Contemporaryromance Stories

[This story will become free on June 15th 2022] In the sequel to When Best Friends Kiss, Liam is faced with the life Alex has built without him. Can their love survive when they've become so different? ***** Fresh out of university and settled into a new apartment, Liam and Alex are ready to start their life together. While Alex finds passion in journalism and has more friends than he can count, Liam is frustrated with his photography and awkward around Alex's LGBTQ friends. Seeing the life Alex has built without him, and how different they've become, Liam finds his insecurities resurfacing and mental health spiraling downwards. After the time they've spent apart, do Liam and Alex really belong together? Or will their love story end before it starts its next chapter? (Sequel to When Best Friends Kiss.) [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]

Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option. ***** Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her... Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault. [[word count: 50,000-100,000 words]]

Alexander didn't cheat. He just gave someone else his attention, his laughter, and the smiles that used to belong to his wife. And she watched him drift, not to another woman's bed, but to her presence. Her laugh. The way she made him feel seen in a room full of people. Everything he found in someone else - Zara had been giving him all along. Eight years of marriage. One little boy who loved them both. And Zara standing in the middle of it all - wondering when she became the woman he stopped choosing. She warned him. Three times. The first - he dismissed her. The second - he called her jealous. The third - he called her insecure. So she stopped warning him altogether. And stopped waiting. Love wasn't enough... and now it might be too late.

Sidelined 3 is officially in production! Revisit where Dayton and Dallas' story began before the final chapter arrives. Get ready to head back on the field! The Sidelined: QB and Me sequel is coming soon to Tubi. Started here but has taken over the world! Wattpad's First Published book to now a Movie. Watch Sidelined: The QB and Me based on The QB Bad Boy and Me for free only on Tubi. Prepare to catch feelings for your favorite QB Bad Boy story in any format you like. ---- This is Wattpad Books Published version of Original story. The funny, steal your heart breakout story about a cheerleader, a sexy football player, and the chaos of trying not to fall in love.

Jamie Capulet has perfected the art of pretending. Perfect job. Perfect style. Perfect life - at least on Instagram. In reality? He hates oat milk, lies on his résumé, dates the wrong guys, and has no idea who he actually is anymore. Then one turbulent flight changes everything. At 30,000 feet, convinced he's about to die, Jamie spills all his secrets to a stranger sitting next to him. Every. Single. One. Including the part where he just wants one real kiss. What Jamie doesn't expect? The stranger is Blake Sterling. His new boss. The company's dangerously charming, impossibly observant COO. And Blake remembers everything. Now Jamie is stuck between: keeping up the perfect act... or risking everything by being real. Because Blake doesn't want the version Jamie performs. He wants the chaos. And the more Jamie tries to stay in control, the more everything - and everyone - starts to unravel. What starts at 30,000 feet ends in forever. Ranked #1 in workplaceromance Ranked #1 in bossxemployee Ranked #1 in meetcute Ranked #1 in contemporaryromance

Ethan used to be the awkward boy nobody noticed. Layla loved him before the money, attention, and new crowd changed him. But over the last three months, something feels different. Late nights. Cancelled plans. Quiet lies. And one girl who suddenly seems to be everywhere he is. After a humiliating night forces Layla to question everything, she begins to wonder if the version of Ethan the world admires is slowly replacing the man she fell in love with. And Ethan is left to face a truth he never wanted to admit.

After a heartbreaking past, Savannah Russo is ready for a fresh start. But when her childhood crush, Daniel Carter, returns to Oak Haven with secrets of his own, one summer changes everything. 🌻❤️

Twelve years ago, Aditya Sharma left Nagpur with a dream and a broken heart. He never stopped loving her. He just never found the courage to go back. Now a respected IPS officer in Mumbai, Aditya has built the life he once promised himself. Discipline. Duty. Success. Everything except the one person who still occupies a quiet corner of his heart. Radhyni Krishnan has spent years rebuilding her own life in Bangalore. A successful doctor with scars she rarely speaks about, she has learned to live without the boy who once meant everything. Until fate brings them together again. Twelve years after their story ended without a goodbye, Aditya finds himself standing in the same city as the woman he never forgot. But time changes people. Memories are not always enough. And some wounds don't heal simply because years have passed. As old feelings resurface and long-buried truths come to light, Aditya and Radhyni must decide whether their story belongs in the past-or whether some love stories are worth choosing again. A slow-burn second-chance romance about first love, missed chances, healing, and finding your way back to the person who always felt like home.

The final school bell was supposed to mark the end of everything. For Maya and Ethan, it was only the beginning. What starts as a secret high school crush grows into a love story filled with friendship, heartbreak, dreams, and impossible choices. Through graduation, university life, first jobs, family expectations, and the challenges of adulthood, they discover that growing up is far more complicated than they ever imagined. As years pass and life pulls them in different directions, they must decide whether first love is strong enough to survive distance, ambition, betrayal, and time itself. Some people enter your life for a season. Others become your forever. A heartfelt romance about first love, second chances, and finding your way back to the person who has always felt like home. Because some stories don't end when the final bell rings. They only begin.

Willy has spent years surviving. A competitive figure skater carrying the weight of a diagnosis, endless stigma, and a past relationship that left scars deeper than anyone can see, Willy has learned one thing: people always leave. So he keeps his walls high, his circle small, and his heart locked away. Then Vincent walks into his life. A basketball player with an infuriating smile and a habit of showing up where he isn't wanted, Vin refuses to be pushed away. What starts as an unlikely friendship slowly becomes something neither of them expected a safe place in a world that has never been kind to Willy. But healing isn't easy when the ghosts of the past refuse to stay buried. As Willy struggles to reclaim his life from the shadow of his manipulative ex and the fears he's carried for years, Vin faces a choice of his own: walk away when things get difficult, or stay. A story about stigma, healing, friendship, and the quiet courage it takes to let someone love the parts of you that hurt the most. Sometimes the greatest act of love isn't saving someone. Sometimes it's simply staying.

Some people enter our lives unexpectedly. A random message. A shared bus ride. An inside joke. A friendship that slowly becomes something impossible to imagine life without. For Meera Mehta, college was supposed to be simple. Attend lectures, survive assignments, and avoid unnecessary drama. Then she met Neel. The sarcastic boy with an anime profile picture. The boy who called her "Bauni." The boy who somehow went from being the most annoying person she knew to becoming one of the most important. As memories are made, friendships grow, and feelings begin to change, neither of them realizes that their story may have started long before this lifetime. Because some bonds are stronger than time. Some connections survive centuries. And some souls are destined to find each other again and again. A story about friendship, laughter, chaos, memories, and a red string that connects two souls across every life. The Red String - Connecting Us In Every Life.

Olivia Love thought she finally had her life all figured out: a career she loved, a cosy apartment and a loving fiancé, with their wedding only moments away. Then, she sees the man she never thought she'd see ever again. Someone she'd left in the past and prayed she would eventually be able to forget. Alastair Hart. Olivia Love is forced to question the reality of her feelings when that familiar face from her past makes a reappearance, wreaking havoc on Olivia's simple life - and heart. ⊹₊˚‧︵‿₊୨ᰔ୧₊‿︵‧˚₊⊹ { Ongoing story - post new chapters weekly at a minimum! :) } { Word Count - 9085 }

Adrian let out a low laugh, dragging a hand across his face in disbelief. "Are you sure you want to lose your first time to a notorious player like me?" Lydia rolled her eyes. "I'm choosing you because you're the safest option." One dark brow arched. "That's a bold assumption." "Please." She snorted. "You're completely incapable of falling in love." Adrian chuckled, cocking his head. "The future isn't set in stone, Lyds. Besides, most women find me pretty irresistible." "Lucky for me, I'm not most women." A slow grin spread across his face. "So, what's it going to be? Deal or no deal, Rivera?" He held her gaze for a moment before extending his hand. "It's a deal," he said. "On one condition." Lydia narrowed her eyes. "Which is?" "I call the shots, wife." ________ THE PLAN: Stage a wedding to fulfill Lydia's dying grandmother's final wish. THE RESULT: They're legally married. THE TERMS: Stay married for one year to avoid an immigration fraud investigation, share a Manhattan penthouse, and absolutely do not fall in love. ________ Lydia Watson is sunshine in human form, a cheerful doctor who dreams of doing her residency in America. The last thing she expected was to marry Adrian Rivera, the cold real estate billionaire she grew up with and can't possibly stand. Adrian has spent years keeping everyone at arm's length. Love is a distraction he can't afford, and marriage was the last thing on his mind. But their impulsive arrangement comes with unexpected benefits. Lydia gets her green card, while Adrian gains the respectable family-man image required to secure a multi-billion-dollar business deal. It's simple: one year together in one carefully crafted lie. Well...

Izzy Bennett expected Beaufort Hollow to be the worst summer of her life , until she met Thomas Calloway. As a carefree lake boy and a city girl from completely different worlds fall for each other, they must decide if summer love is worth risking everything for.

Human beings have a habit of longing for things that aren't in their destiny. But what if Fate changes its core? What if the person who was never meant for you is suddenly the only one designated for you? Three lives. Two timelines. One universal plea. It is time for the universe to listen. It is time for the stars to fulfill a promise they broke long ago. Welcome to a journey where nothing is accidental, and everything is Destinated by Fate.

In Grace Pavilion, they don't call it love. They call it divine timing. Eliana calls it a problem. Jedidiah calls it unavoidable. And Sister Deborah calls it a testimony waiting to happen.

Short Stories that happen before or outside of the events of the Across the Stars books

He remembered nothing. Not his name. Not his past. Not even how he ended up bleeding on the side of the road. But somehow, he remembered exactly how to turn Natasha Quinn's life upside down. Natasha Quinn is a young doctor who has finally landed her dream job at Riverside General Hospital. Her future is clear, her goals are within reach, and she has no intention of letting anything distract her-until she finds an injured stranger on her way to work. When he wakes up, he has no memory of who he is. No name. No family. No past. Just a pair of familiar eyes that seem to find comfort in her presence. Taking him in was never part of Natasha's plan. Neither was growing attached to him. As they spend more time together, he slowly breaks down the walls she has spent years building around her heart. A heart shaped by abandonment, disappointment, and the belief that she was never truly loved. For the first time in her life, Natasha begins to wonder if she was wrong. But some memories are meant to stay buried, and some truths have a way of changing everything. What started as one unexpected encounter soon becomes a collision that neither of them saw coming-one that will change their lives forever. Written in Natasha Quinn's POV.

How can someone be this beautiful? The way her red hair curls at the ends, the curve of her lips that makes me forget how to breathe, even the tiny freckles across her nose... it's unfair. ~ Lea's falling into empty connections while her brother's best friend, Pablo, has been silently in love with her for years. Tony's obsessed with Anna, who's already with someone toxic, trying to survive in a new country. Four lives. Scattered love. And choices that will change everything. ~ ⚠️ Content Warning: This story deals with emotional abuse, anxiety, panic attacks, and references to sexual coercion (Emotionally intense, not graphically explicit.) Please take care of yourself while reading.

For Dani Pierce, perfection isn't a choice - it's a survival tactic. But as she navigates a cutthroat publishing world and the mounting bills of her father's illness, she finds her mask slipping - which is when she somehow accidentally summons her past life and now they're tied to one another by a magical silver thread! The last thing she needs is Samwell King. Her new boss is cold, brilliant, and inexplicably drawn to her. He's looking for the girl from the orphanage who read him stories twenty years ago, and he's convinced Dani is the key to his locked-away past... Cover art by Rei Riphaei.