Standalones Stories

For ten years, Nora Merrick was Desmond Griffin's wife in name only - the woman his mother called on to sign consent forms, give blood, and stay quiet while his mistress's medical bills came first. The night her mother died in a fight the family called an accident, Nora stopped asking permission to leave. She kept her signatures. She kept the recordings. And she built the one thing they never gave her back - a name of her own. A Marriage revenge romance about the wife who was never asked, and the blood she refused to keep giving. 🔥 Only the first chapters are here. Uncover the full story - every twist, every payback - and start reading for free on 👉 NovelHour

Peter runs a bookshop where the days repeat and the solitude never asks anything of him. He opens early. He sorts shelves. He goes home alone. He likes it fine. Then Sara walks back in after years away, her five-year-old daughter Mia trailing behind her with a stuffed fox and too many questions. They knew each other once. Teenagers circling the same store without ever quite colliding. Now she's tired, fierce, and carrying more than she'll admit. Mia claims a reading rug. Sara starts staying longer. And Peter realizes the emptiness he'd grown used to was never comfortable at all. But Sara fought hard to stand on her own. And the closer Peter gets, the more she fears losing the ground she built beneath her feet. Until Tomorrow Comes is a quiet, character-driven story about love that arrives gently and leaves a mark. About the difference between being alone and being lonely. About what it costs to let someone in and what it costs not to.

A grumpy gardener, a sentient rose, and a librarian who was literally a wooden statue for six years. The Enchanted Greenhouse is cozy fantasy at its most comforting, though the conflict stays surprisingly small. My audiobook review is up on Views She Writes

Odessa Vane was twelve when her stepfather engineered the accident that killed her grandparents and left her family with nothing. When his daughter's cruelty pushed her into the harbor, a stranger pulled her out - and funded her escape for twenty years without ever showing his face. Now she's back under a false name, working inside the empire that destroyed her. She has the patience of twenty years and the capital to end it in one. A Billionaire revenge romance about the heiress they left for dead, and the empire she came back to collect. 🔥 Only the first chapters are here. Uncover the full story - every twist, every payback - and start reading for free on 👉 NovelHour

The apocalypse wasn't just one story. It was millions of them. For fans of The Hybrid's Burden: City of Silence, the end of the world was only the beginning. While Odri and his family fought for their lives in a city overrun by the infected, other worlds were quietly shattering-and rebuilding-in the shadows. This companion collection takes you deeper into the outbreak, featuring standalone and intersecting stories set before, during, and after the catastrophic collapse: The Calm: A calculated game of power and manipulation played out in air-conditioned offices years before the first bite. The Chaos: Two young brothers caught in the blood-soaked, terrifying streets of Day Zero. The Aftermath: A loyal hound searching for a scent she can no longer find, and a new settlement fighting to keep the light alive in the ruins. From the gridlocked avenues of Manila to the terrifying silence of the mountains, these are the unrecorded moments of those who ran, those who hid, and those who were forced to evolve. In a city ruled by the infected, how much of your humanity are you willing to sacrifice to survive the dark?

⤷ 𝒐𝒇𝒄 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 | 𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔. ❪ Ⓒⁱʳᵒⁿⁱᶜ-ˢⁱᵐᵖ ❫

"For those who thinks love is nothing but a fvcking distraction." ----- Aryan Rathore, Second name in the whole undunderworld everyone fears him. He is a Mafia who never feared anyone until she crashed in his life- or rather- in his car. Every single person fears his anger even him. But he...?? Well, he feared his 5'4 feet jaana- The one and only one- Anisha Sharma. She is a Cardiologist for everyone because after the sun set, she's a name in the Mafia. He has the power to bring the world to her feets but what she asks him is to bring free ka dhaniya and butterscotch ice cream... And guess what...?? He brings everything she says... A proud Joru Ka Gulam written by me. ------ Then come this mf. Akhil Rathore. He's a hacker, working with her brother in Mafia and for the world, He's a COO. He fell for the Green House Captain- Aradhya Mehra in their college time and become a couple but a misunderstanding happened because Author can't let them happy na 😚. She's currently a hacker, working with Anisha. "He can hack the world, but when it comes to her, He always fails." ------ And last but not least, This man- Shourya Malhotra. He's a well known CEO of Malhotra Empire fall for his biggest college Rival- Abhira Rathore. She's a proud Photographer and A diva. They are college rivals bound in a Contract Marriage. "He breaks bone while she breaks his ego." Well, get ready to dive in their stories...

Samir Batra has a simple plan. Gain the favour of his project manager and secure a promotion. It's an easy enough task. He has the advantage of being the most likeable person in the office. Surely, his charming self would be enough to melt the Ice Lady? But things are not as easy as he assumes them to be. As the project progresses to completion, something else begins to bloom. Icy exteriors melt and pretence withers away. Left behind is the genuine affection and respectful intimacy. Kashish Roy shifts from being the tough grump everyone knows to the soft hearted sweetheart he comes to know. This is unexpected. Uncharted territory. Untested waters. So, here's the question. What happens when his goals and feelings become tangled? Boundaries blur, and Samir is left wondering. When did Mission Promotion turn into something...more? - an office romcom - Tropes: • romantic comedy • reverse grumpy x sunshine • colleagues to lovers • oblivious ml x obvious fl • chalant ml x nonchalant fl • golden retriever ml x black cat fl • happy ending Updates every Saturday Early updates on Rowllr every Wednesday and Saturday.

**Black and Blue** When Melissa Crawford's father dies, the last person she expects to see at his grave is Zephrif. A wanted criminal from her past and a man she never intends to forgive. Now, through a promise made before his death, Zephrif has become her bodyguard. Melissa is certain he is hiding something. Zephrif refuses to explain himself. As the two are forced to work together, old wounds resurface and uncomfortable questions begin to emerge. The more Melissa searches for answers surrounding her father's death, the more she realizes the truth may be far different from what she has always believed. Between corporate responsibilities, family secrets, dangerous discoveries, and a growing bond neither of them wanted, Melissa must decide whether to cling to her anger or confront the reality standing in front of her. Some scars are left by betrayal. Others are left by the truth. **Black and Blue** is a story of grief, redemption, faith, forgiveness, and learning that the people we judge most harshly are sometimes the ones fighting hardest to protect us.

Axel never believed people could change. Not until he met Sunny. In a quiet resort by the sea, a boy who had long given up on listening crosses paths with a girl who never stopped believing in the beauty of ordinary days. Together, they chase sunsets, collect memories, and dream of a future that feels endless. After all, some people don't stay in our lives forever. Sometimes, they stay just long enough to change it forever.

[A STANDALONE] Talha ahmed & Ayat suleiman To the elite world , Talha Ahmed was a ruthless titan at the peak of his power-cold, calculating, and untouchable. To Ayat, he was the ultimate shadow from her past, a man whose arrogant authority she had spent years defying. But the shadows always close in. When her family's world shatters overnight into irreversible ruin, every closed door leads Ayat straight to one place: His study. She thinks she's making a desperate gamble to walk into the lion's den. She has no idea that the devil built the cage weeks ago. Forced into his orbit under a ruthless contract, Ayat vows to fight his control with every breath. But Talha doesn't want her submission-he is a master manipulator obsessed with her defiance, engineering her downfall just to be the only one who can put her back together. "Tumhe lagta hai tum mujhse dushmani kar rahi ho, Ayat... lekin tum yeh bhool gayi ki is qaid ki har deewar tumne khud chunni hai " {Can be read as standalone} //Mature Content//

The Sanctuary Series #1 Student Council President, Ariella Grace Santiago, has her life planned down to the smallest detail. Her life revolves around perfect grades, perfect leadership, perfect control. Meanwhile, Liam Blake Santos is everything she's not. He's reckless, stubborn, and allergic to authority... especially hers. But one unexpected week in detention throws them into each other's orbit, and suddenly Ariella is seeing truths she's never allowed herself to feel, especially the warmth behind Liam's mischief, softness beneath his chaos, and a version of herself that doesn't always have to be perfect. She's supposed to avoid him. So why does being with him feel like the safest thing she's ever known? Started: November 07, 2025 Ended: July 09, 2026 @mabycasily

"Her eyes." He replied when the interviewer asked, "What's your favorite thing to watch when you're not doing anything?" "Apna sab kuchh chhor aaya tha, par mera sab kuchh yahin mil gaya." He said, admiring her with devotion. ♡ 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗩𝗜𝗞 𝗞𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗔 A global superstar famous for his golden voice. Kind, handsome, funny, and known for giving the best concerts. To the world, he was sunshine in human form. But behind the fame was a man who had stopped believing in himself long ago, carrying the weight of his past and struggling with depression. When a false scandal destroyed the image he had spent years building, Rishvik ran away from the world, disappearing to hurt himself, only to end up as a teacher in a small village school. "I only sing love, I don't do love." ♡ 𝗩𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥 A pahadi girl and a gold medalist in English Literature who left Mumbai after graduation, never telling anyone the reason why. After losing her parents at a young age, she stopped letting herself get attached to people. She runs a bookstore café in Shimla, teaches at her grandparents' school, and secretly writes love stories on Wattpad. She believes in love enough to write about it, but not enough to expect it for herself. And she absolutely hated the new teacher, not knowing who he really was. "Will I ever find the kind of love I write about?" ♡ The kind of love you see in old Bollywood movies. (Ramaiya Vastavaiya, Jab We Met coded <3) If Maula Mere Maula song was a book, it's be Healing The Star. Possible sad ending? Maybe. (NO SMUT)

Having discovered as kids that they can create powerful magic as a duo, Renata Hasbell-a coming-of-age human conjurer-and Phill-a comet creature that belongs to the divine 'Orbies' species-embark on a mission across the world in an attempt to free Phill from a terrible jinx that prevents him from flying back to his home realm. Supernova. But wizardry is a tumultuous activity in the Kingdom of Vhalrahs after their defeat at the War of The Prima Donnas. There's outrage and self-deception amongst conjurers all over the Vhalrahs, threatening those who refuse to join them. With the help of dark magic fugitive Harvey Hewitt and his personal, snarky detective Ludwicka Mordvinov after him, they will also straighten out the history of the Kingdoms named 'The Old Continents'.

Kashvi Roy has spent years auditioning for lead roles and walking away with everything but. So when one drunken night ends with her accidentally applying for The Royal Swayamvar-a nationally televised search for the future Crown Princess of India-she expects nothing. Certainly not an invitation. Desperate for the appearance fee and convinced she'll be eliminated in the very first round, Kashvi packs her bags, boards a flight to Delhi, and prepares for the world's shortest reality TV career. Crown Prince Reyansh Aditya Rajvansh has spent his entire life doing what the Crown demands. Hosting a reality show to choose his future wife is the first decision that's entirely his own. Or so everyone believes. As the cameras begin rolling, the nation falls in love with a modern-day fairy tale. But behind every smile, every challenge, and every carefully choreographed moment lies a truth no one sees coming. Because sometimes... The most unforgettable love stories don't begin with a first meeting. They begin with a second chance.

My father missed twenty-four of my birthdays. Then he mailed me an apology and a cursed thing. It looks like a Magic 8 Ball. It isn't. There's no seam in it. The die inside has too many faces. And the instruction slip folded under the packing straw says it does not predict the future - it decides it. ⚫ Twenty answers. No more, no less. ⚫ One question each, at the hour you were born. ⚫ Every answer must be paid for. My assistant asked it one careless question on a Thursday evening. By Friday he was in a coma, and the little window read: IT IS ALREADY DONE. My father worked out how it collects. It isn't money. It isn't years. It reaches down the shortest line between you and whatever would hurt most - and takes that. Which makes a lonely person almost safe. And me? I have a friend in a hospital bed, a father I haven't forgiven, and a man down at the harbor I've never once let myself want out loud. I'm a very good battery. There are nineteen marks cut around its shell. Two answers have been spent and the number hasn't moved. It isn't counting what it's given. It's counting what it's owed. ⚠️ Slow-burn horror romance. Updates daily. ⚠️ CW: grief, hospitals, parental death, brief body horror.

Standalone #2 "Siya lang ang makakapag-pabago sa akin. Wala nang iba. Wala nang tatapat sa pagmamahal ni Raye sa akin..." . . . What if Alraye Keith "Raye" Alvarez got tangled in a chaotic love that will make him spiral? Keizan Wallace Rodriguez is a notorious guy na matalino and basketball player at the same time. Kahit sabihin niyang ayaw niya kay Raye, may gusto siya rito. Kahit sabihin nila na ayaw nila sa isa't isa at interesado si Keizan na ligawan ang kaibigan ni Raye, laging gumagawa ng paraan ang tadhana. Na kahit ang gustong ligawan ni Keizan na si Fatima Zapata, ay mas gusto na magkatuluyan si Keizan at Raye dahil ang motto niya ay "ang pogi ay para sa pogi". Pero what if mag-click? Magbabago ba ang kapalaran nila once na mag-click ang "pogi para sa pogi"? Bibigyan ba ni Raye ng chance ang sarili na ma-inlove muli? Matutunaw ba ni Raye ang malamig na puso ni Keizan? Handa ba si Keizan na harapin ang lahat mapasakanya lang ang gusto niya?

He's the definition of composed - calm under pressure, polished in interviews, perfect in public. But behind the Mercedes silver, George Russell's life is full of stolen glances, late-night texts, and the kind of moments no camera ever captures. Each chapter is a new story - some sweet, some chaotic, some heartbreakingly real. 💙 Mini-Chapters • George Russell x Reader • Standalone but connected by emotion.

A fantasy flash fiction story. She had never been to the forest before. So why did it remember her?

An orphan who has forgotten how to hope. A billionaire heir hiding more than anyone can see. Their worlds should never have collided, yet one chance encounter in a library changes everything. As Lola and William fall into a love neither of them expected, they must face the painful realities they have spent their lives running from, that is before fate turns their beautiful beginning into a heartbreaking end.