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The night Maelys was born, a storm made a decision for her. A desperate woman, a coerced midwife, and a courtyard where someone died in the rain conspired to place one infant in a palace and erase another from the record entirely. Twenty-two years later, someone has come to unmake it, and she has twenty-two years of righteous fury, a powerful patron, and the specific weapon of a truth that supports multiple stories at once. Raised in the painted corridors and orange-blossom courtyards of Solenir Palace, Maelys knows how to read a room before she enters it, how to wear humor like armor over something more serious underneath, and how to survive in a court that admires her with one hand and doubts her with the other. She has been exceptional here her entire life. She knows what exceptions are for. When the girl she unknowingly replaced arrives with documents, damage, and the kind of righteous anger that is the most dangerous kind because it is not entirely wrong, nothing careful is enough anymore. With a conspiracy threading through the court's most elegant rooms, a bodyguard who has been keeping a report in a locked box for eight years waiting for the right person to receive it, and a crown prince who asks before he touches and is not without fault and is learning the difference between those two facts, Maelys must fight for her name, her life, and the identity she has spent twenty-two years choosing rather than receiving. This is a slow burn interracial historical romance with explicit intimacy, graphic violence, and a world that does not soften its edges for the comfort of anyone in it. It is a story about what is owed and what is chosen, about love as a continuous practice rather than a destination, about darkness that stays and is carried rather than resolved, and about a woman who refuses, repeatedly, in every room that tries to define her, to let anyone else decide who she is. Dark. Tender. Permanent. Earned. ©️ _RelleLebby_ // R. L.

When 11-year-old Morgan loses her father in a plane crash, she thinks grief is the worst thing she'll ever face. But when her nightmares begin to burn with real fire and ancient prophecies stir in the hills around her new home, Morgan discovers that her father's death may not have been an accident-and that she's connected to a power older than memory itself. A story of loss, magic, and finding light in the darkest places.

It was only supposed to be a night of mischief and mayhem...

"You remind me of a girl that I once knew, I see her face whenever I look at you. You won't believe all of the things she put me through." Isaiah lost his girlfriend when she gave birth to their son Isaiah Jr. What will happen when the two see someone who resembles her? Status: Ongoing

I see them pass by. They never acknowledge me. I never move, I can't move, unless they move me.

Mia, a timid high school freshman, finds herself inexplicably drawn to cheerleading and decides to try out despite her fear of being in the spotlight. With her mother's encouragement and training, Mia practices for weeks leading up to the tryouts, and despite her nerves, she gives it her all. Her hard work pays off, and she successfully makes the JV cheer team. With the support of her mom and best friend, Goose, Mia celebrates her new confidence and growth.

(A/N: Story on hiatus ) Her life was a book. Written by everyone but her. She, however did not fight. Her life was painted. The colors decided. She, however did not crack. But changes they come, as inevitable they are. She learns things. She questions things. Princes aren't always charming. How long shall happy ever after stay a myth?

Asha has always lived a simple life with her mother, but has always wondered about the magic that is forbidden in her country. When she is thrown into the secrets of a magical resistance and an ancient prophecy, she starts to wonder if she is meant for something more.

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It's so hard to find a story where the main character looks like me... So instead of ranting about it, I decided to do something about it!

#272 in teen fiction {june 26 '16} ×× Protagonist - Eva Antagonist - Life as we know it ∆ It was a hour long drive from the airport to our new house. I always found car rides really horribly boring and unbearable. The constant honking,the bumps on the road, the whirr of the engine - it's the absolute recipe for 'Not Being Able To Sleep.' And that my friends is the major reason behind why I despise car rides - because I don't get to sleep. No matter how hard I try, no matter how I position my back or body or arms, no matter how sleepy or tired I am, no matter how soothing the music is - I'm never able to sleep during car rides. Also - claustrophobia. And a closed moving vehicle that makes me feel uneasy and trapped is a nightmare at the least. Add to that, it being midnight when our plane landed, meaning I had to spend the peak of my sleeping hours awake (in the moving thing) and you get an overly annoyed and cranky Eva. ∆ #346 in teen fiction {June 25 2016} © 2016

In Legacy Hills, truth doesn't just set you free. It hunts you down. Morgan Welkin has officially survived the placement trials. Earning the title of a Skyhart Vanguard at the prestigious, enigmatic Shujaa Guild should have been her ultimate victory. But as she steps through the gilded, phoenix-carved gates of Ashbrook Lyceum, Morgan realizes that her trials haven't ended-they've simply evolved. Thrust into the elite "Jawroom" alongside eleven wildly powerful, Weave-touched prodigies, Morgan must navigate a curriculum where the magic is tied to psychological truth and survival. To make matters worse, she's drawn to Emmett Morehouse-a scarred, amethyst-eyed "Ironmancer" who navigates the school's dangerous, shifting architecture with a quiet, magnetic ease. Their connection sparks a rhythm she can't ignore, but in a school built on secrets, trust is a dangerous currency. Outside the classroom, the shadows are lengthening. Armed with her late father's cryptic training journal-which hides ancient Weave-glyphs and terrifying sketches of the violet-black entity stalking her dreams-Morgan is piecing together a legacy that defies the laws of magic itself. Meanwhile, her Uncle Zander carries a world-shattering burden: the soul-echo of Morgan's father is tethered to the living world, waiting to cross the Veiled Margin. But the Weaveforce demands balance, and anomalies rarely go unpunished. Handed a mysterious golden puzzle piece on her first day, Morgan is about to discover that her placement in the Vanguard cohort was no accident. She is a piece of a much larger, ancient puzzle. And the board is already set.

In the halls of Lincoln High, siblings Alex and Hannah navigate the twists and turns of high school life while pursuing their passion for music. As they audition for the glee club, they discover the power of their twin voices and the strength of their bond. "Harmony Unison: A Tale of Twin Voices" is a heartwarming story of friendship, family, and the journey to finding one's true voice.

✨Befriending Reese✨ "What happens when you poke a snake in it's corner?" When Alyssa gets a full scholarship to a prestigious all girls boarding school across the continent, she is absolutely ecstatic, but when she gets there she finds that adjusting to the new environment might just be harder than she thought. Being the only middle-class student among girls who get everything handed to them on a silver platter, it proves to be even harder to fit in. When she is given a psychology project to study human emotions and interactions, she thought it would be a good idea to do her project on the school's main bitch also known as Reese. Maybe that wasn't such a good idea. Or was it? Find Out In: Befriending Reese

There are days when Aiden wants nothing more than to leave Tristan to suffer in the messes he's made. They've been through a lot, he, Tristan, and Callie, and he loves them, but Tristan still drives him to thoughts of murder. Until Tristan goes off on a research trip, and a few days later the magic in Aiden's tattoo stops glowing-meaning that in all likelihood Tristan is dead. Clinging to the hope he's wrong, Aiden and Callie go looking for him, and wind up in a town where a series of suicides aren't exactly what they seem, and only the beginning of their troubles...

Inspired by the Regina Spektor song 20 Years of Snow. Charlotte's conservative small-town upbringing collides with her true self.

Guardians of Light, Book One Sixteen-year-old Iris Sinclair has always known she was different. Born into a legendary Jamaican bloodline of women tasked with protecting the balance between worlds, she's spent her life trying-and failing-to suppress the gifts that mark her as a Guardian of Light. When tragedy strikes, Iris is forced to leave behind the only home she's ever known and move into her estranged father's estate deep in the Colorado mountains. Isolated. Suffocating. Haunted by more than memories. Inside the sprawling mansion, rooms seem to shift when no one looks. The walls whisper. And a centuries-old mural calls to her in ways she can't explain. But something is waiting within those painted depths. Something that sees Iris for what she truly is. And as her powers grow beyond her control, Iris must decide whether to keep running from her inheritance or confront the darkness festering behind the walls of her family's perfect life.

This is my review of the Wattpad novel, "The First Out". I encourage other Wattpad users to read it. It'll inspire you.

Love is complicated. Alex knows this better than most: his soulmate, Freddie, hates him, his flatmate is dating said soulmate and angry hate sex has never looked so appealing. It's so easy for Alex to get tangled up in Freddie and the lines between what is right and what is good blur until he's breaking all his own rules. If he keeps it a secret, though, if no one knows, then no one gets hurt, right? Also featuring a bonus story, Sunday Morning (Teen Wolf): SM: Stiles and Derek have a casual thing and it's amazing, more than Stiles could ask for, but that doesn't mean his eyes don't wander. And he can't help but linger over the third year who always seems to bump into him when he's leaving on a Sunday morning.