Love Shouldn't Hurt (On Hold)
zmswift
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  • Reads 6,078
  • Votes 1,749
  • Parts 39
  • Time 5h 13m
zmswift
Ongoing, First published Oct 31, 2020
Mature
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Zara is rude, ambitious, and responsible. Nate is reckless, caring and understanding. Sparks between this unlikely couple start rushing back when Zara returns to her hometown. They soon can't deny that they're made for each other.
    
    Zara had left her friends and family behind when she moved to NYC seven years ago, in search of freedom from her boring life. And coming back now brings back all the what-ifs.
    
    With mending broken friendships to a rekindling romance, Zara's life couldn't have been more hectic. But it turns upside down when the ones she loves most start getting hurt. Or hurt her. When the only serene company refuses to be a part of her life-will she be able to come out alive? Or will she succumb to the darkness that's surrounds the society?
    
   This is not your average romance novel. Can be considered a Women's Fiction novel.
  
   ~Cover by the amazing @_taliyahk_~
  
    🏆1st Place in the Golden Flower Awards in the Romance  genre.
    🏆1st Place in the Winter Awards in the Chicklit/General Fiction genre.
    🏆2nd place in the Stars Discovery Awards in the Chicklit genre
    🏆2nd place in the Waterfall Awards in the Romance genre.
    🏆2nd place in the Finale Spirited Awards in the Romance genre.  
    🏆3rd Prize Winner in the Crazy Awards in the Romance genre.
    🏆Runner up in the Ecarlate Awards in the Romance genre.
    ~ ~
  Praise for LSH:
  
  "I love the book cover!...First glance at the title and I already love it! What's so amazing is that it's interesting and brings out questions about the story, and it's also such a fact...First off, wow. The way you started off the chapter... really got me!"--Judge, Finale Spirited Awards, hosted by  HouseofSorceries.
  
  
   [ Warning: (Triggering content inside) Swearing, Domestic Violence, Abortion, and Physical Abuse are in the book. DO NOT continue if you're under 13.]
  (IMP.: The story now has slow updates.)
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He Made my Heart Beat

5 parts Ongoing

One has freedom and one has time. Each one lacking what the other has. Will it lead to a complicated relationship or will it lead to a beautiful yet devastating love story? Know Zeina Amisha Lancaster, a young and lively teen who grew up with a grudge from his father whom she always sees with a mistress. It is a pain in the heart, to watch her family fall apart. In exchange, she lived with her life motto that says "Empty his wallet before his mistress does." Is an ill hearted person's heart naturally numb or is she just too used to all the pain that life gives her. She wished she could hear and feel her heart, but she couldn't. Is she numb? With those uncertainties, would she allow Elijah, her first love, back into her life? Or would she abandon him once more without a proper farewell? Love blossoms in war, but love will choose to remain even when in peace.

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