When engineer Jun Ho meets English teacher Shana on the subway, he knows she's the one. There's just one problem: his mother. Hye Jin has already chosen Jun Ho's bride-the perfect Korean match, Ji Yeon. But Jun Ho doesn't love her. He loves Shana. So he does the unthinkable: he marries Shana in secret. Can their love survive when two worlds collide? A clean romance for fans of K-dramas and love that conquers all. Perfect for fans of Crash Landing On You, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim, and Business Proposal. What to expect: Clean romance - no mature content Family drama - but not overbearing! Slow burn, cute moments, aegyo, and kilig guaranteed - however you like to say it Korean culture & tradition Happy ending No filler chapters! Hate those! Readers say: "This should be a K-drama!'" Listen to the OST on Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube Music for ambience. HIGHEST RANKINGS #1 Korea on 12-19-2025 of 15,200 stories! #1 Korean Drama 12-19-2025 #1 Seoul 12-23-2025 #1 Happily Ever After #1 Diverse Romance #1 Latinx Trigger Warnings: mention of murder/domestic violence, but no depiction. Started 10-8-2025 Completed 12-13-2025

When her therapy app accidentally sends Riley's private confessions to a random British expat - and his to her - what began as a glitch quickly evolves into the kind of intimacy that can only exist between strangers. A slow-burn contemporary romance full of sexual tension, yearning, and feet-kickingly good banter. * * * When a company health initiative forces Riley Markle to download a trendy mental health app, she fills out the onboarding survey without much thought, expecting to get paired with a virtual gym buddy who'll send thumbs-up emojis twice a week. Instead, she gets paired with Joe, a lonely British expat whose wellness concern of Compulsive Behaviors is flagged by the AI system as a perfect match for Riley. Riley resolves to complete her month of check-ins and be done with it - until a glitch in the app sends both her and Joe's embarrassing therapy videos to each other instead of their therapist. Soon, Riley and Joe are talking late into the night, exchanging thirst-trap videos of their weekend routines by day, and thinking about each other constantly. Both are smitten, both are broken, and neither of them knows how to do this without destroying each other. The plan: Limit all communication to the app until after Day 30, then see where things go. But plans change. * * * 🏆 High Rankings: #1 in LITERARY #1 in QUICKREAD #1 in NEWENGLAND #3 in EPISTOLARY #14 in SHORTCHAPTERS (out of 38,000 stories) #87 in ROMCOM (out of 35,000 stories) #147 in ROMANTIC (out of 86,000 stories) Updated November 2025

What happens when a jaded cop meets a spunky, convenience store clerk? A hurricane of dark conspiracies, sass, and perhaps a heated spark of intrigue. *** As secrets unravel and trust is put to the test, Deputy Jordan Pruitt and Sabvanna Jamison are drawn together by loss, longing, and the quiet promise of something more. In a town haunted by violence and vengeance, love must become their greatest act of courage. Can faith survive the darkness, and can two wounded hearts find light, even as danger closes in? For fans of gritty crime, romance, and stories where grace is fought for one imperfect day at a time. ****A Christian romance

"𝒥𝓊𝓈𝓉...𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓎 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇." • • • Grace is a sports physiotherapist working for a hospital that hosts the elite athletes of West Hampton. A favor for a friend gets her on the path of being Isaiah King's physiotherapist - the tennis star who suffered a dire knee injury. At first, she's simply dedicated to healing both his body and mind - and perhaps getting him to believe in God- but things get complicated when hearts start to flutter, lines start to blur, and feelings get involved. Feelings that are especially not one-sided. [Clean Romance, Faith-based, Older Woman, BWWM]

It's not just a slow burn love story; it's about living with a disability and finding someone who never sees it as a flaw.

[A WATTPAD FEATURED STORY AND ON THE WATTY'S 2018 LONGLIST] "As if I'm dreaming, his lips touch mine. It's awkward, with my head turned to the side and his beside mine, but when his hand comes up to hold my jaw, it becomes all too easy to kiss him back." Cover: @MuriLexa Copyright © 2019 by Sooaura

Maya just wanted a chill summer job at her aunt's serenity bookstore. But peace and quiet? Not happening. Not when a certain lazy guy keeps turning the couch into his daily nap spot.

Yoon Sora, a struggling cafe owner with a knack for getting into trouble, never expected her life to turn into an action-packed K-drama. But when she unknowingly witnesses a crime involving Seoul's most dangerous mafia group, she becomes their next target. To her shock, the person assigned to protect her is none other than Baek Jihoon-the arrogant, ridiculously handsome heir to a chaebol empire who has been trying (and failing) to escape his family's business. Forced into working as a bodyguard for "discipline," Jihoon is anything but pleased. Sora and Jihoon despise each other from the start-he finds her reckless, and she thinks he's a spoiled rich brat. But as the threats around them grow, so does their undeniable chemistry. Between mafia chases, family betrayals, and a whole lot of teasing, Sora and Jihoon must navigate the chaos while pretending they don't have feelings for each other.

Ishaan Miraj, the cold CEO who swore never to love, marries his secretary Saanvika on contract to fulfill his grandparents' wish. But can Saanvi survive in his ruthless world as his wife? And what happens when the man who doesn't believe in love begins falling for her?

[Watty 2025 Winner] [Slow Brew Series 1 of 2] [Completed] Look, I didn't mean to embarrass myself the first time I walked into Brewing Grounds. Or the second. Or...every other time since. But something about the place-and the barista with the messy ponytail and the glasses that she pushes up her nose-makes me forget how to form actual sentences. Bea. Her name's Bea. She spelled mine wrong on my cup the first day (Ell-yot Hayul), and now I'm kind of obsessed. Not with her. With medium lattes. With her handwriting. With the little hearts she scribbles on my cups. Okay... maybe a little bit with her. The point is: I'm a walking disaster around her, and I'm pretty sure she knows it. And okay, maybe I started showing up every morning at exactly 7:30 just to see her. And maybe I've been reading up on how to flirt because I thought that might help (it hasn't). But honestly, what's the worst that could happen? I embarrass myself again? (Already done that.) Spill coffee on my tie? (Happened last week.) Accidentally fall in love with the barista who writes flirty notes on my coffee cups? Oh, wait... [1 of 2: Slow Brew Series] Dual POV | Romantic Comedy | Coffee Shop Romance | Slice of Life 18+ for suggestive dialogue, some steam (nothing too explicit) 🏆 1st Place - Pimp My Romance Awards 2025 🏆 1st Place - Pink Watty's pINKspire Awards 2025 "Best Dialogue" 🏆 The Nano Watt 2025 - Contemporary Romance Winner 🏆 Watty's 2025 Winner