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"For a place called Paradise City, this island sucks. I don't think a single day has gone by that I haven't thought about stabbing the shit out of myself," he said. "Especially since I'm forced to live with you every second of every day.""Sh. I'm trying to science," I said, not looking up from my binoculars."See anything interesting?""Not really. My vision's a little clouded from the fog and rain clouds you constantly emit."He laughed. "You never fail to amuse me, Rea.""But you just said-""I just said you make me want to stab myself. Interpret that however you'd like."With a love for whales and all life (besides maybe humans), Reagan Winebrenner had never even seen an ocean until her senior year in high school. But the moment she saw her first humpback, she knew she had found her passion and future career.A few years later and an invitation to Paradise City in hand, Reagan has her entire summer laid out for her, working on the project of a lifetime. But with five other students completing their projects as well, will they discover something worthwhile, or will they end up a psychology lesson for future generations?A New Adult Watty Winner 2019…

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"Oh my god, this Corvette is so fucking sexy." I ran my hand along the peeling red paint. It wasn't in the best condition, but a Corvette was a Corvette. "Can I drive it?""There's no engine. We used it for parts," Drake said.My heart sank into my stomach, and I let out a wheeze. "You what?""We were running low on funds, so we did what we had to do," Josiah said. "It never meant anything to us anyway."What the fuck?"How the hell can you call yourselves a racing team if you're willing to do that to one of the best-looking cars ever made?" I shook my head. "It's disgusting.""What? Racing?" Drake's mouth fell open. "Oh my god, no. We wanted a driver."I looked over at Josiah, then Drake. "I drive cars for a living, therefore I'm a driver. What's the confusion?""You said you drove for RTR," Josiah said.I nodded. "Yeah, Roger Truscott Racing.""Oh no. Oh my god. Look, in our line of work, that means Real Time Robotics," Drake said."Robotics? What the fuck is going on?" I asked."You wouldn't happen to know much about combat robotics, would you?" Drake forced a smile, and it wasn't difficult to see the hope leave his eyes.***Katie Moore is a controversial figure in the car racing world with several strikes against her. One, she is a female. Two, she is a female with opinions. And three, she is a female with opinions who thoroughly enjoys sharing them with no inhibition. A one-track mind (with a few side streets), all she wants is to win a race to shut everyone up about her mistakes and misfortunes.But when she's down on her luck, a team of nerds finds their way into her life, giving her an offer that she probably should refuse.…

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Layla Gaudreau, a family-oriented college student, might be the only writer for her school newspaper who is interested in telling an honest story. With her photographer friend Ryan, she is assigned a story about her future NFL offensive lineman of a boyfriend. But when said boyfriend moves a little too fast for her, Layla becomes the very thing she hates the most: a gossip tabloid's front-page story.…

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"Why are you getting upset?" he asked. "Because everything is different now. Call it my lack of emotional intelligence, but I can't stand you!""What's different?""Everything is. You know everything. You're holding the key to the world just above my fingertips.""What?" "You know exactly what I mean."He rubbed his eyes with his hand. "If I'm doing that, it's only because I'm giving it to you. I'm not against you, and I don't know why you think I am. This was supposed to be a peace offering.""I don't want peace. I just-" I couldn't hold back my tears any longer. "I just want everything to go back to the way it was.""Before me?"I nodded. Amanda Jayne is a sports-loving, change-resisting math enthusiast. She loves "her" people more than anything in the world, and nothing can ever break their bond. Or so she thought. When her brother's best friend Viktor moves in as a foreign exchange student, he shows Amanda what loyalty doesn't mean, and that trust can be built up and broken down like sandcastles. Can they learn to coexist, or will their different points of view drive them apart?Rewritten version completed July 14, 2020…

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"So all I'm hearing is that I'm winning," I said, smiling at him."Is everything a competition with you? I'm just trying to live here.""There are two types of people: life's winners and life's losers. I've been a loser for way too long now, and no one's going to stop me from evening the score."He shook his head. "You've lost a few games, metaphorically. That doesn't make you a loser.""That sounds like loser talk. And trust me, without me, you'd be losing everything.""I've been saying that for years, and you're just now beginning to believe it?""Viktor, I've always known it, but that's what I'm trying to fix. We're going to be winners together, you and me, and whoever stands in our way is about to get steamrolled. Maybe I'm a bitch, but fuck it. I'm going to be the winningest bitch you've ever known."Amanda Jayne has goals, many goals, but most of them revolve around getting her close friend Viktor to score enough of them to get drafted into the NHL. After her graduation from Madison High, she has her sight set on Winterview University, the only college to accept her given her disciplinary record. But it also happens to be the school of her dreams, because of a promise she made to Viktor once upon a time.But when unforeseen changes are thrown at Amanda and her loved ones, how is she going to make those goals fit into the new circumstances? *COMPLETED*Cover by @HerCrystalHart…

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"What can I say? I'm completely like other girls.""That's cool, but I've never met another Marigold before."Marigold Reynolds is just a little basic, with a Starbucks latte and a rose gold-cased iPhone in either hand. Quitting her job to be a full-time online craft store owner is a dream far across the horizon, but that has never been a reason to quit the pursuit for Marigold. But when something (or someone) else on the horizon catches her eye, she might have to make time for another challenge.…

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"Did I do something to you? Because I really don't think I did," I said."I'm not trying to be your friend, Lindsay. I'm just here to figure out the deal with this coin."I wasn't trying to be his friend either, but why would either one of us want to spend time with someone who hated the other even with a goal that was clear as mud? He wasn't going to ruin the experience for me, and unless he found something to offer besides a bad attitude, he would no longer be with us very soon.On the team. I wasn't going to kill him. Most likely.***Lindsay Hughes, a sophomore studying cultural anthropology at Tillamook College in Oregon, has been good at discovering patterns, lies, hidden details, and just about everything else for as long as she can remember. To her, it's no secret that she's an underachieving disappointment to her parents, she'll probably never find a job if she even graduates, and her spending habits will haunt her eventually, but she also couldn't care less about those minor issues.With a professor who hates her job, a rock enthusiast best friend, a nosy roommate, and a bitter classmate who can't seem to listen, she digs up something, and for once in her life, she can't figure out what it means.…

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