Wanderlust and Heartstrings: A Soulmate Abroad
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Last published Sat, Nov 8, 2025
Lilac Wixx's life is perfectly predictable - miserable retail job, quiet nights at home with her mom's cat, and absolutely no adventure in sight.
Then, a last-minute work exchange to France upends everything. Suddenly, she's swapping store aisles for cobblestone streets, awkward conversations for unexpected chemistry, and the life she's known for one she never saw coming.
But even as she fumbles her way through new languages, new friendships, and maybe new love, one question lingers: can she really become someone new, or will she always be the girl who never left?
A charming, slow-burn story about leaving home, finding yourself, and falling in love somewhere between who you were and who you're becoming.
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