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An introverted, recluse gamer accidentally finds out she's the reincarnation of a Greek god/goddess, and is stuck in a world-altering time-loop until she figures out WHICH god/goddess she's destined to become.*****Ophelia Jones is...well, she's nothing. She asks for nothing. She WANTS nothing. Just to stay in her dark basement-apartment, do her mindless data-entering job by day, play video games by night. She refuses to participate in a real social life, and won't read the news or be active in the LGTBQIA+ scene that she belongs in.No, Ophelia is done giving a sh**. She'd rather live in her fantasy world, ignoring the real world around her.That is, until a mysterious puddle surfaces in her backyard, and she jokingly wonders if it'll be a portal to another world, someplace better - and she falls into it.Oh, she's transported to a new world, all right -- but not a parallel world or an alternate universe. She's transported to the past; into mythology, specifically. Greek mythology, to be even more exact.Because according to Alfie, her "spiritual guide", she's a reincarnated god or goddess, and has to figure out who. Problem? SHE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT GREEK MYTHOLOGY.ONC prompts 37 + 5…

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Enjoy this story for free, available now for a limited time!After her torrid affair with Eden--her PA--is unveiled to the world, Silver Bell is faced with consequences and decisions that could jeopardize her entire career; and her growing feelings for Eden.Season 2 of A Billionaire Love Story ***Now that she's been outed as a boss who sleeps with her PAs, Silver has no choice but to distance herself from the woman who has her hands wrapped around her heart--and her panties. Despite Eden being shipped off to a new gig--thanks to her overbearing temp agency--Silver can't quit thinking about her and all the things she'd still like to do with her. No matter how many times her lawyers and PR team tell her to cool it, she abides nothing but her cravings and puts herself and Eden in constant jeopardy of being caught again. And when she finds out the source of all her problems is none other than the PA from her past, Silver develops a need to protect Eden from the truth; a truth so detrimental, she's not sure Eden will continue to see her if she finds out. Can Silver keep Eden at arm's length *and* fix her mistakes to keep her career? Or is she destined to always have to choose between the two?***Weekly updates on Thursdays. Wait & read for free, or unlock with coins-the choice is yours!…

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Enjoy this story for free, available now for a limited time!Eden's new job is just what she needs to save money and go back to school; until she realizes the sultry woman she recently had a one-night-stand with is none other than her new boss.Season 1 of A Billionaire Love Story***When Eden Meyer officially meets Silver Bell, CEO of a billion-dollar fashion clothing line, she melts at the memory of their passionate, drunken night forty-eight hours ago. But Eden can't let their steamy session interfere with her career, and Silver is giving her a once-in-a-lifetime chance to work for her. Eden knows better than to ruin things with her desires. As Eden raises heaven and hell to organize Silver's schedule, she still finds herself slowly falling for the strict, but kind-hearted woman, seeing beyond her layers of luxury and cash. But falling for Silver means losing her temp position--and that, Eden can't do. Not when she has debt and student loans to pay, and a reputation to build. And Silver's past means she especially can't afford a scandal, but she's not good at reprimanding Eden for her rising desire--desire that matches her own. Can Eden resist the call of Silver's body, or will she cave and fall into the most forbidden affair of her life?…

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*2024 Watty Awards WINNER*All Vivienne Clarke wanted was to plan the best wedding of the season -- but of course, her libido gets in the way.*****Socialite Violet Levine's *dream wedding in St. Tropez* must go off without a hitch, and Vivienne is the wedding planner behind the scenes to ensure that. She has every detail nailed down, has visited the castle-like venue dozens of times, met with vendors, and prepared everything to a T. But then Vivienne realizes the hot, filthy rich man she slept with the night before the wedding events begin is none other than Violet's older brother, the hotel mogul Axel Levine, who is paying for the whole shebang -- meaning her attraction to this man might risk her career. And when an out-of-the-blue storm threatens to flood the area where the Villa des Tropiques is located, she finds herself juggling problems beyond her control, and constantly teased by Axel's ever appealing -- and forbidden -- body.The more issues pile up on her plate, the more she becomes absolutely infatuated with Axel -- though he's the one signing her checks, and she most definitely cannot be seen frolicking with him. Between their sexual tension, and the looming storm about to literally rain on Violet's perfect day, how can Vivienne protect her reputation without losing her sanity -- and her underwear?…

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Vivienne Clarke was seconds away from scoring the hottest bachelor on the planet -- but her career as a wedding planner once again gets in the way.*****After her wild success planning Violet Levine-White's wedding, Vivienne is in high-demand; but her most notorious & new client is Estelle Levine, other sister of the hot and very private billionaire hotelier, Axel Levine. Vivienne has developing feelings for Axel, ever since their forbidden tryst in St. Tropez, but being his employee prevents them from getting a chance to see if they'd work out as a couple.Not that that stops them from trying--one time too many they find themselves in the same space, unable to stop the lustful looks, needing to be alone to do everything they're not supposed to.But when someone from Vivienne's past--her money-hungry ex, Olivia--ends up being involved in Estelle's wedding, Vivienne's emotions are all over the place. Her body and heart burn for Axel, but memories of good times with Olivia threaten to topple all the work she's put in to heal from their break-up. Olivia hasn't changed--never will--and it puts a lot of doubts in Vivienne. It doesn't help that her boss breathes down her neck, expecting a perfect event--or else.With the ever sexy Axel always in her vicinity, and the awfully tempting Olivia always watching, how can she focus on another Levine wedding without putting her career in jeopardy?…

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Once again, Vivienne Clarke sees her dreams of being with Axel collapse in front of her -- all at the hands of her *potential* future sister-in-law.*****After being caught in the midst of trying to marry the rich & ridiculously handsome Axel Levine, Vivienne loses all hope of eloping with the man of her dreams all while salvaging what she can of her career and reputation. But when she least expects it, Axel unravels his knight-in-shining-armor card & whisks her off her feet once more, and they're married in secret in Las Vegas.As Mrs. Levine--though she can't quite share it with the world yet--Vivienne plans to finish with Estelle's wedding and review her professional options; but Estelle's continuous suspicion and cruelty lead Vivienne into worrying, and prompt her to make mistakes that may cost her her relationship with Axel. Their love is so fresh, and Estelle only pours fuel onto the flames of Vivienne's doubt. Is she the red flag Estelle claims she is? Or is she, as Axel states, the best thing that's ever happened to him?Sneaking around is getting old, but Vivienne is afraid it's what provides the thrill between Axel and her. Will they ever get to reveal the true nature of their collaboration? Or will Bridezilla Estelle successfully tear them apart as she walks down the aisle to marry her own soulmate?…

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A picky chef meets a non-picky chef, and their conflicting opinions lead to heated arguments--and hateful lust.*****Béatrice Balzac is an accomplished chef with restaurants around the globe, best-selling cookbooks, prize-worthy nonfiction novels, and now, a TV show. Guest chefs come from all around Los Angeles to fool her into eating food she doesn't like, and they win money if they trick her. But when Zane Rose, a notorious anti picky eater is invited to her show without her knowledge, Béa is in a panic. Not only because he's a jerk who can't get behind her picky principles, but because they had a drunken, violent one-night-stand a few nights prior, and it's clear her producers are trying to test her.Sharing Los Angeles with Zane will be tricky; how can she avoid him and his handsome physique and evil tongue while trying to maintain her dignity? How can she preserve her reputation before Zane makes her out to be an idiot? Because Zane is clearly out to get her, and he won't stop until he's toppled her entire empire and left her with nothing.…

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A morally grey former cooking show producer meets a grumpy, Floridian chef, and their unwanted sexual tension leads them into a fake-dating scheme that might ruin both their reputations.*****Grace Gallagher was disgraced by her demeanor towards famous chef Béatrice Balzac, so she flies back to her hometown of Sarasota, Florida, to start all over. Problem is, her bad reputation follows her there, and causes nothing but trouble - whether it be with old friends, future employers, or her big-wig, nosy lawyer parents.When Grace lands a gig as a front-desk person at an up-and-coming cooking school, she celebrates by sleeping with a grumpy but gorgeous woman she found at a bar - and later discovers that this woman, Melinda Monroe, is none other than her new employer: the owner & lead chef of the cooking school.As a close friend of Béatrice's, Melinda obviously loathes Grace. But in order to save the school from ruin, she needs Grace's help: for her to pose as her girlfriend to convince her ex--an investor for the school--to donate more money. Grace also has to deal with the aftermath of her actions in L.A., and try to prove to all that she was manipulated just as badly as Béatrice; all while balancing her growing feelings for a woman who will never like her back.Can Grace redeem herself all while enabling more schemes, and hiding her true self yet again? Or is she destined to take the fall and forever be known as "Grace the disgrace"?…

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Legend has it, if you stand in front of a mirror, shuffling an enchanted deck of cards, you can open a doorway between dimensions.***Prince Teodric of Springport remembers the promise he made his father: to *not* try to reenact the legend of dimensions. At sixteen, he laughed at his father's claims that there were ways of traveling through portals to other realms; but five years later, as sole heir to his recently deceased father's kingdom, the eerie tale somehow re-enters his mind, and with it a curious desire to break his promise. To see if, as his father said, other dimensions existed, and one traveled to them via cards and mirrors. But Teo gets more than he ever dreamed he would, and soon wakes in a realm of the imaginary, the insane, and the impossible... only to find he switched places with a knave named Jack of Spades.…

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*THIS NOVEL IS A SEQUEL TO WILD CARD & CANNOT BE READ AS A STANDALONE*There is a legend that one in four royal advisor-mages will betray their monarch, overthrow them for power.***Gwenore, the new Queen of Acewood, is on a throne most would kill for. Especially her mermaid half-sister, a power-hungry mage on the loose, and a rogue knave with royal blood on his hands. Her sisters and Aces advise her to be patient, but she wants to stop the threats to her kingdom before they worsen. And before she's forced to marry some high-bred noble who's only interested in her for her position. But Gwenore is surrounded by fickle foes and spies she can't identify, and will soon see that her impatience has brought her to waters too deep to swim in. Those who wish for her demise are close, too close... and those she trusts are far and few between. Can Gwenore survive the menaces to her person and restore balance to her home before it's too late?…

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*THIS NOVEL IS A SEQUEL TO WILD CARD/CROSS SUIT & CANNOT BE READ AS A STANDALONE*Legend says the territories on the other side of Efura are filled with primitive, wild, human-like creatures who tell stories in front of fires and live in huts made of straw and twigs.***Jack, former Knave of Acewood and current captive of Queen Gwenore, knows better than to listen to hearsay or believe in legends. He's a mercenary, a warrior--and he wants nothing more than to tear Acewood to shreds to rebuild anew under Otho and Luned's rule. But he comes to find out that he doesn't want to work for Otho--he merely wants to take his promised as his own and watch over Acewood with her. Yet the obstacles in his way--two turncoat mages, a frail but frightful Ossenna, a suspicious Sym, a scorned queen, and her goons--make him hesitate to take a side, to make a decision. In a world of magic and deceit, is it best to be strong and evil? Or to fight with the power of good? Or can Jack scale the line somewhere in between, to have his cake, and eat it, too?…

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*2024 Wattys Shortlist**FEATURED on Wattpad's official MUSIC profile, in the "Exquisite Cellos (Romance)" reading list!*Emmaline scores the hottest tickets in NYC: a VIP backstage pass to meet Leo Lee, the lead singer of the band SMASH, that she's been obsessed with forever. Except he's running late, and all her meet-cute scenarios are turning sour.****Emmaline has waited her whole life for this; well, the ten or so years she's been following SMASH and been infatuated with the lead singer, Leo Lee. But when he has to cancel the super expensive VIP experience Emma bought, his super cute, super sweet P.A., Cameron, has the bad luck of having to tell Emma. But that's okay, because Cameron is *fine*, and Emma wouldn't mind meeting with him, instead. And as it turns out, they're evenly matched and get on quite well. Maybe it was her destiny all along to never meet Leo...Until she does meet him, and he's everything she thought he would be, and more. And he suddenly needs help fixing a scandal he caused in the media. He needs a fake girlfriend to repair his reputation, pronto--and immediately thinks of Emma as the perfect option. Cameron has no choice but to allow it, and out of curiosity, and needing the extra cash, Emma consents...She's dating two guys; one for real, one for fake. Her heart will be fine after all this is over, right?…

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**SPOILERS IN DESCRIPTION** Must have read FALLING FOR THE ROCKSTAR first!Emmaline is *officially* dating the hottest, most talented, most amazing rockstar, Leo Lee. But can she overcome her insecurities and her dislike of paparazzi's before she ruins her shot at being happy?****Emmaline has dreamed of this her whole life; well, for the time she's been a fan of SMASH and incredibly attracted to lead singer, Leo Lee. To date a celebrity, to be photographed with a singer, to be more than arm-candy. And by some twist of fate--and after a rough break-up with Cameron--she's Leo's official girlfriend, and not afraid to flaunt it. But their shiny, new relationship doesn't only come with perks--she can't get a legitimate job without using Leo's name, she's relentlessly hounded by the press, and one reporter in particular keeps bad-mouthing her and Leo, claiming their love is fake.Someone in her midst is feeding false news to paparazzi's to destabilize her--but Emma won't let anyone get in the way of her relationship, nor ruin her chances of becoming an online fashion reporter. Not even someone she once thought she was in love with, and whom she suspects of sabotage...She's loving the rockstar, but will her sanity survive it?…

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**SPOILERS IN DESCRIPTION** Must have read LOVING THE ROCKSTAR first!The man of Emmaline's dreams is on one knee in front of her, offering her the deal of a lifetime--marriage to him, the crooner rockstar of her fantasies. But can she accept? Will she?****The Eiffel Tower will forever have a new significance for Emma and Leo. They're engaged, and though they have to hide it at first, Leo is ecstatic when he's able to share with the world that he's found the perfect woman.But though she's blissfully happy, Emma can't help but detect all sorts of flaws in her relationship with every passing day of being engaged. She loves Leo, she wants to marry him, so why is he always so moody? Being with him is her biggest dream--one she didn't even realize she had--and yet it's weighing her with doubts and confusion. She never envisioned herself getting married, and this puts Leo through intense mood-swings as they start to plan their celebrity wedding.Adding to her misery, Emma is still slightly haunted by her past with Cameron; and he's always nearby to remind her of it. As Sapphire's personal assistant, he's in her shadow at all times; and Sapphire is Emma's friend and soon-to-be one of her bridesmaids.It seems everywhere she looks, Emma is plagued with questions and concerns, and she doesn't know how to get answers without angering Leo. And the last thing she wants to do is lose his love... But is the stress of marrying the rockstar worth it? Will she be happy in the end, meeting Leo at the end of the altar?…

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**WATTPAD HQ EDITOR'S PICK Nov/Dec 2021**BOOK ONE in the STEAMY FORBIDDEN ROMANCE series Coralie Watson, a British thirty-year-old living in San Francisco, has a tormented past with men. Physical and mental abuse, abandonment issues, incompatibility--she feels like she just can't win, and constantly swears to herself that she'll remain single so she can focus on her burgeoning singing/songwriting career. After twelve years in the United States, she often regrets leaving London, her friends, her habits, and dreams of what life might have been like had she not moved.As she slowly settles into a new routine--and has, so far, kept her vow to stay celibate--her past refuses to give her a break. As she reencounters a former boss she'd had a crush on, someone else resurfaces into her life after many years of silence--a boy she met at fifteen, that she'd had deep feelings for. But now he's all grown-up and irresistibly handsome. She always considered him the "one that got away", and is shocked when he confesses he feels the same way about her. The problem? He's a successful business man who can't afford a scandal, he's married to a supermodel wife, and has two beautiful daughters. Yet none of that seems to stop him from making Coralie promise that next time she's in London, they need to meet and catch up... What's the harm in that?♥♥♥This is a work of FICTION. It will have fairly explicit language & sexual content (but I'll put warnings at the top of those chapters, in case those make you uncomfortable--though, hey, YOU CAME HERE FOR THAT, DIDN'T YOU?!)…

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BOOK TWO in the STEAMY FORBIDDEN ROMANCE series -- please read BOOK ONE, Illicit, before proceeding with this novel!Coralie Watson, now living in NYC to focus on her singer/songwriter career, has landed herself in quite the predicament. Stuck in a long-distance relationship with heart-throb Michael, she gets swept into an affair with none other than Ryan--the dreamy hunk from her past who is now magically available to her, exclusively.But the universe isn't done throwing her past at her and tempting her with explicit desires. As she tries to figure out how to break-up with Michael--with Ryan's insistent urging--another previous lover resurfaces. And his way with words and otherworldly eyes and taste for thrills steals her breath away, tugging her far from Ryan, and farther still from Michael. This newcomer offers nothing but a drink to catch up--but Coralie is all too familiar with this tune. Yet her gut instinct is to accept, to meet with him for good old time's sake.How does the expression go again? Oh, right--what's the harm in that?♥♥♥This is a work of FICTION. It will have fairly explicit language & sexual content (but I'll put warnings at the top of those chapters, in case those make you uncomfortable--though, hey, YOU CAME BACK FOR THAT, DIDN'T YOU?!)…

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BOOK THREE in the STEAMY FORBIDDEN ROMANCE series -- please read BOOK ONE, Illicit, and BOOK TWO, Explicit, before proceeding with this novel!Coralie Watson wants--no, needs--a break. As her fame rises, so does her infatuation for Chester, her desire for Ryan, and her feelings for Michael. At the urging of her best friends, she blocks them all on social media, to focus on her blossoming career as a singer.But, naturally, the universe isn't done testing her--and neither are the three men her heart can't seem to choose between. Unfollowed on social media? No problem, they know where she hangs out. Blocked numbers? No worries, fate will make it so they bump into her anyway. Coralie can't catch a breath, and her body won't give her any respite as all three men turn her world upside down and cause sensations that she's never even fantasized about.She has to choose--Ryan, Michael, Chester... or none of the above? But as she tries to make up her mind, is there really any harm in having fun?♥♥♥This is a work of FICTION. It will have fairly explicit language & sexual content (but I'll put warnings at the top of those chapters, in case those make you uncomfortable--though, hey, YOU CAME BACK YET AGAIN FOR THAT, DIDN'T YOU?!)…

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*ONC 2024 entry***Round Two Ambassador's Pick****Shortlisted**She's an angel of love; an ill-fitting name, as she's no angel. She strives for a world devoid of pain and sorrow. A world of love; of sex and debauchery without consequences. Unattached forever, she's spent millennia ensuring her world remains free of the chaos caused by heartbreak--a term unknown to the humans she oversees. And she'll do everything to keep it that way, at any cost. Meaning she'll kill any who have malice in their souls, to ensure the survival of those who are pure; their hearts red, the color of love.He's the first of his kind: a demon of heartbreak. New to the world, he's thirsty for love, for carnal relations, but craving to destroy it all once he's had his fill. He seeks despair, but not without having a little bit of fun on the way. He's sent above the surface by his king, to spread his disease, until he meets a feisty, sinfully sexy, devious damsel with immense powers. Her heart is so red, so pure, that he has to have it.To crush it.He makes it his goal to seduce her, trick her, and make her his first heartbreak victim. But she's not an easy one to toy with, as her heart isn't as pure as she lets on.***ONC Prompts 35, 19, 46…

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If you're triggered by something sinister, do you seek its meaning, or do you leave it alone?***Small-town barista and occasional stray animal rescuer Jessamine Spencer never would have guessed that a video about missing paranormal show-host Amy LaRoya would rile her up so badly, to the point of having nightmarish visions of the house where Amy was last seen, and an ominous sense that she'd been there before.But when Amy's fellow paranormal host Avery Boomer turns up at Jessamine's coffee-shop asking questions, he discovers that Jessamine is in fact linked to Amy--because she WAS at the mystical house Amy was last seen at. The problem is, Jessamine doesn't recall any of the circumstances that led her to be there, nor how she escaped. And Avery needs to locate Amy, because her final footage seems to imply something was after her and might have gotten to her; something clearly supernatural in nature.If Avery convinces Jessamine to help him, will she recover enough of her memories to navigate to this mystery house, and hopefully find Amy there? Or is there more hiding in the forest--forces and prophesies that Avery and Jessamine will never understand?***Join me as I share the new version of the first novel I ever *fully* wrote! Trigger warning for language, violence, sexual situations, mentions of suicide, possession, jump-scares, and overall disturbing stuff. Enjoy ♥…

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Do you trust your instincts, or follow those of someone more powerful, more knowledgeable than you'll ever be?***A mass explosion at the ghost portal house sends Avery and Jamie running off, thinking the world is safe from the malevolent creatures in the basement. But they soon come to realize that not only were those creatures likely released into the world *thanks* to the explosion, but they found their way out snug and cozy inside their intended vessel, Jessamine. Jessamine... who is *not* dead as they thought she were. Avery is forced to team up with the unpleasant Guide, Ada, to determine the next steps in saving the world from a demonically possessed Jessamine--if it's even possible to stop her. The demon door was opened, but some demons have remained behind, and it's on Avery--the "wild card" of the prophecy--to go inside and ask the questions no one wants to ask: what do the demons plan on doing to the world, and how? And is there any way to prevent them from realizing their malicious goals?…