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Will is a slut. At least, according to everyone else she is. With a past that both defines her and won't let her go, Will has had enough of the name-calling and assumptions. She's decided to use it all as fuel to get what she wants: to take down Reid Reynolds. Reid is a "bad boy" (a term that makes Will's eyes cross into oblivion) and he represents everything that Will despises. He is a TA in one of her university classes, making her plan even easier. She has an entire year to follow through with her agenda. No problem. It's all under control.Except it isn't. When women start getting assaulted on campus, everything Will is running from begins to catch up with her. She will inevitably have to face it--and decide if getting revenge on the bad boy will actually get her what she wants. NaNoWriMo2021Warnings: sexual assault, mentions of rape, and stalking.…

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Matty Kretzler is going to become a professional dancer--it's as good as written in stone--and no one is going to stop her. Not even River, the mysterious guy she's forced to partner with for music club and who has some strange views on life. Who has the time to live in the moment, anyway?tags: slow burn, young adult, ballet, family drama, coming of age, enemies to lovers…

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Does anger cause damage? If Georgia Ellenburg still believed in coincidences, she'd disagree. But George knows better. People get hurt around her, and now that her sister doesn't want to go to a college--a dream George gave up so that it could belong to Maeve--George is forced to stare down her past, and, in the meantime, protect her budding relationship with Sam, who she knows her anger will harm if given the chance.Since having assumed guardianship over her sister, George has one goal: to keep Maeve safe, and, at twenty-four, she's done so by creating a life with minimal unpredictability. In her efforts, George has given up nearly everything so that her sister can have the life that was supposed to belong to George. Maeve, however, expresses other ideas, ideas that don't involve college or anything that George gave up for her sister, which pits George against the choices she's made and the anger she's buried because of them. George has a secret, a secret that can no longer be considered a coincidence, and when Sam enters her life and begins to chip away at the pain she thought she'd let go, she must face the ultimate test of unpredictability: either confront her past or risk hurting Sam. Because her anger always hurts those around her. xxxtags: slow burn, romance, family drama, feminism, trauma…

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Now together at university, Elliot and Ben have the freedom (and privacy) to focus on and enjoy their relationship. But with that newfound freedom comes expectations, and living up to those expectations is proving to be overwhelming for Ben. Elliot overcame a lot in the last year: she started running again, she dealt with her mom's death, and she faced her doubt. Much in thanks to Ben, who slowly helped her open up and find herself. Now away at university, Elliot and Ben have the freedom to enjoy their relationship, but Ben's feeling the pressure of being the person he knows he's not. He's feeling the pressure to be someone he thinks Elliot deserves. He has his own doubt to tackle--and a decision to make: to choose Elliot or to choose a life without her.Sequel to Starting Position.Warning: contains themes of sexuality and brief language.Tags: slow burn romance, new adult, second chance…

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Two sworn enemies, one despairing secret.It's not a secret that Margaret Ren and James O'Brian hate each other. They've been sworn enemies since they first met, and for good reason. With a city divided into two halves, Margaret hails from the east side, the disadvantaged side, while James is settled into his manor atop the west side hilltop. He's arrogant, egotistical, and conceited - a true Westlaker. Margaret and James are both participants in the high school media club, and when they are forced to work together on a seemingly innocent interview, their personalities are not the only things that clash. Through a series of twists and turns, they are led down a road towards uncovering their city's most despairing secret. Will they be able to put aside their differences and solve the mystery plaguing their city, or will the injustice surrounding them succeed in in stopping them altogether?xxxTags: enemies to lovers, mystery, young adult, inequality…

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Delia receives the death dates of every person she meets. There has only ever been one exception: George Warner, the guy she hoped to never see again. ***Cordelia Wright has an uncanny ability: she receives the death dates of every person she meets. Things take an even stranger turn when she receives her own death date, a date that is only months in the future.Delia's life is arranged in routine - it's predictable, comfortable and she likes it that way. But her death date seems to surface everything she carefully buried. Her mom's mental health is teetering, her best friend is moving forward in life, and she is realizing her boyfriend may not know her at all. Everything is sent overboard when Warner, the guy from her past she hoped to never seen again, returns, and with him, the painful reminder that he is unlike anyone she's ever met: he doesn't have a death date.Will Delia let the fear of death stop her from living?***tags: enemies to lovers, slow burn romance, new adult, young adult, military…

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|| 2021 WATTYS SHORTLIST ||Elliot Mitchell is stuck on autopilot--until she meets Ben Harrison, who begins to bring her back to life.Elliot is counting down the days until she can leave the town that narrates her past. After tragically losing her mom, she is now dealing with an absent father, never-ending nightmares, and friends that she no longer relates to. Never mind that she used to be a track prodigy. One more semester and she's gone. But Elliot was counting on meeting Ben Harrison. Ben is different--his cerebral palsy is just the tip of the iceberg. When Ben joins the track team and they are assigned to work together on a project, emotions start to stir, and Elliot must either face her past or lose the closest connection to someone she has ever felt. Tags: romance, new adult, college, loss, love story…

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Alanis Howell has a lot to live up to considering she was named after the talented and influential Alanis Morissette, whose constant shadow she's been living in since she was born. With the arrival of her last semester of high school, she'd just like to get through it unscathed; however, this proves challenging after a chance encounter involving a group chat fiasco with her crush, Dane, and learning she is to join Drama and Theater last minute and will be forced to spend sixth period with the obnoxious Theo. Suffice to say, her last semester isn't going as planned. Things take another turn when ordinary Alanis gets cast in a rendition of the musical based on Alanis Morissette's best selling album of the same name, Jagged Little Pill. Ironic, isn't it?xxxOpen Novella Contest 2021 Entry #ONC21…