Darcy's life is not turning out at all as she expected. While her brother is getting married, moving to the big city, and getting job promotions, everything she touches seems to turn to dust. Pressure from her family to settle down causes her to give into temptation. Against her better judgment, she lies and tells her family her new boyfriend will be joining her for Christmas. Of course, this boyfriend is nothing more than a figment of her imagination. Will Darcy find true love for Christmas or spend the holiday behind bars in her attempt to put on a show for her family?

Cover credit goes to @meha-k Banner credit goes to @sarcastic-mess *** Louisa who is a highly motivated, strong, career driven person, feels like she is crumbling as she tries to balance her work life and home life. She starts to hit a few bumps in the road with her boyfriend, Calum. Her relationship seems to be on the rocks, but she's determined to make her relationship work, as she truly believes she loves Calum An opportunity arises for Louisa to get a promotion; working as the personal assistant for Mr Alexander Pierce, the guy who owns the company where she works. At first she is hesitant taking on a new role, but learns to embrace and enjoy it. With a new job, comes new responsibility as well as consequences... Story by _xxAMxx

Pro golfer Austin Hutton wants nothing to do with Christmas. Or the entire holiday season. Every year he disappears to his vacation home in New Hampshire to hide from the press, except this time, his plans to shut out December are wrecked by an accident leaving him for dead. In the days that follow, Austin knows little about Lydia, the woman who rescued him, except that she also wants to be left alone. They go their separate ways, never intending to see the other again when Austin suddenly becomes the person Lydia must rely on. He quickly seizes the opportunity to do something he's never done before as golf's golden boy--but when things between Austin and Lydia heat up, the lies become more than he can control. All Austin ever wanted was to be alone but when he falls for someone that may have a few secrets of her own...this could either be the worst Christmas of his life or a future he never saw coming. Standalone in the Hearts over Par series. Can be read in any order. Editor's Pick 2020.

Eira Jameson is put in tough situation when her whole family thinks she's bringing home a boyfriend for Christmas. Eira being freshly out of a relationship is to embarrassed to tell them the truth. What happens when Grayson Wilder is in a similar situation and proposes that they do each other a favor and pretend to date? But what happens when the fake feelings start to become real in this magical time of year will Eira be able to hide or feelings or will they blow the whole operation? Read to find out Cover credit goes to me for creating it and to the people in the picture!

Stef Foster and her twelve year old daughter, Callie, must deal with a painful loss in their life. Can they put the pieces back together with the help of a beautiful Vice Principal? And will Stef ever be able to love again. Trigger warnings possible. Mentions death, alcohol. NOTE: I do not own the Fosters. However, I do own this story along with all the original characters I've created and storylines. Please do not copy or you will be reported. Thank you.

Kayla Winter's boyfriend, Brett Perkins, decides to join the Marine Corps right after high school. They promised to stay in touch, but life happens. Flash forward eight years and see what has become of the two. Will they meet again and get back together, or will they remain strangers? Cover done by @tashawrites

*COMPLETED* Kelsey Parker is an average 23 year-old woman with financial needs. With her little brother in the hospital, her mother working as a babysitter, and her not being able to finish college, money has been pretty tight to make their ends meet. Mason King is a billionaire. He can buy anything he wants being the CEO of the company his father is going to pass on to him. At the age of 25, his grandmother thinks that he should stop messing around with women and start settling down. His grandmother makes a deal with him that if he doesn't get married in three months, she will ask her son to take the company out of Mason's hands and instead, give the company to Mason's sister, Ella. Desperate of not wanting to lose the company, Mason hunts for the perfect girl to hire as his bride. He knows that the only perfect woman is Kelsey. What will happen with the two? Will it be a marriage that will break them or make them? *ATTENTION* Not edited so please don't complain about wrong grammars, spellings or punctuations. All Rights Reserved #16 Romance |05/23/18| #1 Family |05/31/18| #2 Romance |12/23/19| #1 Completed |12/23/19|

Passion. Price. Possession There are only two things Gina Gray loves more than her six inch heels and her penthouse suite: Sex and her family. When her father proposes an arranged marriage to save their family business, Gina is shocked - even more so when she discovers who her future husband is. Knox Warner, her ex-boyfriend who broke her heart years ago. Gina despises every fibre of his being and is determined to lead her life the way she wants regardless of their marriage, but Knox says otherwise. With his arrogance and the tendency to always get what he wants, there's only one thing he craves and that's Gina. The chemistry is potent and no matter how hard Gina tries to convince herself that she will not succumb to her lust, she's constantly stuck between a rock and a hard place. Literally. But how hard will Knox have to work to make her his and the marriage bed theirs? ©2018

Do you have nosey relatives? Parents always in your business? Siblings commenting on your love life? Anna has been berated by her mother and sister for the longest about not having a man. Every holiday used to be her favorite time throughout the year, but they now mark times for everyone to show off their plus one, which Anna has never had. On one faithful night, Ethan sees Anna floundering in the lie to her family that she had a boyfriend and saves her. The unlikely pair strike up a deal to be each others fake boyfriend and girlfriend to get through Christmas and New Year's events and get their families off their backs. Will they be the best presents for one another? Will something fake turn into the realest thing they've ever known?

Olivia Mikelson has had a crush on her brothers best friend, Logan James, since she was seventeen but one drunken night ruins any chance she had of him seeing her the same way. When he leaves for three years Olivia vows she'll never feel anything for him again, but when he comes back, so does her feelings. When the two get trapped in a hotel for Christmas what Olivia thought was ruined may now be within grasp. Sequel to: Boyfriend for Christmas (but can be read as a stand-a-lone) Huge thank you to Marissa on Instagram for the gorgeous cover!

His teeth grazes the cartilage of my ear and my hands grasp his shirt in fists tightly. "Stop." I demand softly but he grips my waist even tighter burning me inside out at the touch. "That's the last thing you want me to do." Noah Anderson works for the country's most opulent cruise company, so it's no surprise when obscenely affluent and famous guests board; however, Jax Hudson is quite a surprise. Multimillionaire Jax Hudson chooses to take a month vacation from his hectic schedule and go on a cruise, but he has no idea that little miss Noah will steal his heart without even trying. Cover done by @averynoelledesigns on ig #2 in Romance in August #1 in Humour in August

Holly Drewdrop needs a boyfriend for December and she has no clue how she'll get one. As CEO Raymond Janson's personal assistant, she has access to a little more of his personal life. She's known to be independent and because of that her friends and sister do not see her as capable of dating. Owen Janson isn't one to date, known as an eligible bachelor who swore off relationships doesn't sit right with his family. He refuses to stick to one girl, which will cost him good publicity. Christmas is coming and meanwhile one is all about it, the other is a real-life Grinch. Colliding a player and an independent may not sound like a good idea, yet miracles can happen and fail in the month of December.

Christmas is always the time of year catching up with family, eating yummy food, and having a good time; but not for Millie Baker. Two years ago her mother passed away from cancer and her father is out of the picture. Now, Millie finds herself once again alone on the wretched holiday. But she isn't the only one alone on the holiday, her boss, Noah Turner, is too. What happens when two lonely people decide to spend Christmas together? Will they finally learn to re-love Christmas and find love themselves? Cover done by @a_winter_day

What could go wrong at a wedding with a judgmental mother, a former bully, a narcissistic-like ex, and a fake boyfriend? By chance, Emily Charlton meets and enlists Lee Christmas to be her boyfriend for the weekend, but will their time together show they're actually meant to be? As Lee falls for Emily, he sees that she is worth the wait, but will Emily be too afraid to let him in?

[WATTYS 2021 SHORTLIST] After suffering a heartbreak caused by no explanation, DYLAN MILLER does everything she can to forget about HUNTER GRAYSON. That all changes 18 months later when the two finally meet once again. Except this time is nothing like the past. What's a girl to do when her ex suddenly reappears? Well, dating his best friend might not be the best place to start. Especially when you add secrets from the past into the mix. [FEATURED ON WATTPAD; @StoriesUndiscovered @NewAdult]

Since Aubrey James could crawl, she has wanted to decide things for herself. So when an archaic law allows her parents to choose who she will marry, she vows to find a way out of it at any cost. While complying with the legal requirement to move into a new home with her husband, Christopher, Aubrey continues to search for a way to dissolve their marriage. Going through the motions of married life, Aubrey starts to settle into a routine with her admittedly quite handsome husband, Christopher. And the more she learns about him, the more she likes him. But by the time she realizes how she feels about him, it may be too late to keep their marriage from unravelling. ~ * ~ Notes: ~ * ~ The story is complete offline and will update every Friday until its completion. This is a polished draft which means it is edited only for grammatical clarity. Please feel free to leave comments -- critical, positive, or emoji -- as often as you like. I love to hear from you!

Everyone knows those Christmas romances where they pretend to be a couple for the holidays and end up falling in love before Christmas Eve, right? Well, at least every hopeless romantic does. Penelope knows these movies by heart, watching them every cold December night as she hopelessly waits for Aden, her irresistible colleague, to get the hint and see her as more than a friend. But this year, she won't wait for Santa to bring her the perfect romance. She is determined to take matters into her own hands and get the love story she's been waiting for too long. She has the perfect plan for it: she will ask Aden to be her fake boyfriend for the holidays. If it works in the movies, why wouldn't it work in real life, especially when they have already so much in common? She has everything planned to make him fall in love before Christmas day, well, everything except a little detail... a pair of green eyes and a devious smirk that have driven her up the wall her whole childhood: Theone, her brother's best friend. He's back for the holidays, and she knows the moment he passes the door that it means nothing but trouble. What she doesn't suspect, though, is that he could mess her perfect Christmas romance the only way she would have never thought of... Join Penelope in her journey to find love, where there are gonna be all these classic Christmas romances must-haves: romantic ice-skating, cookies made with love, mistletoe kisses, adorable little kids, snow... yet maybe not as you imagine. Featured in Wattpad Chicklit's Four Seasons Reading List Featured in Wattpad Stories Undiscovered's Plain Janes? Not these ladies... Reading List

| Happy Lowman x OC - COMPLETED | When Happy came back to Tacoma for a quick visit, he didn't expect to run into Hallie. He intentionally avoided the neighborhood where she lived with her family- until Lee, the president of Tacoma Charter, asked him to pick up something from Hallie's Bakery for his wife's birthday. Until now, Happy didn't know that his ex-girlfriend was now running her own small and successful bakery. Accordingly, the first reunion in five years was tense and surprising. Will the Christmas charm of the small town be able to rekindle their love? Wonders always happen before Christmas, right?

In the picturesque town of Winter Grove, broken-hearted college student Celeste has to team up with lone wolf Sterling for a fake relationship in hopes of making her ex-boyfriend jealous and saving her Christmas. --- Overachieving college student Celeste Brighton is excited to spend Christmas cozied up with her first love, Jared. Christmas has always had a special place in her heart, and she can't wait to share it with him. That is until Jared asks for a break... right before Christmas! With her plans--and heart--shattered, Celeste needs to find a way to get Jared back to recapture the perfect Christmas she had planned. But how? Guarded lone wolf Sterling Holt has never liked Christmas. He's never had one of those 'perfect' holidays like they do in the movies--all he's had is bad memories, and so he'd much rather keep himself distracted. When a distraction comes in the form of a brokenhearted girl begging for his help to get her ex back, it sounds too fun to refuse--until he learns that means becoming the Perfect Holiday Boyfriend. --- ✨ Rankings & Features The Wattys 2023 Shortlist Featured on Wattpad's Cozy (Hot) Reads Featured on @Romance #1 in #Xmas #1 in #Winter #1 in #ChristmasRomance #1 in #College #5 in #Holiday #5 in #Christmas

Grief-stricken over the death of the boss who was like a father to her, Olivia Bailey is left to deal with the aftermath--the arrival of his dashing but estranged son, Pierce Alexander. But she can't stand him and he doesn't trust her. Will working for the new CEO remain to be an impossible task? *** Olivia Bailey might be plain and boring, but she's content with her current lifestyle, working for the kind but lonely old man who owns Alexander Corporation. But his untimely death flips her simple life upside down. Now, she must deal with his estranged son, the heir to his business empire, together with the growing feelings building up between them. Will Olive manage to bear the pressure and issues cropping up along the way--or is this too much to ask? Disclaimer: This story won The Wattys 2014 People's Choice Award. Cover Design by Ashley Marie Bandy