🏅 Shortlisted for Romance Awards 2026 - ongoing 🏅 Best Slow burn for The Breakthrough Awards 2026 🏅 Short-lister Finalist for The Original Muse Awards 2026 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝒀 𝑰𝑺 𝑶𝑵 𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑫 𝑼𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑳 𝑨𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑫𝑺 𝑺𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑶𝑵 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹 The end is near! ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧✧❁❁✧✿✿✧ 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 Where Magic exists, but true power belongs to a select few. Lavania Ottelier is a scholarship student at Aberleen Academy, the kingdom's most prestigious magical institution. Surrounded by the heirs of Hollow's most powerful families, including the youngest Moldaveanu, she has only one goal: Graduate and leave their world behind. That plan ends the moment the monarchy issues an unprecedented edict. To secure Hollow's future, the notoriously marriage-averse Duke Evander Moldaveanu must choose his bride from Aberleen Academy's graduating class. Lavania never intended to compete. She certainly never expected to catch the attention of Hollow's most unattainable man. Or his younger brother. When palace politics tighten their grip and long-buried truths begin to surface, Lavania discovers that falling for the wrong brother may be the least dangerous mistake she can make. Some love stories begin with destiny. Theirs begins with a royal decree. ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧✧❁❁✧✿✿✧

Adrasteia 'Teia' Cloto arrives in Naples believing all she needs is a vacation. And to finish her master's thesis on an expedited schedule. What Teia doesn't need is for four matchmaking retirees to arrange a blind date before she's even unpacked. Then, she meets Alden Colle. Worldly, charming, and mildly infuriating, Alden is a serious writer with a slight obsession with Greek mythology. One date turns into two, then three... They sail the Neapolitan coastline, wander ancient ruins, and fall into a connection Teia has no sensible way to explain. Around Alden, Naples feels oddly familiar. Hidden frescoes come alive. Mirrors show glimpses of another reality. And when he speaks of Theseus, Alden's sadness feels a little too personal. On their final night, Alden makes her a promise: Naxos. Two years. Five years later, Teia has a successful career, a dependable fiancé, and no intention of dwelling on Alden Colle again, especially when her ancient dating history suggests men like him rarely keep their promises. But when Teia returns to Italy, the past begins tugging at threads she thought she had severed, and Alden is waiting at the other end. Now Teia must decide whether to protect the sensible life she has built or risk everything for a love story Fate has been retelling for thousands of years. *** Water and Sand is a contemporary love story that reimagines the myth of Theseus and Ariadne, where love is a labyrinth and friendship feels like the safest way out. #Wattys2026

June Monroe had everything. A last name, a trust fund, a mansion. And no one who actually loved her. Orphaned at 16, raised by an uncle who only saw her as a bank balance, she learned to survive alone - with her sketchbook and midnight paintings. Until the night she bumped into a stranger in Central Park. Tall. Handsome. Golden dark brown eyes. Rude. "Are you blind?" she snapped. "You called me blind," he shot back. She thought she'd never see him again. She was wrong. At 2:17 AM, he came to take her. Hired by her own uncle. *Asher.* 24. Broken, broke, and dangerous to everyone but her. He was supposed to make her disappear. Instead, he made her soup. Remembered how she liked her tea. Sat on the floor when she had nightmares. And fought with her over blankets. Enemies. Kidnapper and kidnapped. But somewhere between the cute fights and the quiet nights, something shifted. It was hate at first bump. Love at first sight. He fell for the girl who just wanted to be seen. She fell for the boy who was the first to truly see her. He was the boy who stole her. But he was also the first person who made her feel safe. In a cabin far from the world, two lonely souls found healing. In each other's arms. _A soft dark romance about enemies to lovers, accidental first meetings, and a love that heals everything it touches._

"You signed the contract, little brat. Now you belong to me." ZAYAN HASHMI is the cold, unyielding CEO of an aerospace empire who never misses a detail and never forgives a threat. ESHAAL FAROOQI is a brilliant luxury jewelry designer with a reckless streak, a deadly secret, and zero fear of the dark. She forced him to the altar. He's going to make sure she never leaves it.

This is not a story about what happens. It's about what almost does. At an Ivy League medical school, Isabelle Laurent is known as the Ice Queen-brilliant, distant, untouchable. No one gets close. No one stays. Alexander Whitmore was never supposed to be different. Charming, privileged, and infamous for never staying longer than a few weeks, he understands desire. What he doesn't understand, until Isabelle, is restraint. She believes he doesn't want her. He knows wanting her openly would destroy everything. So they choose the most dangerous thing instead: friendship. "The most dangerous thing about Alexander Whitmore was not his reputation, nor his charm, nor the power he would one day inherit. It was the fact that he never asked for anything from me, and somehow, without realizing it, I had begun to give him everything that mattered." Slow burn • Dual POV • Consent • Emotional intimacy

a enemies to lovers story . She fell first he fell harder Middle school crush Tropes ~♥~♡~♥~ Grumpy x sunshine Extrovert x Introvert Topper x Backbencher but topper Confused x Romantic Cheerful x Broken Calls him jaiswal car corner x calls her tiwari sweets Fight like a married couple He is the moon to her dark night. She is his sunshine on a cloudy day.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝗛𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭. 𝘏𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈. 𝘏𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝑯𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 • 𝑩𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔 🖤 • 𝑶𝒏𝒆-𝑺𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒅 • 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝑨𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 • 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒚 • 𝑯𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒓, 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝑲𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑾𝒉𝒚

My mind was taken from me. I was used to kill. I don't know how many I killed nor do I want to. All I know is I'm a walking miracle. My chip was removed and I woke up. Now, I'm ready to fight. ~~~ Phantom has seized control of Haven. By hacking the micro chips implanted in nearly every citizen, the terrorist group stripped humanity of its free will. Those under their strings are called the Taken. Raven was one of them. When Raven awakens with her chip removed, she meets Firewall Sector Seven, a band of dangerous yet hilarious operatives waging a desperate war against Phantom. Leading them is Logan, the elusive hacker who saved her life. Calm, unreadable, and impossibly skilled, he conceals his identity and emotions behind an impenetrable mask. As Logan becomes Raven's mentor and protector, an unexplainable attraction grows between them. Yet every glimpse beneath his composed exterior reveals a young man burdened by secrets he cannot afford to share. As Raven pieces together her fractured past, she is forced to confront a devastating truth: her memories cannot be trusted. With Phantom closing in, she must decide whether to accept the life written for her, or fight to reclaim the one that was stolen. Expect: A mysterious romance filled with tension. Comedic, multifaceted side characters with unforgettable POVs. Explosive action, mind blowing twists, and cinematic fight scenes. Rated M for graphic violence, suicide, strong language, and sexual abuse (non-graphic).

Zachary has never received personal mail. The closest he's come was sifting through ads addressed to Mrs. Frida, the awful owner of the orphanage he and his sister Imelda are confined to. But their world is turned around when a mysterious letter is delivered to Zachary and 7 select others across the globe. The more they follow there limited leads, the more letter recipients they encounter, the more questions that bubble up into their minds. Can the end goal of this death trap outweigh the constant danger they face? And better yet- who's behind it all?