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Journey of Grace and Love by ButterflyRanunculus
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What happens when Lydia, a lifelong Christian struggling with forgiveness and feeling distant from God, crosses paths with David, who abandoned his faith after a devastating childhood trauma? Forced to spend an entire month together every single day, two completely different worlds are about to collide. As secrets surface and old wounds reopen, will they push each other further into the dark, or find a way to heal together?
Tucker Winterson  by HeAVetNotARookie
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Cali signed up to take care of someone. But she didn't think it would be a 28 year old blind man. Since she was forced upon him by his older brother, Tucker decides not to speak to her or even acknowledge her. He chooses to keep to himself. Tucker may not be able to physically see her...but as time goes by, he learns to understand her.
Quietly Beloved by QuietlyBeloved
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Some people come into your life loudly. Others become home so quietly... you don't realize your heart has chosen them until you can't imagine life without them. Emotionally exhausted and carrying more than she lets anyone see, Imani Carter has spent years pouring herself into everyone else while quietly forgetting herself. Santino Rivera isn't looking for love either. Gentle, grounded, and unwavering in his faith, he's the kind of man who believes love is found in consistency-not grand gestures. When an ordinary church outreach unexpectedly brings them together, what begins as simple conversations slowly becomes something neither of them anticipated. Through quiet walks, shared meals, whispered prayers, lingering glances, laughter, heartbreak, and healing, they discover that the deepest love stories are rarely the loudest. In a world that celebrates grand gestures and fast romances, Quietly Beloved asks a different question: What if the greatest love story of your life arrived softly? Quietly Beloved is a slow-burn Christian romance about healing, faith, marriage, family, and discovering that gentle love can still be extraordinary.
On The Ice by __Lynn__19
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*Synopsis* Rain Jameson has always felt the overwhelming burden of expectation, a weight that has shaped her life from an early age. Living in the suffocating shadow of her older sister, she has faced a relentless barrage of comparisons that have intensified her mother's grip on her. Her mother, a woman of unwavering ambition, has meticulously crafted Rain's life, still at the age of 22, dictating every detail in pursuit of perfection. The one sanctuary she has found amidst this chaos is figure skating-a graceful art her mother introduced her to when she was just a child. The icy rink has become Rain's refuge, a place where she can express her true self as she glides effortlessly across the surface, mastering spins and leaps that leave spectators breathless. As her senior year at Boston University approaches, she pours her heart and soul into the skating team, balancing her studies with intensive training and dreaming of a future that could break her mother's tight grip. Across campus, Beckham Wade stands at the center of attention as the legendary star of the hockey team at 23. From the moment he took his first steps, the rink has felt like his second home-a place where he trains tirelessly, his skates carving arcs in the ice. Inspired by his father, once a famous player himself. He embodies the essence of a natural athlete, his muscles toned from practice and gameplay, filled with the exuberance of youth. Days are spent honing his skills, while nights blur into wild parties where laughter echoes and adrenaline reigns. He grapples with the envy of his male peers, many of whom view him as a rival rather than a friend. As winter unfolds, Rain and Beckham are drawn closer on the rink. A spark ignites between them, hinting at a chemistry that's hard to ignore. Yet, as their feelings grow, they stand at a crossroads, aware that what could blossom into something beautiful might also cost them the very sanctuaries that define their lives
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧 by staceyreads_
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Miles Angelo Matteo, the new leader of the Italian mafia. He has hard life decisions to make and no one is to get in his way. Those walls are to remain and no one is to step near it. But one girl changes that. Stella Marie Martin is a bright girl with a bright future. No matter how hard she tries, she can't ignore her interest and wants to know more: break down those tall walls. But what if those tall walls crush her instead? Two broken people, Two broken hearts, and one decision to make.
Lies We Keep  by Grace7bwwm
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Theodore Bennett was the typical most wanted guy in college - being a nepo baby and captain of the football team, Theo had the face, the body, the charm and of course, his fair share of girls drooling over every little thing he did daily. However when it came to grades, he slacked. The last thing Theodore wanted was ending up forced to be in a presentation group led by the girl whose guts he hated. Maria Michaels - Nigerian, but born and raised in Ireland moved to the US for college, was who you could call the 'perfect student'. She continuously scored high in assignments, had several friends, was elevating in cheer and was positively known by as much people possible within a month of her arrival. Of course, she also, had the face, the body, the charm, the attention, and the grades Theo lacked. The last thing Maria wanted was ending up forced to lead a presentation group including the guy whose guts she hated. "Fucks sake", they say, the exact same time. Rank: #1 Forced Proximity - 29th July, 2025 #1 Sports Romance - 4th September, 2025 #1 College - 15th November, 2025 #1 Melanin - 17th Jan 2026 #1 WMBW - 31st Jan 2026 #2 Interracial - 2nd August, 2025 #2 College Romance - 3rd August, 2025 #2 University - 11th August, 2025 #3 Possessive - 5th August, 2025
Lovely Fellow | 18+ ✓ by TheSolSoldier_
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He believed he was born to burn. She believed even wildfires deserve rain. GrumpyXSunshine "let kindness spread like a wildfire." Opal Clemens is a bubbly outgoing girl with a big heart. She loves to make people happy and has a positive outlook on life. Her constant goals are to make the people around her feel joyous and loved. Koa Whiley; Broken, Flawed, and Unworthy. He's the boy misunderstood by the world. His body is covered in scars that tell the saddest stories. With tear stained cheeks and blind eyes, he always saw the world raging like an untamable wildfire. Just a hopeless boy. So Opal saw a boy in need of a friend. Everyone fears the fire. She wondered who lit the match. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2022 **NOW PUBLISHED** ‼️Mature Content‼️ ⚠️TRIGGER WARNING READ AT YOUR OWN RISK⚠️ Being Misunderstood Series. Lovely Fellow The Lost Art Of Drowning Golden Boy Fault Line Like Honey
CROWN HEIGHTS | ✓ by _RelleLebby_
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Mara Williams is twenty-four years old, drowning in debt, and running out of time. Working double shifts at Mel's 24-Hour Diner on Flatbush Avenue while her mother Clara fights cancer at Kings County Hospital, Mara exists in that brutal space between survival and collapse-too proud to beg, too desperate to keep pretending the math works. When she crosses paths with Dominic "Dom" Reyes at a Crown Heights loft party, the attraction is immediate but the danger is undeniable. Dom controls drug territory across the neighborhood with a quiet ruthlessness that commands respect from men who fear nothing, yet something about Mara pulls at him in ways he hasn't allowed himself to feel in years. What begins as a transaction-Mara making courier runs to cover her mother's bills-slowly becomes something neither of them planned for. Crown Heights is their backdrop: its brownstones and bodegas, its soca music and territorial corners, its beauty and its blood. As the rival Haitian crew led by Jean-Baptiste Laurent pushes into Dom's territory and a childhood friend's obsession turns lethal, Mara finds herself caught between the woman she was raised to be and the woman survival has made her. Keisha, her best friend, is fighting her own battle against an abusive partner. A determined detective is building a case that could imprison everyone Mara loves. Crown Heights is a slow-burning interracial love story about the price of surviving a world designed to crush you-and what it costs to find redemption once you've already paid. ©️ _RelleLebby_// R.H.
Kiss Your Cries by xlaiwrites
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Alaina Ambrose Coming from a broken family, 16 year old Alaina Ambrose has always been... different. She often has a recurring feeling of not fitting in with her peers and does her best to 'rebrand' herself any chance she gets, regularly shying away from who she really is deep down... But she doesn't know exactly who that girl is. Lucian Black Coming from a wealthy family, 17 year old, Lucian Black is the golden boy at Reverend High. Amazing grades and captain of the soccer team. He's everything a girl could want. Everything was going great until he saw her. dark curly brown hair, pretty brown skin, and those sweet sad brown eyes. Apparently brown was his new favorite color and he had to know who she was.
They Belong to Me by BLKGURLSMUSE
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When Aria Bankole agrees to host a simple Sunday dinner, she doesn't expect to become the axis of the Viklund brothers' attention. Her fiancé's request is outrageous. Their desire is undeniable. And Aria's silence? It's the sharpest weapon in the room. As tension coils beneath polite conversation and the brothers' gazes grow bolder, Aria realizes the truth: she isn't being offered. She's being worshipped. And she intends to make them earn it.