Diverse Stories

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 . . .

Mira finds herself stuck in the city of love with Jake, the playboy athlete she can't stand. What she doesn't expect is for major sparks to fly on their 24-hour adventure. But can this newly-found love last beyond the magic of Paris? ***** 24 Hours in Paris is now published as a Paperback & E-book by W by Wattpad Books As a Wattpad reader, you can now access both the Original Edition and the W by Wattpad Books Published Edition here upon purchase (PS: a review on Amazon (and also Goodreads) would be very much appreciated, to help get this POC rom com in front of more readers! All the review page links are on my Wattpad profile page :-) ) In the new Published Edition of the book, the characters of Mira and Jake will be older and wiser co-workers in the corporate world, who miss their flight and get stuck spending an extra 24 hours in Paris. They'll start off annoyed with each other, but you know how the story goes... "Adorably sweet and a brilliant read! It made me feel like I was roaming the streets of Paris without having to leave my couch." - Grace @HQ ***** On the last day of their class's college trip to Paris, Mira and Jake get tangled up in a debacle that causes them to miss their flight home to New York. Which means they're stuck in Paris until the next available flight that's 24 hours away! Mira is witty and a lover of art history and good cheese. Jake, on the other hand, is your All-American frat boy with a killer smile. Translation: they can't stand each other. As they visit places they could never have imagined, Mira and Jake go from mortal enemies to star-crossed lovers with sizzling chemistry. But can their spark last without Paris' cheese and charm to keep it going? [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]] Cover designed by Ray Gardener

A heartbroken fashion designer escapes to Tokyo to be an assistant on a movie set, only to get caught up in an illicit, whirlwind romance with the lead actor. ***** After discovering her fiance is cheating on her, heiress and fashion designer Lily Porter is whisked away to Tokyo to help a production company adapt one of her great-aunt's novels. She isn't thrilled about lying about being her aunt's assistant until it throws her into the path of the movie's lead actor, who is enough of a distraction to keep her mind off her ex for good. But can there really be a future for them when their relationship is built on lies, false identities, and a secret engagement? [[Wattys' Longlisted]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

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. It only takes one moment to change your life forever . . . After her mother's deportation last year, all Soledad "Sol" Gutierrez wants is for her life to go back to normal. Everything's changed-new apartment, new school, new family dynamic-and Sol desperately wants to fit in. When she joins her community college's history club, it comes with an odd initiation process: break into Westray's oldest house and steal . . . a fork? There's just one problem: while the owners of the house aren't home, their grandson Ethan is, and when he catches Sol with her hand in the kitchen drawer, she barely escapes with the fork intact. This one chance encounter irrevocably alters her life, and Sol soon learns that sometimes fitting in isn't as important as being yourself-even if that's the hardest thing she's ever had to do.

Earth is gone. The aliens took everything - cities, families, home. Now the only ones left are the children, training on a massive spaceship called the Genesis, learning to fight back. Aria Ovie is sixteen, Nigerian, and the last person anyone would expect to survive what is coming. Caleb Weston is seventeen, American, cold and untouchable - and he has never once looked at someone like her. Until he heard her voice. In a ship divided by race, hatred and invisible lines nobody dares to cross - two people are about to cross every single one. Some wars are fought with weapons. Some are fought with the heart. This one is both.

Imani is turning eighteen with no path in mind. Born into the poverty of Substris, she expects to fail the upcoming Inspection as all those from Substis do. But the life has other plans. Soon Imani is faced with her new daunting reality. In a place of violence, where everyone is shaped into the weapons the Empire needs them to be, Imani feels lost. Now the question is, can she survive and if she does, will she still be Imani or something completely different?

Life can be overwhelming for teens. Especially at Cambridge City Secondary School. Episodes are releasing every Saturday at 7 p.m. GMT, starting from Saturday 12 of September until Saturday 3rd of April 2027. This will give us 30 episodes in total. This isn't ongoing forever like most soap operas because I am still in school doing my own GCSEs, and it'll get way too stressful for me to continue this story into year eleven. I tried to cover the time that most holidays happen, so we can see the characters at Christmas and Halloween and New Year's Day, and it ends when they break up for the Easter half term. Bidects is heavily different than my other projects like Drama Room. I wanted to write something fast paced and easy to read, mostly lighthearted, centred around relatable people my age, mostly going through relatable things that we all struggle with. Okay, maybe not all of it is relatable... That being said, this (kind of) soap opera still touches on lots of difficult and dark themes. There are storylines including abuse, trauma, assault, addiction and terrorism. I am currently doing my GCSEs so I won't be able to update this as much as I would like to. Please feel free to give me any feedback you like in the Wattpad comments, my writing is open to all interpretations and I am open to all opinions and storyline suggestions. Fetauring some Bidects characters, and centred around the school play, Drama Room is also available on my page, episodes every other Wednesday. Thanks so much for taking time to read this enormous description. It means a lot that you'd care about my writing. I am very open to feed

Previously known as Silent Downfall. Featured on @mystery and @Ambassadors 2nd Place | Best Protagonist | Reader's Choices Awards by @thetranquilityteam Revenge is not the only thing on his mind as he observes the ten-year-old. Indian all-rounder Mayank Sharma has never had a smooth life, on or off the field. Being constantly haunted by traumatizing memories is bad enough, but things take a worse turn during a home series against Bangladesh, particularly owing to its ever-mysterious captain, Waseef Ibrahim. For a reason unknown to most, his long-cherished grudge against Waseef intensifies this time, before an encounter on the field makes it spiral out of control. On a short trip attended by both teams, Mayank is finally awarded a chance to seek revenge for everything he thinks Waseef has put him through. However, as he approaches his foe's unattended young cousin, a whirlwind of conflicting emotions overpowers him. Is he even half the monster he thinks he is? Trigger Warning: self-harm, suicide, and mild violence.

Born into slavery, Lena Wells escapes in search of freedom-but instead finds a Union camp overflowing with runaways, soldiers, and the man whose gaze she can't seem to forget. What begins as stolen glances soon becomes forbidden touches and passionate, secret kisses. But war has a way of claiming everything, and when Julian is called back to his regiment, Lena is forced to let him go. Four years later, Lena has built a fragile new life in Philadelphia-a seamstress by day and a devoted mother by night, determined to protect the child who carries the face of the man she lost. Julian Dennis, wounded and discharged, is living in the same city rebuilding a life that no longer feels like his own. When a chance assignment brings Lena into his home that he shares with his mother-who has hired her to sew a few dresses-the past collides violently with the present. One look at Lena's little girl sends Julian spiraling. She looks like him. She acts like him. And the timing is undeniable. Yet Lena insists the child isn't his. Now Julian is torn between hope and heartache, while Lena clings to the truth she's carried alone for years. As long-buried emotions resurface and new wounds open, both must confront not only the ghosts of the war, but the powerful forces of society, race, loyalty, and love that threaten to keep them apart. Because sometimes the war doesn't end on the battlefield- Sometimes it finds you again, exactly where you're trying to start over.

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Typical story where the guitarist and the drummer fall in love with each other. MLM

Three friends' search for answers about magic has a price, and the Queen will make them pay. ******** First 6 chapters only! Get the full book for FREE at JarrodKing.com/subscribe ******** Slade Maxwell is a noble and a senior in college who's expected to graduate and be next in his family to work for the queen. His desperation to escape that path leaves him unprepared for class, but when his classmate, a chiseled warrior by the name of Douglassaire Hart, asks their professor about an ancient sword called the Djed Key, Slade pays close attention. The sword is a mythical relic that's said to have brought magic to the world, and its secrets could be Slade's ticket out. He joins up with Douglassaire, wondering what else he knows. And, should he open himself to the warrior, will his feelings be returned? Slade's best friend, Gisela Benitez, who is still reeling from her mother's mysterious death, harbors a secret crush on Slade that draws her into his quest with Douglassaire. What the three of them find out leads them to a bloodthirsty magician, possession by spirits, and a vengeful queen who will stop at nothing to find the Djed Key for herself. What starts as a journey of self-discovery soon becomes a race against time. Will they be able to save their world or will the queen start a war that could bring her to ultimate power?

"Besides your just jealous of me," she retorted with a smirk. "Criticism doesn't always equal jealousy Lei,now are we planning this or what?" . . . . Asian American Pacific Islander story entry 2023

Contemporary new adult romance novel ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴀ ʟᴇᴀᴘ ɪɴ ꜰᴀɪᴛʜ... America's sought after bachelor, Nick Anderson, is back on our screens once more. Will Lady Luck be on his side this time, as he returns for this upcoming season of The Vow? Following the devastating break up with bachelorette Hannah Morton last season, has he truly moved on? As crazy as this sounds to others, Nick genuinely believes in the process. He truly loved Hannah and knows that while this is a unconventional way to find love, he will meet his true match here on the show. ᴍᴇᴀɴᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇꜱᴛ ᴄᴏᴀꜱᴛ .... Everlyn Monroe is a hard-working career woman in her late 20s. Living her dream life and making serious money. But still an unlucky recipient in the romance department, and a long time sufferer of wallflower syndrome. She takes a huge leap of faith and puts her job on the back burner, agreeing to step into the reality tv world. But doubts quickly set in, as she questions whether she made a serious misjudgement in error, dealing with the onset and constant behind-the-scenes shenanigans. ᴡɪʟʟ ꜱʜᴇ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴛᴏ ꜱʜᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴡᴀʟʟꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀ ɪᴍᴀɢᴇ? ᴡɪʟʟ ɴɪᴄᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠɪᴇ ʙᴇ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴜʀᴛ ʙᴀɢɢᴀɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ? Only time will tell.... This season is certainly going to be eventful. Stay tuned to find out more.

What if an old childhood romance just might have walked back into your life? Only problem is he wants nothing to do with you. ___ When Cairo, an old childhood friend of Abena Antwi returns back to his previous neighborhood and school, Abena is determined to spark the old flame the two once shared despite her father's hostility towards Cairo and his ethnicity in general. She is however taken aback by the sudden coldness of her long lost friend who is not only bent on vexing Abena at every chance he gets, but is willing to make Abena's father pay for a deed his daughter is certain he didn't commit. Will Abena choose the boy she has loved since she was eleven over her own father? Or will the two put aside their family and ethnic rivalry and focus on their present? _____ ✨This story is set in a Ghana✨ _I do not own the picture on the book cover, all credit goes to its owner_

Death followed her into the world and claimed her mother. She bares the mark of that curse on her face like the paint of a skull on the Day of the Dead. What kind of life can she have with such a unique appearance?

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< Photography is the story I fail to put into words ~ Destin Sparks > Blurb Jasmine Jamieson has always wanted her broken family to return back to how they all were before an unfortunate event happened which changed everything. What happens when she's finally given the opportunity in the form of her Dad's election. ____________________ 1𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕁𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕤𝕠𝕟 9𝕥𝕙 𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕤 5𝕥𝕙 𝕚𝕟 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕤 _____________________ Timeline: Ongoing Started: 22nd October,2020 Finished: ?? Copyright©️ All rights reserved ©️ Melissa Etinosa. No part of this work can be reproduced, published or used without the authors written permission. Disclaimer Some of the pictures, videos and a few of the quotes used in this book do not belong to me.

The second book in the Deathless Trilogy! When Isla Blume wakes up to find herself in an unfamiliar place without the rest of the Deathless or any way of contacting them, she will have to find the courage and self-confidence to become the hero an entire estate of people need her to be. But as Nietzsche said, "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster." Can Isla fight to save herself, Daniel, and her new followers without becoming the monster Gunther Quail wants her to be? Or will she lose herself completely?