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A genetically unique but emotionally lost teenager must figure out who she is within her mixed-up, warring world of Shifters and Wolfstalkers. ***** It wasn't Maddie's choice to be born a half-breed, half Shifter, half Wolfstalker -- a hunter of Shifters -- and it wasn't her choice to keep her identity a secret. But after trying to attend high school like any normal sixteen-year-old, things quickly spiral south when her Stalker uncle finds out about her and catapults her out of anonymity and into the awareness--or possibly the crosshairs--of The Order of the Wolfstalker. Maddie must think fast and figure out a way to keep herself and her family safe, or risk losing everything. Including her life. [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

When May Alana's wish on a star brings a stranger to her remote island home, the pair must survive a deadly magical conflict in order to be together. ***** When May Alana, a scorned and anxiety-ridden young woman, finds a stranger on the beach of her remote island home, she wonders if this is the adventurous, accepting, and loving answer to her otherwise cloistered life. But as the pair grow closer, the stranger entrusts May with her brilliant secret: that she is half-Star in possession of otherworldly powers, and that a violent group of Star worshippers are out to destroy her. So if they want any chance of being together, they'll have to survive a deadly conflict between humans and mythological creatures first. THE STAR AND THE OCEAN is Book 1 in the Starborn Series Book 2: THE WIND AND THE HORIZON Book 3: THE FIRE AND THE SKY Cover illustration by Brittany Willows (@BrittanyMWillows) [[Watty Winner]] [[Wattpad LGBT Book of the Month]] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

Manik Malhotra didn't build his empire overnight-every skyscraper, every deal, is the result of relentless effort. Now among the city's elite, he has forged his pain into purpose. Nandini Rai was born with a silver spoon and everything she encountered turned to gold. To her husband, she is a flawless diamond-graceful, radiant, and without fault. Nandini Rai and Manik Malhotra appear to have it all-wealth, fame, a thriving empire, and the perfect partner by their side. To the outside world, their life is flawless. But is it truly complete? Everything changes when Manik's first love reemerges from the past. Read on to discover what happens next.

[ONGOING] MINSUNG ⚠️ Tw: you might suffer from cuteness agression in some chapters ⚠️ Minho met Jisung at 5 years old. Jisung met Minho at 3. Since then, they became inseparable. But now that they're teenagers, some new feelings start growing in Minho's chest and he understands he's deeply in love with the younger. Will a new step of their lifes happen, or will it all be ruined? Contains: a lot of cuddling and very cute scenes 🤗 English is not my first language Codes: 🔴•babyhood 🟠•childhood 🟡•teenagerhood 🟢•early adulthood U'll understand the codes once you start reading :) There will be some freakier scenes, but no actual smuts ONLY FICTION! IT'S NOT REAL! Ships: Minsung Hyunin #3 - bff [12•25•2025] #2 - bff [12•30•2025] #3 - wholesome [01•21•2026] #1 - bff [01•26•2026] #3 - minsung [01•28•2026] #1 - nosmut [01•29•2026] #1 - minsung [02•03•2026] #1 - cute [02•14•2026] #3 - kpopfanfiction [05•13•2026] #3 - childhood [05•14•2026] #2 - childhood [05•18•2026] #1 - wholesome [06•28•2026]

IF YOU LIKE THE NOVEL, BUY IT ON AMAZON NOW: https://a.co/d/0i6zTw12 It was only a napkin-lipstick-stained, carelessly tucked into her husband's pocket. But for Elena Carter, it becomes the first crack in a marriage she thought was unshakable. As whispers grow louder and secrets seep into her home, Elena is forced to confront the truth: love can disguise betrayal, and trust can turn into the sharpest weapon of all. Torn between silence and survival, she must decide how much of herself she is willing to lose to uncover the story hiding in plain sight. The Napkin Between Us is a gripping romantic drama about love, lies, and the courage it takes to reclaim your own voice.

{2026 Open Novella Contest Longlist} Ranked 1 in ↓ #opennovellacontest (7/15-7/22) #onc2026 (7/15-7/16) #bandmembers (5/1-7/20) #songwriting (4/22-6/30) #drummer (5/1-6/30) #guitar (5/12-7/22) "𝘔𝘴. 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴" 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰. Althea has always considered herself unlucky in love. What she never realized was that love had been circling her for years, just slightly out of step. On her thirtieth birthday, the four-man band who shaped her youth arrive late (as always). One confession breaks the careful silence they've kept for years, forcing the past into the present and cracking open a decade of almosts. They chose friendship because it was safer. They stayed professional because it was necessary. And sometimes... life, simply and tragically, got in the way.

It is a indian bl story. Emotional and spiritual. If you are interested deep and pure type of love story than you may try it. It's fiction but based on society. It is about a war among Love, Affection, Beauty, and Society. > Love was never the problem. The world was. At an age when hearts feel deeply but minds aren't ready to understand everything, Anay falls in love-purely, bravely, and without thinking of consequences. What begins as a quiet happiness soon turns into separation, pain, and unanswered questions. This is not a perfect love story. This is a real one.

Kao Neptune was never meant to love. Born into wealth, sharpened by loss, and crowned the youngest CEO of Thailand's most powerful music empire, Kao lives by control, silence, and distance. Emotions are weaknesses. Love is a liability. Then a reckless boy from Bangladesh falls into his world-bright-eyed, stubborn, burning with impossible dreams. Nil was never part of Kao's plans. Yet he becomes the only person who sees past the cold façade, the only one Kao would bleed for, ruin for, choose against fate itself. Power cannot protect love. Status cannot silence bullets. And when Nil walks away-sacrificing everything so Kao can be "complete"-Kao finally understands: A man without the one he loves is already broken. Across borders, scandals, and cruelty, Kao defies family, society, and destiny to reclaim the men who became his home. A BL novel of obsession, devotion, sacrifice, and a love that refuses to kneel-even to fate.

Kailan mo nalaman na kaya mo palang mabuhay para sa lahat, maliban sa sarili mo? Ysabelle Serene Herera never had the luxury of falling apart. Nung namatay ang tatay niya, wala siyang oras para umiyak dahil may bayarin, may kakailanganin, at may aasahan sa kanya. Kaya naging ganun na lang siya, yung taong laging nandoon, yung taong hindi pwedeng sumuko. At nung sinaktan siya ng taong pinakamatiwalaan niya, hindi rin niya binigyan ng oras ang nararamdaman niya. She simply left. Quietly, without looking back, because sometimes the smartest thing you can do is stop waiting for things to get worse. The life she chose was never kind to her but she stayed anyway. She worked, she survived, and slowly she learned how to breathe again. She built a life that was finally, completely hers. Okay na siya and this time, she actually meant it. Then he came along. Cassian Drevian De Leoncourt. And Ysa, who had spent her whole life paying bills, swallowing pain, and holding everyone else together, finally met someone who looked at her like she was the one who needed to be held. She had spent so long searching for a place that felt like peace. But what if he was either her serenity, or the most beautiful chaos she would ever survive?

She heard Roman Calloway laugh as she was drowning. Not the kind of laugh he'd calculated for cameras and boardrooms - but the other one. The quiet one, the brief one, the kind that only slipped out when he thought no one was watching. She'd once believed she was the only person in the world who knew that laugh existed. She'd once believed it meant something. The water closed over her head. She replayed that sound one last time, and told herself: remember this, Serena Vane. Remember exactly what this sounds like. When she opened her eyes, it was six in the morning. Her apartment. Her hands - young hands, twenty-five-year-old hands, unmarked. And tonight's charity gala still on the calendar - the night she first met Roman. The night everything began. She had already died once. She knew how the story ended. This time, she was going to play every card back. Only...ome things were going to be far more complicated than she'd planned...

autobiographical and much more

IN WHICH, ACTRESS HALLE BAILEY MEETS JAAFAR JACKSON ACTOR AND NEPHEW OF MICHAEL JACKSON In this emotional rollercoaster of love, fame, and self discovery, two worlds collide when their eyes find each others for the first time. As their connection grows, they have to navigate the pressures of the spotlight, demanding careers, unexpected challenges, and the constant eyes of the public. But through every obstacle, every setback, and every moment of doubt, they discover that some things are destined for them. In a world determined to pull them in different directions, their greatest challenge may be holding on to the love they never saw coming.

Princess Elara of the Golden Citadel has spent twenty years being the "Perfect Heir." She knows eighteen ways to curtsy, forty-two ways to settle a trade dispute, and exactly zero ways to survive in the real world. To Elara, her upcoming coronation isn't a celebration-it's a life sentence. Determined to taste freedom before she's tethered to the throne forever, Elara strikes a daring, desperate deal with her father, the King: she has one year to live as a commoner. No guards, no gold, and no royal titles. If she can survive until her twenty-first birthday, she'll return and take the crown without complaint. If she fails, she'll marry the twitchy-eyed Prince of the Southern Isles and never leave the palace walls again. Slipping out of the palace under the cover of darkness, Elara-now simply "Lara"-quickly discovers that "freedom" smells a lot like manure and tastes like burnt potatoes. Armed with nothing but a blunt dagger, a head full of useless etiquette, and a repertoire of questionable jokes, Lara's journey takes her from the back of a traveling merchant's wagon to the high seas and hidden valleys. Along the way, she encounters Kaelen, a charmingly untrustworthy rogue who seems to find her "refined" attempts at being a peasant hilarious. But as Lara learns to start fires and fight off bandits, a darker plot begins to brew back at the Citadel. A mysterious illness has struck the King, and a power-hungry cousin is eyeing her vacant seat. With the kingdom at stake, Lara must decide if she's running away from her life, or running toward the leader she was always meant to be. "Her Royal Runaway" is a witty, heartwarming adventure about the messiness of freedom, the weight of responsibility, and the realization that sometimes, you have to get a little mud on your boots to find where you truly belong.

What if breaking wasn't the end of your story, but the beginning of who you were always meant to become? Still Becoming is a deeply personal memoir about love, loss, disappointment, healing, and faith. It's the story of learning to let go of what was never meant for me, trusting Allah through uncertainty, and discovering that healing isn't a destination,it's a journey. This isn't the story of someone who has it all figured out. It's the story of someone who is still becoming. Maybe you are too. 💜

Princess Zelda often thinks back to the time before the Great Calamity War. The Chosen Champions. Her dearest friend Urbosa... Every time she's around Raphica, it just reminds her of Revali. Agraston's rock roast reminds her of Daruk's biggest obsession with that food, the way Qia holds her Trident like Mipha once did. These feelings of sadness, longing and the happy tears going down her face are stronger. No matter the training Sonia or Rauru put her through. They won't go away, these feelings won't leave her aching heart. So... That just leads us to the question: What would happen if Zelda had another surge of her time power? Basically, the plot of AOC, but replace the future Champions with the Sages time traveling.

Ariella Faye Navarro was having the time of her life. She lived in a loving home with friends who were always there for her. Everything appeared to be falling into place as she started her senior year. She had a future that seemed more promising than ever, dreams she was starting to pursue, and memories she was eager to make. She had the impression that she was floating among the clouds and that nothing could prevent her from realizing her lifelong dreams. At sa bawat araw na lumilipas, she grew increasingly confident that nothing would change in her life. However, happiness is brittle, and destiny was already building a storm that would destroy the life she had known. The world she had painstakingly created collapsed in an instant. The dreams she put her heart into seemed to vanish along with a tragedy she never anticipated, and the people who had once been her greatest source of strength were no longer with her. In an instant, she lost everything. From that moment forward, Ariella discovered the cruelest truth of all: the things we value most can vanish before we have a chance to say goodbye.

Some memories don't belong to the mind. They belong to the soul. Nora has spent her life dreaming of a palace she's never seen, a hidden garden that doesn't exist, and a boy she can never remember. When the past begins to whisper through her dreams, she is drawn towards a truth that has been waiting for centuries. Some stories are destined to be forgotten. Theirs never was.

In the American South during the mid-1880s, a sheltered Southern lady named Harper Morris encounters a mysterious yet kind man, Lionel Malloy. Harper discovers that Lionel and his family never age or die because of the spring they drink from, which they have protected for over a century. She faces a choice: drink from the spring to be with Lionel forever or live a normal life to the fullest. ~𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤: 𝐓𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠~ TW ⚠️: Gun violence, kidnapping, death, mentions of grief

Every life is made of countless pieces-some filled with laughter, some with heartbreak, and some with lessons that stay forever. Pieces of My Life follows Sahana's journey from childhood to adulthood, through friendships, first crushes, family, achievements, disappointments, and the moments that shaped who she became. This is a story about growing up, making mistakes, chasing dreams, and finding strength through every chapter of life.

Leaving Jamaica behind, she moves to London determined to build a name for herself as a fashion journalist. Between runway shows, football games, late nights, new friendships, and the pressure of proving herself, Keziya discovers that chasing her dreams means stepping into a world she never imagined.