Leona Davis stopped being a child the day her father was led away in handcuffs. Seven years later, she's twenty-five and carrying the weight of a family that refuses to stand on its own. In the fixer-upper 2-bedroom house located at 656 Twiddle Lane, Bend Grove, Leona is the provider, the protector, and the only barrier between her siblings and the street. With her mother lost to spiraling habits and her stepfather adding more burden than support, Leona has sacrificed her education and her heart to keep Cory, Lexi, and Ollie safe. She's become the mother they weren't supposed to need, and the sister they can't afford to lose. As the pressure of the world closes in and her siblings begin to see the world in a different light, Leona is forced to confront the reality she's been outrunning: even the strongest tether frays under pressure. And when it snaps, the Davis family may lose the only person holding them together.

She was nineteen when the world ended. She was eighty when she finally laid it down. Between those years lived a life no one could erase. In 1829, Sarah Wright was sentenced at Newgate Prison and transported to New South Wales aboard the Lord Sidmouth. Shackled, pregnant, and alone, she enters a world designed to break her. But Sarah does not break. She survives the voyage. She survives the men who would use her. She survives the loss of a child, the lash, the hunger, the grief. She survives love twice. And she builds a family that will carry her name long after she is gone. Beyond the Chains is the sweeping, intimate story of a real woman who refused to be defined by the punishment forced upon her. Through heartbreak, resilience, and fierce devotion to her children, Sarah Wright becomes more than a convict - she becomes a matriarch, a pioneer, and the quiet heart of a legacy. Her life was hard. Her life was extraordinary. And now, her story is finally told.

Three young teenagers go on a quest to find the older one's parents who were said as dead, but they were so sure that they weren't...They were sure because they found a hidden message in one of the trophies, which was won by the older one's father. Also they finds a stranger in their garage trying to steal it, but wasn't able to...They travel to the place where the older one's parents were lastly sawn, before they disappeared...While the three tries to find them, they get themselves tangled in another quest. While they travel, they will find themselves in a whole different place, meeting different people alongside, solving riddles and gathering more clues and building up a strong friendship and also finding love~...Will the people they meet will be their friends or enemies? Will they be able to find the older one's parents? Will they be able to stick together and survive? Will their love interests be accomplished? And most importantly, will they be able to solve the mysteries which are lying in the dark woods and the old ruined mansion? And will they ever know who the mystery person is??? Well keep reading to find out what their journey will be like! If you want to support me, then just comment and feel free to vote. Tell me about your stories and I will support you by commenting and voting as well. Feel free to follow me as well. Bye!~

Emily came to Seoul to escape a life already written for her. Joon showed her quiet hills in a loud city. Somewhere between cherry blossoms and military service, between text messages across oceans and promises neither could keep- they learned that some loves don't fit into anyone's expectations. Not her family's. Not his country's. Not even their own. --- A dual POV slow-burn romance about choosing yourself when the world has already chosen for you. 🌸 Seoul spring to autumn leaves 💔 Cross-cultural love and family expectations ⏰ 14-hour time difference, one conversation 🇰🇷 Han River nights and Alabama moonlight Updates: Mon/Wed/Fri This is not a party romance-this is a love letter to Seoul, to choice, and to people who see you when you stop performing.

(**NOW A PUBLISHED STORY!**) "Welcome to sex therapy." - Abigail Aldaine is a college student in Seattle who due to childhood trauma has lived most of her life with a rare phobia that has prevented her from ever being able to be touched by another human being again. Jaden Kim is a world famous therapist, who due to his jaw-dropping good looks, top test scores, and very wealthy father, has obtained some massive popularity within the university that they are both attending. Through some troubles at the school, Jaden discovers her human contact phobia, and becomes dead set on researching this rarity in exchange for curing her, by administering the exposure therapy himself.

Between Shadow and Light, they were never meant to meet... but they did. *** Eileen never meant to stand out in a world like his. Rylan is control, silence, and restraint - the kind of man who doesn't let people get close, no matter how quietly they try. From the moment she steps into his orbit, she feels it: the weight of his attention, heavy and unsettling, like she has interrupted something she was never meant to touch. He keeps his distance. He shouldn't look at her twice. And yet, he does. There is something about Eileen that pulls at him in ways he refuses to understand - something familiar enough to disturb him, and dangerous enough to keep him awake long after he walks away. Between them builds something unspoken. Not soft. Not safe. Something sharp, obsessive, and impossible to ignore. The more he fights it, the more it turns into a pull neither of them can control. Eileen doesn't understand why her heart reacts before her mind can. Why his anger feels too personal. Why his silence feels like restraint rather than indifference. And why, beneath all of it, there is a strange sense that her past is closer than she thinks. Rylan tells himself she means nothing. But nothing has ever felt this consuming. And when buried truths begin to surface, love won't be what destroys them. It will be what they were never supposed to remember

Life ended quietly. Rebirth? Not so much. I'd lived a perfectly normal nerd-life: a family, a career, too many hobbies, and a purse full of "just-in-case" items. Gardening, old crafting techniques, reading, manga, animé-especially the alternate-world kind. If I had one regret, it was not traveling as much as I'd wanted. But all things end eventually. I expected nothingness... or whatever reward awaited after a long, fulfilling life. Instead, I woke up to the very real problem of a massive creature trying to eat me. I'd been reborn into another world. I should have been thrilled, right? With very little to go on-aside from the fact that magic existed here-I decided the smartest approach was to keep a low profile and train like crazy. Survive first. Explore later. My new family seemed pleasantly surprised (and occasionally alarmed) by my dedication to both physical and magical training. And once I started attending school, I made fast friends... then accidentally convinced them to apprentice under my father. The more the merrier, I figured. But hiding my abilities is proving harder than expected, and the more I grow, the more certain people seem unsettled by my existence. Surviving to adulthood may be the real challenge. *This is a slow-burn, coming-of-age story with early magic training. It is not a romance-yet. **This series is marked Mature not for explicit content in this volume, but because later books will include heavier themes. I prefer to err on the side of caution. ***I am a Canadian author. English spelling follows Canadian usage. ****Note about the cover image and banners: The cover and banners were created with AI assistance in Canva.

Love in the Shadows of Busan is a neo-noir romantic action-thriller novella set in the vibrant city of Busan. The story follows Corinne McCoin, an adventurous American journalist, who unexpectedly crosses paths with Gun-Woo Choi, a powerful Korean mob underboss. Their chance encounter sparks a forbidden romance, filled with intense passion and danger. As Corinne delves into the shadowy underworld of the Jopok, she becomes increasingly drawn to Gun-Woo's enigmatic personality and undeniable allure. This gripping tale explores themes of forbidden love, loyalty, and the sacrifices made for passion. With its fast-paced action, instant attraction, and a satisfying happily ever after, "Love in the Shadows of Busan" promises to captivate readers from start to finish.

In Kallara, the past doesn't stay buried-it just waits for the season to change, amd Mia Turner has finally learned how to live with the silence. After five years of rebuilding, she has a rhythm that works: early shifts at the café, the warmth of her family, and the steady, quiet safety of Sam Miller. She has traded the chaos of her past for a life that is calm, predictable, and finally hers. But when Jack Fraser returns, he brings the storm with him. He isn't the boy she once loved. He is a living reminder of the grief she learned to live with, and his presence demands a reckoning she isn't sure she can survive. As the lines between the life she has and the life she lost begin to blur, Mia is forced to face a devastating truth: you can rebuild on old ground, but you can never truly outrun the storm that leveled it in the first place. Some people are a harbor. Others are the reason you learned to swim. The only question is: who will be left standing when the final siren sounds?

two best friends, split young with a burning passion for cars. One moved to America, Other stayed in Australia, but their passion took them down different paths