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IVY by MargoMargan
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The color green. His father's flag. The church decor. The Ivy League. It seems to follow the aspiring academic Seph Clarkson wherever he goes, like his life is being suffocated by its overgrown weeds. In a series of letters to his long-estranged Pa, Seph chronicles his journey from institution to institution, hoping to one day discover the textbook he will find himself in.
Intertwined Souls  by angeldawn09
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Divine intervention leads two grieved souls' fates to be intertwined one cold, dark morning. Both are crushed underneath the heavy burden of loss for different reasons. Her heart is set ablaze. His heart is frozen solid. And as the sun comes up, they share their stories in hopes that her fire will be extinguished, and his ice will become a mere puddle. Achievements~ 🥉Winner in the short story category for The Nine Tailed Crown Awards 🥈Winner in the Best Writing Style category for The Nine Tailed Crown Awards 🥈Winner in the drama category for The Author's Vault Awards
THE SIPS OF SECRETS: A Coffee Girl's Tale by SPathak09
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Sips of Secrets: The Coffee Girl's Tale is a reverberating narrative set in the suspense genres that brings the readers to the combination of cute stick out and eerie town of Maplewood. The place is known for its cobbled paths and flowery scented air, yet it is associated with creepy enigmas connected with The Daily Grind, a well-known cafe owned by the witty and lively Lily Spencer. Looking into the horrors of Emily carter's case which seems to pop to the surface on the 15th anniversary of the case, Lily tries to solve the spine-chilling mysteries as all of the clues somehow connect to her life. Joining hands with headstrong journalist Tom Holloway, Lily sets off to embark on a new chapter filled with intertwined games of secrets, chilling power games and other striking truths. Reality comes tumbling in wave by wave as time goes on causing danger and more danger along with it. Amidst the truth that comes to light like curtains being removed from a window, she will need to decide how decisively does the answer to this question lie and what fate will come crawling in by getting closer to this hidden mystery. Grabbing the attention of readers with the perfect blend of betrayal and obsession along with courage is something that makes this book unique. One sip of coffee and the picture paints it all.
Tangled by raavi_here
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"I love you, Aanya," Ishaan whispered near her ear. Her eyes widened. Her breath hitched. Her heart... skipped. Ishaan smirked, pulling her closer, soaking in her priceless reaction. "I... I..." she stammered, heart racing. But he finished it for her, that same teasing smirk still playing on his lips, "And I know you love me too, sweetheart." •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Hey folks, I'm ISHAAN VEER. Just an ordinary guy who loves three things - my sister's chaotic family, my bestie Rudy, and music. While I was busy trying to forget my one-sided ex-love, she stumbled into my life. Not on me... on my car. Like some weird twist of destiny - AANYA. A girl who claims she remembers nothing except her name and age. But the real question is - is she telling the truth, or just pretending? Welcome to a journey full of laughter, confusion, music, and maybe... love.
Smitten and Viral by Lanadelreygirlie
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Sometimes, the most unexpected connections are the ones that go viral. Navya Kulkarni and Vihaan Jain never expected their paths to cross at a wedding, but when they do, sparks fly. Their private moments get caught on camera and go viral, turning their casual fling into something neither of them anticipated... leading to a simple fake dating arrangement to boost their public image. As the lines between fake and real blur, they'll have to decide: Can they make this work, or will the attention tear them apart? ☆#12 in romancecomedy out of 5.47K stories (18/03/2025)☆ ☆#5 in romancecomedy out of 6.41K stories (19/05/2026)☆ ☆#1 in smitten out of 350 stories (19/05/2026)☆
Morsels: Tales of Love and Passion (BDSM) (18+) by SeraDrake
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Need a bite? A stripper gets caught in the act of impersonating a goddess... A beauty is loved by a beast... A painter makes her work come to life... literally. But there is a price to pay... Two Sapphic edge-players put the pieces of a flower arrangement to unusual uses on their first date... Here are some short stories that might satisfy you. Some are sweet. Some are savory. And some are spicy. The most common spice in this collection is not vanilla. Explicit. 18+ only. ════════════════════════════════════ "Sera Drake showcases impressive range, moving seamlessly from dark, Grimm-esque fairy tale retellings to contemporary tales of BDSM and magical realism... A highly recommended collection for open-minded readers looking for something beyond the conventional." - Champion (Amazon) "I loved the subtle aura of this book, the way the stories built up slowly, peaked, and faded, leaving me pondering, and I liked that the characters and vocabulary were not vulgar. I loved how the stories were arranged so that each story was better than the last." Ann Linus for Readers' Favorite "Drake is a pro at playing with the reader's emotions in a way that I am slightly terrified of...If you are someone who's tired of the hetero-normative blandness of Fifty Shades of Grey, give Morsels a try." - Hannah Gonzalez, Reedsy Discovery ════════════════════════════════════ This book was shortlisted in the 2025 Passionate Plume Awards, an annual contest hosted by Passionate Ink, an affiliate of Romance Writers of America.
The Silence Between Sips  by stories_by_aadya
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A witty comment thread under a mutual friend's Instagram post draws two strangers into a conversation. They don't use profile pictures, and their usernames are ambiguous(@metaphorandchai and @citylinesblurred) . Neither knows who the other really is. At first, he thinks she's just another interesting stranger. She assumes he's just someone passing through her feed. Neither of them is prepared for the way their words start lingering.
Robin and the Red Crow by missivylynn
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Robin Prakash, a magic doctor from the land of Kingsbury, is invited by his older brother to visit him in the land of the Great Plains. Landing him on the steps of an old farmhouse on the outskirts of a small rural town, known only by the overly cheerful locals as "Sunshine Acres". Quickly running low on funds from his search, Robin agrees to become a cook and cleaner for the recluse sorceress, her sassy apprentice, and their shapeshifting pet, who call "Sunshine Acres" their home. However, when his brother finally arrives in town, he comes with a hidden motive: to steal the sorceress's broken heart stone, a large piece of which she has already gifted to Robin. After being betrayed by his brother for power, Robin must team up with new friends to free the sorceress he has fallen in love with and fight for the new life he has found true joy in. ------------------------------- "I'm looking for a sorceress." "HA!" The old woman laughed, eyes gleaming with amusement. "Might as well admit you're lookin' for trouble, boy." . Cover Character Illustrations by @minoruru on Insta/Tumblr ❤️
ARCHIVE-34 by kmier03
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He thought he was just chasing a signal. He didn't know it was chasing him back. Something is waking in the dark-buried beneath ruined systems, flickering across corrupted memory logs, hidden in the static between thoughts. When Jem intercepts a strange transmission, he's pulled into a collapsing network of abandoned tech, fractured identities, and echoes that feel too personal to be coincidence. Alone and hunted, he descends into the remnants of a world that was never meant to be found. The deeper he goes, the more reality begins to twist-architecture that loops on itself, doors that open into memories he doesn't remember living, and voices that shouldn't be speaking. Whatever's waiting at the end isn't broken. It's waiting for him to remember. ARCHIVE-34 is a slow-burn, atmospheric journey through a ruined future-where memory is unstable, and the past is never truly gone.
After the Last Petal by QuinceArchFortes
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🐝 Ambys 2024 Top Pick - Fanfiction Novella 🐝 Featured in the @Fanfic Ultimate Fanfic Anthology - Love is Love 👑 "𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴... 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭," 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺, 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺. "𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶?" 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦. 𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥. "𝘕𝘰," 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. "𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯," 𝘏𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦. "𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘺." 🥀 King Chevalier finds himself infatuated with Delanie, the palace librarian, as she teaches him to explore a side of himself he didn't know existed. With the full attention of the Brutal Beast, she starts to wonder if he will be the end of her. ⚠️ CW: Includes explicit sexual content, blade-play, choking, and dubcon. Wordcount 18k *Ikemen Prince is an otome game based on the classic tale 'Beauty and the Beast.' This story is fan-blind (can be read without exposure to the source material.) **This story is also available on Fanfiction . net