THE MANOR OF SECRETS
- Reads 58
- Votes 8
- Parts 4
MatureOngoing35m
Last published Wed, Sep 24, 2025
The house was never meant to feel like home. For Nolan Hill, it was a fortress-glass walls, locked doors, and silence broken only by the sound of his daughter's laughter. Helena was all he had left, and keeping her safe meant keeping everyone else at a distance.
Until her.
The nanny was supposed to be a solution, nothing more. But the moment she walked through the doors of the manor, she unsettled everything Nolan thought he knew about control. She carried her own shadows, secrets stitched into her past, and yet she had a way of softening Helena's world-and his.
Desire wasn't part of the plan. Neither was trust. But inside a house where every room holds something unspoken, Nolan and the woman he shouldn't want are about to uncover truths that bind them closer than either imagined.
The Manor of Secrets is a story about longing, the weight of hidden pasts, and what happens when love finds you in the quietest, most unexpected places.
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
Unravelling Aurora | ✓
A girl, haunted by her past was living in solitude. A man, running from his own demons. When their paths collide, the girl wants to run, but the guy is determined to chase after her aura. *** Aurora Ravenscroft was living her life in solitude, planning to continue like that. Her carefully laid plans changed drastically when her annoying neighbour's new roommate barged into her life. Phoenix Anderson was fighting his own demons, desperate to make a new life, a new man out of him by focusing on himself. But he became infatuated with the aesthetic enigma next door. Her aura held more anguish that he forgot his own misery. Will Aurora let go of her tragic past and allow Phoenix to teach her to rise from the ashes?Complete
Tainted Hearts
When Aria moves into the sprawling, shadowed Hayes estate with her mother and stepfather, she expects a fresh start - a chance to leave her past behind. But the house has secrets, and so do the people in it. Knox Hayes, the elusive and magnetic boy whose presence lingers in photos and whispered rumors, has a past that refuses to stay buried. When Aria discovers him in the depths of the estate one stormy night, nothing will ever be the same. Caught between her mother's secrecy, her stepfather's controlling calm, and the pull of Knox's dangerous allure, Aria must navigate a web of lies, hidden agendas, and long-buried truths. And when sparks ignite between her and Knox, passion and peril collide in ways she never imagined. In a world where trust is a luxury and every choice could be fatal, Aria will discover that some bonds are worth breaking the rules for - and some dangers are impossible to escape. Secrets. Lies. Desire. In the Hayes estate, nothing is as it seems, and no one is truly gone.Complete
Tangled Hearts
She thought she was just taking a job. He thought he was losing everything. But neither of them expected what came next. When Elise Monroe, a kindhearted young woman with a talent for calming even the most anxious child, accepts a live-in nanny position for a reclusive millionaire, she believes it's the chance of a lifetime. A beautiful estate, a quiet four-year-old girl, and generous pay-it all seems too good to be true. And it is. Sebastian Hale is in the middle of an unraveling. His wife, Caroline , has fallen out of love with him but keeps him dangling with just enough affection to break his heart over and over again. She wants nothing to do with their daughter, only showing up when it benefits her image. Elise walks into this fractured home unaware of the emotional minefield she's about to cross. But secrets, jealousy, and ghostly memories of an ex-wife threaten to tear them apart before they ever truly begin. In a mansion filled with whispered regrets and tender moments, will they fight for the family they never knew they needed? Loving someone who's still clinging to a ghost can be the most dangerous love of all.Complete
ɴᴏ ɪɴɴᴏᴄᴇɴᴄᴇ (ᴅ.ᴇ)
Sinclair Carter has it all-a thriving luxury hotel in the heart of New Orleans, a beautiful wife who's the backbone of their home, and a precious daughter he adores beyond measure. As a hard-working father and devoted husband, he's built a life grounded in stability, loyalty, and love. But everything starts to shift when she walks in. She's unlike anyone he's ever encountered-bold, mysterious, and intoxicating in a way that threatens to unravel the very foundation of his world. Around her, Sinclair no longer feels like the man who has everything under control. He's consumed by a pull he can't explain and an attraction he's desperate to ignore... but can't. As his carefully curated life begins to slip through his fingers, Sinclair finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew about loyalty, temptation, and desire. How far will he go to silence a craving that refuses to die?Complete
BEHIND HER EYES 🖤
Evelyn Hart doesn't remember who she is. She lives under constant surveillance, medicated into numbness, told what to wear, how to speak, and who she used to be- a quiet, obedient girl with a past too dangerous to unlock. But then... someone begins to watch her. Not through cameras. Not through orders. But in the shadows. He doesn't speak. He doesn't show his face. But he knows her. Lucien Blackwell is brilliant, broken, and obsessed. He isn't just a stranger. He's the man who once helped create her... and the only one who escaped the system alive. But Evelyn isn't a girl anymore. She's a ticking time bomb of forgotten experiments, implanted fire, and Oracle code buried inside her brain. And Lucien? He's the only one who can ignite it-or stop it. As their lives entangle in a deadly web of secrets, stalker obsession, and forbidden touch, Evelyn begins to question: > What if she wasn't meant to survive? > What if she was meant to evolve? And when pieces of her past resurface-including Caleb, the ghost of a boy who never left her mind- Evelyn must face the truth: > She's not the girl behind glass anymore. She's the fire that was never supposed to escape. ----------- A twisted stalker romance. A psychological war between love and control. And one unforgettable girl who was built to burn.Complete
Between Love & Lies
Bria Smith's life collapsed the moment her father died. Her mother married her boss, and just like that, Bria was thrown into a life of privilege she never wanted-and a college she hadn't earned, courtesy of her new stepfather. She planned to keep her head down at Harvard Business University, but fate had other ideas... Elijah Park. Her step-uncle. Her professor. The man she's not allowed to want-but can't stop thinking about. He's older, sharper, dangerous in a way that feels like a warning and a promise all at once. And he sees right through her-her grief, her anger, her desire. One look and she's undone. One touch and she's his. This isn't just love. It's temptation, secrets, and a choice that could ruin them both. Because some lies keep you safe... and some loves are worth breaking every rule for. ~
Savage Oath (The Kingsley Brothers • Book 3)
Some secrets should never be touched. Especially not your brother's ex. Nico Kingsley isn't looking for love. He's not even looking to be found. After taking a step back from the family empire to heal from the year that nearly broke him, he's been keeping things simple: low profile, low pressure, no attachments. But when a chance encounter leads to something physical with the one woman who should be off-limits... everything changes. She's smart. Stunning. Stronger than anyone knows. And she's hiding a few secrets of her own. What started as late-night silence and bodies tangled in sheets is turning into something too real to ignore. But how long can you hide a love you never planned - especially in a family where nothing stays buried for long?Complete
The Art of falling for you
Sophia Hart is a warm, cheerful young woman who once dreamed of becoming an artist. But life had other plans. After her father lost his job, Sophia put her dreams aside to support her family, working tirelessly as a manager to pay the bills and fund her younger brother's education-or so she thought. When Sophia's family is threatened by a looming debt, she faces an impossible decision: marry Damien Blackwood, a cold, enigmatic CEO with a haunted past, or risk losing everything. Damien has no interest in love but agrees to the marriage for practical reasons, hiding his painful history behind a wall of icy composure. Will they be able to overcome the shadows of their past and find happiness in each other?Complete
A girl, haunted by her past was living in solitude. A man, running from his own demons. When their paths collide, the girl wants to run, but the guy is determined to chase after her aura. *** Aurora Ravenscroft was living her life in solitude, planning to continue like that. Her carefully laid plans changed drastically when her annoying neighbour's new roommate barged into her life. Phoenix Anderson was fighting his own demons, desperate to make a new life, a new man out of him by focusing on himself. But he became infatuated with the aesthetic enigma next door. Her aura held more anguish that he forgot his own misery. Will Aurora let go of her tragic past and allow Phoenix to teach her to rise from the ashes?
More detailsContent Guidelines