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{2022 WATTY SHORTLISTER} {18+ COMPLETED} England, 1842 Lady Hutton, otherwise known as Penelope Chapman, cares not that her husband has a wandering eye. That is, until he wanders away completely--all the way to the continent with his mistress, where he's been for the last five years. Abandoned, Penelope decides she shall not spend her life living without the occasional night of casual companionship. But then Penelope meets British naval officer Beckett Ash, and she realizes that there isn't anything casual about him. The man who has been assigned to protect her whilst uncovering a smuggling operation at her summer house party is strikingly handsome, and their connection is increasingly difficult to ignore. There are only two problems. Firstly, Beckett hasn't a clue that Penelope already has a husband. And secondly, his best friend and fellow naval officer is Penelope's protective half-brother. What happens when Beckett decides to marry an already married woman?

Gemma Hart knows well enough what a gilded prison looks like. Paranoid due to the unsolved assassination of their parents, her brother had spent the last seven years ensuring she doesn't face the same fate. Trapped from the outside world, some simple privileges are things she's been kept from. For one, the chance to find her mate naturally. Just days after her twentieth birthday an invitation under her name crosses her brother's desk, carelessly swept away to keep from her curious eyes. An invitation to The Lotus Trials. The series of tests were rumored to be a struggle for the strongest, most agile warrior wolves. Her own father and brother had barely passed the final challenge. But what better chance did she have at proving she could forage her own path in the world outside the border? And how convenient it was that the trials were just days behind the mating ball. ~~~~~ Ezekiel Winters has felt himself slipping, day by day. After the loss of his mate, his grief-like so many others-has driven him to the brink. It's then that a life partner is demanded of him, as a second queen might save him from his darkening fate. Just as he begins to lose hope entirely he stumbles upon a peculiar girl who seems to be an oddity to be competing in the annual trials he hosts. Certainly far too different from his first mate for his wolf to be so drawn to, yet as The Lotus Trials continue on, further and further the king falls, raising a question filled with desperate hope. Can this girl banish his shadows at last? ~~~~~ BOOK ONE. UPDATE EVERY FRIDAY. ENJOY!

After Elizabeth Ronnie Swan watches her mother sacrifice herself for the safety of her five year old daughter, Ellie suddenly finds herself being cared for by her kinds number one enemy--vampires. In five years the odd supernatural creatures are a loving family. Being two vampire parents and a werewolf daughter is the most dangerous and deadly family anyone can have. The vampire parents, also known as David and Sabrina, decides to send Ellie back to her old pack to protect her. Because of what Ellie is, a pure blooded werewolf. Which haven't been around for thousands of generations, so why now? Over the years at her home, The White Shadow Pack, has become Ellie's worst nightmare. And Ellie's really not on the popular side. She is bullied everyday in school and her home, sadly by her three big brothers. But, even though she is a Alpha's daughter, that doesn't change a thing. No one cares about her. Because she is a nobody. On her 16th birthday, Ellie is horrified to realize that her mate, Damon Kane, the most popular guy and man-whore in high school, also the son of an Alpha from The Dark Blood Pack, is destined to be with her. Or so she thought. Keep reading to find out more about Elizabeth and her past because it's going to change the future forever. I grantee this story has a different ending than the rest. Copyright @ 2015 by Momentz_Night All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. (I don't own any of the images in this book)

**DRAFT MOSTLY** FOR FANS OF BRIDGERTON Rose Axel is deformed from the burns she endured from her father. Her face is forever hidden under a veil. Her waist is much too wide, hips too ample. Too many prefer calling her fat. Or to her family, a cow. When hastily married after her father's death, to honor the agreement made in his will, she expects nothing of it. And she is right to think so. Matthew Whitfield is not happy upon receiving Rose as a bride. He cannot even look upon her, as she refuses to take off her veil, and has no features he considers attractive. The handsome charming Mr. Whitfield cannot be bothered by the likes of his wife. She is the fulfillment of a contract and nothing more. So he takes a mistress, and falls in love. Victoria Sill is everything Rose is not. Beautiful, gliding, and glowing. She's interested in one thing only, and that is to hold the title of Matthew's wife, Mrs. Whitfield. She doesn't care who she has to crush to get her way, be it Rose herself. Victoria always get what she wants. Be it one way or other. Soon Rose falls upon a secret that turns the tables. In addition, Victoria finds a way to become closer to the Whitfield name. A child. As the circumstances shift, and the Whitfield mansion is thrown into uproar, will this situation bring Matthew and Rose together? Or will Victoria succeed in keeping them apart? ---- #35 in victorian 5/13/22 #1 in oldtimes 5/23/22 #2 in regency 5/28/22 #1 in bridgerton 6/15/22 [[word count: 80,000-100,000 words]]

¡Currently on hold! *This story involves many events that some people may find vulgar. These events are not based on a true story. The characters and the plot of this story are purely fictional and made for reader enjoyment only. Reader discretion is advised.* Stalking A girl named Sienna Dyllan recently started her first year at Middletown East High. Living only with her brother and sister, her life seemed to be going considerably well. That is until that one night when she started to hear footsteps when no one else was around. Kidnapping No one expected that a human trafficking rink was located so close to their homes. There were stories of girls young as 8 years old disappearing from the state capitol, Raleigh and a few towns surrounding it; Garner and Louisburg. Yet not one person was able to connect it to a single house in the little town of Zebulon. That is until they made the mistake of kidnapping the sister of their only rival. Murder Members of a very old society have held their families together over the years. Doing whatever they deemed necessary to protect their own. Even if it meant committing murder. After loosing their sanctuary to a traitor, hatred burned through their veins. They bid their time and grew even stronger as as they waited for the right moment to retaliate. Upon the discovery of the murder of the leader's sister, the secret society wanted blood. The leader was pulled into two different directions. One to find the bastard who killed his sister. Another to find the girl who holds the key to either destroy all that they have worked for or win the deadliest of wars ever seen in history. Which in the end, the answer they need begins with one simple man.

Grace has spent the past two years locked up and held prisoner by Kellan and his rogues. Now that she is finally free she wants nothing more than to return to her pack and deal out some swift justice for those who had betrayed her. Except it's not quite that simple and Grace's enemies have other plans for the young Alpha female. Grace finds herself saved by a small pack of rag tag wolves who are strange as strange can be. The strangest of them has to be there reluctant leader, Silver. Silver wants nothing more than to live out the rest of his days as a lone wolf but the others cling to him, it's instinctual considering he's an Alpha. He's not like any Alpha Grace has ever seen before, there is something more to him a sort of raw power. Grace is less than pleased when she realizes that this grouchy lone wolf is none other than her other half. It might seem simple but Silver has his secrets too and his past is full of enemies that want to sink there teeth in and never let go. With the odds stacked against the two Alphas will they be able to follow the instinct to lean on each other to get through the fire or will they be torn apart by the flames of their enemies... I mean it's not about what you're running from, it's about what you're running towards. Cover by @Pananabels {First Book is "His to Claim". You don't need to read that to understand this one really but it some of those instance or characters might be referenced in this book}

Leonard Fox, the Duke of Montrose-handsome as the very devil and a physician by profession was very content with his less than normal life. But then his best friend dies, leaving his four year old daughter under Leo's guardianship. Leo loves the girl, no doubt. But that didn't mean he knew how to raise her. So he ends up in London in search of a wife. Meanwhile, Lady Clara Fethuerington is busy flitting from one ball to another desperately looking for the right man and reluctant to put herself out there at the same time. Unbeknownst to anyone, Clara is a famous novelist and has made fun of almost every single obnoxious member of the ton. If her secret got out, she'd be ruined. Will any man in his right man want her as his wife? Clara has no idea of what's in store for her. Let's find out.. Completed. Cover by @00Athena00

(COMPLETED & UNEDITED) His full lips were curled into a smirk as he grabbed her by the arm roughly. "And who might you be?" He asked her while she heard her father mutter something in a language she didn't know. "Estefania De Luca," she answered him as his smirk slowly turned into a smile. She wanted to break free from him and run to her father, but she knew that would only cause a bigger mess for her to clean up and she did not want to get into trouble with Dominic. Her father already was. She watched as he slowly turned to her father and laughed. "De Luca I didn't know your little daughter was so adorable," he said while her father just groaned out in pain. She instinctively tried to move forward only to be roughly yanked back by Dominic. "How old are you again kitten?" Stef tried to turn to her mother but he took her chin in his big hands and forced her to look at him. "I..I just turned eighteen," she forced out of her mouth. ** Dominic Moretti doesn't care about anything or anyone except for the family business and money. Uses women like trash and treats people like it too. So when an opportunity pops up for him to be head over the family business and have more money, what's a guy to do? There's only one problem. Dominic has to settle down, and get married. Estefania De Luca is your average teenager. Pretty, sweet, shy, and just graduating high school. She has no experience with the harsh brutal world of violence. What's a girl to do when she's forced into such ferocious world with a man who could care less about her? What happens when these two cross paths? *Cover by: @duhmeter **Steamy Chapter is private

***Highest Rank: #3, #5 & #1 in Romance Fiction (09/27/2019), (05/18/2021) & (11/24/2021 - Present), #1 in stephenjames, lovemarriage, siena, czar, mineforever (08/25/2021)**** Czar Pattinson, a 26-year-old British-Russian mafia leader, and a billionaire. He is a dominant, Possessive, Jealous, arrogant, and merciless adult. When he was 15 years old, his parents were killed by another mafia gang. He has money, fame, power, got everything he wanted especially women, and the people who know him don't dare to defy him. His business is into drugs, illegal weapons and casinos, and hotels in Russia and London. But, on a rainy day, his emerald green eyes and his heart laid on Siena Davies, the woman he craved for, and make her his. He couldn't digest the word HATE and REJECT by his lover Siena. So, he conquers his love and marries her by blackmailing her that he will kill her father and her older brothers. Siena Davies, a 22-year-old, editor of a well-reputed publishing company firm named Davies Publishing Inc. She is intelligent, independent, smart, beautiful, kind-hearted. She was her brother's favorite. When she was a month's baby, Her parents got divorced. She hates her mother to the core. Her childhood was imperfect and ruined. Till now she doesn't know the reason why her mother divorced her dad. She stays with her father and her older brothers. Her father and her older siblings were each other support, and strength took responsibility for their publishing business into their hands and after 10 years their hard work paid off. Davies Publishing Inc. is in the number one position in London, United Kingdom. Join me in reading how this Dominant's love conquers his lover's hate changed into Love? Hope you enjoy reading! ***Status: Completed**** WARNING: BAD LANGUAGE, and MATURE CONTENT. The total word count is 1,05,112. XOXOXOXO 4Maggievasiredz.

An arranged marriage romance novel. Pretty cliche, completed! ** Could love ever be a part of an arranged marriage? Eleanor Hays never chose to be a part of her parent's silly business, but somehow she got caught in the middle. With a billionaire after her family business, will their contract ensure a life time of tranquility. But wait, there's more, it requires her to wed the son of the most eligible bachelor in America. She hasn't even met the guy. And she knows how arrogant rich guys can get, aren't they. Being forced into a loveless marriage is one thing Eleanor never had on her bucket list, or any list for a matter of fact. Her forced husband, Adam Carnegie, only has one goal in mind: Make her fall in love with him. Note: Eleanor is a wild child, crazy; you'll either love her. Or hate her. Completed. Word count [90,000 - 110,000] Book 3 is out now: Eleanor's demise (also completed) BOOK 2 IN BLISSS SERIES All books can be read separately but it would make a bit more sense to read Pure Bliss first... however it is unnecessary. HAPPY READING! Highest Ranks: #1 in Plan #1 Honeymoon #1 in Vows #1 evil #2 in integrity #3 in Humor #9 in Travel #20 evil 341 in Romance (pre-wattpad update)