Written for the Holiday Chase ContestRachel never imagined her son's father wouldn't show up at Christmas after she told him to go live his dream in L.A. But there they were days after Christmas waiting for a miracle and for his return.…
When Chloe's ex-boyfriend Weston returns home for Christmas after living out his dream as a Rockstar, is it worth giving him a second chance? Or is it time to let go?…
Starlien actress Lennox Taylor has it all; fame, fortune, and the most amazing fans in the world. Without warning her dream comes crashing down. Unsure of what to do with her life, Lennox heads across the country to live with her dads to escape her drama-filled life, her fake ex-boyfriend, and her overbearing manager; her mom. Seventeen year old Max Weston has had his share of hardships, and now with his father leaving the list of things just keeps piling up. When Max heads to New York for his annual summer trip, he wasn't expecting to bump into the famous Lennox Taylor nor was he expecting her to lash out at him.A second chance brings them together. For Lennox, liking Max was the easy party, but showing him she wasn't the girl he first met, was difficult. Max being open-minded accepted her, and the two grow closer than either imagined, relying on each other for comfort. When Lennox's Hollywood drama resurfaces, the two are torn apart by the whirlwind. Lennox knows she has to make things right, but she's not sure it will be enough to win Max's heart back.…
High School senior Marnie Bennett has it all, popularity, money, and a handsome jock at her side. To everyone on the outside she's the "it" girl, but deep down she's screaming for help. Her world shifts when she's paired with punk-rocker Flint Rogers on a writing assignment.To walk in Flint's shoes means that Marnie has to open her heart to someone who isn't in her circle, but the more time they spend together the harder it is for both to admit they were wrong about each other. With a common love for the same music, Marnie and Flint began to create a bond stronger than either of them are ready for.Marnie's life begins to fall apart when a family scandal comes to light and her friends harbor a massive secret. Flint is the only one there to help pick up the broken pieces. She knows he would make her happy, but she struggles with the idea of being with someone who isn't popular. After a tragic accident leaves Flint fighting for his life, Marnie knows if she wants to keep him in her life she has to grow up and learn that life isn't a popularity contest and that we can't help who we love. Can Marnie fix what she broke or will her stubborn ways keep her from the boy she fell in love with?…
At Seventeen I met a boy and fell in love. At Twenty-one I met a guy but he was off-limits.At Twenty-five I met a man, but I was off-limits. At Twenty-seven that man met a woman, who was falling apart at the seams, but that boy who met a girl all those years ago promised her one thing and he wasn't about to break it.…
*Winner of the YA 1-2-3 challenge*Prompt: Ice-cream fixes a broken heart Words: Autumn, crush, secret Two best friends, and a love for ice cream, and maybe each other too.Thank you @chessaandersen for creating this beautiful cover.…
The drop off line at school was filled with many interesting people, and Nadine Clarke was definitely not one of them. Even if the rumor mill was buzzing about her husband ditching her and her two children, she was far from the talk of the town. There were others more interesting than herself like the leather jacket guy. She had her eye on him for a while, along with every other mom during drop off. He somehow always ended up in front of her every morning, until one afternoon when he ended up on the pick up line not looking so hot. His son had puked all over himself in the car, and leather jacket guy was beside himself. Nadine had seen that look from her ex before in the face of vomit, so she did what any mom would do and helped him clean up. Amidst the chaos of angry parents, Nadine introduced herself to find out his name was Lawson Bailey and he was a recently single father of one trying to figure out how to navigate divorce. Later that night at the bar Nadine waitresses at, she comes to find that Lawson was in the new band performing there. Upon realization she tripped over a chair leg and tumbled to the floor. Lawson jumped from the stage, stopping the show before it began, only to have Nadine's nervous stomach become upset all over him. Somehow their not so meet cute didn't deter the two from getting to know each other better, but when her son Jackson and his son Henry get into a fight at school, can both parents deal with the consequences of their children's actions while also falling madly in love with each other?…
On the outside Nore Mcguire was your average twenty-six year old High School Writing teacher. She had a lot of friends and didn't mind sharing a home with her eighty-year old Grandmother and her nine cats. But there was still something off. She sort of blames it on the stories her grandmother told her growing up about the night-walkers. Sometimes she thought she saw them, hoovering over people just before their death. She figured it was just her imagination and moved on, but that was until the new English teacher came to town. Jaime Donovan rode into town like a wild storm on a summer night. The ladies loved him. Nore found him attractive, sure, but he always found a way to get under her skin, and there was just something off about him. On the night of the Founders Day masquerade ball, Nore finds herself semi-plastered and dancing with one masked man the entire night. They danced and kissed the night away. She waited for her Cinderella moment to take place, but it never did, and that's because half the town was left for dead. And the next morning when the sun rose, things looked a little different. And now not only does she want to figure out who the masked man was, but she has to figure out why she was the only one to see creatures killing people in the daylight, when no one else could, and how to get rid of them for good.-----Written for ONC 2022 - #66 & #23…
Seventeen year old Sophie Rogers is convinced that her true love is figure skating. That all changes one cold winter night, when Garrett Jacobson skates into her heart in a way she never thought was possible.…
Written for the Summertime Magic contest on the YA profile. High School graduation should have been the highlight of the year, but as 17 year old Odette looked around, she realized once again she'd be alone for the summer. With her parents always working, rather than parenting she was used to it. Odette expected her summer to be filled with loneliness until a knock at her door changed everything. Believing that the boy on her steps was a prince from another world was a hard pill to swallow. She wanted to help him, he was injured, but she never imagined that what he had said to her was true until it was there right in front of her very eyes. Maybe summer wouldn't be such a bummer after all.…
This is the story about a girl who fell in love. Not with one, not with two, but three boys. They were her everything, and no matter what, no matter the distance between them, they still never failed to be there for each other. Until the summer following college graduation, when everything changed. Twenty-Three year old Fallon Wynters scored big when she landed the three most lovable and goofy boys as her best friends. There was Danny Cooper; the ladies man, Everett Brooks; the shy guy, and then there was Bennett Dixon, the friend - who was more than a friend, but never acted on it. They met on the playground after Fallon stuck up for Everett. After suffering a week long detention, the boys took her in and treated her like one of the guys, but she didn't mind, because she loved all of them equally, but there was one who always had her heart. They made promises, kept in touch, celebrated accomplishments even from miles away, but Fallon never prepared her heart for the day when Bennett Dixon would let her go or for the moment when she realized her heart belonged to someone else. ---------Written for ONC 2022 Prompt # 89…
No Place Like Home is a short story written for The Take Your Pick Contest on the Romance profile. Anne Dickinson left her home town of Argyle Creek to live life outside a small town. She loved it, and enjoyed her success. Coming home was hard, but her grandmother left her her house in the will, and now she had to fix it up. She wasn't expecting to keep it, her goal was to come home, sell it, then head back to Seattle where she managed a book store. Life however, had other plans and threw her old boyfriend Trevor Watson back into her life again. Will two weeks of renovations to her grandmothers home, lots of laughs, and lemonade bring her back? Or will her new life out West bring her further from home?…
Dakota Ford's trip to New York was supposed to be special, she had fallen in love, and now they'd finally meet in person. Only - things don't quite go the way she planned. Being stood up felt awful, like she'd been punched in the gut. She had nowhere to go, she was supposed to stay with him, but now all she could think to do was go home, even though she only arrived a few hours prior. Everything was falling apart until her Uber driver, Shane Irving arrives. On a whim they end up exploring the city together. It's fun, and he makes it easy to forget what happened, but will it be enough to mend Dakota's broken heart?…
Twenty-two year old Kat Benson tried to forget that two days ago her boyfriend dumped her. He was supposed to go with her to their friend's beach house. At least she had her BFF Pat Reynolds, and since her boyfriend wasn't going Pat invited one of his old High School friends, Anna O'Malley to join them. Unfortunately, Kat's room is the only one left, but she offers to share. When the group decides to take part in a beach volleyball summer tournament, Kat comes face to face with the one person she was trying to forget. her ex, Oliver Green. He had clearly moved on already, actually he had moved on months ago, when they were still together. Anna catches the whole thing and wants to help. Only, her version of helping was to plant a kiss on Kat's lips. It ignited something inside Oliver because the guy was clearly jealous. Anna offers to continue the act and make Oliver see what he's missing out on.When she discovers that not only is Oliver part of the volleyball team, but that his group of friends rented the same house next to theirs, she realizes she has to step up her game with Anna. Only- was it ever really a game to begin with?*The Summer Storm is a short story that was written for an anthology that never happened. So I decided to make Wattpad its home.***THIS STORY IS THE PROPERTY OF WATTPAD AND @MISSJINA. IF THIS STORY IS ANYWHERE OTHER THAN WATTPAD IT IS NOT THE ORIGINAL. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU SEE ANY MIRRORING WEBSITES WITH MY WORK. THANK YOU***…
A Short Story written for the Mini Romantics Challenge Bonnie wasn't expecting him to be at their five year class reunion, but there he was the boy she fell in love with and the man who broke her heart. When their eyes meet from across the room, can they secure a future together or will what they had only remain in the past?…
Jolene was forced into hiding, because she brought death to everyone she loved. She was all alone, until she met Griffin, and he made her happy. But he had a secret too. And now Jolene has to figure out which life was real, and which was fantasy.Written for the 2021 Halloween Vault contest.…
A Cinderella retelling. What if Cinderella was already the Princess, but she didn't want to be?*Honorable Mention in the Rewind The Classics Contest.*…
*written for Short Story Contest: No Single Summer*Being single was dangerous. Everyone without a partner was being mysteriously executed. When Meredith meets Hannah, Hannah says she has a way to save everyone from this nightmare, there's only one condition, they have to pretend. But are they really pretending?…
Written for NA Romance Summer of Songs Contest Song Inspiration: Katherine McFee Terrified…
For twenty years her head turned at every guy with hazel eyes. At just twelve old Callie Peters was convinced she met the love of her life at a music festival one summer. With her father as head of security Callie spent one weekend every summer at the festival, and each year she hoped Landry Ryan would return, but he never did. It was as if he never existed. At nineteen Callie followed in her fathers footsteps and became a security guard working the festival alongside him. She worked with him for a few years until tragedy struck. Her father suffered a heart attack while rescuing a concert goer from the pit. After spending a few years away, Callie finally had the courage to return for the twentieth year of the festival. She managed to stare down every man with hazel eyes, but she never imagined running into the boy who made her heart race at twelve. Only, he's different this time around. He got everything he ever wanted and more, but is he worth all the years of longing? Or is it time for Callie to put her childhood crush behind her and move on?*This story follows prompt # 72*…