Three swoony romances. One legendary missing skeleton. In the quirky town of Autumnvale, nothing kicks off fall quite like The Missing Skeleton Festival-a celebration of the mysterious disappearance (and reappearance) of the town founder's skeleton sixty years ago. This year, best friends Harper, Leah, and Camila are volunteering (mostly for the cute boys), when the impossible happens: the real skeleton disappears. Again. Each girl is determined to uncover a different piece of the mystery: ❤️ Harper, daughter of the local graveyard caretakers, thinks the whole legend is just a hoax-until she sees the ghost of a boy who died the same year the skeleton first vanished. ❤️ Leah, the sheriff's daughter, is tired of being seen as just a sidekick. She wants answers-and she's convinced the new guy in town, Skylar (brooding, suspicious, annoyingly cute), knows more than he's letting on. ❤️ Camila, the founder's great-granddaughter, needs to save the festival and her maybe-relationship with Atlas-Harper's older brother-who kissed her last week then ghosted her. Gilmore Girls meets Hocus Pocus in this cozy fall mystery with friendship, first love and one skeleton that just won't rest in peace.

A Regency era courtesan gives up her empire for love and discovers how binding her connections truly are to the noblemen she used to serve. ***** In the sequel to Courtesan of War, Rose sails across the Atlantic to find the navy captain who took her heart out to sea. But theirs is not a traditional romance; a pirate takes a liking to Rose, and there are noblemen who depend on her expertise, causing ripples in the commitment she makes to her captain. The waters really begin to churn when Rose learns about her parentage, forcing her to decide if she can fulfill her destiny and still be with the man she loves. CONTENT DISCLAIMER: Be prepared for a few mature scenes. Those with delicate sensibilities may want to keep a fainting couch nearby. COPYRIGHT NOTICE: This work is owned by the author. Please do not attempt to plagiarize or your reputation could end in ruins. IN OTHER WORDS: If you find this story on any online platform other than WATTPAD, I did not allow this. You may also be exposing yourself to malware. If you wish to read this story in its original, safe form, do it here on WATTPAD. COVER DESIGN: by @arpeggio-

Since Esmera was abandoned on a stranger's doorstep as a baby, the only person who has looked out for her is herself. Until a lark starts visiting her, leaving behind exotic flowers and iridescent pebbles that the internet doesn't recognise. Esmera can't believe her eyes when she recognises the lark in a painting in a museum. Her investigation takes her to the home of the museum owner, Tauram - a man who is more than he seems. When a magical force summons Esmera and Tauram to Milatanur, the hidden kingdom that is their home, they have no choice but to answer the call. Soon, it is not their decades-long betrothal that binds them but feelings they must ignore for the sakes of their fractured pasts and precarious futures. Around them, nature rebels under the unjust rule of a cruel sorcerer, threatening to engulf Milatanur. The formidable King Ruagu has spies everywhere, and those who aren't on his side turn to it out of fear. Loyalty will rot into betrayal, blood will be paid, and Esmera will be presented with her destiny to wield a weapon of unparalleled power. But only if she can elude her dark past long enough. *** Cover by @-DeeIsDead-

What if we were the first in our part of the galaxy to discover the secret of faster than light travel? What if this discovery was 10,000 years before it was supposed to be? Our neighbors had been watching for centuries and were surprised with our early arrival into the Web of Worlds... The Year is 2166: To the people of Earth, the universe seemed to be a very lonely place. Astronomers have discovered tens of thousands of planets; many had indications of organic life. SETI had been searching for signals for over 200 years. There had been a few tantalizing bits of radio or radar energy received but nothing ever proven to be of intelligent origin. But there was an alien civilization out there, in fact many of them linked together in a Web of Worlds. They were watching us quietly, carefully and patiently. It had long been the prime directive of the Web that no developing civilization be contacted until that civilization made it into interstellar space on their own; and that always took time, lots of time. Most Web worlds took 1,000 years or more to go from steam to the atom and none had made it from the atom to a sublight stardrive in less than 5,000 standard years. Every civilization of The Web had proven that faster than light travel was impossible, so there was plenty of time to watch the Earth... The watchers were astounded with the speed of progress of human science and also horrified at the periods of violence. By 2076 nuclear fusion power was widespread on earth. By 2100 the first interplanetary fusion ships explored the Sol system. The men and women of the Anglosphere Alliance began their first missions in ships approaching 0.1c. At that velocity, manned flight to even the nearest stars would take a lifetime. What would happen if a beautiful engineer and a brilliant physicist stumbled upon an artificial gravity field which would make a faster than light drive possible... Earthrise: 2176 A #1 Science Fiction Story Featured by wattpad

The girl in the ratty dress was ruining his birthday party, and Evander had already decided that nothing⁠-not the dank smell of the underground, not the glass skylight that showed a tempting but unreachable summer day, not the jealous looks his so-called friends threw him⁠-was going to ruin this day.... A short story about a boy, a girl, and a wooden bird, all set in a futuristic dystopian world.

After a mixup on set crosses an outspoken, up and coming filmmaker's path with the dashing reality show's star, the two form an instant connection despite her initial misgivings. But as their feelings begin to interfere with the show they must decide what's more important, their future careers or this whirlwind romance.

A girl in hiding. A boy on the run. When Talie Zarna, The Soaring Staress of the circus Phenomena, is forced to hide military deserter, Renner Cartha, her secrets are threatened as well as her heart. Renner's flirtatious confidence is at odds with the seriousness of his crimes, and yet Talie risks everything she's come to cherish in order to keep him safe. Little does she know his own deception might be the end of the security she's found among the circus. Traveling between planets while flying through the stars in a death-defying act, Renner and Talie find that they are stronger together than they've ever been apart.

It is the year 2099, and the world's fastest, most efficient form of transportation, The Silver Falcon, races through the countryside of India. It is a train that has united the world, but one man on board worries it may not be fast enough. This man carries only a tattered suitcase, but it holds years of secrets. He is not who he says he is. Told in a series of flashbacks to his youth, and set on a futuristic, high-tech train, we slowly uncover the truth of the past, the pain buried with it, and his final chance at redemption. A story about forgetting and remembering, follow one man's journey through the past and to the end of the line. The only question is: will he make it in time?

Lily Morgan knew she was different, but that had nothing to do with her supernatural abilities. In a world of abnormal creatures she was an outcast. With no idea what species she is, Lily keeps her head down throughout school; juggling boring and unusual subjects and research in the library for the lost records of the supernatural. Until a rainy day when her creature unleashes - the calm before a brutal war of a storm. Wolves catch her scent. Vampires crave her blood. Witches curl their magic in fear. Fairies tremble on fractured wings. For Lily Morgan, school was the least of her worries. Typhoon is part one - completed at 110,000 - 120,000 words Tempest is part two - completed at 100,000 - 110,000 words Typhoon: Watty Awards 2019 Contender (c) Elizabeth H. Blake

Captain Job Trace leads a team on a space rescue mission that goes terribly wrong and becomes a fight for survival.