One photo, one leader in distress, one reckless but effective distraction. Hyunjin cares for his members more than anything, and that includes Bang Chan's girlfriend Misun. When a photo of the couple is posted, it threatens to uproot the relationship the two had built for the last years, and Hyunjin isn't going to let that happen. So, always the romantic, he comes up with a plan to ensure the lovers aren't in danger: He's going to cause a distraction. Sophie is just trying to get her life in order. Get a degree, survive her internship, figure out what to do next. What she didn't expect, is to get a cryptic but enticing job offer that promises to ease any financial worries she could encounter for the foreseeable future. While she isn't exactly sure what she's signing up for, she figures, it can't be THAT bad, right? What could possibly happen when a flimsy PR relationship turns the lives of two people on different sides of the world upside down? When the lines get blurred, the two accidentally find their way to each other's hearts, a whole new hurricane awaiting them.

Ellie has always survived by the numbers. Data, charts, and graphs offer a predictable safety that human emotions never could. But when an accident leaves her mother hospitalized in Seoul with staggering medical bills, the carefully calculated life Ellie has built shatters. An intern's salary in Atlanta cannot pay for the treatments her mother needs for a full recovery. Desperation leads her to a corporate analyst position at one of South Korea's biggest entertainment powerhouses. On the surface, it is a dream placement in the very city where her mother is, a job practically carved out for her. In reality, Ellie is a Trojan horse, a pawn dropped into a vicious war between rival agencies, tasked with uncovering secrets to tear the company down from the inside. Willing to do just about everything to ensure her mom's full recovery, Ellie infiltrates the agency. But her calculated detachment begins to fray. The people she is supposed to spy on aren't just names on a spreadsheet, and their actions are not just data points to analyze. They are real, and the closer she gets to them, the harder it becomes to betray them. For the first time in her life, Ellie hesitates. And in a game this dangerous, a single mistake can mean ruin. Lee Minho doesn't trust this new analyst. She is getting into the inner circle far too quickly for his liking, and while everyone else finds her trustworthy and brilliant and professional, he knows she is hiding something nobody else can see. Watching her every move, he is waiting for the slip-up that will prove she is a threat to the people he loves the most.

A month's trip to Japan sounds like a perfect break for Dami - big city, small villa, surrounded by her family. That is, until, she realises the month will be spent with her ex boyfriend whom she hasn't seen for the past five months. Dami and Minho mask the perfect couple in front of Dami's family, blatantly ignoring the past five months of tension and unresolved feelings. But, amidst pretence and reality, messy feelings and unsaid words combine, and soon they're not so sure it's pretend anymore.

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪... 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪. As the leader of rising K-pop group ECHO, Nova Jeong is used to carrying everything on her shoulders-even secrets. For over a year, she and Stray Kid's Hyunjin have managed to hide their relationship in the shadows-stealing moments between schedules, hiding behind closed doors, and convincing themselves that passion is enough. But what once felt electric has turned suffocating. When Nova finally asks for something real, Hyunjin pulls away. The moment that follows doesn't just end their relationship. It breaks her. Heartbroken and determined never to date another idol again, Nova throws herself into ECHO's demanding schedule. But the pain follows her. Then there's Felix. Gentle, perceptive, and carrying his own scars, Felix understands the cost of their world in a way no one else does. What starts as comfort turns into something deeper, offering Nova a chance at a healthier kind of love. But the past isn't done with her. Hyunjin lingers, unwilling to let go, and as secrets threaten to surface, Nova must choose between the love that broke her and the one that might finally set her free.

"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓, 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒂. 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅. 𝑻𝒐𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆. 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅." Clara has styled idols long enough to know how to keep her distance: professionally and emotionally. But Lee Minho has always been different. Too quiet. Too observant. Too impossible to read. When she accidentally witnesses a private moment that looks like a crime but is anything but, Clara is pulled into Minho's shadowed world of dominance. Drawn to the side of him he never shows, Clara lets Minho guide her into a world built on trust, surrender, and secrets that can never reach the public eye. What begins as curiosity turns into a dangerous, consuming connection that must stay hidden at all costs. Minho teaches her how to let go. Clara tries to keep herself from falling. But control was never hers to keep-and love was never part of the deal. "I haven't read a fanfic this good in years. From the very start to the finish it was exciting, gripping and so well written. Had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Truly marvellous work". - notatallhere_

Lee Minho knows what it's like to love someone who doesn't love you back. Kim Mi Hyeon is beautiful, captivating, and completely toxic. She uses him, keeps him on a leash and he keeps coming back. Because somewhere beneath the cruelty, he still believes she really cares about him. He tells himself a lot of lies. Until one day, she does something that finally breaks him. And in that moment of devastating clarity, his soulmate bond activates. Im Yoo Mi is a dancer. She's vibrant, electric, a force of pure energy and light. She's everything Minho isn't: warm where he's cold, open where he's guarded, joyful where he's bitter. When their dance professor forces them into a partnership, neither is happy about it. They can barely stand each other. And when their bond snaps into place, the timing couldn't be worse for both of them. Burning Fate is a story about what happens when fate decides it's time for you to make the right choices - even the ones that will break you in the process. Sometimes the hardest person to save is yourself.

Minseo has spent most of her life feeling out of step with everyone around her. Everyone else moves forward, university, careers, plans for the future, but she stays still. Working part-time, living at home, and carrying struggles she never quite knew how to explain. The only place she ever says the truth is in her songs. Under an anonymous account, Minseo uploads rough demos in the middle of the night, never expecting much more than a handful of listeners. Until one of those listeners turns out to be Han Jisung. At first, he's just another username. Another stranger who understands her lyrics better than most people understand her. But as messages turn into late-night phone calls, shared songs, and a friendship neither of them expected, Minseo finds herself growing attached to someone she never planned to let close. The problem is that Han Jisung is everything she isn't. Successful. Talented. Loved by millions. And no matter how much he insists otherwise, Minseo can't understand why someone like him would ever even talk to someone like her. *********************** book 3 out of 8 in my skz series

In a world where soulmates recognize each other in an instant, imprinting is not magic-it is biology. A rare, irreversible bond formed at first sight. Painful. Unavoidable. And impossible to fake. Aya never expected it to happen twice. Five years after imprinting on the man she plans to marry, her life is steady, ordinary, safe-until a single glance at a crowded concert drops her to her knees. The pain is unmistakable. The bond undeniable. And the man on the other end of it is someone she was never meant to love, someone the world has already claimed Hwang Hyunjin has built his life on the love of millions, choosing never to love them back. Fame has taught him how easily affection fractures under pressure. But when Aya enters his orbit, the bond refuses to loosen its grip, and separation becomes its own kind of violence. Drawn together by something neither of them chose, Aya and Hyunjin must navigate desire, guilt, and the cost of becoming whole-knowing that loving each other may mean losing everything else.

SOULMATE SERIES - BOOK 1 OF 8 Hwang Hyunjin thought he had it all figured out. He was in love with Park Mi Hee, his fellow art student, and he was certain-absolutely certain- that she was his soulmate. He could feel it in his bones, see it in every smile she gave him, imagine their future painted in vivid colors. Until the day she found her real soulmate. And it wasn't him. When Mi Hee walks away with someone else, something inside Hyunjin shatters beyond repair- and his soulmate bond activates. If Mi Hee isn't his soulmate, then fate made a mistake. And Hyunjin isn't about to let destiny tell him who to love. Lee Ji Ah is a literature student who understands the power of stories-the ones we tell ourselves and the ones that shape us. She's a romantic, yes, but not a fool. She knows love is complicated, messy, and rarely goes according to plan. But she also knows what a soulmate bond means. When fate throws them together on a chaotic night neither of them expected, everything shattered for both of them. She couldn't believe who fate chose for her-but she believed in the bond. She believes in Hyunjin before he believes in himself. And he makes her pay for it. Shattered Fate is a story about breaking before you can heal. About what happens when the person fate chose for you is too broken to accept it. About a girl who falls first and a boy who falls harder-when it might already be too late. The question is: can something shattered ever truly be whole again?

The public ships them. The members ship them. Their coworkers ship them. Half of Korea ships them. Jung Ara and Hwang Hyunjin would like everyone to know that they are absolutely not dating.