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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

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

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.

If you ask Jema what his life is like, he'll probably give you a shrug. "Fine." At sixteen, he's already emotionally drained, and often finds himself caught between giving up completely, and chasing after the dream of life getting better. But it's just a dream, after all. The school's administrators have lumped him in with the 'troubled kids', his mother thinks he's just acting out... but then his life really flips upside down. After a wild sophomore year and junior summer, confessions are made and secrets are out. But Jema feels more trapped than ever. Along comes a boy with a harder shell than Jema. The unexpected bond between them flourishes. But all good things must come to an end. "Jema" has been #490 in Teen Fiction. (boyxboy in the title because WP asked me to)

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?

Faith Tristens despises the color orange, going to the movies and Brendan Wenthward with a burning passion. Why, you ask? Well, The first one is way too flashy, the second one is too damn expensive and the third one is all of that combined into a wonderful pack of flesh and blood. Brendan is ridiculously attractive, funny, popular, athletic but there's that one unhinging thing about him that Faith hates just a tad too much. He's a player. And a good one at that. But here's the thing, no matter how many goals he has scored, there's always one he just can't seem to tackle and cross off his bucket list : Faith. And he's determined into evening out the score by laying out an ultimate touchdown.

❝"I'm gonna take a piss--wait up, 'kay?" I nodded and placed the items on the counter, pulling my wallet from my jean's back pocket. At that moment, the store's door shattered before being kicked open. A group of five stormed in, faces disguised with wolf masks. One boy held a backpack in hand, and the rest held the guns at ready. My jaw slackened, open, ready to let out a scream, but I was paralyzed. The clerk behind the cashier dropped below eye-level and screamed, and I wished I could've covered. The first thing they did was shoot at the cameras, the little mechanisms inside falling to the ground.❞ Imagine this: Being overrun by teenage boys in black hoodies and wolf masks, seeming to get off on scaring a couple of teenagers girls and a gas station clerk. Juniper didn't expect to have them kidnap her all on the fact "She knew too much," as the leader put it. She expected them to shoot her or something, but knowing who the leader is.. she wished they had. POPSTAR667 M A D E M Y C O V E R

【Every morning he apologised for the previous night.】In which she gets out of his grip as he falls out of hers, literally. [[oh honey! bring me lillies, not roses.]] was FEATURED by @WattpadShortStory ((RealisticFiction reading list)). - "Dead girls don't love" is an extended version of this short story. • 2021 © teaniksa. All Rights Reserved.

When Noah is involved in an accident, she loses everything. Her friends, her self esteem, her perspective on life, and most importantly her right arm. Her mother afraid of her depressed state moves them from bustling New York City to the quiet mountains of Colorado hoping for a fresh start. There Noah meets Finn Castillo. The boy with the perpetual scowl, and the gloomy outlook on life who always seems to sport the same beat up vans. But with a little help from him, and some quirky characters from her new special eds class, maybe she'll find the perspective she's always been looking for. #745 in General Fiction

In which Beckham Lenox, a battered Quebecois who somehow wound up in New York, aspires to navigate the inner workings of everyone's mind but his own. {under mild construction.}

"will you still love the new me?" Louisa Devin Carters was not born Louisa Devin Carters. Louisa was born Louis, and lived as Louis for seventeen years and eleven months. "no. i love you; as you always have been and always will be. there is no new or old. there is only you. and i love you no matter what."

Scott Donahue is tired. Tired of failing his classes. Tired of his dad constantly comparing him to his overachieving older brother. Tired of having his heart broken by his beautiful, yet fickle, on again-off again girlfriend... But, most of all, he's tired of always making the wrong decision. With his parents threatening to cut him off if he doesn't pull up his grades, Scott struggles to balance the academic and social pressures of college as he begins what should have been his senior year. Between weekly appointments with the campus shrink, rowdy fraternity meetings, and a growing attraction for his red-haired kinesiology tutor, Scott knows that he needs to sort his life out -- the problem is that he has no idea what he wants to do with it. [Sequel to SLEAZE] Cover by @Dandino Banner by @Crystalize- Story ad by @-XxLittleDreamerxX-

Sometimes, angels who've yet to earn their wings fall, landing unscathed among those still living on Earth. These fallen angels will sometimes choose to blend in unnoticed, hoping to just survive without a fuss until they're brought back home, and you may never notice them walking right past you on the streets, or kissing you before you go to bed. They may be your best friend in school, the grocer behind the counter, your stepmother, the girl who just moved in to apartment 34 A, right across from yours, and they blend in so well you never question them. But on rare occasion, one of them might out themselves, spilling their troubles onto you. You will believe them, no matter how crazy it seems, because when an angel tells the truth, you've no choice but to believe them. And once you know this, or once you've first fallen in love with them, there's no going back. But you won't mind.

"Why are you going around feeling sorry for yourself? Ain't nobody gonna feel sorry that you feel sorry, boy." ****** We never get to hear the story through the abuser's eyes. Not that it matters. He doesn't know what he is. ***** Updates every 5-10 days. "Theories." has been #522 in General Fiction.

"We should go star-gazing." I've never been star-gazing and never really thought about it as more than a way to pass time in bed. Never really wanted to go out in the cold and do it but apparently he does. He wants to go and look out at the sky and he wants to bring me along. To star-gaze. And we will because he is my dreaming anchor reaching for the moon and I had no choice but follow.

Five teenagers, five stories. All yearning to be told. [ temporary cover; credits for style used for the cover go to @hepburnettes ] #weneeddiversebooks #FreeMentalIllness #youngadultreads

She still thought about him, as she wrote her last words on a yellow piece of paper and placed the pen down with tears sliding down on the sides of her face. She grabbed the rose and held it close to her heart, wishing it was never too late...

MISCONCEPTION [mis·con·cep·tion]ˌmiskənˈsepSH(ə)n/ noun plural noun: misconceptions a view or opinion that is incorrect because it is based on faulty thinking or understanding.