Multicultural Stories

[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]]

After discovering she's a descendant of Hades, Avery must find a way to escape those hunting her and ultimately choose between her two opposing soulmates. ***** Once Avery Stavros kissed her best friend's older brother Vladimir, she knew there was no turning back. But as the only living Stavros left, she needs to make a careful decision between him and Adrian despite being able to read both of their minds - something that should only be possible between her and her one soulmate. Love or life? Which one is more important? Loving someone or saving your own life? When the Greek gods and goddesses start meddling with the life of humans, everything's doomed to crash and burn. What will Avery do to protect the one - or ones - she loves? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]] [[ Wattpad Picks: Saturn Needs Sequels]] [[ Paid Stories 2018-2022]]

A heartbroken fashion designer escapes to Tokyo to be an assistant on a movie set, only to get caught up in an illicit, whirlwind romance with the lead actor. ***** After discovering her fiance is cheating on her, heiress and fashion designer Lily Porter is whisked away to Tokyo to help a production company adapt one of her great-aunt's novels. She isn't thrilled about lying about being her aunt's assistant until it throws her into the path of the movie's lead actor, who is enough of a distraction to keep her mind off her ex for good. But can there really be a future for them when their relationship is built on lies, false identities, and a secret engagement? [[Wattys' Longlisted]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Thandie waits for a husband who vanishes on a business trip. As if an eggshell in her life's batter wasn't enough, she's served divorce papers, only to discover the trip masked a secret wedding in Lagos. With four children and a looming mortgage, Thandie reluctantly takes a second job. Life couldn't be sour until Thandie's sister enrolls her on Oppo, an app that only matches opposites without her consent. Of all possible matches, Oppo pairs Thandie with Callum, a local bakery owner. For Thandie, their connection feels like a glitch, but for Callum, secretly smitten with Thandie, it's a gift. Can the man who crafts sweet confections tempt the woman whose heart has forgotten desire? Let's see if they discover the perfect recipe. WARNING This story does not contain: - Mil/Billionaires - Fast cars - Hidden Prince - Sexy muscled whatever Characters are 30+ years old.

Metztli De La Cruz, 22, is of the Tongva Tribe who are also known as Gabrielinos in Los Angeles County. Metztli practices her people's traditions as an herbalist, is Catholic, and likes visiting the San Gabriel Mission. One day, she goes to a forbidden room, becomes entrapped, and faints. Once awake, Metztli is surprised to learn that she is no longer in her time but in 1785. She is found and forced to work as a herbalist in the Mission. During her stay, Metztli meets and befriends many people who help and teach her ways to survive. She also meets the handsome soldier Esteban (28), who disagrees with the Padres' treatment of the Tongva People. He tries his best to protect her, but feelings progress for Metztli. Metztli also meets the sadist Padre Federico, 30, who despises being a Padre and the Natives. However, when he meets Metztli, an unhealthy lust and obsession develop, and he does everything in his power to have her in his grasp. Metztli will try to survive and learn horrible truths about the Mission and herself. The truth will also test her faith. Will Metztli survive and find a way back home, or will she be forever trapped and become the past? 3x Featured in Historical Fiction, Reading Room & more 🥈2nd place Historical Fiction: Sapphire Awards 2024

Wedded in the Shadows In the underworld, love is a weapon-and she became his favorite one. Anya Sharma never believed in monsters-until the night she was dragged into a world ruled by one. Aleksandr Volkov is more than just a name whispered in fear across Europe. He is the King of the Russian Bratva, a man with blood on his hands and ice in his veins. When a secret alliance binds them in a hidden marriage, Anya finds herself trapped in a deadly game of power, revenge, and deception. To the world, she's just a translator. To him, she's his bargaining chip-his wife on paper, a pawn in his empire. But what happens when the pawn starts to play her own game? She was never meant to enter his world. He was never meant to crave her fire. But in the shadows, obsession grows faster than trust-and love is just a lie they both forgot not to believe in. A forbidden marriage. A brutal king. A girl who was never supposed to matter. This isn't a love story. This is a war between hearts and thrones.

Lee Sa Rang has a year to live. She divorces her husband and chooses to live as though there is a future, despite knowing her time is limited. She throws herself into excess, partying and testing her limits. One reckless night, Ji Seong rescues her from a drunken clubber. Sa Rang assumes their encounter was fleeting and returns to her routine as an exacting, despicable surgeon. Until the universe proves otherwise when Ji Seong turns out to be one of her hospital's new interns. Just as she tries to adjust, things take another turn: for her 40th birthday, a colleague gifts her with an escort serviceㅡand her surprise grows when she recognizes Ji Seong as the escort. Their lives become entangled in a strange relationship where boundaries blur, and feelings erupt. Who is truly in control? This is the story of a woman with too little time to live and a man who has too much love to give.

They grew up next door, under the same London sky - one chasing perfection, the other chasing her. Saayoni 'Sai' Sengupta has always lived by the rules - study hard, make her parents proud, stay focused. Boys, love, and heartbreak don't belong in her world. But Eliott Oliver Linton was never part of her plan. The quiet British boy across the street, all soft laughter and gloomy blue eyes, found his home in her smile long before he knew what love meant. And when he left London, she thought that was the end of their story. Years later, he returns - no longer the boy she remembers, but a name whispered across the internet, a face the world knows. Yet behind the fame, he's still the same boy who once promised he'd never stop chasing her. As Saayoni reaches for galaxies and Eliott learns the weight of gravity, they're pulled back into each other's orbit - where love is no longer innocent, and distance isn't always measured in miles. Because sometimes, even light years apart, you never truly leave home. **BOOK ONE OF THE STELLAR TRILOGY** ⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS THEMES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND ABUSE, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, PHYSICAL HARM AND OTHER DARK THEMES. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.

One childhood wish. Two lives forever intertwined. ​Seven-year-old Park Jeong-min lives in the high-pressure shadow of Busan, while across the world, Kimya survives the rising violence of war in Congo DRC. Through a pen-pal exchange involving a pair of sneakers and a wax bracelet, the two form a unique bond and share a secret: they periodically swap bodies. As the years pass, they navigate each other's worldsㅡone a sanctuary of safety but suffocating expectations, the other breathtaking but scarred by relentless violence. At fifteen, a spiritual intervention severs their psychic link, trapping one in isolation, the other in constant peril. Years later, still haunted by Kimya's fate, Jeong-min becomes a doctor and volunteers in the DRC, risking his life to find her. Meanwhile, Kimya, now alone in a foreign country, battles unfamiliar customs as she searches for him in Korea. ​No longer children dreaming of escape, they are survivors seeking the only person who truly knows their souls.

A cop A doctor A killer Only a psychopath can catch another. In a Seoul stripped of its glitz, the air is thick with a collective, suffocating dread. This city has lived in the shadow of Stein Son for over two decades. After a haunting, ten-year cooling-off period that many hoped would be the end, the monster has resurfaced, reclaiming the streets as his personal abattoir. ​Inspector Seong-woo is the only one willing to stare into the abyss. To catch a ghost, he enlists Dr. Noh, a brilliant psychiatrist with a fractured psyche. Seong-woo seeks her insight to navigate the mind of a killer, unaware that she herself harbors a violent, blacked-out identity.

In the neon-colored capital planet of Chigu, Karel enters the school believing she has to prove the worthiness of humans to the empire as a whole. However, just as we all think of ourselves as the "main character" of the universe, Karel is not the only new student dealing with this life changing transition. She is joined by Francis, a tall lanky alien dealing with the pressures of living up to his culture's high expectations for him. Also, Nichol, an artful and highly intelligent alien girl whose innate scientific skills fit well with her family's expectations, but conflict with her own personal aspirations. Finally, there is Kenny, the handsome athletic type alien whose flirty and confident exterior is hiding the dread he feels over the role he plays in his culture's competitive examination systems. Oh, and there is a space dog named... Space Dog. He was named by a bunch of 14 year-olds on their first day of school, so not too surprising. I heard one class named theirs "Pupper-nickle." While initially having very little in common, all four must band together to form a detective and mystery club in order to solve the case of Principal Hobbs' attempted assassination. Along the way, they learn how to deal with their own feelings of anxiety about their roles in society, relate to other cultures, understand the international relations of different peoples and civilizations, find love, and try to turn in their report on Earth history on time. Yes, even with an investigation going on, they still have homework to do. They are not raising slackers at this galactic imperial military high school, I will have you know.

Ray and Aaron get stood up by their dates. They end up talking at the bar and realize being ditched is the best thing that ever happened to them. They meet two nights in a row and promise to see each other the third night, but Ray doesn't show up. Aaron doesn't understand and can't find her. All her social media accounts disappear within a day. The man can't imagine Ray had an accident that night and supposes she stood him up. When Ray meets a mysterious woman named Hilary, who claims to have particular abilities, she faces a choice that could change the course of her life. EXTENDED SUMMARY INSIDE

The story continues as the mysterious warden of Zig-Zig is eventually informed about Herschel's escape. Against every principle of his precious Dalmicir school, Lyeasrakardsul submits and asks the Knomes for help before finally receiving the dreaded p-wyrd. Herschel is arrested as a chicken thief and brought to the town Stagna where he has been prejudged as a p-e-r-v-e-r-t by popular opinion, and where he will have some of the most significant encounters in his life.

His parents left him in the forest at three days old. Unfortunately for them, the boy refused to die.

Nari streams to 280,000 people who think they know her. None of them do. She's NariPlays - the comfort streamer, the sunshine, the girl who rates fictional bad boys on a scale of one to ten and makes loneliness look like a brand. Off camera, she's a people-pleaser who forgot how to stop. A house full of friends, and not one of them has met the real her. Then she starts driving to a 24-hour diner in the wrong part of Seattle at 3 AM. And the man in the booth by the wall - scarred, quiet, built like something that survives - doesn't respond to any of it. The sunshine, the charm, the thing that works on everyone. He just looks at her like he's waiting for whoever she actually is. Pusat sees through people the way she reads rooms: automatically, completely, and too fast to stop. He's got a little sister he'd burn the world for and a past that would break every fantasy she's ever rated from behind a screen. She has never met someone she couldn't manage. He has never met someone who came back. Wolves & Lilies is a dual-POV slow burn about two people whose masks were built to protect them - and what happens when someone sees through anyway. • New Adult Contemporary Romance • Drama, slice-of-life, and thriller elements • Dual POV • No explicit content •

When a cursed bangle binds Sea Drifter Ninnette to a dangerous demon, she only has three days to break the curse before it claims her life. °:•.🪸.•:° Ninnette is a Sea Drifter with the power to command water, dredging shipwrecks, and salvaging lost treasure. When she braves a sunken ship no one else dares to dive, she finds a strange clockwork bangle that binds her to an ancient curse and to the infuriating Kazi, a demon who leaves destruction wherever he goes. The moment the bangle is activated, they are hunted by a secret order led by a relentless Priestess who believes the armlet is a key to something far greater than treasure. But the true danger isn't the order. It isn't the demon Kazi. It's the curse. When Ninnette puts on the bangle, a countdown begins. If she doesn't break the curse in three days, she will die like every wearer before her. °:•.🪸.•:° She commands the sea. He is a demon who has lived for centuries. They are both bound by a curse. Only three days to survive. °:•.🪸.•:° Set in a Maritime Steampunk world, and inspired by Filipino cultures, from Spanish influence to the seafaring Sama-Bajau. This story weaves dangerous magic, high stakes, and heart-aching romance. °:•.🪸.•:° ONC 2025 Honorable Mention Round 1 Winner Round 2 Ambassador Pick Round 3 Ambassador Pick °:•.🪸.•:° Romantasy High Fantasy Fantasy Adventure SciFi Steampunk Fantasci Young Adult

The life of four characters and their journey to find each other through love, pain, friendship When Rania Safi's life crumbles in a mere six months, Officer Johan Li is left with unrequited emotions and unanswered questions. On the other end of the same city, Roman Sinclair and Elham Khan find themselves on the two side of the same coin. _________________ Elham Khan spent her entire life enclosing herself through layers and layers of perfection. A Perfect American, A model citizen, but at what cost, though? So when Roman Sinclair accidentally finds the cracks in those layers, suddenly he is very much interested in the woman he often calls a Witch. Not knowing that the tragedies that affected them were the same. Officer Li, a customs and immigration officer with a past he'd rather forget, never expected to cross paths with the girl who unknowingly shattered his heart. Six months after his heartbreak, he finds himself supervising an immigration case of the girl he never thought he'd see again. In the cold immigration room, Rania Safi sits, merely a ghost of her past self, with a broken collar-bone, numerous bruises, a torn passport, and a lost green card. She was meant to be living her dreams, married and settled across the ocean instead of the cold white room. so exactly what happened to Rania Safi? A journey of four people who are trying to find somewhat of life between the battles and wars they never asked for.

UPDATES WEEKLY!! ___________________________________________ (cue soft piano melody...) 13 different girls... 13 different personalities... 1 shared destiny... When fate brings thirteen of them together under the shabby roof of the old, two-storey building, a place held together by cracked walls, borrowed dreams, and hope taped back up with stubborn belief, no one expects history to forge there. It wasn't meant to be a palace... It wasn't meant to be perfect... But within those narrow rooms echoed laughter too loud, dreams too big, and hearts too bruised to give up. They came with different languages, different scars, different reasons for staying... And yet, every night, beneath flickering lights and unfinished ceilings, they learned the same lesson... "Dreams don't need grandeur to grow... They only need warrior souls willing to fight for them..." (piano melody speeds up...) This is not a story about instant success. It's about scraped knees, ripped trousers, missed notes, silent tears, and unstoppable resilience. It's about turning chaos into harmony, struggle into strength, and thirteen broken paths into one unshakable, unstoppable road. (melody reaches its peak...) From that forgotten building, rose a rebellion... Not loud at first... Not perfect... But undeniable... This is the story of REB13TH... This is the story about REBIRTH... But, before we begin, let me warn y'all... This story won't make your heart flutter in love... It will wrench your guts out, flood your apartment with tears, but by the end, will feed you home-cooked meals, and wrap you in warm blankets... So, keep the tissues handy, cause it's REB13TH TIME!!! (melody fades away... slowly... softly...)

Passionate journalism student Kaviya Raj has only ever hated one thing in her life: hockey players-especially the kind who coast by on charm and a smile that gets them anything they want. So when Kaviya has a humiliating run-in with Damian de la Cruz-Maple Crest University's hockey captain and the town's Golden Boy-her hatred turns personal. He's arrogant, rich, and seems like his biggest problem is deciding how to style his hair in the morning. Or so she thinks. When Kaviya is assigned to write a make-or-break feature on Damian for her final project, she's less than thrilled. Kaviya can't stand him, and he infuriatingly wants nothing to do with the spotlight. That is, until they strike a deal that benefits them both. But as Kaviya digs deeper into his icy world, she realizes Golden Boy isn't who she thought he was, and the story she was meant to write might not be the one that matters anymore. Now, with her deadline looming and her future on the line, can Kaviya make the ultimate powerplay before it's too late?

Five years ago, Hitesh traded the golden sunsets of Newport Beach for a suitcase and a dream, leaving behind a shattered heart and a strained relationship with his mother. Now, the beautiful game is calling him home. Hitesh is about to sign his first professional contract with Newport Blaze, and while the stadium lights are bright, the ghosts of his past are a little brighter. This isn't just about the 90 minutes on the pitch; it's about the life he left in the midfield. The playbook for a new beginning was set in motion. Every sprint and every goal for the Newport Blaze is a step closer to his ultimate north star, playing under the lights at Anfield for Liverpool FC. On the home front, with no more oceans between them, Hitesh is ready to sub back into his mother's life, trading long-distance static for Sunday dinners and much-needed healing. And returning to Newport Beach makes one thing clear, it's only a matter of time before he crosses paths with the girl who once broke his heart. So will it be a red card moment, or the start of a legendary comeback? With a whistle in his ear and the Southern California breeze at his back, Hitesh is realizing that sometimes you have to return to where you started to finally move forward. It's going to be a season of high stakes, beachside banter, and the kind of goals that happen off the scoreboard.