ItsTheQuietGirls

Emma Adams is returning to her hometown after the death of her grandmother. Whilst escaping well meaning neighbours and navigating her grief, she stumbles across a mysterious tea shop, Truthful-Tea.Something about the quaint building draws her in, and the enigmatic owner, Lucas, sparks something she never expected to feel again. She quickly discovers that each cup of tea reveals glimpses into her future — and her growing connection with Lucas. But as the visions show a frightening figure from her past is drawing nearer, can Emma open her heart and discover the truth about the teashop before it's too late.This is my entry for ONC, using prompt 15. A mysterious tea shop suddenly appears, and you can't help but wonder: what's its true purpose, and why does it seem so important. …

ItsTheQuietGirls

After a disastrous end to their last tour, Elliot Hawk, lead singer of True Outlaws - a British pop rock band taking the world by storm - is determined to keep the new album release squeaky clean. However, he isn't counting on Phoebe, a shy librarian with a past of her own, catching his eye. She isn't interested in a quick fling with a smooth talking rockstar, but before she knows it, their two worlds collide. They say life can change in a moment, Phoebe and Elliott are about to find out just how true that is. But with backstabbing backing dancers, pressure from the press and a mysterious stranger with a real vendetta, will they be able to find that long overdue happily ever after, or will our star crossed lovers crash and burn in the spotlight?(This is a standalone book, slowburn romance with a happy ending guaranteed. Some mature themes and triggers, including drinking and addiction)-----"I'm not one of your fan girls." I snapped, a little offended, "I haven't even heard any of your music." "I'm hurt love. After I just serenaded you too." I huffed, "I wouldn't call that serenaded, I'm pretty sure it was harassment."…

ItsTheQuietGirls

𝙎𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛-𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙨, 𝙎𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙘𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙃𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙨.This year, Susie Miller has just one thing on her Christmas list; to have the most magical holiday experience with friends and family after they all spent the last one in a pandemic lockdown.She doesn't expect her car to break down in the snow, leaving her stranded at the home of her gruff boss, Henry. Or the call that forces them to self-isolate together for two weeks.Determined not to let circumstances get her down, Susie decides her festive plans aren't unravelling, just being rewritten. Roping in a reluctant Henry for festive fun and favourite traditions, she decides to teach him the magic of Christmas and maybe even get through that gruff facade to discover the man underneath!-----50K Challenge Longlister - 26th December 2021Featured on StoriesUndiscovered April 2022#tsc22…

ItsTheQuietGirls

Nikki Valentine is a smart, successful boudoir photographer with a curvy body and passion for empowerment. Despite this, she has spent years in a relationship so full of red flags she should have run a mile. Whilst on their eighth relationship break, she agrees to go on a date to a football match as a last-ditch attempt to salvage things.Evan Griffin knows he's approaching the end of his football career and is beginning to think about what he wants next from life. When pitch issues at a game lead to the commentators trying a "Kiss Cam" like American sporting events often use, something catches his eye and Evan can't resist stepping in.The unexpected encounter between the pair sets sparks flying and when they find themselves working together just a week later, the chemistry is intense!What happens when they both realise they don't have to settle for relationships or careers that don't fulfil them? Will their 'unsettling' cause them to collide or tear them apart?Based on prompt 51 for @OpenNovellaContestThe problem with red flags is that I'm attracted to them.✨️ ONC 2023 Longlister ✨️…

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For as long as anyone can remember, the kingdom of Nilemah has been overrun with rats. No one quite knows the cause, but there were rumors of someone going town to town and ridding them of the infestation.Gwen Weatherby thought they were nonsense until the day he rode into town and changed everything.A vain fae prince who played with one too many hearts, Lyron was cursed to watch his friends and family turn into beasts, and the people of his kingdom become victims of the curse. The only way to free them all is to find his true love and make her fall in love with him.The caveat? She cannot know of the curse or who he is, and he only has one month to win her heart. Each failed attempt curses the town the girl left behind and causes its people to turn into rats when the sun goes down. Rats that only respond to the pipe he plays. After a thousand years of searching, Lyron has long since lost hope, until fiery Gwen bursts into his life. A prince in need of a lesson and a girl in need of adventure? What say you fate? Shall we let them dance?Based on prompt 43 for @OpenNovellaContestYou have waited a thousand years to find your true love, what's one more day?Pied Piper of Hamelin X Beauty and the Beast✨️ ONC 2023 Longlister ✨️…

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Logan "Crow" Walker Going down for a murder I didn't commit earned me the road name Crow and changed me in ways they will never understand. Six months after my release, and despite the welcome of my brothers, I'm distant and keeping my head down at the club I once called home. Rescuing a fiesty blonde is not part of the lay low plan but from the moment I see her bloody, beaten and still swinging, something in me awakens and I am powerless to resist. Gemma FoxAfter escaping the world's strictest parents I couldn't wait to let loose and do all the crazy thing I dreamed of. Two years after finishing college I'm running my own body bootcamp classes and loving life. Weekends are for thrill chasing, bar hopping and panty dropping. If only my smart mouth didn't keep dropping me and my bestie in it. Mum told me my temper would be my downfall. But then again she also told me self-defense classes were a waste of time. Pinned down by a man I dared stand up to and fighting for my life, I have to disagree. Then he comes into my life, bad, brooding and utterly broken. I know he's dangerous. I know I'm not looking for anything permanent but somehow we are both slipping into each others lives. But darkness from Crow's past is waiting in the shadows. Can they fight for a future they can barely imagine? Or will it tear them apart before they even understand what they are to each other?Friday updates…

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After one of the bloodiest battles in fae history, where a betrayal rocked the Light Court, Elora finds herself in a terrible position. To take the crown she was born to she must find a Consort to rule at her side. Tradition requires her to hold a tournament and allow Lords and Ladies from across the Isle to compete for her hand. Even if that means opening their doors to those of the opposing Court and coming face-to-face with family of the man who betrayed her brother. Without knowing who she can trust or how she will ever make a decision Elora is torn between making the right choice for her Court and the enigmatic Lord she has vowed to hate. With prophecies, notes, and an unknown power at her fingertips she soon realises that someone saw her on the battlefield that day and knows the truth about what happened. Siblings parted by centuries,One that will break us, Another that frees.A coming together to signal the end,One betrayed by a lover,One betrayed by a friend. ACOTAR X Reign Based on the ONC prompt:96. "Was this a game to you?"Secondary prompts:18. There was something inside me that wouldn't stop until the whole world was blood.39. "Fine, make me your villain." - From 'Shadow and Bone' by Leigh Bardugo#ONC22 #tsc22Featured on Wattpad @Fantasy June 2022…

ItsTheQuietGirls

Life has not been kind to Erica Winters. Hardened by her past and facing an uncertain future, she just wants to get by.Then she is recruited to join the Wyld Academy, a school for supernaturals destined to become guardians of an ancient order. Their key purpose? To protect humanity from demonic forces that threaten them. Shifters, witches, vampires and fae roam the halls of the Wyld, but never has the school selected a human. With fascination with her growing, she must learn quickly who to trust and even who to let into her heart.As Erica unravels the truth, she discovers the dangers of a world she never knew existed and why someone fought so hard to hide her.For she isn't the only unusual addition to the school this year. Something out there is killing students and making sure Erica looks like the guilty one.◆◇◈◇◆Think New Adult version of Shadowhunters X Lost GirlThis is an unedited first draft, posted live as I write it for NaNoWriMo 2022. As such, it will not be perfect, so please forgive spelling, grammar and plot related errors!…

ItsTheQuietGirls

Astoria Wendall-Jones is the picture of perfection. A pretty, poised, event planner who specialises in big parties despite having little time for anything resembling a social life for herself.When she inherits The Astoria, the old movie theatre she's named after, she doesn't realise she is inheriting a giant pain in her arse along with it. Thomas "Tommy" Moore is everything she isn't. Carefree and laid back to the point of being horizontal. He is never worried, never in a hurry and never happier than when he is teasing prim and proper Azzy. As they try to agree a plan to revitalise The Astoria, and despite the many obstacles thrown in their path, they find concealed letters that reveal the historic love story that unfolded inside it's walls and in turn discover love can be found in the most unexpected of places.Open Novella Content prompt:99. It's always what/who you least expected that blows your mind away.Based on the JAM festival prompt:You inherit a movie theatre - or half of one anyway. You share ownership with the nephew of your deceased relative's best friend. Your first "business meeting" is not auspicious but something about this guy makes you want to give him a chance.…

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✨️ ONC Longlisted Story ✨️I didn't know when we met that I was picking my partner for the apocalypse.In fact, when I first met Dec I wasn't even looking for love. Then he swept me off my feet. Literally. We collided as he was chasing a suspect who knocked me off my bike in his effort to escape. As soon as Dec had him detained he was back and apologising to me.Declan Kirkman was everything I wasn't. Strong, confident and the ultimate ready-for-anything boy scout. I was dreamy, distracted and would forget my head if it wasn't screwed on. The day the world ended I wasn't ready for my 3pm presentation, let alone zombies. I never expected us to be fighting for our lives and each other, but if anyone can stop me from becoming an all you can eat zombie buffet it's him!Based on prompt 32 of the @OpenNovellaContestOne of the scouts has spotted a large herd that is heading directly for your settlement. How do you deal with the threat?…