Hello people! We are back with the second batch of stories for this week!

But before that, a tiny reminder that the voting lines for the stories of BATCH-1 will be closed on the 6th and the results will be declared on the 7th!

A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE RULES:

RULES FOR ROUND 1:

1) Every week 5 stories will be posted.

2) Three out of the five will advance to the next round. We will take 2 weeks to process the results as every story in every batch is given two weeks to accumulate their votes. So by the time the third batch of stories has been posted the results for the first will be out!

3) All the readers, participants and non- participants have to VOTE for their favourite stories out of five.

If you really love the story, vote on all chapters or as many chapters as possible. Do vote to show your support. We believe in KARMA, so what goes comes back! So show some love!

4) If you adore a particular story, you can even leave reviews on them and TAG the reviews with #RBLS (we are developing a twitter too)

5) Readers for the stories need not necessarily mean only the participants. You can get as many readers for your story by promoting it. But the reviews left by readers who are not participants will only be considered if they are tagged with #RBLS ! (This is done so that the management team finds it easier to locate your reviews. The Reviews along with a MAJOR TWIST is going to be a part of the judging criteria in Round 2. So START gathering your reviews. After all, who knows? You might advance to the next round!)

To our participants (not featured yet), non-participant and readers: We request you to show love to the stories of the featured participants. It's an on-going process. Today, if you show love to their work, they will do the same for you when your story is featured. So for Round 1, do leave votes for them!

The five authors featured in BATCH – 2 of ROUND 1 are:

1) Author: ChasingInfinity1

Title: Slowly, But Shirley

Genre: Teen Fiction

Summary:

❝Why do you love gymnastics?" he asked me, his blue eyes peering intently into mine.

My face immediately lit up with a smile. "Well, gymnastics is so different from other sports. It requires passion, energy, skill, grace, agility...I could go on forever. You need to learn the basic back handsprings and the flips and bring them to life when you step out on the floor. And nothing, absolutely nothing, can compare with the feeling of flying through the air, executing impossible flips, and flawlessly landing on your feet at the end." I paused my speech, watching him absorb my words. "What about you, what made you love gymnastics?"

His pensive expression dissolved as the corners of his mouth tilted upwards into a trademark smirk. "I like watching girls in leotards.❞

Shirley Mariana Jensen was a world-class gymnast, determined to rise to the top and defeat any obstacles in her way. Well, she was, until her complicated life circumstances got in the way and she was forced to quit. And now, four years later, she is given an opportunity to attend one of America's premier gymnastics summer camps for the best gymnasts in the nation. Cue a summer filled with unimaginable drama and action, both in and out of the gym. And of course, all at the hands of the undeniably attractive Logan Campbell.

Maybe Shirley just needed a reminder to play her sport and to not let her sport play her.

2) Author: laly13

Title: The Survival

Genre: Action

Summary:

Madison Winters has a hard life. Between her mother's death and many breakups in life, she turned from a good and happy girl to a massive wreck.

After being expelled from her school she moves to a boarding school that held a big secret from the world: The Survival, a ceremony for new students where they have to be aware of everything and fight to be alive.

As soon as Madison enters the school 2 questions will surface: Will the school help her forget her past and start a new life? And when she enters The Survival, will she have what it takes to win?

3) Author: aiajaberthebooknerd

Title: Refugees of the World

Genre: Historical fiction

Summary:

When the world is in the height of its madness, finding sane people is scarce.

Meet Reyna. She, finds six teens scattered across the globe. And, let's just say that they don't exactly get along. Six teens who are as broken as possible and moulds them into something completely new.

The strongest team possible. And there, you may think physical strength. No, mental strength.

When the most petrifying event in history to date strikes, the whole world falls out of place and into havoc all the more, the team must set aside their differences and find out what they should really do. And, they're not really sure which side is good and evil anymore.

4) Author: Suganthii

Title: Nyctophilic Shades

Genre: Fantasy

Summary:

The rightful heiress to the throne of Orabel, level headed, powerful and beautiful princess Ehna's curiosity always scratched to discover the forbidden hall of her palace. Her overprotective father always had made sure to have a good number of soldiers securing the entrance to the path leading to darkness, which made her to wonder more about it.

On the day of her coronation, she does something which turns her life upside down.

And then she decides to fight her only fear- DARKNESS, to fetch answers of all the questions which stirred desire within her soul, the answers which had been concealed...

5) Author: Elpis0

Title: Xenoblade Chronicles The Novelization

Genre: Action

Summary:

The Mechon, a mechanical race have been fighting the peoples of the Bionis for as long as anyone can remember. The Monado, an ancient sword from a past no one knows is the only thing that can harm Mechon. However almost nobody can wield it and live to tell the tale.

After a devastating mechon attack on Colony 9 that kills his childhood friend, Shulk takes the Monado and goes on a journey to the world of Mechon. In the process he discovers hidden secrets connected to the past. The Monado is more connected to Shulk, the Mechon, their homeworld and what happened in the past more than anyone realizes.

Can Shulk avenge his friend? Or will the Mechon and Monado kill him in the process?

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