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Running away from their jobs as camp counselors, Ellie and Seb embark on a road trip with unexpected turns en route to their destination - New York. ***** Camp Raukawee was meant to be where Ellie Morrison and Sebastian Lee spent their summer working as camp counselors, but they've had enough. Escaping in the middle of the night, the friends hatch a crazy plan to make their way to New York to visit Ellie's dad, who she hasn't seen since he moved five years ago. Along the way, however, a series of cities and events have the pair not only questioning their individual futures, but wondering what will happen to the growing spark between them as the countdown to adulthood begins. [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]] Cover designed by Gillian Goulet

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-old Ethan Harper's parents send him to Ellison, Alabama, to live with his aunt and uncle for the summer. But the year is 1955, and Alabama is a far cry from his beloved home of Arcadia, Washington. As much as it's hotter in temperature, it's colder in every other way, and Ethan learns the hard way that people see his mere existence as a threat. Amidst all the mayhem, a fiery, free-spirited, oddball walks into Ethan's life. Her name is Juniper Jones. She is the first person in Ellison who seems unfazed by their racial differences, and she promises to give Ethan a summer he will always remember, filled with endless adventure and discovery. With Juniper, Ethan can breathe, he can be, despite the incessant attention and bullying their newly formed friendship attracts. Can the two survive the summer, run in the light and block out the noise of the outside world? [Published version comes out June 16, 2020 with Wattpad Books!] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

He just wants her booty, but she'll end up stealing his heart. ***** After pirates kidnap seventeen-year-old Ana in a case of mistaken identity, the orphaned housemaid prepares for the worst. Instead, between a shipwreck, mutiny, and her growing feelings for her captor -- the dashing Pirate King of the Caribbean, Alestair Kincade -- Ana soon realizes the secret she keeps is far from the most dangerous part of her new life. But playing the wholesome daughter of a Spanish admiral among rag-tag buccaneers isn't easy either, and to avoid both discovery and the gallows she'll have to learn to rely on more than just her wits and her charm. But is Alestair Kincade really on her side? Or will his protection and his love both disappear the moment he learns the truth? Book Two of The Pirate King Series is called SCUTTLE (formerly The Reluctant Pirate Queen) [Now an audiobook from Hachette, Powered by Wattpad] [word count: 90,000-100,000 words] PLUNDER (Book One in The Pirate King Series) © 2014 by R.S. Kovach. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced without the author's written permission. Cover designed by Ren T

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. There are some friends you never forget. It's the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he's sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in small-town Alabama, his blackness is suddenly front and center, and no one is shy about making it known he's not welcome there. Enter Juniper Jones. The town's resident oddball and free spirit, she's everything the townspeople aren't-open, kind, and accepting. Armed with two bikes and an unlimited supply of root beer floats, Ethan and Juniper set out to find their place in a town that's bent on rejecting them. As Ethan is confronted for the first time by what it means to be black in America, Juniper tries to help him see the beauty in even the ugliest reality, and that even the darkest days can give rise to an invincible summer . . .

He's handsome. He's charming. He's rich. Did I mention tall, with a dashing smile, that makes the ladies' hearts melt? But even after everything Levi Tau still finds himself playing this losing game of love, which leaves him heartbroken and unsatisfied. You've heard of, always the bridesmaid never the bride- but have you heard of always the Best Man never the groom?

A famine. A foreign land. A love that defies tradition. In the days when judges ruled Israel, famine drives Elimelek, Naomi, and their sons into the heart of Moab, a land of strange gods, unfamiliar customs, and unspoken rivalries. Amid indescribable grief and uncertainty, two worlds collide. Naomi, a broken Israelite woman. Ruth, a young Moabite woman, who is no stranger to grief. One knock on her door, not only from her son, but from the woman he risked his life to save, and then went ahead and married. Naomi could not have imagined the gravity of the woman with the dark eyes. This reimagining of the timeless story of Ruth blends romance, faith, and resilience into an unforgettable journey. Step into an ancient world of devotion, sacrifice, and destiny. Discover Ruth's story as you've never seen it before.

Tassel Pager is a mind-talker. Not the superhero kind; the kind in which you talk in your head more than with anyone else in this world. And considering the fact that she speaks to almost everyone about almost everything, that's saying something. Arashi Murphy considers himself as a calm and light-minded person. But with the recent loss of his mother, shrouds of sorrow have started to cover him, quite often at random times. To top it off, he's even shifted away from Boston, away from the only place he's ever felt and called home. When the two meet during a Chemistry experiment, a friendship, more or less, begins. It's not long before Arashi feels like he's back again, and he's convinced that it's because of Tassel's charisma. But for Tassel, the conversations with her mind have seemed to spread and race more than ever, burning their way through her brain like a wildfire. It's getting out of control - and she's not sure how to get back to her former self. Or if she even wants to get back to her former self at all. With life launching itself towards them, Arashi's and Tassel's ways intertwine, unfolding new and old experiences. Experiences that will bring them out into the world, and experiences that will push them to the edge of it all.

(A dark horror-romance retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth) Jade Salvador isn't your typical dissatisfied, burnt-out twenty-something-year-old. Crushed by the weight of her family's name and high expectations, she finds herself working a dead-end job, hoping for something more out of life. One day, she makes the drastic decision to start catfishing would-be predators online, posing as a teenager and exposing their crimes. But when Jade meets Percy Belrose, a man who's also searching for the same purpose in his life, things get messy fast. As sparks begin to fly and bodies begin to pile up, Jade soon finds out that killing is the easy part. It's falling in love that might be the death of her.

Peridot Chen Sun, a nerdy foster kid, is fine with her new school until she meets her year-long lab partner - Amethyst Espina, truant, wrestler, bad girl extraordinaire. When a tyrant teacher puts Peridot's grade on the line because of Amethyst's misconduct, the girls must learn to work together to make it through the year alive. And who knows? Maybe they'll learn some lessons outside of basic biology, and more about what it means to live. Human AU of Steven Universe, but can also be read separate. Updates on scheduled Fridays; cover drawn by me.

A tragic journey through mankind's hubris, as told from the perspective of an android. **** The androids of this park were created to play roles from a legendary time frozen in the pages of history. A time when outlaws and sheriffs battled in the streets, and cowboys and showgirls occupied saloons. These androids were not made to hold memories, only to obey the whims and wishes of the guests. But what happens if one does remember? After a perceived malfunction, one android remembers a time when she wasn't always meant to serve and pleasure men. A time when she roamed free and was considered the most fearsome gunslinger known as "The Lady in Black." But as she recalls of this previous life, she uncovers long-buried secrets and the true reason for her existence.

We have all seen the "viral stories," of people with disabilities. One meaningful gesture gone wrong. Carmen is a 16 year old self-identified "slacker," with Cerebral Palsy. Her school has high hopes of turning her into a viral sensation by crowning the "wheelchair girl" Homecoming Queen, but Carmen has other plans. Along with her pal Stevie, trying to sabotage the whole thing to save his friend and the popular girls Gabrielle & Zoey plotting a night Carmen will never forget. Carmen experiences romance, adventure, and finding her true voice through this journey. ➡Ranked #1 in Cerebral Palsy for Disabilities Literature 10.3.2018🍁

The Ahmed Trilogy Book Two Can be read as a stand-alone .•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•. Shahzad Ahmed. Your typical player. Girls chasing after him, both angry and love struck. A Muslim one at that, so he plays by different rules. He's struggling with his studies but his family are preoccupied with his sisters wedding. Until an accident leaves his father in a coma and the family in tatters. Circumstances change people, don't they? He's tired of seeing his family cling together on the threads holding them together. He takes matters into his own hands, builds himself up, ready to take his father's business back from his brother-in-law. He's told to wait; enraged he stumbles across clues that bring up forgotten suspicions. People in his life aren't actually who they seem to be. To top things off, a girl is thrown into the mix. His brother-in-laws sister, Waliha, who seems to hate him. But maybe they are written for each other, just not the way they had planned... .•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•. Contains mild mature content and language. Rated-15. .•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•. As you can see book covers and summaries are something I'm never going to get the hang of so check out the contents of my book. Incognito Gyal xoxo .•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.•*•.

The Gladwell Institute. 2021. Seventeen year old Joy Akeju was once known for her quick wit and talent for debate. Her teachers had looked at her and seen a girl who would change the world with a vision. The best thing to compare her to was a magnet, a magnet of opportunity, intelligence, and people. But tragedy struck in the first month of third year, a tragedy that Joy has become the unwilling scapegoat for. Determined to prove her innocence and save her reputation, Joy delves deep into the school's history with her rival, Xavier Romero. Together, they untangle the web of secrets that keeps the Gladwell Institute upright. And as the suspect list keeps growing, so do the amounts of students found dead. The Gladwell Institute is a secretive place, full of politics Joy had previously thought she'd mastered. Now she has to face the elites and a potential killer, all before the school year ends.

If you ask Jema what his life is like, he'll probably give you a shrug. "Fine." At sixteen, he's already emotionally drained, and often finds himself caught between giving up completely, and chasing after the dream of life getting better. But it's just a dream, after all. The school's administrators have lumped him in with the 'troubled kids', his mother thinks he's just acting out... but then his life really flips upside down. After a wild sophomore year and junior summer, confessions are made and secrets are out. But Jema feels more trapped than ever. Along comes a boy with a harder shell than Jema. The unexpected bond between them flourishes. But all good things must come to an end. "Jema" has been #490 in Teen Fiction. (boyxboy in the title because WP asked me to)

A preposterous time. An unlikely friendship. A remarkable saviour. No questions asked. That was the relationship. Ⓒ welkinist 2018

monserrat castellani wasn't your typical modern gay boy. living in a well sized studio apartment in new york; he is the epitome of art. a painter, a fashion enthusiast and designer; who is very intelligent, but nonetheless, a boy who ignores his feelings much more than he should. monserrat is poised, and knows what he wants in life. to design clothes, and live in peace. but, to his disappointment, things don't always work out as planned. when his (ex) boyfriend amadeus shows up on his doorstep, drunk, slightly beat up and emotional, he is faced with more issues than he could imagine. this is a novel about finding yourself, forgiveness, acceptance, and love. this is not your typical gay love story. this is the story of the painter and the pianist. of monserrat and amadeus. cover by the lovely @aeris-

When Noura meets Zayd after years of separation, she's pleasantly surprised and somewhat perplexed that he grew up to be a decent guy. Noura can't seem to get past their tangled history, which wouldn't be that much of a problem if Zayd didn't make her feel like she's still in love with him.

❝In a world of games, lies and death, only those with heart made of bone can survive.❞ ≈☬≈ The Prime Minister is dead, The fight for the apex seat in the Confederacy has begun. In a game of Grand ministers and Generals, Ladies and Lords, Courts and Chambers, Clergies and Magicians, six teenagers make an alliance, one which was doomed from the start yet it's the only hope of all those who live beyond the Metropolitan, from the Deadwater coast in the South to the Frozen mountains in the North to the Desert oases in the East. A Marksman framed for assassination. A girl who was never meant to be. A stupid aristocrat who want justice for his assassinated Father. A wimpy sage who can destroy the world. A revenge-thirst merchant who can make talk with the dead. A Djinn creature seeking adventure and fulfilling a dying wish. ≈☬≈ GAMES OF THRONES meet SIX OF CROWS with a dash of A WINNER'S CURSE. Started: October 10, 2024. Finished: ..... Current word count : 13,595 words. © Akinjiola Anuoluwa (CreatorYah) 2024 - 2189) Cover design by Me.

three months. two boys. one summer. zero rules. [ON HIATUS]

ONC NOVELLA 2025 ROUND ONE QUALIFIER ROUND TWO QUALIFIER ****PROMPT:#126: "Because you're you, and I'm me, and we just don't fit" -Idea of You, Book by Robinne Lee***** Skylar O'Hara was a smart-mouthed and street-smart high school senior who believes that geeks and popular kids do not, and will never, mix well. And when it comes to Drake Andrews and Jorge Fernandez (the co-captains of the aquatics team and his godbrothers), he wants nothing to do with them whatsoever because they're representing everything that he despises about the jocks: their good looks, their ability to charm all the teachers, and how they manage to rule the school with little effort. Despite the nagging from his parents and teachers to be more like them, Skylar has one plan: survive senior year, graduate with high honors, and leave Dallas behind for good while becoming a well-respected fashion journalist. Funny how one accidental discovery of Drake and Jorge being the two most-beloved superheroes can throw off his plan completely. Oh, yeah, and they now want him to join their team as their sidekick, and their sudden interest in him Now, Skylar has a new plan that he has to follow: graduate high school, avoid being involved with anything superhero-related, and never fall in love with either Drake (Blue Crush) or Jorge (Green Tide) at all costs. But can he do all that with a vindictive cheerleader on his tail, deal with being an instant celebrity, and avoid any of the duo's advances? Or is he doomed to fall flat on his face on the runways that are called his senior year?