Asian Stories

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]]

After falling in love with a younger and much less successful man, can Yiwen convince herself and her parents to accept him into their wealthy family? ***** When Yiwen Wang suddenly finds herself 30 and single, she lets her well-meaning best friend talk her into a blind date with the handsome Zi'an Li. And not only is he plucked straight out of a movie screen, his witty banter over dinner also convinces Yiwen he's exactly the type to make her toes curl. Yet, by some wicked twist of fate, he's five years younger than her and has no house, car, or stable, high-paying job. So how is she ever going to convince herself and her parents that he's the right choice? Especially when her new, attractive boss makes it very clear that he's interested in her? [[1st Place, Flower Awards, Chicklit Category]] [[1st Place, The Golden Awards, Chicklit Category]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 | 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞

Book #2 of Deception series

Two boys are born under extraordinary circumstances, carrying powers that could tip the balance of the world. Kenji Ishikawa, raised in isolation by a secretive assassin village, is a master swordsman (cold, precise, and deadly) but his powers of shadow remain raw, unpredictable, and feared even by him. Tenshi Nakamura, the king's son, radiates hope and light, trained to protect and inspire, carrying an ancient amulet that holds secrets of the prophecy and reacts to forces beyond his understanding. When fate draws them together, Kenji's shadows clash with Tenshi's light, and their encounter sparks events that neither boy can fully control. Friend or foe? Weapon or savior? As darkness and light collide, only their combined strength can uncover the truth of the prophecy and the fate of the world itself. PLEASE NOTE: This story has two main protagonist therefore it will be told from two different perspectives This story has a slow build up so have patience and you will not be disappointed This story will have an anime adaptation in the future so the style is a bit unusual The tags are just for recognition

An AI company in Sialkot, Pakistan uses the most advanced technology available to recover the oldest thing its users have lost - home. Four stories braid across a single monsoon season in 2034. Harjeet, a voice designer from Chandigarh who talks too much and notices everything, arrives to build the sound of memory. Zoya, the CEO who keeps the company alive through sheer will, listens to a mysterious musician's tracks each night without knowing he's sitting in her office. Gurdeep, Harjeet's ninety-three-year-old grandfather, has come back to the city he fled during Partition - and isn't saying why. And Bashir, the man who stayed, has spent eighty years waiting for the friend who never returned, and named a building after him. It's about going home. Using the future to reach the past. Discovering which silences to keep and which to finally break. Forty-two chapters. Written in the Panjabi-English-Urdu code-switching I grew up hearing - three languages moving through each other without translation or apology, the way they do in real diasporic conversation. --- A note on how this book was made: This novel was written using AI as a creative tool. I use AI the way a film director uses a crew - I brought the story architecture, the characters, the emotional vision, the editorial judgment, and the cultural knowledge. The AI brought prose generation capacity I didn't have on my own. This was not a weekend experiment: it was built on two and a half years of near-full-time practice learning both fiction craft and how to use AI as a creative instrument, five weeks of story bible development before a single chapter was generated, and hundreds of editorial passes afterward. I'm not claiming AI replaced the writer. I'm claiming it enabled a kind of writer who couldn't exist before.

The story of an Indian girl in a new country in her new life with overwrought emotions and the love life she least expected...

NEW EPISODES TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS Launching the first day of spring - March 20 When Korea's most trusted "everything app" weaponizes her private medical data, artist Maya Kim is thrust into a system designed to predict-and control-her life. To fight back, she must expose a chilling network of government-backed surveillance before it strips her of her autonomy, her art, and her right to choose. The Algorithm of Spring is a near-future techno-thriller set in Seoul, blending high-stakes conspiracy with the emotional intensity of a K-drama.

A young boy born to a broken family. His father died a few months before he was born, and his mother died in childbirth. His only true family is his grandfather, Gonkoji, a man whom Akane has never met. He only knows of him from the checks he sends every month so Akane can keep her own place. Akane is a "Black Listed" school punk hated by the police but loved by the citizens of Honoji Village as he protects them. He must face adversity to keep the ones he cares about safe, will young Akane succeed? Read on to find out!

Mira Baskaran, a bubbly photographer from India, came to LA to chase her dreams and maybe a little adventure. What she didn't expect was, to land a job with Aiden Kane: ex-lead singer of a famous band, professional enigma, and certified nightmare of a boss. He's reserved, mysterious, and everything Mira isn't... yet somehow, impossible to ignore. She is convinced that, to create a perfect brand image for him, she needs to know everything about Aiden, including his past. But the more she uncovers, the blurrier the line between work and obsession becomes. Will her curiosity build her career or cost her everything?

​Nam Min Joon is self-centered, demanding, and currently... homeless. After a disastrous mix of bad press and tax evasion rumors sends Nam Corp's stock into a tailspin, Min Joon is left penniless. ​Enter Bo Young, the assistant who knows his coffee order, his schedule, and now, his lack of a backup plan. Out of pity, she offers him a place to stay for seven days. But as "one week" stretches on, the corporate boundaries begin to blur. Bo Young is determined to restore Min Joon to his former glory just so she can finally have her apartment back and get some sleepㅡbut the more time they spend in close quarters, the more she realizes she might not want him to leave. #onc2026 prompt 48

A new foreign student, the MC, has come to the castle of Hogwarts as a Fifth Year. New people, new environment, and new experience-all because of Magic. Soon she would be sorted to the House of Ravenclaw but most of her adventure and romance would be highly influenced by the two prominent pupils from the cunning and ambitious House of Slytherin. The MC's background is inspired by some historical events as it also explores the culture, influence, and the origin of country of the author. Disclaimer: This book has its own pacing and does not follow the original flow and lore of the game. Some characters, places, and events are mainly based from the imagination of the author. Intimate settings are expected in the story. Read at your own risk.

Saved once from the sea by a stranger, Siu-man carries the ripple of his courage across decades, from lost identity cards to yearly offerings of oranges, discovering how a single act can shape a life forever.

Yumna Fatima was never loud, but she once held a quiet warmth within her- now replaced by silence that tells her she was never meant to be loved. Hayyan Ayman learned the hard way that love doesn't always stay. Two strangers with broken hearts, forced into proximity, and carrying the weight of past hurts. Will they heal each other... or will the past play with their present, tearing them apart completely? Between quiet moments, small gestures, and unspoken understanding, they begin to discover what it means to trust, to hope, and to love again. Tropes: Strangers to lovers Arranged marriage Slow burn Broken × broken Healing love Forced proximity Only daughter × youngest son Introvert × introvert Slow burn, quiet chemistry, where love grows softly and gently. Until Our Hearts Found Home

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 °:•.🪸.•:° Romantasy High Fantasy Fantasy Adventure SciFi Steampunk Fantasci Young Adult

At twenty-two, Tobi has his life in a steady rhythm. A shop on the South Side, a family that keeps him grounded, and a reputation for being the one who fixes what's broken. He doesn't do distractions, and he definitely doesn't do complicated. ​Then a matte black sedan pulls into his bay, and the air in the garage suddenly feels a lot thinner. ​Standing at 6'4", Jun is a presence Tobi wasn't prepared for. He's calm, composed, and carries himself with a quiet authority that commands the room without him saying a word. He's polished, he's mature, and he's looking at Tobi like he's seeing something nobody else has noticed. ​It was supposed to be a simple job. A quick look under the hood. ​But in the heat of a Chicago summer, some things are harder to fix than an engine-and some people are impossible to ignore.

Every ten thousand years, a celestial flower blooms. Though all beings in the nine realms fight to obtain it, only the most powerful one will have the right to pluck it. And even then, the flower may choose another. After two hundred years of quiet cultivation with her master, Yin Wan Ling suddenly finds herself competing for dominance amongst the other immortals. But her only interest in the flower is to help learn the identity of the mysterious figure who plagues her dreams. Every night, she runs toward a man swathed in mist and fog. Every night she yearns for him. But his face remains shrouded. Until one night, she finally sees his face...right before he stabs her in the heart.

Nothing says 'welcome to adulthood' quite like watching your college fund vanish while redefining your identity at your minimum wage barista job. Dex Winters has always put his family first. With his mom's medical expenses piling up and his brother's reckless decisions leaving a financial mess, Dex's dreams of college feel like a distant memory. But when he takes on extra shifts at a café, he finds himself grappling with the realization that everything he knows about himself was one big misunderstanding. Caught between obligations his family, flunking out of high school and a burgeoning attraction to his coworker and classmate Sawyer, Dex discovers that some truths refuse to stay under. No matter how deep you bury them.

She was his daughter's psychiatrist. He was her obsession she could never escape. _______________________________________ "You should stay away from me." Abhimaan lets out a quiet laugh. "If I could... I would've done it already." Dr. Shanaya Kapoor was never meant to be part of his world. Too soft for his darkness. Too broken for his control. Too dangerous for his peace. And yet- he can't let her go. Not when she's the only thing that makes him feel anything. _________________________________________ "Marry me." The words hit her like a slap. "What?" "Marry me, Shanaya." She lets out a disbelieving laugh. "Or what? You'll force me?" His gaze doesn't waver. "No." A pause. Then, softer. Deadlier. "I'll destroy everything that gives you a reason to say no." _______________________________________ What starts as a responsibility... turns into something far more dangerous. Because the more she tries to walk away- the harder he holds on. And one night... "Stop, Abhimaan-" But he doesn't. Not when she's this close. Not when she looks at him like that. His hand tightens around her waist. His voice drops- "Say you don't feel it... and I'll let you go." Silence. A heartbeat. And then-he kisses her. Not gently. Not carefully. With Hunger With His desire... Like he's been holding it back for far too long. And maybe- she doesn't stop him.

♡〜Love was never the question. Staying was the answer〜♡ It begins like another love story. With glances that hesitate and return, with accidental touches that stay a second too long, with quiet smiles that carry meaning without asking to be named. With a comfort that arrives slowly-stitched together through soft moments that stay, through laughter shared in passing, through the quiet magic of noticing the same person, again and again. They begin to love each other. And for a while, that is enough. But love is not always simple. Some days grow heavier. Some questions stretch, unanswered. Some moments feel fragile, as though they might slip away if held too tightly. And still-he stays. Not because it is easy. Not because it is certain. But because caring for her has never been a question. When Love Outlasted Everything is a gentle story of love that grows in the ordinary, of choosing to stay when leaving would be easier, and of a bond that forms slowly-quietly, imperfectly-yet endures, even as everything else begins to change.