To cover the traces of his depravity, Gu Xiao constricted himself to the role of a jester while being torn between the idealisation of others and reality. Gu Xiao was a slacker in school, constantly truanting and playing around. Unknowingly, when he gets glued to sitting next to Lan Yuning, the school's top student, a linked past that they never knew they shared, gradually came back to haunt them. These students weaved their way through the tangling threads of familial relationships, financial issues, examinations, and identity while enjoying most of their last high school year. [You killed him.] [If you didn't ignore him that time, then he wouldn't have died.] [It's in the past. If you keep thinking about it, it's only going to do you harm.] [Sometimes I wonder... if you would be happier if I was the one who died back then instead.] __ [I like you.] [Why... Why would you like someone like me...?] ___________________________ Warning: mentions of suicide, homophobia, and domestic abuse THIS IS A SLOW BURN so if you want to read something fast and spicy then this book isn't for you :') Cover: @CASZETTES

SALOME LAM likes to think of herself as a rational girl. Everything she does, she thinks about first. With her friends she's the mother figure, the one always looking out for them and taking care of them. This is how she works, unless it comes to Orion Ip. All her life, Salome Lam has known Orion Ip. And for as long as that, she's loved him too. When growing up in Hong Kong, he was the neighbourhood older brother. And in her years studying alongside him in England, he became an infatuation. Someone she could only dream about, but never have. The white moonlight. And so, she gives up. Until she goes to university and finds herself moving into the apartment right across him. But perhaps, there was still time for one last try. Before Salome truly, for once and for all, decided to cut Orion Ip and all those years between them out of her life.

Every love has a story. How you first met. Who said the first word. Even mine does. Seven o'clock is not the time anyone will think of falling in love. But as our worlds collided, we did just that. In a moment lost in space, a single introduction had changed everything. I wonder if things would have been different if the day we met came with a warning. A word to tell you that this was right or this could be wrong in so many ways. I wonder where he is right now. I wonder if he's happy with his life. I wonder if anything would have changed if we did things differently. Placing our hearts on the line and flipping the pages one after the other, our story was written. It happened before we knew it, and there was no way we could have taken it back. That's just how it goes. Every first love has a story. Do you want to hear mine?

"When you start to really look at some people, you begin to notice the masks on their faces chipping away." Marissa Lee spent her entire childhood building up walls to keep people out, convincing everyone around her that she is nothing but cold and vicious. However, when intelligent and gentle Yuko Hideyoshi befriends her, she quickly realises that he could very well break down all the walls she had built to protect her fragile heart. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • THE ROYALS SERIES, pt.2 Copyrighted. Model on the cover: Satoshi Toda, playing Yuko Hideyoshi in the novel.

*previously called Living Situations Jennie has always been on her own. She stays out of drama, keeps to herself, and hates trouble. Specifically, she hates soft-haired, annoyingly charming, gray-eyed Italian trouble named Nico Accardi. Since the end of their childhood friendship, Jennie has had little to nothing to do with him but after a series of unfortunate events resulting in him getting kicked out of the house and breaking into hers, Nico offers her a deal she can't refuse: a revenge makeover in exchange for a place to stay. Suddenly, the boy she thought was out of her life forever is sleeping in her bedroom, unraveling memories she thought she kept locked and hidden away. And maybe, the mischievous boy next door has his fair share of secrets too. But as they spend more time together, Jennie can't help but notice how this living situation is starting to feel like a home.

Kay Nakagawa's life revolves around two things: street basketball, and coconut water. Having the captain of her school's basketball team interested in her seems like the best thing in the world, except she doesn't really like Julian Mayhew in that way. As the year progresses, Kay finds herself in increasingly terrible circumstances. The comparisons with her successful brothers is nothing new, but having Julian's possessive ex-girlfriend constantly on her heels is making her life more exhausting than she signed up for. And at this point, she just wants out. Amidst all the nonsense she has to deal with in school, a coconut filled with juice always manages to brighten her day. And unknowingly, she starts getting attracted to the ash-haired worker at the coconut water shop. Who proves to be able to make her day even brighter.

An artistic playboy? Never heard that one before. - Parker Ly was a full package-intelligent, good-looking, sporty, and a bad boy. Oh yes, he was also an artist. He also had a secret; he fell in love with a girl in ripped jeans and a blue bomber jacket who only came out at night. He didn't even know her real name, but he knew he had to have her. Mae Chen wore Hollister hoodies and read books while walking to class-no one would expect her to be the dark-haired beauty who ran under the stars and appeared at only the wildest parties. But when Mae is paired up with one of Parker's best friends for a month long project, it gets harder and harder to keep up the mask. How long will she last? Parker is getting more curious by the day, but something is fishy about the girl his best friend had been partnered with. And another problem: was he falling for this girl? 「book one in the Liberal Academy series」

Nancy Pang doesn't have a clue what love is. All she knows is that it's not going to help her win the Junior Mathematics Tournament, or get her into Harvard, or do anything except disrupt her college-prep life. Love is also not the solution to her brother's post-college problems, or her parents' constant fighting...(okay, maybe it is). And love certainly won't solve the issue of that annoying Alexander Lin who beats her in looks, popularity, AND intelligence. Unfortunately for Nancy, love is in the air whether she likes it or not. [Sequel to 'Heroes Deep Within' but can be read alone] Chicklit #6 on 5/27/15 *Beautiful cover by rancorr!

After a year and a half of trying to move on from the what-ifs, the tides have pulled Alexandra Rivera and Zachariah Kim back together again. ***** In the heart of Hawai'i, Alex finds an instant connection when she meets her best friend Emmie's new boyfriend at a party. And even as the relationship becomes strained, their friendship continues to grow until Alex finds herself stuck between the two people she loves the most. Though she learns how hard it is to balance these two relationships, especially after Emmie and Zach's relationship ends, they dive deeper and deeper into the depths of their secrets until their lies pull them under. After everything falls apart and Zachariah moves away for a year and a half, he returns and Alexandra's life is shaken up because he's not the only one back in town. With Zachariah and Emmie both returning to O'ahu, Alex is forced to reconcile what she wants out of life, and who she wants to be. » 2021/2022 wattys shortlist » editor's pick « » featured on @ContemporaryLit, @NewAdult, @StoriesUndiscovered, @Romance, @WattpadAsianFiction, @WattpadEmpowered «

Finding your soulmate is as easy as using an app called Fated. Unfortunately for Sohal, reality is much harder. He's having issues finding a new partner and no matches are coming his way. But... what if Fated wasn't the only way to find your soulmate? Featured on: @WattpadAsianFiction "Whispers of the Heart" "Celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander Voices (AAPIHM)" @WattpadFusion "Love, Asia" "AAPI Heritage Month Celebration | WattpadFusion"