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When billionaire attorney Rowan Hale needs a respectable girlfriend to secure a merger that will save his late father's company, the last person he expects to agree is the woman who spilled coffee on him and called him "emotionally constipated." Lila Bennett is sunshine in human form-kindergarten teacher, chronic over-sharer, and allergic to grumpy men in expensive suits. But she needs money to keep her after-school arts program open. He needs a girlfriend who looks real. The contract says: • Attend public events • Play the loving girlfriend • No feelings • No falling in love The problem? Rowan hates everyone. Except her. And Lila has a habit of melting ice.

❝Sometimes, love is crazy.❞ • • • I was a NORMAL guy, Doing NORMAL things, Like crushing on a NORMAL girl, Having NORMAL friends, Living a NORMAL life. Until SHE happened. Until she decided to Kidnap me. Yes, She KIDNAPPED me. • • • Anders Larzelere's PoV: "W-What the fück do you mean?" "Tsk, Tsk, Mate. No cursing." She says, with a mock reprimanding expression. Mate? Maybe she is from Australia? She doesn't have an accent though. Her full pink lips stretch in a secretive smirk as she slowly advances in on me, twirling a piece of red cloth in her hand, that suspiciously looks like a silk tie. 'Ooh, Kinky,' My mind comments and I want to smack myself for such thoughts in such a situation. "W-Why do you have that?" I point out, looking at her with suspicious eyes. Instead of replying, she continues to advance on me, and like the idiot I am, I back up with every step she takes. Only to get cornered. 'Super, Anders. Just Super.' I chide myself, feeling stupid. She takes the last step between us, and places her hands on either sides of my face on the wall, leaning close to my ear. "To give you your happily-ever-after," She whispers in a throaty voice, and I shiver when her hot breath tickles the sensitive flesh in my neck. "W-what?" I stutter, feeling dazed and disoriented. "Oh, I'm kidnapping you," With that, she presses a small white square of something - that I didn't notice she had - on my face. In a split second, a sharp and chemical smell invades my nostrils and before I know, I'm slipping into a spiraling abyss of darkness. • • • Note: Anders is a GUY's name. Yes, the guy gets kidnapped. :)

A tale in which an angry god brings a teenage girl back from the dead. ⁂ "And at the crack of dawn, they rose from their ashes, abandoning their graves to wreck havoc upon the world." Neith Johnson was dead. Six-feet-under after being brutally murdered kind of dead. But when the god of the dead curses humanity for the first time in centuries, she returns. But the curse has a catch: she has to find whoever murdered her and kill them to quench her blood thirst, or she'll cease to exist. But how can she find her killer if she can't even remember how she died?

** WATTYS 2018 WINNER ** Big Tech meets Die Hard in this techno-thriller Kirkus Reviews calls "a clever, spirited tale with a brainy, nimble heroine at the helm." From IndieReader's 5-star (highest rating) review: "Bond weaves an entertaining tale filled with deceit, robots, Russians, and tech entrepreneurs that all combine to give the reader a reason to flip pages furiously to find out what might happen next." Deb Bollinger has no time for corporate training. Her company's top engineer at just twenty-seven, Deb has blocked off her day for the one project she truly cares about: the launch of Carebnb, an app that finds spare beds for the homeless. When she's told all employees must drop everything for some busywork exercise called Blackquest 40, it's an easy no. Trouble is, her bosses aren't really asking. Blackquest 40 is the mother of all corporate trainings. A near-impossible project to be completed in forty straight hours. No phones. No internet. Sleeping on cots. Nobody in, nobody out. Deb finds the whole setup creepy and authoritarian. When a Carebnb issue necessitates her leaving the office, she heads for the door. What's the worst that could happen? Armed commandos, HVAC-duct chases, a catastrophic master plan that gets darker by the hour - Blackquest 40 is a fresh take on the Die Hard formula, layering smart-drones and a modern heroine onto the classic action tale. Cover design and illustration by Ethan Scott.

*COMPLETED* Highest Ranking- #2 in Action Chance Wiliams isn't your avarage teenager. She is the bad girl of the school and most feared girl of the New York . She is the gang leader of the Black rose. Her gang is number 1 in New York. Now meet Ace Grayson. He is the leader of the White Shadows. He's gang moved from London to New York. His gang was the #1 in London. What happens when this 2 meet each other. Both of them want to be # 1. And plus school drama, love, hate and old enemies. But at the end who will win that game? Read and find out. Copyright of rainbows_moon All Rights Reserved. 2016.

"I won't let you fall, Ophelia. Ever. I will catch you. Always." He said, as I stared into his ocean blue eyes. "But what if you can't? What if the fall is inevitable?" And I knew I was going to fall. A fall so hard that maybe I would never recover but I waited for him to answer. To drive my worries away. "Then, I will fall with you..." And that was enough, for now. Enough for a lifetime. ••• Ophelia Hale was never the one to fall, not even by the charms of a siren. Like an unattainable dream and yet so close, Stellan Walker succeeds in uncovering the candour behind her smile. She shielded herself for as long as she could. But she never expected him to flicker something in her so foreign, for she discovered too late how she was drowning in his eyes. Because little did she realise, that sometimes, you don't fall for the sirens. Sometimes, you fall for the deep, tranquil ocean instead. And they were a mixture of calm and storm, but a beautiful mixture nevertheless. Though fate had never been benevolent on her, as she finds herself in twists, so tangled that she endangers the one love she always deserved. A story that is worth a lifetime, a forever. And stories of love have always had a twisted end, as they both either become the refuge of each others heart or the catalyst to their own destruction at the curve of their infinity. They were the perfect match. Either the perfect match would burn once or sizzle together for a lifetime. Join in the ride of Ophelia and Stellan as one fills the loneliness within and other drives the pain away. ••• ©elysian_writes 2018

ONE STEP GUIDE: How NOT to score yourself the perfect man. Step (1) → be named Lucky ✔ ✿-Despite my name being Lucky, luck is something I'm a little short on. ✿-Lucky Lane moves to Sydney Australia for a fresh start and hopes she'll find the perfect man. But the thing is---you can't escape bad luck, it follows you. ✿▬▬▬▬▬✿▬▬▬▬▬✿ Copyright: All rights belong to WorldofPedz.

By the 23rd century, humanity has colonized its first planet: Mars. Far removed from Earth's military power, resources, and affluence, daily life on the red planet is chaotic and dangerous. Mig is an aging mercenary who relies on dwindling civilian contracts to earn his living. Olivia is a brilliant programmer who struggles with a medical condition she's too poor to treat. They live and work together in the small settlement of New Shanidar, but a chance encounter starts a sequence of events that threatens to destroy their lives, their loyalty to each other, and all hope for a better future on Earth. (Original image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)

DYSTOPIAN ACTION ROMANCE! (MATURE CONTENT) Sometime in the future, during a time of poorness and poverty in the U.S., people struggle to just be middle class. Many people have died off already. No more heroes. No more people to save you. Crime rates are up. You can try to run away from your past, but what if your future turns out to be just the same? Luca Levy. A despot man. Well known and well feared. Rain Angel. Just a demure girl that needed to escape her past. One night Rain makes the decision to run. But she runs right into Luca's arms. He takes a sudden interest in her, but he shows no emotion to her. He acts like he doesn't care that much about her. However, every time he tries to push her away, his feelings get stronger. Every little thing starts to grab his attention. What happens once he finds out about everything in her past? Experience the pain, love, and sacrifice. Experience a past you can't escape. Experience Ruthless. (WARNING: CONTAINS ABUSE, KIDNAPPING, MURDER, CUTTING/ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, AND MENTION OF RAPE. VERY SEXUAL CONTENT. RECOMMENDED ONLY FOR MATURE READERS. ALSO, IF YOU CAN'T STAND WAITING FOR CHARACTERS TO GET TOGETHER BEFORE CHAPTER 20, THIS ISN'T MEANT FOR YOU, AND IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH POSSESSIVE GUYS, NOT FOR YOU. IF YOU ARE RACIST OR AGAINST OTHER NATIONALITIES, NOT SURE THIS IS FOR YOU EITHER) THIS STORY BELONGS TO ME! ALL RIGHTS RESERVED! MEANING YOU MAY NOT MAKE COPIES OF THIS STORY OR CHARACTERS!

LGBT/DYSTOPIA: Luke and Aiden escape the small community they helped build years after an apocalyptic event devastated the world, leaving the survivors to endure the wrath of their new leader, Santos. But with Santos and his men tight on their heels, Luke and Aiden hide out in an old, abandoned lighthouse where their trust for each other quickly grows. But can they face their ultimate fears to rescue the remaining survivors and survive another day? A story of building and rebuilding what was lost, with a haunting twist ending. ----- Highest rank: #872 in General Fiction (Thanks, readers, for pushing this story into the top 1000 of its genre!) Copyright © by Leslie Lee Sanders

A collection of powerful poems and pieces. Highest Ranking: #1 in Micropoetry. Featured on AvantPop's The Wasteland reading list

One girl on a mysterious journey to unveil the truth behind the magician's servings This story isn't a fairy tale and gives a 70's vibe, 80's class and 90's rhythm It goes with the flow ***not every box you open is the right one*** This story has a distinct aura NOTE: I don't give a fuck if you don't like it because I am 100% percent sure about the likability of this story It goes with the flow Mature content.

New Britain is a society on the brink of destruction. The resources have all but dried up and the money is running out. But desperate people make desperate plans. A government clawing at a fraction of their old power reach the only solution they think possible: The Human Meat Trade. Elias Fawkes has led a life of luxury. Until now. When his father commits an act of terrorism and then takes his own life before he can face trial, it is decided that the 17-year-old Eli will take the fall. The government calls him the traitor's son with the traitor's name. The rebels call him Steel. You'll see why. --- Highest Ranking: #207 in Science Fiction #173 in Action

highest rank - #87 science fiction!!! "Don't you ever trust them, Emily. They will get into your heart, and then they will kill you" 3056 The earth was destroyed, and the world was separated into two ships of people. The Order, and The Valerie.Emily knows for sure, in her heart, that The Order are fighting for good. But when The Valerie manage to hold her captive, she begins to wonder if everything she's been told from birth is really the truth. They are villains, she knows that much, but maybe, they aren't as bad as she once thought. Maybe it was all a lie, or maybe, she really will die here. With romance, death and brand new relatives, Emily's not sure who she can trust, and who will really have her back when the ships begin war (Official WIA reading listed)

The villains of Empire City gather to address the most recent threat to their business: a disruptive "crime-sharing" app.

Ashton is a thief and in the process of stealing items, he ends up stealing Luke's heart too. For the #BadassMeetsLGBT competiton // tw for abuse // {Fully Edited as of 18th Nov 2017} (Highest Rank - #338 in Short Story - 6/1/16) cover template © lottesgraphics pictures © bakatoria

Luke's family are perfectionists. They won't have anything but perfect. Luke's brothers were perfect. They had perfect grades, they were straight, had nice girlfriends, and got into good universities. Luke's perfect too. But Luke's sick of being perfect. That's why he goes to Calum.

❝Nobody can tell this story. Nobody but me.❞ Ω When Aaron McGannon struts into school with a gun and a plan, nobody is prepared. Not his boyfriend, not his sister, and certainly not the souls that hang in the balance. From then on-maybe even before-nothing is certain. Nothing, except the resounding declaration that skids across the asphalt of his mind: there will be blood. [ NO. 13 || 19.5.16 ]

She was so out of his league. That's what he thought. He was so out of her league. That's what everyone else thought. Who is this guy? That's what she thought.