Womenfiction Stories

Aisha was fourteen when she learned that love could disappear overnight. The day her father was buried, something inside her hardened. Grief became silence. Silence became strength. And strength became survival. But survival is not the same as living. At twenty-four, Aisha is still carrying wounds no one sees. She fights to pay school fees that threaten her dreams, runs a stall at Christmas Village while battling a growing fibroid inside her body, and searches for healing in churches that promise miracles but offer only waiting. Between a distant lover who never fully chooses her and a devoted man who loves her wrong, Aisha finds herself repeating the same painful lesson: sometimes the people who hold you are the same ones who bruise you. Still, she blooms. Through betrayal. Through hospital nights. Through poverty, disappointment, and unanswered prayers. Through a mother's complicated love and a brother's guarded silence. When the Bruises Learned to Bloom is a raw, emotional story about a young woman who learns that pain does not have to be the end of her story. That even the most fragile hearts can survive. And that sometimes, blooming looks nothing like what you imagined. Because some girls don't break. They grow.

I Can and I Will is a quiet, emotional journey of love, waiting, faith, and self-respect. It is the story of a woman who learns that love is not proven by constant presence, but tested in silence. Of believing deeply, doubting honestly, and choosing patience-until patience asks for too much. Through longing, restraint, and moments of clarity, she discovers that loving someone does not mean losing herself. And that sometimes, the bravest act of love is knowing when to let go. This is not a story about endings. It is a story about becoming.

The final book of the trilogy is now live. The Woman Who Knows closes a story that began with connection, moved through uncertainty, and ends not with loss-but with clarity. This book is not about walking away in anger. It is about standing firmly with oneself. Thank you to every reader who stayed, reflected, and grew alongside these pages. - Final Book of the Trilogy

Sometimes the truth doesn't set you free. Sometimes it puts you on trial. When Yelena Mehta (Volnova), a poised Indo-Russian executive, meets a quiet stranger on a rain-soaked mountain road, she believes it's nothing more than a fleeting moment of kindness. But that single encounter becomes the first crack in a life built on control, silence, and sacrifice. Soon, Yelena is framed for a corporate conspiracy she never saw coming, trapped between forged documents, hidden godowns, and powerful men who believe her name is expendable. As her world tightens, the stranger returns, not as a rescuer, but as a witness who refuses to let her story be rewritten. Set between the misty hills of Shimla and the ruthless corridors of corporate India, Veins of Truth is a slow-burn romantic suspense about love tested by truth, identity reclaimed through courage, and the cost of standing upright when the world wants you silent. https://books2read.com/u/4ANne0 Some stories aren't about winning. They're about refusing to disappear.

This isn't just a story. It's survival, written out loud. Aurora Kingsley thought moving away would silence her past, but trauma doesn't care about distance. The memories followed her loud, vivid, and unrelenting. Each chapter peels back another layer of what she tried to bury: the truth, the flashbacks, and the weight of pretending she's okay. If Only You Knew is a raw journey through trauma, therapy, and the slow, trembling art of healing. Proof that survival doesn't always look like strength. Sometimes, it just looks like trying again. ❤️‍🩹♥️

LUXOMANIA, (based on a true story) : Confessions of a salesgirl in the secret world of luxury. Charlotte, the narrator, ends up a salesgirl in the luxury goods domain purely by chance. Like most women, she's always liked fashion, but the move is one of desperation as, after 2 years out of work, she walks through the door of Montezzo in the rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré (the French 5th Avenue).

Can love heal a shattered soul? Tima's past is a haunting shadow, a reminder of the pain she endured. Yet, hope flickers when she meets Ala, a man who promises a future filled with warmth and understanding. As their connection grows, she must confront her fears and learn to trust. Will she be able to embrace love, or will her past forever hold her captive? Dedication For every woman who's felt unworthy, broken, or invisible-this is for you. May you find the strength to heal, the courage to love, and the peace you deserve. Your story isn't over; it's just beginning.

Two strangers, each quietly unraveling in the wake of deep personal loss-one grieving the death of someone they loved, the other reeling from the slow-burn devastation of a long-term relationship ending. They meet not in a burst of chemistry, but in stillness: mutual avoidance of their own feelings, shared routines, and the quiet company that doesn't demand anything... until it starts to mean everything.

Henna Barrie believed words could save people. She chose literature not as a subject, but as survival. College introduced her to Professor Grekward, a respected marriage psychology professor. Love grew silently, dangerously, never crossing visible lines. Henna wrote everything she could not say. Her silence became a book. Before leaving college, she gave the manuscript to Grekward and asked him to read it in the library. When he read the final page - 'Goodbye' - Henna was already gone. Bella, Grekward's wife, discovered the truth quietly. She left without anger. Grekward was left alone with regret. Henna left, loved again, and lost again. When her boyfriend married someone else, she returned - not for love, but closure. Henna became a writer. Her books healed others, just as writing healed her. Grekward read her success in silence and finally understood. Success had not erased the past. It healed it.

"The weight of expectations" is story based on the life of a young girl who struggles to balance her career and love life.This story can be relatable to those who face pressure from their parents, society, or their own expectations. Mehrish , an ambitious and independent girl , is in college and working hard to achieve her career goals. Zain, a charming and thoughtful guy , is also in college , and a romance develops between them. As Mehrish and Zain spend more time together , they begin to understand their feelings for each other . However , they must overcome the pressures from their families, societal expectations, and their own fears strengthen to their relationship. Tropes : •Love in college •Emotional conflict •Eldest daughter x youngest son

The Engineers is the first sci-fi novel in The Path of the Wanderers series. It is the journey of 5 women from across the world as they each confront spectral and prophetic visions and are drawn by bond and fate to Oxford to finally come together. We navigate most of this story through the eyes and lives of two extraordinary step sisters from New Mexico, USA, Joyce Rodriguez-Donovan and Mistral Donovan. Joyce is a famous scientist/ explorer and a sharp criminalist. Mistral is the youngest female Colonel in the US Air Force and a YouTube Chibi influencer. In Oxford, UK, we will meet the charismatic and handful Feeyona Acharya who is Oxford University's superstar eco-activist and top student. Splitting her time between Japan and South Korea is Anna Hyori Tomonomiyatsuko who is a rising K-pop diva and a manga artist. She has a very rare genetic mutation, the Alexandria's genesis. And finally from Joburg, South Africa, we will be introduced to rebellious virtuoso Lerato Zindela. She grew up in tragedy and rejection from the world around her. As their destinies bring them together under the specter of an impending apocalypse, they will discover who they really are and what they are meant to be for themselves and the world. The full novel is on Amazon in e-book and paperback format, and available for free in Kindle Unlimited. However, here you will discover the each characters of the series in Sandbox Time.

Linnea Jolie has been waiting since she was a little girl for magic to be real. Time and time again, she has been shown that it isn't, and she is devastated by the horrible admission that the world is just not magical. Until one fine day, with just the right kind of nudge, she finds out that maybe she was right all along...

She survived childhood by staying quiet. She survived adulthood by staying strong. But somewhere along the way, she forgot how to feel safe. The Girl Who Packed Light is a quietly powerful short story about resilience, trauma, healing-and the slow, steady miracle of choosing yourself after years of being chosen last. Calla has spent a lifetime learning how to carry the weight of other people's damage. From a childhood full of bruises to a military injury that never healed, to a string of relationships that drained more than they gave-she's spent years surviving. But healing isn't loud. It doesn't announce itself. Sometimes, healing is planting tomatoes in silence. Sometimes, it's letting someone rub your knee at 2:30 a.m. without needing to fix you. And sometimes, it's sitting on a quiet beach, realizing that for the first time in your life... you only packed what you wanted to carry. For every woman who's ever rebuilt herself from broken-this one's for you.

In the stillness of an empty house, a woman reflects on the small, unnoticed moments of her day, questioning the balance between responsibilities and self.

I Am Still Me She spent years answering to names that were never truly hers- roles, expectations, and versions shaped by other people's comfort. One day, she stopped explaining. Not out of anger, not out of rebellion, but out of quiet honesty. I Am Still Me is a reflective novel about identity, boundaries, and becoming. It is about a woman who learns that worth does not come from being chosen, and that softness, when protected, can be a powerful form of strength. This is not a story about escape. It is a story about return- to oneself.

Liza has spent her life wrestling with alcoholism, her attempts at sobriety often resembling a bad sitcom-where the punchline is her faceplanting into a bottle. With her daughter Kimberly's 18th birthday approaching like a ticking time bomb, Liza's anxiety about losing Kimberly to the big, wide world only makes her reach for the nearest drink with more gusto. To add to her woes, Liza has a new neighbor who consistently gives her judgmental stares. This is the same neighbor who once witnessed her drunken antics, including her unforgettable attempt to perform a tap dance on a garden gnome. The twist? Liza also finds him inexplicably attractive, making his disapproval feel like a cosmic joke. Just when it seems like Liza might actually have a drinking problem instead of a parenting one, she experiences a rare moment of clarity-like a hangover without the headache. Now, Liza must face her past with the same determination she once had in pretending the bottle was a good friend, all while navigating her awkward attraction to the neighbor. "Sober Up, Liza" is a bittersweet romp through addiction, redemption, and the never-ending comedy of a mother's love. Can Liza untangle her personal circus, mend things with Kimberly, and perhaps win over the handsome, judgmental neighbor, or will she keep stumbling through her own unintentional comedy routine?

Missing Spring is a quiet, intimate work of literary fiction told from the interior life of TJ Carmen, a woman who has spent years circling the edge of her own momentum. Caught between ambition and interruption, effort and exhaustion, TJ watches time move while she remains still-until she begins to question whether "stuck" is failure, or simply endurance misunderstood. Moving fluidly through memory and present moment, Missing Spring explores what it means to begin late, to pause without quitting, and to step into life not all at once, but one season at a time. This is not a story about reinvention. It's about entry.

INTRODUCTION "One Golden Summer" is a romantic and emotional novel written by Carley Fortune, the bestselling author of Every Summer After and Meet Me at the Lake. This book is about love, memories, and second chances. It tells the story of a woman who returns to the lake where she once spent a perfect summer - and finds that her past isn't finished with her yet. MAIN CHARACTER Name: Ava Morgan Age: 30s Personality: Thoughtful, kind, emotional, and nostalgic Job: Travel writer, always searching for meaning and inspiration Backstory: Ava spent one golden summer at a lake house when she was 17. She fell in love for the first time - but something happened that changed everything. Now, years later, she comes back to that same lake, trying to escape her busy life and find peace. AUTHOR NAME: Carley Fortune (2025)