Eighteenth Stories

After seventeen years of crappy birthdays, Jess wasn't expecting much. Actually, he wasn't expecting anything. So when he wakes up to find Luke remembers what day it is, Jess freaks out. Thankfully Rory is there to make him realize birthdays aren't the worst things in the world. One-Shot

Ano ang mas mahirap ang maghintay o ang maghabol?! Sa palagay ko parehas lang lalo na kung yung hinihintay mo may ibang palang hinahabol

A story about a boy named julian who has a huge crush on a girl named Sarah who can't get over her and he makes many mistakes based on a true story

Cobalt Knight has the ability to see the past lives of the dead. He works in a cemetery as a gravedigger. Through his forty-five years of life, he's seen thousands of people's lives, but none more interesting than the life of William Lance. He was always told that his dad was a murderer who killed the king, but Adam discovers something in Lance's life that says otherwise. His father was actually a good man, and he was going to make sure he gets justice for his father.

In eighteenth century Herefordshire the daughter of a rich squire falls in love with the groom who regularly takes her riding

In a world filled with kings and queens. Your best bet against them is a throne. It really was too bad she choose his. ⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜

Sally doesn't like being a dishwasher in a second-rate London restaurant. Who would? (And it's Sally, not Squeezy: permanent dishpan hands are bad enough, without a Fairy Liquid-related nickname from the temperamental Gordon Ramsay-wannabees she works with.) But when you're not quite eighteen, and on the run from your psycho narcissistic Scouse gangster rellies, hiding out in the nation's capital, what you gonna do? Girl's gotta eat, right? Well, it's one option, anyhow. The other is her side-gig: a little light breaking and entering, cat-burglary in the swishier parts of NW London, whenever she spots an opportunity. Except her latest entrepreneurial adventure turns out a little trickier than she'd anticipated: and coming into the full flower of special superpowers, with a burglar alarm blaring and the fuzz heading her way, blue lights flashing, is just not a good way for anyone to find out they're a supervillain... cover image https://openclipart.org/detail/181861/woman-lips All rights reserved Polly Connor 2018

Stanley needs a driving licence before the age of 18. It's a family tradition to pass the driving test before their 18th birthday because on their birthday they get a car. But the thing is Stanley is running out of time. In a month he turns 18. Will Stanley continue the family tradition or not?

Autumn Nichols is only just starting her junior year, with hopes of introducing more excitement in her boring teenage life. But luck bites her in the ass when she comes across a certain goth boy... Eli Goldman. At first, his only goal seems to be to make her life a living hell. But time goes by, and things between them change. While balancing relationships, typical teenage drama, and the biggest surprises of her life, Autumn soon finds that some people have a good side, no matter how bad, and the rest.....just aren't curable. These are her chronicles.

Debby Martin never understood why Bethan Jones wanted to be her friend. At three years, five months and eleven days her elder she was way too beautiful and cool to like Debby. But it had always been them, so Debby just went along with it, disbelieving. Inseparable from Debby's birth, they pass their days in the small city of St. David's, in Wales. But when Beth's childhood friend Michael comes to spend the summer with them, Debby learns just how big an age gap three years, five months and eleven days really is. The first book in The Three Years Trilogy, a trilogy about friendship, love and heartbreak. Follow Debby, Michael and Beth over ten years as they grow up, learning on the way who they really are. With a book following each character, the three tell of different events that are important to them.

It's Indigo Tersen's eighteenth birthday party, and she has a special birthday wish she really hopes to get as her 'greatest birthday gift'. Her best guy friend, Lucas Sanders, a.k.a. "Childhood Sweetheart" by their friends, has a special wish too. Will their wishes be fulfilled?

As creatures tore up their town two years ago, the people of Sitka were no longer free. They were forced to stay in their homes, that was until the day they turned 18. This is when they would be taken to their unknown fate. Eleanor Thorn, a young girl about to meet her fate in just six days, would have to leave her younger sister behind. No one knew what would become of them when they turned 18 and were taken from their homes, all they did know is they would never return.

Since ancient times, gambling has always been much sought by men. In the eighteenth century, these games reached a climax among citizens. Roggero Fontana was a gambling addict, on the brink of bankruptcy. In one of his usual, desperate moves, he bets on the hand of his own daughter, Isabella, with John Smith, a mysterious stranger. But Roggero loses the game and, consequently, his daughter. The Wedding happens quickly; John has urgency to take Isabella to his isolated farm. There, the young woman discovers, in the worst way, who John is - a bipolar sadist. One hour she is treated with affection, the other she suffers frequent and creative tortures. Such atrocities leave irreparable scars on your body and soul. Isabella sees her world collapse when she is forced to marry John Smith, a peculiar and aggressive man with unstable behavior. Soon in the first days of married, she discovers that he is not a simple scoundrel that likes to torture people weaker than him, physically and psychologically. John is much more than that and holds a secret that can get Isabella sent straight to hell.

For years, I dreaded turning eighteen. Eighteen meant meeting her-the woman who gave me life but never fought to stay in mine. My mom, or at least that's what I'm supposed to call her. Ashley De Rossi isn't ready for the chaos her birthday will bring. Torn between resentment and curiosity, she's thrust into a whirlwind of emotions when Sarah-the mother she's never known-reappears. With a heart tethered to her stepmom, Victoria, who raised her, Ashley must navigate the mess of grudges, guilt, and unanswered questions that Sarah's return stirs up. Set against the glamour of Monaco and the ache of everything unsaid, A Name She Once Called Mine is a tender and raw exploration of family, belonging, and what it takes to face the ghosts of your past.

Rosalind Parker is a werewolf, not to mention the only one of her kind. She was abandoned by her parents at 8 months and sent to an orphanage. Not long after, a young couple adopted her and she's lived with them ever since. When her father is offered a job several towns over and accepts it with no complaints, everything Rose has ever known is changed. She is forced to move to a new school, new home and begin a new life. But, strange things happen in this new town and she feels as though she is being constantly watched. Especially by Alexander and his group of friends who act like she is a puzzle they can't figure out. As different events play out in front of her, she begins to question everything she's ever known.