Island Stories

When May Alana's wish on a star brings a stranger to her remote island home, the pair must survive a deadly magical conflict in order to be together. ***** When May Alana, a scorned and anxiety-ridden young woman, finds a stranger on the beach of her remote island home, she wonders if this is the adventurous, accepting, and loving answer to her otherwise cloistered life. But as the pair grow closer, the stranger entrusts May with her brilliant secret: that she is half-Star in possession of otherworldly powers, and that a violent group of Star worshippers are out to destroy her. So if they want any chance of being together, they'll have to survive a deadly conflict between humans and mythological creatures first. THE STAR AND THE OCEAN is Book 1 in the Starborn Series Book 2: THE WIND AND THE HORIZON Book 3: THE FIRE AND THE SKY Cover illustration by Brittany Willows (@BrittanyMWillows) [[Watty Winner]] [[Wattpad LGBT Book of the Month]] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

apricate ~ (v) to bask in the sun In which Y/N and Jack Merridew fall into a strange love, haunted by parents who were never really there, faces of friends gone too soon due to intense human savagery, and actions that will twist their storyline more than they could ever know

Alison's sister disappeared filming a reality show, so she goes undercover as a contestant, discovering that in some cases reality tv is all too real. ***** Alison's sister disappeared while shooting a Survivor-style reality series, so when the show gets a reboot, Alison gets herself cast as a contestant. Arriving on the island, none of the organizers seem to be giving her straight answers. Forced to manipulate the situation to stay on the show, she starts an uneasy alliance with the handsome and physically capable Travis. They even act like they're falling in love, hoping their romantic appeal will keep them on the show. But as more challenges take place, and contestants go from being injured to dying in front of the camera, Alison and Travis realize that something is wrong. They have to win this game, or they won't make it off the island alive. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

She was promised to a monster. Then he stole her from the altar. Isabella Moretti has one duty-marry the ruthless heir of the Romano Mafia family to end their bloody feud. But when a rival makes a last-minute offer, she thinks she's escaped the devil she's never met. She's wrong. •-----• Dante Romano doesn't take insults lightly. When Isabella's father breaks their agreement, Dante does what he does best-he takes what he wants. Kidnapped from her own wedding, Isabella wakes up bound to his bed, at the mercy of a man whose icy gaze burns hotter than she expected. Trapped in his gilded cage, she discovers the truth: Dante is far more dangerous than the rumors claimed. Cold, possessive, and lethally attractive, he demands her submission. But the real threat isn't his cruelty-it's the way he watches her like she's the answer to a question he's never asked. As tension ignites into something forbidden, Isabella faces an impossible choice: Hate the man who stole her... or surrender to the passion that could destroy them both. A mafia romance of stolen vows, dangerous obsession, and a love that blooms in the darkest places. [Cover photos are collected from Pinterest]

Don't wanna live as an untold story Rather go out in a blaze of glory I can't hear you, I don't fear you I live now 'cause the bad die last Dodgin' bullets with your broken past Well, I can't hear you, I don't fear you now Wrapped in your regret What a waste of blood and sweat, oh-oh, oh

Kallista Rosi was raised on an island paradise, but now her entire world is threatened with the death of her father. Her beloved island has been left to her step-mother, who has decided to sell. Kallista is in the fight of her life against the company that is purchasing her beloved home. Kavanaugh Financial has sent Vaughn Kavanaugh, a handsome, charming, and frustrating rouge to negotiate the deal, and Kallista is fighting not only for her home but also for her heart.

ABOVE THE SURFACE That was the thing with this place, it had its way of clawing into you. It's way of keeping you here. And mine? well it's stood right in front of me. my little brother. AN OUTERBANKS FANFICTION FEM OC! X RAFE CAMERON

The love story we never got. But the love story we deserved. This is a story between Melanie and Corbin because it breaks my heart knowing they never got together so I made my own story to help me cope

edith 'sunshine' merridew and neasa 'blue' jones find themselves caged on a sinful paradise - even though, gentle nature might protect some, evil always does find itself seeping through the cracks belonging to their carefully drawn on masks.

Every summer, six lucky students from The Burry School are selected to spend the summer away from their prestigious lives at the Sea Water Inn on a tiny island in Maine. Gemma is given full range of the front desk and learns the ups and downs of scheduling guests to stay at the inn. Wade is the second-in-command in the bakery, seeing just how difficult it can be to make blueberry cobbler worth eating. Clay is a music savant who entertains guests each evening but has an ear for gossip. Mia is putting her cleaning TikTok videos to use in the 20-room inn which is always booked. Dean is tasked with watching every single person taking a dip in the ocean and takes guests on scandalous jet ski rides. And Scottie uses her knack for math and works alongside the owners to ensure bills are paid each month and the books are tidy. At first, their summer is full of late-night swims, sleeping on the beach, and unexpected romances. But when Scottie approaches her classmates with crucial information she accidentally stumbled across, the seasonal six make it their mission to save the inn, no matter what it takes. With Labor Day just weeks away, they're running out of time and faced with the decision to stay the course-working, summer studies, and heading back to The Burry School-or save the place that brought six strangers together.

L is a natural dolphin linguist who fights to share her inner knowledge with the rest of the world. She is seduced by R, who cannot control his desire for her whenever she wears the rose perfume. Together, R and L collide with common goals to discover the true meaning behind the mermaid statues on the beach, but after L sees a dark shadow above R's head on his birthday, the night descends into trauma and betrayal. Despite R's undying love for her, she disappears into E, whom she said was her destiny all along. L's friend M says only nerds hang out with dolphins, and invites her on a path to popularity instead, which L accepts. M did not follow the usual rules. Despite the danger, part of L was desperate to be included in M's ability to make friends easily, and wherever M went, L went also. When M invited L to her house after school, L went anyway, even though her mother forbade it. Unable to resist M's freedom and lack of restrictions, L discovered the truth behind the illusion M presented to the world: M's siblings bullied her. While L sat on the floor with the snacks M snuck in, M fought off a brother and sister who called her wounding names and made her cry. No adult came to stop the fight until it was over, and her father took her sister's side. At that moment, L realized the price of self-governance was not what it seemed, and M was fighting an internal battle she had not seen from the outside. L saw that M needed her as much as she needed M. L decided then that no matter what happened, they had to stay friends forever. Until the day came when M finally got the opportunity to hang out with her sister's cooler crowd in a bar downtown, even though they were underage. M said it was a surprise to celebrate her driver's license and drove them all the way there. But when they arrived, L said she did not want to go inside, and M could not forgive her.

I came to a remote island for a simple café job. Free housing. Free meals. Great pay. It sounded too good to refuse. But my boss... Cold. Handsome. Mysterious. The more I learn about him, the more impossible everything becomes. Why does everyone on the island seem to be hiding something? And why does it feel like my suspicious boss has been waiting for me all along? A heart-fluttering slow-burn romantic comedy filled with misunderstandings, secrets, and unexpected love.

𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭- '𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩'. 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞. 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧. 𝐀𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬: 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬..?

She was raised to be independent, strong, and to become a person she was proud of, but one night changed everything. She was helpless, weak, and ruined. Nightmare to nightmares, she couldn't escape it. The words that she was supposed to voice out remained stuck in her throat, making her feel suffocated. Viviana Rylee, a woman who chooses to suffer in silence rather than to get the justice she deserves. (Note: this is 'Heart of the Heiress')

Nishant and Vaidehi unveil the dark secrets of the Delta island. Together, they finally broke the silence of the island, turning their desperate struggle into an intimate, final act of rebellion.

Keisha has everything most people dream of-luxury, freedom, and a beautiful island to call home. But something about the island has never felt right. No one leaves. No one questions it. And the deeper you look... the quieter people get. At fourteen, Keisha is done ignoring the feeling. With her curious and fearless younger sister, Keitha, she begins searching for answers-sneaking beyond gates, past guarded paths, and into places no one talks about. Until one day, they find it. A hidden cave. A strange X marked on the ground. And a secret buried deep beneath the island... waiting to be uncovered. But some secrets aren't meant to be found. And once you start digging- There's no going back.

She only wanted to forget her heartbreak. Instead, she saved a stranger who never learned her name. Invited by her closest friend, Chinese actress Xie Yùn Hu, she never imagined the stranger would turn out to be the actor she'd admired from afar. Sometimes, the greatest love stories begin beyond the limelight

When Mistmorrow's sacred birds fail to return to their temple aviaries, Niam Yarrow, a Academy-trained druid, and Lylia Vesh, a magic-wielding priestess are thrust together in a desperate attempt to save their island. However, when beasts attack, and wyverns darken the skies, the only way to survive is to leave their beloved home.

Book 1 out of 7 Twig and Violet, two siblings, end up washed on a tropical island, with no memory of what happened before. Determined to get back home, they'd go through anything to find a way off the island. And they find one. But is it worth it? And what dangers could they find, or even meet?

Juliette Sinclair has a perfect kook life to fit into after moving from LA - but she never quite fit the part. Drawn to the Pogues, late-night surfing, and a life her parents would never understand, she finds herself chasing more than just freedom... but a hunt for gold that could change everything. Caught between loyalty and desire, Juliette is pulled into a dangerous game - especially when it comes to Rafe Cameron, the one person she should hate... and can't seem to stay away from. And with JJ Maybank looking at her like she's something worth fighting for, things are bound to break.