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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]]

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 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 . . .

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

She is about to marry a man of immense wealth and influence, but his chilling request changes everything. "If you love me like you say you do, then you'll do it," he insists, pushing the boundaries of trust and control. Will she compromise her own soul for love, or will this demand expose the betrayal lurking beneath their opulent life? Prepare for a gripping exploration of power, love, and sacrifice.

(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.

Leilani Chen is a black cat in human form: unbothered, cool, and effortlessly elegant. She's the complete opposite of Sebastian Prince, her best friend whose goofy smile shines a little brighter when she's around. When he drags her into his exciting world of tire tracks and camaraderie, Leilani starts to realise that the greatest thrill of life isn't the journey itself, but the person she's riding with.

Felix smiles when Ares asks, "Do you like it?" Felix glances at him and Ares looks so excited to hear what he has to say, so happy, that Felix almost tells him right there and then. I like boys. Felix feels the words in his mouth. I like you. But writing about two girl dinosaurs falling in love and wanting to be friends with a boy who's gay are two different things, Felix guesses, so he chooses to leave it at, "I loved it. It's one of my favorites." And Ares smiles so brightly that Felix's heart starts to ache. *** Felix Vuong meets Ares Sanchez when they're both eight years old. At age thirty-one, they're still in it together. They love each other for twenty-three years.

In which Zara Malhotra does the unthinkable: accepting a job in one of the most cutthroat kitchens in the city, (an all male kitchen, she might add) and inadvertently objecting herself to working alongside the pompous and volatile, Xander James. All Rights Reserved © wonderrwall cover by @justlyd

At the peak of technological advancement, life on earth began to fall apart. The advancement of technology has answered questions about our origins and uncovered the fabric of our reality. We now know the meaning of life. The panic it set in about our existence caused mass suicides. The world is on the brink of dying. The only answer seems to be a man-made haven by the name of Elysium. A perfect world. A symbol, and a source of hope. There are secrets to be found and not everything in Elysium is as it seems. Highest rank #18 - April 20, 2018

Ema Muratovic is 17 years old and the ambitious daughter of Bosnian immigrant parents. She has two goals during her senior year; get a chance to win states for indoor track and break the barrier between her nearly all-white high school, Westbrook High, and the neighboring town's Timothy High School. These goals are not easy to achieve. Along the way, she realizes the immense sacrifices that she has to make for the betterment of herself and other people.

One tragic mistake cost a man everything: his wife, and the future they had planned. Now, left alone with unexpected surprises, and he's drowning in guilt and grief. Just as he begins to adjust, an unexpected connection stirs emotions he thought he'd never feel again. But when a shocking secret regarding his past & future is revealed, his fragile new life is thrown into chaos. Torn between honoring his wife's memory and the possibility of moving on, he must decide if redemption is possible-or if his past will destroy him for good. How do you rebuild when your world has fallen apart? Love. Death. Accidents Highest: #362 in General Fiction Honest book review: 10/10

Jaïya never expected things to end this badly. If she had, she never would have did what she did that night. If she'd know how it would all unfold, she wouldn't have gone along with the plan. But that's the thing. Jaïya didn't know what would happen. And she still doesn't know much now except that she wishes she could go back and fix everything. Pause and replay. Life would be so easy if she had those. [cover by @-Arabella-]

Daniel Husseini writes to Victoria Edgecombe. And then Sarah D'Souza replies.

Prophecies don't just fix themselves. For every doomsday that never happened, there is a Fate Cipher carefully untangling the tapestry, unraveling the threads of destiny. When a Valkyrie tracks down Ikepela Ives drowning her sorrows at the local tikki bar, her day goes from bad to worse. There's an old prophecy stirring, a real doozy, and the god responsible for kicking it off has slipped his bindings. It's up to Ives to put the brakes on the latest apocalypse, though she may be in way over her head. There is more to this prophecy than meets the eye. And the god, well, he's a Trickster. ***Project for Nanowrimo 2015. Story is now Complete!*** ***Cover by Krazydiamond***

[a story] in which an ailing girl checks off everything on her bucket list with a little help from her weirdly attractive neighbor. [spiritual #8 // short story #41] WARNING: this shit is cheesy as hell i wanna gouge my eyes out

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Let's talk about the D. Depression. *cover by @naramatilda

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.

(Unedited. Will fix everything after finishing the story. But I'd be glad if you point out errors. Thank you so much for choosing to read this! Enjoy! Mwa!) Can what happen in Vegas stay in Vegas? Cassidy Hawkins is the girl in every guy's dream. She's perfect and girls envy her. She's rich and she has all the time in the world to have fun and loosen up, a perfect boyfriend and a loyal best friend to top it all up. But in spite being perfect and all, she never passed on Sky Wright's taste. Sky is Cassidy's counterpart, he lives a life just like Cass'. A party person and the quarterback. Girls can be clingy around him, begging to know his name and to get his number. Even to get into his pants. But again, he's not Cassidy's type of guy too. A history of hatred separates the two of them, making them mortal enemies and each others pain in the ass. Until some circumstances brought them together and the unexpected happened, that will turn their life crazy upside down. Can ONE GAME hold them close? ONE NIGHT clear things up? ONE ROOM erase all hatred? And ONE BET bring them love? Will money bring Cass and Sky closer? Or continue to widen the gap between them? Love is the biggest consequence, and hate seconded. ************************* Cover by @HunterMay18 Trailer made by @1missciara Another trailer by me :) © 2014 Match Made in Money DaisyB All Rights Reserved