Someone like Art
- Reads 196
- Votes 21
- Parts 9
Elizabeth Ross is a dark haired, freckly and loving artist from cornwall. Her life is going nowhere until she meets Art Hansen, an auburn haired, blue eyed boy with a passion for politics.
Elizabeth takes an instant disliking to Art and the arrogant, ignorant ways he learnt during his years in downtown New York.
However, when a web of lies connected to a Mr. Killian Floyd and his company try to cheat Elizabeth, Art springs to the rescue. Elizabeth begins to notices that Art is actually rather caring at heart.
But, the pressures of Art's job leave him blind to Elizabeth's affections and Elizabeth takes up poetry to try an distract herself, to get away from the way she's suddenly started slowly falling for this boy.
Finally, when violent, controversial, power-hungry Alicia Wilson threatens to come between them, Art has to act fast. But will they ever find the helpless love that they deserve?
-----
Bartholomew, or 'Bat' as he prefers, Albescu is from Romania, so why on Earth would he be moving halfway across the world? Because he doesn't feel safe in his own home anymore. Because he wants to start a new life away from the people that threaten him every day.
Peter Wilson was raised in a manor house in rural England by his mother and father. The whole house seemed to be a time machine, taking you way back to when telling your child who they'd be with forever was still legal. But when he finds out that his parents had arranged a marriage for him with a Miss. Jennifer Monroe, he flees and catches the earliest boat out of the country.
Bat can hardly afford a third class ticket, but Peter left with almost everything he owned. The two were so different, but could they find shelter in each other when their lives were like hurricanes?
.......
Do you believe in love at first sight?
All Rights Reserved
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
The Diner Girl
Korah is 18 years old who left everyone and everything she knew behind her to escape from the hell she had called home for all her life. She wanted nothing to do with her father and blamed him for the death of her brother when she was sixteen. She took a bus to a small town that she once heard her mother grew up in Indiana and hoped to start a new life with a new identity. She changed her name to Korah Schneider so that her father would never find her. She gets lucky when she grabs something to eat at the local diner and notices a 'Waitress Needed' sign on the window. She gets lucky when the owner decides to give her the job and offers her a room in his house to stay in until she can make enough to get her own place. One of the main waitresses there is his daughter and she befriends Korah right away. Everything seems to be going great for the first couple of months until she meets the owner's son, her new best friends brother that just moved back into town, Abe Hamilton. He's 25, covered in tattoos and is the President of a biker club that are never to be double crossed and who seems to become instantly infatuated with Korah. She wants to leave her dark past behind her but yet knows that if she falls for Abe, she'd be having to return to the lifestyle she is trying to leave behind. Secrets will be revealed and choices will have to be made. Korah will soon discover who she REALLY is. Β© Copyright 2019 All Rights ReservedComplete
Desire beneath innocence (Written in the stars)
She thought leaving her village would set her free. College life, independence, and the city lights - it was everything she dreamed of. Until he showed up. Cold. Rich. Powerful. And watching her like she already belonged to him. She's not ready for his world. He's not used to being challenged. π A slow-burn romance full of tension, angst , pinning , yearning , and secrets waiting to explode. She came to the city to become a doctor - not to fall in love with a storm. Raven never believed in fairytales. But when she crossed paths with Zayn Blackthorn, the arrogant billionaire with eyes like midnight and words that burned, her world shifted. He wasn't supposed to mean anything. Yet he became everything - her gravity, her chaos, her undoing. But love with Zayn was never soft. It was angst and yearning, power and surrender, a constant pull between wanting him and needing to breathe. Every time she tried to escape, he pulled her closer - until she could no longer tell where the hate ended and the love began. Now, with secrets unraveling, pasts colliding, and a world watching their every move, Raven must decide: Is he her salvation or her ruin? And how many times can a heart break before it stops believing in love? Because Zayn Blackthorn will do anything to win her back - even if it means groveling for the love he once tried to own. (Mature content later in the story)Complete
The MC President's Daughter
Aleena is the daughter for one of the most dominant and respected MC's but after her father died a few years back and her mother remarried the VP who became the new President had taken over, life has been hell for her. It got worse after months ago when her mother died from alcohol poisoning. Now her stepfather treats her like shit and allows the club to do the same. So she finally finds the courage to runaway and is twenty-one years old that can't stay for the club anymore, especially after what they have become. She finds herself taking a bus to the end of the line and along the way, she ends up befriending a stranger that happens to be going the same way. Her new friend seems to offer her a place to stay and even work, but the problem she soon encounters is the girls cousin who comes to visit and doesn't like 'new visitors'. Β© Copyright 2019 All Rights ReservedComplete
Syndicate of tribulation
Book 2 * CAN'T BE READ AS A STAND ALONE* "Arson after all, is an artificial crime... A large amount of houses deserve to be burnt" ~ H.G. Wells Excerpt: "Wake up. You can't die, you still owe me. If you think that you can die without ever paying me back then you are foolishly ignoramus" Blurb: Tironai King-Von. He is what most would label as 'crazy', though he prefers 'arsonist'. With a vendetta against many and enemies with almost everyone he's ever met -- you can already tell he is a difficult person to be around. With a mind working at 1 million miles an hour it's hard to sleep at night, especially after knowing that his life along with the rest of his teams are coming to an end. After uncovering the secrets of the government he is faced with a hard decision - kill or be killed, chase or be chased, run from your past or let your past run from you. A heart made of wood, that burns brightly with his proclivity for fire, will he find something or someone to douse the flames that have been devouring him for years? Will he he find what he has been looking for? Or will he continue setting fire after fire, feeding his addiction? An assassin, an arsonist, a thief, a mad scientist, a psychopath, and a manipulator. The syndicate of tribulation, the only ones that can save them is them. Buried secrets being uncovered and skeletons in their closets coming back to life. Will they really be their own heroes or continue their path of self-destruction? Read and find out.Complete
The Mafia King's CURVY Princess
"Now you listen to me and you listen good! I don't give a shit in what you think about me because guess what? I could care less! You mean NOTHING to me! Never will! So let's just get this bullshit over with, pretend we love each other to put on a good show, get divorced when this is all over and never have to worry about seeing each other again!" He snaps at me. "That's fine by me because as far as I personally am concerned, I could never love you either! A monster such as yourself doesn't deserve love! Not when you treat people INCLUDING girls the way you do! So go ahead and act all high and above everybody, but let me remind you, you will never be anything more than a lowlife, egotistical, womanizing, selfish, dumb little boy trying to be a man who will die alone! I may not be a thin pornstar or barbie-model type of a girl but just remember, YOU pushed ME away!" I shouted back and stood there for a moment feeling a mix of emotions. From happy & liberated for finally standing up for myself. To hurt & upset that he STILL can't see what all could be! Melody is a curvy not-so-confident young woman who has recently found out that in order to pay off a debt that her dad owed to one of the deadliest Mafia Kings in the U.S, who is now thinking in handing the 'family business' over to his son, Rowan. She is hurt, feels betrayed but also is now faced with another dilemma on top of it, she finds out that Rowan and them were promised her beautiful cousin instead, and so now she is stuck to an egotistical, maliputive, deceiving, arrogant cold hearted killer who she has to pretend she is in love with. Rowan doesn't want a relationship but is forced to go along with this idea in order to become the new Mafia King. His father believes in family. Even when he warms up a little to the marriage idea.......... Can they fall for each other? Or will their fate be different than any other cliche?!? Β© Copyright 2020 All Rights ReservedComplete
π·ππ ππππππ π²ππππ β
She was just trying to survive. He was the trouble she didn't need. Christina has never known love, not from her family, not from the world. As a stepdaughter, she's only ever been a burden, mistreated and ignored. Then there's Jack Cole who is cocky, reckless, and every bit the bad boy he's rumored to be. He teases her, gets under her skin, but what Christina doesn't know is... he's been in love with her all along. She doesn't believe in love. He doesn't believe in good endings. But what if, this time, they're both wrong? WEEKLY UPDATES >β‘Complete
Forgotten Promises || H.S
ππ'π¬ π§π¨π ππ‘π ππ¨π² π¬π‘π π«ππ¦ππ¦πππ«π¬ ππ§π π¬π‘π'π¬ π§π¨π ππ‘π π π’π«π₯ π‘π π₯πππ πππ‘π’π§π. βΈ» Harry tilted his head. "You used to be funnier." I scoffed, standing up, tossing the blanket off me. "And you used to give a shit." βΈ» Before the fame, before the stadiums, before the world knew his name, Harry Styles was just the boy who lived next door. He was Lia's best friend, her safe place, and the one person she thought would never leave. Then The X Factor happened. The phone calls got shorter, the visits stopped, and somewhere between sold-out arenas and magazine covers, he forgot about the little village he came from... and the girl who stayed behind. Now he's home. Older. Famous. A stranger wearing the face of the boy she grew up loving. She's spent years convincing herself she hates him. He's about to find out that being famous doesn't make you unforgettable. A slow burn, childhood best friends-to-enemies-to-lovers story about grief, first love, and discovering that sometimes the people who hurt us the most are the ones who once felt like home. βΈ» #1 Friends To Enemies #4 Dark Harry Styles
Unspoken Melodies
a poignant journey of unexpected love, loss, and the painful beauty of memories that last forever. The story begins with a simple moment-a glance through a window. Lizzy, casually peeking outside, notices a boy with his family. At first, he seems like just another loud neighbor, someone who doesn't mean much to her life. But little does she know, this fleeting encounter with Zephyr will become the defining moment of her existence. As their paths cross more often, Lizzy and Zephyr form an unspoken bond that slowly grows into something deeper. Zephyr, once a mysterious figure in Lizzy's life, becomes her closest companion-someone who understands her fears and insecurities. Their connection, filled with quiet moments and stolen glances, eventually blossoms into a love that neither of them ever anticipated. Yet, Lizzy's love for him never fades. Despite his insistence that she move on, Lizzy refuses to let go, fighting to stay by his side. But as Zephyr continues to hide the truth, Lizzy is left to face the harsh reality of the love they shared-until one fateful day when Zephyr's condition reaches its end, and Lizzy finds out the devastating truth too late. In a heart-wrenching twist, Lizzy is forced to say goodbye to the love of her life, only to discover that Zephyr had been carrying the weight of his illness alone, hoping to protect her from the pain he didn't want her to witness. Through a letter Zephyr left behind, Lizzy learns that from the very first moment they met, he had already fallen in love with her. This is a story that explores the depths of love, the heartbreaking decisions we make to protect those we care about, and the unyielding power of memories that stay with us forever. Though their time together was cut tragically short, Zephyr and Lizzy's love proves that even in death, love doesn't die-it endures, living on in the hearts of those who remain.Complete
Korah is 18 years old who left everyone and everything she knew behind her to escape from the hell she had called home for all her life. She wanted nothing to do with her father and blamed him for the death of her brother when she was sixteen. She took a bus to a small town that she once heard her mother grew up in Indiana and hoped to start a new life with a new identity. She changed her name to Korah Schneider so that her father would never find her. She gets lucky when she grabs something to eat at the local diner and notices a 'Waitress Needed' sign on the window. She gets lucky when the owner decides to give her the job and offers her a room in his house to stay in until she can make enough to get her own place. One of the main waitresses there is his daughter and she befriends Korah right away. Everything seems to be going great for the first couple of months until she meets the owner's son, her new best friends brother that just moved back into town, Abe Hamilton. He's 25, covered in tattoos and is the President of a biker club that are never to be double crossed and who seems to become instantly infatuated with Korah. She wants to leave her dark past behind her but yet knows that if she falls for Abe, she'd be having to return to the lifestyle she is trying to leave behind. Secrets will be revealed and choices will have to be made. Korah will soon discover who she REALLY is. Β© Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved
More detailsContent Guidelines