Chicklit Stories

Melanie Thompson honestly thought she would be happily married to David until they were old and gray. Now she finds herself raising two children while dealing with her husband's infidelity and the changes his decisions are throwing her way. No longer is life beautiful, it is now a messy chaotic disaster filled with heartbreak and sadness. Everyday Melanie tries to keep smiling for her children, but it seems like heartbreak is all she knows anymore. Melanie honestly doesn't think anyone would ever want to join her in her life post divorce let alone choose to love her and the kids. All of that changes the day she meets Dr. Chris Waters. Will her chaos and mess become beautiful? Read to see. **Cover photo from a Google search. I do not own the image. All copy work rights belong to the original owner. **

Mira finds herself stuck in the city of love with Jake, the playboy athlete she can't stand. What she doesn't expect is for major sparks to fly on their 24-hour adventure. But can this newly-found love last beyond the magic of Paris? ***** 24 Hours in Paris is now published as a Paperback & E-book by W by Wattpad Books As a Wattpad reader, you can now access both the Original Edition and the W by Wattpad Books Published Edition here upon purchase (PS: a review on Amazon (and also Goodreads) would be very much appreciated, to help get this POC rom com in front of more readers! All the review page links are on my Wattpad profile page :-) ) In the new Published Edition of the book, the characters of Mira and Jake will be older and wiser co-workers in the corporate world, who miss their flight and get stuck spending an extra 24 hours in Paris. They'll start off annoyed with each other, but you know how the story goes... "Adorably sweet and a brilliant read! It made me feel like I was roaming the streets of Paris without having to leave my couch." - Grace @HQ ***** On the last day of their class's college trip to Paris, Mira and Jake get tangled up in a debacle that causes them to miss their flight home to New York. Which means they're stuck in Paris until the next available flight that's 24 hours away! Mira is witty and a lover of art history and good cheese. Jake, on the other hand, is your All-American frat boy with a killer smile. Translation: they can't stand each other. As they visit places they could never have imagined, Mira and Jake go from mortal enemies to star-crossed lovers with sizzling chemistry. But can their spark last without Paris' cheese and charm to keep it going? [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]] Cover designed by Ray Gardener

[Teen Fiction Winner, 2025 Triple Moon Awards - 2025 Amby's Round Two Qualifier] 🌻🎸Inspired by the Dolly Parton song 'Wildflowers', WHEN WE WERE WILDFLOWERS is a coming-of-age novel with country roots about fierce friendship, budding romance, soul-crushing betrayal, and resilience of the wild feminine spirit.🎸🌻 When 13-year-old good girl Violet Wilson moves to a new housing development in a small Texas town, she finds an unlikely friend in wild child Poppy Cooper. They're instant besties, but there's one problem: Violet's high-class mom forbids the friendship. Poppy's troubled family and reckless behavior are dealbreakers. After a dramatic turn of events brings Violet's picture-perfect family crumbling down, she leans on her older brother Teddy and Poppy for support. Everything is changing, including where Violet and Teddy will call home. The girls enlist Teddy's help to squeeze an epic bucket list of teen milestones into a few short weeks before the Wilsons move away. It's all fun and games setting up a first kiss with Violet's crush, driving lessons, first job, and prom dates... until Violet discovers Poppy is keeping a devastating secret. Her betrayal threatens to destroy their friendship--and Violet's family--forever. Can these wildflowers weather the storm? Or was Violet's mom right about Poppy all along? RATED PG-13: a little foul language, teenage subject matter, kissing, underage drinking at a party TRIGGER WARNING: divorce, infidelity, incarcerated parent, dysfunctional family, car accident

Emma and Vivian spend their summer at a new camp to help out a friend, only to discover that it's a dating camp and they both have to pretend to be single! ***** Emma and Vivian, having spent their first year of college living together, agree to spend their summer at Gwen Black's latest camp. Unfortunately, due to a misunderstanding (and Gwen's aggressive advertising), the entire camp is using Emma as a mascot because she's "single". Emma and Vivian decide to let the situation play out to help Gwen, finding a new thrill in keeping their love secret. Soon, though, things get out of hand as they start making each other jealous, and someone online is working to destroy their relationship (and the entire camp)! Can Emma save the camp, her reputation, and the only relationship that's ever mattered to her? (Sequel to Camp Mapplewood: original version.) [[word count: 40,000-50,000 words]]

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION When her initiation into her college's History Club goes awry, Sol has to come face to face with Ethan-the cute guy whose house she just broke into. ***** Soledad Gutierrez, or Sol to her friends, decides to join the History Club at her Community college. However, this club is not like other clubs: they have an initiation process and a slew of other 'extracurricular activities.' In order to join the club, Sol must break into the oldest house in her small Californian town and steal one of their forks. The club members provide all the materials to break in; she just needs to take the utensil, take a selfie in the kitchen, and get out undetected-with the fork, of course. The problem is: Ethan Winston spots Sol in his grandparent's house, and he's determined to uncover the reason behind the break-in. However, both he and Sol are thrown for a loop when feelings begin to develop between them. And as Ethan becomes suspicious of the History Club, he and Sol get tangled in an adventure none of them were expecting. [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]] [[Wattys 2019 Winner for Young Adult + Being Published by Wattpad Books in Fall 2020]]

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. It only takes one moment to change your life forever . . . After her mother's deportation last year, all Soledad "Sol" Gutierrez wants is for her life to go back to normal. Everything's changed-new apartment, new school, new family dynamic-and Sol desperately wants to fit in. When she joins her community college's history club, it comes with an odd initiation process: break into Westray's oldest house and steal . . . a fork? There's just one problem: while the owners of the house aren't home, their grandson Ethan is, and when he catches Sol with her hand in the kitchen drawer, she barely escapes with the fork intact. This one chance encounter irrevocably alters her life, and Sol soon learns that sometimes fitting in isn't as important as being yourself-even if that's the hardest thing she's ever had to do.

A broke, straight-edged high schooler must fight her feelings for her new cocky admirer or risk being stuck in a dead-end town forever. ***** Seventeen-year-old control freak Meg is determined to leave her dead-end town for good. But when a handsome stranger walks into her diner and leaves her a hundred-dollar bill, Meg's life takes a turn for the worse, and she finds herself falling for the kind of guy she definitely shouldn't be. With college around the corner and her future on the line, Meg knows she must fight against her feelings for Nate or risk losing the one thing she's fought so hard for - control. [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]] (Written by @officialrachaelrose, previously known as @Rachksnaps) *If you aren't reading this book on Wattpad, it has been stolen. Please report the website!* Cover designed by Ashley Bandy

Free to read! 19-year-old Jane, newly-single, moves to London to work for her friend, Kitty. But Kitty is hiding something about the café - and about Jane and Kitty's past. ***** If you looked at her Instagram, you'd think Jane had the perfect life. But a family tragedy and a big break up shatters that illusion, prompting Jane to drop out of university and move to London. She gets a room above a bookstore and a job as a barista, thanks to her childhood friend Kitty. Struggling with feelings of loneliness among the happy staff, Jane feels further ostracized when Kitty refuses to discuss Matt, who used to live in the bedroom Jane took over and who left under mysterious circumstances. As Jane struggles to find herself, and get the attention of the cute bartender, Harper, she discovers that the Brew Books café is brewing with dark secrets. [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

He married her to please his dad. It was just another business deal for him. He had a girlfriend from the start and wasn't willing to give her up. He hated his wife Sophia with a passion even though she hardly crossed his way. She is a goody two shoes and never gave him a solid reason to hate her. She cooked for him and noticed his likes and dislikes even though they didn't share a meal or a room. One day, when his mother fell sick and was waiting for a donor Sophia is the one to step forward. She saved his mother even though the latter used to bully her. So what will happen when his mum starts to side with Sophia ? What will happen when his mum demands them to give her a grandchild? When did his younger brother became so close and flirty with Sophia ? Will he break free from this unwanted marriage or will the unwanted make him fall ? #highest Rank in Romance till today 1/5/2017 is 26 Ranked #22 IN ROMANCE in 1/5/2017 Highest ranked 12 in romance

A no-nonsense career-oriented event manager, a 'was-i-ever-passionate-about-anything-in-my-life?' spoilt brat, bickering, unwanted arrangements, more bickering, a marriage no one saw coming, bickering, love and a mistake, nothing. Join Aahil, Sila, and their friends on a journey that promises nothing but disaster but isn't love just that? a glorious disaster?

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have spent almost two years trying to start a family. After multiple rounds of IVF, countless tests, and the quiet heartbreak of disappointment, hope has begun to feel like a habit they can't quite break. Then, one ordinary morning marked by another negative test, everything changes. Travis's brother and sister-in-law are killed in a sudden car accident, leaving behind four young daughters and naming Taylor and Travis as their guardians. In an instant, their lives are rewritten. Grieving a loss that feels too heavy to bear, they're forced to step into roles they never expected: parents to children who have lost everything. As they navigate sleepless nights, public scrutiny, and the fragile balance between love and obligation, Taylor and Travis must confront what family really means and whether the life they once imagined still has a place in the one they've inherited.

Amari Vasilios, the CEO of a rapidly growing Advertising Company in California, experienced a heartbreak from her best friend, Zane Shaw, five years ago-a person she least expected to be the first to break her heart. Surprisingly, it was all because of a girl he had known for only four months. Amari was furious at the time, and her anger still persists. She made a conscious effort to ignore and avoid Zane as much as possible, and for the past five years, she succeeded. However, everything has changed now. Presently, she finds herself gazing at the invitation letter clenched in her hand. It turns out to be a wedding invitation, sent by her brother and his fiancee. She realizes she must return home, to New York, and attend the wedding. Going to the wedding means encountering Zane once again. Going to the wedding means coming face-to-face with the person she managed to evade successfully for five long years. Read the story of Amari Vasilios and Zane Shaw in 'Chase me.' Copyright © 2021 by Lency Slamet All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

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Everly Beckett -optimist extraditar- hates school. But the difference between love and hate are very blurred for her so it almost doesn't matter. She's stuck in a routine and makes the best of it. She smiles in all the pictures, laughs at all the jokes, and keeps her nose in her own business. It doesn't matter to her that she's no one's best friend and nobody's somebody. Once she gets the chance she's leaving the sorry town she lives in to be ultimately happy and go on an adventure to find someone to be happy with. Scars from her past keep her chained, sibling who never cared for her now hate her, her lively father is now a shell of a person, and her wonderful mother, well, she's been in a coma for almost 6 months and Evie can't help but blame herself. This story started when Evie meets a boy who treats her like a person, a living breathing human who deserves respect, and she remembers why she's happy to be be alive. How it ends? You'll just have to wait and see ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Falling for Harry Harwood follows Nat, a 27-year-old woman who initially planned to move to London for a writing career but finds herself in Disley, a quiet village in the UK, staying with her friend Emma Harwood's family. She expects it to be temporary, just a stop while she figures out her next steps. But as she navigates the uncertainty of her next steps, her connection with Disley and the rhythms of the Harwood family, including Emma's older brother, Harry, whose quiet presence and thoughtful nature catch Nat off guard, complicating her initial certainty about leaving. Harry, 30 years old, quiet and reserved, runs the family café, embodying a grounded presence that contrasts Emma's energetic nature. What starts as polite conversations and small moments turns into an unexpected connection. But both Nat and Harry carry their own uncertainties and fears about the future. As they navigate their growing bond, they'll have to decide if they're ready to let their guards down and take a chance on something neither of them saw coming. The story is about transition, belonging, and figuring out what truly feels like home. Nat is torn between the future she thought she wanted and the unexpected life she's found herself in. Meanwhile, Harry, burdened with responsibilities and hesitant to let himself want something, wrestles with his own feelings.

Jika hidup adalah perjalanan, maka hidup juga tentang orang-orang yang kita temui dan silih berganti. Dalam sebuah perjalanan, terkadang kita berjalan sendiri, kadang juga ada teman yang membersamai. Ada yang datang dan pergi, ada yang hanya sekedar singgah untuk basa-basi, atau menetap sampai mati. Perjalanan juga membuat kita tahu bahwa tak selamanya orang lain akan berada di arah yang sama dengan kita. Orang yang berlawanan arah bisa jadi searah. Sebaliknya, yang searah bisa jadi putar arah. Namanya perjalanan, tentu tak akan selalu lancar. Begitupun dengan hidup Lana setelah sebuah batu besar menghadang perjalannya. Pada saat itu, Ia merasa semesta terlalu sibuk bermain dengannya. Atau malah mempermainkannya? Entahlah, yang pasti Lana hanya punya dua pilihan. Hancurkan batu itu dan melewatinya atau memilih putar arah untuk mencari jalan yang lain. Namun yang pasti, jika Lana memilih menghancurkannya, mungkin Ia juga akan ikut hancur.

||-Ongoing-|| •Anna & Mama• {Heartbreak{Rejection{Pain} "You and I could have been 'We' if the Sea had lost it colours." Tears filled my eyes. I couldn't even control them as they cascaded down my cheeks. "You and I could have been 'We' if the sun had lost its shine." Each word was like a shard of broken glass, piercing deeper and deeper into my heart. I felt a pain that I could not describe, one that threatened to cripple me. "Anna and Mama could have been one if we just weren't us." The final piece was like an unexpected avalanche. It lauched itself at me and I immediately recoiled from the impact. But, she just turned and walked away like everything meant nothing. She broke my heart to pieces and didn't even try to fix it. ~~~~~~~~~~ She was she. She was her. Whenever I looked at her, she was bound to set my heart on fire. It was her who began to make me feel and see that there is more to living. And though she said she was a bad person -her words and not mine- I still loved her so. Until she broke me more than I was already broken. And taught me the true meaning of never to love again. Because... She was She. She was Her. She was Anna. Warning: Not a happy ending because not everything has to be. ~OmaPhinaPhire🔥

Oaklyn Miller is a new sensation in the wedding planning industry. Her brilliant attention to detail and her talent for creating fairytale-like weddings have made her the go-to planner for couples dreaming of a perfect day. Despite her success, Oaklyn's own romantic life has taken a backseat to wedding gowns and deadlines. But everything changes when the byline of Boston Young's latest article writes itself into her life. When Oaklyn lands the opportunity of a lifetime to organize the wedding of the season, she never expects to fall for the man who is meant to say "I do" to someone else. As her feelings for Boston deepen, Oaklyn finds herself jeopardizing her job and fronting a choice with potentially disastrous consequences for everyone involved. Wedding planning is all about the details, but sometimes those details get tangled up with heartstrings. Copyright © 2024 by Avatar_Inventive.

When Clara Ward loses her job as a live-in nanny after her employers' messy divorce, she finds herself with nowhere else to go but home, back to Toronto, the city she left behind years ago. A temporary position caring for a young girl in the quiet suburbs seems like the lifeline she needs. But when she arrives and finds Daniel Ross on the doorstep, her first love, her almost, the heartbreak she never quite outran, Clara realises that home isn't as simple as she remembered. Now, surrounded by the hum of neighbourhood streets, the warmth of evening dinners, and the vibrance of Daniel's daughter, Briar, Clara begins to rebuild a version of herself she thought she'd lost. But second chances have a way of stirring up old ghosts. And as the lines between past and present blur, Clara must decide if love, steady, patient, and waiting all this time, might be worth risking her heart again.

Every night, Gesele drowns in the same dream. She wakes with the echo of a scream on her lips and the ghost of an unlived dream-a memory that isn't hers, a loss she can't explain. The ache in her heart is too real to ignore, pulling her toward a past that whispers just out of reach. The only thing that keeps her grounded in reality is her closer kins, with whom she finds a temporary refuge from the storm in her mind. But as the dreams intensify, becoming violent and terrifyingly real, Gesele's reality begins to fracture. She is no longer just haunted in her sleep; she's being hunted by a truth desperate to be remembered. As the line between dreams and reality blurs, Gesele must confront forgotten histories to save her sanity. But will the key to her past unlock the unanswered questions, or will the echoes of what she discovers tear her apart forever?