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Shashank, a struggling romance writer, needs a new story and he hardly expects it to walk in the front door. Yet, that's exactly how Junkiri arrives. She's his new flatmate, and she just so happens to be an old crush. ***Shashank Ghimire, a Nepali-Australian romance writer, known for his swoon-worthy novels, is at a loss for words-literally. His long-term girlfriend dumped him just as his next deadline loomed. With his home and heart now empty, reminders of his past are everywhere and the blank pages refuse to spring to life.Just as he hits rock bottom, his darling but meddlesome mother ambushes him with her latest matchmaking scheme: a flatmate named Junkiri, who happens to be an old crush of his. She left her home in Nepal, eager to start fresh and mend her own broken heart. And she's not interested in romance-not with him. Not that it stops him from finding a new story plot in the most unexpected of places-his own home, now hosting a guest.As Shashank adjusts to sharing his life, sparks fly amidst creative block and not-so-creative dates-gone-wrong. With each stolen glance and awkward moments, not to mention helping her make her ex jealous, he realises his new story is mirroring life. Can he rewrite the new love story in time, or will his past wounds and insecurities have him jeopardising his 'happily ever after' on both fronts? [This is a work of fiction and may not be copied in part or whole or used to train any AI without strict written permission by the author, which is me!]All rights reserved. Eva Acharya 2024. *Wattpad ONLY* story.…

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Avery wants to nail the man responsible for her sister's disappearance, CEO Carter Thebes, but the last thing she expects is to feel sorry for him, or worse, develop feelings. Can she unearth his secret before her emotions undo her efforts?***Avery Honey, a top graduate from the police academy, isn't donning her police uniform. She is slipping into pencil skirts and killer heels as the newest PA to the man every media outlet dubs "BadBoy", Carter Thebes, CEO and face of Thebes & Thebes Luxury Realty. The only man who knows where her sister is. But where her senior officers see a runaway, she smells foul play. After all, her timid sister wouldn't leave the family without a word. By hook or crook, Avery means to get Carter's confession and put some cuffs on him. But is the art of seduction as easy as pie, or is there more to the man she's trying to nail?One moment, Colton Thebes was building a school in a remote village halfway across the world, the next, he's stuck playing Carter, his wayward twin, for the company's sake. Worse, ever since Avery Honey walked into his office with that smile and a dripping wet shirt, he's willing to embrace his 'role' more. Since then, every moment with her is a struggle to keep the farce up. Can Colton continue to pretend, or will he trade his secrets for a chance at love? After all, Avery's sister isn't the only one missing.[NOTE: This is the first draft ONLY. It WILL contain errors, typos, and mistakes I haven't fixed yet.] ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (C) 2024 Eva AcharyaThis story is exclusive to *WATTPAD*. If you're reading it on another platform, STOP. It has been stolen and you may be inviting malware into your device. I'd also appreciate the heads up if you came across 'BadBoy Carter' on another platform/website. TYSM…

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[ONC Longlist 2024 | A Medusa Retelling.]Sydney 2112. Young men are disappearing without a trace. On the other side of town, an up-and-coming sculptor's works eerily resemble the missing men. Can the Inspector solve the riddle before her son joins the collection? ***Keya Sapkota needs to create artworks for her first sculpture exhibition at the prestigious Museum of Contemporary Arts, but a recent date-gone-wrong has left her a mess. She has no memory of what happened, but a feeling that something horrible transpired that left her with broken lips and bruised body. Keya hides in her loft, chipping away at her marble columns on autopilot. The more she chisels the more lifelike her statues become, ones she can't remember carving, but does she care? She needs exhibits for her show and the strange figures may as well be her pieces. The new Stone2Stone sculpture exhibition at the MCA catches the eye of Inspector Reina, who is desperately searching for her son who disappeared from a nightclub on his twenty-first birthday. Reina can't put her finger on it, but the sculptor, Keya, seems strange. Then there's the eerie marble statues that share their likeness with young men who have recently disappeared. Inspector Reina is determined to find answers before her son's sculpture turns up in the artist's collection.---ONC Prompts: 60. "Look what you made me do." -Tayler Swift3. Your greatest fear is monsters in the dark. The last thing you expect is to become the Monster in the dark. 5. Horror is in the eye of the beholder. 95. "I will become as monstrous as I must."Features:- @paranormal - Investigations & Academies (Sept 2024)- @action - Thriller (Aug 2024)- @APIFantasy - API Fantasy & Science-Fiction Entries (March, 2024)Trigger warning: Slight depictions of SA. Please read at your own discretion. [Strictly no copy, translation or adapting of this story in part or whole is permitted without the author's permission.]…

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[ONC 2023 SECOND PLACE WINNER | AMBASSADORS PICK 2023] An unwilling but gifted geneticist must find a way to safeguard humanity against the deadly pathogen she's forced to design or die trying. ***The planet's population is pushing past 11 billion and counting. With resources spread thin, widespread famine, and health systems crippled everywhere, the governments of the world are running out of ideas. Then a scientist proposes a controversial solution and the classified Project Rescue is born.But when the lead scientist on the project and his entire team mysteriously die, his young microbiology prodigy is brought into the secret government agency to take over where he left off.Ezra Mayur always hoped that her brilliance in pathogen studies would land her a secure job one day. This seems like a dream come true. Full food rations and safety for her struggling family, and a job in the field she is the most interested in.But the project is not quite what Ezra expected and her moral compass is tested when she has to choose between protecting her family or the world.***PROMPTS that will make an appearance:12. An evil sorcerer offers you an immense amount of power--but it comes with a price. (Modified: an evil corp offers you an opportunity of a lifetime, but it comes with a price.)5. Flip the coin and make a life choice with it. Two choices, one coin, and no turning back. Do you dare?FEATURED ON:@ScienceFiction 'Viruses & Zombies' list (Sept 2024)@dystopianapocalypse 'Pandemic&Outbreak' list. (May '23)@fright 'AAPI: Celebration' list. (April '23)[NOTE: Trigger warning may apply. Violence and gore. This work is solely the property of Eva Acharya writing as E. A. Martin, and thus, no translation, copying, or distribution in part or whole of this story is permitted.]…

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WATTYS2024 SHORTLIST | 6 x FEATURED When a brash, rich woman, washes ashore, in a quiet country town, with a knife sticking out of her back, she promises something. A darn good story, and a chance to get out of dodge for the young inspector. But will he solve his first crime, or will he mix business with pleasure and learn to regret the whole thing? ***Devi Dhungel is broken. She's bruised. And she appears to be dead! When she washes ashore on the beach of a secular country town, gossip flutters: 𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝘴𝘩𝘦? 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 Mystery Cove? 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝘦? 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑦? Questions that also plague the lonely-yet-handsome town inspector, Hector Juan Martinez. For a man who's been searching for a little oomph in his life, Devi Dhugel brings it in spades. For him, solving the biggest crime to land on his lap could secure a promotion, or at least get him a transfer out of boreville. It's a doable task for the kind-hearted cop if only the victim of the attempted murder would stop lying about being some hotshot author he's never heard of and tell him the real story. Or he may be tempted to get rid of her himself, damn the promotion!This is Murder on the Orient Express, without the murder, of course. And only one man can solve it. Hector Martinez. But first, he's got to figure out what he's doing. ***Genre: COSY MYSTERY X ROMANCE Wordcount: 124KThis is a first draft, so may contain errors/typos which will be fixed in edit rounds.Featured on: @Ambassadors - Diverse Fiction (Dec 2024)@action - Thriller (July 2024)@Humor - DiverseLit Humor (July 2024)@AmbassadorsIN - Diwali Reading (Oct, 2023)@WattpadAsianFiction - Hidden in the Stars (June, 2023)@WattpadFusion - AAPI Heritage Month …

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**WATTYS Winner 2020- Romance + WP Featured story + Editor's Pick**When Chad sought inspiration for a new love story, he hardly knew what he was looking for, but bumping into the singular, June, has him wondering if she is the muse he's been waiting for. *** For the life of him, Chad Gilligan, a celebrity romance author, cannot write any more romance. It started three months ago when he got dumped by 'the one'. Cast aside like a used condom. Not something he wants to admit out loud, but it has messed him up. That day his desire to write about love and romance died. Desperate to meet his deadline and deliver his next bestseller, Chad will try anything to get out of his rut. So when he meets June, a fiery young homeless woman (and potential muse), what else was he to do but bring her home? ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Copyright © Eva AcharyaNo parts of this book may be distributed, copied, or sold on any media without the permission of the author. FEATURED on:- Romantic Suspense @Action Profile (2024)- Wattpad Editor's List - Wattpad's Cozy Up & Connect list, 2020- @GeneralFiction, FindingLove- Romance list, Oct 2020 [Approx 89,000 words.Contains mild language & sex scenes.]PLEASE NOTE: While all of 'for June' and some chapters of the sequel 'Dear Chad' are free, the rest of the sequel will be offered as exclusive paid chapters. Thank you for understanding and for your support.…

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2081. In a sinister world where human survival hinges on biotechnology, an oblivious sixteen-year-old possesses the one code to undo it all. Can she survive the devious world designed to eliminate anything - anyone - out of the ordinary before it's too late? Mia Love is nothing extraordinary. Just another teenager who wants to please her mother, make snide comments, and become an artist - if it's not too much to ask. But in her rigid, military world, she must do as everyone does; attend the stupid graduation camp that will assign her a boring job. One night, she wakes to a voice telling her to 'Get out. Run'. Moments later, in an eerie midnight camp gathering, she's trapped amid chaos -- bloodied and fighting for her life - when the harmless teens turns on one another; school against school, student against student. Mia survives with the help of her combat-trained best friend, Nate, only to be chased through the dangerous woods by the armed military. Her bio-nanotechnology chooses that moment to glitch, but Mia is determined to solve the mystery. Why on earth did the students turn on one another? Who warned her beforehand? How? If she can survive the night, she might find answers. *** WATTY 2021 SCI-FI WINNER. Featured on:- @action - Thriller [Content warning: This story contains themes of bullying and violence.]…

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Elle's the wedding photographer and Dean's the most eligible bachelor and best man at the season's biggest wedding. Can Elle deny her feelings and stay professional, or will she give into her heart's desire and nab him while she can?*** After losing her husband, Elle Grace, ran away to a country town, determined to live life shut away with her memories. But when the once-prominent photographer dives back into work, she invites exactly the type of man she could fall in love with. Dean Stewart, wants her, as a wedding photographer, that is. Though taking on Dean as a client is strictly business, Elle can't deny her attraction. The more she ignores him, the more charming he gets, relentlessly trying to steal what's left of her broken heart. When the professional and personal lines blur and heads turn in disbelief, Elle is forced to choose: go back to the lonely life she planned for herself or give love, and Dean, another chance? [Inspired by a true story.]***[Content warning: This story contains loss, grief, and themes of bullying.]Cover designed by Cat Neasby.…

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[ONC Shortlist | ROUND ONE Top 5 Winner | Based on ONC2021 prompt #13]What would you do if you woke up in a fairytale? A young, fourteen year old Ruby-Rose wakes up in a medieval castle unsure how she got there. But soon, with the help of an unexpected chambermaid and a scary dwarf who isn't a dwarf, Ruby discovers the world is none other than that of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Except, this is not exactly the fairytale she's grown up with. Snow White isn't the sweet, innocent Princess but the Evil Queen herself, her seven dwarfs are in fact fearsome knights, and Ruby-Rose isn't your average human. [This is the first, original draft of this story, written for the ONC 2021. Coming SOON, the expanded version as 'Ruby Rose'.]FEATURED IN:Round One Top 5 - ONC 2021Round Two Qualifier - ONC 2021@classicauthors - Grimm Retellings and Other Fairytales (March 2021)@retold - Fractured Fairytales (May 2021)@retold - Book of the Month (May 2021)ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Eva Acharya, 2021.Cover made using Canva Pro.…

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[ROUND TWO ONC 2021 qualifier] Young Camille Kamdev is hoping on her sixteen birthday she'll magically wake up as a zit-less, sassy, grown-up goddess, one babes will fall in love with because she finally has it, whatever 'it' is. That or the God of Love will take mercy on her and send someone.Instead, Cammy welcomes her sixteenth scratching an itch she can't rid of, her parents stare at her as if she's grown horns and conspire in hushed whispers--clearly up to something--and her best friend, Becca-Banana, blurts, "Oh, my God, guess who just asked me out?" in the clichést of cliches teen-love scenes. Reggie Sanchez with his lopsided smile and a dimple to die for is now taken. And if that wasn't enough to send any teen screaming, an unexpected visitor rocks up with news-to-end-all-news, just in time to throw her life into utter chaos. ~~~"I'm a what?" Cammy asked, blinking like a deer caught in the headlight, for that is exactly what she was. Her visitor smiled, a smile so sickly sweet she both wanted to punch him in the face and go 'Aww, aren't you a cutie!' at the same time. "You're a Cupid, Miss Kamdev. It's in your name. Now. Shall we begin?"~~~Prompt #67: "What? Why are you looking at me as if I grew horns?"With a twist on Prompt #4: "You're a weapon, and weapons don't weep."--> to "You're a God, and Gods don't weep."FEATURED on: Round Two Qualifier - ONC 2021@WattpadStars - 'Tis the Season (Dec 2021)@mythandlegend - ONC2021 Mythmakers@YA - Animal House (Aug 2021)ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (2021) Eva Acharya. No part of this novella may be copied, or translated without explicit permission from me.…

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Clare Peterson is rich, confident and beautiful, but even she knows money can't rescue her from her loneliness. As an unremarkable year draws to an end, she is shipped off to a ski trip in the company of strangers; her father's idea of love, but torture in her mind. But strangers are the least of Clare's problems as an accident on route leaves many dead and a few injured, leaving Clare with little choice but to endure the company of three other survivors: a mute, a joker, and a guy-next-door whose advances are anything but subtle. Will Clare come out of this ordeal unscathed, or will she find that perhaps there is a cure for her loneliness yet or even love? After all, survival in a cold, snowy mountain with three handsome men can't be that difficult, can it?Featured on: @Wattpad Holiday Reads, Dec, 2022@WattpadExplorer, Holiday Happiness, Dec, 2022 Coastal Awards 2020, ACTION/ADVENTURE 3rd Runner UpALL RIGHTS RESERVED Copyright © Eva AcharyaNo parts of this book may be distributed, copied, or sold on any media without the permission of the author.…

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BEAUTY & THE BEAST RE-IMAGINEDWhat if Beast was simply a fallen angel, cursed to live life alone, misunderstood? What if Beauty was a simple girl from a dysfunctional family making ends meet by working in a subway coffee shop? What if Beast abducts Beauty, because in a way, he is trying to save her? In this modern-twist, Beast goes by many names, one such name is Lucifer, a bastardized version of his actual name, Lucian. Cursed to roam the once vibrant halls of his home alone, till one day, he notices her...... a waitress, struggling to support a dysfunctional family her father is unable to look after, Mona Belle, and he can't help himself and rescues her, in his own twisted way. The Keeper, reimagines the two characters in an enchanted and inspired way. This is Beauty and the Beast like you've never read before.ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Copyright © Eva AcharyaNo parts of this book may be distributed, copied, or sold on any media without the permission of the author.…