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He just wants her booty, but she'll end up stealing his heart. ***** After pirates kidnap seventeen-year-old Ana in a case of mistaken identity, the orphaned housemaid prepares for the worst. Instead, between a shipwreck, mutiny, and her growing feelings for her captor -- the dashing Pirate King of the Caribbean, Alestair Kincade -- Ana soon realizes the secret she keeps is far from the most dangerous part of her new life. But playing the wholesome daughter of a Spanish admiral among rag-tag buccaneers isn't easy either, and to avoid both discovery and the gallows she'll have to learn to rely on more than just her wits and her charm. But is Alestair Kincade really on her side? Or will his protection and his love both disappear the moment he learns the truth? Book Two of The Pirate King Series is called SCUTTLE (formerly The Reluctant Pirate Queen) [Now an audiobook from Hachette, Powered by Wattpad] [word count: 90,000-100,000 words] PLUNDER (Book One in The Pirate King Series) © 2014 by R.S. Kovach. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced without the author's written permission. Cover designed by Ren T

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 . . .

Running away from their jobs as camp counselors, Ellie and Seb embark on a road trip with unexpected turns en route to their destination - New York. ***** Camp Raukawee was meant to be where Ellie Morrison and Sebastian Lee spent their summer working as camp counselors, but they've had enough. Escaping in the middle of the night, the friends hatch a crazy plan to make their way to New York to visit Ellie's dad, who she hasn't seen since he moved five years ago. Along the way, however, a series of cities and events have the pair not only questioning their individual futures, but wondering what will happen to the growing spark between them as the countdown to adulthood begins. [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]] Cover designed by Gillian Goulet

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]]

Neha Jashiri Dereje, aka Shiri, is your no-stress girl who takes life as it comes. An intern at Salpetriere Hospital juggles with her part-time job as a waitress at The Rimbaud nightclub and her hospital rotas to pay the colossal loan she took for her studies. She has no time for trivial matters such as love. Dominque Larez Miguens, aka Dom, is the supposed heartbreaker who got his red piece broke. Still, he believes in love, and he's looking for the big one that lasts a lifetime. Dom and Shiri find themselves in an odd friendship, and when feelings start to surface, doubts begin. Knowing the rules doesn't necessarily mean one knows how to play, especially when you get your dose of the troublesome baby ma and you meet the woman Dominque still sees as his future. Can they get involved knowing that Dom isn't emotionally available and Shiri is a rookie to romance? Read and see if they can make their story happen. This is a Beauty Marks spin-off. You might want to read that first.

(A dark horror-romance retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth) Jade Salvador isn't your typical dissatisfied, burnt-out twenty-something-year-old. Crushed by the weight of her family's name and high expectations, she finds herself working a dead-end job, hoping for something more out of life. One day, she makes the drastic decision to start catfishing would-be predators online, posing as a teenager and exposing their crimes. But when Jade meets Percy Belrose, a man who's also searching for the same purpose in his life, things get messy fast. As sparks begin to fly and bodies begin to pile up, Jade soon finds out that killing is the easy part. It's falling in love that might be the death of her.

When Hannah Trimester's high school suffers from an outbreak of Chlamydia, she thinks it is her chance to write an award winning article that will get her into the school of her dreams. But finding the truth isn't easy. With other problems on the line such as grades, prom, graduation, and boys, Hannah quickly learns that tracing this STD to its source is something she wasn't quite prepared for. [Not suitable for people under 13 at all or the fainthearted. Some drugs, sexual references, and cursing.]

Nevada Ruiz doesn't take risks. But being stuck in a cabin with four other students may be the biggest risk of all. [nanowrimo '17]

Esther Abbey has never been brave and has never needed to; until she's faced with an ultimatum: take a stand or face complete obliteration. ♕ modern lesbian retelling of The Book of Esther. extended synopsis inside. ♕ © dzangiewrites 2017. all rights reserved. ✯ wattys 2018 shortlist ✯

❝ how far would you go to protect him? ❞ ❝ how far wouldn't I go? ❞ in which a bodyguard and the son of a billionaire try to balance staying alive and falling in love. ➳ extended summary inside #122 in chicklit best storyline in the writer's awards winner of the blank sheets contest first place in the dream book awards first place in the storyteller awards first place in the book centre's summer awards first place in the purple star awards first place in the malibu awards cover by the talented @dysanic

He's handsome. He's charming. He's rich. Did I mention tall, with a dashing smile, that makes the ladies' hearts melt? But even after everything Levi Tau still finds himself playing this losing game of love, which leaves him heartbroken and unsatisfied. You've heard of, always the bridesmaid never the bride- but have you heard of always the Best Man never the groom?

I'm pretty extraordinary (read: absolutely normal) for an average guy named Patrick- Patrick Kraker, and before you ask, no, I do not want a cracker; neither does Polly. Polly's sick of crackers. a) My summer job may or may not involve spray painting myself completely silver and standing motionless in the park. Of course not. b) I also may or may not be investigating and communicating with a homeless guy who is (possibly): one, not actually homeless and two, part of a cult of (probably) bloodthirsty satanic worshippers. *** Copyright © 2015 by unfurled All rights reserved #34 Humour Featured as of 28/04/16

"-what are fandoms calling women these days?"

The summer in which Nellie Dreher tries to draw the map to Indie Rao's heart. (cover by @GlamerousDolls)

We have all seen the "viral stories," of people with disabilities. One meaningful gesture gone wrong. Carmen is a 16 year old self-identified "slacker," with Cerebral Palsy. Her school has high hopes of turning her into a viral sensation by crowning the "wheelchair girl" Homecoming Queen, but Carmen has other plans. Along with her pal Stevie, trying to sabotage the whole thing to save his friend and the popular girls Gabrielle & Zoey plotting a night Carmen will never forget. Carmen experiences romance, adventure, and finding her true voice through this journey. ➡Ranked #1 in Cerebral Palsy for Disabilities Literature 10.3.2018🍁

I smile willing myself to hold the tears. "I really loved you too." I say meeting his watery eyes. "Viv." "No,I'm sorry. You had the chance. And you didn't take it." I shrug my shoulders. "You'll always have apart of me no matter what. Its just that I've moved on. I've changed Jake. And so has my heart.'' "Vivian what are you saying?'' "I'm saying Goodbye, Jake. For good this time." I stand on my tippy toes and kiss his cheek lightly. I smile again, letting the tears drop to the ground. Smashing them as he did my heart. "Forever." ××××××××××××××××××××× Vivian has changed. Yes, she's still in love with another race. But now she has a responsibility, Kids. And just when things are getting better for her. The biggest thing happens: Her siblings are threatened to be taken from her. *Her love begins to waver. *Her man becomes someone else's. *And oh to top it off she's getting married. But the question that remains is; Will she give in to the fight?

𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐛𝐲 @𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 The story of a man who returned home after thirty years, only to receive an unexpected surprise from his childhood. 𝑨𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 Featured by the Wattpad ambassador-run @𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 profile ("Microfiction (< 1K)" reading list), 8 January 2025 3rd Place Winner of the Short Story Category (Seventh Grade) - English and Mathematics Inter-School Competition, May 2015 Cover by TheTigerWriter

A girl who chooses to keep dreads instead of saving her life, a woman who will do whatever she can to have "White Girl Flow", a boy who thinks black girls look like cockroaches, all come crashing together when they meet their mysterious neighbor.