New-beginning Stories

Molly had a great job, a serious boyfriend, and a quiet life in San Francisco. Then Bruce's stepsister thought it would be hilarious to fill out the internal transfer form on Molly's work laptop while Bruce watched. By the time Molly saw the confirmation email, the visa was already processing. The contract was signed. There was no undoing it. She was moving to London. When she demanded Bruce fix what his sister broke? He asked her to apologize. To Crystal. For being upset. So Molly left a note on his kitchen counter - Good Joke! - and got on the plane.

Nellie Davis has finally shaken free of the life that was slowly shrinking her. Plus-sized, stubbornly kind, and done apologizing for taking up space, she's pouring her heart, savings, and far too much caffeine into a small bakery of her own. The ovens are warm, but business is not, and her hard-won hope is beginning to falter. Then a little girl with a crown of unruly curls and a guarded father step through her door. Their arrival feels oddly fated, their presence disarming. And as they return, again and again, Nellie starts to rediscover pieces of herself she thought she'd lost and stumbles into a story far bigger than the one she set out to write.

A new town. A new school. A completely blank slate. For Gurbaani Kaur Gill, moving to a quiet new town with her mother and younger sister was supposed to be a chance to heal. With the loss of her father still weighing heavily on their hearts, she just wants to keep her head down, support her family, and survive her senior year completely unnoticed. Her plan is simple: be invisible. Enter Rudra Raisinghania. Loud, chaotic, possessive and effortlessly rich, Rudra rules the school corridors. He is everything Gurbaani is trying to avoid-a rowdy troublemaker who thrives on disruption. But when a chance encounter forces them into each other's orbits, her carefully constructed walls begin to crack. Can a girl trying to rebuild her quiet world find comfort in the boy who lives to turn the world upside down? "Cute to hai tu yaar" " I am telling you Rudra mera haath chhodo" " Agar dubaara pakda to mujhse bura koi nahi hoga" What starts as stolen glances and frustrating run-ins slowly turns into something neither of them saw coming. A heartwarming, cute school romance about grief, growth, possession and the beautiful chaos of falling in love. Join their journey.

When Claire and Ethan Bennett realize their marriage is slowly disappearing beneath the weight of deadlines, stress, and the endless noise of New York City, they make a decision that feels both reckless and necessary-they leave everything behind for a trip across Europe. What begins as a desperate attempt to reconnect leads them to an extraordinary discovery: a breathtaking estate hidden among waterfalls, gardens, and rolling hills. The moment they step onto the property, something inside them changes. For the first time in years, they can breathe. When they learn the estate is for sale, an impossible dream begins to take shape. Can they walk away from the lives they've spent years building and start over in a place that feels more like home than anywhere they've ever known? Filled with romance, healing, second chances, family, and the quiet magic of finding your way back to yourself, Our Sanctuary is a heartwarming journey about love, belonging, and creating the life you've always dreamed of.

🌆 Trisha moved to Mumbai to start over. A new job. New people. A chance to become the girl she lost somewhere between heartbreak and healing. ❤️‍🩹 Love was the last thing on her mind. Until a name on a screen began appearing everywhere. ✨ Aayansh. A stranger she'd never met. A man carrying wounds of his own. Yet somehow, a name she couldn't seem to forget. Maybe it was curiosity. Maybe it was coincidence. Or maybe some people enter your story long before they enter your life. But what happens when two people searching for themselves keep finding each other instead? ⏳ When two hearts are still healing, is love enough-or is everything simply a matter of timing? 🤍 A story about healing, finding home, self-love, and becoming the person you're meant to be.

The king is dead and now our hero's move on to the next adventure... Question is how does one move on? Join our four friends in making their way to living a normal life once again. What awaits them? House buying? PROPOSALS!? Jobs? Find out on Beyond the Saturn-Flock now!

Sometimes, hindi mo aakalain ang mga bagay na ibinabato sa'yo ng buhay. Hindi mo man gusto, pero kailangan mong tanggapin. Wala naman sa wala kang choice... pero parang gano'n na rin. Starting a new beginning sounds great, doesn't it? But sometimes, new beginnings come with unfamiliar faces, lonely hallways, and the fear of not knowing where you belong. Maybe this is just another challenge life decided to throw my way. Or maybe... It's where I'll find the friendships I never expected, the memories I never planned, and the person I never thought I'd meet. After all, every game begins with an opening move.

For twenty years, Nicole and Eric believed love could overcome anything-even a fifteen-year age gap. And it did. Until retirement. When Eric retires as Fire Chief at sixty-five, he imagines a future filled with travel, lazy mornings, and time together. The only problem is that Nicole, at fifty, isn't ready to leave behind the career she still loves. What begins as a disagreement about the future soon becomes a question neither of them expected to face: What happens when two people who love each other want different lives? Needing time to think, Nicole moves in with Camille, Eric's fiercely independent sister. Across town, Eric finds himself sharing a house with Will McNeil, Nicole's brother, who has just returned to Canada after twenty years in Australia. As Nicole and Eric struggle to find their way back to each other, old feelings begin to resurface between Camille and Will-a man she never quite forgot and a mistake she has spent two decades trying to ignore. With a marina changing hands, family loyalties tested, and hearts forced to confront the choices they never planned for, two couples discover that love isn't always about following the path you imagined. Sometimes it's about finding the courage to create a new one. "They thought retirement would bring them closer together. Instead, it changed everything." A later-in-life romance about second chances, family, and discovering that the future doesn't always look the way we planned.

Note: This is an imaginary story where the author imagines her own fairytale. Description: Shivyashna Prasad was just a fresh graduate from 2026, trying to find an attachment and start her career in Accounting and Finance. Her life was simple, ordinary, and completely normal-until one strange moment changed everything. After a mysterious incident at her dream company, Sterling & Co. Accountants, Shivi wakes up in an unfamiliar place, inside a body that is not truly hers. The modern world she knew is gone. Instead, she finds herself in a hidden world filled with magic, secrets, ancient traditions, and magical creatures that humans were never meant to know about. Confused and frightened, Shivi must learn how to survive in this strange new life while pretending to be someone she does not know. But as she uncovers the truth about the world she has transmigrated into, she realizes that this world is not just a fairytale. It has secrets. It has danger. And somehow, her arrival may not have been an accident. Come and read how a girl from 2026 navigates a mysterious, magical world, faces unexpected challenges, and discovers a destiny she never imagined.

A cynical HR manager sent to Paris to fire half an office falls for the one employee she absolutely shouldn't: a twenty-two-year-old jazz musician who refuses to behave like an adult. Zelda is having a bad day. Actually, she's been having a string of bad days. After a failed marriage and the loss of a parent, moving to Paris was supposed to be a fresh start. Instead, as the HR manager of a top-tier consulting firm, she's been sent there with one mission: clean up the office. In other words, fire everyone. The last thing she needs is Jake, a twenty-two-year-old intern who seems completely immune to authority, deadlines, and common sense. He thinks she's an obnoxious robot. She thinks he's an infuriating pain in her neck. Unfortunately, they're forced to work together. Even more unfortunately, neither of them is being entirely honest. Set between Parisian cafés, late-night jazz clubs and one very dysfunctional office, How To Let Go is a witty and heartfelt romantic comedy about grief, second chances, and finding love exactly where company policy says you shouldn't. For readers who love Emily Henry, Beth O'Leary and slow-burn workplace romance.

The doctor who spent years trying to outrun the future everyone expected him to want. And the scientist who spent years pretending she was fine and put together. Neither of them planned on the other. They don't realize they're standing in the middle of another story. Some stories end. Some stories wait. And some have a way of finding their way back, dog-eared, with a corner folded like a special page only the author could understand. A story about timing, grief, second chances, and the lives that continue long after we think they've ended.

"You aren't the only one in pain y'know..." "But maybe we can change that..." After years apart, Bernadette (Birdie) Lee and Conan Gray bump back into each other. She's seen him on the news, and he's been worried ever since she disappeared. No note, no call, no social media post. Just gone. Maybe Conan isn't the only one with a past that haunts his family line, and the girl he once sang enviously about wearing a polyester sweater isn't in the picture anymore. Maybe their past in high school is just that... in the past. I did screw with the timeline a bit just bare with me sorryyyyyyyy *I do not own the right to any characters besides my OCs*

Whispers by the Coast In the mist-shrouded, rain-kissed streets of Seattle, where the ocean meets evergreen forests and fog softens every edge, lives Elara Carter-a young artist struggling to find her spark. Though she was born and raised here, the city she loves has begun to feel distant and unfamiliar; her sketches feel flat, her inspiration has dried up, and she feels trapped in a quiet creative slump that leaves her restless and unmoored. One stormy afternoon, overwhelmed by frustration and longing, she flees her apartment and seeks shelter at a waterfront bus stop overlooking Puget Sound-where she meets Kai Reed. Tall, quiet, and mysterious, Kai is an architect newly arrived in the Pacific Northwest, chasing a slower, wilder life far from the noise of big cities. He carries an air of gentle wisdom and a world of unspoken stories, and from the moment their eyes meet through the rain, there is an instant, unnameable connection between them. As they talk, Elara finds herself opening up to a stranger like never before, while Kai sees clearly the talent and heart she has been unable to recognize in herself. What begins as a chance meeting unfolds into a tender, transformative journey. Guided by Elara's deep knowledge of her hometown and Kai's fresh perspective, they wander the waterfront trails, misty parks, and hidden corners of Seattle-discovering not only the beauty of the place they call home, but also parts of themselves they had long kept hidden. Between soft rain, crashing waves, and quiet conversations, Elara rediscovers her artistic voice, while Kai finds the belonging he has always sought. Whispers by the Coast is a warm, atmospheric contemporary romance about inspiration, connection, and the quiet magic of new beginnings-a story of how one chance encounter can change everything, and how the places we love, and the people we meet, can help us see the world, and ourselves, more clearly than we ever have before.

Luna never planned to leave home-until she's sent to study abroad in Kyoto, Japan. Armed with basic Japanese and a lot of nerves, she arrives overwhelmed by a city she can't fully read and understand. Lost in every sense, she meets Akio. He helps her find her way through Kyoto's confusing streets-and slowly, through life itself. As he teaches her Japanese and she helps him with English, their bond grows from strangers to something neither of them expected. But some connections don't just translate... They change everything.

It wasn't love... but it wasn't normal either. Somewhere between "Sir" and "Chotti"... something changed. 💜❤️ This book covers credit goes to our one and only beautiful and sweet - @ivwonx"

Meredith's life after Derek's death. Will she survive it?? A story about love that doesn't stop at goodbye.

No one at Magnolia University knows Kleine's brother is dead, and she plans to keep it that way. Moving hundreds of miles from home was supposed to be a fresh start-a chance to reinvent herself without the weight of grief following her everywhere she goes. Then she meets Knox. A social work major with a complicated past of his own, a talent for getting under her skin, and a smile that makes it difficult to remember why she wanted to be alone in the first place. But some secrets refuse to stay buried, and when the truth about her brother begins to surface, Kleine must decide whether opening her heart is worth the risk of breaking it all over again.

(IM BACK!!) -hope you love the new chapters At just 20 years old, you've taken the exciting leap of moving out of your parents' house and into a cozy new apartment building nestled in the vibrant heart of Seoul, Korea. As you settle into this dynamic city, your curiosity is piqued by the charming boy next door, whose captivating looks and warm smile leave a lasting impression on you. One fateful afternoon, you muster the courage to strike up a conversation with him. What begins as a casual exchange quickly blossoms into a delightful friendship, filled with laughter and shared secrets. As you spend more time together, the bond deepens, and you soon find yourselves crossing the boundary from friends to something much more intimate. In the midst of this budding romance, you affectionately call him by his last name, a playful gesture that hints at the special connection you share. Chapter 2 marks the entrance of Cha Eunwoo, a figure who will undoubtedly add even more excitement and intrigue to your life. You will go through some rough patches but that won't stop the bond you have. You go through a dark time leading back to old habits, but he helps you. I'm looking forward to sharing more updates as I continue writing this story! Your support means the world to me! <3

She wakes up suddenly on the cold stone. Mind in a haze, eyesight not much better.She landed back, that's good. She remembers everything and everyone. But how should she continue now that everything is over ? ...Now that she's not cursed anymore? (An original story written after a finished D&D campaign, inspired by the campaigns events) (commissioned artwork by Alchemic_art on Instagram)

It's time for a new beginning as our young, shy blue hedgehog and his friends are ready for action and adventure to save the world from Dr Eggman.