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Saanjh | ✓ by auronautic
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[Formerly known as 'Trinkets'] Mahika and Amoli can't stand each other, but that's not the only thing they have in common. Mahika treats Amoli like she's childish. Amoli thinks Mahika is a stuck-up prude. But Mahika's best friend and Amoli's brother are getting married, so they can't ignore each other forever. If that wasn't the case, they wouldn't even acknowledge each other's existence. Right? Wrong. What meets the eye isn't all there is, is it? Throw a big fat Indian wedding, some alcohol, and a dimly lit hotel room together, and you'll find out, too. Because Mahika and Amoli certainly do.
All That and a Bag of Chips by rhymeswithfry
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🏆 Watty Award Winner (2022) This updated edition includes revised chapters and new scenes. Trans guy Collin makes a bet with his coworker that he can land a date with the hot new barista across the street. It should be easy. Except the more time he spends with her, the more the bet starts to feel like the worst idea he's ever had. ### It's 2003 in Santa Cruz, and 21-year-old Collin thought transitioning would be the hard part. But now that he's on hormones and passing with ease, he's still stuck wondering who he is and where he belongs. It doesn't help that his girlfriend of six years just dumped him. So when his coworker challenges him to prove he's still got game, Collin agrees to a stupid bet: get a date with Heather, the cute new barista who just started working at the café across the street. With some unexpected help from his roommate Sam, getting close to her might be easier than Collin expected. But what starts as a harmless distraction quickly turns into something real. And when the truth behind the bet finally comes out, Collin will have to decide whether risking his heart again is worth it... or if he's about to lose the best thing that's happened to him since the breakup. A nostalgic beach-town rom-com about bets, baristas, and what happens when pretending turns into something real. ☕ Tropes: friends-to-lovers vibes, a very bad bet, coffee shop flirting, early-2000s nostalgia, and learning who you are while falling in love. NEW CHAPTERS EVERY TUESAY & FRIDAY
Ned Gets Stood Up by ASMorrow
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Ned and Sam won't talk about their first kiss. But when Ned gets stood up on a date and tries to prove his worth by stealing a famous local relic, Sam has to step in, forcing them both to uncover family secrets that could make or break their relationship for good. # It's been three years since Ned and Sam had their first kiss-three whole years that they've been ignoring it and continuing on as best friends. The day before Christmas Eve, they both find themselves going on separate dates. But Ned getting stood up sends him on a wild adventure as he struggles to prove his worth, unearthing family secrets along the way that both separate and bind the boys together. Ned and Sam's story proves that one night really can change everything. But will their friendship grow stronger, or will these secrets put a fracture in their bond that they can't repair? # If you like stories about second chances at love, lawn gnomes, and the sacred art of running scared, you'll love Ned Gets Stood Up, a gay teen romance with a fun cast of lovable characters. Think Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist meets Love Actually. 💕Childhood friends to lover 🤣 Romantic Comedy 🔥 An Epic Quest 🌈 Be gay do crimes
The Forged Vows  by HJPATIGDAS
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Just as you're about to introduce your fiancé to your parents at a café, everything changes. You find a mysterious envelope with a note from your fiancé - breaking off the engagement without warning. You're left confused and heartbroken. Your parents are excited and ready for the engagement ceremony, and you don't have the heart to tell them the truth. Then, out of nowhere, a voice speaks, "Sorry to keep you waiting..." It's one of the men you just met... and he suddenly pretends to be your fiancé. Surprised and unsure, you listen as he explains his plan. With nowhere else to turn, you agree to go along with the fake engagement. What starts as a lie becomes a journey full of unexpected moments. As you spend more time together, pretending to be a couple, you slowly get to know the real him-his past, his reasons, and his hidden kindness. You begin to feel something real growing between you. There are moments of laughter, closeness, and heartache. The line between pretending and real feelings starts to blur. Is this all just part of the act... or is love starting to bloom? In the end, you must make a choice... Will you keep pretending for your family's sake, or follow your heart and find your own happiness?
Love in his Lie by sylviaNgould
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What happens when your casual crush accidentally turns into your fiancé...without you even knowing? When shy but ambitious baker Dani Joyce accepts her longtime crush Justin's marriage proposal on a drunken night out, she soon discovers that his overbearing family not only knows about their "engagement," but is determined to make it happen against any and all odds. The problem? Justin has a handsome older brother, Wes. And he's really Dani's type. With the fake marriage getting closer, and her feelings for Wes getting stronger, Dani has to decide whether to keep up the ruse for Justin's sake or choose her own destiny-because when your career and heart are on the line, sometimes a gal's gotta fight for herself.
Love Contractually by i_am_ifeee
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A heartbroken baker and a widowed billionaire strike a deal: a two-month relationship that either ends in marriage or separation. But as their practical arrangement begins to feel all too real, buried secrets and past trauma resurface, forcing them to decide if love is worth the risk. Season 1 of Love Contractually *** Melanie Lane, a struggling bakery owner disillusioned by love, finds an unexpected ally in Christian Dugray, a charismatic COO facing familial pressure to marry. Their practical marriage agreement, designed to satisfy their families and solve personal dilemmas, soon blurs into deeper. As Melanie settles into Christian's world, she starts to question her growing feelings for him and his unresolved past. Will their fake romance withstand the test of real feelings, and can they find a way to turn their agreement into something truly lasting?
Keeping the CEO's Secret by llmusicsmyreligionll
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Season 1 of Keeping the CEO's Secret When Millie joined Moore Industries, she had hoped to never deal with the CEO directly. She met the infuriatingly attractive womanizer Callum Moore once before and that was enough for her. She definitely didn't expect him to remember her or to have a vague memory of that night. Just like she didn't expect to walk in on the newly-engaged man having a tryst with someone who was not his fiancée. Now, Millie's piqued Callum's interest in more ways than one. But as she is dragged deeper into his life and that of his fiancée, Freya, Millie discovers that not everything is as the media portrays it or as Callum's dictatorial father decrees. Millie's finds her career, her family, and her heart all on the line as she attempts to keep the CEO's secret...
Must Date The PLAYBOY! (PUBLISHED) by notjustarandomgirl
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Must Date the Playboy is officially a drama series on MeWatch! - When Victoria 'Tori' Peige found out that Zachary Anderson was the reason for all of her bestfriend's past break-ups, she knew she had to step in and make a move. Even if it was against her will, Ms. goody-goody asked Zach to be her boyfriend. Little did Tori know that Zach only agreed because he wanted to use her in order to get to her bestfriend. But what would happen when the relationship that started out with lies and deceit turn into something...real?
Write In My Heart by ChicagoDreams
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Asa Hill is in love Johnathan Banks, and has been for a long time. From taking baths together as kids to being on the same wrestling team in high school, Johnathan Banks has always been the center of Asa's life. But Johnathan hasn't known that, of course. But as the boys continue getting closer, Asa finds it harder and harder to keep his forbidden feelings for Johnathan a secret and spirals into a dark depression. Set in the 1990s, in this story of heartbreak, realization, and patience, will Asa risk it all and confess his feelings to Johnathan, or will he force himself to be content with the title of "best friend"? content warning: homophobia, mentions of self harm and suicidal thoughts, and depression *** This book is the final book of the "In My Heart" series but can be read as a stand alone.
Making Him Mine by SLFLET01
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Leah Colmes isn't very happy about moving to Kentucky, in fact she hates it. She left everything she loved back in North Carolina and she wants nothing more than to go back to her friends and boyfriend. Leah is transferred into Greenwood High School and meets Mr. Popular. She discovers he's a player and has the perfect game to play with him. Only it doesn't become a game anymore when she starts feeling things she never felt with her boyfriend. Will she continue playing the game, hoping the feelings will go away or will she admit that she could possibly be the loser?