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  • Matilda by SolentWriter
    SolentWriter
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    Six years. One island. A life shaped by necessity. In the late summer of 1913, Matilda arrives in Cowes believing she has stepped into a quieter, more generous world. After years marked by illness and responsibility, the island feels open and permissive - a place where days are orderly, futures are legible, and freedom appears effortless. Regatta Week confirms it: the harbour glitters, society is confident, and Edward Harrington's careful courtship offers affection, status, and a life that fits perfectly. But Cowes runs on more than display. Beneath the surface lies the work that keeps the island moving - its railways, its harbour, its industries - and the people who understand how fragile that balance really is. When Matilda briefly encounters Tom Mercer, whose family engineering firm underpins the island's functioning, she senses a different kind of recognition: not admiration, but understanding. As war arrives and necessity replaces certainty, Matilda is drawn steadily into the invisible labour that holds Cowes together. While men leave and are celebrated, those who remain become indispensable. Through crisis, coordination, and quiet problem-solving, Matilda discovers the difference between being permitted and being required - and between a future that is approved and one that is chosen. Spanning 1913 to 1919, Matilda traces how a woman learns not to escape her world, but to see it clearly - and to claim a place within it that cannot be withdrawn when the emergency ends.
  • the story of Carson Dwayne by JohnCuster946
    JohnCuster946
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    5 years in 1915 after Adam Moral's death was heard by everyone. Many people started to wonder who killed him, and why? except for one man, Carson Dwayne. a man raised in the brutal world of the early 1900s until he was old enough to be on his own, when he caught wind of Adam Moral's death he wasn't concerned but inspired, grabbing everything he owned guns weapons ammo anything and everything. he set out to live Adam Moral's legacy, but in his own way!
  • No Place Like Home by KlowniDoe
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    (Inspired by Anne of Green Gables) A cold winter morning whose kiss was dry had awoken the spirit of a young girl whose hair was long and flowed gracefully with the breath of winds. Her face small and pale with the smoothness of silk. She had big brown doe eyes that spoke from her very heart. But no one had wanted her, she had been an orphan ever since she was 6, But one day that would change and very soon. (Feel free to suggest anything, just don't be harsh please!)
  • Life Could Never Be More Perfect  by Chavez1882
    Chavez1882
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    Jose Chavez Y. Chavez survives the incident at Stinky Springs New Mexico he settles down and marries a young woman named Jackie and the two of them have two children twins a boy and a girl named Sara and Samuel everything is life could never be more important
  • Sacred Cards (hiatus) by Corneliuswallpaper
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    Sacred Cards is about six people going to find someone that went on a killer spree in 1823. He should be dead right? He was born in 1802, but clues show that he's been around since the B.C. The cover isn't mine.
  • Winterfell by CameronMcClellen6
    CameronMcClellen6
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    After young Alexei's parent are taken away by russian authorities, he is sent to live his grandparents, Wilhelm, and, Ava. He doesn't like it there, and wants to run away from the city of Vienna, back to his hometown of Moscow. He get captured and sent to Paris. Find out more!
  • The Tale of 3 Sisters by FaithannedaPanda
    FaithannedaPanda
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    Lila, Scarlett, and Jane Violet Turner are total opposites, but the sisterly bond is still much closer than most sisters! But they just moved to Rose Throne and there, they go through a lot of good and bad, but then something happens that they can't explain. Even the world is chaos outside of their home. Will they stay the 3 cheerful young girls stay just as they are or will they change for better or for the worse?
  • Skyward by CFlynn29
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    This is still a work in progress, but I hope to make it my first complete work on Wattpad. Better description will be up once I decide some things. :)
  • 𝐑𝐃𝐑𝟐 𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬!! :) by arthurenthusiast
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    [ 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐝𝐫𝟐 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 :,) 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬!! ]
  • The House By The Sea by AndyColdsnap
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    When a family move into the little town of Hortenseville, they find themselves in a dreamland where life is just beautiful, and just the way they wanted it to be...
  • The President's Affair by Warriorcatlover3212
    Warriorcatlover3212
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    This is a Backstory fanfic about the play Annie and how Franklin Roosevelt and Oliver Warbucks met. At a bar. In Las Vegas. On a black Friday night. And with Frank(Franklin Roosevelt) Having an Arranged marriage with his 5th cousin once removed Ella (Elleanor Roosevelt) But then realizing he might have feelings for Olive(Oliver Warbucks) and that his arranged partner might have a thing for Grace...
  • Gifts and Shoes by BobCraneLover
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    Young Kathy Richarda is torn between her love for a newsie or for an oil rig owner. Her father wants her to marry the rich oil rig owner, Gregory Finch, but the young newsie boy, Thomas James, has made her question where her romance belongs. In this beautiful historical fiction we will follow the confusing but hot life of Kathy Richarda and her journey to love.
  • Soviet Union x Reader Oneshot (slow updates) by COOLGRILLCOOL129
    COOLGRILLCOOL129
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    For those who like the Soviet Union. art is not mine credit to those who drew it
  • Ellie DeWitt Bukater: Part II by MsChristineElizabeth
    MsChristineElizabeth
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    A sequel to Ellie DeWitt Bukater. Rose's sister, Ellie, and her newfound love, Tommy Ryan, have survived Titanic. Eager to start their lives together, the two are ready to settle into New York City. However, the two soon discover how starting a new life does not come easy.
  • The Trouble At Manzanita Post: A Red Dead Redemption Story by MatthewGordonMacNeil
    MatthewGordonMacNeil
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    For years the people of West Elizabeth believed their Indian troubles were over, the Wapati and other tribes having been placed on reservations a decade before. All this changes when a group of Wapati youth, led by the great nephew of the legendary Sioux warrior Crazy Horse, escape the Black Claw reservation, sending the settlers into a panic.