Nanowrimo2021 Stories

Outstanding is an understatement for this narrative work of art. This is a must-read for all young readers who want to dive into an adventurous medley of action, love, suspense and hatred. Rudev is a young girl with so much pride and honour, however with so much attention begot a lot of enemies. Her journey right from the suspected death of her father, the king caused her to be thrown in prison. She learns to adapt and grow tougher. Still, honour followed her wherever she went. This story comprises rudev's childhood and adulthood when her kingdom is under threat. Rudev's life is filled with mysteries, suspense, drama and surprising revelations.

Promises are meant to be broken. But hearts are not. Why, then, do Nicholas and Lydia have a difficult time mending theirs? Book 6 in my Runaway Brides Series.

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.

|| ✨ 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

(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.

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.

Overly cautious and hopelessly single Julie Kendrick is finally getting over her one failed attempt at love. But now she has to join her serendipitously paired off siblings for their annual family Christmas gathering in Quebec City. Alone. Unless her mother has her way and manages to pair her off with a local who, to hear her tell it, could solve Julie's man drought. Desperate to avoid the family matchmaking game, Julie enlists her friend Christian Xie to help her run interference, but he only agrees on the condition that they tell their families they are dating. And with her options looking thinner than a cookie sheet, Julie sees no other choice but to settle into a routine with Christian. But just as she's ready to take the fake part out of dating Christian, her first and only love, Ronan Tremblay, comes waltzing back into her life. Torn between a residual love for both men, Julie tries to keep up appearances with her family while allowing Ronan a chance to redeem himself. But going from dating no one to juggling two men at once might prove to be more than Julie can handle. Especially with her family still trying to set her up with that local gentleman. ~*~ Featured in @romance 's Hot for the Holidays reading list: July, 2022 ~*~ This story is now complete! Feel free to binge read at your leisure.

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)

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

Two girls. Two dragons. One war. The two nations of Ledah and Dreg have lived in relative harmony for centuries. However, this all ended a little over five years ago with a dispute involving a slain dragon and a stolen egg. A war was sparked by the conflict, bathing the once-peaceful land in blood and tears. For many years this war has raged, and lakes of blood, both human and dragon, have been spilled. The end is obscured in the cries of the dead, and a thick mist of disharmony and mistrust blocks all resolutions. Only a true union, forged on trust and caring, could return peace to this land. Aneira, lead captain of Ledah, strives to make her nation proud. Devyn, lead captain of Dreg, strives to keep her position and life. When Aneira is captured by the Dregian captain, she finds herself forced to travel on a dangerous quest with Devyn-one that both are reluctant to depart on. Their mission: to find and retrieve the magical weapon that may just put an end to this war. That's assuming something won't come between them first. _____ If you're a fan of dragons, queer characters, sword-fighting, and enemies-to-lovers romance, this is 100% the book for you!

"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.

Shakar has never felt like he belonged in the small desert village of Hafa. One day he learns about his latent abilities as a Navigator, able to travel through time and across dimensions. Can he trust the mysterious travellers who show up to take him in? What will he find out about his father and the gift he left him?

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.

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?

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.

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

[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.

Hogwarts Founders left behind a secret that was never meant to be cracked, for it could bring about the end of the school. Merlin needs to deal with his dragon emergency without hurting his mission to protect Harry Potter from the murderous Sirius Black. The twins need to face the fallout of past choices to heal their relationship, but their future plans seem to lead them on different paths. Remus Lupin wants to prove that werewolves can coexist with wizards peacefully, that he can be a teacher despite the beast within him. But curses are not in the habit of making plans easy to execute. Ever wondered where the Hogwarts castle's magic came from? The gravity of what the Founders had done will finally be revealed. Merlin had no idea just how far they went. ~~~ Welcome to Book 2 of The NOOM. If you didn't read Book 1 yet, you should get on it or you will get a bunch of spoilers. We're in Prisoner of Azkaban timeline. Merlin, Jack, and Elsa are now in their second year while Harry, Ron and Hermione are in their third year. The idea of Cursed Vaults comes from the game Hogwarts Mystery, but I'm using it loosely, spinning it my own way. I dare say, my Vaults are cooler, but I might be biased. How about you tell me? Surprise, I don't own the characters or the world of Harry Potter, or Hogwarts Mystery game, or BBC Merlin, or Rise of the Guardians, or Frozen. Phew. The list is growing. Enjoy!