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Cinder Bound by kcgalloway
Cinder Bound
kcgalloway
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PARTIALLY TAKEN DOWN FOR QUERYING. CINDERELLA RETELLING - DARK FANTASY - DRAGONS ;) Dragon-shifter Tavlen the Unyielding would kill anyone to get his sister back. The only person who can help him hasn't been seen in years. But his family is hiding something. Or someone. Eleos refuses to speak to dragons. Especially not after one drove her brother mad. But a Court snake is dragging up the past to threaten everything she holds dear in the present. Their clash of tempers has consequences that threaten to bind them together. Court and coastling. In life or in death. For the grown-up fans of Marissa Meyer, Renée Ahdieh and Shannon Hale who still want fairytales in this grown-up world.
Adrenaline by smidorii
Adrenaline
smidorii
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  • Parts 70
Even when the lights go out and a thousand miles separate them, Stevie and Brendon always find a way back to each other. ☆ companion novel to FLY WITH ME by @thaliagrace- ☆ ***** When Stevie and her band MARS catch a break early on and sign with a big record label, they relocate to Los Angeles from their home in Hawai'i and become next door neighbors to Formula 1 boy wonder, Brendon Ellis. Since skyrocketing to the tops of the charts after the release of their critically-acclaimed debut album, there's a lot of pressure to prove their worth with their sophomore effort, on top of keeping everyone in the band on the right track. And though Stevie, a woman set on committing her efforts to her burgeoning career, has had no plans on jumping into any sort of relationship, her growing friendship with Brendon Ellis derails that idea. As two highly-regarded figures in their respective fields, juggling their careers and feelings for each other requires effort. Stevie and Brendon must decide if they're willing to drive a thousand miles until their tyres wear out -- 'cause it's lights out and away they run. » featured on @FreeTheLGBT, @lgbtq, @StoriesUndiscovered, @Music, @ChickLit, and @Ambassadors « All rights reserved © Stephanie Midorii, smidorii
The Dream Before the Dark ✓ by falling-into-you
The Dream Before the Dark ✓
falling-into-you
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Chicago, IL. January 1992. When Jenny Adler shows up to her first day at a new job, she hopes it can be as simple as it is on paper - a few short months of doing paperwork and answering phone calls before she moves on to the next thing. It was never supposed to be anything more than a mere stepping stone, never meant to be significant. But no matter how fast she runs, the past clings to her like a shadow and having to constantly see the woman she wants to forget forces her to confront the uncomfortable truths she's been trying so hard to ignore. Meanwhile, a new friendly face slowly coaxes her into opening up and for the very first time, she starts to believe that humans aren't as inherently broken as she thought them to be. What she intended to be just a tiny blot of ink on the pages of her life ushers in the beginning of a brand new chapter and makes her challenge her beliefs about what it means to be a woman in a man's world, if love truly can be found in the most unexpected and darkest places, and what to do when you realize that you've turned into the very thing you swore you'd never become. Their future was a tragedy waiting to be written, a tale of endings that came too soon after beginnings. But there was a life before the dark, a life so full and hopeful it later felt like but a dream. »»----------«« ♡ featured in @NA's general + historical fic reading list ♡ »»----------«« ♡ Started: May 17th, 2021 ♡ Completed: October 31st, 2021
Sounds Fake, but Okay | ✓ by Miss-Atomic-Bomb
Sounds Fake, but Okay | ✓
Miss-Atomic-Bomb
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Catalina Flores, or Cat, is your average university student. Among school, work and family life, she barely has time for a boyfriend, specially not after her last train wreck of a relationship. Her friends find it amusing to give her a dare. Fairly simple and innocent; make Kim Sung-jae smile. Easy right? What she didn't sign up for was him asking her to be his fake girlfriend. As empathetic as she is, she finds it hard to reject him. After all, it's just two weeks, what's the worst that can happen? •• Copyright ©2018 by miss-atomic-bomb
1.1 | constellations of you and me ✓ by yehree
1.1 | constellations of you and me ✓
yehree
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For Eloise Park, the lines of glittering love and golden jupiter always seem to blurred. Maybe Jonah Kim can help find what's missing before it's too late.
Lemon Sorbet by snickerous
Lemon Sorbet
snickerous
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It started with a lemon sorbet. Then a cold, dead body smiled. ✘ ✘ ✘ In a chance of a lifetime, Wendy Cain's innocent little crush on an infamous pariah, Leon Song, is swept up in a game of cat, mouse and murder as a dead body is found in his home... and the natural suspect being the amorously charming man. Can a simple crush acquit you murder? Or will you fall riddles to the hands of charm? Cover designed by Holly Thurston.
Truth Be Told by SamMadison
Truth Be Told
SamMadison
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There's only one thing Colin hates more than Sadie-- Seeing Sadie cry.
The Search for Lily Myers ✓ by falling-into-you
The Search for Lily Myers ✓
falling-into-you
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Amelia Allen feels stuck. To an outsider, her life must look beautiful. She has a steady job, a relationship, and several years of her twenties left to figure out what more she wants out of life. But nothing is as shimmery as it appears from the surface, and her boyfriend's increasing hostility leaves her feeling trapped within the confines of her own life---too scared to stay where she is but even more scared to run. Everything changes when a stranger disappears. When Amelia finds out that a girl she went to school with has gone missing, she decides to show up at the search party, only expecting it to impact her life for a couple of hours. But there she meets Henry, who's sweet and charming and impossible to stay away from. And as she gets pulled deeper into his world and the mystery of his cousin's disappearance, the entangled truths about everything around her start to emerge. Hearts are broken, dark secrets are exposed, and people's true colors are revealed. But amidst all of the chaos, Amelia slowly starts to find something else: herself. »»----- ♡ -----«« ✧ Started: June 7th, 2020 ✧ Completed: October 11th, 2020 ✧ Rewrite Started: August 2022 ✧ Rewrite Completed: October 2022 »»----- ♡ -----«« ♡ previously featured in @Romance's Featured Romance Stories list ♡
Final Room by violadavis
Final Room
violadavis
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Wendy is the final girl. Surviving is what she does. ***** Following the tragic Incident that claimed the lives of all her friends, Wendy Collier only has her status as a Final Girl to give her some sense of self--it tells her how to behave, how to feel, how to think. When nothing else helps, the only solution is to move to Alaska to stay with her estranged brother, who had his own reasons to exile himself, and they both know there are sacrifices they have to make for each other. Underneath the resentment, there's hurt. However, Wendy has been fighting for a long time, fighting for survival, fighting for meaning, fighting for closure, and this will not be yet another thing that's ripped away from her. No matter what she has to do. [[2X WATTPAD FEATURED STORY]] [[WATTYS 2023 SHORTLIST]] © 2022 caterina george // all rights reserved
Exit Wounds by violadavis
Exit Wounds
violadavis
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Harley had a bright future ahead of her, but that dream died a long time ago. ***** Harley vowed she would never return to the city that broke her heart, but old wounds never stop hurting if you keep poking at them. When the phone rings, the city stops, and she's summoned back, she discovers some doors are better left closed. Those you open might never be locked again. ***** Open Novella Contest 2023 -- prompts 42, 45, & 69 [[OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2023 ROUND 2 WINNER]] © 2023 caterina george // all rights reserved