Nanowrimo2021 Stories

Aurora Bailey has had a hard life, and the horizon is only looking harder. She's finally had enough of her abusive partner and decides to leave him, but finds she can't when he keeps pulling her back, sometimes even physically. After many attempts to leave him she manages to slip away and finds a new slew of problems. She's a girl alone, and right after she sees Gharet, her ex-abusive partner, with another girl, Aurora is attacked in an alley. Just when she thinks she's about to be murdered in a grimy alley, a man comes to her rescue, and who better than the friend of the prince and princess? Lord Evander has her attacker arrested and takes Aurora to his home, a large estate. Aurora settles in comfort in a safe new world and believes being on the other side everything is perfect, but again, she's wrong, and Gharet isn't finished with her. He goes as far to rope the church in and have her returned to him. She battles a tiring fight struggling to just have a peaceful life. Can she, or will she be trapped by Gharet forever? [Total 60,000 words] 🏅2 in Nanowrimo21 12.3.21 🏅9 Peasant 12.7.21 🏅27 Nobles 12.4.21 🏅35 Fantasyworld 12.7.21

The Quickhall Mercenary Association has been connecting clients with hired hitmen and acquisitors for almost a century, but they haven't had a job this big since... well, ever. Enina is living day by day, working with what little money she gets from jobs and struggling to keep up with the rent for her apartment. Ever since the food poisoning fiasco that lost her a job cooking for one of the best restaurants in the Nation of Eriadrin, life's been tough. But when she's approached by a fairy with a proposition, all that could change - but can she trust him? What about all she'd be risking? She takes the job, hoping she might find someone from her past, but finds someone else instead - someone she'd been all too eager to forget. Dusty's life has been anything but idealistic ever since he left his hometown in the forest, following nothing but his dreams of exploring the world. Sure, the first year was alright, but when the library he was working for closed down and he set out in pursuit of a questionable job offer, things took a turn for the worse. Now that he's finally escaped the darkest year of his life, Dusty's been taking jobs and trying to save up the money to go visit his family. Unfortunately, money's been running a little short recently. Until he gets offered the biggest job the Association's seen in decades - that is, if he can find a partner to do it with.

At Phoenix Hall, even the heroes are villains. In my world, there are three kinds of people. Heroes. Villains. Plebs. Heroes save the world. Villains try to take over the world. Plebs just try to get through Chemistry without losing their eyebrows. Our school is ruled over by opposing sides; hero and villain. Their Lords are vicious, cruel, and not concerned about using their powers for the good of anyone. Around Phoenix Hall, hero is just another four-letter word. I'm Ruby Raddish, pleb. The lowest of the low. The utterly powerless child of two of our most famous heroes. Or I was. Until I accidentally blow up Lord Hero himself, after one too many bad jokes at my expense. Now the target on my back has just tripled. Plebs are wary of my change in fortune. Heroes think I'll turn villain for attacking one of their own. Villains think I'm trying to be a hero spy. No matter which way I turn, I can't win. My new powers unearth old secrets and soon it's not just my life in danger. Lord Hero wants my head between his legs. Lord Villain wants his between mine. I just want to graduate and disappear into the normalcy of a human life. Described as 'Sky High' meets 'the Boys', this New Adult superhero boarding school bully romance is not for the faint of heart. The main character has two love interests, who each have their own extra love interest, and things gets sexual between them all. However, there are no menage/group scenes, and this is not a reverse harem story.

"Ferbus walked faster, undeterred, until a door swung open to our left, blocking our path, and a beautiful girl emerged with a maid in tow. She was dressed elegantly in a long cream dress. The dress swooped down her neck and was adorned with lace and dainty emeralds that complemented her forest green eyes. Her cinnamon hair was styled into a bun, leaving curls of hair here and there. She wore a tiara, embedded with emeralds. She was the princess and I was once like her." When Princess Ethel's kingdom is invaded, she is captured and taken as a slave, leaving behind her family and loved ones. She changes her name in the new kingdom and is given the job of a maid in the palace of the enemy. Will she learn to love her enemies or will she be caught in a web between doing what is right and vindicating her people? Ethel's journey will help her to rise above her status into the true crown she was born to wear.

Courtney Torres is a liar. Pretending for months she's been seeing someone, she's finally forced to find a fake date to bring to her family's Christmas celebration - a task that gets ultimately even harder when she convinces her coworker Liv to play the part. Liv, who not only hates Christmas, but Courtney as well. For NaNoWriMo 2021.

TW: Kidnapping --------- For well over a decade, people have been vanishing. It started on a beach. Then went further throughout the city. There was never a trace of any of the city-people, no matter how far and hard the police searched. The Umbers have just moved in, unaware of this fact. What they discover about the disappearances may be horrifying. ----- Cover design made by @JABrownOfficial #161 in #disappearance on May 21, 2021 #81 in #disappearance on May 28, 2021

(NaNoWriMo 2021) (Jujutsu Kaisen x Touhou Reader) Daughter of a highly skilled, special grade jujutsu sorcerer, Y/n Izayoi strives to be just like her mother, Sakuya Izayoi. Training to one day become a great sorcerer, the death of her mother leaves behind an old pocket watch that is rumored to be the source of Sakuya's overpowered time and space manipulation powers. While (Y/n) goes on adventures with her newfound friends at Jujutsu Tech, time's a ticking bomb for who will find the pocket watch first and create havoc amongst the world of jujutsu sorcerers.

Legends... There's more truth to them than you'd think. When seventeen year old Odessa Santos returns to the Philippines for the summer, she expects she will be spending her days working on her tan and perfectly curating her Instagram profile with #summer worthy photos. Upon arriving in Acuña, her mother's hometown, complete with rice paddies and caribou, her vision for the ultimate summer getaway is crushed. Not everyone welcomes her, and the townspeople seem to know more than they're letting on... While locals caution her away from what they dub to be an Enchanted Forest, Odessa finds herself inexplicably drawn to it. Called to it. Bewitched by its lure, Odessa finds herself transported to the fairy realm, teeming with mythical creatures from provincial lore. To return, she must embark on an adventure, traversing valleys, rivers, and mountains. With the help of local guide Maya, and the cast of curious beings she meets along the way, Odessa might just make it back. But will she want to?

|| ✨ 2022 WATTYS WINNER ✨ || || x8 FEATURED || Kill the monsters. Claim the bounty. Escape to Alaska. ------------ Ten years ago, an event known as The Turning upset the balance of Earth's ecosystems. Demons emerged from the depths of Hell, dragging along with them obscure creatures from old myths and legends. In the midst of all this chaos, eighteen-year-old Raine Barlow makes a living by hunting monsters. No price is too high, no monster is too deadly. Her goal is simple: to make enough money to escape to Alaska -- where her parents are rumored to be held. And Raine just might be able to do it: the mayor of Eureka has agreed to pay her $10,000 to escort his young daughter to the City of Dust -- a former metropolis surrounded by walls and secrets. Armed with poison-tipped crossbow bolts, her own brand of small magic, and an aging battle-elk named Winston, Raine and her charge must trek across the dust-covered and desolate stretches of a California highway, all the while trying to avoid the monsters and demons who are trying to take over the world. Cover created by @Shreya_VA

[WATTY'S 2022 SHORTLIST] #1 in #SPYSTORY #1 in #BOARDINGSCHOOL #1 in #SPYWARE When sixteen-year-old Amelia Warbur's father suddenly dies, her life is upheaved and her mum wastes no time in sending her off to boarding school. With a mysterious redheaded headmistress, who Amelia meets at her fathers funeral, she's soon to find out that this is no ordinary school. Queen Aindreas School may claim it's a school for the smartest children in the UK - but it's really a school for spies. Amelia's thrown into an entirely new world she feels unprepared for, and she's especially unprepared to meet Elijah Jones. Her school might teach her how to kill a man, but it doesn't teach her what to do when she falls in love with one.

Whitney Brooks compares herself to Robin Hood. She steals from the rich to gives to the poor. But she only takes money from bad people. However, after she is crippled in a carriage accident, she must change her ways. Now, she is righting the wrongs in her life, and she ends up in Fort Benton, Montana. When she recognizes a man from her past, she fears U.S. Marshal Jake Sterling might just arrest her. Although Jake Sterling is not a hero, he takes his job seriously and follows an outlaw to Fort Benton. Jake has a gut feeling that the outlaw is going to steal the rubies coming on one of the steamboats. But the more he gets to know the woman who is lovelier than a desert rose, the more he believes she is a thief and working side-by-side with the outlaw. How can he tell his heart that Whitney isn't the woman for him, when her passionate kisses tell him differently?

Trust no-one. Fin is hunting a consultant terrorist, but this purveyor of death and destruction is a master at hiding in plain sight. This is cat and mouse, but with deadly consequences.

Shrouded in secrecy, witches are born with only one ability they learn to master over a lifetime, and they have one primary rule: never fall in love with a Warlock. When 18-year-old Phoebe Larson unexpectedly finds herself in danger at her ex-boyfriend's Halloween Party, she is rescued by her old high-school rival, Xavier Wood. To a shocked and unprepared Phoebe, he reveals that he is a Warlock and that she is a "Wildcard Witch" with dormant powers. But what if the one person you dislike the most you're both forbidden and fated to be with?

Two pranksters enter a sex robot into a dating competition with a prize of two million credits and a promise of marriage, but they don't forsee the robot having plans of her own. This is my NaNoWriMo2021 work so plz excuse what I can only assume will be a pile of spelling and grammatical errors. If you wanna be buddies my NaNo name is also FatFreeCoolWhip. Word count as of 11/26: 41,789

This is a spinoff of the original Goblin's Trilogy. In the aftermath of Matilda's death, the new goblin queen, her granddaughter Hella, is left with the overwelming task of meeting her own expectations. Struggling with grief and the feeling that she is failing to match her grandmother's greatness, she commits the worst sin a goblin ever could in the Underground. She shows weakness. Odd's son, Fenrir, and his siblings are quick to snap at her bared throat and rip everything Hella has ever loved and wanted from her. Only six months into her queenship, Hella is left with nothing. She flees the Underground in shame, seeking the refuge of the Autumn branches with her two lovers, the elf Lias, and Snorri's daughter, Kara, at her heels. However, in the Autumn Branches, she does not find the peace she wanted, but a creature with a terrible power filling the void Athane's death left behind as the god of memory. The young god offers to let Hella wade through the river of time to stop her cousins from tearing apart the empire, but this bargain will carry a great and deadly price. A price that will pit her against the very grandmother she idolized.

DEAD GIRL WALKING. Hyacinth died the moment they were born. At least, that's what their father thinks. After a supernatural birth and a lonely childhood cut short by the loss of their guardian, they set off on an adventure to discover who they really are, and why they didn't die that fateful night. Dorian is an orphan, living on the streets. He dreams big, hoping to have a real home of his own, a place he can call his own. An encounter with Hyacinth sets him on a dangerous path, one he will cherish forever. Talisen Kunzea is crown prince. His father, crowned under dubious circumstances, scares him. He is to come of age in two years time, and it is time for him to learn the ways of court life. Their paths cross, and the horrible truth that binds the three will forever shake the kingdom of Anemone. ----------------------- updates when I can (PLACEHOLDER COVER - NOT FINAL)

Family means the world to the Luna of the Lotus Pack, Amelia Wilson, and when comes to her pack she will always choose them. However, her life is spun around after one Alpha Ball, where she is faced with the question; Mate or Pack? ...Will she pick her pack once again? Or will it be that the pack doesn't choose her this time? The Luna (#1 of the Lycan Trilogy)

Eda has never seen life outside of Asterism, a haven to most but a prison to her. Closely watched by her mother and her assigned Guardian, Alstroe, she lives a perfect, protected life, until all she knows is destroyed by Aries, a man who will stop at nothing to fulfil a century's old betrothal to Eda. Forced to leave the only home she has known, Eda must face the dangers of High Court, the dangerous affections of a wild prince, and her own fate.

Stoic college junior, Kelly Rivers, is balancing a string of heartbreaks, a pile of unread manuscripts, five summer courses, and an internship on top. And she's doing quite well--at least that's what she wrote on her résumé. No one tells the truth on those anyway. The truth is that her composure is slowly cracking and her mental health is degrading. Things only get worse when the editor she works for asks her to help sign a deal with promising but eccentric writer, Miles Whitman. Not only does he complicate her job, but he also makes it a point to break through her façade and find out why she has been ignoring her feelings for years. What's a girl gotta do to catch a break? Word Count: 50,000-60,000 words Cover created by @meha-k [Featured on Romance's "Head Over Heels" Reading List] [Featured on Humor's "Isn't it romantically funny?" Reading List] [Featured on NewAdultReads's "Featured Authors" Reading List]