Multicultural Stories

A heartbroken fashion designer escapes to Tokyo to be an assistant on a movie set, only to get caught up in an illicit, whirlwind romance with the lead actor. ***** After discovering her fiance is cheating on her, heiress and fashion designer Lily Porter is whisked away to Tokyo to help a production company adapt one of her great-aunt's novels. She isn't thrilled about lying about being her aunt's assistant until it throws her into the path of the movie's lead actor, who is enough of a distraction to keep her mind off her ex for good. But can there really be a future for them when their relationship is built on lies, false identities, and a secret engagement? [[Wattys' Longlisted]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

[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]]

After discovering she's a descendant of Hades, Avery must find a way to escape those hunting her and ultimately choose between her two opposing soulmates. ***** Once Avery Stavros kissed her best friend's older brother Vladimir, she knew there was no turning back. But as the only living Stavros left, she needs to make a careful decision between him and Adrian despite being able to read both of their minds - something that should only be possible between her and her one soulmate. Love or life? Which one is more important? Loving someone or saving your own life? When the Greek gods and goddesses start meddling with the life of humans, everything's doomed to crash and burn. What will Avery do to protect the one - or ones - she loves? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]] [[ Wattpad Picks: Saturn Needs Sequels]] [[ Paid Stories 2018-2022]]

Ellis had spent her whole life training for one dream, go to Nationals for figure skating. That was until one illness knocks her off her feet and made Ellis figure out what she was truly missing in life. She will learn that there is more to love then just ice skating.

Anaya Shah arrives at a luxury wedding resort expecting exactly one thing: to marry the man she's been engaged to for two years. Forty-five days. That's all that's left until the wedding. The plan is simple. Smile for the photos. Survive the endless family chaos. Ignore her cousins. And definitely don't get involved with the loud Italian family arriving for another wedding at the same resort. Unfortunately, the Italian family comes with Alessandro Moretti. Charming. Annoying. Impossible to avoid. Between dance rehearsals, family dinners, sightseeing trips, stolen conversations, and a golden retriever named Bruno who refuses to respect personal boundaries, Anaya finds herself looking forward to the one person she was never supposed to meet. The problem? Alessandro is engaged too. With both weddings getting closer and their families becoming impossibly intertwined, Anaya and Alessandro must decide whether love is enough to change a future they've already promised to someone else. Or if some people are meant to arrive at the wrong time. A story about family chaos, impossible timing, accidental love, and a dog who steals food from absolutely everyone.

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"Three broken lives. One forbidden string of fate." Ji-noo thought leaving Seoul for an elite university in China would be a fresh start. He was wrong. Soon, he finds himself dangerously tangled between two people who rule the campus: 🖤 Ren - The billionaire's son with a cold heart and a fierce, suffocating obsession. 🩰 Mei - The breathtaking ballerina hiding a tragic, dark secret. In a high-stakes world of secrets, heavy jealousy, and intense desire, an accidental kiss inside a dark biophysics lab shatters all the rules. Now, the threads of love and loyalty are pulled too tight. And in this ultimate love triangle... someone will have to bleed. 📌 A multicultural K-Drama style dark romance filled with heavy angst, dangerous chemistry, and toxic secrets.

Five years ago, Hitesh traded the golden sunsets of Newport Beach for a suitcase and a dream, leaving behind a shattered heart and a strained relationship with his mother. Now, the beautiful game is calling him home. Hitesh is about to sign his first professional contract with Newport Blaze, and while the stadium lights are bright, the ghosts of his past are a little brighter. This isn't just about the 90 minutes on the pitch; it's about the life he left in the midfield. The playbook for a new beginning was set in motion. Every sprint and every goal for the Newport Blaze is a step closer to his ultimate north star, playing under the lights at Anfield for Liverpool FC. On the home front, with no more oceans between them, Hitesh is ready to sub back into his mother's life, trading long-distance static for Sunday dinners and much-needed healing. And returning to Newport Beach makes one thing clear, it's only a matter of time before he crosses paths with the girl who once broke his heart. So will it be a red card moment, or the start of a legendary comeback? With a whistle in his ear and the Southern California breeze at his back, Hitesh is realizing that sometimes you have to return to where you started to finally move forward. It's going to be a season of high stakes, beachside banter, and the kind of goals that happen off the scoreboard.

It's been 500 years since the last tsunami. The next one is 300 years overdue. No way it's my fault, right?

The story continues as the mysterious warden of Zig-Zig is eventually informed about Herschel's escape. Against every principle of his precious Dalmicir school, Lyeasrakardsul submits and asks the Knomes for help before finally receiving the dreaded p-wyrd. Herschel is arrested as a chicken thief and brought to the town Stagna where he has been prejudged as a p-e-r-v-e-r-t by popular opinion, and where he will have some of the most significant encounters in his life.

This is part II of The Burning of Sana Lightbourne. As Sana and Rhyel's relationship continues to bloom and her gifts awaken, they realise the darkness coming for her and the realm isn't what it seems. There are more secrets that lie in the mysterious lands of the beyond. The perceived enemy in the east may just become Sana and Rhyel's ally and the wraiths eager to consume Sana's soul might be the key to unlocking her transformation. Confusion and deception abound in Sana's rising, but one truth remains: The love blossoming between Sana and Rhyel could burn brighter than the stars and be the light that saves the realm from the darkness and destruction threatening to devour it. So long as they trust in each other and believe in the flame burning between them.

Thandie waits for a husband who vanishes on a business trip. As if an eggshell in her life's batter wasn't enough, she's served divorce papers, only to discover the trip masked a secret wedding in Lagos. With four children and a looming mortgage, Thandie reluctantly takes a second job. Life couldn't be sour until Thandie's sister enrolls her on Oppo, an app that only matches opposites without her consent. Of all possible matches, Oppo pairs Thandie with Callum, a local bakery owner. For Thandie, their connection feels like a glitch, but for Callum, secretly smitten with Thandie, it's a gift. Can the man who crafts sweet confections tempt the woman whose heart has forgotten desire? Let's see if they discover the perfect recipe. WARNING This story does not contain: - Mil/Billionaires - Fast cars - Hidden Prince - Sexy muscled whatever Characters are 30+ years old.

Part 2 in the Chronos Divisa series For the last seven years, D exists in a quiet but heavier reality-one shaped by absence, consequence, and a future she does not fully trust. A vision disrupts that stillness, revealing a path that demands intervention: Gojo Satoru, Nanami Kento, and Geto Suguru all lie at the center of an outcome she cannot allow to unfold as seen. Returning to Japan forces D to confront what she left behind-and what still lingers between her and Satoru. As missions escalate and old wounds reopen, their relationship begins to shift into something unfamiliar: not what it was, but not yet defined by what it could become. Meanwhile, the boundaries between curses, humans, and ideology begin to blur in ways that hint at a far greater unraveling. All original JJK characters belong to the author Gege Akutami.

BOOK 1: Haunted by her mom's comatose state, Sasha has nightmares of losing her. Two years ago, her mother almost lost her life in a fatal car accident. By the grace of God, her Grandma Chioma claims, she survived. That doesn't end what the mother left behind, putting weight on the family's shoulders. With those two years making Sasha bitter, it worsens, bearing the burden of her strained relationship with her older half-sister, Layla-the rising pop star. As Sasha enters college to leave her family drama behind, Layla comes thrusting back into her life. With the peaceful life Sasha once knew, it vanishes from the crippling secrets around her newfound city, Haven's Gate, and the disappearance of Layla Vardalos. Now, Sasha must unlock clues about the missing people's disappearances and step into questioning the supernatural. SASHA OF HALOS explores a Black mixed heroine thrown into this spiritual warfare who may have her answers. The faithless heroine is no saint like Joan of Arc; however, wrestling with the things unseen now becomes more real to her through these supernatural encounters. Sasha will bear the weight of becoming the Knight of Halos-defender of man and judge of evildoers. She must fight alongside her guardian angel in this impending war against unforeseen forces that lie in Haven's Gate. The question is-will she accept her true calling?

This book is a love story wrapped in danger, identity, and legacy. It isn't just about Parker and Carrington-it's about what happens when two people with radically different pasts collide: • Parker: The polished, brilliant surgeon who tries to balance his family legacy, personal morality, and his dangerous supernatural research. He's a man who appears to have everything but secretly has no control over his own life because of his father's strings and the threats circling his work. • Carrington: A mercenary forged by trauma, forced to grow up too fast, taught to kill before she ever learned how to live. She embodies both sharp edges and raw innocence-her journey is about reclaiming the humanity she was robbed of. Together, they're opposites that make sense. He teaches her gentleness, trust, and love. She teaches him strength, resilience, and the will to fight for himself.

Ray and Aaron get stood up by their dates. They end up talking at the bar and realize being ditched is the best thing that ever happened to them. They meet two nights in a row and promise to see each other the third night, but Ray doesn't show up. Aaron doesn't understand and can't find her. All her social media accounts disappear within a day. The man can't imagine Ray had an accident that night and supposes she stood him up. When Ray meets a mysterious woman named Hilary, who claims to have particular abilities, she faces a choice that could change the course of her life. EXTENDED SUMMARY INSIDE

Zoe likes Kaito. Kaito likes Zoe. Summer has arrived in Japan, and so have Zoe's friends from home. Now, Kaito is stuck trying to pretend that being around Seth isn't driving him crazy. Little does he know, Zoe and her friends are cooking up a plan to bring the two of them closer. Will their scheme work, or will the complications of emotions and past relationships prove too much to handle? BOOK TWO of the TOKYO SERIES Started: October 30, 2022 Ended: December 25, 2022 Revisions: May 15, 2026 - present

In the neon-colored capital planet of Chigu, Karel enters the school believing she has to prove the worthiness of humans to the empire as a whole. However, just as we all think of ourselves as the "main character" of the universe, Karel is not the only new student dealing with this life changing transition. She is joined by Francis, a tall lanky alien dealing with the pressures of living up to his culture's high expectations for him. Also, Nichol, an artful and highly intelligent alien girl whose innate scientific skills fit well with her family's expectations, but conflict with her own personal aspirations. Finally, there is Kenny, the handsome athletic type alien whose flirty and confident exterior is hiding the dread he feels over the role he plays in his culture's competitive examination systems. Oh, and there is a space dog named... Space Dog. He was named by a bunch of 14 year-olds on their first day of school, so not too surprising. I heard one class named theirs "Pupper-nickle." While initially having very little in common, all four must band together to form a detective and mystery club in order to solve the case of Principal Hobbs' attempted assassination. Along the way, they learn how to deal with their own feelings of anxiety about their roles in society, relate to other cultures, understand the international relations of different peoples and civilizations, find love, and try to turn in their report on Earth history on time. Yes, even with an investigation going on, they still have homework to do. They are not raising slackers at this galactic imperial military high school, I will have you know.

When a cursed bangle binds Sea Drifter Ninnette to a dangerous demon, she only has three days to break the curse before it claims her life. °:•.🪸.•:° Ninnette is a Sea Drifter with the power to command water, dredging shipwrecks, and salvaging lost treasure. When she braves a sunken ship no one else dares to dive, she finds a strange clockwork bangle that binds her to an ancient curse and to the infuriating Kazi, a demon who leaves destruction wherever he goes. The moment the bangle is activated, they are hunted by a secret order led by a relentless Priestess who believes the armlet is a key to something far greater than treasure. But the true danger isn't the order. It isn't the demon Kazi. It's the curse. When Ninnette puts on the bangle, a countdown begins. If she doesn't break the curse in three days, she will die like every wearer before her. °:•.🪸.•:° She commands the sea. He is a demon who has lived for centuries. They are both bound by a curse. Only three days to survive. °:•.🪸.•:° Set in a Maritime Steampunk world, and inspired by Filipino cultures, from Spanish influence to the seafaring Sama-Bajau. This story weaves dangerous magic, high stakes, and heart-aching romance. °:•.🪸.•:° ONC 2025 Honorable Mention Round 1 Winner Round 2 Ambassador Pick Round 3 Ambassador Pick °:•.🪸.•:° Romantasy High Fantasy Fantasy Adventure SciFi Steampunk Fantasci Young Adult

Death. Corruption. And one day, Revenge. When Lilith's mother died, her abilities awakened. Unfortunately, you can't heal someone that's already died, and even wounds of the heart and mind take time and patience. Regardless, Lilith - persistent and undeterred by setbacks - will see the end of this tragedy, even if it comes at the cost of her own life. Soon, before she has yet to move on, she and her friends, Rio and Eros, learn of a corrupted plot to rid the country of "Fugitives," but the scheme goes far beyond the effects of The Great War. Now, fueled by a burning wrath of hatred and guilt, Lilith seeks revenge. But how does one save a country without political power or knowledge? And how does one heal the ragged scars left on the heart? In this young adult, low-fantasy novel, follow Lilith as she and her friends learn what it means to trust, to love, and to forgive. ~~~~~ Author's Note: After 10 years, here we are! Please read any TWs as available. This is a YA novel, but should be read at your own discretion and may not be suitable for all readers. All works are my own. No Ai has been used. Please do not copyright or solicit. Also follow me on: TikTok @ ellis.masters Pinterest @ EllisMasters Ream Stories @ https://reamstories.com/ellis_writes