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Breast Foot Forward: A Fake It Short.

Fake It Till You Make It


Fake It Till You Make It


How Not To Transition In High School (Probably)
One teenager Vs the world, what could go wrong?


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Eidolon Nexus: The Shattered Realm: Chapter 21

A group of people wake up in a video game world and are forced to work together to survive and find out how to escape.
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Artemis faces more than ever before as the castle pulls away at her mind.

I’m half way through cleaning up previous chapters and I’ve got the full story mostly finished now just in need of clean up as well.

That means we’re in the endgame now! Will there be more? We’ll see.



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No Idea. Chapter 7 of 8

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Chapter 7

We were back home, and the roast was cooking, when Geraldine appeared. There were ghostly tears pouring down her cheeks.



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Mid month bills and an overdraft

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I covered the overdraft from my own money but we still need funds for current and past due bills.

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Stuck in the Middle -53

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Stuck in the Middle


In this chapter, Emily begins her day with a renewed sense of strength, finding comfort in the warmth of her family’s weekend routine. Laughter over pancakes and a playful snow day adventure with Sam and Lily bring moments of joy and belonging. However, an unexpected change leaves her feeling scared and uncertain. With Mrs. Blake’s gentle guidance, Emily navigates this new experience, discovering that growing up can be confusing—but with the support of those who care, she doesn’t have to face it alone.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.



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Hired Girl by Joyce Melton on Kindle

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Harold needed a job so bad, he could taste it...

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Too small and pretty to be hired as a boy, Harold turns to his sister who has a plan to help him find employment.



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For Friends and Family Part 20

For Friends and Family Part 20
The Adventure Begins
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For Friends and Family. Andy is looking for a new challenge, his current girlfriends sister has suffered a nervous break down, Andy is very similar in both size and looks, agrees to be changed into a Nichola look alike.
This is a dream for Andy who has a secret desire to live and work as a woman. In this chapter Nichola and Fiona become very close – with surprising results and Nichola reaches a decision about the way ahead.

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The Princess ~ 1

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This is the continuing saga of a once lost and orphaned boy—now a Princess in her own right.

NOTE: This is the Book 2 of the 'Nellethiel's Song' trilogy. You should start with Book 1 ~ 'The Waif', if you have not read that story.

Part One: Coronation!



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Sixteen Feet of Steel Chapter 14

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Sixteen Feet of Steel Chapter 14

*Before…

“So they are camped close?”
He looks at us and he nods. “It’s the only explanation; there must be a murderhole close by.”
I look at him. “A murderhole?”
Hawk was drinking from one of our skins and she passes it to me. I take it and drink. It’s wild cherry wine from one of the places we were at. The liquor is welcome.
“Goblins live in the mountains, or under them, they hate the sunlight it hurts their eyes so they live in the darkness and in caves. We usually end up following their ranges and know where their territories are at but every once in a while they’ll dig, they’ll join cavern to cavern to underground streams and the like until they can get passed our lines and then they’ll amass a large raiding force…that place is called a murderhole.”
I take a few more drinks but pass it back because my body is wanting me to drink it all and that wouldn’t be a good idea. I look at the others. “So what do we do? Do we go and track them? Do we look to our wounds and the horses? Do we move as fast as we can and try and warn others?”

*And Now…



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2497

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2497
by Angharad

Copyright© 2014 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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The shifting approach to adaptation, chapter 3.

Surprise! I think I'm slowing down a bit now, but we will see what I can get done before December hits.

As for this one, the calm before the storm. Enjoy.



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Tamara's Debut - Chapter 24 "Debut"

Tamara's Début - A Tommy & Tamara Story
Tamara's Début

 

Final - Part Twenty Four

 

by Shiraz

 



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2496

The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2496
by Angharad

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Twisted Throwback, part 17 of 25

Mildred getting in trouble for using her trick was serious business and I knew I wasn’t supposed to encourage her, but I couldn’t help laughing.



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Tamara's Debut - Chapter 23 "Phone Pest"

Tamara's Début - A Tamara Ta!es Story
Tamara's Début

 

Part Twenty Three

 

by Shiraz

 



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Among the Val Kyr part 22


Among the Val Kyr part 22
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After surviving an unexpected and brutal encounter with a monster, a young man is drawn into the world of the Val Kyr.



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The Waif ~ 6 (Conclusion)

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This is the story of a lost and orphaned child—and how he comes to find himself.

Part Six: The Veil is Lifted



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A Faery Tale Princess: A Stefan and Belinda Vignette

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A brief seasonal snapshot of Belinda's new life as Stefan's girlfriend. This story takes place after the main part of "Away With The Faeries" but before the beginning of " A Faery Tale Wedding."



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Charlotte, part 4

SEVEN AND A HALF MONTHS LATER...

"Let's just do this, okay?" Charlotte sighs as she wraps her arms around me and moves her body closer to mine. Nodding stoically, I take a deep breath and lean into my BFF, kissing her as deeply as I've ever kissed my boyfriend.



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A Mother's Love Vol. 3.02

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“I’m sorry you’ve got this all wrong,” I interrupted.

He looked annoyed for a brief moment but regained his composure before asking, “In what way?”

I took a deep breath and responded quickly and quietly,“I don’t want a breast enlargement.”

A Mother’s Love - Vol. 3.02

by Alys



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The Waif ~ 5

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This is the story of a lost and orphaned child—and how he comes to find himself.

Part Five: Dance of a Lifetime



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Raven's Blood: Chapter 8

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Raven Demarco grew up living a sheltered life. When she starts University to get away from that she is caught up in the world of the paranormal. Secret organizations, magic, creatures from myth and legend, and worst of all her own legacy and the demons who want her blood.

 

Raven's Blood
Chapter 8: Family Secrets

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Amethyst



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Tamara's Debut - Chapter 22 "Going Nowhere"

Tamara's Début - A Tommy & Tamara Story
Tamara's Début

 

Part Twenty Two

 

by Shiraz

 



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2495

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2495
by Angharad

Copyright© 2014 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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The Waif ~ 4

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This is the story of a lost and orphaned child—and how he comes to find himself.

Part Four: Family is as Family Does



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Spooked - Part 2

One night only, but still almost 14K because SOME PEOPLE decided they wanted to have long, analytic conversations about themselves. Fennis and Lakshmi turned out to be very interested in exploring their feelings. I could have done a whole series just about them wearing skinsuits of each other, but that's not what this story is about so I tried to hurry things along.

Lots of switching around, some evil and some not. Someone asked for there to be a more Scooby-Doo feel to things, so I did that flavor for a chase scene or two. It couldn't get too outrageously jinkied, but I think I got a good balance in.

And back by popular demand: THE SKELETON! WHOOO! I didn't know who the real villain of the piece would be and the skeleton was popular, so it gets to come back.



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For Friends and Family Part 19

For Friends and Family Part 19 – Love in Many Ways
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Ilos Part 4 <old>

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Virtual Reality, the dream of all gamers, is now a reality with the land of Ilos.

However, it's creators are unknown, and no one knows how the devices they have access it, only that they do.



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Sisters 36

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CHAPTER 36
That was a good night, and what was most evident was the release of tension in our guests. Scott dropped a bombshell of sorts, in letting slip that the Smugglers was going to rename one of its bars after me, and I determined that I needed to Have Words to stop such silliness.



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Jem...Chapter 121

Jem…Chapter 121

Angel/Jem
Jem…Chapter 121

by Bailey Summers

Copyright © 2013 Bailey Summers
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Don’t Blame Me I’m A Martian-34

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Don’t Blame Me I’m A Martian-34

Chapter 34

*Serra…

It’s been days maybe a week it’s hard with everything that they have us going through with the noises and the lights and anything and everything to try and to keep me off center to tell time, to keep in sync with my bodies clock.

But it doesn’t matter.

Little by little I’ve been working at doing things, like building a Kaltra.



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Eldorado part 6.

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Eldorado…Part 6.

*Before…

I come out and she and Daniel are there waiting and I sort of blush at them being so close to such a personal thing and all but they don’t mention things and soon we’re show to our quarters. They’re small, just enough for our things and a folding cot from the wall but it is private.

I look at Daniel and I see him blush as I do as we likely had the same idea. That these beds will not be comfortable to make love in or on.

She catches the look and then she’s looking at Daniel with this look of …oh really…and it’s the oh really you slept with her too look.

I look at her trying to be a straight shooter. “We did, I hope that that won’t be a problem will it?”

*And Now…



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The Transit of Venus, Book 2 - Ch 29

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Story under construction...



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I Can't Make You Love Me - 4

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by Andrea Lena DiMaggio


When at night I go to sleep
Fourteen angels watch do keep
Two my head are guarding
Two my feet are guiding





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'She Who Dares Wins'

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‘She Who Dares Wins’

By JulieDCole



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Easy as Falling Off a Bike 14 by Angharad - on Kindle

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Latest edition of the collected Bike!

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Easy as Falling Off a Bike - 14
by Angharad
Now on Amazon US or Amazon UK

Also available through other national Amazon stores!


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Mindful by Beverly Taff on Kindle

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Now in a DopplerPress edition, Beverly Taff's classic:

MINDFUL by Beverly Taff


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Princess Warrior by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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John was pissed that he died on the beach at Normandy.

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It was June 6, 1944 and to say Private John Burton was unhappy would be an understatement. Even though he had heard General Eisenhower's speech on the radio, he really wanted to be elsewhere. Not that he wasn't a red-blooded American and not that he didn't grasp the importance of the mission. It's just that he was convinced there was a German bullet with his name on it. It was a feeling he just couldn't shake. All the trouble his parents went through to raise him, scolding him into good behavior, getting onto him to make good grades. And then all the money and effort Uncle Sam went through to prepare and train him for this exact moment, everything his life was moving towards would come to a wasted end on a beach in France he'd never heard of. He just knew it. And he was mightily annoyed about it.

Being annoyed couldn't describe how John felt when not even ten feet from the landing craft onto the sands of the beach before being cut down by German machine gun fire. Talk about being angry as he fell onto the sand...

And then even more angry when he woke up in another time and place as a naked teen girl...
 

Princess Warrior
On Kindle!
by Melanie Brown



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Fighting the Homm eBook from DopplerPress

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Fighting the Homm

by Barbie Lee and Monique S

Now on Kindle



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