Califorina Stories

What is created when you throw a pretty Caucasian, Korean-speaking redhead into a BTS retreat in northern California in a lone B&B in the woods? Drama with the seven members in the form of love webs that give K-dramas a run for their money! **Book cover courtesy of ChatGPT

***THIS STORY WILL BECOME FREE ON JULY 15t!*** Kelsey Harris, a young chef moving to LA, struggles with work, the glamour of the hollywood scene, and a new romance with mega-celebrity Ethan Glenn. ***** Kelsey Harris is heading to LA to begin her new career as a sous chef, and she's excited to work under a prestigious mentor and feed fabulous celebrities. She also meets Ethan Glenn, a movie star with doubts about his career, on the plane. But when she settles in, she learns that her new job is more intense than she expected, and her roommate is acting strange. When they happen to be on the same movie set, Ethan and Kelsey begin to grow close, though their friendship is immediately put under scrutiny by friends and the media. A romance begins, but the delicate facade of Hollywood is slipping, and Kelsey has to decide if she wants to escape the photographers and screaming fans, or if she wants to be with Ethan and put up with the consequences. [[Wattys 2018 Shortlist]] [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]

"I think that your brother is hotter than you. I'm leaving you" Kate Roberts, a high school student, is always referred as a 'good for nothing', while his twin sister Anna Roberts, is the queen of her class and is currently dating the hottest guy of the school, Brandon Johnson, who is often called the 'prince' of Kerlin County High. He is the best at everything he does. But suddenly, he dumps Anna, know the reason why? Check out the hottest and cutest love story, but it's just a bit different....how exactly? Well, you surely checked the genres. "I'm so fucking fabulous- I pee glitter, shit cupcakes and fart rainbows!!" All I Want Copyright 2018

(STERLING SERIES # 1) - Daphne Dennings thought she could finally tick off "Have sex with a random stranger" on her bucket list. She realized the next morning that it wasn't a one-night stand after all. After meeting that cute guy on the top deck of her cousin's yacht wedding reception at Saint Tropez, Daphne wishes she could meet another guy just like him. Five years later, she bumps into the very same person she hooked up with back at her cousin's wedding. To her surprise, the guy she hooked up with was none other than one of Forbe's most eligible bachelors, Vincent Sterling. And this eligible bachelor wants her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The story launched on the Radish Fiction app - June 29, 2021 - No longer available. This story is only posted on Wattpad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C O N T E N T / T R I G G E R W A R N I N G S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sexual themes Drugs Swearing Suicide Character death Knife Gun Alcohol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Formerly What Vincent Wants. Changed on 06.20.2021 CREDIT: Photo by Asad Photo Maldives from Pexels ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ❤ P O S T E D - 05.24.15 - 11.27.19 #3 (Romance - 10.29.15)

Betrayal is nothing new to the Łabanowski siblings. Neither is abandonment. So when the eldest two disappear on the triplets' tenth birthday, it really shouldn't take them by surprise. Five years later: the remaining eight are all grown up and trying to move on with their lives when, suddenly, it is announced that the family will be reuniting. No one will be welcoming the brothers home with open arms, that's for sure, but when threats become reality and lives are at stake, they will be forced to put aside their differences once and for all. (Previously known as The Lost)

AURELIA ALVAREZ has been best friends with Eddie Diaz since birth. With their mothers being close, Lia and Eddie grew up knowing just about everything about the other, but there was always one thing Eddie didn't know about Lia, and that was that, since the age of fourteen, she's been hopelessly in love with him. But he, at the same age, met another, and years later, when reunited, Lia watched from the sidelines as her best friend married a woman she cares for, but also a woman she's envious of. Even when he became a father at nineteen, Lia's feelings never changed, but she always remained at his side, always remaining his "best friend". She was there when his wife left, when his son was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, when he was in the army, when he struggled to make ends meet, and was even there when he makes a decision to move to Los Angeles. Taking a job at LA County Hospital as a nurse, supporting her best friend in his decision and journey to move, she consequently puts herself in a far worse position, her feelings only growing stronger the more time she spends with him, the more time she takes care of his son, and the more time she gets lost in this idea of hope. After all, he'd never, ever feel the same about her, not when his heart belongs to somebody else. ( eddie diaz x fem!o.c ) ( best friends to lovers ) ( 9-1-1 seasons 2 - ? ) © 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Callie Mae Jefferson; born and raised in Kokomo, Indiana. Until one day her family locks up and moves up to Gary. She ends up becoming the one and only childhood best friend of the one and only Michael Jackson. To the world, he was the King of Pop. He was the most famous man in the world. But to Callie, he was just Michael. He was the boy she grew up down the street from. The only girl whose family was allowed over for dinner, the only girl who captured his heart as they grew up. To Michael, she was the light in his life that motivated him to keep doing one thing. Live. As they grow up, the Jackson family moves to LA to work with Motown, but Michael and Callie always kept in touch. Until one day, she moved to California to see what the world had to offer. Will she be able to compete with the fame that follows Michael wherever he goes? Will she be able to fit right in? Or will it come crashing down on them both, and rip them apart forever, ripping them away from a most special and almost spiritual bond? In an alternate universe where the King of Pop had a long time love. A love he needed. A love he deserved. In this world, she is the muse of some of his most iconic songs, but also she is the one who keeps him grounded. Keeps him happy. Keeps him alive. In this world, no one would ever know what it's like to not have Michael Jackson living in it.

▐ 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 ༝༚༝༚ 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧... 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

After five years away from the spotlight, she's finally back and better than ever. This time as the newest secret celebrity contestant on DWTS. What she doesn't know...is that her ex boyfriend's younger brother, Dylan Efron is also competing. Now she's reunited under the spotlight and when his brother finds out, everything changes. What happens when the past walks back into her life?

Nanditha thought she had buried the past long ago. But when anonymous gifts, unsettling notes, and the feeling of being constantly watched begin disrupting her carefully built life, the last person she expects to meet is Nolan - a cold tech company owner who sees through her far too easily. At the same time, someone from her past slowly starts finding their way back into her life after ten years of silence. Now trapped between old memories, dangerous attraction, and a stalker who seems to know her too well, Nanditha realizes some stories never truly end. Especially the ones tied to: 10 March 2015. ~ read the story to know more 🌟 · · ─ ·✶· ─ · ·· · ─ ·✶· ─ · ·· · ─ ·✶· ─ · ·· · ─ #1 in reluctant (28/6/26) #1 in unresolved past (26/6/26) #1 in echoes of us (22/6/26) #1 in dislike to lovers (01/8/26)

MARLEY MARLEAU has never been dealt the best hand. She's never known her father, and when her mother dies, Marley is left with nowhere to go and no one to turn to...until her uncle, Patrick Marleau, offers her a place to stay in his guesthouse. It sounds like the perfect fresh start. There's just one problem: she isn't the only one living there. WILL SMITH is San Jose's newest and shiniest rookie, fresh out of Boston and determined to make a name for himself in the NHL. The last thing he needs is a roommate-especially one who is sad, stubborn, and completely capable of cockblocking every ounce of fun out of his life. Marley doesn't want a roommate. Will definitely doesn't want Marley. But living under the same roof has a funny way of blurring the lines between annoyance and attraction. And when the one person Will was supposed to stay away from starts becoming the one person he can't stay away from, their little guesthouse arrangement might turn into something neither of them saw coming.

Nel 2007, Rory Jones, all'età di 19 anni vince una borsa di studio per una delle università più prestigiose di tutta l'America: la USC. Rory legherà con molte persone, soprattutto la sua coinquilina di dormitorio, Kate. Per Rory va tutto bene, fino a quando non incontra Neil Donovan, il capitano e quarterback della squadra di football: gli USC Trojans. Neil Donovan è all'apparenza un ragazzo perfetto, solare e irresistibile, ma quando incontra per la prima volta gli occhi espressivi di Rory, Neil rimane incantato. Riusciranno, due persone letteralmente opposte a stare insieme?

Christina is a broke photography student with a crappy car, an even crappier portfolio, and absolutely no idea what she's doing with her life. Then one photograph puts her in the orbit of a famous rock band. Picture this: new friends, backstage passes, bad decisions, and a guitarist she probably shouldn't fall for. **Inspired by a fanfiction I wrote in 2012.**

This story revolves around the worlds of two people: Nora Wilson and Hercules Brown. When they were in primary school, Hercules used to bully Nora. He was her nightmare and she hates him a lot. But at the age of ten, her family moved to a different city, and life slowly returned to normal. Until their worlds collide again. At the University of California, Berkeley, Nora is shocked to see Hercules step out of his Jesko. He's a model now. She's a writer. And the war begins all over again, this time inside the walls of the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies aka TDPS. Because Nora isn't the girl who cries easily anymore. Now, she's ready. Is hate going to melt into love? Get ready for a rivalry love story unlike any other.

Riverside, California, 1988. The Zárates own a boxing gym that used to be an orange packing house, and they live in the house behind it. The Nakamuras moved in a year ago, three blocks away, into a house where things start on time. Teresa is eight. She has two jobs and her own way of counting everything. Taro is nine and he is good at waiting. They meet on a Saturday, at a tournament, over a tab stuck to the wrong belt. Prequel to What Fire Builds. A new chapter every week. It ends on the first page of The Blaze, the first volume, out now at teresaandtaro.com. Spanish version: Dos adentro, cuatro afuera.

Four young adult sisters have lived on Earth their entire lives, while hiding their true identities. They are celestial beings who were born on different planets, they are seen as humans by many alien species when they travel outside of earth. On days off, they go out to explore different planets and galaxies together, but they end up getting into fights with strong creatures, entities and gods alike for the right cause. The sisters live their double life's perfectly. By day they attend San Pedro Community College like normal young women. But several times a week, they attend Aetherion Stellar Academy - an elite interstellar school hidden in between Earth and the Moon, inside a massive, ancient space station disguised. Their lives are far from ordinary. Each sister possesses a different celestial power tied to her origins, allowing them to transform between their human appearances and their true Star Forms. Together, they protect the people and world they have grown up calling home. Beneath the hills of San Pedro lies something far older than they realize: the Stellar Anchor, an ancient celestial force connected to their family and the balance of the universe. When its presence begins attracting dangerous creatures, powerful beings, and enemies from beyond Earth, the sisters are forced to uncover secrets about their origins that their family has kept hidden. Now, balancing college, family, cosmic adventures, and the growing danger surrounding their home, the sisters must learn that being different isn't what makes them powerful. It's what they choose to do with that difference.

« 𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑰'𝒎 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖. » It was the cruel summer of 2020. There wasn't much going on at the moment. Or at least that's what Emma thought up until meeting Bobby-a boy she never expected to meet, let alone fall for. But you know what they say-the heart wants what it wants, and sometimes that involves challenging everything you thought you knew about the world, especially when Emma believes that her world should be golden. She's got goals-Grammy winning kind of goals, that don't involve the kind of complications Bobby brings. And falling for Bobby was never part of the plan. Emma's weekends at her cousins' neighborhood was supposed to be carefree and simple. Not lying to sneak off elsewhere. What starts as something unexpected quickly becomes something she can't ignore... even when the secret slips. Because when feelings get involved, so do opinions, expectations, and the people who aren't afraid to make theirs known. Suddenly, growing up isn't as simple as it seems... especially when you're fifteen. « 𝑰 𝒔𝒏𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅, '𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒂𝒊𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅?' »

Summer, 1979. Fourteen-year-old Matthew "Matty Chain" Gennaro wants respect, a family, and a place to belong. He finds all three in the La Mirada Punks, a street gang fighting for territory in the rapidly changing neighborhoods of Southeast Los Angeles. Over the next five years, Matty rises from a frightened kid carrying a pocketknife to one of the most feared soldiers in the gang. As rival crews, police crackdowns, and the city's exploding punk and metal scenes collide around him, every act of violence pushes him further from the life he once imagined. By the summer of 1984, Los Angeles is preparing to welcome the world for the Olympic Games. The streets are being cleaned up. The police are tightening their grip. Friends are disappearing into graves and prison cells. For the first time in his life, Matty sees a way out. But the streets aren't finished with him yet. Set against the backdrop of gang wars, punk rock, heavy metal, and the changing face of Los Angeles, "La Mirada Blues" is a story about loyalty, violence, friendship, and the price of growing up too fast.

She handles birth certificates by day and serves on her church's ushering team by night, but twenty-five-year-old Hannah Faith Evangelista considers her spiritual and romantic life a lost cause-summarized best as ERROR 404: NOT FOUND. Haunted by past guilt and intimidated by "overly holy" Christians, her strategy is simple: stay under the radar, serve quietly, and keep her messy inner thoughts to herself. Enter Joshua David "Josh" Miller. At thirty-two, the newly arrived principal at Davao Christian High School is methodical, Spirit-led, and patient to a fault. Raised in California and fresh out of ministry school, Josh moves to Davao focused on his new job and local ministry. But behind his steady leadership lies a secret: a stack of letters written to his future wife, penned over sixteen years of intentional waiting. When a chaotic hallway collision at River Praise Community Church brings the quiet usher and the patient principal face-to-face, a natural, unforced slow burn begins. Set against the backdrop of Davao City, Josh and Hannah are steadily drawn into each other's orbits. But before they can build a future together, Hannah must realize God's grace is bigger than her baggage-and Josh must learn that trusting God's timing means waiting for her heart to catch up. A dual-POV, faith-filled romance about healing, surrender, and the redeeming beauty of God's timing.

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