Contemporaryromance Історій

Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option. ***** Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her... Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault. [[word count: 50,000-100,000 words]]

Ellie Brooks came back to Brookhaven carrying a life she hadn't planned and a heart she hadn't protected. She didn't expect to find Caleb Harlow still standing exactly where she'd left him - older, steadier, and carrying the weight of a daughter who needed more than promises. Caleb didn't expect Ellie to return either. Not after the way she left. Not after the years it took to build a life that wouldn't collapse if she did. They don't fall back into love. They circle it. Carefully. Reluctantly. Knowing what's at stake this time. Brookhaven remembers their history - the almosts, the silence, the years they spent pretending the other wasn't the one thing that never quite let go. And as Ellie and Caleb edge closer to something real, they're forced to confront the truth neither of them can avoid anymore: Love isn't reckless when it's right. It's deliberate. But choosing each other means choosing everything that comes with it - the child watching them, the past that refuses to stay buried, and the kind of commitment that doesn't offer an easy exit. The Long Way to Us is a slow-burn, deeply emotional story about coming home, choosing love without guarantees, and discovering that the bravest thing you can do is stay - even when it would be easier to walk away.

[This story will become free on June 15th 2022] In the sequel to When Best Friends Kiss, Liam is faced with the life Alex has built without him. Can their love survive when they've become so different? ***** Fresh out of university and settled into a new apartment, Liam and Alex are ready to start their life together. While Alex finds passion in journalism and has more friends than he can count, Liam is frustrated with his photography and awkward around Alex's LGBTQ friends. Seeing the life Alex has built without him, and how different they've become, Liam finds his insecurities resurfacing and mental health spiraling downwards. After the time they've spent apart, do Liam and Alex really belong together? Or will their love story end before it starts its next chapter? (Sequel to When Best Friends Kiss.) [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]

Clara never planned to marry the wrong man. On the day she was supposed to walk down the aisle with the man she loved, she was left behind-without explanation, without closure, and with a room full of witnesses waiting for her to break. To stop a scandal that could destroy her future, Lucas Whitaker, the groom's older brother, makes a decision no one expects. He marries her instead. What begins as a marriage of convenience quickly becomes something far more dangerous. Because Lucas doesn't offer love. He offers protection. He sets rules instead of promises. And he keeps his distance even when silence becomes unbearable. Caught between the man who disappeared and the man who stayed, Clara is forced to navigate a marriage built on restraint, secrets, and unspoken tension. The truth behind the wedding day threatens to surface, and when it does, it won't just expose lies-it will test loyalty, control, and how much a person is willing to sacrifice to keep someone safe. Almost My Husband is a slow-burn romantic drama about survival, power, and the cost of protection. It is a story of quiet devotion, psychological tension, and a love that grows not from desire-but from discipline. Sometimes the safest love is the one that refuses to touch you.

Mira only meant to be gone for two weeks. A temporary escape from a life that felt too tight-too watched, too controlled. Seoul was supposed to be a pause, not a turning point. Then she meets Jun-seo. What begins as a fleeting connection turns into something deeper, stretching across distance, culture, and everything Mira thought she knew about herself. As love pulls her forward and family expectations pull her back, Mira is forced to confront the space between who she's been and who she wants to become. The Space Between Leaving is an intimate, slow-burn romance about escape, longing, and the moments that quietly change everything.

Three years ago, Daniela left without knowing how to stay. And Megan learned how to survive without her. Now, years later, life has moved on-or at least, it pretends to have. Megan is older, steadier, trying to build something new from the pieces of her past. She has friends who know her scars, a future she's carefully planned, and a heart that refuses to forget what it once loved. Daniela is back in the same city she ran from, carrying regrets she never learned how to unpack. The move that broke everything shaped her into someone stronger-but not someone unmarked. When their paths collide again, old wounds reopen. So do old feelings. This is a story about first love that never really ended. About distance, timing, and the words that were never said. About finding out whether love can survive becoming strangers- and whether some endings were never truly endings at all. Some loves fade. Some just wait.

epistolary | completed [standalone]

𝓘𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝓭𝓼𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓮, 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶. 🌸 Rom com • Comfort romance • Safe love ⋇⋆✦⋆⋇　 He is the sky. She is the earth. He is calm. She is chaos. He is grounded. She is sunshine. He is a chai lover. She is a coffee lover. He is an introvert. She is an extrovert. They are poles apart. Yet somewhere between bookshelves and coffee cups, they find each other- and eventually, they fall in love. Despite being opposites, one thing becomes common between them: love. Equal. Quiet. Intense. 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 is a story that will make you giggle, smile, blush, and feel butterflies flutter with every page you turn. 📚💗✨

Julian's philosophy was simple: life is a prelude to disappointment, and he was ready for the final note. Elara's was the opposite: every second is a gift, and she was determined to unwrap as many as she could for others. After she stops him from jumping from a ledge, she makes him a deal: one meeting a week to show him that life is worth living. But the very light that saved him holds a dark and fragile truth. When Julian discovers the real reason for her relentless joy, their newfound happiness shatters. He is left with a piercing question: 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙, 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩?

The only hunger Brianna had ever known was for cuisine-until he walked into the café. A man hardened by the military, Roman felt his control begin to slip, every ounce of discipline undone by the breeze tangling her dirty-blonde hair. At first sight, he knew.. Bon Appétit is an affair between a quiet girl, an untamed man, and the dangerous beauty of wanting something for the first time.

☀︎︎𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬☀︎︎ ☾︎𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞.☽︎ ☾︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☼︎☽︎ Kᴀᴠʏᴀ Nᴀɪʀ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇs sʜᴇ's ɴᴏᴛ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ. Pᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʜᴇʀ ғᴇᴇʟ sᴏ. Sʜᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛs ᴛᴏ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ sᴛᴏʀɪᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀɴᴛs ᴏɴᴇ ғᴏʀ ʜᴇʀsᴇʟғ. Sʜᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ. ༄༄༄ ༄✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯༄༄༄༄ Aʀᴊᴜɴ Mᴀʟʜᴏᴛʀᴀ ɪs ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜᴇ's ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜɴɴʏ ᴏɴᴇ. Tʜᴇʏ ʜᴀᴛᴇ ʜɪs ᴠᴜʟɴᴇʀᴀʙɪʟɪᴛʏ. Aᴛ 20, ʜᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴅs ɪɴᴅɪᴀ's ɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴄʀɪᴄᴋᴇᴛ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ. Hᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛs sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʜɪᴍ ᴀᴛ ʜɪs ᴄᴏʀᴇ.

In glittering Bangkok, retiring supermodel Rianna Davis, a Black American from California, seeks a quieter life after a decade on the runway. A celebratory night out leads to an impulsive one-night stand with charismatic playboy Boonchai Boonmee-unaware of his connection to her longtime boyfriend, Arthit Boonmee. As engagement bliss and family introductions unfold, an unexpected pregnancy sets off a chain of secrets, coercion, and forbidden desire. What begins as a dangerous game of blackmail spirals into an intense, addictive affair amid Bangkok's elite circles-risky encounters, whispered threats, and stolen moments that blur guilt, passion, and power. With jealous rivals, suspicious allies, and mounting family pressures closing in, the web of deception tightens. Loyalties fracture, reputations hang in the balance, and one explosive truth threatens to shatter everything. High-stakes erotic thriller of betrayal, obsession, and taboo chemistry set against Thailand's dazzling, unforgiving cityscape. © _RelleLebby_// R. L.

Tori Anderson's life shattered the night she found her fiancé in bed with her best friend. Broken and betrayed, the 26-year-old interior designer makes a radical choice: accept a full scholarship to a prestigious design program in Kyoto, Japan-and leave everything behind. But healing isn't as simple as running away. As the only Black woman in her cohort, Tori navigates hypervisibility, culture shock, and the weight of past trauma while learning the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi-finding beauty in imperfection. With the help of unexpected friends and the ancient art of kintsugi (golden repair), she begins to rebuild herself piece by fragile piece. Then she meets Ren-brilliant, beautiful, and utterly unavailable. A commitment-phobic architectural designer with his own hidden wounds, Ren has perfected the art of intimacy without connection. But when their late-night workshops and vulnerable conversations crack both their carefully constructed walls, neither can ignore what's growing between them. Can two broken people learn to trust again? Can gold fill the cracks between them? A story about survival, self-discovery, and the courage it takes to love after loss-Kintsugi is an achingly beautiful journey of a woman learning that healing isn't about becoming unbroken. It's about honoring the scars that made you whole. ©️ Relle H

Cynical florist Elara believes love is a lie, destined to wilt faster than the peonies in her mother's shop. Her proof? A cheating dad and an ex who traded her for a girl named Sunshine. So when she accidentally sends a scathing, secret manifesto on the futility of marriage to the wrong email address, she's sure she's doomed the family business. The recipient? Oliver Weston, the groom in the society wedding of the year. But Oliver doesn't fire her. He shows up, shattered, calling her rant the most honest thing he's ever read. The perfect, gilded cage of his life is crushing him, and her words are the key. He calls off the wedding, trading a billionaire future for a minimum wage job in her chaotic, fragrant world. Thrown together, two skeptics of love discover something terrifyingly real growing in the quiet moments between thorny roses and delivery runs. But as their fragile connection deepens, the world they left behind attacks. A vicious ex-fiancée, a powerful family's threats, and a swirling scandal threaten to destroy the shop and the first true thing either of them has ever known.

What happens when the secret you've kept for seven years gets exposed in a single moment? Elianna Bennett thought she had it all figured out-a quiet life on Bainbridge Island, a beautiful daughter, and a love hidden across oceans. Seo Jae-hyun, global K-pop idol and main dancer of SE7NTH WAVE, has spent seven years living two lives: the perfect performer on stage, and a father in secret. One careless moment during a livestream changes everything. Now the world knows. The fans are watching. The media is digging. And the daughter they've protected for seven years is caught in the crossfire. This is a story about the price of hiding, the courage it takes to be seen, and what happens when love refuses to stay secret anymore. ©️ R. L.

What happens when a chance accident becomes the collision of two worlds? Amara Monroe is juggling graduate school and her mother's cleaning business, trying to keep her family afloat while her own dreams wait on the back burner. She's not looking for love-she's just trying to survive. Kit Wattanakul has built an empire from his family's culinary legacy, but success comes with expectations. A traditional relationship. A predetermined path. A life already mapped out. One fall afternoon in Atlanta, their worlds collide in the most unexpected way-and suddenly, everything changes. He can't stop thinking about her. She can't let herself fall for him. And the woman who was supposed to be his future is watching it all unfold. In a city where autumn leaves fall and hearts break, two people from different worlds must decide: play it safe, or risk everything for a love that was never supposed to happen? ©️ _RelleLebby_// R. L.

Two strangers. One shared balcony. And boundaries neither of them planned to cross. Tanishka Patkar has built her life brick by brick-career first, emotions later. Shaurya Arora moves in next door with a golden retriever, quiet charm, and secrets he's not ready to face. Between morning yoga and late-night cooking, stolen glances and unspoken fears, a balcony becomes more than shared space-it becomes a line between safety and surrender. But when past wounds, family truths, and society's gaze come knocking, love demands more than chemistry. A slow-burn romance about boundaries, belonging, and choosing each other-one honest moment at a time.

Amara Hale agrees to an arranged marriage to save her family from ruin. Lucien Blackwood agrees because the union benefits his name - nothing more. They meet for the first time after the wedding. To Lucien, the marriage is a contract with clear rules: no love, no expectations, no attachment. To Amara, it is survival. Forced to live under the same roof, she slowly falls for a man who refuses to see her as his wife - while he battles feelings he never planned to have. A slow-burn romance about duty, distance, and falling in love with the one person you were never meant to love.Amara Hale - Female Protagonist Quietly strong, emotionally observant, and resilient. Enters the marriage out of necessity, not hope.

Shanti Williams lives by lists, color-coded calendars, and zero surprises. Aidan Kang lives by impulse, inside jokes, and whatever song is stuck in his head. When Shanti's best friend's boyfriend-aka Shanti's high-school nemesis-needs a temporary place to stay, the apartment becomes a battleground of rules vs. red pen "amendments," grocery runs that feel suspiciously like dates, and 3 a.m. confessions that shouldn't feel this safe. As boxes get unpacked and old scars resurface, the line between chaos and home blurs in ways neither of them planned. ©️ _RelleLebby_// R. L.

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