non-teen fiction
11 stories
True North by Blondeanddangerous
Blondeanddangerous
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Emily found solace in a small mountain town five years ago, though after running into an amnesiac on the side of the road, her old life makes a resurgence. ***** Emily has been hiding from her past for five years in a remote mountain lodge - until the night she nearly runs over an injured man on the side of the road. North has amnesia, and while he recuperates at the lodge, he and Emily can't seem to ignore the growing chemistry between them. There are just two problems: without his memories, North doesn't know who he really is or what he's left behind. And Emily can't risk leaving her safe haven to face the world she's hiding from once his memories return. Content/Triggering Warning: this story contains scenes of sexual and physical abuse, violence, sexual content, and mentions of suicide and mental health. [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]] Cover designed by Lily Taylor
The Substitute Bride by sweetblunch
sweetblunch
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Sicilian heiress Laila Fiorenza is ordered by her strict father to meet the Greek billionaire fiancé of her runaway twin sister in her stead in order to keep the Fiorenza's prestige intact. But can this prim and proper princess truly shoulder this sham of an arrangement as a substitute bride? *** The sweet and lovely Laila Fiorenza was groomed to be a perfect lady by her prestigious and noble Sicilian family. But what happens when she is given a task of a lifetime by her own father--to pretend to be her rebel twin sister and meet Nikos Pallis, the fiancé of the runaway Leila? Can she truly adjust from her sheltered life in the old town in Sicily for bustling New York as a substitute bride? Cover design by Rayne Mariano
From Eden to Armageddon: The Tragedy of the Liberian Civil War by TerryP
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David and Lisa are Peace Corps Volunteers, who can't get along while serving at Holy Cross Mission in Bolahun, Liberia. After she slaps him at Saturday market, they fall in love. But the coming horrific Civil War brings tragedy to them as well.
Twice Loved at Armageddon by TerryP
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In Ancient Roman Palestine, Farah is a slave when Scott comes from the future to rescue her from a dungeon where she's sexually abused. He wins her heart and hand in marriage. When a force sends her to the year 2012, the beautiful genius soon becomes Israel's Head of Archaeology and determines to find Scott, hoping to win his heart again.
A Bus Ride by Nika_Yaya
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Can't Breathe: A Novella by hmmcghee
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A woman loses her daughter to a car accident...and then loses herself in the pain of a mother's heartbreak. Five years later, a man loses his heart to the woman who has so little hope in her own heart. Together they learn to breathe again.
An Impossible Situation by Chordophone
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My life just became a hell of a lot more complicated, as I stood staring on the tiny white stick in my hand. A tiny stick with two red lines clearly visible. I was pregnant. I was pregnant, and I was pregnant with Wills child. Will who just so happened to be gay... and also the man I loved, but knew for obvious reasons that he would never love me back. Not in the full meaning of the word anyway. Any other coherent thoughts in my mind disappeared. The only thought that stuck around long enough for me to perceive was; What the hell was I supposed to do now?
Baggage Claim by Nika_Yaya
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Layla has traveled all over the world as a stewardess, hoping to escape the memories she left behind in her hometown. After an accident on a flight forces her back to Geneva, Layla is forced to face the tragedy and broken family she left behind in the small upstate New York town, and realizes that sometimes emotional baggage just needs to be emptied out.
The Prince in White Loafers by Nika_Yaya
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Nicole's troubles started the night of her 10 year high school reunion. Devastated to find her first love happily married and her life not going as she had planned, she passes out drunk only to be brought home by a man wearing white loafers. Five years later she is forced to return to her hometown to help her family and finds she is not the only one whose life has changed paths. Nicole is determined to rebuild her life and save her childhood home. Through it all she hopes maybe, just maybe she'll find the owner of those white loafers.
Forgetting Charlotte by Nika_Yaya
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When Charlottes fiancé unexpectedly walks out of her life, she struggles to pick up the pieces. While trying to convince her boss to pick her over a new rival for her dream job, and trying to get her ex-fiance's best friend to reveal the secret she can see he's hiding, she faces the most difficult dilemma of all: she's pregnant.