Sytycw15 Stories

"Not a Flower" made it to the Top 50 Finalist in Harlequin's Writing Contest #SYTYCW15! I'm so excited and honored. So please read, vote, and share with your friends and family via Facebook, Twitter, email, any way you want. Appreciate it! SYNOPSIS: What is love? A chance meeting at the hospital is the start of an unexpected friendship between a charismatic young lawyer and quiet med student Grace Madison. For her, it was a tangled and complicated introduction to love. Grace's heart was broken when Duval, oblivious to her feelings, fell for her beloved older sister Elizabeth instead. When tragedy unexpectedly falls and Elizabeth is taken from them, Grace is shattered by the loss. It's not until she receives a wedding invitation from Duval many years later, that she realizes her life has been frozen in limbo. Determined to finally find closure and truly move on, she decides to attend the wedding. Grace's plan is disrupted when she meets Adrian Roussiard; a fascinating and brilliant man with an enigmatic agenda of his own, he is the black sheep younger brother of Duval. Mercurial and complex, alternately blunt and charming, he seems to delight in nothing more than to annoy her. But haunted by dark shadows from his past, his secrets could overturn everything Grace has ever thought she knew. Drawn to each other, Adrian becomes Grace's unlikely ally as the simple quest to find closure instead becomes the catalyst to finding herself. "Not a Flower" is a woman's journey to self-discovery with a powerful love triangle along for the ride; weaving the lives of three people who despite their outward successes are broken in some essential way. It's about understanding the lies people tell themselves in order to move on, and what comes of living those lies.

Casey Hale lives in the small town of Shady Hallows, where everyone knows everybody's business. So when word of a murder sweeps through the small town, fear quickly takes over. A young girl, Sophie Peters, has been found murdered in the woods. To the police it looks like an accidental overdose, but something doesn't sit right with Casey. Sophie's death wasn't an accident. Besides the fact that they look like they could be long lost twins, Sophie saved Casey's life and now Casey is determined to repay her by giving her death justice. Though trying to find out who murdered Sophie will lead Casey down a road of lies, deception, and murder. Especially as she learns that the people who she thought she knew aren't who they seem. As she digs through the case Sophie's brother, Mason Peters, is offering his help to bring the person who murdered his sister to justice, and won't rest until they find out who did it. But can they work together to find the killer or will the lies tear them apart?

Lindsey Makon is an average girl in a normal world with a common job and that is how she likes it! Her biggest dream is to be just like everyone else, at least from the outside. She has developed a sophisticated façade that allows her to be exactly what she wants to be…normal! She has a secret, a big one, and she has vowed to never let anyone discover the “real” her. After all, if people knew that she could see the dead she would surely be placed in a small room with four padded walls. But Thane Wilson sees something in Lindsey that he can’t describe. It’s not just that she is beautiful, smart, and sweet…she’s intriguing. He feels driven to discover her secrets, taste her desires, and feel the beating of her heart next to his. Thane has been on a mission to find closure after the death of his sister and Lindsey is the only one that can help him…if she agrees to share her secret. But can she trust him? Will Thane think she is crazy like everyone else? The invisible pull of attraction is too much to overcome and soon they find themselves in each other’s arms. Will they be able to keep the flames of desire alive with spirits all around them or will they crack under the pressure and let each other go forever?

Natsu Dragneel, the pink haired fire mage from Magnolia in The Kingdom of Fiore takes a quest on his own when his friends departed on a quest without telling him. Things doesn't look good for him if he gets warped to a different Magnolia, Magnolia in the real world. He falls in love with the girl he meets in that same world. But what if he gets back home. If he ever gets home...

"I'd rather be forever alone than to be with the wrong person." "Well, what if I don't Melissa?" "Then.... Too bad. " "I will find a way. I swear I will!" "Okay." "Let's make a deal. If you manage to fall in love with me like the other girls, then date me. If you don't, I'll leave you alone for the rest of the year. Deadline is the end of this year. Deal?" "Deal." ≈Ω≈Ω≈Ω≈ Melissa Parkers is your average girl. She isn't one of those girls who seduce boys;she's the type of girl who wants to find the right boy. But to her dismay, she's one pretty and lucky girl. Nearly every boy falls to her feet. She only hopes to choose the right boy. Who will she choose? WARNING: CLICHE. (KNOWN AS 'SEDUCE ME') ©_Gamer_Gurl_ ™2015

Each day, David Luiz becomes an improved player and his motivation was just one simple girl - not a celebrity, not a famous person but a simple school sports teacher. He never believed in love but now that he had fallen for a girl, there was no going back for him. He wanted to get her no matter what.

I used to think one day we'd tell the story of us. ~ Taylor Swift Long time ago, dolls and humans lived in harmony together. Dolls happily served humans because it was in this way that they felt their essence in the world. Everything was working peacefully and productively until some egocentric and unsatisfied humans began to abuse the dolls' service and used dolls as media to cause pain towards other humans. The practice was known as the"dark magick of witchcraft." Eventually the King of the Doll world then initiated a cold war against humans. With it was the decree that no Doll should be found associated with any human being anymore thus ending the harmony between the Human world and the Doll world. This cold war resulted to physical violence and the onslaught of a number of dolls. The war called the attention of Fate---God. Hence, to settle the dispute, both Humans and Dolls were punished. Humans should not depend on the help of the Dolls anymore. They have to work on their own to survive. Dolls on the other hand would have to find their soulmates or their other halves in the midst of the Human World instead of their world. For centuries, Dolls have been living among the humans in search for their Fated One. Once they find each other, they'll in eternal bliss in Serene if not, then they'll have to endure the lifelong punishment in Quietus---only there is no death in there. Will Lawrence find his Fated One before his time ends? Or will he let himself fail his mission to be with a human? After five years of waiting, can Jade still hold on to the promise she made with Dustin? Or will she let go of the memory and go on with her life? Can Dustin really return from Serene and back to the Human world? Or will he only leave his promise with Jade unfulfilled?

Rosemary and Brian both came from dysfunctional families. Rosemary's father is a drunkard and beats her and his wife, and Brian's dad is a narcissist, always trying to make him believe that the reason for his mother's divorce is because of him. They meet at a party one day, and that is where their story begins. Things seem perfect... But it's known that all good things come to an end. (I don't own the photo!!)

Iris Penelope is an adult who grew up in the country side, thus moving on in her life journey to make it big in a more well populated and industrial area- California. She stays there for a couple of months to meet a boy who is different from any other, thus making a life long decision on what she should do with her life styles and changes. #JustWriteIt #sytycw15

Meet Gemma Johnson, an average looking, socially awkward, 16 year old girl with an angelic voice. But What happens when a video of her singing is seen by everyone at school, including Toby Parker, the school's most popular guy. Follow Gemma through her adventure of finding love at 16.

Hayden, a young boy with the dream to be a dragon rider, tries to help keep the world safe from the evils that have hunted him down since he was a small child. He quickly realizes that he is on the wrong side of the war an has no idea what to do next. This series is full of dwarfs, elves, pirates, barbarians and bone theifs; not to mention dragons. Can Hayden unite Arvain and help free the world from the rule of the Metallic Dragons? Only one way to find out.....

Max Grey. Shy and seemingly innocent teenage boy. But behind his glasses, something deeper lurks in his mind. Something that will change Harleigh's world forever.

I'm still polishing, so I'm updating these chapters as I go. If you're very kind, check and see if these are improvements or not! TYHO is about a woman with a job she loves - she just has to make sure she doesn't fall for her boss. But he's tall, dark and handsome - and a top show jumper as well. The odds are not in her favour...

Annabelle , a young teen, who deserves proms and parties and hangouts with friends, suffers the brutal behaviour of the world. Physical, mental torture is all she gets throughout her childhood. Dead parents, brutal step parents, friends who don't even care, physical and mental abuse... Yet she is alive. Living her life, hoping one day, someday, some miracle would occur and rescue her. And that miracle happens, in the form of a human. That human, who notices her discomfort and vows to himself to help her but ends up somewhere else.. Will Annabelle be able to let her walls down? Will she be able to let him in? Will she be able to overcome her insecurities? Will life provided her moments of happiness? Will she be able to get out of the darkness that's eating her from the inside? This is not a story where princess finds her prince and the live happily ever after.... This is a story where princess is consumed by darkness... ..insecurities.. And fears

This is my own creative original story and I really hope you like it ___________________________ It's something no one would ever expect, they are the most unlikely hood of friends that no one would ever thought would had possibility of staying together after four year. They both have there own experiences that somehow brought them together. Meet Isabella Sabrina Starose a girl with a father who has an alcoholic problem, and is strongly effected by him. She try's to stay strong but there's always so much she can take before the water works start. Now meet Daniel Danger he's the fist guy ever to brake through Isabella's walls, even at a young age. But something happens that would change both there lives forever. Isabella is afraid of monsters so what happens when her best friend turns out to be one of them? Cause things aren't always what them seem to be in her life. --------------------- Scenes contain minor abuse, please don't go hating on the story you've been fairly warned

In which a small town artist discovers what it means to be wild and free.

"She always knew she was different than all the others... That's why she wanted to tell them something, but she never had the words to say it..."

Finally, Tara Blake is a qualified lawyer, confident she has aced the Bar exam. Her success is bittersweet though, without her brother to share it with. Gage Mason, her brother’s killer, might be out of prison, but Tara is going to make sure he knows he will never be forgiven. The Mason family are not what she expected. Not only does Tara feel closer to her brother at Burrowing Owl Ranch, and more at home here than anywhere else on earth, but things she thought were black and white might not be quite so crisp and clear, starting with Gage Mason. - I'd love to hear your feedback, feel free to comment on Tara and Gage's story. SYTYCW2015 entry. This work is complete.