Reluctant Stories

Shen Tang awoke on her path of exile to find that this world was utterly unscientific. Divine stones rained from the heavens, and a hundred nations vied for power. With a honed literary heart, words became reality. With courage gathered in a warrior's spirit, mountains were cleaved and seas divided. The seemingly weak pretty boy she knew, with a single declaration of "Charge on horseback!", instantly found himself clad in armor, a long spear in hand, becoming an army of one, capable of slaughtering his way through enemy lines seven times over! The consumptive wretch in her eyes, by chanting "Stars scattered across a chessboard," transformed the heavens into a round canopy and the land into a chessboard, arranging troops with effortless ease! This wasn't just unscientific anymore! This was the coffin lid of science being nailed shut by theology! And as for her- "My Lord, the Northern Commandery is suffering a severe drought, perhaps you should shed some tears?" Shen Tang: "..." "My Lord, the Southern Province is flooded, perhaps you should laugh more?" Shen Tang: "..." -------- Looking at the ten bowls of rice she had devoured, her pocket cleaner than her face, and a group of starving, ill-intentioned villagers constantly stirring up trouble, the village chief Shen Tang, suspected to be the reincarnation of a bottomless pit and a true 'soul painter' (someone who draws poorly but passionately), had no choice but to abandon her beloved paintbrushes and reluctantly embark on the path of a warlord. join patreon.com/worldoffanfiction for advanced chapters and support the daily update

Following the adventures of Dean a 'hero' who had been thrust into the spotlight entirely by accident and without actual merit. Follow the adventures of him as he gathers his fellows and unwarranted fame while he also tries to prevent the end of all things!

Zero lives in the cracks of a perfectly organized world. Cities reroute around him. Systems adjust for him. His own body sometimes knows things he never learned. Every escape burns a path forever. Every victory costs him something he cannot get back. Hunted by correction rather than killers, Zero survives by staying messy, unpredictable, and incomplete. The Shadows of Zero is a high-speed cyberpunk chase series where the city itself is the antagonist, and the only way to win is to keep moving wrong. A spin-off from The Shadow Protocol series showcasing Zero - a human with an AI neural implant - and his adventures throughout South-East Asia and beyond.

When a quiet village hunter named Kael Thorn discovers a strange fire burning inside the ancient Greythorn Forest, he unknowingly awakens a power that has slept for centuries. During a deadly encounter with mysterious cultists, Kael is marked by a fragment of Ash Fire, a forbidden magic tied to a forgotten ruler known only as the Ash King. Now strange powers are growing inside him-powers that could either save the world or destroy it. As rumors spread of a lost relic called the Ash Crown, powerful factions begin to move. Kings, knights, assassins, and secret cults all begin searching for the crown, believing it can control fate itself. Kael soon meets Lira, a clever thief hiding dangerous secrets about the relic. Together they uncover a terrifying truth: The Ash Crown is not just a crown. It is a prison. And the Ash King is trying to escape. Now hunted by royal armies and shadow cults, Kael and Lira must race across kingdoms to find the crown before it falls into the wrong hands. But the closer Kael gets to the crown, the stronger the dark power inside him becomes. And a terrible question begins to haunt him: Is he the one meant to stop the Ash King... or the one meant to become him?

Can an unlucky dog lover convince a cat to approve of her inheritance? Quenna inherited a mansion and a wedding venue business, but there's a catch: she has to adopt Xander the cat! She's a dog person, but the revenue is too good to pass up. Things get strange when she mistakes a mysterious man on the property for a trespasser. Little does she know he's actually Xander, her new feline housemate! Can these two ever get along?

Ash Keller is not a revolutionary. He's Exhausted. He works in a hospital where care ends when coverage does, and where survival is a line item, not a promise. When reality begins to fracture around him, governments call it a risk. Institutions call it a liability. Everyone agrees it must be controlled. Ash only knows what he's seen-and what he can no longer ignore. As pressure mounts and the world closes in, a single, terrible question takes shape: If the system cannot be fixed, is it still worth obeying? The Reluctant Emperor: Genesis is a grounded, morally complex epic about reluctant power, institutional decay, and what happens when mercy becomes infrastructure.

Alternate ending to Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

|Book 1 of The Reluctant Companion Chronicles| One lonely American teenager longs to be noticed in her mundane world. When a reptilian space-people called the Charthakians set their sights on her as a threat to their blood-soaked empire, the Doctor intervenes, befriending the girl who reluctantly becomes his Companion. Along with Rose Tyler, the Doctor and his American Companion get into all sorts of dangerous time and space hijinks, and somehow, after trying to leave many times, the reluctant Companion always seems to get dragged back into the Doctor's life. Soon the Doctor begins to wonder if it isn't all just a big coincidence: does the American girl really belong in the TARDIS? ⚠️Contains mentions of self-harm and suicide.

Anika is tired of her life being screw up...by her brother and my her father. Unfortunately for Anika, being in the wrong place wrong time doesn't help. She finds herself entangled in this world of violence, finds out things about herself she has never known...and meet people that like screwing with her head, so.

Quintessential Unique Obnoxious Time-tested Eccentric Soulfood

Aira Agnihotri x Maan Singh Rathore 🤍🖤 Aira Agnihotri-her name meant born of water, fluid and ever-adapting. But life hadn't been gentle with her. Instead of flowing freely, she had learned to build dams around her heart, guarding it against the floods of pain, betrayal, and lost trust. Love, to her, wasn't a blessing-it was a storm she refused to drown in again. Her smile had faded long ago, and happiness had become a distant shore. Maan Singh Rathore, whose name stood for honour, carried the weight of success and reputation like a second skin. Stoic, sharp-witted, and fiercely independent, he viewed emotions as unnecessary noise in a world ruled by control. Love? It was just another illusion, one he had no time or belief in. But when water meets stone, erosion begins. Can Aira, the woman shaped by sorrow yet born of resilience, melt the edges of a man who never believed he could feel? And will Maan allow the tide she brings to reshape everything he once thought was unshakable?

Magic wasn't lost. It was imprisoned. And she is the key. When sixteen-year-old Genevieve Emberlyn brushes her hand against a dusty museum painting, the last thing she expects is to awaken a mythical creature-or stumble into a hidden world lurking in plain sight. Suddenly, she has the power to bring magical beings to life, each one tied to an ancient Clan, trapped for centuries in their painted prisons. But magic shouldn't exist in the Twelve Cities, and Genevieve's newfound ability puts a target on her back. When her best friend, Nox, betrays her, she's forced to flee for her life-hunted by the King himself, a vengeful tyrant who shattered her family and won't stop until he destroys her too. The deeper Genevieve dives into generations of lies, the more she realizes she may be the magical beings' only hope for freedom. With her fiercely loyal sister Louanne, a mischievous shapeshifting golden retriever named Waffles, and a dangerously alluring stranger hiding secrets of his own, she must race against time to restore the balance between humans and magic-before it's too late. Secrets on the Wall is a thrilling YA fantasy filled with unexpected allies, unbreakable sisterhood, and a reluctant heroine discovering just how far she'll go to protect the people she loves. Follow my journey on Instagram: @irisdevreeauthor

This year, for the annual charity drive, Jake Weston drew the short straw. His coach signed him up for the win a date contest. The entire school and community would enter to win a date with the star quarterback.

Aspen Blackburn is a wallflower, unnoticed and uncared for. She lives a quiet school life, though occasionally bullied by a few of her schoolmates for being a wallflower. But other than the bullying, she's relatively happy with her life. At the school's annual Valentine's Masquerade Ball, it takes a turn for the worst. A certain school hottie and bad boy Casanova is made her enemy. After a few day of his bad company, she cracks and breaks for good, only, in a very unexpected way. She completely sheds her goody-two-shoes image and turns into an overnight bad girl. She makes herself known as the girl no one wants to mess with. But what happens when the Casanova takes up an interest in the former wallflower?

"Oh god," I made little gasping sounds, unable to stop my eyes from rereading the note again and again."This can't be happening." Love conquers all...that's what Adrian Darling always thought. That is until she discovers something that will change her life forever... Adrian is the quiet, reserved type of girl who tries not to draw attention to herself and Caleb is her strong, bad boy best friend who likes to ward off other guys with his fierce scowl and bulging muscles. Typically enough, when Adrian is beginning to discover her feelings for him, she receives a death threat from a stalker threatening to kill Caleb if she doesn't stop all contact with him. Now forced to run away, Adrian must learn to survive the real world of rent, loneliness, and don't forget outrunning a stalker. But Caleb isn't giving up so easily. He knows Adrian like he knows the back of his own hand. He's going to find her and bring her back home. Right where she belongs.

Seraphina "Princess" Voda is the unfortunate, illegitimate heiress after a brutal annihilation of the entire Voda clan. The problem is she's an Alchemist and part Royal Moroi. She is transferred from her home town Montana to O'ahu, Hawaii to St. Damien Academy. St. Damien Academy is the brother school of St. Vladimir, but stricter. This academy is used to stow away the majority of rich, royal Moroi away from the lurking Strigoi. Seraphina is given the top-ranked Guardian, Dante Volkov, known for his merciless combat skills that can only be rivaled by Dimitri Belikov. With Dante at her side, she must struggle to adjust to her newly acquired life style of being a Princess, and the newly scrutinized subject of the media. If that wasn't enough, Seraphina is forced to be betrothed with another royal Moroi in order to produce another heir. The pressure rests on her shoulder to repopulate the Voda clan. At her stay in Hawaii, she learns to forge bonds with humans, Guardians and Moroi alike in order to preserve the prestigious name of the Voda. However, she begins to fall in love with a mysterious man in her school. He harbors terrible secret that she's determined to find out.

A guy discovers he's not as ordinary as he thought himself to be. He is forced to make a sudden shift from the normal to the world of superheroes and monsters.

Drew is a fine man. Let me rephrase that: Drew is a FINE ASS man. But this isn't about his luck with genetics, or about anyone falling in love with those genetics. Because underneath a pretty face is always something else. Drew runs an ice cream truck in a Pennsylvanian city. When young girls start going missing, all eyes are on him. Of course, Drew claims he is innocent and unrelated to this string of crimes, like anyone would in a situation like his. But what if... what if he really didn't do it?