Forcedproximity Stories

𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. ┏━━━━━❁༺━━━━━┓ 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 #𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 🥇 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 #𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 🥇 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 #𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐥

Safiya Shah has built her life on justice - fierce in the courtroom, fearless in the face of power. She never imagined her next battle would be with Zaviyar Khan, the cold, commanding Nawab of Azamgarh. Raised worlds apart yet tied by a hidden history, they are connected by a bond neither of them understands - and a darkness only Zaviyar remembers. When a family emergency brings Safiya back to Azamgarh, old secrets stir. Attending Zaviyar's grand wedding, Safiya watches in shock as his fiancée flees, leaving disgrace behind. But even greater shock awaits: a revelation that their late grandfather's dying wish was to see Zaviyar and Safiya married. For Zaviyar, it's the perfect storm. Behind his calm facade burns a deep hatred - a need for revenge for a tragedy Safiya doesn't even know her family caused. For Safiya, it's a battle of heart and honor - drawn to a man who wants nothing more than to see her broken. As promises are made under ancient vows, love and hatred collide. In a world where loyalty demands sacrifice, can a marriage built on vengeance survive the truth?

#1 Dominantmmc 23/08/26 #1 obsessivemmc 25/08/26 #1 Adultromance 25/08/26 She won a luxury companion in a galactic lottery. What arrived was not a pet. He was a disgraced warlord... tall, with deep purple skin, long silver hair, razor-sharp horns, and a long, powerful tail that seemed to have a mind of its own. Collared. Sold. Humiliated. And completely unwilling to stay on his knees. The moment those silver eyes locked onto her red hair and sharp mouth, the power balance shifted. "You bought a companion. What you actually received... is a male who fully intends to own you instead." She has a fiery temper and zero intention of being claimed. He has sharp horns, a long tail, and every intention of turning the collar the other way around. This is not an instant claiming. This is a slow, dangerous burn... filled with power struggles, sharp words, and a leash that starts to feel like it belongs on the wrong neck. The collar is still around his throat. But every day, it feels less like his restraint... and more like a warning.

A missing groom. A million-dollar family secret. And the one dangerous man who holds the brush to her undoing. The music has stopped. The dhol beats are frozen. I am standing in the grand courtyard of my father's million-dollar mansion, but his face is completely white. The whisper traveling through the crowd is suffocating: Aarav is gone. The groom has vanished right before his own wedding. As panic explodes, my hand slips behind my back, tightly gripping the sharp wooden paintbrush hidden in my skirt. My eyes scan the chaotic room until they collide with Ved. Standing dead-center in the crowd, completely unbothered, his dark custom sherwani makes him look incredibly imposing. His unblinking brown eyes cut through the room, fixing directly on me. He steps out of the crowd, his massive shadow blocking out the bright festive lights as he stops a breath away. "You look beautiful, Tara," Ved murmurs, his voice low, rough, and entirely too calm for a crime scene. "But why are you wearing black to your own brother's wedding celebrations?"I lean in close, pressing the sharp tip of the paintbrush against my skin to control the urge to poke it into his eyes. "The man who promised me a colorful palette left me with black and grey," I whisper. "Where is my brother, Ved? "Ved's eyes darken with a dangerous glint as his chest almost brushes mine. "Then it's a good thing this wedding is on hold, Tara. I have plenty of time to make you bleed your colors back onto my canvas. "WHAT TO EXPECT: 🖤 Morally Grey / Obsessive Alpha Hero🎨 Fierce, vengeful artist heroine 🤫 Dark Desi Romantic Suspense ⏳ Enemies to Lovers / Forced Proximity🔍 New chapters drop every Tuesday & Friday!

​[He protects the President. She can't even protect her ID card.] ​Major Siddharth Shergill is the President's Aide-de-Camp. A former Para SF operative, he is a fortress of silence, discipline, and lethal precision. To him, chaos is a threat, and emotions are a liability. ​Shreya Verma is a walking system error. A genius cyber-security expert who runs on caffeine and panic, she can crack a firewall in seconds but trips over her own feet daily. ​When Shreya hacks a secure "Service Gate" to sneak into the President's estate for her graduation, she expects a shortcut. Instead, she runs straight into a wall. A six-foot-two, armed, and unamused wall named Major Siddharth. ​He thinks she's an assassin. She thinks he's a statue. ​But when a hidden digital threat targets the President, the Iron Wall and the Glitch are forced to work together. Siddharth must keep her alive, and Shreya must keep him sane. ​The only problem? She is the one security risk he never saw coming. ​⚠️ TROPES: 🇮🇳 Bodyguard x Hacker 🔥 Grumpy Major x Sunshine Genius 🏛️ Political Thriller 🚫 Forced Proximity 📏 Size Difference (He's huge, she's tiny) DISCLAIMER: The Major's Security Risk is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. The technical data, military protocols, and engineering concepts described-are for narrative and entertainment purposes only and do not reflect real-world classified information or actual procedures.

"Sometimes we call it hate because love would have ruined us." They used to be inseparable... two boys against the world, bound by a friendship that felt like forever... until it shattered. Now, years later, Kairav Sinha is everything people expect, charming, reckless, the college football captain who doesn't believe in staying. And Ishaan Sehgal? He's the opposite, cold, composed, the student president who built walls no one dares to cross. They've learned how to ignore each other. How to walk past without stopping and how to pretend there's nothing left. But when they're forced into the same space again, it doesn't feel like nothing. It feels like unfinished conversations. Like words that were never said.... Like something that never really ended. And maybe it didn't, because the more they try to keep their distance, the harder it gets to ignore the way their eyes linger at each other... the way it stings to see the other with someone else... the way hate starts to feel a little too much like something else. Maybe some things don't fade or leave. Maybe... the boy he learned to hate was always the one he couldn't let go of. Most impressive Rankings: #1 in college romance #2 in BL fiction #3 in forced proximity #85 in love stories.

"The Mob Boss and His Enemy's Daughter" Natalia Gambino was raised to obey. As the daughter of Vito Gambino-the most feared mob boss in the world-every part of her life was his to control. Her clothes. Her hair. Even the man she'd marry. That man was Luca Castellano, her father's most trusted ally and underboss. Every time she looked at him, disgust twisted in her stomach. It was never supposed to be him. He'd only been obsessed with her long before she was old enough to understand it. But obedience had never been a choice-only a rule. Then, at her own wedding reception, a man with blood on his cufflinks and a smile that didn't belong in a church... storms in with guns blazing and a threat that shatters everything she thought she knew. Is this finally her chance to escape the man who's owned her life? ...Or is she just trading one master for another? ---- "Look at you..." he murmured, his breath warm against my neck. My body betrayed me, trembling as his hand traced lower, slow and deliberate. "...never forget who you belong to, Natalia." I swallowed, my voice barely a whisper. "I won't." His grip tightened, his voice dropping into something darker. I hated the way my body reacted to him-like it didn't remember fear. He leaned back, unfazed, a slow smirk pulling at his mouth. "Then prove it." ---- - book 2 of "The Prodigy" series (can be read as a standalone)

✨A Multicouple Story✨ 🤎💗 Hamza Qasim, a smooth-talking playboy, has never taken love seriously-until he meets Noor Ahmed. Kind, dramatic, and completely unimpressed by his charm, she sees past his reputation to the person beneath. For the first time, love isn't just a game to him-it's the one thing he can't afford to lose. -Playboy X Good-girl -Friends to lovers -Opposites attract 🖤❤️ Anaya Khan, bold and strong-willed, finds herself in a three-year contract marriage with Zayan Qasim, a quiet, workaholic man who wants nothing to do with marriage. With neither willing to back out for their own reasons, what starts as a temporary arrangement soon leads to an unexpected romance. -Arranged/Contract marriage -CEO x CEO -Forced proximity 💛💙 Aadil Qasim, the ever-cheerful extrovert, falls for Zahra Khatub at first sight. But Zahra- reserved, independent, and a disbeliever of love-never even considers the possibility. Unaware of his feelings, she lets him into her life as a friend and colleague, never realizing that love is slowly finding its way to her. And by the time she does... it might already be too late. -Love at first sight -Sunshine boy X Grumpy girl -Office Romance 💚💜 Duha Afzal, a calm and composed introvert, didn't expect to cross paths with Junaid Khan again-her best friend's quiet, perfect brother and the first love she never really got over. She swore she'd keep her distance, but when she stumbles upon a secret she was never meant to know, staying away becomes impossible. -Best friends brother -Unrequited first love -Love triangle * Credit to @saumyaaverse for the cover 🫶 Starting Date: 12/22/24 (I go back and edit it sometimes) Finishing date: ??/??/25 Updates every Saturday 🫶

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚, a medical student studying in the final year in Jaipur, stays with her grandparents because they are her life. She gets obsessed with whatever life throws at her. She doesn't sulk. She doesn't complain. She always loved what was given to her. Even the absence of parental affection. But never him. Never Aditya Parihaar. The boy with a lopsided grin and chocolate brown eyes. 𝐀𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐚𝐫, the notorious young child of Parihaar, driven by addiction for alcohol and pure sarcasm but no one has ever seen what drove him to be this. -ꕤ- Childhood hate to love.

Voici les premiers chapitres de cette romance. Je publierai l'inrégralité sur Amazon d'ici quelques semaines. En espérant que cela vous plaise. N'hésitez pas à commenter et liker. Charlie Scott connaît Flunord par cœur. Cette usine chimique de Dunkerque, c'est son terrain. Ingénieure, syndicaliste et grande gueule à ses heures, elle n'a aucune intention de laisser le nouveau propriétaire décider de son avenir sans réagir. Gabriel « Gaby » Kapoor vient justement d'en prendre la direction. Envoyé par le groupe familial qui a racheté l'usine, il n'a qu'une mission : remettre Flunord sur les rails. Et il découvre très vite qu'une certaine ingénieure en veste rouge compte bien surveiller chacun de ses pas. Entre eux, l'affrontement est immédiat. Mais lorsqu'une salariée dénonce une situation de harcèlement, Charlie et Gaby sont contraints de mener ensemble une enquête interne. À mesure qu'ils apprennent à travailler côte à côte, les certitudes se fissurent, l'adversaire devient un allié... et quelque chose de beaucoup plus difficile à maîtriser commence à naître. Une romance contemporaine adulte, slow burn et enemies to lovers, au cœur d'une usine dunkerquoise, entre luttes sociales, enquête et deux fortes têtes qui n'avaient certainement pas prévu de tomber amoureuses.

"𝐓𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝." Gallagher Marinegale wanted nothing more than a quiet life in the submerged, peaceful cities of Aquahaven. Delicate, gentle, and utterly defenseless on land, Gallagher instantly catches the eye of the three sovereign Ravencrest princes-living gods of fire, air, and earth who rule the academy with absolute authority. Trapped in their web of psychological mind games, physical dominance, and relentless possessiveness, Gallagher must guard the divine secret hidden beneath his skin at all costs. 𝑰𝒏 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆, 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌. ⚠️ CONTENT WARNINGS: Dark Romance | MM / BL | Possessive & Yandere Princes | Reverse Harem (3v1) | High Fantasy | Mind Games & Captivity Themes Author's Note: New chapters every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday! 🇵🇭 PHT (Manila): 12:00 PM (Noon)

Some masterpieces are painted with pain." Choi Eun-Seup is the definition of untouchable. Heir to a multi-billion-dollar empire, sharp-tongued, and relentlessly cold, he spends his nights hiding behind an anonymous alias ("Veylune"), bleeding his grief onto canvas in a secret art studio. He doesn't do group projects, he doesn't do feelings, and he certainly doesn't care about anyone else. Until Kim Seo-Hee walks into his life. Brilliant, stubborn, and drowning in fifty-won convenience store candy and sixty-hour workweeks, Seo-Hee needs a high calculus grade to secure her future. She has a dying grandmother to save, a mountain of debt, and zero fear of the school's notorious Ice Prince. What starts as a brutal, intellectual war in the library quickly spirals into something much more dangerous. They are enemies forced into proximity-until a blackout in the dark, a rainy walk under an oversized umbrella, and a stolen touch in an archive room blur every line they drew. But love is a luxury they cannot afford. Because Maria Choi-Eun-Seup's ruthless stepmother-is hiding a devastating secret. And when the smoke clears, Seo-Hee discovers she isn't just fighting for her survival. She is standing face-to-face with the one person she was never, ever allowed to love. Enemies-to-lovers. Forced proximity / Under the same roof. Secret identity artist. High-stakes corporate blackmail. He falls first, but she is running out of time. A 60-chapter slow-burn emotional rollercoaster. Read at your own risk. 🥀✨

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯? ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ─── 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔 - 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑬𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑫𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝑳 × 𝑩𝒂𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒚 𝑯𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕, 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝑶𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝑩𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 ─────── ✦ ──────

Three weeks ago, Julian lost his home for being who he is. Oliver didn't hesitate to give him a place to stay. To the rest of the world, they're just two best friends sharing a room and working after-school jobs. But in the dark of Oliver's bedroom, with only the glow of a TV screen between them, the space holding them together starts to feel dangerously small. Julian is trying not to fall. Oliver is realizing he's already slipping. And neither of them knows how to go back to being just "brothers."

Love is for people who are completely free. I don't have time to waste on such useless things. It drains your peace, saps your energy, destroys your capacity to think, and makes you dumb and weak. - Aden Vance Love? I don't even know what that feels like. My parents only taught me the language of money. If getting a bag full of cash every weekend, an abroad vacation ticket, and a luxury sports car counts as affection, then I guess I'm rich in love. But real love? I don't know what's that? I've never had it. - William Jirapat What happens when two people who have absolutely no idea what real love is are forced into the same orbit?Aden Vance is Bangkok's most ruthless young billionaire. He lives by strict logic, hates chaos, and stands as rigid and unyielding as a straight scale. William Jirapat is a chaotic architecture student. He is a walking disaster area-clumsy, sharp-tongued, and as stubborn as a tangled thread that refuses to be straightened. He doesn't just bend the rules; he loves to break them. When the straight scale meets the tangled thread, sparks don't just fly, their entire worlds collide. Step into a high-stakes dreamland where rules are shattered, walls are broken, and two stubborn hearts are about to learn that love doesn't care about your plans. If you crave pure romance where love is the only thing that matters, welcome home. You'll never want to leave. ✨📜 Tropes: Hate at first sight Billionaire x Student Forced Proximity Grumpy x Sunshine Slow Burn Aden Vance: 29years old 185 cm (6'1") ∙ Bisexual William Jirapat: 22 years old, 179 cm (5'10.5") Bi-confused

Arabella Rose Waverly is an aspiring criminal psychologist to try and figure out her past. Her life lives in a neatly color coded planner and between collage, a part time job, and an internship, she is very busy and she likes it that way. One day, her sister comes to her with a huge crisis. Bella has to help her out and soon owe a huge debt to the Russian Bravta. Sacrificing herself to save her sister, Bella works off her debt to the leader of the mafia, Viktor Orlov. Bella grows to hate Viktor and the way he makes it his life mission to torcher her until she gives him what he needs. When she injustice strikes and ghosts from her pasts arise, she chooses to team up with the man she hates to try and stop her life from spinning out of her control. Viktor Orlov is the leader of the Russian Bravta and is trying to reach his goal he has been working towards since he was young. When he finds out someone stole from him he gets pissed off, and even more pissed when he finds out who did it. A small red haired girl who is the sister of the one who stole from him. Arabella Waverly is now in debt to him instead of her sister and Viktor plans to make her life hell. He finds out she works in a bar that he owns and decides to use this to his advantage. Her innocent put together look stands out in the restaurant filled with dangerous people but yet she still is able to hold her own. When something changes and he needs something from her, he offers her something she can't resist. When things take a turn for the worse they go from unlikely partners to depending on each other for survival.

Draco had always been the thorn in Sylvie's side, but when she realizes that warming up to her sworn enemy may be the answer to ending her best friend's turmoil, their relationship flips upside down. Friendships are tested, morals are challenged, and feelings emerge. Will Sylvie be able to help her friends, keep her emotions in check, and make her family happy all at the same time? Or will she walk away with a broken heart?

--- MATURE CONTENT. 18+ ONLY. --- Vikrant Singh Chaudhary. Business empire. Political dynasty. Uttar Pradesh's most untouchable man. On the verge of becoming MLA. He has never been challenged in his life. Saanjh Awasthi. Junior pattern maker. Professional chaos magnet. Mouth of a sailor. No family, no money, no power. Just a temper that is entirely too big for her circumstances. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN: She mistakes him for her best friend's annoying ex-boyfriend, pulls his hair, and calls him a bastard. INSTEAD OF HAVING HER ARRESTED... HE DECIDES: To bring her to his haveli for a month. For reasons that are definitely not entirely political. NOW: She's trapped in a world of ancient traditions, political intrigue, and a man whose grey eyes follow her everywhere. He says she's there for protection. But why does she feel like the most dangerous predator of all is the one who invited her in? SHE THOUGHT: She was protecting her best friend. SHE DIDN'T REALIZE: She was walking into a lion's den. AND THE LION? He is obsessed. --- READ IF YOU LOVE: Enemies to Lovers Morally Grey ML Obsessive/ possesive ML Forced Proximity Grumpy x Sunshine Slow burn Age Gap Powerful Men Who Meet Their Match Small-Town Drama Rich People with Secrets Tension So Thick You Could Cut It With a Knife --- Where power ends, obsession begins. ---

Reality show - Hanok Hearts: Hidden Connections Eight strangers. Thirty days. Cameras in every corner. No scripts. No hosts. No escape. Kim Ji Eun never believed in fairy tales. She never even believed in dating. So when she somehow ends up on the live 24/7 reality dating show Hanok Hearts, no one is more surprised than her. Awkward, underdressed, and completely uninterested in performing for the cameras, Ji Eun is the last person anyone expects to become the center of attention. But somehow... she does. The polished chaebol who sees her as a challenge. The quiet musician who watches her a little too closely. The other girls who can't decide whether to befriend her or push her out. And a house full of people wondering the same thing: Why is she really here? In a world built on performance and perfect angles, Ji Eun is the one person who refuses to play the game. But the longer she stays, the harder it becomes to stay invisible.She came prepared to prove that love on camera is a lie. The question is... will the show prove her wrong first?

Maren Vael can read anyone. The angle of a smile, the pressure of a pen-stroke - it's why her country is sending her, and not some gentler cousin, to marry the enemy. The empire of Veshara is winning the war and begging for peace, and Caldra needs to know why before it signs. So Maren rides south with a treaty, a dead brother's whistle, and one task: find out what is killing the empire's dragons - before whatever it is finishes them, or comes for everyone. Her husband-to-be is Kazrael Veyne. The Ash Lord. The man whose name her people use to frighten children. She has read six years of reports on him. She knows exactly what he will be. She has never been wrong before. She has never been so wrong in her life.