Mabel's life is falling apart. Between her long-time situationship who wants to be more than friends now, her rapidly deteriorating grades, and a group of friends who've been conveniently excluding her from their plans lately, nothing is going her way, and the pressure keeps building up from all sides. That's when Katie comes along, a brilliant new student who is quickly arranged to be her tutor. She seems like everything Mabel could never be. And yet, she understands her better than anyone ever did before. As the two start spending more time together, and Mabel's life becomes increasingly messier day after day, Katie will add another problem onto Mabel's plate-one that, if not handled properly, could leave a bitter taste in their mouths... and hearts. ~ 🍋 ~ Entry written for Open Novella Contest 2025 Prompts: 126, 118, 134, 69 Genre(s): Contemporary YA Romance PUBLISHED: 2/1/2025 COMPLETED: TBA

Answers are the only comfortable mysteries. Recently single and literature-loving Emilie Taylor is tired of living the same old life. She works two jobs just to pay the rent and now that her cheating fiance has moved out, she is lost. So when she receives a plane ticket to Scotland from an anonymous source with an address of where to go, she jumps at the chance for something new. A foreign country, a chance where she can start over. Upon her arrival in Scotland, she meets Fionn, a handsome heartbroken bookkeeper who runs the shop below the apartment where she is staying. While they clash at first, the secrets he hides may just be what Emilie needs to find herself again. But there is mystery lurking in the air about who sent her to Scotland and why. Emilie might just have to step out of her comfort zone to find out and maybe, just maybe, get a second chance at love. --- Title creds: @SayWatt74 Cover & banner by: @starisredy First written (offline): Feb 9, 2023 First published: March 14, 2023 Completed (offline): May 18, 2023 🥈 2nd place in The Campfire Awards 3.0 Copyright © 2023 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED All plot concepts are my own. Characters are of my own imagination. I do not own any real-life locations or inspired locations. This book should not be copied or reproduced in any way. Exclusive to w a t t p a d

One is a journalist who writes about movie stars. The other is a movie star who hates journalists. Now their worlds are colliding. Reagan Porter is a small town journalist married, in every sense of the word, to her work. When everything that could go wrong before her Valentine's Day vacation does, she jets off early to the mountains in Asheville, North Carolina for some well-earned peace and quiet. But she'll have to work for it. Violetta "Vi" Dawson is bold, beautiful, and boisterous. At least, that's what the tabloids are calling her. Hoping to get away from the spotlight and her recent break-up with her long time boyfriend, Violetta seeks out The Bearside Hotel which she hopes will allow her some time away to think and reflect. When the two meet after a drunken mishap, Reagan and Violetta immediately butt heads. How else are a journalist and a movie star supposed to get along? On a chance weekend, The Bearside Hotel might just offer each of them a chance at what they've really wanted all along: true love. --- ONC Prompts: 9. After some long months of working harder than ever, you finally get to your well deserved vacation getaway but when you arrive at the hotel, there is this one star that brings all the paparazzi and trouble with them and makes your vacation one to remember. 24. A desperate wish, made from the heart, is always answered. Sooner or later. --- New cover by @-DeeisDead- Copyright © 2024 Han_writer21 All rights reserved. All plot concepts are my own. Characters are of my own imagination. I do not own any real-life locations or inspired locations and they are used for purely fictional purposes. This book should not be copied or reproduced in any way. Exclusive to w a t t p a d.

Amelia Lawrence thought she knew love when she fell for her boy-next-door best friend, Alexander (Dex) Larson. The summer after their college graduation, he moves away, leaving her crushed and wondering if she'll be able to move on without him. While he's off in California with his new job as a chef, Amelia has to get her mind off her best friend and into her new role as teacher. Enter Braden, the essence of tall-dark-and-handsome, whom she meets at a local bar the night before her first day of teaching. They immediately hit it off which is great--until Braden shows up at the school where she's teaching to drop off his daughter, who is in her class. Amelia must find a balance between her work life and her personal life, but as feelings emerge, that proves to be harder than she could ever imagine. --- Cover by @starisredy First written (offline): June 1, 2023 First published: Dec 2nd, 2023 Completed (offline): March 2024 --- *contains mild sexual and suggestive content; appropriate for 16+; no explicit content* There will also be a note in any chapter containing this content Copyright © 2023 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED All plot concepts are my own. Characters are of my own imagination. I do not own any real-life locations or inspired locations. This book should not be copied or reproduced in any way. Exclusive to w a t t p a d and R o y a l R o a d

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

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

Wren's life takes an unexpected turn when she joins a roller derby team led by the elusive Corinne Fontaine. Moving to Connecticut had never been in former figure skater Wren Wu's plans, yet there she is. She's there for her brother's sake, against her will, and is feeling like her whole world is slipping out of her hands. When she's offered an opportunity to try out for the university roller derby team, captained by the infuriatingly beautiful Corinne Fontaine, everything inside her tells her it's a bad idea, but she's never been one to make good decisions anyway. [[4X WATTPAD FEATURED STORY]] [[THE AMBYS 2023 TOP PICK IN ROMANCE]] © 2020 caterina george // all rights reserved

Brie Sheridan has had her heart broken way too many times. Rhett Price is usually the culprit, but, this time, he might be the solution. Brooke 'Brie' Sheridan wouldn't necessarily call herself a hopeless romantic; after all, love is everywhere if you choose to look for it, and there's nothing wrong with wanting to see the beauty and the good in the world. However, her rose-colored lenses are shattered when her boyfriend dumps her right at the start of her final year of college, ruining all her plans for her senior project, and here lie Brie's hopes, dreams, and pieces of her broken heart. Enter Rhett Price--known commitment-phobe, the bane of Brie's existence, and the reason behind many of her late-night crying sessions during the harshest days of high school. Down on his luck and struggling with improving his reputation, he turns to Brie in a time of need--he'll help her out with her project, and she'll help him look better and more responsible in the eyes of his family. Old feelings resurface, and it quickly becomes obvious there are certain things you don't always get over. Your first love might as well be one of them. BENNINGTON UNIVERSITY SERIES #1 [[4X WATTPAD FEATURED STORY]] © 2023 caterina george // all rights reserved

Torn between following a family tradition of being a bounty hunter-one that he's not particularly fond of-and following his dreams of being a private detective, Niel has always struggled to land himself a job and put the food on his table. Few people were willing to hire an untraditional bounty hunter like him, so when he gets an urgent invitation from the eldest son of the wealthy Ravillet family, he is more than surprised. Enticed with the promise of a generous payment, Niel is determined to find the runaway young lady of the Ravillet family despite the lack of clues. With the help of an eccentric adventurer, he follows the trail of mysterious Kasena and her accomplice all the way to an esteemed swordsmanship tournament. But with no clues to go off of, can they really find someone who seems to have vanished into thin air? ⁕⁕⁕ STARTED: 2/17/2024 FINISHED: 11/15/2024 Word count: 27.8k words

"r. p. if you forget" When she wakes up in the hospital with no memories of who she is, Elainne has no idea what to expect from her life. Fortunately for her, everything seems just perfect: her parents care about her a lot, and all of her classmates support her. But that still doesn't explain how she got kidnapped and lost her memories. Or that strange tattoo that pushes her to start her own investigation. From hidden notes to looking for clues on her bookshelf, Elainne realizes there's much more to her amnesia than she initially thought. As the perfect facade starts to fall apart, and everyone around her shows a different face every day, she will have to work quickly to recover her memories. Because someone made them lock themselves up inside her brain. And they will make sure she doesn't get them back. ⁂ PUBLISHED: 9/9/2022 COMPLETED: 10/23/2022 Word count: 24.6K Cover made by @ninaisawip #1 in yamystery - 9/13/2022 #1 in yathriller - 9/15/2022 #198 in ya - 10/24/2022 #143 in amnesia - 10/24/2022 #318 in mystery-thriller 10/26/2022