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Deja Washington, a 32-year-old Black woman and established book editor at a prestigious New York publishing house, has sworn off Valentine's Day after a string of disappointing relationships that always seem to fizzle out just when things get serious. When she's assigned to work with Takeshi Yamamoto, a 35-year-old Japanese-American literary translator known for his meticulous perfectionism and emotional reserve, their professional collaboration begins with immediate friction-her spontaneous editing style clashes violently with his methodical approach to preserving authorial intent. As they're forced to work together on an urgent project translating and editing a controversial manuscript over the two weeks leading up to Valentine's Day, their constant arguments slowly reveal the deep wounds and fears they both carry: Deja's abandonment issues from a father who left when she was young and a pattern of choosing emotionally unavailable men, and Takeshi's struggle with vulnerability after a broken engagement three years ago left him convinced he's incapable of meeting anyone's emotional needs. The story unfolds across intimate late-night editing sessions in Takeshi's cramped Brooklyn apartment, tense meetings in Deja's corner office overlooking Manhattan, and stolen moments in the rare bookshops and quiet corners of the city they both love, as they navigate professional respect bleeding into genuine friendship, and friendship igniting into something neither of them planned for but both desperately need-if only they can overcome their fears long enough to let each other in.

ABOUT THIS STORY Title: Ava & Simon: A Valentine's Introduction Tagline: Best friends. One confession. A love worth waiting for. What to expect: · 🥀 Best friends to lovers · 🥀 Medical student energy × literature boy softness · 🥀 Silent yearning × loud confessions · 🥀 Tulips. Teddy bears. A doorbell that rings four times. · 🥀 A Valentine's Day neither of them saw coming Dedicated to: Every soul who believes the best love stories start with friendship. Every heart still waiting for their person to stop hiding. Every reader who knows that sometimes- the one has been there all along. Happy Valentine's Day, loves. Now go fall in love with Ava and Simon. 💌

My very first Steve x Peggy FanFiction, I wrote this for a friend because we both love this ship and how it came together Basically, a bunch of Steggy oneshots Please leave feedback and enjoy

Sheila never believed in second chances-not for herself, not for love. Haunted by a past that refuses to let go, she keeps her walls high and her heart locked away. But then there's Lucas-charming, persistent, and far too patient. A man who walked into her bookstore and unknowingly into her guarded world. As fate weaves their paths together, secrets unravel, and love becomes both a temptation and a risk. But can she trust him with the truth that has haunted her for years? Can Lucas prove that some people are worth breaking the rules for? A story of healing, love, and finding light in the darkest places.

Some love stories are slow burns. Others start with a face-first collision in a crowded subway. Isabelle D'Costa came to New York City for one thing-her dream. Not love, not drama, and definitely not a certain cocky hockey player who keeps crossing her path at the most inconvenient times. With her head buried in coursework and her heart locked away, romance isn't even on her radar. Grayson Walker has everything-fame, talent, and a reputation that precedes him. But after one chance encounter turns into another (and another), he finds himself tangled in something unexpected: a girl who doesn't care about who he is or what he does. A girl who somehow keeps showing up in his life, making him question if fate is playing a game of its own. She thinks he's trouble. He thinks she's impossible. And yet, neither of them can seem to walk away. From stolen glances to late-night conversations, Hearts on Ice is a slow-burn, enemies-to-something-more romance about two people trying (and failing) to ignore the inevitable. Will they skate around their feelings, or will they finally face the truth-before time runs out?

Jules Bennett has one simple goal in life: survive New York City without losing what's left of his sanity. So far, it isn't going great. His car keeps getting towed, the bus smells like despair, and the office printer has a personal vendetta against him. Add a meddling mother, a best friend who thrives on chaos, and an ex who won't stay in the past, and you've got the recipe for Jules's everyday disaster. Enter Yohan Park. The new supervisor. The man with the unfairly deep baritone voice, perfect suits, and an aura that screams "I know what I'm doing" (unlike Jules, who trips over air). Yohan is professional, intimidating... and absolutely the last person Jules should be crushing on. Except Jules can't help himself. Between awkward self-introductions, laughably bad first impressions, and a growing attraction Jules refuses to admit, the office quickly becomes a battlefield of stolen glances, unspoken tension, and Jules trying (and failing) to keep his cool. Add in some unexpected jealousy, workplace antics, and the undeniable spark between a hopelessly messy employee and his too-perfect boss, and you get: A laugh-out-loud, slow-burn MXM office romance about love, chaos, and surviving your crush without dying of embarrassment.

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When Ava Fodor returns to New York from Paris, she leaves behind her budding romance with Pierre and turns her attention to another man: Zsolt Fodor, her father. He's a penniless Hungarian poet transplanted to New York in the wake of the failed 1956 Hungarian uprising. Raised by her New England grandparents, Ava barely knows him. Dramatic, effusive, emotional, he's everything her grandmother warned her against. Yet his crazy conversation fascinates her. His chicken paprikash isn't bad either. Pierre's pull draws Ava back to France, to the medieval walled city of Carcassonne. There, his tender care of his ailing mother awakens Ava to something lacking in herself. Unless she finds it, she can't give him her heart. When her father has a heart attack, Ava is thrust into a caregiver role, looking after a man who never looked after her. She's terrible at it. So was her father, so he forgives her. But can she forgive him? Until she learns to love the man she has every reason to abandon in his hour of need, she can't move on. Only her father can show her the way. But will she let him? And if she can, will it be too late for Pierre and her? Black is Not a Color is Part II of The Ava Series: Ava Fodor's journey of self discovery, begun in Paris Adieu.

In the city that never sleeps, ambition can be everything-and love can be the one thing that gets left behind. Alex has always dreamed of making it big as a journalist in New York City. With a new job at one of the city's most prestigious papers, she's finally on the brink of everything she's worked for. But the long hours, constant pressure, and relentless pace leave little room for anything else-including the quiet moments that matter most. Ben is a rising star in finance, polished and driven, with a five-year plan for everything-except falling for a journalist who upends all his carefully laid-out expectations. As their careers pull them in different directions, their relationship begins to strain under the weight of big dreams and even bigger sacrifices. Caught between deadlines and dinner dates, whispered promises and missed calls, Alex and Ben must ask themselves the hardest question of all: can love survive when the world is moving too fast to catch your breath?

When Summer returns to her hometown after years away, it's not just the city that's changed-it's him. Once her childhood best friend and the boy she never stopped loving, Adam is now engaged to someone else. She left without a goodbye after her mother's death shattered everything, leaving behind memories, laugher, and the boy who once made her believe in always. But her mother's final wish pulls her home: a letter, scrawled with a truth everyone else already knew-she wanted Summer and Adam to end up together. Now back in the place she ran from, Summer must navigate the ghost of what might've been, the ache of unfinished love, and the quiet realization that some promises made by the dying are harder to keep than others. In a city of millions, what happens when your heart still lives in the one place you can't return to?

When Ava Fodor returns to New York from Paris, she leaves behind her budding romance with Pierre and turns her attention to another man: Zsolt Fodor, her father. He's a penniless Hungarian poet transplanted to New York in the wake of the failed 1956 Hungarian uprising. Raised by her New England grandparents, Ava barely knows him. Dramatic, effusive, emotional, he's everything her grandmother warned her against. Yet his crazy conversation fascinates her. His chicken paprikash isn't bad either. Pierre's pull draws Ava back to France, to the medieval walled city of Carcassonne. There, his tender care of his ailing mother awakens Ava to something lacking in herself. Unless she finds it, she can't give him her heart. When her father has a heart attack, Ava is thrust into a caregiver role, looking after a man who never looked after her. She's terrible at it. So was her father, so he forgives her. But can she forgive him? Until she learns to love the man she has every reason to abandon in his hour of need, she can't move on. Only her father can show her the way. But will she let him? And if she can, will it be too late for Pierre and her? Black is Not a Color is Part II of The Ava Series: Ava Fodor's journey of self discovery, begun in Paris Adieu.

Sandra Harper is ready to leave her small town life behind and chase her dreams in New York City. When she lands an interview at Buzz, a top social media platform, she's thrilled-until she meets its ruthless founder, Jack Fross. Cold, calculating, and feared by all, Jack is everything Sandra isn't. Despite their differences, sparks fly as Sandra and Jack clash in the most unexpected ways. Can Sandra prove herself in a world where only the strong survive? And can Jack open his heart to someone who's everything he's never wanted? In a city where opposites collide, sometimes love is the last thing you expect.

She was broke, desperate, and invisible. He was a billionaire who solved problems with contracts. When Zara signs away her freedom in exchange for a million-dollar marriage, she thinks she's saving her family. But her new husband, Ryker Cross, is colder than his penthouse view. New York City becomes a pressure cooker of secrets, desire, and control. Zara starts to unravel the man beneath the suit - and discovers a past darker than she imagined. But what happens when the girl who was never supposed to matter... becomes the only thing he can't lose? 💔 Was she just a line in his ledger - or the only thing real in his entire empire?

Bella has everything going right for her. A new law internship, a free Manhattan apartment, and she's done with law school. But what happens when her infamously broody boss embarrasses her on the first day? What happens when she won't put up with his crap? And what happens when time spent with each other blossoms into something she's never experienced before? It doesn't matter-it can't. Michael Fletcher is too rude and stoic for Bella's taste, and besides, with all of these things going for her; starting a new career and a fresh, independent chapter in her life, a relationship is not what she needs. *This romance is a Boss and Intern relationship that is set in a law firm in Manhattan, New York.

Grace Kennelly can't stop thinking about him- the guy from that magical night who disappeared without a trace. Three months later, she's finally ready to move on from the promise of him. Enter Noah Ross; charming, grounded, and the kind of person that makes forgetting and moving on feel possible. Their bond deepens as Grace helps him navigate the recent loss of his father through the grief support group she leads- proof that healing might just be opening the door to something real for them both. Nick Ross's life is not what it was three months ago; he feels changed in such a profound way, he often wonders if he will ever get back to the guy he once was. Dealing with his own internal battle of grief, trauma, and guilt, he agrees to drive his siblings to their family's home upstate for the weekend with a small caveat- his brother's new love interest is tagging along. But when the weekend getaway reveals an unexpected twist- Noah and Nick are brothers- Grace and Nick are forced to deal with their past as well as examine a way forward that may not have been their original plans. Grace must choose between safe and comfortable Noah, who makes her feel seen and heard, or hard and brooding Nick, whose electric chemistry feels like a nagging invisible string that just keeps pulling. Nick must choose to continue to lose himself in his grief, or allow this woman- who continues to captivate him- to pull him out of the darkness he is so comfortable being in. Told in dual timelines and POVs, The Road Back to You is a heartfelt exploration of timing, grief, and the unexpected ways love finds us-sometimes more than once.

Alyssa Carvalho has spent years on mastering her craft- perfecting flavours, discipline, and the art of keeping her emotions out of the equation. Lee Felix, similarly, has spent years giving himself to the world- his voice, his movements, his smile... Without ever truly belonging to it. A quiet connection brings them together in New York, slowly revealing parts of themselves they kept carefully guarded. When an offer in Seoul threatens to change Alyssa's future, the question is: Does she stay in New York, where all of her accomplishments lay... Or go where everything could fall apart? started in Dec '25 Top ranks: #1 in #felixromance (14 Jan 2026)

🔥 One reckless night. One forbidden secret. A love that could shatter an empire. 🔥 Amira Jacobs is picking up the pieces of her broken heart after catching her boyfriend cheating in their Brooklyn bed. Dragged to a glittering Manhattan rooftop club by her vibrant best friend Savannah, Amira's ready to drown her pain in cosmos and dance away the tears. But when Savannah stumbles out drunk, Amira's left alone-until she locks eyes with a dangerously sexy stranger in the VIP section. His smoldering gaze and wicked smirk promise escape, and one steamy, reckless night in a luxury penthouse leaves her breathless... and marked by his mysterious art-themed tattoo. Weeks later, Amira's world flips: she's pregnant, and the stranger is no stranger-he's Mateo Rocco, billionaire CEO of a high-stakes auction house, ruthless mafia lord of an art smuggling empire, and Savannah's husband. Torn between guilt, desire, and fear, Amira's pulled into Mateo's dark, glamorous world of Manhattan penthouses, Brooklyn warehouses, and hidden speakeasies. As her baby bump grows, so do the secrets: Amira's own mafia-tied past, Savannah's heartbreaking betrayal, and a rival's deadly vendetta. With passion igniting every forbidden touch, Amira must choose-run from the danger or fight for a love that could burn it all down. Will she protect her heart, her baby, and her future, or will Mateo's obsession claim them all?

In Seoul Meets Soul, love knows no boundaries. This captivating collection of short stories explores the magnetic connections between Asian men and Black women, weaving tales of romance, resilience, and cultural fusion. From bustling city streets in South Korea to cozy urban neighborhoods in the U.S., each story offers a glimpse into the unique challenges and joys of love that bridges continents, traditions, and hearts. Witness the tender moments of first encounters, the passion of forbidden romances, and the enduring strength of bonds tested by distance and adversity. With unforgettable characters and heartfelt narratives, Seoul Meets Soul celebrates the beauty of diverse love stories and the undeniable truth that when hearts align, nothing else matters. Discover love in its most extraordinary forms in this tribute to AMBW relationships. 💕💕💕 Thank you all so much for your incredible support! Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that someone is plagiarizing my stories and posting them on other apps. If you come across any of these instances, please report them immediately. I want to clarify that I would never charge for these stories-they are something I genuinely enjoy sharing with you all for free 🫶🏾.

Genre: Drama Healing Romance Psychological Fiction Emotional/Realistic Fiction Art & Self-Discovery Vibe: Melancholic yet hopeful quiet pain mixed with slow healing. Set in the rainy corners of New York, filled with art studios, old apartments, night cafes, and emotional silence that feels alive. Themes: Trauma and Recovery Art as Healing Trust and Vulnerability Love After Pain Self-Worth and Redemption Tags: #Emotional #Healing #TraumaRecovery #ArtTherapy #NewYorkRomance #SlowBurn #EmotionalGrowth #WattpadFiction #PhoenixFromAshes #Heartfelt Story Description: > Aisha Rahman has forgotten what peace feels like. Her childhood was stolen by people who should've protected her, leaving her with scars that no one can see. But when she moves to New York to escape her past, the city mirrors her chaos crowded, loud, and full of memories she can't silence. Then comes Ethan Hale, a quiet photographer who notices the way she hides behind her art. He doesn't ask her to smile and see, he just listens. Through colors, rain, and broken laughter, they both learn that healing isn't about forgetting the pain. it's about finding someone who sees beauty in your scars. Because sometimes, the rain doesn't drown you it washes you clean.