Wattys2020 Stories

After a tragic accident that completely changes her life, Annie and her twin brother, Austin, are taken in by the Emersons, a family of seven (drop-dead gorgeous) boys. But Annie never expects to fall for one of the boys...let alone two. "A delicious series of twists and turns." - Grace @ HQ ***** Annie Cassidy has always had a simple life. She lives with her mom, dad, and her twin brother, Austin, in Indiana. She's always been close to each of them; a bond nobody could break until one fatal night when Annie's parents are killed in a head-on collision. She and Austin have no other family nearby and are taken under the wing of their father's best friend, Derek Emerson. They move from their small, comfortable hometown in Indiana, to the giant city of Los Angeles, California. Not only are they shocked to find out that the Emersons are rich--but that they also have seven kids. And they're all boys! As Annie begins to settle in, the last thing she expects is to develop feelings for one of the brothers, let alone two. It's safe to say that her new life in LA is about to get a whole lot more complicated. Content warning: mature scenes, depictions of a car crash, and mentions of grief. [[Word count: 60,000 - 70,000 words]] Cover designed by Gillian Goulet

Easton was Luna's closest friend until a family tragedy tore them apart. Five years later, a mysterious invitation brings them back together - and Luna's life will never be the same. ***** It's been five years since a deadly fire took the lives of Luna's parents and Easton's father-destroying Luna and Easton's friendship in the process. Now, Luna's looking forward to a brighter future. But when she encounters Easton at a party, she discovers that although she's come to terms with her past, Easton's is tearing him apart. As Luna tries to help Easton heal, she soon realizes that her past and her future might be more intertwined than she thought. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Santoro

He understood me like no other. He knew me inside out. I could never hide anything from him. Well.....apart from the strange sudden flutter my heart made one day. Something which should not belong to him. Yet it did..... #1 - Heartmelting 8/09/2020 #1 - Interracial 19/09/2020 # 1 - Demanding 11/10/2020 #1 - Rebellious 15/10/2020

"I'm the drug of your life, you just need me to stay high. I will keep you high and leave you in a better state where you don't wanna step out." I stopped tracing my finger on his clothed skin. Confusion surrounded his face when he saw my eyes turning cold. "If I see you going for someone other than me, you know better than anyone that an overdose of the drug can kill you." My voice turned dark and cold. I kissed his cheek, patting his coat as I stood up to leave his room. "I'm serious about what I said, doctor. I don't like it when people touch my things."

'She could become their savour - or their destruction.' Rumours surrounding the untamed might of a young fire dragon are spreading across the continent of Ballasmara like wildfire. The seemingly limitless flames drive a variety of leaders towards the juvenile dragon to use as a weapon to gain an edge over the enemy after generations of fighting. Ember's fire doesn't stop growing in power and poses a threat for the very dragon that it lives inside, but external forces are also at work which will change her forever. Pressure continues to soar as the war continues to drive all the dragon species towards extinction, including her siblings. As three sides struggle to gain the dragoness' support; consequences of whatever choice she makes will ripple throughout her life and world. But she must choose, or outside forces may choose for her if she doesn't. The deities are watching - when they aren't arguing. ~~~ Completed! (This is a first draft that is slowly being edited) Featured in the fantasy profile reading lists: Featured Fantasy Stories Fantastic Beasts Awards: The Genre Contest [2019/2020]: Honourable Mention 🎖The Gem Reviews (Bunch 1) [2020]: Best in Creativity and Description The Bookish Awards [2020]: Honourable Mention 🥇The Gauntlet Awards [2020]: 1st in Fantasy/Adventure The Bloodstone Awards [2021, Jan] 3rd in Fantasy

Jungkook is a play boy who does not give shit about feelings. The only person he loves is his mom. He has a terrible past. While on the other hand y/n is a simple girl who thinks that love don't exist when her first love,the one whom she loved deeply cheated her. So guys what do you think will happen when both fails to love someone.....!!! Check out✌️

❛ I'll always come back to you, Twelve ❜ In which 011 & 012 find themselves on the run after escaping Hawkins Lab, meeting new faces and finding old ones. ❪ Dustin Henderson x Male!OC ❫ ❪ season 1 - 3 ❫ will NOT be back for season 4 | 2019

𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 - #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗢𝗔𝗛𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗡𝗔𝗣𝗣 #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗮𝗵𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘅𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 "𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙨 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚." - 𝙊𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙩 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙙

Mina West had everything: a loving family, an amazing pack, and a boyfriend. She had her whole future laid out ahead of her. That was, until she met her true mate. From the infamous North Pack, Jax was everything Mina hated. Cold, cruel, old-fashioned. However, after a failed rejection, Mina is forced to leave everything she's ever known and join the pack she despises the most. With her heart longing for her old pack and rising tensions within her new one, nothing for Mina will be easy... this cruel pack could be the death of her. /// currently being edited ///

[Soon by WATTPAD BOOKS] In the prestigious race of stars, Sozo must hide the truth of who she is or pay with her life, but her blossoming relationship with the most talented competitor threatens everything she's worked for. ***** Every ten years, the lucky chosen bond with stars and race to win a wish. Any wish. Sozo is one of the lucky chosen, but she has a secret: as an Omen -- cursed beings that can transform into monsters -- she's forbidden from competing. Discovery would mean her death. Can she hope to keep her identity a secret, let alone win the race, especially as the talented and sunny Naqi enters the picture? When Sozo is given an ultimatum, she has to choose: betray her Omen people, or betray the people who are slowly, surely, becoming like a family to her. --- WATTYS AWARD 2020 "Bar none, this was [Senior Editorial Specialist] Amanda's absolute favourite read from the Wattys this year. It makes you cry, just from pure, uncontainable joy, and the ending kept us reading until nearly 6am. Everything about this story is beautiful. We were astounded that anyone could create something so magnificent and moving and magical. This level of storytelling mastery will never not blow us away." [Word Count: 70,500]

"ITS HARD TO WAKE UP FROM A NIGHTMARE IF YOU NEVER REALLY WERE ASLEEP." In which her innocence is stolen and suddenly- Octavia Whether is more cold and manipulative than ever. {OCs games - Mockingjay} {OC x Finnick Odair} {I DO NOT OWN THE HUNGER GAMES. ALL RIGHTS GO TO SUZANNE COLLINS. I ONLY OWN MY CHARACTERS}

What started off as a good life quickly came apart for Crystal the day she came out to her family that she's transgender. The small North Idaho community she lives in didn't make things any easier but with strong determination and a little help from her sister she found a place to live and even landed a job. However, a late customer needing some gas is about to change her life even more.

★COMPLETED★ Aug 29, 2024: I changed the name to "Heartbeats and Headlines". The updated Paperback and Ebook version are available on Amazon. Ciara Mendes is the beautiful Journalist from Flare Magazine who is not only trying to find her next story but also trying to mend her broken heart. Giovanni Haynes is a man of few words. He is the CEO of Anton Industry and the number one womanizer in L.A. A sexy, confident, rich and very handsome womanizer. Life is never simple, especially when the things you left in the past keeps catching up with you and the people who you love and trust turns out to be liars and cheaters with dirty little secrets. The Billionaire's Obsession Copyright©2018 Javean Anika Francis Sept.6.2021 🌹1.46million reads, 46.5K votes, 3.19K comments June.13.2023 🎈1.78 million reads, 57.3K votes.

You're in the Netflix hit TV show 'Stranger Things', on set you meet Finn Wolfhard, your co-star. You kinda develop feelings for one another? See what happens.

'I think I have a crush on him...' How much trouble could those words cause? How many times can a heart be broken by having a crush before you realise, you're not what guys look for? Why? Why do you still fall when you're already too broken to get back up? Faye had fallen in love many times before she joined Steps, and somehow she had fallen for somebody yet again. But little did she know that Lee's dark secret would break her heart all over again. Meanwhile, Lisa finds out her true self, by being so close to H. But is that truth one that is going to hurt her more than a lie? It seems that there is only one way she could find out. I'm somewhat re-writing this at the minute - currently back at Chapter 2!

𝐀 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝟕. 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞. [𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬: 𝐓𝐅𝐀 - 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐒] (𝗞𝘆𝗹𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗻 𝗫 𝗢𝗖) [#6 in phobetonkin] [#2 in daisyridley] [#19 in johnboyega] [#537 in starwars] [#2 in theriseofskywalker] [#1 in theriseofskywalker] [#21 in film] [#19 in film] [#45 in film] [#2 in kyloren] [#4 in legends] 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝: @𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫

Story of the heartbroken rebound. ••• Cover art painting made by artist Steven Coughlin.

Kim Namjoon is known as Brain Monster or The Working Machine due to his intellect. He has looks, the highest grades in his high school class, but no inspiration and an unclear future. Emotionally detached and unmotivated, Namjoon lives an unhappy and unsatisfied life. That is until a certain boy comes along. And Namjoon's cramped heart made room for one more. (WARNING: mention of suicide, anxiety, depression, and inappropriate use of language that may trigger certain people.)

Meet Heidi, a 17-year-old high school senior with her eyes set on college. But when she crosses paths with two captivating boys, Anthony and Justin, her carefully crafted future takes an unexpected turn. As Heidi navigates the complexities of teenage love, readers will be drawn into a world of passion, heartbreak, and self-discovery. A rollercoaster of emotions awaits that can change everything. One dance. One song. A thousand feelings.

This is the old version. For the rewritten story, please check out the other story with the same name. ------------ "Pine trees and warm vanilla is a rare combination. People tend to not like it because it's different. Just like you." ••• Pride and love are not the same, but they work together just fine when you put them together. However, it does take some time before the effects start showing. That's how it went between Kim Taehyung and Kim Jeongguk. The former's pride brought them together and a mystery revolving the latter turned that into love. Simple. But is it, really? ------------ (This story gets better after chapter 5) #3 Property