Toronto Stories

"Bridget Jones with a lot more wine! This story is hilarious, feel-good and relatable in all the best ways!" - Grace K @ HQ. She's just quit her high-flying job, and her marriage is coasting on fumes. Can Alice find a sense of purpose in the wreckage? ***** Alice's life isn't going to plan. She's tied to her phone, pointlessly managing PR for a sinking corporate megalith. She's become a bit player in her kids' lives, and her marriage is coasting on fumes. Forcing herself into action with a rash resignation, Alice sets out to make a positive impact on the world around her. But how? Meditation leads to napping, and her attempts to get closer to her teenage daughter result in the discovery of a secret that leaves her at a loss. As the months tick by and a sense of purpose continues to elude her, Alice finds herself forming bonds with the most unlikely characters: the young woman who panhandles outside her old office; the homeless boy who sits cross-legged outside the liquor store with his ginger cat; her own dog walker who, it turns out, knows a thing or two about developing a good crema. Testing the limits of marriage, motherhood and the Toronto subway system -- can Alice find her way into a purpose-driven life? Or will it all be one giant hangover? [*Wattpad Editor's Pick 2018*] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]] Readers say: "This had me laughing so loud that my sister came to check up on me to see if I'm OK!!!" "...the new Bridget Jones, a working woman's take on the digital age." About the Author: Working mother and red wine enthusiast, Renee lives in Toronto with her flawed but wonderful family (seriously, who left socks on the kitchen counter?) in a flawed but wonderful house (what *is* that smell in the basement?) where she writes flawed but wonderful stories about what it is to be a woman today.

It's been a while since Shane and Ilya have been together. They have now settled down in Toronto with their two children, Nikolai and Alyona. Their daughter Alyona (Yona) is a well-known figure skater with the Toronto Angels, while her brother Nikolai has followed in their dads footsteps and is a hockey player for the New Yorker Wolves Hockey Team. His coach is the famous Scott Hunter who used to be on Montreal with Shane. Scott is now married to Kip, their son Theodore (Teddy) is also a New Yorker Wolves hockey player and best friends with Nikolai. Ilya and Shane have had the cottage remodelled as a family vacation place, along with other rooms for guests. Nikolai takes this as an opportunity to invite Scott, Kip, and Teddy during the summer break. Yona sees Teddy again, but this time something clicks and things will change...forever *I own none of the orginal chracters this is a fanfiction*

Scott Pilgrim is twenty-three, unemployed, and the bassist in a band that couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. When he falls for the rollerblading, hair-color-changing Ramona Flowers, he discovers that dating her means battling her seven evil exes in epic, reality-bending duels across Toronto. But with her super-genius twin brother Roger, a secret-agent best friend, and a league of vengeful exes standing in his way, Scott's journey becomes more than just a fight for love-it's a quest to face his own worst self. In this novelistic retelling of the cult classic saga, Scott must learn that the greatest power isn't the sword of love, but the courage to understand who you really are.

＄'𝙄'𝙈 your accountant, not your homegirl'

Love, Written Later "Some people meet the love of their life before marriage. Some only meet them after saying 'I do.' " When Hana Siddiqui discovers she's pregnant, it should have been the happiest day of her life. Instead, it arrives at the worst possible moment. After two years of marriage, she and her husband, Ayaan Mirza, have become strangers sharing the same home. There was never betrayal, never abuse and never a single moment that shattered their relationship. Just two good people who slowly disappeared into demanding careers, unspoken expectations and the quiet silence that settled between them. Now, with a baby on the way they're forced to ask the question they've spent months avoiding: Is their marriage worth saving? Ayaan believes a child deserves a home with both parents under one roof. Hana believes a child deserves parents who truly love each other. Unable to agree, they make one final promise. They will spend the pregnancy giving their marriage one last chance. As they slowly learn to become friends again, forgotten memories begin resurfacing. Through the story of how two broken hearts agreed to an arranged marriage, how they tried to build a life together, and how they quietly lost each other along the way, they begin discovering something neither of them expected. Maybe love was never missing. Maybe it was simply late. A tender, slow-burn romance about arranged marriage, second chances, healing, family and the beautiful truth that some love stories don't begin before the wedding. Sometimes, they're written afterwards.

Watch Casey Grace overcome the shitty childhood and teenhood years to blossom into her adulthood. Searching for romance and start her new job. Eventually maybe to be ready to show that she can sing really well says her brother, Marcus.

Camilla and Aubrey have survived betrayal, prison, and the kind of heartbreak that should've ended them - but love always gave them a way back. Until now. When the past resurfaces in the form of familiar faces with hidden motives, cracks begin to show. A new man steps in. An old flame won't back off. And just when trust starts to feel solid again, lies, jealousy, and calculated revenge threaten to unravel everything - including their family. With loyalty divided and temptation creeping in from all angles, the real question isn't whether Camilla and Aubrey still love each other - it's whether love alone is strong enough to survive what's coming. Because sometimes, the biggest threat... is the one who already knows where you sleep.

a collection. an art piece. a life.

the next step dance studio has just come off a big regionals win and with the challenge coming up new beginnings are on the horizon. swedish dancer, juni allin, is one of the many hopeful dancers entering the challenge. the next step west x oc season 2 onwards started 02.07.25

Writing songs in his bedroom, 24 year-old Tai Vuong wonders if there's a day he can share his music without pretending to be someone he's not. His invisibility powers aren't helping--it's just one more aspect to hide about himself in a world where expectations are sky-high and one slip-up can break his career. But when playing pretend is the cost for playing onstage, Tai must ask himself what reaching your dreams really means. As Tai meets more people and ordinary things add up to extraordinary circumstances, he realizes he doesn't want to change who he is. He needs to change how he sees himself. Set in the heart of Toronto, Backstage follows an autistic musician's journey to discovering what it means to be yourself. [Sequel to Keychains; can also be read as a standalone novel] Cover & banner art made by @JH_Foliage. Sticker made by @Pipwusa. This book is only available on W A T T P A D. If you are reading it on any other side, you are at risk of a malware attack. Please proceed to Wattpad.com where you can read the story safely and support the author.

A story of intertwined lives in a hockey town... a mobster whose lust for power collides with protecting his friends and family... his ambitious lawyer with conflicting loyalties and a cursed relationship... a love triangle that creates rivals among two players on the Toronto Maple Leafs... a friend whose addiction becomes a liability... a young woman who brings a lot of baggage.. and her sister, that happens to be the mobster's wife, who balances a tragic past with a dangerous future. The lives of all these flawed characters connect in ways they could never imagine. Lured into the rich and mysterious Duncan Lombardi's mob life, Colton Truman learns lifelong lessons throughout their journey. Follow along on this series full of dark romance, drama, crime and action. -- TEASER SCENE: Claire laughed lightly. "I'm far from perfect," she looked down. "You know everything about me, Duncan. The good, the bad and the ugly. You know about everything I've been through growing up... the things I had to do for my sister. I feel like I don't know anything about you." "If you knew any more, you'd be running," he confessed wearily, and gazed into her sad blue eyes. "Tell me anyway. Tell me what's so bad about the calm and patient Duncan Lombardi that would ever make me want to run," she said with a hint of amusement in her voice. He was quiet. "I love you, can that be enough?" Claire sighed quietly in defeat. "I don't have a choice, do I?" Duncan waited a few moments for himself to think of what to say or her to say something else, such as that she loved him too, but neither happened. The possibility of Claire leaving him went through his mind. That if she were to find out about his real work, something he'd kept from her for almost six years, she would never return. Last night when she didn't come off the platform, he felt a sliver of what it'd feel like if she never took his hand again. For the first time, he felt an emotion he couldn't explain.

When teenagers begin disappearing across Toronto, Darrell Katchings brushes it off as just another headline-until his best friend becomes one of the missing. As the search intensifies, Darrell witnesses something he was never meant to see: a masked execution on the shores of Lake Ontario. Now hunted by the same people responsible, he is pulled into a mystery where every answer leads to another question, every clue hides a darker truth, and the past refuses to stay buried. Some questions have the wrong answer.

~everyone thought ruby baker had the perfect life. smart, beautiful, and destined for big things, she had always known exactly what she wanted-until love made her choose someone else first. beckett sennecke had hockey, fame, and a future brighter than he ever imagined. and for five years, he had ruby. from seven minutes in heaven and late-night mcdonald's ice cream runs to draft night, california, and dreams that no longer fit together, they had built a life that felt forever. but forever isn't always enough. because sometimes loving someone isn't the hard part. sometimes it's learning how to love them without losing yourself.

Dziewiętnastoletnia Sky Hardion kocha Los Angeles ,ale najbardziej na świecie swojego sąsiada Sama Kleina. Są dla siebie wszystkim, jednak ich bezpieczny świat pęka w jeden kalifornijski wieczór. Sam dostaje pełne stypendium na uniwersytecie w odległym Toronto. Przed nimi ostatnie wspólne lato. W tle ich trudnych rozstań zawsze jest brat Sky, Nataniel początkujący pilot, który swoim humorem próbuje skleić serce siostry . Czy ta miłość przetrwa?

Inaya was supposed to meet Zayan before deciding whether she could marry him. She never did. A month later, she is sitting in a room full of relatives, listening to a man thousands of miles away say qubool hai. They have exchanged a photograph, a few careful conversations, and just enough honesty to trust each other. But trust is not love. Now Zayan is her husband, his number is saved in her phone, and everyone expects them to know what happens next. They don't. Between Toronto and Manchester, two almost-strangers must discover whether a marriage can become a friendship-and whether friendship can quietly turn into something neither of them planned. Because marrying someone you have never met is only the beginning. The real risk is what happens when they finally do.

Incendiary moments captured, sometimes with childlike rapture then suddenly with wisdom as old as the sea. One moment you're living alongside the author as though you are really there in the moments she captures vividly; the next, you are just as perplexed as you try to decipher the riddle set out before you, no answer or cheat sheet, not even a clue as to what anything means. At times you are living incredible depths of joy, the next with no rhyme or reason your heart has been torn asunder just as hers had been without any why or how. Considered an outcast in her family because she decided to live her life on her own terms and not by any societal standard, you will cheer for her and cry for her every step of the way.

Lana found the one guy who was her everything. Nothing could break them apart. That was until Eliot's health took a turn for the worse and in a blink of an eye, he was gone. Now it's up to Morgan to pick up the broken pieces and see if she can fall back in love.

Emilia Hartley built her career on saying the things hockey fans didn't want to hear. Sharp-tongued, ambitious, and permanently one headline away from getting canceled, the senior correspondent for The Puck Drop has made a name for herself tearing apart the NHL's golden boys. And no one irritates her more than William Nylander. Flashy. Arrogant. Overpaid. Overrated. Her newest article calling him the most overrated forward in the league was supposed to be another viral hit. Another week of angry comments and sports radio debates. What she didn't expect was William himself. Because behind the designer clothes, effortless smirk, and league-wide reputation is someone far more observant than Emilia anticipated. Someone who remembers every word she wrote. And when their worlds begin colliding through press conferences, team events, and late-night arguments that feel a little too personal, Emilia finds herself trapped in the worst possible scenario: Getting close to the man she built a career criticizing. Toronto thrives on headlines, and theirs is quickly becoming the city's favorite disaster. But somewhere between public backlash, private tension, and chemistry sharp enough to cut glass, Emilia starts questioning whether William Nylander is overrated at all. Maybe she just never wanted to admit she was wrong.

Life as a hockey player herself dealing with growing up with 3 brothers all close in age who are all in the NHL. Payton has to choose between brothers, friendships, and relationships in her life that may not be easy.

𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥'𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝?