E L P I D A | Awards 2024

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Esthetique Fiction Awards 2024

Awards that are uniquely mundane for all the writers out there. We aim to crown all the wonderful stories out there, unbiasedly, with exciting prizes that would definitely make you feel good about what you do, coupled with all that you can do to be better at what you do! Too confusing? Quit this, and simply peep in to...

Kaleidoscope of Death

It started off peculiarly; first, his domestic cat refused to let him cuddle it. Lin Qiushi soon found that a sense of disharmony and incongruity began to pervade everything around him. Then, one odd day, he pushed open a door, and he discovered that the hallway he was familiar with turned into a boundless corridor. A...

Hired for secrets

Journalist Sofie has to seduce a handsome escort for an exclusive tell-all article without getting lost in temptations that could become deadly. "Sometimes you need to find the secrets within to unveil the ones around you." Sofie Black is an investigative journalist whose name is on hit-lists from crime lords, drug ca...

Nothing But Hate

Tucker Conway is a self righteous lawyer, who has decided to dedicate his life to fight for justice, put criminals behind bars, and be the youngest District Attorney in the country. With a slight alcohol problem, and a large attitude problem- there are a lot of things that he despises. Callum Kaufman being one of them...

The Reverse of Wearing Books Changes Your life

While reading a novel, Chu Ye, an older leftover man, accidentally travels to a world where soul pet masters rule the king. After crossing the journey, Chu Ye found that he had become a trivial cannon fodder in the novel. This cannon fodder drugged the heroine because of the beauty of the heroine, and was slashed to d...

Lupus Deus (Published on Amazon)

In a world of monsters and gods, the Lupus Deus is the one being no one wants among them, especially not the gods that wronged him. Vivian Grey is as average as any werewolf comes, or at least that's what she believes growing up until she is confronted with the fact that her mate is the monster she heard stories about...

The Carter Project ✓

It's one thing to hook up with Carter Abrams and another for him to actually think you were soulmates. After all, what happens when a bad boy thinks you're good together? Copyright © 2018 by Taylor Collins. All Rights Reserved

On Bended Knee

After her relationship publicly explodes, physiotherapist Lucy MacKinley decides that the mature way to handle it is to run away from home. But in the remote town she's fled to, she finds that British heartthrob Frederick Asherton is not only filming a movie in town, he's landed himself on her exam table. Frederick is...

Requiem for a Soldier (Requiem #1)

A disfigured veteran hiding from the world and the young woman who found him. 2019 Watty Award Winner - Romance After suffering extensive injuries in Afghanistan from an IED that killed his best friend, Ryan decided he was better off dead. He intended to live out the rest of his days alone, away from the media circus...

The Female Alpha // ✓

Paige Edwards has waited from the time she was sixteen for her mate, just like any other werewolf. But, seven years later, she is still yet to find her mate, has an adopted son, and an entire pack to run. Paige was the Female Alpha, and nothing was going to get in her way. Highest ranking: #104 in werewolf [08/07/17] ...

The Alpha King's Mate

"Y-your H-highness? I-i'm sorry b-but t-there m-must b-be a-a m-mistake..." A loud growl sounded through the whole ballroom causing me to start shaking and a whimper to escape my lips. This caused the King to stop growling. He pulled me to his chest and yelled out to the whole ballroom. "MINE!" Audrey is an Omega in...

The Billionaire's Maid in Disguise

To take over her injured aunt's job temporarily- Pia Rosi, a newly graduated historian, offered to work as a maid to the highly powerful Greek billionaire, Kristov Stavrakos. But Mr. Stavrakos has a very strict qualification on his maids - must be middle-aged. So, Pia has no choice but to put on a disguise. How long c...

Vet Tech Meets The Alpha

Jack's life has always been weird. With the stereotypically snobby rich parents that never pay attention to her and gave her a boy's name, to the mysterious butler that shows up on her front porch, to the two wolves that keep coming to her house. Jack is a Vet Tech at the local clinic up in the Montana Mountains. When...

Hearts On Ice

When an off-duty police officer paraglides into her remote English home the day before New Year's Eve, wrecking part of her property and endangering her livelihood, Hettie Sampson can't believe her bad luck. The last thing she needs is a cop hanging around, snooping into her business-even if he does have a body built...

The Mute Alpha

A ball is a traditional celebration for werewolves that signify the alliance of two packs. But for the socially awkward Kaylynn, a ball seemed like a waste of time. However, with this ball came the discovery of her mate: a mysterious and mute Alpha who's feelings towards her seemed uncertain. With an unloyal mate ha...

The Professional Lover II (18+) | [Complete]

"He'd pay me two grand a month to sleep with me?" "No. He'd pay you two grand a 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬." ... Maggie is a college student working as a stripper in Las Vegas when a close friend approaches her with a proposition. High-end escorting. Desperate to gain independence and pay off a variety of debts, the offer seems more th...

Sweet as a Strawberry

~complete~ Charlotte is as sweet as a strawberry. She's the kind of person who will drop everything just to help you, just to put a smile on your face. She's as sweet as the sugar that constantly runs through her bloodstream, and as excitable as the rush that comes with it. And then there's Benjamin, who's as sour as...

THE SWEET SHRUB INN

In less than twenty-four hours, Cora Graham has been dumped by her boyfriend in Chicago and received a call that her estranged father in Mississippi is suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's. Her father isn't the only reason she's reluctant to go home. Two years earlier, at her best friend's wedding, she finally mad...

Acting Royal #Wattys2017

He needs a wife. She needs the money. The playboy prince needs a respectable girl to play his doting fiance for the weekend. If he doesn't convince his parents he's a changed man, he can say goodbye to his crown and inheritance. Enter Jenny, an actress who has just been hired to play the role of her life. Especially s...

Sugar Sweet Sin

To the rest of the world, Dante is Hollywood royalty, the ridiculously attractive oldest son of the notorious Fontaine family. To Ashlyn? He's the guy who made her swear off men forever. She just wants to move on with her life. Run her bakery. Heal her broken heart. She's had three years to try and forget about Dante...

Burning Moon (Wattpad Version)

(#1 ChickLit) WARNING: Being left at the altar in front of 500 wedding guests may lead to irrational behavior, causing you to go on your honeymoon alone. Other side- effects may include very bad hair, getting arrested, setting yourself on fire, landing up on a "Missing Poster" with the same bad hair and unexpectedly f...

The Bloodlust Alpha

Highest in Werewolf: #2 "Selene, my daughter, please hear us out. I know we don't deserve it, but your sister is pregnant and-" I held up my hand to stop the man named Benicio Dixon from speaking. Surely they didn't call me here just so they can dump all their personal problems onto me or dig up the past. If that was...

The Royal Bond (SAMPLE// OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED)

When you live in a world where your financial status determines the outcome for your life, fear is all one knows. Scarlett Madison, a young werewolf, faces life in the sectors because of her family's poverty. With no hope at advancing into a high-status pack, Scarlett makes one mistake that takes her down an unc...

The Senator's Son (2016 Watty Award Winner)

College is just like her old life . . . bleak. Surviving it won't be easy, especially when the girlfriend of the guy she's loved her entire life would rather see her dead. So much for that clean slate. Instead she's constantly looking over her shoulder, watching, waiting and worrying. Lucky for Emma she met The...

Auctioned Mate(unedited)

Mason Faye has just been taken away from her family to stay at Victorn Girl's Academy. Only it's not really a school of academics. She is sent there to be prepared for her mate. Within six weeks she will be auction off to the highest bidder and taken away. That is the last thing that Mason wants to happen. However, wh...

Snow Bound. | ✔️

In which two high school graduates get stuck in a cabin together, waiting for their family's to return and quickly falling in love with each other in the process. This is a short story, not inspired by anyone else. Just something I quickly put together. {Cover by: @milkweedsinthesky}

The Billionaire's Chef

Zia Knight is a great chef and owner of multiple well-known restaurants and cafes around U.S at the age of 22 years old. However, not wanting to be in the limelight she hides her identity and pretends to be a worker than the owner of her businesses. Her passion in cooking has occupied most of her time and social life...

Her, Saving Grace

She wasn't that drunk. So the six-foot something creature rummaging through her fridge half-naked, at eight in the morning was real. Now here's the tinsy winsy problem; She lives alone. ------------------------------------------------ Let's just say Catherine Wright wasn't having the best day. Everything just wasn't g...

My Billionaire Boss

Matthew Burns is a hot-shot CEO who doesn't take no for an answer. He's tough on his competitors and his employees. This, combined with his good looks, spells trouble for his growing list of former assistants. That is, until Willow Pearson enters his life. Willow, the gorgeous and caring assistant, maintains a profess...