Psychological-romance Stories

Refine by tag:
psychological-romance
psychological-romance

3 Stories

  • Sun in the South |• Southern Skies Series by T-misha
    T-misha
    • WpView
      Reads 521
    • WpPart
      Parts 2
    Yvonne Beltrán built her life from scratch: a celebrated television presenter with a sharp investigative reputation, a prime-time slot at a respected New Mexico newsroom, a quiet countryside home, financial freedom. Then a con artist dismantles it all, leaving her publicly disgraced and cornered at thirty. Out of options, Yvonne turns toward the one force in New Mexico that still bends rules and opens doors: power. Seducing Esteban Vásquez -- the elegant, elusive, obscenely wealthy mayor -- looks like leverage. It isn't. What Esteban calls politics survives on blood that never makes the news. Beneath the luxury and charm is a man embedded in the state's quietest, deadliest criminal empire. According to Yvonne, marriage to power so clean seems like the fastest way back to the life she lost; until Yvonne learns too late that it doesn't protect her. It implicates her. It was meant to be temporary. Strategic. But life beside Esteban changes the math. Ruthless and impossible to escape, he is also the first man who has made her feel chosen rather than used. Having already lost one wife to betrayal, Esteban refuses to lose another. Yvonne's mistake, however, is believing she still holds the advantage. So when a source comes to her seeking protection from powerful men who wash their hands with blood, she takes the story -- believing she can still control how far the truth travels -- only to realize why it was never meant to make the news. She isn't investigating power from the outside. She married the center of it. And in Esteban's world, loyalty is non-negotiable. Now Yvonne must decide who she's willing to betray: her husband, ruthless in power but devastatingly gentle in love; her source, facing prison for a crime he didn't commit; or herself. Because time is closing in. And when the reality of that finally dawns, there will be no clean exits, only consequences for staying when she still could have left.
  • Until I'm Loved Again by gracehawthornbooks
    gracehawthornbooks
    • WpView
      Reads 32
    • WpPart
      Parts 3
    A series of short stories introducing the characters of Faith Hill. Full length novels to come.
  • The Long-Term Abstract by whimsicalpirate2000
    whimsicalpirate2000
    • WpView
      Reads 44
    • WpPart
      Parts 16
    A non-fiction story. It began with an English test. It turned into mythology. An instructor and a student move from structure to secrecy, from music to metaphor, from curiosity to coded confession. What starts as fascination becomes intensity. What feels like destiny becomes acceleration. Told through rain, ciphers, playlists, and power dynamics, The Long-Term Abstract explores what happens when chemistry outruns stability - and when two people confuse fire for foundation. Not every love story is meant to last. Some are meant to temper you.