A young girl was abandoned and trapped within the confines of a popular brothel named the Flowers Garden. With a burst of courage, she and two other girls planned their escape. Yet, their actions were met with death and brokenness - their bodies were left to freeze next to the morning trash. But Daniel Wellinger - a respected apothecary - found one of the girls alive and took her home. He nursed her back to health and adopted her as his daughter. Daniel gave her a new life, a new identity - Deborah. Despite the current prejudices in the land of Fantasia, she grew up like a flower under Daniel's protective care. She avidly learned his apothecary ways and became known as a prodigy in violin playing - her songs tickled the ear of the sickly Duke Markus. On an outing with her adoptive father, she manages to catch the eye of a wealthy doctor's son, Jonah Watson. A tender connection begins to bloom - but will this budding union be accepted by his parents? Or will it be destroyed to save face? Markus Beaufort, watches the pair from the shadows. He wasn't pleased to see another man always around what he deemed to be his. Deborah had saved his life, and he was also drawn to her foreign beauty - a beauty he wanted to keep for himself. He had one goal in mind: "I must destroy her if I'm to have her." Torn between a man who'd do anything for her and a man who'd do anything to get her, Deborah must fight for the life and love she deserves. But will genuine love prevail - or will darkness claim her once again?

☆ 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗦 : what if the child was a teenager/YA throughout the show duration and not at season 5? After the death of her mother, 17 y/o Deena Salée rummage through her mother's things for answers. She discovers an envelope that was supposed to be given on her 18th birthday. Inside lays an old photo of her mother in college with a man who in the letter explains is her biological father. The notorious hybrid known as Klaus Mikaelson. However, important details explaining the Mikaelson's true nature including her own were left out, only leaving very clear and bolded instructions NOT to come to New Orleans. Of course, those instructions were ignored. Set on finding her father and any living family members, Deena travels all the way from Le Havre, France to New Orleans, Louisiana with no prior knowledge of the supernatural world. A world kept hidden from her since birth. Where its quickly known that not only is her family thee original blood-sucking vampires, but some secrets lie within her blood making her the only of her kind, a tribrid. All while figuring out herself, making a life here in New Orleans, and getting to know the image of her father and his family the people fear, she now has to defend herself from a coven of witches craving to sacrifice her upon a prophecy their ancestors created. ┌── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──┐ ☆ 𝗢𝗖 𝘅 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 ☆ 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝟮-𝟱 ☆ 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗜𝗻 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: Early 2022 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁:

I lied," I say still looking at his lips, he opens his eyes and gazes over at me. "Uh oh," he whispers, not breaking eye contact. I am suddenly aware of his lingering stare. He looks at me everywhere, every inch, there was no hiding from it. His gaze lingers on my lips. "Why do you think it's okay to lie to me?" He teases, staring into my eyes. He takes my hand and kisses it. I stare dumbfounded and lose my train of thought for a moment. "I'm good at lying," I say with a shrug. He only smirks and kisses my hand again. He then pulls me towards him, so that I am on top of him. ─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ─── Nora Farris is grief stricken by the death of her father eight months ago. Nora tries to gain a sense of normalcy as her senior year of high school draws to a close, but her plans are thrown off track when she bumps into Ezra Montgomery at her weekly therapy sessions. Ezra and Nora both have their own long lists of problems, could they figure them out together, or will their baggage be too much for them both to carry?

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION Bringing us into a world of unrelenting suspense, Olivia Harvard's astonishing debut explores the ravages of grief and betrayal through the eyes of a teenage boy coping with a heartbreaking loss and its revelations . . . The unthinkable has happened: Colton Crest is dead. And Elliot, Colton's best friend, is the one who finds him brutally murdered. As Elliot struggles to put the pieces of his shattered life back together, Colton's funeral only brings more confusion and heartbreak. Someone has placed a note in Elliot's pocket claiming to be Colton's killer. And in a sickening twist, they offer to provide a series of clues that will help Elliot find out their identity. Consumed with rage and grief, Elliot has no choice but to follow where the confessions lead. But with each new revelation, it becomes clear that Colton had a strange and secret other life. Elliot isn't sure of anything anymore. Is he tracking down the killer? Or is the killer tracking him? In his search for the truth, Elliot vows to see this sick game to the end, no matter the cost.

BOOK ONE OF THE ELITE SERIES. After being expelled for the third time, this time for breaking a misogynistic teacher's bones, the secret billionaire heiress Adrianna Saint Laurent has made a deal with her father to attend St Vincent's Academy in her hometown New York City. However, not as an elite she is but rather as a scholarship student. She has a month to prove herself that she is capable of handling and controlling everything on her own. What she didn't expect was to be friends with the four richest boys of the academy, increasing the risk of her identity being found out. Can she survive a month without wrecking any chaos and hiding her identity? But one thing is sure, she hasn't gone anywhere and maintained peace. Chaos is bound to break out. re-written ✔ [ 1 in #projectbadassgirls ] [ 1 in #privateschool ] [ 1 in #projectrichkids] [ 1 in #wealthy ] [ 1 in #elites] [ 1 in #rich] [ 2 in #teenromance ]

Harlow Spencer is not just Grayson's little sister. After years of dealing with her overprotective brother, Harlow is finally free to live the life she wants once he leaves for college. Or so she thinks. Enter Corey Michaels, her brother's best friend. She's afraid he's going to be Grayson 2.0, but the more time she spends with him, the more he surprises her. Corey isn't as overbearing as her brother and she decides to use that to her advantage by enlisting his help to find her a boyfriend. Harlow believes the perfect life she wants starts with having the perfect boyfriend, but maybe what she really needs is standing right in front of her.

Book 1 of The Accident Series. cover by @/fleanr on instagram [PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THERE SHE GOES] Have you ever accidentally liked an Instagram photo of the captain of your university's varsity volleyball team? From three years ago? A guy you have never spoken to in your life? Jaiyesimi 'Jaime' Okusanya can relate. As a second-year biophysics student at Herringway university, Jaime is trying to do what every person at university is as well: survive. Especially as she tries to fulfill the requirements to obtain a research position at Dalhousie Laboratory. But when she accidentally likes Aven Montaque's Instagram picture after noticing him twice over a few days, she attempts to survive her fascination with the hot and cold fourth-year criminology student who's aspiring to go to law school. In a coming-of-age story of romance, friendships, drama and mottos, Jaime discovers that her priorities are about to shift. And Aven Montaque might become one of them.

WATTYS WINNER When her fiancé ends up in a coma and his secret mistress, Halley, shows up, Mary feels like her world is falling apart. What she doesn't realize is she's actually falling in love...with Halley. ***** Eight years after a traumatizing accident that killed one of her loved ones, Mary Kincaid is about to marry her childhood sweetheart when the universe yanks the rug out from under her yet again, leaving her fiancé badly injured and in a coma. Of course this is when his secret mistress shows up, a beautiful person whom Mary should by all rights hate - so why does she find herself inviting her to stay in the spare bedroom? She soon learns that sometimes the person you're looking for comes when you're not looking at all. Content and/or trigger warning: This story mentions violence, addiction, and childhood trauma, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]

One disastrous spill. One powerful man. Maya Knight's mistake at a high-end Malibu restaurant lands her in the unexpected servitude of the undeniably alluring and intensely private Theodore Duke. Across the Atlantic, as she works to repay her debt, a far deeper connection sparks between them. Beneath Theodore's wealth and brooding exterior lies a wounded soul, and Maya discovers her own heart holds unexpected vulnerabilities. In this journey from obligation to intimacy, can they truly mend each other's broken pieces?