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Mari thought that coming home to a ghost town was bad. It turns out it's worse having to attend her estranged father's wedding and letting her childhood best friend break down the walls she carefully built. ***** Mari Chasey's life is suspended. She returns to her hometown in a cold November day following her mother's death, after years of studying abroad in Europe. Pinewood is sleepy in the bitter cold, the deserted shoreline stretching further than she can reach, but that's okay. Mari is good with temporary things and at not lingering. She's not planning to stay for long, just enough to sort out her mother's affairs without poking at open wounds. Then her father returns. Jack Chasey, former renowned superstar, absent for most of her childhood, is getting married to a woman Mari hardly knows. He gets to begin again, build something new, while Mari grapples with a fractured life and all the scattered pieces of herself. Her mother was supposed to live forever; Jack was mercurial and always at arm's length. But now he's here to stay. Enter Kinney St. James. Once Mari's closest friend, then another person that passed by like a comet, she still knows Mari and all the shards of her. Even the sharper ones. In the stillness of winter, Mari reconnects with the quiet life Jack always wanted for her, the softer parts of her that only Kinney can tap into, and what it truly means to be her mother's daughter. ***** Open Novella Contest -- prompts 24, 29, 46, & 77 © 2026 caterina george // all rights reserved

Paige de Haan believes in a lot of things, but ghosts aren't one of them. Keane Mahoney, her former best friend, would just like her to believe in herself. ***** After a devastating summer, Paige De Haan is determined to cut ties with her old life--no more parties, no more attention, and definitely no more old friends. Her plan seems to be working until an unexpected run-in with her former best friend, Keane Mahoney, throws a wrench in her plans. The universe pushes them together, forcing them to partner up for their senior project: a ghost-hunting web series where skeptic meets believer. The sudden closeness stirs up unresolved feelings and urges them to confront the past they've been avoiding. Now, Paige and Keane must decide if their relationship is destined to stay buried . . . or be brought back to life. ***** BENNINGTON COLLEGE #2 © 2024 caterina george // all rights reserved

Declan's faith drowned in distress-leaving his life with another little boy-Morgen, who was vanished a Neuroblastoma (Solid Cancer) that appeared to be his brother's son after his whole family died-leaving Morgen on his hand. Lessie Lonette-a Doctor that took care of Morgen was somehow mixed with Declan's life when she was trying to give Morgen a support. Lessie that appeared to be Declan's unexpected interest-causing him to dig his own path away when Lacey's mystery led him to another misery. Can Declan handle Morgen and rise from his despair only for Lessie and Morgen? "Letting go, does not mean forgetting," her voice shook his heart. "It's an art of holding on to your memories and keep him in your heart." This story supported #goldribbon as to raise #childhoodcancerawareness. Every 36 minutes a child was diagnosed cancer. Not all heroes, survivors, warriors were above 5 feet tall. Remember, Kids have cancer too.

How does an engaged woman, with a steady job, end up single, jobless and become a co-parent to an orphaned baby? Lily Ricci is about to marry the man of her dreams. Ever since her childhood, she has dreamed of marrying someone who is handsome and financially steady. All that is about to come true and she is on the verge of getting everything she wants... On the night of her engagement party, everything changes. Lily receaves a phone call from the hospital, telling that her bestfriend Macy and her baby has been in an accident. Lily rushes to the ER, where Macy's good for nothing brother Jake tells her the devastating news. The two are handed a crying baby girl and a piece of paper that says Macy have left the custody of her child to both of them. Lily now faces a new reality, where she is supposed to take care of a baby with a man she despices. And the man she is engaged to gives her an ultimatum, leave the baby or he will leave her.

Kylie Pearson has always been under the watchful eye of her overprotective older sibling. When he's not complaining about her saucy photoshoots, he's moaning at her for partying hard. After her brother's engagement party, she hooks up with an unexpected candidate. Trying to cover up their tracks, the two vow to let it just be a one time thing and to keep it between them. It's easier said than done. Kylie's spectacular summer is spent having fun with her friends and indulging in her new relationship but it all comes at a cost. Kylie finds herself tangled in such a big lie that all she can do is watch as it falls apart. [2nd installment of the #WhenAWomanWalksSeries] *unedited*

Pen and her team worked harder and better than any other team at the Firm. When they land the placement of their dreams in New York City, Pen's expectations were high and her goals higher. But New York is nothing like she imagined. Someone is intercepting their missions and destroying her career. And when that someone turns out to be the one man she never expected to see again... Pen is left to choose where to place her loyalty, her trust, and, ultimately, her life.

"Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds." - Democritus © 2017 autumn meinhardt

❝Seduce me with who you really are.❞ ↠ All rights reserved. o p t i c a l i t y | 2021

Who can you trust when your whole world is fake? As long as she can remember, Elise wanted to be a doctor. Now, with her medical school almost finished and an internship at a prestigious hospital on the way, her dream is about to come true. And when she meets Dan, a famous actor, her life seems to become even more perfect. But when a kiss reveals their relationship to the public, someone is determined to ruin her life and future with the secrets Elise is trying to hide in her closet. The carefully created illusion of her seemingly ordinary life is about to shatter. ---------------------------------------------------- Completed! Warning: This is only a first draft, and my first try to write a longer story. I might change some details along the way, but the storyline is pretty much set and will not change. #77 in New Adult. Thank you all for reading, voting, and commenting!

Lamar is in the park one night when he witnesses a murder. The murderers find out and are determined to silence him. Lamar thinks he managed to escape from them, but he is wrong. They find out who he is and are hot on his trail. Lamar unwillingly gets his best friend Mikey involved and now they are both being hunted down by the murderers. Can the friends survive, or will one of them die?

Alina Arora is a 23 year smart, bold, gorgeous girl and popularly known with the phrase of 'Beauty with Brain'. She is selected as one of the youth representatives of the nation as "Panthers of India". By becoming part of the programme to change the nation, she wants to fulfil her dream to be a sociologist. Her life takes a vital turn when she meets the Prime Minister of the nation along with her two other companions and a smarty who she calls trouble. What will happen when she'll face real politics or find herself falling for the so-called trouble or when she'll meet her ideal and a mysterious identical girl?

Ryan is an ordinary guy preparing for his college graduation. It should be one of the happiest times of his life. However, he gets kidnapped by some dangerous men who mistake him for someone else. His best friend Matt finds out that he's kidnapped and in grave danger. Since he gets no help from the police, it's up to him to search for his best friend. Can he save Ryan, or will he be too late?

When pre-med student Mia gets pulled over on her way to school, she doesn't think that the rude Officer Phoenix Adams is anything more than a factor of a bad day. She definitely didn't think she'd see him again. She definitely never thought they would fall in love. Cover done by the amazing @couchpotato2022 !

[ORIGINAL IDEA] In a world where music and any sort of rhythmic sounds are prohibited, brazen citizens continue in their search for creative sanity as they make their own music. Many realize that despite the circumstances and prohibition, there will always be a song inside of each human- our heartbeat.

❝ They learn that just because it started off fake, it doesn't mean that it won't become very real. ❞ •♡•♡•♡• Alexa Rose is your ordinary girl whose life takes an unexpected turn when she bumps into Noah. She was enjoying her casual Sunday afternoon with her best friend, Emma, but life had other plans. Plans which involved her being a fake bride for a stranger, Noah. Noah Adler is going through a midlife crisis in his twenties, I guess more like a quarter-life crisis. He desperately wants to take over the family coffee shop but his parents want him to have a wife before he gets it. The problem is, Noah just broke up with his girlfriend and needs a fake bride in a week to show his parents. That is when Alexa walks into his coffee shop and the deal is done. Alexa starts to fall for him. Hard. And she can only hope that he feels the same way. What happens when the fake love becomes real? Because there's a fine line between pretending to be in love and actually falling for your charming, handsome fake husband... When the act they put on fails, the most unexpected things happen. Join Alexa and Noah in their fake yet real love story! ⚠ This story contains swears and mature scenes. Read at your own risk. ⚠ • Updates every Saturday! #1 in steamyromance on 24/10/19 #1 in newadultreads on 23/11/19 #1 in fakebride on 24/11/19 #4 in fakeboyfriend on 30/12/19 #20 in fakefriends (out of 2.08k) on 18/11/19 #100 in coffee (out of 13.5k) on 31/08/19 #15 in pretend (out of 1.43k) on 25/08/19 Copyright © 2019 All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever. ----- Award tags: #tea2020 #theaceawards2020 #thecosmicawards2019 #thecrystallineawards #thedamien #damienawards #sunflowerawards2020 #blackroseawards2019 #coalitionawards2020

// Winner in the Starstruck Awards 2017 and the Wing Awards 2017// "Everyone's a little broken, that's how you let the light in." Faith Davis' freshman year in college was supposed to be a new start, a time to flourish. Instead, she came out of it barely holding it together. A year and a half later, she's still scarred by the events that occurred. But what happens when her best friend's marriage throws her into the path of Noah Johnson. His optimism and encouragement cuts through her own cloud of pain, but nobody's perfect, and Noah has his own demons to battle. Can they both help each other out of the past, or will they drown in the waves of their own troubles.

"Cold hearted. Of course I am. Ruthless. You figured it out. Arrogant. Till the end. Dominique. That's my name." Dominique Antré. That is his name. Born in Paris and now the C.E.O of Antré enterprises in France. He is cold, malicious, and uncaring. But in the late August's Friday ,on a cold stormy night, a woman collapses before him on the pavements of the city, he takes her to his home to look after her. With just one glance, Dominique has already set his target. This is Dominique's Quest. Copyright All Rights Reserved. "you need to find the one you're going to spend the rest of your life with, for if I didn't find you, I would have regretted the decision of becoming a loner for the rest of my life" ~Dominique Antré

This is an unedited first draft. Therefore, any mistake will be corrected when the story is completed. Irene returns home after years abroad only to find out that her father is dead. Assasinated by the D' Mercurio family. When she finds herself in the midst of a raging battle, she is torn between love and duty. Especially when the man she loves is the supposed killer of her father. What happens when secrets and schemes are unravelled? What happens when choices and decisions are made by circumstance? What happens when the silence of prowling, ravenous wolves hidden in the De Laurentis family is broken?

It happens so quickly: one minute I think I'm having a moment with this blue-eyed stranger who offered me an empanada, the next, a girl crashes in on our conversation as she whines her way into the seat between us and right into the stranger's arms. What's more, she looks like those travelling hotties you see on Instagram who make sleeping in a tent in the middle of the forest in their underwear look glamorous. I guess life just isn't fair like that. Meraki Mori loves words, and has a fascination with words from around the world that the English language doesn't have a direct translation for. She sets out on a backpacking trip after graduation in search of these untranslatable words. But it seems she'll find more than what she was looking for after a chance encounter at an airport and the series of serendipitous events that follow. And maybe, just maybe, for the very first time in her life, Meraki Mori will find herself at a loss for words.

-THIS IS THE UNOFFICIAL BOOK TWO IN THE UNOFFICIAL BC TRILOGY! NOT THE OFFICIAL VERSION! PUBLISHED JUST BECAUSE. UNEDITED.- Red may be out of the picture now, but that didn't make them forget their plans. They're coming for the darkest superhero in King City, starting with those he loves most. With impending danger on the horizon, Coal must do all he can to protect his loved ones or risk losing it all. It won't be long before he learns that you can't always fight fire with fire and make it out alive. And it could very well be lights out for the darkest hero patrolling King City. - AMAZING COVER BY: @stiles24stilinskiXD Completed unofficial sequal. Big City Trilogy #2. Began: March 2017. Finished October 2017