Tall Stories

He built a fortress around his heart. She brought a wrecking ball and a secret. Elias Thorne is a mystery in Oakhaven, A solitary figure and the owner of a successful tattoo franchise, his wealth is as carefully guarded as his silence. He is the quiet grump the whole town wants to decipher, but no one ever gets close. Elias likes his life neat, organized, and utterly empty of anything that could remind him of love and loss. Then June Hayes arrives. Burnt out from the new york art scene and pregnant via a donor, June is determined to create a peaceful, new life for herself and her baby. To the locals, she's just a sweet, new artist. They have no idea she's also viral sensation with over a million followers who sells her work to the A-list. June sees Elias's grumpy exterior and smiles. She needs a friend, and she has decided the broody, ball cap wearing man (no seriously I never see him without a hat on - June) across the street is it. She invades his quiet space showing up at the inkwell every Tuesday and spending the day, sharing her music, and poking at his meticulous order. Elias fights it all, clenching his jaw and pulling his cap low to hide the truth: he fell for the Wildflower the minute she crashed into his life. As June begins posting subtle, faceless photos of him, their reluctant friendship turns into an online viral romance that threatens to expose both of their secrets. How do you guard a heart that already belongs to a Wildflower, a baby, and a life you swore you'd never have? And what happens when the most careful grump in Oakhaven blurts out, "That's my wife," just to stay by her side? Tropes: - Grumpy x Sunshine - He Falls First - Protective - Pregnancy - Small Town - Forced Friends - Friends to lovers - Secret Identity CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE AND NEEDS EDITING

Danny moves to Arizona with his best friend expecting it to be temporary. He has school coming up, no real plan beyond that, and a ranch job that was only supposed to give him something to do in the meantime. Then he meets Zade. Zade is quiet, hard to read, and usually more comfortable keeping to himself. Danny isn't exactly trying to get close to him either, but after enough early mornings, long days at the ranch, and time spent around each other, avoiding it starts to get a little harder. What Danny thought would just be a summer starts becoming something he doesn't want to leave behind. And somewhere along the way, Arizona starts to feel a little closer to home.

When the palace announces the kings betrothal contest, Evander doesn't think too much about it. It's vain and uncouth and certainly, no one is dumb enough to believe the king would actually choose a commoner to marry. His heart is put off of marraige, he isnt interested. He's content. He has his career, his bakery that he worked so hard to open and a peaceful life that he wouldn't trade for anything in the world. When his family enters his name for the competition, he reluctantly agrees, on the condition that if it doesn't work out, his mother would leave him alone about marriage. He doesn't expect it to be difficult. When he meets the king, he doesn't expect him to be kind, and warm and easy to talk to. He doesn't expect him to be...normal and suddenly, Evander has his priorities mixed. He loves his bakery and is determined to further his career, but his concerning feelings about King Zarrall are starting to make him think otherwise. Evander hates royals, and he hates magic, marrying the king means, putting himself directly in the middle everything he hates, but for Zarall? He might be willing to put up with it. This is a high fantasy novel, featuring a reluctant baker and a sweet golden retriever king. Any similarities to other stories is purely coincidental. MM Romance.

"Look, you can not actually stay away from me." He spreads his hands and smiles innocently up at me. I sit down on the grass and glower at him while breathing heavily due to the long distance I just ran. He speaks again when I just continue to glower at him. "I can bring you to me in a blow in my flute." "Where is all this coming from?" I finally ask, after slightly calming my nerves. "You said that you do not want me near you." "I did not say that." "Not exactly. But the meaning was same." He says. And I stay silent. Because he is right. "Nothing to say? Well you are still not close enough. Maybe I should play my flute again." My breath hitches at his words. "Wait!" I stop him. "Now we are talking." He lowers the flute the again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is the story of Radha & Krishn. They meet in the Madhuvan forest on one fateful evening. After that life brings them together. But will they have their happily ever after? Or will the threads end separately? Read to find out. This story is as real as it can get. Copyright ©tiyashidas123

In the middle of university chaos, she fell for him quietly.🖇️Unknowingly, he fell for her much harder🖤.She believes he hates her, unaware of the feelings he hides✨. Bound by a reason he cannot reveal, he chooses to hurt her instead of loving her openly🪄Every word he never says pushes her further away.When she finally lets go, he realizes he has already lost her🥹😭

Maraming nagbago sa tahimik na buhay ni Aleiha Jade simula nang makapasok siya sa prestihiyosong paraalan ng Jordan High. Ang akala niyang magiging masayang high school life ay unti-unting maglalaho sa kaniyang karanasan sa loob ng paaralan. Mula sa mga taong nakasasalamuha hanggang sa pangyayaring nagaganap, unti-unting nabubuo ang samu't saring tanong sa kaniyang isip sa nauungkat na nakaraan. Paano niya malalampasan ang mga karanasang ito na idinikit na sa kaniya ng tadhana? Paano niya gagamitin ang sariling kakayahan upang mabago ang mga tao sa paligid niya? At paano niya mabubuksan ang kaniyang isipan sa pagsidhi ng mga katanungan mula sa nakaraan? Handa na nga ba siya? Genre: Teen Fiction, Action, Romance This story contains: • Flawed characters • Prolonged chapters • Few grammatical errors • Somewhat clichè • Some disturbing scenes (brutality, to be exact)

Mike was a 16 yrs old teenager who leads a normal life as a single sibling in his family. But soon he discovers that he was not the only sibling in his family and things change out when he happened to meet his weird brothers. Unlike other brothers Mike's brothers were entirely unique in their appearances, one got exact physical appearance of Mike and other even though younger than Mike was lot more bigger than him (i.e. big little brother). How his reaction would be when he meets his brothers for first time? Will their lives and relationships would be normal like others? Build up your curiosity and read the story to find out more about them.

He is cold. She is emotional. He has anger issues. She is sweet as honey. He is a professor and she is a student. Both are totally different but are in love with each other. what will happen when they discover the truth about their past? Enjoy their journey here.

Prompts this round: Fandom: Voltron / ability: black holes / gender: unspecified / height: 6'4 / age: 1121 / eye color: gold / hair color: strawberry blond / body type: stocky / species: wizard / personality: enthusiastic, angry, evil, daring, selfish / Survives?: cliffhanger / location: space / era: 20's / weather: hot / genre: horror / story length: 304 words (give or take 25) / other: cooking

Kade Mathew a Wimpy teen who stands at four feet ten inches tall joins Salvatore school. When he plans to stay in hostel much to his shock Andrew Brown a freshman who's been towering over all Salvatore students with his height of seven feet four inches becomes kade's roomie. Together they fall under hilarious situations and faces many challenges. Will they maintain a friendly relationship and achieve their highschool goals inspite of their struggles and differences ?

Colby was always a sceptic about the myth of mermaids that the city thinks are real, but when Colby is mysteriously saved by a girl with brown hair, Colby starts thinking that mermaids might be real. Will Colby find the girl that saved him or will he be left with only the mystery? Olivia lives in Ocean City, which is the largest mermaid city in all the oceans. So, when word gets out about how Olivia saved a human boy, mermaids start to think that it isn't safe in Ocean City. Will Olivia be able to take away the boys memories or will something else happen to him?

It's about a woman who has a certain distance from people. But she will reveal her true self to the man she never expected to meet. Normal teenage love story. Very light and you can really feel that you are in love. Because of the two protagonists.

This is a quite wholesome, maybe fluffy? Hinata x Kageyama book, I don't like spoiling my books with the description, so read and find out what its about! I really hope you all enjoy this book just as much as you guys have enjoyed my others, thats all bye-bye!

Samantha Jerkins catches a glimpse of a girl with a blue hat sprinting towards the forest. When she reads a newspaper article about a 15 year old girl that was last seen wearing a blue hat, has gone missing in her area, she becomes worried and suspicious that this might be the girl she saw heading toward the forest. Sam has a gut instinct that this girl is in grave danger and telling the police will only make it worse.Will Samantha report it to the police? or make it her own personal case to find this missing girl? ....

he/him/they for y/n what happens when the most popular boy in year 11 fake dates the quiet boy for the rest of the year? y/n never thought much about aiden. y/n would see him around with his friends in the halls. until aidens friend chloe asked y/n for a favor, which turned to fake dating, which turned to falling.

Shelby is average. She's not a health freak, not proactive, just average. And she hates the people that are what she isn't. Every Single One.

After being rejected by her alpha mate she has no choice but to pack up and leave, three years later she's outta state and hasn't shiffted into her human form since that day . But what happens when she makes the mistake of running into enemy territory and doesn't have a choice . Chained up and fearing her life what happens when she meets the vampire king ?And just why did Mr. alpha reject his Luna ?

Friend ship goals we all have them right. We these r some of my goals. So this is a book full of goals that any crazy friendship group would do. And I'm pretty sure everyone will agree This is dedicated to my bestie all1highschool. Although we don't Live in the same town anymore. We still are and will always be besties. I do not own any pictures in book

starts off scary ends with love bethany is love, bethany is life slow updates.