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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]]

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 . . .

After the discoveries of book one Faustine and her friends embark on a new Journey to save their friends their home and maybe all the 7 lands.

*Excerpt. Full Story Available only on Inkitt.* Camry Saldana, a 27-year-old housewife, is trying to move on with her life after her husband, Carlos Saldana, leaves her without notice. Camry is left to pick up the pieces of a life she never planned. She decides to pursue her dreams of fashion design and owning her own boutique in an attempt to distract herself from the man that she loves but hates the most. When her dreams seem impossible to accomplish, Terry Gates, an aerospace mogul, gives her a helping hand out of the kindness of his heart. They develop a great business partnership and friendship which is often confused as something more by their friends and family, perhaps themselves too. Camry is adjusting well to her new life, friendships, and success until her estranged husband decides to come back, hoping he can salvage what's left of their marriage. She isn't sure of his motives and finds it difficult to let go of all the pain he caused her. As Camry tries to do the right thing, she learns a hard lesson about resentment, forgiveness, and love. Intended Audience: Adult (18+) ⚠️Mature themes⚠️

*Excerpt. All 41 Chapters are on Inkitt only with no ads.* Blaire Kent is an ambitious executive in the music industry. Work and her family are the most important things in her life. Even with determination and hard work, Blaire finds her career stuck in a rut. Then she unexpectedly lands her dream job working for a famous rapper and record label owner, Avery "Profit" Rowland. She becomes his right-hand woman in business. The two develop a great working relationship and everything seems perfect until Profit wants more. Blaire knows a romantic relationship will never work with him due to his celebrity lifestyle, so she decides to move on with her career and life. She's unsure if they can only remain friends when their history and connection continues to keep them in each other's lives. ~Started December 2017~ ~Completed March 2018~ ~Edited/Revised January 2021~ Intended Audience: New Adult/Adult (18+) ⚠️Violence. Assault. Mature Themes⚠️ #1 in Contemporary Lit 11/28/21 #6 in Chicklit 12/5/21

Princess Faustine, a clandestine, self-taught magician, must embark on a perilous journey beyond her all-too-conventional kingdom to uncover a hidden truth and shatter an insidious curse that looms over her realm and the Seven Lands.

*Excerpt. All 60 Chapters are on Inkitt only.* Hunter, a 27-year-old workaholic, believes she will never get married or have a family. After one failed relationships after another, her friend and boss, Jace, offers her a chance of a lifetime. He promises her a luxurious wedding and promotion in exchange for his citizenship. Almost a year into the fake marriage, Hunter begins to develop feelings for Jace, but she isn't sure if he feels the same way. When Jace returns his affections, Hunter desperately wants this fake marriage to become real and have her dream of a happy marriage, love, and a family. So far, it seems to be nothing but a mere dream as she deals with doubt, adversity, and heartbreak. ~Started November 2017~ ~Completed June 2018~ ~Edited/Revised June 2021~ Intended Audience: Adult (17+) ⚠️Adult/Mature Themes⚠️ -#1 in Chicklit 7/21/18 -#1 in Diverse Lit 12/4/19 -#2 in Women's Fiction 1/5/21 -#3 in Contemporary Lit 5/17/21

*Excerpt. All 41 Chapters are on Inkitt only.* Sequel to "The Executive Finds Love" Life is going great for Blaire and Avery since saying "I do." Things get even better when they find out they are expecting again. After discovering she's carrying twins, Blaire is on cloud nine until she discovers that her seven-year-old daughter, Madison, is missing. Then she's hit with public rumors about her husband cheating. To make matters worse, their business is being threatened and extorted for 100 million dollars. It seems like everything is falling apart for Blaire. Someone wants her to suffer. Blaire doesn't understand who or why she's under attack. She's willing to do anything to get her daughter back even if she loses everything she worked hard for, including her marriage. ~Started June 2018~ ~Completed February 2019~ ~Revised March 2021~ Intended Audience: Adult (18+) ⚠️Warning: Sexual Assault and Violence.⚠️ #3 in Contemporary Lit 9/23/21

*Excerpt. All 65 Chapters are on Inkitt only.* Paisley Rose Gardner and Anderson Clarke are in a complicated relationship. While Paisley is unsure of what to do about her love life, Anderson is content and oblivious to their problems and his personal issues. Paisley is disappointed and tired of his obsessive partying, heavy drinking, and drug use. She feels like she's losing herself and giving her all in their relationship and not getting much in return. Despite his spoiled and immature ways, she stays, hoping he'll change one day. When Anderson finally faces the consequences of his actions, he realizes that he needs to change. He battles trying to be a better man, but he is unsure if it's too late to save his relationship. They both are trying to figure out what's best for them even if it means staying together or being apart. ~Started January 2019~ ~Completed February 2020~ ~Edited/Revised October 2021~ Intended Audience: New Adult/Adult (16+) ⚠️Mature Themes. Alcohol/Drug Use⚠️ #1 in New Adult 12/20/20 #2 in Interracial 5/28/21 #16 in Romance 5/29/21 #25 in Contemporary Romance 8/28/21

*Excerpt. All 75 Chapters are on Inkitt only.* Hayden Cooks, a 23-year-old heiress to an aeronautics empire, is trying to figure out her career and love life after graduating from college. Choosing a different path from her family comes with judgment and hostility from her father. Dating, or the lack of, is another set of problems. Hayden can't seem to connect with anyone because her childhood friend and ex-boyfriend, Trent Gates, still holds a piece of her heart. The high school sweethearts had a wistful, affectionate, and fun relationship until Trent went away to college leaving Hayden behind. They went their separate ways and years later they unexpectedly meet again. After one random night of passion with Trent, Hayden finds herself pregnant. Unsure of what to do next, she makes a series of choices that will affect them. Their journey isn't a smooth road as everything seems to keep them apart. Maybe this is a sign for them to fight harder or finally give up. ~Started February 2018~ ~Completed July 2018~ ~Revised October 2020~ Intended Audience: New Adult/Adult (17+) ⚠️Some Violence. Mature Themes⚠️ #6 in Contemporary Lit 10/27/20 #10 in Diverse Lit 10/31/20 #10 in New Adult 4/19/21

Operation; Dilemma. #2 of the operation series. Harmonie Ugonwa Oluebube, looses herself, in the noise. Harmonie let's herself get deceived by all the things she wanted to be. Teenage hood hits hard, but for some others, it hits harder. Peer influence makes it all worse. Kenechukwu Orji is just a poor boy who wants to hustle his life away from problems and gets lucky enough to gain a scholarship into the school of the rich children. Both of them have dilemmas. Hard and tough. But before they're anyone, their Nigerians, and nothing has ever stopped us before. This is a story of all the things no one tells you about Nigerian teenagers. *A spin off to operation senior year*

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They say poetry is soft. This isn't soft. This is marrow. This is memory. This is the sound a woman makes when she refuses to die quietly. BROWNISH is a raw, unfiltered collection of musings in B-minor-where love letters are written in trembling ink, battle cries echo from childhood wounds, and resurrection songs rise from the ashes of shame, silence, and survival. Through the eyes of Andrea Tumblin-also known to readers as Ilianna Binoche/Novia Kane-this nonfiction poetry collection dares to speak what many only whisper: the ache of being misunderstood, the weight of generational pain, the fury of invisibility, and the holy rebellion of choosing to live anyway. These poems do not beg to be liked. They demand to be felt. If you've ever swallowed your truth to survive... If you've ever loved harder than you were loved back... If you've ever covered your eyes, ears, and mouth just to make it through another day... This book is your mirror. This book is your matchstick. Come for the love letters. Stay for the resurrection. Somewhere between brown and becoming- you will find yourself.

Hint: There is a brown skin bride involved. The last installation of the Suds mini-soap opera promises all the characters you love and more new friends and foes. #12in EasyRead

(completed) Ranked #1 in Friends and #2 in Realistic Fiction・ And with the accidental click of a button, my life changed forever. For better or for worse? I guess you'll have to find that out. After finally moving on from years of pain, Eleanor is drug back into her childhood when she accidentally sends a message to the wrong person, the one person she's been trying to forget for the past 3 years- Jullian Wilder. With her childhood best friend Anthony by her side, can Eleanor look past the mistake? Or will Jullian pull the three of them back down memory lane from all those years ago? ・completed February 12, 2018・ ・most recent edit: June 2019・ ・Highest Ranks: #1 in Friends, #2 in Realistic Fiction, #5 in Teen Love, #7 in Featured, #8 in Teen Romance, #28 in Chicklit, #139 in High School, #248 in Teen Fiction, #614 in Drama, and #823 in Love ranked #248 in Teen Fiction on 2/19/2019 this book contains mature language (non-sexual), read at your own risk. VisualTragedy © All Rights Reserved 2017

A tale of friends, love and storm| Aliyah Santos is the hijabi valedictorian at the elite Prestige High Academia - but that title might not last as long as Clarissa Cheng; her rival and also captain of the school's cheer squad have not given up on making her life as hard as hell. ***** The last year of highschool was supposed to be wonderful and memorable, but for Aliyah, it was far from wonderful; but at least she made memorable bittersweet memories. May the lord grant her the steadfastness she needed. Dealing with her lifetime amnesia which started since she was ten, she still had to lie low in other to avoid being the next target of the anonymous Gossip-Girl-wannabe; an attention-seeking student who went rampage and writing truthful lies about the king and queens who literarily ruled the school; Aliyah's name seems to be on the list. As if life hasn't treated her bad enough, she falls in love with the boy she knew she can never be with - a non-Muslim neither her parents nor her religion can approve. In search of her past, shredded memories, she met the trending lie; Mr. Umbrella. Mr. Umbrella uncover many secrets that changed her already worst life into something far from worst. [[word count: 50,000-80,000 words]] NOTE: This is the new version of the story, the old version was written in 2022. The book cover was designed by me with the help of Canva. You don't need to be a Muslim to relate with the story - must read for young adults and high schoolers.

A sweet couple is at the carnival for their first date. Or is it?

A toxic household, a broken family, and a tortured soul. Will fion escape his shit show life or will he cower to the corner of his room broken and battered.

All things are not what they appear to be with the local town's drunk.

Jazmine Dubois... Always the odd one out. Just when she thought things couldn't get worse, one day her school makes national headlines and sparks a number of protests across Maryland, then she has to move to Woodcrest to get away from it all. A whole new neighborhood with a whole new batch of crazy to get used to... Great.