At three and twenty, Lady Susanna Beresford is at dire risk of being considered an old maid, though she is determined that nothing but the deepest love will incline her to marry, a fact that deeply vexes her mother. As the season closes in 1810 and Susanna prepares to return home to Hertfordshire unattached, she meet...
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Avani, a princess from the lands of the south; beloved and cherished by her people, hated and abused by her family. Despite having the finest dresses, sharpest knowledge, and incomparable beauty, all she yearns for is love. Nathaniel, the king of the northern land. His people love him more than anything, praising his...
After a devastating tragedy shatters the renowned Romano crime family their fate weighs heavily on Don Leonardo Romano's only heir twenty-two year old Valentina. Determined to uphold the family's power Val will go to any means necessary even if it means selling her heart to the highest bidder. As the Romano family's...
What's a family without drama? Jasmine's family is full of it only that her family's drama is a nightmare. How can she cope with a father who hates her and relatives that have the sole mission of making her mother's life hell and at the same time pretend all is well? Find out! It's awesome, it's funny, it's dramati...
Untold stories of 17 year old bipolar teenager, Fola. Dealing with depression, parent's constant fights. She yearns to speak but she can't. The story of how youngsters seek for love they can't get from family from outsiders . A tale of some extinct way of parenting,broken heart and friendships. Sometimes tho...
The story I will tell you now , you have never heard before,it is unlike the fables that your mother told you by the light of the Moon.It is untold to you, unknown to people who are not like me. It was told to me by my father, who was told by his own father. It is a story that has been passed from generations to gener...
"Brother Jide!"Kike said swallowing,she look at his chest and look away immediately. They are not supposed to be in this position "Kike look at me!"Jide said and Kike swallowed "Brother Jide please just go, leave my room"Kike said and Jide chuckled smirking "Okay just look at me"Jide said and Kike did,she regret it in...
Amina Bakare, the first daughter of a wealthy politician and an outspoken, talented teenager who is often bodyshamed constantly for her skinny frame, is a very famous vlogger with the name "being skinny in Nigeria," which she secretly handles. Afraid of people finding out her true identity, she disguises herself by we...
This is Jiji's story. The story of a very reserved young teenager who is tormented by her many dark secrets. Too much for her to be handling on her own but she does anyway. She isn't very close to her two older siblings but then, they don't reach out to her either. •• TJ and Efe are much too close themselves to care a...
~FEATURED IN WATTPAD'S FRIEND'S AND FAMILY READING LIST--CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND ALWAYS WITH YOU~ The mysterious and sudden death of her parents at the age of six, puts Amarachi, a young Nigerian girl, at the mercy of her uncle and his cruel wife, Lydia, who will stop at nothing to make Amara's life miser...
Twenty-six-year-old Kasiemobi Ejindu knows something sinister has been moving on with her for as long as she could recall even though she's oblivious of its true threats but a shocking revelation regarding her ancestral background and her sudden encounter with a young Hispanic-American pastor might just be her first t...
He began walking over to me. This is it. I'm dead. I saw his shoes come into my view as I was looking down, hair covering my face. "Look at me." He growled out. I started to cry, too afraid to look. He grasped my chin and lifted my face to meet his. I mentally gasped. It's the guy from last night. His eyes held surpr...
Nora Miller returns from college to a stubbornly defensive grandmother and an estranged workaholic mother. After a body is found in the canal, Nora begins to question the family she thinks she knows. Confronted with a face from the past and a dangerous stalker who won't leave her alone, Nora believes the answers are i...
"Our kingdom was once beautiful, but now the towers are everywhere. They say that Queen Rapunzel has lost her mind--and I believe them. Before, I might have felt sorry for her, but now I just fear her. I fear the sound of her soldiers pounding at the door, demanding that I be taken away. I fear the towers." Years afte...
Ever since people could remember only men were allowed to enter the House of Beardsley, but for the first time four young girls with nothing in common have been hired to work in the mansion as live-in housekeepers. Shuyan, a Chinese orphan living in Victorian England, has always had a hard time finding a job, so she...
*FEATURED* Ao is a wrathful, ravenous former god trapped in a human body and sentenced to roam the Inner Empire for all eternity. Eternity is rather dull, until she meets a green-eyed prince and his friends. The prince offers her a deal; help him and she can get revenge on the ones who stripped her of her godhood. So...
~A Nigerian themed Novel~ Hi there, It's me Ovie... Not exactly the exact fairytale story ~~~~ ...."Ohw, Ovie you're done showering. I actually want to talk to you about something" looking at me with concerned eyes, her voice even sounded serious. "Watin" "So I was searching for jobs that doesn't require CV and those...
Young maidens are being raped and murdered in Amaife. The killer always leaves behind a souvenir: A torn piece of 'okrika' clothe. The once peaceful community is thrown into chaos; the masses are provoked, the elders are clueless, families are scared and the gods of the land seem powerless to stop the murders. A young...
Ewawunmi, the famous meat seller in the village of Otun suddenly realizes that she's a witch. An abomination to her people. With a life threatening secret tightened on her lips and being betrothed to the prince. What could go wrong? After all, it's a secret!
The continent of Mainlands face a severe collapse two thousand years after the Great War. Amid this scenario, prince Arther Redwood has his family completely murdered and his home taken. Considered dead and with the help of a secret group, he begins a journey to discover the reasons of his family's destruction and the...
When someone else's demons come back to haunt you. While Ramesses' ka haunts her after leaving him and ancient Egypt, Neiko faces old and new dangers in both Hawote and the Five Lands. She conceals lethal, ancient secrets while she and her friends foil one scheme after another, with narrow escapes. Just when she thoug...
What if the fate of two worlds were in the hands of one person: you? The childhood secret of a troubled teen warrior is used against her by her enemies. It turns out what Neiko imagined is real, and she becomes trapped in the same world she imagined by an otherworldly evil that is worse than the devil. Getting home is...
Being stuck in the past takes on a whole new meaning... What if your worst enemy sent you on a one-way ticket to the past? Worse, later he shows up and tries to play match-maker with a dominant historical figure while all of history and the future are on the line? Survival is just one problem, but then add your friend...
The story of a girl, chosen by the gods and by fate, to save Egypt. To save the world's greatest civilization in the race against time. Plucked from her 21st century life to 3000 B.C, Nefera is wed to the Pharaoh, a rebel king. Can she uphold her duty and live up to her destiny? *Highest ranking #4 on Historical...
A fictional story based on true events that happened 3000 years ago in Ancient Egypt. Ankhesepaaten grew up in dangerous times. Daughter of the Heretic Pharaoh and Queen, Ankhesepaaten is at the centre of the action. Do the city folk love them, or hate them? When her father dies, the court is in a whirl. Was he murder...
Jezebel is a Sidonian princess tasked with expanding the reach of her gods but to do so, she must marry King Ahab of Israel and not let her heart get in the way of doing what is necessary to ensure the dominion of her gods. When she marries Ahab, she finds herself hopelessly in love with him but this does not stop he...
Location: Ancient China Date: T'ang Dynasty During the most flourishing era in Ancient China, all seemed to be well for the people. The kingdom was governed by a wise Emperor, the enemies were kept far from the borders, trade increased, as did the arts and other things... One may just wonder how everything seemed to g...
To the country she was born to, she is Princess Le-anne, bastard child of the king. To the empire she is sold to, she is Lady Wei Li Lian... the traitorous spy. But who is she really? A beauty within her own right, all she ever wanted was a peaceful, ordinary life, maybe exploring and traveling the different lands wh...
Li Xiang is the Priestess of the Moon, she can see read the stars and fortune as well as misfortune to her people. However, the life of a Priestess consists of nothing but loneliness: she can neither leave the palace nor meet with anyone but the Emperor and his advisors. One day a mysterious servant boy named Rui sne...