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Love at First Swipe 💖🫶 by in_love_with_thrill
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******* Tara has sworn off dating apps. After one too many ghostings, bad first dates, and profiles that never match reality, she's ready to delete love from her phone altogether. Until one last swipe changes everything. Raghav wasn't even supposed to be on the app. Between building his business and dodging his friends' matchmaking schemes, romance is the last thing on his to-do list. But when a sarcastic, sharp-witted stranger lights up his inbox, he finds himself hooked. What starts as late-night banter and flirty texts quickly turns into something deeper-something neither of them expected. But when fantasy collides with reality, and doubts threaten to ruin their chance, Raghav and Tara must decide: is this just another digital fling, or could it be the real thing? A witty, heartfelt story about modern love, second chances, and the risks worth taking, Love at First Swipe proves that sometimes the right match isn't just in your pocket-it's written in your heart. ********
Permanent, Until I Wasn't by Girll_q
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Permanent, Until I Wasn't is a raw young adult story about friendship that cuts deeper than romance, the slow unraveling of trust, and the moment you realise that some people are only forever until they aren't. As Lucy drifts towards more temporary new friends and darker nights, Arabella finds herself left behind, excluded in small, devastating ways that are easy to excuse.. and impossible to forget. Lucy still calls her permanent, but for how long? How long until Lucy falls to a dark world that is impossible to get back from..? And how long until Arabella realises that Lucy is just keeping her around..?
Silent Years, Unspoken Heart by LiteSeeker1990
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They met as college friends-Gu Cheng, the golden star of the university, admired and untouchable; and Shen Yi, quiet brilliance wrapped in gentle smiles. Their bond was effortless, but their feelings remained a secret that neither dared to name. Years passed. Gu Cheng chose a life that looked perfect-marriage, stability, silence. Until Shen Yi returned. After six years of absence, a simple text message shatters the peace Gu Cheng built. Invited to a dinner where past and present collide, suppressed emotions resurface between accidental touches and unspoken glances. One moment of honesty in a marble-lit room turns into a confession neither planned but both needed. Tears, longing, and years of restraint unfold in a stolen moment. Between loyalty and buried desire, Gu Cheng must confront the parts of himself he has long denied. When business takes him to California-alone this time-he steps into Shen Yi's world, where silence no longer protects them. In the quiet of a seaside evening, without expectations or labels, they allow themselves to feel what they once abandoned. "Silent Years, Unspoken Heart" is an emotionally charged tale of love sustained in silence, of choices made out of fear, and of the moment two souls decide to finally breathe for themselves. It is not a story about right or wrong- It is about the love that survives even when it is never spoken.
Courage Comes From Lies by WhysThisSoHard
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There's nothing worse than deception. To know your world isn't as safe as you expected it to be. To realize you're absolutely useless when it matters. To understand your best friend has kept a secret that would make or break you. Tara Koldem's entire life was just taken from her right in front of her. With no other choice, she's forced to leave behind everything. After a good night's rest, a new objective is in mind: find the person who stole everything from her and make them pay. With her new friend Devin by her side, nothing seems impossible. But when she realizes Devin kept a life changing secret from her, where does her judgment go from there? Sneak Peek: I tried to get up. But I couldn't feel any parts of my body. There was blood dripping from everywhere I looked. I could swear my leg was broken. Damn that troll was just tossing and throwing me around like I was a doll. Everything was silent except the ringing in my ears and the cheering and jeering of the audience above the commands of the queen to kill me. I could hear something else. A cry. A sobbing cry. I had enough strength left in my body to turn my head. And that's when all sense of pain left my body. I saw Devin with a blade to her neck next to the queen. She was crying out to me, "Please Tara just surrender! You'll die if you keep going! PLEASE!!!" She cried and begged me to stop but the queen silenced her. I tried to get to her but I couldn't get up. I sat there thinking to myself frantically "What do I do?! What do I do?!" She sounded so terrified. The Season Winter troll I was battling went to pick me up before its hand and head were sliced off in a split second. The audience went silent as I stood and glared at the Queen pointing my sword at her, its blade dripping the blood of my defeated opponent. The Guardian gave me the power surge I needed to force my way through the Queen's defenses, who she demanded subdue me. They were innocent, but stood in my way. So I had to cut them down.
Fool Me Once by InfinityWade
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She should've said no. Amelia Sterling has always played by the rules, it's the only way she knows how to survive in a world like hers. That is until William Blackwood, the boy she can't quite bring herself to like, let alone trust, makes her an offer she can't refuse. A deal. A fake relationship. A public performance for a world that watches every move. But keeping up appearances is harder than it looks. Between family expectations, high-society whispers, and the girl William seems determined to win back, Amelia finds herself caught in jealousy, pretense, and the sting of her own growing feelings. The deal was only supposed to fool everyone else. Not her as well. -*- Tropes: ♡ Slow-burn romance ♡ Reluctant allies ♡ University + high-society setting ♡ Fake dating Disclaimer: This story includes mature themes and a few intimate scenes. Nothing too overly explicit, but recommended for older teens and up. Status: Ongoing Started: 05 October 2025 New chapters posted every Wednesday and Sunday at 8 PM SAST! -*- Notable rankings: #4 in Development (12-11-2025) #3 in Equestrian (10-11-2025) #7 in Fake Dating (12-11-2025) #8 in Deal (12-11-2025)
Love, Like Home  by amruta_chi
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Flatmates to Friends. Friends to Lovers. A slowburn love story between a tech nerd Avni and an actor Rohit who is more than 5 years younger than her. Set in ten years of time span. Cute romance. No love triangles. Found family tropes. Nice and kind charecters. South Mumbai Vibes. Avni Pathak is a tech entrepreneur who rebuilt her life and her identity from the ashes. Fiercely private and deeply introverted, she clings to her peace and quiet like a lifeline. Her awkward, deadpan charm has a way of endearing and occasionally exasperating everyone around her. She's all heart and quiet resilience, wrapped in the unassuming shell of a soft-spoken coder who just wants to be left alone (unless you're her laptop or her one plant). Rohit Avasthi is an aspiring actor with big dreams and an even bigger heart. Loud, expressive, and full of mischief, he brings joy and spontaneity wherever he goes. He's chaos in motion, wrapped in a genetically-blessed face, and somehow manages to be both a walking distraction and the safest person in the room. Avni and Rohit are flatmates, figuring out life, love, ambition, and what it means to be truly happy. Avni is the quiet anchor, steady and grounded, holding him when he soars too high too fast. Rohit is the sunshine, bright and unrelenting, warming her gently when she begins to stumble. Together, they balance each other-soft chaos meeting quiet strength-as they become friends.
In The Shadows by Lullajaz
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Two hundred years in the future, everyone lives in Antarctica, which has been divided into the 7 kingdoms of Amity, Aliah, Esandor, Amarllia, Beneva, Belossa and Kultealias. With wars raging, there's only one safe place: a school where legendary soldiers go. But as Ella, Zara, Sam, and Charlie leave their families behind, they arrive invited to join. They quickly realise that the school is both magical and evil as they manipulate the students to become their soldiers in the continent's civil wars. Additionally, they face a monster called a Bon-crocker, which takes over people's minds after they die. It appears almost unchanged, with the only visible change being that their eyes become mindlight black in the dark. Meanwhile, Maxie and Reece are fighting to join them as they run from the kings and queens who wish them dead by joining the school. As their siblings are dragged into the fight, they work together to free everyone. Ella Stark is a shy girl who appears to have no magical powers, unlike her classmates. Samatha Williams has the unique power to shift, which she uses when escaping, but she comes back for everyone cause she can't leave her friends behind. Maxie and Reece are two immortal teenagers who, despite their looks, have already escaped from the school. Years later, they are being hunted down, so they are forced to return to where they find things are worse than before. Zara Larson knew what the school was like when she arrived, so she already had plans on how to use her magical powers of communication to escape. However, Charlie Smith's power of sleep gets in her way.
IRON TALONS: Ebony & Ivory by ValentinaNightshade
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Valleria never meant to fall for them. She only wanted revenge. After her mother's death, the quiet healer hires a band of mercenaries to help her destroy the man who once owned her-the cruel plantation lord who shattered her past. But when she discovers he's her father, everything unravels. Including her resolve. Because the mercenaries she hired? They're impossible to resist: • Meredith, the fierce leader whose dominance ignites something primal in her • Kaigan, the rogue who flirts like it's foreplay and lies like it's love • Davur, the gentle giant whose soft touch belies his brutal strength • Ahfi, the dark mage whose magic coils around her like a lover's whisper As danger closes in, so do they- each mercenary pulling her deeper into a web of desire, devotion, and slow-burning seduction. Valleria thought she was in control. But in their arms, she's unraveling... and she's starting to like it. Four mercenaries. One mission. And a healer caught between vengeance and the kind of pleasure that could ruin her. Love and vengeance is never black and white. IRON TALONS: Ebony & Ivory
The Weeping Jackal by BurntSugarPlum
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Heba Badran, the daughter of an Egyptian mortician, finds herself drawn into the demigod world beneath modern life... an ancient secret governed by laws, judgment, and gods. On her 16th birthday, her night terrors talk to her for the first time, and her Anubis amulet cannot protect her from their voices or their hauntings... Not when she's being called to the underworld. The new Egyptian demigod must decide whether silence is still possible-or whether listening has already placed her on the scale of the dead.
Maledictum by DanieEllis
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Set in medieval times during a dark winter, seventeen-year-old Zorya is dreading the coming of spring, when she'll be forced to marry a stranger. With the cold comes a foreign lord from the west and his ill son, who arrive in town to seek shelter for the winter. The lord is eager to marry Zorya to his son, but she senses they are hiding a dark secret. As snow begins to fall, bodies are found, and people vanish into the night. A monster stalks the town in the darkness, hunting its victims one by one... Mystery, horror, and romance bloom in the shadows.