Yet, despite this undeniable pull, something always stood in the way. Perhaps it was the cruel hand of fate, the timing perpetually askew, or the weight of responsibilities pulling them in different directions. Maybe it was the unspoken fears, the hesitant steps, or the words that remained trapped, unuttered. This isn't a tale of dramatic betrayal, but a more subtle, equally heartbreaking one of missed opportunities and the silent choices that gently, irrevocably, guided them down separate paths. It's about the "what ifs" that lingered in the air, the future they both envisioned but could never quite grasp. --- This is the poignant narrative of why we never were-a deeply emotional exploration of a love that defied definition but succumbed to circumstance. It delves into the quiet anguish of knowing someone is your other half, yet watching them slip away, not through animosity, but through the delicate dance of life's unpredictable currents. It's a story that resonates with anyone who has ever felt the ache of a potential future unfulfilled, a love that existed in every sense but the tangible, leaving behind only the bittersweet echo of what could have been. --- What started as a sweet long-distance romance filled with longing turned into an acceptance of a reality of "Why We Never Were".

(rivals to lovers, small town, sports) [WATTYS 2024 GRAND PRIZE WINNER] (Season 3 coming soon) After a devastating Olympic loss puts her career in a downward spiral, an aging skier returns to her laid-back mountain hometown to rediscover her love of her sport and instead finds herself falling for a rival athlete. *** A year away from what might be her last chance to win Olympic gold, twenty-seven-year-old alpine skier Juniper James shocks everyone by announcing she won't race this year. Returning to her mountain hometown hoping to rediscover the spark that once drove her to World Cup glory, she instead crosses paths with the rival who shut her out of the podium at the last Olympics. For Summer Li, nothing is more important than skiing. At twenty years old, she has already won Olympic silver, but an accident has left her desperate to get back on her skis before the world learns the extent of her injury. She came to Crystal Peaks to lay low while she recovers. The last thing she needs is the woman she once idolized hanging around asking questions. Both struggling with career lows, Juniper and Summer have more in common than they think. Even as they push each other, sparks begin to fly, but Juniper blames Summer for her slump, and Summer isn't going to let a relationship distract from her recovery. And only one of them can win the gold medal. This inconvenient attraction seems on a course for disaster from the start. But these are women who face the impossible every day, and there's a magic in the mountains that can thaw even the coldest hearts. *** Cleat Cute meets Delilah Green Doesn't Care. *** Season One complete at 90k words. Season Two complete at 90k words. Season Three coming soon!

[Billionaire / Fake Relationship] The last thing Livy expects is to fall for Logan, the hot but damaged billionaire who wants to help her pay for her dad's medical bills. The catch: they have to pretend to be married for one year! ***** How far would you go to save the only family you've ever known? Olivia, a lifelong optimist, has just graduated from college and is about to start a new job when she gets the earth-shattering news that her dad is ill. Scared, she drops everything and moves home to be with him. While walking on the beach one day, she runs into the most attractive man she has ever laid eyes on. The chemistry between them is sizzling from the first moment. Turns out, he is rich, successful, and battling the demons of a past relationship that has left him broken. But when he finds out that Livy needs help paying for her dad's medical bills, he jumps to her rescue. The catch: they have to pretend to be happily married for at least one year. Enough time for her to get the trust fund money her grandma left her so that she can pay him back, and enough time for him to change his bad boy reputation. But things get complicated when feelings and a burning desire enter the picture. [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston

A true story told like a novel - raw, and unapologetically alive. Annabelle. 31. Paris. Sharp mind, soft heart, zero patience for bullshit. Bray. 34. New York. Finance guy. Clean cut, emotionally messy, stupidly charming. I met him on Hinge. Three days in Paris. One week in New York. And hundreds of messages I never deleted. He wasn't just a man. He was a possibility. A distraction. A storm. A mirror. This isn't a love story. It is my story. The story of what it did to me. Through voice notes, late-night texts, and impossible distance, I tried to hold on. To him. To what we had. To who I was becoming. It's messy. It's vulnerable. Sometimes funny, often heartbreaking. But above all, it's mine. And if I can't change what happened, I can at least rewrite the ending.