Courtship Stories

serenity: noun ᥫ᭡ the state of being calm and peaceful, finding a quiet sanctuary amidst the heavy chaos

Sebastian stared at Julia's clothing with distaste. This simple cloth on her body was enough to drive him wild with lust. He could feel his control crumbling bit by bit. As he stared at her damp shirt, he couldn't help, but wonder if her breast was secured under that shirt ******************* Julia is wild, eccentric, and entirely unsuitable for polite society. While other ladies spend the season searching for husbands, Julia sneaks into London's notorious gaming hells, chasing excitement instead of propriety. But when pressure to marry becomes impossible to ignore, Julia devises a scandalous plan: if she must wed, it will be to a man who gives her complete freedom. She narrows her choices to two men, the Duke of Wychford and the charming Earl of Tonfield, and fully intends to seduce one of them by hook or by crook. There is only one problem: the infuriating Duke of Hanton, her best friend's older brother, keeps interfering in her plans. And the more he meddles, the more dangerous it becomes for Julia to remember he was never supposed to be part of the game at all.

Two strangers. One decision. A life that begins with a rishta and slowly turns into a bond they never expected. Kartik Goenka and Naira Singhania didn't fall in love They signed a wedding card before writing their love story. No grand confessions. No perfect beginnings. Just two people who said yes to an arranged marriage for all the right and wrong reasons. In the era of situationship they choose commitment, they sharing an apartment, tea cups, arguments, and awkward silences-they begin a quiet journey. This isn't a love-at-first-sight story. This is the story of love that walks in slowly, barefoot, and stays.

Carla Manetti needs a man, but not for love-she needs a decoy. With her cousin's wedding looming, Carla faces the dreaded family interrogation about her single status, and her only escape is a fake date. Her roommate, Rachel, has the perfect solution: Mike, a recently dumped engineer who's surprisingly eager to play along. But Carla's imagination paints a picture of a rumpled, detail-obsessed nerd, a far cry from the charming escort she envisions. As a reluctant lunch meeting approaches, Carla wonders if this desperate plan will save her from her family's prying questions, or if she's about to walk into a romantic disaster of her own making.

In engineering, a foundation must be perfectly calculated to withstand the heaviest loads. In nursing, a single second can be the difference between a steady pulse and a flatline. For Leonell, a brilliant but quiet civil engineering student, life is a series of predictable equations and structured blueprints. For Hazel, a dedicated student nurse, life is a whirlwind of clinical rotations, patient care, and holding the line under pressure. They are two parallel lines moving through the chaotic world of college, family expectations, and their fiercely loyal circle of friends. But when an unexpected crisis tests the absolute limit of their structural tolerance, Leonell and Hazel are forced to face a question no textbook can answer: When the unexpected strikes, is the foundation they've built strong enough to hold them together? --- Note on Cover Art: The base image for the book cover was sourced from Pinterest. It has been edited and modified by the writer to include the title, typography, and additional textual layouts. All credits for the original artwork belong to its respective owner/creator.

Selene, a twenty-six-year-old, grade school teacher is having a blast during her summer break before school starts. As a reader herself, she would lock herself in her room and read books as her escape. However, despite enjoying her life of singleness, she caught the attention of a known bachelor among her peers. Adrian, a twenty-six-year-old junior resident doctor, was fascinated with his sister's friend the moment he laid eyes on her. From then on, he decided to pursue her no matter how long it took.

A Love Stories that learns to trust God and wait on romance till they are ready for commitments.

In the time of the Moon Kingdom, Princess Serenity must choose a spouse. She courts Princess Jupiter, Princess Mars, Princess Venus and Princess Mercury. Who will she choose? Sailor Moon is owned by Naoko Takeuchi - Yuri story with mild adult language and content

Bryakhimov, 1876. Count Gavriil Vorontsov, a young Guards officer visiting a comrade on the Volga, expects nothing from a provincial night at the opera until he sees a girl in a two seasons old gown who watches the stage the way soldiers look at home. Larisa Ogudalova is the most beautiful woman in town, and the poorest. Every man admires her. None of them can afford to. A story about what happens when one of them decides he can. Inspired by the 1984 film "A Cruel Romance" (Жестокий романс) and Ostrovsky's play "Without a Dowry". No canon knowledge required.

HIATUS As the title suggests, I will be writing Mr Ambrose's POV of chapters from the Storm and Silence series. Please feel free to comment what chapter you want written in Mr Ambrose's POV! All the characters and plot belong to the simply amazing and stupendous author, @RobThier

Luna Lupin came from a tumultous childhood filled with secrecy and a family haunted by the stigmatised illness of lycanthropy, thrown into a society that views her older brother, Remus, with suspcion and fear. She's used to being seen as a second option and afterthought. However, when the one person that she fancied, Sirius Black, breaks off the secret arrangement he had with her, Luna decides she's done with it. So it's through a plot of revenge that she finally approaches her Astronomy tutor, Regulus Black, for a fake relationship. Regulus Black, the one who had been born the spare, had been suddenly been thrown into the spotlight when his brother Sirius ran away, leaving him to learn to be the Heir of the House alone. Keen to find a way to hurt his brother, he accepts the most ludicrous plot. But if he is to do it, he's to do it right. Regulus and Luna find themselves swimming in deeper waters than they expected, esnared in a web of lies, secrets and painful truths, but they are not to let go of one another. WARNING: This story may be uncomfortable for some readers, for it includes themes such as DOMESTIC ABUSE, CHILD ABUSE, amongst other heavy subjects that might be triggering. Please, be advised going in. POSTED ONLY ON WATTPAD AND AO3

[Rewriting] Highest rank #1 - heartbroken /8/4/2020 "Mia ..I'm sorry.." Chris said as he took a few steps forward towards her. "Chris ..stop..this ..." Mia said moving further away from him. He was frustrated now with her constant rejection, he didn't know what else to do or say to the woman standing before him. "Please mia...give 'us' a chance ..I .I cant live without you...I love you." He said almost whispering the last part. Mia couldn't believe her ears, Chris loves me..no no this cant be happening..he said he could never love me that way.. Chris noticed her perplexed face and he made use of the opportunity pulling her by the waist to his hard chest. Mia gasped with the surprised contact but she wasn't expecting what happened next either. "..i was so stupid to have not realised my feelings earlier..I'm crazy about you mia ..please let me prove just how much I love you..". He dipped his head as he pressed his lips on hers. Mia and chris were best friends once, having each other's back, doing things together, believing in each other, and everything else but trouble soon arises when that innocent friendly love transforms into something more. He remained clueless while she loved him innocently, secretly suffering from an unreciprocated love for years. She silently prayed for his attention,wishing he would look her way for once but he didnt. Like fate, A passionate drunken night breaks the Ice between them, forcing Chris, an 18year old highschool graduate to skip town in guilt and cowardice breaking Mia's fragile heart in the process. He returns 8 years later, expecting things the way he'd left off but life had a different plan in store for them. Now they would never go back to being best friends but perhaps could they end up becoming more than friends?

Every parent dreams about their daughter getting married to a perfect life partner and finding her happily ever after. We all have heard our parents talking about why marriage is an important part of our life, the right age to get married, and how it completes us as a person. They are surely our well-wishers and want nothing but the best for us. While our parents tell us about all the positive aspects of this relationship, there are some things they leave on us to learn on our own. This book intends to give tips to those who intend to get married, the newly Weds and those who have been married for years and want to rekindle, promote and strengthen the embers of their marriage

Because of Leo's unrequited love, he set a plan in action. Will it work to gain Corrin's heart?

I will upload a chapter a day until I have a good sample up, and then I'll upload the rest once the book is no longer exclusive on Amazon. Eliza Dunmar is about to turn thirty-one and fears her best days are behind her. Soon she'll be too old to attend church in a singles ward, her career as a painter is no longer considered cool, and she feels too old to use the excuse that she's "just starting out" to explain why she still can't pay the bills. The only man interested in her is a scruffy, video game addicted nerd who is the first to admit that they are all wrong for each other. When her beloved Aunt Nora calls from England and begs her to visit, Eliza leaps at the chance. Even better? Nora had the perfect romance with her late husband and is eager to share the tale. As Eliza sets out to immortalize this courtship in a series of paintings, she learns a lesson that will change her outlook on life and love forevermore.

The year is 1888. Secrets begin to unfurl when Frank Forester arrives to court Sarah Lawrence. His idea to stay turns into a need to get her out of town. At each turn, surprises arrive. The trip to the ranch does not go as expected and Jacob Forester also finds things going wrong. He's agreed to ride with the Rangers once again, and ends up meeting Taylor Daniels. She's young, vulnerable, and heading to see her Aunt Bess, who he knows is the owner of the saloon in Clear Creek. Jacob understands she doesn't know, so he offers her work at the ranch. The fact that he finds himself wanting to take care of her creates another problem. If his sister was home, instead of traveling to meet her new husband's family in Oklahoma, things wouldn't be such a mess. Nothing goes as one thinks it should, except for Gregor who seems to always anticipate trouble.

(Current chapters are being rewritten before the book is continued, please bare with me! :) ) Is accidental time travelling possible? Abigail finds herself in the right place at the wrong time. However with the help of friends she starts to settle in, but just when it starts to feel like everything might be okay, questions start to get asked. Will Abigail tell the truth? Or keep on lying? Will she use her knowledge of the future for good? Or will she pretend she knows nothing at all in risk of being caught out or changing the future? How will Abigail get back home? Does she even have a home to go back to? "Some events are set in stone, and there is nothing I can do to change them, no matter how hard I want to."