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✨️ Age gap Romance ✨️Louis Alphonse is a man down on his luck and empty bottles.Jerrica Medina is a rebellious free spirit who won't let rules hold her down.When they meet at Monroe University, it was by chance. After losing a job at a different school, Jerrica accepts a position handed to her, but knows she has to do everything to prove she deserves it. At the same time, Louis is handed a pink slip, warning him that termination is around the corner. No one else needed to know that about them. A secret wrapped with rumors.For Louis, it was always, "Sober up or you're fired."For Jerrica, it was always, "Follow the rules or you're fired."They needed to get away and breathe; to live without judging eyes staring at them. It took just one night, and the two found themselves in bed with the other. "Just once," they said. But they couldn't avoid each other, and hiding their relationship became difficult.They needed to decide: Find a way to keep their relationship a secret and protect their situation or throw responsibility to the wind and take a chance at love?🔥 = indicates mature spicy/hot chapter[Rated M for mature. 18+ for language, mature sexual scenes, violence, alcohol use][Trigger warning: family trauma, suicidal thoughts and violence]Ⓒ Vee Lozada (2024)NO STEALING. This draft is currently ONLY on Wattpad. If you find it anywhere else, please let me know. Thank you. ***…

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A Dark Waters Novella | Gluttony: Death to the Enemy.Gluttony (John) always says he hates promises, but there are two that he must keep. To the original Envy, he promised to remove their replacement and return honor to their sin. To his wife, Rosalia, he swore to always protect their son. To keep them both, he must complete one to have the other. And when a rogue demon goes on a killing spree throughout the mortal realm, Gluttony knows what he must do.No one would bat an eye over a little spilled blood.TRIGGER WARNING: This story contains violence and language.This novella is paired with Gluttony (Book Two in the Dark Waters series. It is recommended that you read Gluttony before reading this story.) Ⓒ VEE LOZADA (2024)…

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As Camila struggles with writer's block, she falls for Reece, the hot librarian who helps her enter a book contest and achieve her dreams.***Camila wants to write a book more than anything but constantly deals with writer's block. With a new book contest in town, she believes it can be her chance to score a publishing deal.You know... if she can ever write past "Chapter One."It isn't until she confides in Reece, the cute librarian she frequently sees at the local diner, that she thinks there's a chance she can do this...Because Reece asks her the one question she's ever asked herself:"What's stopping you?" **FEATURED:❤️ "New Adult Romance" on @Romance ❤️ Contemporary Romance on @Contemporarylit AWARDS:💕 Punk Rock Awards - best supporting character [Nancy] 𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙀 STORY -- 🌟𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 -- for sexual situations. (18+)Chapters marked 🔥 are spicy!Chapters marked ❤️️ have Reece's POV.❤️️ COMPLETE❤️️Sweet Romance story ❤️️Copyright Ⓒ Vee Lozada…

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When back-alley mechanic Elijah Garret is approached by the company who destroyed his family, he has to decide whether to repair and upgrade their androids or let the machines rebel and start a war.Season 1 of Conduit***For years, mechanical genius Elijah Garret has kept a low profile. As the world struggles to survive with minimal resources, he illegally repairs essential androids for those who can't afford certified technicians from megacorporation Lyons. The very same corporation that caused his father and grandfather's deaths, leaving him alone in the world save his beloved personal android, Victoria.When Elijah is betrayed by a client, he's thrust directly into Lyons' crosshairs. And the company he's spent most of his life hiding from wants his help. The androids are malfunctioning, rebelling against their creators, and without their assistance, humanity is doomed. Lyons wants Elijah to program the next batch of androids-obedient and incapable of being otherwise-and ensure the survival of everyone in the world. But Elijah must determine whether what's being asked of him is the correct path, or even possible; and he must do it quickly. Because the androids have their own plans and Elijah is key to those as well...…

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Brilliant mechanic and now a cyborg himself, Elijah tried to build a bridge of communication between humans and androids, but a war brews nevertheless and the entire world hangs in the balance.Season 2 of Conduit***After Elijah's desperate broadcast pleading for peace, many androids still decided they would rather fight to attain freedom. And humanity is primed to defend themselves. But Elijah hasn't given up. His job is to bridge the gap, create peace, and restore a balance, for the world's sake.While he continues to build and code the newest batch of androids to protect humanity, he scouts the crumbling streets of Chicago to recruit other androids to his campaign for peace. But Elijah doesn't only face rejection from the androids. Many humans think of Elijah-now half-man, half-machine after a fear-fatal injury-as an abomination.To make things worse, the leader of the android rebellion is getting into Elijah's head, making him doubt himself, everything he's worked for, and his family's legacy...*****Price will increase to 96 coins on June 26! Unlock now to read.*****…

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✨️ ONC HONORABLE MENTION!✨️When aliens arrive on Earth and make a game out of human lives, Nina uses the quests to escape her disease, becoming the warrior the aliens desire. ***When the aliens land on Earth and make a game out of human lives, Nina doesn't let that get her down. After struggling with an autoimmune disease for so many years, what difference would an invasion make? She plays their game. With the help of her neighbor, Damon, they conquer the challenges together while conquering their past, building their love as a motivation to survive.Yet, surviving isn't easy with the aliens controlling their lives. Nina must decide:Should she let the terrors of the invasion become her hellish reality? Or will she fight and become the monster the aliens want her to become?ONC 2024 EntryUsing prompts:#5: Horror is in the eye of the beholder.#95: I will become as monstrous as I must. (Main Prompt)• Scifi/Horror/Thriller• EXCLUSIVE TO WATTPAD • COPYRIGHT 2024 VEE LOZADA…

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Javier Morales is an android who only wished to be accepted in death as he was in life, but when rogue androids kidnap his sister and destroy the city, he must put himself last to save what matters most. ***Javier Morales died in an accident on July 3rd, 2016. Unable to accept his death, his parents request Bionics Pharmaceuticals to recreate him -- a premium android to be their son. He is created as close to the person he is supposed to be, but reality sets in. And now, to his family, he's a memory. And to the rest world, he shouldn't exist. For Javi, it was life. And he came to terms with his fate. Until rogue androids start attacking other androids and civilians. And kidnap his kid sister. In order to save her and everyone else, he has to dig into his core to regain control of his mind and body. But does he have enough heart to regain his soul?** [This story will become free on July 24, 2023] ⇢Awards🔴 WATTYS 2020 WINNER - Science Fiction🔴 EDITOR'S PICK 🔴 Featured on @sciencefiction🔴 Featured on @action🔴 Featured on @NA🔴 @Wattpad's Sci-Fi Summer Reading List 🔴 1st Place, Science Fiction - Punk Rock Awards 2020🔴 1st Place, Science Fiction - The Golden Awards🔴 1st Place, Science Fiction - The Butterfly Awards🔴 1st Place, Science Fiction - WinterRose Awards🔴 2nd Place, Science Fiction - The Creative Awards 2019COPYRIGHT Vee LozadaExclusive to W A T T P A D…

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When Kay leaves home to discover herself and meets Brian, the handsome scarred owner of a coffee shop that shares her name, she must decide if she has enough heart for more than just herself. ***Kay Ruiz leaves home to prove that she can live on her own, that she's an adult, and with the help of her brother, Jun, she moves to the city to begin her quest for self-discovery. She considers herself lucky to find an apartment and a job not too far from it. And having Brian as a handsome boss is a plus. But when she falls for him and learns there are secrets to the scars on his face, she must decide if she has enough heart to love more than just herself.***💕 Wattpad Editor's Pick June 2021💕 Wattpad Editor's Pick April 2022💕 Featured on @Chicklit "Adulthood"💕 Featured on @romance💕 Featured on @NA💕 Featured on @FreethePoc[THIS STORY WILL BE FREE ON NOVEMBER 2, 2023]⇢awards:💕 honorable mention in the 3rd Annual Ohana Awards - romance category💕 2nd place Romance - Golden Arrow Awards 💕 2nd place in Romeo's Diary Jedi Awards 2019💕 1st place in Girls Just Wanna Have Fun "Chicklit" - Punk Rock Awards 2019💕 1st place in Chicklit/New Adult - WinterRoseSociety WRA 2020⇢ CONTENT WARNING: adult situations, some language, and brief sexual content.Copyright © Vee Lozada Exclusive to W A T T P A DCover designed by Ren T…

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STANDALONE BOOK || After hundreds of years of immortality, Gluttony is sick of it. On a quest to end his life and leave the dark realm, Gluttony meets Rosalia, a woman who steals to take care of her younger sister. When she attempts to murder him to take his satchel of gold, Gluttony strikes a deal with her:If she can kill him, she can all of the gold in his possession. And he'll have the death he craves.But being a part of the Deadly Seven means this agreement won't be easy, and when the other Sins get wind of Gluttony's plans, the darkness reminds him of his immortal pact...Gather souls for all eternity. Even if it means killing the one he needs most.***✨️ BOOK 2 IN THE DARK WATER SERIES✨️ CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE~~~ (You don't need to read Envy first, but it is recommended)✨️ 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐌 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 (18+) for violence, language, and sexual content✨️ TRIGGER WARNING - mention of death, slight depictions of murder and bodily harm & suicidal thoughts.COPYRIGHT 2023 VEE LOZADA Ⓒ…

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✨️WATTYS 2023 SHORTLIST + AMBYS Top Pick, Science Fiction! ✨️ | Gio, a man jailed for a crime he didn't commit, becomes an augmented human in exchange for his freedom, only to question his sacrifice when he becomes thirsty for revenge. *****The plan was simple:Go in through the front doors, demand the money from each of the drawers, and escape with the getaway car before the cops arrived.That plan crumbled in less than five minutes.Giovanni only took part in the robbery to pay for his daughter's kidney transplant. But after he was arrested, then sentenced to life, he lost it all.He wouldn't see his daughter grow, start school, or fall in love. He'd miss every step of her life while wasting away in prison with what was left of his.So, when Paxton, a blossoming cybernetic company, approached his cell with a proposition, Giovanni didn't say no. In exchange for becoming their experiment, he'd get to see the sunlight outside prison walls. He'd get to see his daughter's smiling face. And he'd get to find his "friends" who ran away with his freedom.***AWARDS:⭐️First Place - Mystery/Thriller - Punk Rock Awards 2023✨️WATTYS 2023 SHORTLIST⭐ Editor's Pick September 2022⭐ Editor's Pick August 2023⭐ Featured: @Wattpad's Unlock Science Fiction⭐ Featured: @adultfiction "Kills and Thrills"⭐️ Featured #FreeThePOC⭐️ Featured on @mystery - Mystery/Thriller⭐️ Featured on @crime "Detective & Crime Featured Stories"⭐️ Featured @BadassReads "The Rebels"⭐️ Featured on @action - action stories⭐ Featured: @Creators "Siri play "Backstabber" by Kesha: Stories of Betrayal"A Scifi-thriller ◇COMPLETED ROUGH DRAFT** Content Warning -- this story does contain swearing and violence **…

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𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 | 𝘾𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙥 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 | Balancing motherhood and adulthood is difficult, but Kay embraces the new challenge with love and care. When Noah James barrels into Brian's life, that challenge shifts, and the happy couple must protect what they've built or risk losing it all. ****Everything is perfect. Their new twins, Paris and Adonis, are light in Kay and Brian's world. Kay finds motherhood exhausting but a joy and can not see her life any other way.Brian finds motivation and strength in his new family. He always wanted and needs this life and will do everything in his power to protect his wife, son, and daughter.But when Noah James walks into the coffee shop looking to collect on an old promise, Brian feels his strength break away.Can Brian protect his family and business from the crimes of his past? Or will the beautiful life Brian and Kay built together crumble under its weight?****COMPLETED ROUGH DRAFT ❤️ ➨ Book Three in the Coffee Shop Series (Final book in the Trilogy ❤️️)➨ Romance Thriller➨ Contains both Kay and Brian's POVs➨ Chapters with 🔥 are a little spicy➨ 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐌 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄➨ 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁/𝗦𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Ⓒ Copyright -- VEE LOZADA…

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𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝘄𝗼 | 𝗖𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 | When Kay gets an emergency call from her mother, Brian takes her back to her hometown of Harmony, where she has to deal with old family drama and her ex-boyfriend, Mario, who just won't let her go. "𝘼 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙪𝙜𝙖𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙜𝙤 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩?" ***Kay Ruiz found it all when she left home. She discovered life, stability, and the power to be independent. She gained love, a powerful bond, and the strength of a new family. Yet with all the good entering her life, Kay can't ignore the shadow of her past. Brian reminds her she can't keep running from it, either. After an urgent phone call from her mother, Kay has no choice but to face memories. With Brian at her side, she decides to take them head-on, no matter what. Can Kay tackle the demons that caused her anxieties? Or will Kay run from them, just like she did before? ***Brian looked into my eyes as he pushed a single curl behind my ear. "I love every bit of you, you know that? Without you, my coffee's black. And shit Kay, I can't go back to that kind of darkness." *FEATURED:💕 Wattpad's Editor's Pick 💕 @Wattpad Summer Loving Reading List💕 Featured on @WattpadMulticultural 💕 Featured on @ContemporaryLit HQ Featured Reads💕 @Romance "Spotlight Romance - Featured Stories"💕 Featured on #FreeThePOC💕 @NA "Another Dimension" Featured Stories💕 @Chicklit Featured Stories | Chicklit and Women's Fiction ***☕ Book Two in the Coffee Shop Series☕ ➨ RATED MATURE! La…

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✨️WATTYS 2023 SHORTLIST | Book One in the "Dark Waters" series | On a quest to regain his place among the deadly seven, Octavio quickly remembers the reason he lost it all when he is ordered to kill a familiar reincarnated soul. ***One hundred years ago, Octavio lost his place as a Deadly Sin when he failed to kill a pure soul. After years of mortal isolation, he pleads with the Deadly members for a chance to reclaim his original seat. The job he receives feels simple until he walks into Prima's Art Gallery and begins to question what it is he truly desires... The Deadly made the exception to forgive.But they will not forgive twice. *** WARNING: 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐌 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 FOR LANGUAGE, SLIGHT MENTIONS OF DRUGS, ALCOHOL, VIOLENCE, AND SEXUAL & ADULT SITUATIONS.→ BOOK ONE IN THE "DARK WATERS" SERIES (each book is standalone)→ COMPLETED→ NANOWRIMO 2022→ Paranormal Romance | Dark FantasyFEATURED:⌛ @Wattpad "Writing Inspo"⌛ @WattpadAfterDark "Fantasy, Mythical Beasts, Paranormal and SciFi Romance"AWARDS:⌛ @prettyinpunkBC 2023 Punk Rock Awards - 3rd Place, Paranormal/Supernatural---⌛ #35 in ForbiddenRomance⌛ #67 in ParanormalRomanceCOPYRIGHT Vee Lozada 2022 -- Exclusive to W A T T P A D --…

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🌟Wattys 2022 Shortlist!🌟 ~ Rayna's job is to duplicate memories for public use, but when she steals the data to help with her wife's amnesia, the crime takes a dark unsuspected turn.- - -How far would you go to be remembered? For Rayna Guzman, the path went on for miles. After a failed memory transfer at Alt-Life, her wife, Emery, suffers from amnesia. Rayna's only solution is to stay employed by the company that ruined her life and use it to her advantage; illegally stealing memory files and transferring them to her wife, in hopes it would fix the memory loss.Everything went to plan until Rayna meets a memory donor, Elizabeth, whose files are too juicy to pass up. She's perfect and seductive; Rayna couldn't turn away until it was too late.Stealing memory sends Rayna down a dark path of betrayal, secrets, and broken hearts. ---Completed Rough Draft.---🟡 Wattpad's Editor's Choice Pick!!!🟡 ONC 2020 Ambassador Pick 🟡 ONC 2020 Longlist & 2020 Shortlist🟡 @FreeTheLGBT "Book Of The Month" 🟡 Featured on "Community Curator: Ariana_Godoy's Reading List.Awards ⇢🟡 2nd Places Winter Rose Society -- LGBTQ 2020Rankings ⇢🟡 #31 Scifi-Romance (2/7/2020)🟡 #188 Lgbtlove (2/7/2020)🟡 #61 OpenNovellaContest (5/30/20)➨ 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐌 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 - Violence and language, brief mentions of mental illness.…

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Axel thought his life in a quarantine zone was safe until he sees a girlfriend he thought had died and can't stop thinking about her flesh... ***The quarantine zones were built to keep the virus away, to protect the survivors. But when Axel sees Riley in an alley, after thinking she died from an infection a year ago when the virus first hits, Axel begins to see the quarantine actually protects them from nothing. The sickness is too close to home.*ONC 2023PROMPT #6 -- "Can we go back to the start when we were all strangers in the dark?"COMPLETE | 𝙐𝙉𝙀𝘿𝙄𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙂𝙃 𝘿𝙍𝘼𝙁𝙏● @OpenNovellaContest 2023 Longlist…

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𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 | 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 | [Brian POV] When someone knocks on the coffee shop's door late at night, Brian just assumes it's a mistake and doesn't think anything of it, until the next day when a strange request opens a door to forgiveness.***It wasn't every night that a random person would knock on the coffee shop's door, but whenever it happened, Brian would brush it off as a mistake. It isn't until the "random person" returns to make a large catering request; a person Brian never thought he could ever talk to. Kay tells him that this is his chance and that if he's ready to open the door in front of him, he could get the forgiveness he sought in the past. Only Brian wonders if he really needs it... because he doesn't think he deserves it. Kay thinks otherwise.***♡ A Coffee Shop Short Story told in Brian's POV.Exclusive to W A T T P A D➨ 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐌 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 Language and brief sexual situations.Ⓒ Copyright -- VEE LOZADA…