Startingover Stories

Aubrey Collins thought she had the perfect life-until she caught her fiancé with her best friend. Now she's back in her hometown, hiding a secret... and trying to stay away from the one man she's never been allowed to want.

Bad things happen in threes; at least, that's what Annie Fullerton has always believed. And the way her life is shaping up, she feels like the proverbial poster girl! Her career as an up-and-coming sous chef has gone up in smoke, she's lost her beloved pet, and then her roommate, Danica, has betrayed her in the worst possible way. It's the straw that breaks the camel's back. I mean, come on! A person can only take so much! In a sudden, impulsive move, Annie pulls up stakes in the big city and drives out of Dodge to start over. When she finds herself on a remote Gulf Island on BC's west coast, she unexpectedly lands a job at The Scarlet Armadillo - a quaint and tiny café in a quaint and even tinier community. But, after a few weeks on the job, and for reasons Annie can't explain, it seems everyone who eats her Soup D'Jour sees their luck changed for the better, be it in their career, studies, finances, or even in love. Is there something in the water, or does Annie have skills she isn't aware of? When she receives something precious in the mail-something that belonged to her recently departed and much-loved grandmother-Annie discovers a little something about magic, meals, men, and most importantly, the unique ingredients so vital for living a happy life.

Love wasn't supposed to feel like this. Fricelda "Fria" Vergara thought love meant holding on, that if she loved hard enough, forgave enough, and became exactly what he needed, Anjo Lorenzo would finally love her the way she deserved. But love should never feel like walking on eggshells. It shouldn't feel like waiting for an apology that never comes. It shouldn't feel like forgetting who you are just to survive. For years, Fria convinced herself that she was lucky to have him-until the night she realized she was only surviving him. With a suitcase full of fear and a heart that doesn't know how to beat without him, she runs. But leaving isn't the hardest part. It's the nights where the silence feels heavier than his words ever did. It's the memories that don't leave, the scars no one else can see. It's learning how to exist after breaking free. And when Anjo finds her again, whispering promises that sound dangerously like love, Fria must make a choice. To fall back into the arms that once destroyed her. Or to finally choose herself-even if she doesn't know how. 💔 A deeply emotional, raw, and gripping story about survival, healing, and finding your way back to yourself after losing everything. 🔹 Read now if you love: ✔️ Toxic love stories that leave a mark ✔️ Characters who are broken but fighting ✔️ A slow-burn journey of healing and self-discovery ✔️ The kind of book that lingers in your heart long after the last page 📖 Start reading Chapter 1: A Bruise No One Can See now.

At Thirty, most people are settling into their lives. For Nicole, life was just beginning-because she finally had the keys to her own front door. After a decade lost in the suffocating shadow of a controlling relationship, she walked away with nothing but a two-year0old son, a small car, and twenty dollars in her pocket. The world told her she was too late to start over. He told her she was to weak to survive without him. But they didn't know about the night shifts. Between the antiseptic-smelling halls of a nursing home and the quiet, box-filled rooms of a new house, she began to build a sanctuary. From the grueling 16-hour shifts as a CNA to the midnight glow of nursing school textbooks, The Reclamation of Thirty is a story of a woman unlearning a decade of lies. It's a journey of reconciling with her past, reclaiming her mother's help, and realizing that "starting from zero" is the most powerful place a woman can be.

When Kyomi, a determined pharmacy clerk/trainee studying to become a certified pharmacy technician, starts her first job at the small-town grocery pharmacy, she's ready to prove herself. But everything changes when Dr. Omar Rivers, a seasoned pharmacist newly transferred from the city, arrives to run the pharmacy. Drawn together by their shared passion for helping others and their undeniable chemistry, Kyomi and Omar begin to build a connection that quickly turns into something deeper. But their budding romance is threatened by Zarina, a jealous pharmacy technician who's been eyeing Omar since day one. Feeling overlooked and bitter, Zarina recruits a group of outcast techs to sabotage Kyomi's reputation and drive a wedge between the new couple. In a workplace where trust is as vital as the medicine on the shelves, Kyomi must navigate professional challenges, office politics, and heartbreak to fight for the love she never expected to find. Will love be the cure - or the side effect - of working at the pharmacy?

After losing her apartment, her best friend, and the future she thought she wanted in the span of a week, Kit Martin is forced to start over. Armed with an unfinished resume, a bruised heart, and exactly zero life plans, she moves into a cramped apartment with Hiro-a baker, restaurant worker, occasional Pilates instructor, and the most confusingly kind person she's ever met. The building is old. The walls are thin. The neighbors are loud. But between shared dinners, unexpected friendships, and the strange comfort of people who ask nothing from her, Kit begins to wonder if getting her life wrecked wasn't the end of her story. Maybe it was the beginning.

A young woman stats a unique coffeehouse

A woman finally leaves her loveless marriage for a life of freedom, only to have her plans upended when she falls for an up-and-coming rock star. 📖 New chapters released bi-monthly.

Amelia thought she had her life figured out-until the day she packed her bags and left her husband Joe for good. With nothing but a plane ticket and a stubborn refusal to look back, she's ready to rebuild, or she thinks. What she doesn't expect is Parker Haynes-Flynn- charismatic, ruthless, and infuriatingly unreadable. A man who plays his cards close to his chest and seems to know more about her than he should. Parker has spent years controlling every move he makes, every deal he closes. But when Amelia storms into his orbit-bold, bruised, and unwilling to break-he finds himself drawn to her in a way he can't quite explain. She challenges him, unsettles him, makes him want. As Amelia fights to reclaim her life, she must face not just the ghosts of her past and Joe, but the weight of her own doubts. Forgiveness-of others, of herself-doesn't come easy. And when Parker becomes more than just a complication, she'll have to decide if she's willing to risk her heart again. Because moving on isn't just about survival. It's about resilience, about choosing every day after today.

Mikolette Janike 22, is a werewolf with a shaky past. After taking guardianship of her 14 year old brother Matt who is human, she moves into a house on Mystreet. She quickly meets Aphmau as well as a few others. She has a lot of fun at first, meeting all these new people, making friends, and hanging out with them. But there's something all too familiar about Vlyad, Kim, and Lucinda. Through all of this, she makes discoveries about herself, these new people, and her past. All the while unaware, unaware that she is being watched. Some of the content is based on true real life experiences from my life, that strangely enough may have also taken place in Aphmau's various roleplay series.

Ready for a new start newly divorced Emelia Black heads to New Jersey to manage the Cinemalabs theater at SOPAC. Little did she know how much her life was about to change.

Copyright © 2015 This story is co-writen by myself and @morganlynn14. Please be respectful of our story and our work. Please do not use any of the material that is used for this story. It is much appreciated.

~"Amira, I'm doing what's best." "For who mom? For you!?" "Mira, honey. I'm trying to help." "No, your not. Okay. Your not. Fine, I'll go, but stop trying to justify yourself to cover up the fact that this is for you and your reputation. It's a little too late for you to be acting like a good mom."~ Amira has been given multiple reasons not to trust people. It is because of this that she didn't have many friends. However, Even the ones who she held close to her eventually left because of the lack of trust she had for them. After this the world she had around her began to unravel. Her mother decided after a certain incident that it would be good for her to start over and after fully thinking it over decided to move. At first Amira was completely against the idea but then she thought it was an opportunity for a new beginning. I mean people always talked about how moving would give them an opportunity to rebuild themselves, so why shouldn't she? Everything was going smoothly. Instead of having a few friends Amira surrounded her self with everyone. Being sure not to have a distinct relationship with anyone, but remaining "happy." She held in her opinions, and had to bite her tongue quite often but found that it was better this way and became more content with herself. Or so she thought until a certain 17 year old boy did something she never thought could happen. What would Amira do if others found out? What if Cain was really the first person in her life, to see through the mask that she put up? *Cover photo may be changed*

When Blakely Jacobs moves to her dad's, she plans to start over and leave her past behind.New State, New Beginnings. Right? Then there's Carter Levin. Typical high school boy. Star football player, great friends, "bad boy" attitude. Then Blakely runs into his life. Literally. With road trips, shared secrets, and drunk adventures, the two soon realize that maybe new beginnings are okay.

Poems about breaking up, breaking down, and becoming something new

Hope and distrust in another Michigan Spring

starting over is a story of a teenage girl who finds her self in a new town and having to adapt to a new school and newpeople. its not exactly easy for paige to leave behind her life in Tuscaloosa Alabama for one in Savannah Georgia but she meets some people who really change her life .one special person whos name is tristen a boy who makes Paige fall in love with him and completely changed the way she feels about herself and her new life .

Escaping her past, Sarah goes to live with her brother in a small town in Texas. Keeping to herself almost hidden is how she lives until she runs into handsome firefighter Dereck Wells.Literally. Dereck content with his life, but craving a woman to be by his side. He has given up on finding the right women in his small little town until he gets knocked over by a shy, sweet woman who is clearly in a hurry. Follow these two people as they conquer love, hardship, family, and dark pasts through there journey to finding one another. Save one another.

Fifteen-year-old twins Cecilia and Kristin McCureman had a nearly perfect life in Scotland. However, packing up and moving to America, due to a money scandal their father was involved in, will definitely change everything. If moving to a new country, starting at a new high school, and trying to make new friends isn't hard enough, add the town's golden boy and his troubled cousin with a mysterious past, who just so happen to be their neighbors, to the equation. Could this be the best thing that's ever happened to the sisters...or the worst? *Updated on Fridays!* Hope you enjoy the story!!

a life story but in a different perspective.