Contemporaryfiction Stories

Book 2 in "Daughters of Eve" trilogy Before she became the girl who ran away, she was the girl who stayed. Adeline grew up in the second pew from the front as the preacher's daughter. She knew the rules of her home, the kind of love she was taught never to question, and the version of herself that had been decided for her before she was old enough to have a say. Then there was Darryl. Patient, steady, certain. He wanted to leave this town and he wanted to take her with him. And Adeline wanted to go. But wanting and doing are different things. This book lives in the space between leaving and staying. Where you can see the door and cannot make your feet move toward it. Where you love someone enough to want to follow them and are too afraid of yourself to try. Where you stand at the edge of something for so long that by the time you're ready, it's already gone. Because loving Darryl had been easy. Choosing herself had not. Small town roots. Inherited faith. First love that wasn't enough to save her. This is everything that happened before she left her home.

Our female protagonist is slowing being consumed by something she can't control. What is this hollow feeling in her chest? Why won't this fog clear from her mind? She turns to writing to try to feel something, anything as she tries to make it through what she hopes will be her last month. Will she find the spark to keep her running?

SOLACE "Four industries. Four families. One nation. Countless destinies." In the thriving nation of Ilumina, four powerful families stand at the heart of the country's prosperity. The Tang Family leads **Pyrrha Global Ventures**, the telecommunications and BPO giant that keeps the nation connected. The Sison Family oversees **Viridian Holdings**, an agricultural empire dedicated to feeding the nation while preserving its future through sustainability. The Chua Family commands **Laguna Shipping Conglomerate**, the force behind Ilumina's domestic and international trade. The Tuazon Family soars through the skies with **Alabaster Corporation**, the country's premier aviation and aeronautics company. Together, they are known as **The Four Pillars of Ilumina**. When a historic national initiative called **Project SOLACE** brings these corporate giants together, boardrooms become battlefields, billion-peso decisions shape the nation's future, and alliances are tested like never before. Amid ambitious dreams and impossible expectations, four remarkable leaders find their lives becoming unexpectedly intertwined. Stefan Tang, the brilliant telecommunications executive determined to lead Pyrrha into a new digital era. Richelle Sison, the compassionate Chief Learning Officer who believes that a nation's greatest investment is its people. Vernon Chua, the disciplined shipping magnate whose steady leadership keeps Ilumina moving across the seas. Michelle "Mimi" Tuazon, the visionary aviation executive striving to redefine the future of flight. As rivalries ignite, friendships deepen, and hearts begin to wander where they shouldn't, they must decide whether legacy is built through power... or through the people willing to stand beside them. Because sometimes... The strongest connections aren't made through signals. The greatest journeys aren't measured in miles. And the brightest futures aren't grown from the land alone.

The strange grief of getting everything you ever wanted. After years of filming stories in her bedroom, sacrificing weekends, and chasing a dream nobody around her fully understood, she earns a full scholarship to Oracle Film School in London. A new city. A new life. A chance to finally become the person she's always wanted to be. And somehow, it works. London gives Mel everything she hoped for: friendships that feel like family, a boy who sees her beyond the stories she creates, and a version of herself that feels more real than ever before. So why does going home feel impossible? Because maybe the hardest part about chasing your dream isn't leaving. It's realizing you might not want to go back.

In modern Japan, Princess Claire has become the crown's most coveted prize. Yamato, a retired Yakuza turned ramen shop owner, never meant to become a knight-but love has a taste for the unlikely. A royal competition sets the stage: brutal showdowns, glittering political balls, and trials laced with treachery. Can Yamato win Claire's hand before duty chains her to a future she never chose?

She's beautiful, strong, and alone in ways no one can imagine. Every place she calls home forgets her the moment she leaves, and even her closest friends vanish from memory. But when whispers of the Astorian kingdom reach her, she realizes her life-and the world around her-may not be what it seems.

For anyone who has ever felt like content instead of a person One morning, Robin typed three words into Google. No capital letters. No question mark. Just flat, unceremonious: should i die The algorithm had an answer. Actually, the algorithm had fifteen million answers. Sponsored. Monetized. Discount-coded. What followed was a single day that became a media circus, a bidding war, a TED Talk, a podcast, a Netflix pitch, a Broadway musical, a cryptocurrency. Die Like a Star is a darkly funny, razor-sharp satire about the world we've built: one where your pain is a product, your grief is a brand opportunity, and even the desire to disappear gets a sponsorship deal. Robin didn't want to die famous. He just wanted to be left alone. The world had other plans.

He built an empire to prove he wasn't his father's son. She was hired to organize his calendar - not unravel everything he's spent his life burying. Adhyaksa Jagannatha runs Kersane like he runs everything else: composed, controlled, untouchable. Then Kinara Aegis Amalthea walks in and starts noticing the things nobody else does - the collar he loosens before he breaks, the silences that mean more than his words, the father he refuses to name. She doesn't know yet that her past and his are already tangled together. He doesn't know how much it will cost them both when she finds out. A slow-burn story about ambition, inherited trauma, and the people who see us before we're ready to be seen.

You have witnessed thousands of moments that could have changed your life. You simply didn't know they were changing you. We spend our lives waiting for God to interrupt the ordinary, while quietly overlooking the places He has been speaking all along. WITNESS is an invitation to see differently. Because a life can change the moment you learn to notice.

Lee YN, 24. Quiet, composed, and seemingly comfortable with the life she has built for herself. Jeon Jiwook, 26. Reserved, short-tempered, and the newest employee in a department where personal boundaries barely exist. Years pass. People change. And sometimes, life brings a familiar face back when you least expect it. When Jiwook walks into YN's workplace, he's just the new employee. A familiar face. A quiet stare. A simple- "Hi." Nothing unusual. At least, that's what everyone else thinks. Now, under the same roof and surrounded by people who know nothing, pretending seems easy. Pretending a glance means nothing. Pretending silence isn't heavy. Pretending some memories don't still linger. But some feelings don't disappear just because two people refuse to look at them. And some stories begin long before anyone realizes they're being told. LIKE WE NEVER 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 💔

He was looking for silence. She seemed determined to interrupt it. Between empty streets, old memories, and conversations neither of them planned on having, two strangers find themselves lingering a little longer than they should. Some encounters stay with us. This is one of them.

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.

Bob Luce turns fifty on April Fool's Day and realizes the joke may be on him. A successful dentist with a loyal wife and daughters, he should be content. Instead, a motorcycle, a young hygienist, and restless thoughts push him toward trouble in this funny, sharp look at midlife temptation.

What if one day you woke up and discovered that the life you shared with your family and friends had been nothing more than a dream? What if none of it was real? That was exactly how I felt when I opened my eyes to the sharp, throbbing pain that pulsed through my body. The white hospital ceiling stared back at me, cold and unforgiving. I wanted to believe it wasn't real-that this was just another nightmare I would soon wake up from. But reality was staring me in the face. I had promised myself I would never let this happen again. Never again would I endure the insults, the lies, the manipulation, or the mental abuse. So how had I fallen this low? How had I allowed him to treat me this way? Because I believed he loved me. The candlelit dinners, the passionate nights, the expensive gifts, the dramatic declarations of love-they were all part of the perfect illusion. To everyone else, I was the lucky one. My friends envied the life I seemed to have. But none of them knew the truth. None of them could imagine that I, Sarah Dawson, was living with a devil disguised as the perfect man.

She writes, and writes... yet some feelings can't be explained, only lived.

Jayden grew up under the heavy shadow of a ticking clock. Having inherited a terminal heart condition that stole his father at a young age, he spent his childhood watching his mother work grueling double shifts just to keep them afloat. Witnessing her choose a lifetime of lonely widowhood out of pure devotion to his father's memory left a scar on his heart. He swore a solemn promise to himself: he would never be greedy. He would never curse a woman with that lifelong grief, even if it meant dying entirely alone. ​But promises are easily broken when Vanessa walks into your life. ​She makes him forget the countdown in his chest, drawing him into a love so consuming that he makes a costly, irreversible mistake. Now, with his time rapidly running out, he is forced to face the reality of his own mortality and find a way to make things straight before he goes.

Description Zaynab Ibrahim has spent years watching life happen for everyone else. While her friends celebrate new beginnings, answered prayers, and fulfilled dreams, she quietly wonders why her own life feels as though it's standing still. Burdened by comparison, fear, and the weight of past disappointments, she begins to believe she's already too late to become the person she once dreamed of being. Everything changes when she discovers an old notebook filled with letters she wrote to her future self. Each page reminds her of forgotten dreams, abandoned goals, and a question she can no longer ignore: "If fear wasn't making your decisions, who would you become?" Determined to reclaim the life she once envisioned, Zaynab embarks on a journey of healing, self-discovery, and faith. Along the way, she learns that growth isn't measured by how fast you move, but by the courage to keep going, even when no one is watching. The Version I Haven't Met Yet is a heartfelt story about hope, trusting Allah's timing, embracing change, and discovering that the person you've been searching for has been growing inside you all along. Because sometimes, the greatest journey isn't finding a new path-it's becoming the person you were always meant to be.

When 30-year-old Clara Dawson steps into a glamorous new year, she's not just leaving behind last year-she's leaving behind her husband, her old life, and the confines of a marriage that stifles her spirit. After a whirlwind romance with her husband's charismatic best friend, Ethan, Clara makes the audacious decision to escape to the sun-kissed shores of the South of France on New Year's Day. Set against the backdrop of stunning Mediterranean landscapes, Clara finds herself in a world where the air is rich with possibilities and her heart races with newfound freedom. As she navigates the challenges of a life in flux-grappling with guilt, the thrill of rebellion, and the intoxicating allure of her romance with Ethan-Clara embarks on a journey of self-discovery. From sipping champagne on a private yacht to dancing under the stars in quaint seaside towns, her adventure becomes a vibrant tapestry of love, friendship, and personal liberation. However, her escape is not without its perils. Her husband, humiliated and furious, vows to ruin her life. As he launches a calculated campaign of revenge, he hacks into her social media accounts, deleting her online presence, and orchestrates a relentless campaign of bullying, reaching out to friends and family to tarnish her reputation. Clara finds herself fighting not only for her new identity but also against the malicious attacks that threaten to drag her back into the shadows of her old life. As the reality of her choices sets in, Clara must confront the shadows of her past and decide what she truly wants. Can she embrace this new life despite her husband's vindictive tactics, or will the weight of her decisions pull her back into the life she left behind? "Chasing Freedom" is a captivating tale of love, risk, and the transformative power of a new beginning, perfectly suited for readers who crave stories of personal reinvention and the intoxicating magic of the South of France.

Globetrotter Ingrid gets a fabulous fresh start when her job takes her to Melbourne, Australia. Here she meets wise and sweet Oliver, who makes her forget she doesn't have a heart. This successful stability prompts Ingrid to accept an invitation to her high school's ten-year reunion and face down her childhood demons. Old habits are hard to kill, though, and a shocking death in her rundown home village puts her new life on the line. Torn between her commitment to Oliver and the lure of a charismatic bad boy, Ingrid finds herself at a dangerous crossroads. It's all or nothing, and she never wants to go back to nothing. *** Content warning: This story contains mature content and deals with or references the following themes - alcohol abuse, childhood abuse, suicidal thoughts, sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised. *** Gorgeous cover by @lxcksmith

Broken Dreams, New Destiny In a world where love is never simple and fate never gentle, Kashvi Dikshit, an 17-year-old girl standing on the edge of adulthood, sees her entire life collapse in a single night when a tragic accident takes away her mother. With a 7-year-old brother in her arms and a cruel, alcoholic father waiting to exploit them, Kashvi is left with nothing but fear, responsibility, and shattered dreams of her future. At the hospital, destiny introduces her to Dr. Aryaveer Ranawat, a 29-year-old trauma surgeon known for saving lives-but emotionally distant and burdened by his own broken past. He brings Kashvi's mother to the hospital, unknowingly becoming part of a final wish that will change all their lives forever. In her last moments, Kashvi's mother makes an impossible request-to marry her daughter, not for love, but for protection. A promise meant to shield Kashvi and her young brother from a future of pain, control, and destruction. Bound by duty and a vow made in silence, Aryaveer accepts a responsibility he never chose, stepping into a marriage built not on romance, but on obligation. While he remains emotionally distant and committed to a life of boundaries, Kashvi tries to accept her new reality while silently breaking inside, holding onto her dreams, her education, and her little brother as her only reasons to keep going. As two strangers are forced into the closest bond society recognizes, lines begin to blur between duty and emotion, protection and attachment, distance and connection. But with a dangerous father watching, a fragile trust between them, and buried wounds from Aryaveer's past resurfacing, their lives become a storm of sacrifice, healing, and unexpected emotions. In this story of broken dreams and silent endurance, destiny does not ask for permission-it only demands courage. Will they remain bound by responsibility... or will they one day find something deeper within the promise that changed everything?