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Sink or Swim

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Time 2h 21m

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There's one thing in Skye Lovelace's life that keeps her going and that's swimming.

Skye has been swimming ever since she could remember, she's even managed to make a successful career out of it. When a car comes out of no where and slams into Skye's car, her life changes forever and is forced to put her dreams on hold. 

With a huge hole in her life, Skye has to find a way to fill it. 

With a big injury, Skye decides to use her spare time to try and track down the person who ran her off the road. Was it really a stranger or is it somebody closer to home? Meanwhile, navigating tricky friendships and a growing romantic interest in friend, Craig Norton.

Follow Skye as she navigates life without her career, following her through messy friendships and relationships. Will she ever be able to get herself back on track? Will she find who put her in this situation? And will she ever get her career back?

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Fragmented ✔️ by ClaraLoisy

Former nurse Beatrice is struggling with her mental health after a tragic accident, but a torrid relationship with empathetic Australian bartender Matt could be her path to healing... or her ultimate destruction. --- They were only meant to be a one night stand, but fate had other plans. Since the car accident that claimed her best friend's life, former nurse Beatrice Leighton has been spiralling into a black hole of reckless behaviour, sex, and alcohol. She is barely holding her life together; the stitches surrounding her broken heart fit to burst. With his own past traumas to deal with, Aussie barman, Matt Quinn, might be the only person who understands what she has been through-her beacon in the darkness. When their paths cross, Beatrice drops her defences and discovers a new love for life. But Matt is less than perfect, and his own dark secret has the potential to destroy her or finally set her free. *** Warning: rated MATURE for sexual content and strong language. + Descriptions of panic attacks, PTSD, grieving and death. ***

Deserted Together✔️ by SashaBastien

He loosens his grip from my waist and I begin to slip under. My faces scrunches up in discomfort, and he grabs a hold of me. He pulls me closer to him, our faces inches apart. "So you can't swim." He says, grinning. "No. I can't." I say. My eyes wander down towards his chest. I just now notice that he isn't wearing a shirt. I refocus my eyes back to his face, my cheeks getting hot. "We live in California. How do you not know how to swim? There are beaches everywhere." ___________________________________________ It was the last summer before college. For Rae, this meant making memories with her best friends and vacationing till she forgot the last four miserable years of high school. After taking school too seriously and planning all the right steps for college, Rae takes advantage of the time off. For Grayson, this last summer meant deciding if he really wants to spend the next four years being a star-athlete swimmer in college to please his overbearing father, or pursue his true passion of wildlife and spend the next year traveling the world. He takes a vacation with his friends to get away from it all, hoping he will get lay back and relax. When a boat ride and a crazy storm leave the two stranded on a deserted island, everything takes a turn for the worst. Rae and Grayson must adapt to the island around them and depend on each other for survival. Rae and Grayson always knew of each other, being friends of each other's friends, but never about each other. With Rae's panic and paranoia and Grayson's laid back outlook they might seem like an unlikely pairing, but the blazing sun and time away from the outside world just may bring them closer together. Started: May 30th, 2019 Completed: June 18th, 2020

For the Love of Serenity Skye by BrandyCato

Serenity Skye Haywood was born and raised in Coal Valley, West Virginia, a small and poor town stuck and far behind in times. Money was scarce, and nobody could afford anything. Serenity's life there was never easy. She didn't know her father, and her mother was less than perfect. Tragedy strikes her life, and she is forced to decide to leave Coal Valley once and for all. It wasn't just the unfortunate events that drove her out of Coal Valley; it was more than that. She had to run away. She travels wherever she can on the little money she has and ends up in Seaside Cove, South Carolina, a charming town entirely different from what Serenity is used to. Full of entitled and spoiled young people who don't understand what it means to struggle, Serenity attempts to start a new life there but finds it will come with heavy challenges; she encounters residents of the well-to-do community who don't like her being there. She doesn't fit into their world. However, not all residents dislike her, and she finds friendships amongst the pushback. As time passes, her true nature is revealed to those who would want her to return home. The stories of their lives and their secrets are brought to light, and Serenity proves to be the one who truly understands them. For the Love of Serenity Skye is a novel full of mystery, love, life lessons, and finding out that you should never judge a book by its cover, no matter what. ***READER DISCRETION ADVISED*** ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND DRUG USE, ADULT SITUATIONS, MILD VIOLENCE,

Dear Emmett by LightMyDarkness

This is a story that does not start at the beginning. This story begins at an end. «» Bailey Lazarus detests her life. She has five peevish siblings, lives in ramshackle cottage, has an unstable mother who can't even afford new shoes for her children, and a dead best friend. Life couldn't be more miserable. Parker Conway has nearly conquered his dream of becoming an Olympic swimmer. He's knew in town and the only thing he wants more than a successful career is the girl he can't have. When Bailey and Parker meet the world is shaken to its core. Bailey finds herself in a battle between pushing away the people trying to care for her and pushing away the vivid hallucinations leaking into her life. Parker struggles to keep his grip on Bailey because if she pushes him away, there's no getting her back. Never did Bailey consider that maybe the secret to her healing lied in the wound.

Submerged in Your Love (✔️) by SignorinaAnon

Cover by @AndiApplexoxo ****MATURE CONTENT IN BOOK**** ****YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED**** Her world is dark. His is bright. She is like a ray of sunshine. He is like a dark storm cloud. To get involved with each other would certainly end in disaster.... Or would it? Put in each other's lives when they both desperately need someone can't be a coincidence... Or could it? What are the odds that he understands her and she understands him? Can their unlikely friendship turn into something more or will others intervene? With so many odds against them can they find a way to power through together? Or will they be struck down? You know what they say. If you can't run then walk. If you can't walk then crawl. If you can't crawl.... Then maybe try swimming.

Falling Under by Reidisbaee

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕕𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕤𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 Nick has always felt like the second best in every aspect of his life. Bad choices are made, which cost him his relationships with friends and members of his family. As guilt overwhelms him, he struggles to find the light in life. Whilst he struggles with his mental health, he contemplates who he is a person and whether that's someone he's proud of. Part 2 of a series but can also be read as a standalone. The series so far: A little touch of life Falling under

In Riptides by katvalentinewrites

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The Summer I Drowned (Wattpad Books Edition) by solacing

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Tell Me I'm Different (Finished!) by detectiveblu

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I Loved You Blindly [Complete] by Water_Lili

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Fragmented ✔️ cover

Deserted Together✔️ cover

For the Love of Serenity Skye cover

Dear Emmett cover

Submerged in Your Love (✔️) cover

Falling Under cover

In Riptides cover

The Summer I Drowned (Wattpad Books Edition) cover

Tell Me I'm Different (Finished!) cover

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Fragmented ✔️

Former nurse Beatrice is struggling with her mental health after a tragic accident, but a torrid relationship with empathetic Australian bartender Matt could be her path to healing... or her ultimate destruction. --- They were only meant to be a one night stand, but fate had other plans. Since the car accident that claimed her best friend's life, former nurse Beatrice Leighton has been spiralling into a black hole of reckless behaviour, sex, and alcohol. She is barely holding her life together; the stitches surrounding her broken heart fit to burst. With his own past traumas to deal with, Aussie barman, Matt Quinn, might be the only person who understands what she has been through-her beacon in the darkness. When their paths cross, Beatrice drops her defences and discovers a new love for life. But Matt is less than perfect, and his own dark secret has the potential to destroy her or finally set her free. * Warning: rated MATURE for sexual content and strong language. + Descriptions of panic attacks, PTSD, grieving and death. *