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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 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 . . .

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

She is about to marry a man of immense wealth and influence, but his chilling request changes everything. "If you love me like you say you do, then you'll do it," he insists, pushing the boundaries of trust and control. Will she compromise her own soul for love, or will this demand expose the betrayal lurking beneath their opulent life? Prepare for a gripping exploration of power, love, and sacrifice.

'éphémère' meaning 'short-lived' in French. A set of Short Stories, each spanning across multiple genres, introducing different characters, in contrasting time frames. It's a mess but it's going somewhere.

(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.

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?

When Hannah Trimester's high school suffers from an outbreak of Chlamydia, she thinks it is her chance to write an award winning article that will get her into the school of her dreams. But finding the truth isn't easy. With other problems on the line such as grades, prom, graduation, and boys, Hannah quickly learns that tracing this STD to its source is something she wasn't quite prepared for. [Not suitable for people under 13 at all or the fainthearted. Some drugs, sexual references, and cursing.]

⭐A Wattpad-Featured Novel ⭐'18 Magic Awards - Favorite Character - Marlo Twenty-five-year-old Calvin Leblanc traded his playwright dreams for a "big boy job" at Julian High School. All he wants now is to stay under the radar, find a nice girl to marry, and impress Marlo, his estranged half-brother and school principal. But Genevieve Millen, an alluring English teacher thirteen years his senior, wants to rock his bed-by-nine, self-loathing world, and she won't take no for an answer. Even if they are "just friends", Calvin can't get enough of her seductive presence and flirtatious wit, but is she everything she claims to be? 500 DAYS OF SUMMER meets THE GRADUATE in this angsty, sensual, and moving tale about the disillusions of the Quarter-Life Crisis, the healing properties of brotherhood, and the power of introverts. Copyright © 2015 Lola Dom. All Right Reserved.

- Be who you are - "Hogwarts is real". Those simple words changed Megan's life forever. Living with her awful aunt and uncle, she thought magic was only in story books. Until a strange giant of a man comes to find her. And if that wasn't strange enough, she learns she's not as ordinary as she thought. She is a witch. But not the evil, ugly witches you keep away from on Halloween. The kind who can do magic that is good. And Megan would be one of them? Hard to believe. But she seizes the chance to take control of her life and follows the giant to a place she'd only ever dreamed of as real: Hogwarts. There, she makes new friends, new ennemies, fights for her life, forms unbreakable bonds, unlocks secrets no one would ever have done, and... finds herself. I am open to constructive critism, critique, suggestions and advice, so don't be shy, if you want to point something out! DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything of the Harry Potter franchise. All rights go to JK Rowling and Warner Bros. Fun and practice purposes only. I own none of the pictures and videos in this story. All credits go to their owners. If you are one of them and wish for me to remove the picture of video I am borrowing, please let me know and I'll do it at once. Thank you. Entertainment purposes only. No copyright infringement intended.

Winner of the Watty's 2017 Awards ✿ Destruction is a form of creation; buildings crumbled as he walked past. Khari Spence, trapped in a city steeped in hatred, longs to embrace his true self even if it means risking everything. He finds a fragile refuge in an old apartment with peeling wallpaper and blank journal pages -- and hopefully in a girl. Milo Locke, disillusioned with the hollow lure of materialism, seeks to rid the ideologies her parents forced onto her. When their worlds collide, will they help each other heal from past wounds, or will their secrets tear them apart?

Remiya Siu is just trying to get through her senior year in one piece. Between writing articles for the school's newspaper, her part-time job at a local diner, and the piles of assignments she has to plow through for her AP classes, she barely has time to breathe. The pressure will be worth it, though. Because ultimately, it's going to help her get into Harvard--the college of her dreams. Except it doesn't. She's deferred, and she's crushed. By a stroke of pure luck, an opportunity arises when the annual Grand Achievement award is up for grabs for the first time ever, and she's one of two eligible students. This is what she needs to win so she can (finally) get off Harvard's waitlist once and for all. There's only one problem: competition comes in the form of Blaise Yang, her childhood nemesis, and he refuses to back down.

"I want you to belong to someone Ruth." Adira said, her voice softer. "I want you to be able to breathe in a world where everything is placed on a woman's chest, on her back and tied to her legs and then she's told to be beautiful, to be good enough. I want you to be...loved." ~🍁~ Ruth, a Moabite women, rejected by her own, after a certain incident, quietly searches for the comfort of true love but in every man's eyes and arms, there is no ease or truth or love until she meets Boaz... But before that, it's downhill through the terrains and pain of life. Losing her loved ones, marrying a man, and entering into a unfruitful marriage that lasts a decade and so much more. Through it all Ruth finds that the love she desires has always been pouring out of her heart, given to those around her. It's always been waiting in the country Israel for her to know and learn of the name Yahweh.✨ The desire of love is engraved in every heart, but for others it burns and longs, alot more deeper, bleeding open and leaving scars.

From @_Once_Upon's 30 Tales of Spring Anthology: {inspired by Arthurian Legend} In a life Stella doesn't remember, she and Morgan Fayne made history as a sorceress and a once and future queen. In this life, they're strangers--until now. On a road trip to a gathering of witches to celebrate the Spring Equinox, Stella and Morgan will remember everything they've had, everything they've lost, and all that's yet to come. {#true-love: #1 | 07.21.18} © 2017-present Idris Grey

A mysterious drool-worthy guy comes through Paige Parker's window one night. Sebastian Cole wasn't like any guy she'd known before. He's rude but kind, crazy but serious. The two find themselves next to each other's houses and as they go through the quest of finding true love, they'll only have 3 crazy brothers, 2 little sisters, 2 player friends and 1 girly best friend. When Cupid comes knocking, Paige finds her world turned upside down. This is one STRIKING love story.

𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟎 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟑 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗

A tragic incident in Naelund caused an angry and distraught nineteen year old Odessa Penteau to be driven to train and earn enough skills to get her revenge on Silas Casteron, King of the Udriles Kingdom, for what he took from her. After years of training in different places with different people, she finds friends, falls in love and makes a few enemies. In the end, the resentment towards Silas still brews and she will stop at nothing until a score is settled. Silas Casteron is looking for Obitus, the Reaper. Little does he know that they are closer than he thinks. And they are not coming to be friends. ❝Give me a name. I need the name of the bastard who caused you tears, Pulchra.❞ His fists tight in a ball at his sides. ❝Silas Casteron.❞

"When he first heard her, he knew. She was his bestseller." Before there were great stories, there were only words. Luke's were smart and eloquent but hollow. It was nothing like Emma's story, bleak and awkward, but honest to a fault. This is a coming-of-age journey of a writing prodigy in search of a story, his story, and a doe-eyed, homeless storyteller stifled by secrets, her secrets .

Alexandria Benson received ten invitations to the Valentine's Day dance, but only one of them is The One. _________________________ #7 in We Need Diverse Books [8/12/2019] #89 in Teenagers [1/12/2019] #1 in School Dance [1/17/2019] #2 in Diversity in Lit [8/12/2019] #106 in Diversity [2/27/2019] #1 in Diverse Reads [11/10/2019]