|| WINNER AMBYS 2022 VAMPIRES CATEGORY || || FEATURED: FOODKART || When single mother and baker Autumn Milford is hired to cater a high-end party in the Berkshires, she discovers the "special ingredient" she is required to use isn't just the quirk of an eccentric millionaire ... ------------ Autumn Milford has been determined to rely on no one but herself after her parents kicked her out at seventeen. With the money she's due to earn from catering a high-end party in the Berkshires, she'll finally have enough to open up her own storefront bakery. But her employer is not just another eccentric millionaire and his guests aren't your average denizens of high society. Autumn is about to discover that creatures of the night are real ... and they're eating her cinnamon rolls. Corbin Westbrook would rather cut off his own head than host the once-a-decade gathering of the New England Knowing. There have been sightings of a Fallen in the area and it is Corbin's duty to ensure that the creature is disposed of. But to decline such an "honor" is ill-advised. Left with no choice but to throw the party, Corbin stays as far away from the event planning as possible ... until he meets the baker. Hold onto your cinnamon rolls, it's going to be a sweet ride! ------------ ONC 2022 Prompt 20. You manage a catering company. The latest request has a few ... interesting menu items. [Status: Complete] [Word Count: 28,000] [Content warning: PG-13 for mild swearing, violence, sensuality, and fade-to-black intimacy.] [ [ Highest rankings ] ] [#1 in Baking 2/26/22] [#1 in Singleparent 4/1/22] [#1 in Paranormalromance 4/14/22] [#8 in Paranormal 4/11/22] [#10 in ONC2022 4/14/22] [#11 in Supernatural 5/3/22] [#16 in Vampireromance 4/20/22] [#20 in Romance 4/11/22] Cover by @chessaandersen

After Robert Pirone photographs A-list actor Brian Keating cavorting with girls in a Tokyo hotel room, the actor's fixer / father figure, Mr. Young, sets out to protect "his boy". He threatens the only thing that seems to matter to Robert Pirone: his estranged daughter Makiko. But most of that is shown in LOUD (Or read it from Makiko's point of view in QUIET). In VINTAGE ROB, Robert Pirone attempts to meet Makiko, but he is too busy trying to make-up for screw-ups in the past to notice his screw-ups in the present. Notable Rankings: #1 in Nonviolence May 5, 2025) #1 in Somerville (May 5, 2025) #3 in Buddhism (July 20, 2023) #9 in Boston (Nov. 15, 2023)

How do you cope with learning that your mother was murdered before you were born, your father is a fairy hitman, and you wield the power to raise an army of devoted love slaves... except you haven't the least idea how to control it? Tom Corwen's disability had driven him to excel, and in his first year as a grad student at Berkshire-Avery University, he gains the respect of his professors, a girlfriend way out of his league, and something close to a normal life. After meeting a perplexing stranger with a cryptic message about his mother, Tom and those close to him are trapped in a cold war between impossible kingdoms and marked for death by the world's most powerful Fae. ---------------------------------------------------------- The Autumn Prince is book 1 of The Meridian Covenant, a four-part adult series. It is being written live online, so please follow for news, updates, and changes. "A unique and heartwarming read..." ~ Ferrus Hooves Workshop "All my favorite genres set in an epic world..." ~ Llewellyn James (BR) "The world is subtle and complex. It's easy to mistake it for the real one." ~ Sean Collins (ED) "The book is perfection..." ~ Books Got Talent 2021 Royal Throne Awards: Second Place Adventure/Fantasy The Autumn Awards: Honorable Mention #Thegoldendandelionawards #fairies #fantasy #mature -----------------------------------------------------------

WATTY'S 2022 SHORTLIST🏅A Qing Dynasty Snow White fairytale retelling with a Princess Mononoke twist. Featured on @Wattpad's Fantasy Adventures reading list and @WattpadExplorer. ***** Snow is anything but the submissive princess the Jade Palace expects her to be. Her foster mothers find her impossible, her royal tutor labels her incorrigible, and she recently threatened to shave her head if she were forced to marry. When the Empress presents her with an opportunity to go on the imperial spring hunt with the princes and her not-so-secret crush, Prince Erden, Snow jumps at the chance. Who knew that that would lead to an assassination attempt, a harrowing escape, and her getting hopelessly lost in a dark forest during a thunderstorm--with no survival skills whatsoever. The only things she has to help her survive are lots of moxie and latent magical powers she inherited from her deceased mother. Oh, and an ethereally white fox that led seven old dwarves to her. With the Empress's malicious intent now revealed, Snow must discover her true strength, who her mother really is, and what magical powers she wields, in order to find her way back to Erden. If she fails, she might never see him again and die a lonely old crone in the mountains. . . or get murdered anyway when the bloodthirsty Empress--said to have fantastical powers of her own--comes for Snow. This beautiful cover is AI-generated by moi :D || 11x featured || Highest ranking: 1st in #asianfantasy 2nd in #yafantasy 1st in #retold 1st in #chinesemythology 4th in #retelling 9th in #fairytaleretelling 13th in #snowwhite 21st in #fairytale

Vivienne didn't believe in vampires until she started to suspect her prince might be one. Which will she sacrifice - humanity or love? ***** Vivienne lives in a world where girls are chosen to become consorts of royalty, aristocrats and the filthy rich. When she catches the eye of a mysterious prince, she begins to suspect that the elite members of society aren't quite human. Her childhood friend, Blake, warned her about vampires before he died under suspicious circumstances - but now she might be bonded to one of the most powerful undead. Who can she trust? And more importantly - can she stop herself from falling in love? [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by Anastasia Wright

This is the same story you will find in the original book, "The Autumn Prince," a first person walk through the life of Thomas Corwen as he discovers new and terrible powers within him. This new version will represent a few changes to make it more readable, more befitting an epic length journey with a large ensemble. Point of view will shift between characters, interludes will lengthen, plots will deepen, and the story overall will become tighter, with less down time. I'm also breaking each book into three, at least for now. It will help the pacing and flow of each individual act, making the stories more episodic and hopefully easier to absorb. I hope to correct SOME of what makes AP a difficult read, but it's still going to be a long story about mundane people thrust into an extraordinary life, with the same challenges, hardships, and relationships.