant for something more.

When 11-year-old Morgan loses her father in a plane crash, she thinks grief is the worst thing she'll ever face. But when her nightmares begin to burn with real fire and ancient prophecies stir in the hills around her new home, Morgan discovers that her father's death may not have been an accident-and that she's connected to a power older than memory itself. A story of loss, magic, and finding light in the darkest places.

(A/N: Story on hiatus ) Her life was a book. Written by everyone but her. She, however did not fight. Her life was painted. The colors decided. She, however did not crack. But changes they come, as inevitable they are. She learns things. She questions things. Princes aren't always charming. How long shall happy ever after stay a myth?

Mia, a timid high school freshman, finds herself inexplicably drawn to cheerleading and decides to try out despite her fear of being in the spotlight. With her mother's encouragement and training, Mia practices for weeks leading up to the tryouts, and despite her nerves, she gives it her all. Her hard work pays off, and she successfully makes the JV cheer team. With the support of her mom and best friend, Goose, Mia celebrates her new confidence and growth.

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Kate James, thirty-five and single, has achieved everything she had ever wanted to achieve. She believed she had it all, but after a comment from a comical chef and the realization that this might be the last chance she has at having a baby, she sets off to do just that. But when her one night stand finds her in California, will her vacation turn into a lifelong commitment? Buy my new novella today on Amazon!

In a twist of fate, Ariah Martin's world flips upside down when she receives an invitation to a Christian summer camp. Little does she know that the charming guy she's been texting on a dating app, specifically made for trans people, is none other than the pastor's son. Step 1: Avoid him at all costs. Step 2: Repeat Step 1. But just when she thinks she's got it under control, Bryan Nguyen enters the scene, leaving her heart in chaos, but she hasn't disclosed to him yet. Caught between love and war, Ariah must navigate the unpredictable waters of summer romance, where keeping secrets might be her downfall or her saving grace. Highest ranks: #1 - Diversebooks 08.25.23 #1 - TransWoman 12.01.2025

It was only supposed to be a night of mischief and mayhem...

"You remind me of a girl that I once knew, I see her face whenever I look at you. You won't believe all of the things she put me through." Isaiah lost his girlfriend when she gave birth to their son Isaiah Jr. What will happen when the two see someone who resembles her? Status: Ongoing

Guardians of Light, Book One Sixteen-year-old Iris Sinclair has always known she was different. Born into a legendary Jamaican bloodline of women tasked with protecting the balance between worlds, she's spent her life trying-and failing-to suppress the gifts that mark her as a Guardian of Light. When tragedy strikes, Iris is forced to leave behind the only home she's ever known and move into her estranged father's estate deep in the Colorado mountains. Isolated. Suffocating. Haunted by more than memories. Inside the sprawling mansion, rooms seem to shift when no one looks. The walls whisper. And a centuries-old mural calls to her in ways she can't explain. But something is waiting within those painted depths. Something that sees Iris for what she truly is. And as her powers grow beyond her control, Iris must decide whether to keep running from her inheritance or confront the darkness festering behind the walls of her family's perfect life.