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The Boy in the Woods (2014 Wattys Winner, Wattpad Version)

KatherineArlene

Reads 8,264,827
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Time 17h 25m

Wattys winner

Reads 8,264,827
Votes 322,134
Parts 62
Time 17h 25m

Wattys winner

KatherineArlene

A newly expanded and professionally edited version of the Boy in the Woods is now available for sale as an ebook and paperback!  Buy it at Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and many other online outlets.  Winner of the 2014 Wattys Talk of the Town award.

After a devastating accident takes Jess's parents, a cold and controlling uncle is the only family she has left. Ripping away everything she's ever known, he takes her far from her home in the big city to live on the rural family estate.  With a spoiled and stuck up older cousin the only other young person in the home, Jess struggles to adjust to her new life of loneliness and quiet isolation.  
  
While exploring the woods surrounding her home one day, she stumbles upon a mysterious boy.  Desperate for a friend, she's instantly drawn to him, but he's deeply distrustful and wants nothing to do with her.  Sneaking away to see him, she works hard to break through his walls and slowly gains his trust.  
  
As time passes, their bond grows from forbidden friendship into something more, but the threat they'll be caught looms closer.  How far will Jess have to go to protect the boy she's fallen in love with?  Or will her uncle find out about them before she can escape his control? 

The Boy in the Woods is a mysterious and poignant coming of age novel set in the late 1950's, with the same classic feel as A Little Princess and The Secret Garden. As one of the top ten most read historical fiction stories on the popular reading website Wattpad.com, it's already loved by tens of thousands of readers. This compelling story is twice the length of the average young adult novel, and is appropriate for ages 14 to adult.
  
By the same author as Wattys finalists Stolen Hearts and Love You Forever!
  
  Best Ranking:
  Historical Fiction #1
  General Fiction #3
  
  Warning:  This story contains occasional language and mild violence.All Rights Reserved

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The Firstborn by QuenbyOlson

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The Silver Prince by aflowers3238

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The Firstborn

Sophia has sacrificed everything for her younger sister, Lucy. She has removed them from the only home they ever knew, taken on the care of Lucy's illegitimate son, George, and even assumed the role of a widow and mother in order to erase all hint of scandal from the boy's birth. But rumor continues to follow them like the darkest of clouds, and Sophia must adapt to her new existence as a false widow with no prospects beyond the doors of her small cottage. Lord Haughton - "Finn" to those close to him - will stop at nothing to prevent the slightest whiff of disgrace from tainting his family's name. When he learns of his younger brother's latest indiscretion-one that leaves a bastard child in his wake-Haughton rushes across the country to offer the boy's mother a comfortable living in exchange for her silence about the child's true parentage. But he arrives only to have his generous offer thrown back in his face by Sophia Brixton, a sharp-tongued and sharper-witted woman who proceeds to toss him out of her house. But just because he is banished from her home does not mean he is so easily banished from her life.