Charleston Stories

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, Paige Delaney, the heiress of her father's real estate company, lives in a world where everything is controlled and strategic. When she wants a chance with JJ Maybank but knows her family would never approve, Rafe Cameron, entangled in his own father's business dealings, offers a deal. They fake date so she can move more freely in her personal life, and in return she helps him gain access and influence through her family's real estate connections. What starts as a clean arrangement quickly blurs. In public, they play the part perfectly, but in private, the lines begin to shift as they start noticing each other in ways that don't fit the agreement. Like something quiet building under the surface, they both feel it changing, but neither of them admits it out loud because breaking the deal would mean facing what they've been trying to ignore. RAFE CAMERON X ORIGINAL CHARACTER ➸ traditional ➸ lowercase intended ⊱ 06.03.2026 - 00.00.2026 ⊰ - 2026 @THECLARADIARIES

The birds will still sing, your folks will still fight.

Love is indeed a strong feeling and would be the strongest thing if it could be seen. A big relation exist between and different things, we mistake those things for love, so people complain they don't find true love when infact they haven't been loved from the start.

At twenty-one, Cassandra never imagined she would be living in a small town surrounded by ranches and cowboys. But it is an escape for her. A chance for her to have a new start at life. Things slowly go back to normal for her, despite being plagued by her nightmares and her past and she even starts to fall for a sexy rancher named Jamie. But what happens when her past comes back to haunt her?

A short memoir of a missed milestone in my life. Graduating from college is a big deal, but it's hard to celebrate when the entire country is shut down. Find out where I go to celebrate in this 500-word entry. I am entering this story into the #MissedMilestones writing contest. Enjoy!

Connie and Flo have a dance act. All they want is the chance to make it as entertainers. But when Britain is threatened, and His Majesty's Government is asking, it's so hard to say no.

(This is book 2 of the Purple Chronicles, Book 1 is the Purple Children. If you haven't read it please read it before reading the description, it contains spoilers to book 1) Lavander knows she's not normal, she can move things with her mind, she can make a pencil her weapon, she can even turn a person inside out if they tempt her. Her mission caused her to lose her brother Bryce and she slowly loses hope on finding him again. Will they ever be reunited? Enzo knows he's not normal, he can run faster than anyone else, at lightning speed that is. The death of her love, Nancy, causes him to take an oath of avenging for her. He now becomes thirsty for war and will stop at nothing to get on his way. Will he ever get what he wants? Devin knows he's not normal, he can lift a truck with just one hand. His skin is bullet proof causing him to be nearly invincible and yet he was a wimp for not telling Lavander what he truly feels, he struggles to see the growing secret love between Lavander and Enzo. Will he ever get his way? Athena knows she's not normal, she could morph into every animal possibly known to man in just a blink of an eye and yet she keeps a secret that she could never tell anyone else. Will the Purple Children figure it out. Trevor knows he's not normal, he could easily turn your fears into reality causing you to have a slow painful death and yet he's gone completely mad from his year of his imprisonment. Could he be useful or his mental illness jeopardize the whole mission?

Sent on a job to kill a target, a pretty little mercenary girl visits the coronation of soon-to-be C.E.O of Charleston Cooperations, Ashton Charleston. But what happens when things start to contradict what her employer explained about this guy? Will she fail the mission? Or will she follow through with a mistake that could haunt her for the rest of her life?

With her parents gone, Hannah Mueller must stay strong for what's left of her family in the wake of a War so great, it divided a country. Running by night to a new city, the Mueller siblings find themselves slotted into a new world, full of rules and social status. But Hannah discovers more than etiquette as she walks a tight rope between the man she loves and the battles that threaten to take him away.

Sometimes we hold ourselves back. We tell ourselves we're fine, when the reality is we're just barely getting by. We're living in a world of grey, when color is within our reach. We can be our own worst enemy by holding onto our past and letting it define us, instead of letting it go, and redefining who we are... changing the narrative. In the darkest places there is hope, beauty can rise from ashes. Gia, fresh out of college, is stuck in that cycle, but a one year internship in NYC sets this southerner up for an adventure that holds the key to letting go of her past... if she'll open herself up and take the chance. Her adventure is filled with the highs and lows of life... friendship, love, hurt, betrayal. How will those around her be affected by her life choices, and how will their lives intersect Gia's to determine her future? #christiancommunity

One Year Since Charleston. Aint Shit Changed.

In the winter of 1804, fourteen-year-old Eliza Huger seeks solace in the woods, where she encounters a mysterious woman whose kind eyes offer comfort amidst her family's grief. Four years later, the pressures of her family's expectations and an unwanted engagement weigh heavily on her spirit, fueling her yearning for freedom. When her beloved Babitha returns with urgent news, Eliza sees a glimmer of escape. Guided by Babitha and joined by Thomas-a young man with ties to Babitha's past-Eliza's journey from Charleston to New Orleans becomes a test of courage and self-discovery.

In the wake of her father's sudden death, Parker Izumi's life is uprooted when her mom makes the executive decision to move their family down to Charleston. With promises of a much-needed fresh start, Parker is thrown into the highbrow society of the Southern elite before she even has time to unpack. Now, she has to spend the summer before her junior year attending country clubs and extravagant parties, neither of which she's accustomed to or cares for. Having grown up just barely scraping by, 17-year-old Chase Brooks lives his life with reckless abandonment alongside his close-knit group of friends. Unlike those on the other side of the river yucking it up with their yachts and their McMansions, Chase has nothing to lose and spends his days wild and carefree without fear of what could happen. That is, until he meets Parker and discovers the one thing he's terrified to live without: love. Together, Parker and Chase dive headfirst into their whirlwind romance. But seeing as they come from different worlds, the odds are stacked against them in more ways than one. Through the ups and downs of their journey, they learn to navigate the delicate pitfalls of falling in love in the face of a society hellbent on keeping them apart.

Anna has been abducted and pressed into the service of a psychotic man driven by a vision; recreating Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" in the form of an Opera. Set apart by Creighton Greyard's incessant demands of training and schooling in attempts to mold her into his perfected Annabel; she struggles to connect to herself and others. Solace is found in the unlikeliest of places, Lucan Greyard, Creighton's only son. Her carefully crafted illusion of normalcy is shattered by the machinations of Seraph, the jealous chorus girl who believes Anna's place in Lucan's and the troupe's life belongs to her. Anna runs- straight into shadowed memories of past. Recognized by a barely remembered friend, she accepts the offer of home, work, and safety. As time passes, Anna throws herself into discovering pursuits that were never allowed in Creighton's home. She lets herself relax and becomes integrated in the lives of her former friend and her sister. Her hard-worn peace is shattered with the reappearance of Lucan, a precursor to the arrival of Creighton and his troupe. Anna has to merge the two parts of her life back into one without being swallowed by one or the other.