Love-story Stories

A teen monster will stop at nothing to get power, even if that means eating the forbidden fruit that will forever bind her to the keeper of death itself. ***** After rejecting the Wolf King and refusing to be his docile, powerless bride, Korin escapes into the mountains in search of forbidden fruit. And while the legends say that anyone who eats the fruit will be enslaved to the keeper of death itself, Korin is confident she can become something more. Because the power that comes with being queen of the underworld is everything she craves, as she'll finally be able to destroy the society that ripped her werewolf identity from her soul. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

NEEDS EDITING THIS IS A FIRST DRAFT 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

After a car accident leaves Kaden Bretton temporarily blind, Isla Moore struggles to break up with him while disguised as his girlfriend, who died in the crash. ***** Isla Moore has been in love with Kaden Bretton since he taught her how to slow dance on her sixteenth birthday. Now, four years later, she jumps at the chance to help him after a terrible car accident leaves him temporarily blind -- by agreeing to break up with him while disguised as his girlfriend, Evangeline, so he never has to find out she died in the crash. But will she be able to stick to the plan even after he starts falling for her? Or will the truth about her identity and the reason she lied to him destroy their chance at forever? ***** Cover by @lydiahephzibah.

Two years after Nathaniel Swift left for America to forget the woman he loved, he learns she's engaged to another man -- and returns to England to win her back. ***** Lord Nathaniel 'Nate' Swift is hopelessly in love with his best friend's younger sister, Charlotte Wilde. However, Nate's rakish ways, their ten-year age difference, and his best friend's objections soon make it very clear that a marriage could never take place. So Nate does the only thing he could: he travels to America and tries to forget about the woman he loves. But after two years in the New World, forgetting Charlotte proves to be impossible, and he's quickly pulled back to England after hearing of her engagement to another man. Determined to make up for past mistakes, Nate swears to stop the impending wedding and win back Charlotte's heart at any cost. But is he too late to show her the truth he's known all along -- that they're meant to be together, forever? [[Word count: 70,000-80,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Bandy

Emma and Vivian spend their summer at a new camp to help out a friend, only to discover that it's a dating camp and they both have to pretend to be single! ***** Emma and Vivian, having spent their first year of college living together, agree to spend their summer at Gwen Black's latest camp. Unfortunately, due to a misunderstanding (and Gwen's aggressive advertising), the entire camp is using Emma as a mascot because she's "single". Emma and Vivian decide to let the situation play out to help Gwen, finding a new thrill in keeping their love secret. Soon, though, things get out of hand as they start making each other jealous, and someone online is working to destroy their relationship (and the entire camp)! Can Emma save the camp, her reputation, and the only relationship that's ever mattered to her? (Sequel to Camp Mapplewood: original version.) [[word count: 40,000-50,000 words]]

He just wants her booty, but she'll end up stealing his heart. ***** After pirates kidnap seventeen-year-old Ana in a case of mistaken identity, the orphaned housemaid prepares for the worst. Instead, between a shipwreck, mutiny, and her growing feelings for her captor -- the dashing Pirate King of the Caribbean, Alestair Kincade -- Ana soon realizes the secret she keeps is far from the most dangerous part of her new life. But playing the wholesome daughter of a Spanish admiral among rag-tag buccaneers isn't easy either, and to avoid both discovery and the gallows she'll have to learn to rely on more than just her wits and her charm. But is Alestair Kincade really on her side? Or will his protection and his love both disappear the moment he learns the truth? Book Two of The Pirate King Series is called SCUTTLE (formerly The Reluctant Pirate Queen) [Now an audiobook from Hachette, Powered by Wattpad] [word count: 90,000-100,000 words] PLUNDER (Book One in The Pirate King Series) © 2014 by R.S. Kovach. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced without the author's written permission. Cover designed by Ren T

ဒိတ်ဒိတ်ကြဲ ချမ်းသားတဲ့ သူဌေးသား (၄) လေးယောက် နဲ့ ကိုယ်မှန်တယ်ထင်ရင် ဘာမှဂရုမစိုက်တတ်ကြပဲ Fashion Designer ဖြစ်ဖို့ကြိုးစားနေကြတဲ့ ကောင်မလေး (၄) လေးယောက်တို့ကြားမှာ ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာမယ့် ‌ခေတ်သစ် ချစ်ပုံပြင် တစ်ပုဒ်

"සමහර ආදර කතා පටන් ගන්නේ වචනවලින් නෙවෙයි... නිහඬ බැල්මකින්, උණුසුම් ස්පර්ශයකින් සහ නොකියූ හැඟුම් ගොඩකින්." දරුණු රිය අනතුරකින් පසු මිහිඳිගේ ලෝකය මුළුමනින්ම අඳුරු වී යයි. ඇයට ඇගේ අතීතය, ආදරණීයයන් මෙන්ම තමන්ගේම පෙම්වතාවද අමතක වී ඇත. එහෙත් ඔහු, ආකාශ්, කිසිදු බලකිරීමකින් තොරව, අප්‍රමාණ ඉවසීමකින් යුතුව ඇයගේ සෙවණැල්ල මෙන් ඇය ළඟින්ම රැඳී සිටියි. මතකය අහිමි වූ ඇයව ඔහු රැගෙන යන්නේ ඔවුන් පළමුවරට ආදරය ප්‍රකාශ කළ ඒ සුන්දර, මීදුමෙන් වැසුණු රිවස්ටන් කඳු මුදුනටයි. එහිදී, සීතල සුළඟ මැද ඔහු ඇයට ලස්සන ආදර කතාවක් කියන්නට පටන් ගනී. ඒ අන් කිසිවෙකුගේවත් නොව, ඔවුන්ගේම අතීත ආදර කතාවයි. නුහුරු මීදුමක් අස්සේ, ඒ නොදන්නා පෙම්වතුන්ගේ කතාවට සවන් දෙන මිහිඳිට ඒ හැඟීම් හුරුපුරුදු ඇයි? වචනවලට වඩා ගැඹුරු වූ ඔහුගේ ආදරයට, ඇගේ හදවතේ නිදා සිටින ඒ අතීත මතකයන් අවදි කළ හැකි වේවිද? "Riverstone - මීදුමෙන

Alexander didn't cheat. He just gave someone else his attention, his laughter, and the smiles that used to belong to his wife. And she watched him drift, not to another woman's bed, but to her presence. Her laugh. The way she made him feel seen in a room full of people. Everything he found in someone else - Zara had been giving him all along. Eight years of marriage. One little boy who loved them both. And Zara standing in the middle of it all - wondering when she became the woman he stopped choosing. She warned him. Three times. The first - he dismissed her. The second - he called her jealous. The third - he called her insecure. So she stopped warning him altogether. And stopped waiting. Love wasn't enough... and now it might be too late.

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. If you'd like to access both this Books Edition & the Original Edition of Entwined, please see the other version on my profile. *** Sometimes love gets a bit twisted. Avery Montgomery doesn't even know if she wants a soul mate. As a member of the Hellenicus-a race founded in antiquity and descended directly from the Greek gods-Avery's attending her first Gathering where she'll gain the ability to entwine her thoughts with her destined soul mate and be tied to them forever. But all is not as it seems at the Royal Court. There are severe and strange looks from the elders, whisperings from the ancient Dodona tree, and encounters with spirits who seem to know Avery better than she knows herself. Throughout these whirlwind events at Court, Avery finds herself torn between her feelings for the wise and protective Vladimir and the passionate, fun-loving Adrian. Unwilling to surrender her independence or to betray her heart, Avery must decide once and for all if she'll give in to her desires and risk the wrath of the Gods. Because who are you if your destiny lies with another person?

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. You have to step off the trail to find your path . . . When her mother unceremoniously dumps her at Camp Mapplewood for the summer, Emma Lane's hopes of repairing their fractured relationship are gone with the wind. Now she's stuck in the wilderness facing her worst fears. Trees? Terrifying. Spiders? Even worse. And don't even get Emma started on how she feels about camp activities. But Emma's got a plan, and she will do anything in her power to get kicked out of camp, from sleeping in to playing practical jokes on her fellow campers. Yet when Emma draws the attention of her illusive and attractive camp counselor Vivian Black, she has to come to terms with the fact that how her summer starts isn't necessarily how it might end. Will Vivian be the key to unlocking Emma's fears once and for all?

The four Sultanates stood divided not by borders, but by silence. A silence heavy with old betrayals, unspoken grudges, and a war that never needed swords to draw blood. Among them, Zarqaan and Rawaan remained locked in a conflict that never reached the battlefield-only thrones, councils, and whispered orders that shaped the fate of nations. No one declared war. But everyone lived inside one. And then came the engagement. A gathering meant to secure alliances with Mehrabad, a court of wealth and diplomacy, where Princess Zahira Rawaan was promised to Prince Aariz Mehrabad-a union that carried the weight of politics, yet was softened by something rarer in such worlds... affection. For she did not hate him. She was still bound to a future decided long before her heart was ever asked for permission. Until he arrived. Sultan Zavian Zarqaan. No announcement followed his presence. No warning preceded his gaze. Yet the moment he arrived within the boundaries of the engagement gathering, something in the balance of power shifted quietly... irrevocably. And then-just for a moment he saw her. A glimpse. From a distant balcony, half-veiled in silk and shadow, where light broke softly against the latticework, revealing nothing fully... yet enough to change everything. That was all it took. For politics to blur. For reason to falter. And for something far more dangerous than war to begin its quiet rise. What followed was not chaos in the open-but something far more calculated. A proposal disguised as diplomacy. A threat wrapped in mercy. A deal delivered at the edge of silence. Sultan Zavian Zarqaan did not ask for permission. He offered Rawaan a choice. Marriage. Or ruin. A union bound by law, sealed by survival-where Rawaan would retain its throne under his "protection," and pay its yearly tribute as the price of peace. But everyone understood the truth beneath the terms. This was not protection. This was claim. And in a world where crowns are never surrendered willingly!

An Arranged Setup that Sparkled into a Love Story of Its Own. »»---♡---«« 'His nose is crooked!' 'I think he has some gray hair!' 'He looks too mature for his age!' 'Nah! He is seven years older than you!' 'One of his eyes seems smaller!' 'Don't you think he is smiling too much in this photo?' 'God! I wonder how, even after looking at hundreds of biodatas every day, none could catch my parents' attention. With every biodata they see, they manage to point out some flaw or another.' »»---♡---«« An Indian Arranged Marriage Story. Modern-day marriages are no cakewalk, and arranged marriages are certainly not. Set against an Indian backdrop, "Love Unrushed!" explores not only the complexities of an arranged marriage but also the pursuit of individual happiness within the confines of societal norms. If you are up for a simple and subtle blooming love story, ponder-worthy thoughts with social stigmas and taboos effortlessly slipped in here and there, and some real, relatable characters, then this story is definitely for you. You will find a part of Riya and Aditya hidden within you as they navigate their arranged marriage, unveiling the hidden layers of their personal and professional insecurities. There will be no unrealistic villains or overdramatic plots, but this story will undoubtedly highlight the true version of how marriages are arranged in India. Thus, this book tends toward a realistic portrayal with a touch of fiction. Please be kind. This book is under editing and the chapters with (•) are recently edited. Rest are in progress.

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]]

Easton was Luna's closest friend until a family tragedy tore them apart. Five years later, a mysterious invitation brings them back together - and Luna's life will never be the same. ***** It's been five years since a deadly fire took the lives of Luna's parents and Easton's father-destroying Luna and Easton's friendship in the process. Now, Luna's looking forward to a brighter future. But when she encounters Easton at a party, she discovers that although she's come to terms with her past, Easton's is tearing him apart. As Luna tries to help Easton heal, she soon realizes that her past and her future might be more intertwined than she thought. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Santoro

He's cold, powerful, and shattered by a love he never got over. She's fierce, warm, and carrying scars she never talks about. Reyansh Raizada built walls around himself and his son after losing the only woman who ever made him feel human. Arjun barely smiles. Their world is sealed shut. Then she walks in. Ishita wasn't supposed to matter. She was just a teacher bright-eyed, sharp-tongued, annoyingly kind. But when a little boy who stopped trusting the world starts waiting by the classroom door just to see her... everything Reyansh built begins to crack. And he hates her for it. "Stay away from my son." "Make me." Forced into a marriage neither of them chose, trapped under the same roof, fighting the same unbearable pull they were never supposed to be a love story. But then he whispered against her hair at 2AM "I don't know how to want someone and not destroy them." And she realised she was already his. Hate. Grief. Fire. Surrender. Some loves don't knock. They break the door down. ✨ Forced Marriage | Single Dad | Grumpy × Sunshine | Slow Burn | Hate-to-Love | Obsession | Mature Themes Contains Hindi dialogues with translations. UNDER EDITING

Kiara Mehra is Introvert, shy, and sensitive. She grew up in a house full of fights and constant arguments. Because of that, she stopped expressing her feelings. Instead, she writes everything in her diary - her pain, her fears, and the love she never received. Abhimanyu Singhania is confident, disciplined, charming, and protective. He is a successful doctor who heals others every day. But he never expected that his arranged marriage would connect him to a girl who is scared of love itself. They are completely different from each other, yet destiny brings them together in an arranged marriage. He wants to be her safe place. He wants to protect her from every shadow that ever made her afraid. Can love heal old wounds? Or will fear keep them apart? Because sometimes... When love is not chosen by people, It is written by fate. And that is Ishq-E-Takdeer. Tropes Arranged Marriage Opposites Attract Protective Male Lead Soft Husband Era Introvert & Sensitive Female Lead Grumpy × Sunshine Slow Burn Romance Family Drama Emotional Healing

Hunter, a street kid turned FBI agent, is ordered to befriend Calvin Black. But as they grow closer, she realizes Calvin cares more about her than the FBI. Hunter Ashley was taken off the streets as a teen and brought into a highly secret FBI program that's turned her into a full-fledged agent. She is assigned, alongside the brooding agent Micah, to befriend Calvin Black, the son of the notorious Christopher Black. Hunter does her best to hide her survival training inside a typical high school, only she's developing feelings for Calvin, and it looks like Micah is starting to crush on her. In a world where a single mistake can prove fatal, Hunter has to figure out who she can trust, or she'll end up back on the streets. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

Everyone fears Damian Deluca - CEO of Deluca Industries and the Mafia king of Russia's underworld. No one knows his weakness... because he never reveals her. His wife, Avelina Rose. To him, she's everything he refuses to lose. To her, he's the monster who stole her dreams and locked her in a golden cage. But secrets don't stay buried forever. And when his darkness and her desires collide... their truth might ruin them both.

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Finished high school, Emma's forced to spend her summer at a camp. But a striking counsellor, Vivian, changes her plans from escape to together forever. ***** Seventeen-year-old Emma Lane usually lives with her dad, but she's once again being forced to spend the summer with her homophobic mom. This time, however, instead of spending a summer on the beach, her mom drops her off at Camp Mapplewood while she heads off on a cruise with her new husband. Emma hates the camp and tries to escape, but she is caught by a camp counsellor Vivian. She's drawn to Vivian's voice and her charm, while Vivian is fascinated by Emma's instinct to protect others and to feel with her whole heart. The two grow close, but the end of the summer looms. Can they find a way to stay together when they have to return to their normal lives? (Has a sequel: My Pretend Summer.) [[word count: 50,000-100,000 words]]