And We Will Live Happily
by Tamer Lorika
After the birth of their daughter, Camilla, new parents Natalie and Maura are looking forward to their first Christmas as a real family. But obligations are fierce -- when both girls are guilted into attending family functions, Christmas looks like it’s going to be split, busy, and no fun for anyone.<br><br>Maura’s dad is overtly resentful of the life Maura’s built, but Natalie’s passive-aggressive parents may be even worse. The relationships are worth saving, and Natalie hopes, at the end of it…
The Guardian - Blair
by C.E. Mattison
She doesn't want to be a Guardian... not again.Five years after her beloved's murder, twenty-six-year-old Blair Nelson from the FBI's Fifth Division vowed to never become a Guardian again. Her supervisor lieutenant sends her down to Santa Fe, New Mexico to assist the Division of the Tenth with their ongoing case - keeping watch of their non-human witness who may be a suspect of a murder; the same witness who may have killed Blair's beloved. Blair meets one on one with a woodland elf, Altin, who …
Chasing Mr Beta
by hiraki_mitsuha
Life has been good, calming and stress-free for a beta. Chen Ai has been working in the office for three years. He had no complications hindered on his path. He love himself, he love his face (though it looks like a stone sometimes). He was handsome. Even though people regarding him as narcissistic, he doesn't care."It was true anyway," he thought as he looked at himself in the mirror. And for an asexual people like him, he was proud at himself for being a beta. He doesn't have to engage leaders…
Anathema
by J.T. Marie
Chapbook of dark poems about vampires, aliens, angels, demons, monsters, diseases, villains, rogues, and the sea. The bulk of these were written during my years as an undergraduate student at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia, and represent some of my favorite themes: death, lost love, the ocean, alienation, and (odd as it may seem) disease.
An International Exchange
by J.P. Garland
Malkie is a gay New York lawyer who has a passing encounter with Romanian university student Sofia, who is spending the summer working as a waitress in a high-end western Massachusetts town. It’s where Malkie and her family spend weekends and holidays, as do many other New Yorkers. When they meet, Sofia whispers, “If you are interested, and I think you are, you can contact me here.” Malkie ignores the overture and the little slip of paper placed in her hand.<br><br>When she returns a month later…
CLOSURE SERIES : LIFE OF FENGHUANG
by Uniqsoul
They say the heart wants what it wants even if it gonna hurt it. "That saying is true. Follow the life of Feng Huang to know how real that saying manifests in her life. She's going through a lot of stages in her life. Seeing her at her best and her worst, she fell apart and tried to get back up.Memories that haunt the soul and mind but yet trying to pick up the pieces. The effect of this saying is positive or negative.Will Feng Huang find love or pain?
I'm Yours
by Attention7
Love begins from nowhereA romance with a sprinkle of humourBeing with the one you love under the same roofFind yourself giggling and having mixed emotions by joining the journey of life with Anna who has an adorable love story and a past which she cannot get over it. How love can cure and give happiness to a person who has gone through hard times.
Aztec's Luna
by Manogyna Marthi
I heard him roar like the beast that he truly is. His skin was turning into fur, his canes expanded, and his claws extended on both his hands and legs. His eyes turn pitch black. After some time, everything calmed down and I felt a soft breath on my face. By smelling the scent I know it's him in his human form. "You are my desire and my only hope to shed away this guilty birth of a werewolf." He grunted pushing me to the wall and holding my cheek tight between his fingers. Bending his head he tr…
Finding Mr.handsome
by Salmee
Habeeb, a young and charming medical student and Ameedah, a beautiful Nursing student both met and fell in love with each other but what happens when Nawal who is Habeeb's ex finds out that he has finally moved on with someone else. Would the two love birds ever reunite? Anticipate.
Sixteen Seconds
by Elke Lakey
Barrel racer Becca, frustrated because COVID has shut down all rodeos, is annoyed when Nikki, the farrier's daughter, shows up in his stead. They spar over Nikki's competence and their different ideas of social distancing, yet eventually bond over their mutual love for horses.<br><br>Since Becca doesn't have Nikki's number but wants to see her again, she resorts to requesting another farrier visit. Nikki sees through her ruse and retaliates by using the water hose on Becca, yet they still hang o…
Love and the Intern
by Emily Carrington
After a decade, Renée is thrown into the stormy seas of love when her erstwhile fiancée reappears in her life. Both women vow to stay away from each other, but circumstances at their job throw them together.<br><br>Their project? Seek out the maniacal ways of dragons and show the proof of their machinations. But when Renée turns up more than anyone expected, how far will the dragons go to protect their secrets? Will Jenny and Renée live long enough to rekindle their affections?
Stay_Strong
by Adreanna_Gibson
Aspen is enjoying the little peace she has to raise her sister. But all good things must come to an end.
Paint a New Scene
by Deirdre O'Dare
Young widow and artist Keely must reinvent her life after her husband’s sudden death. Her first step is to move to a new town.<br><br>When her landlady hires a couple of itinerant painter-handymen to refurbish the house, Keely begins to awaken from her grief-spawned isolation. Inspired by the two good-looking workers, she explores a new focus for her art and discovers the exotic pleasures of a ménage for the first time.
Eternally Yours
by Cynthia O'Malley
Grad student Andrea is mostly self-assured and quite open to whatever the world might bring her way. She's sensible, but she's got a quiet belief in the supernatural and a daytime interest in studying history, and finds herself surprised to be falling head over heels for the older woman she just met.<br><br>Liz is thrilled to have made a new best friend. Overjoyed with how well they click, how well her son likes Andrea, how much fun they have together, and how easily she can open up, Liz finally…
Snowed In: Nikki and Brynn
by Jodi Hutchins
Registered nurse Brynn Norseman hasn’t had the easiest time in her career. Her days at work are spent in the quiet telemetry monitoring station instead of where she truly wants to be -- caring for patients.<br><br>All Nikki Mortelli ever wanted was to become a lawyer, but bailing out trust fund brats and corporate sharks wasn’t what she had in mind when she’d passed her bar exam.<br><br>A late night spent perusing through the aisles of the local co-op ends in a chance meeting between the two wom…
A special case
by Novelistlor
After being left by everyone my parents, my friends... because of a rare disorder, I decided I can not take it anymore and let all my strength get buried in a deep place in my heart until I get taught how to love a sister a boyfriend and yourself. All this got everything out of me.
Ryan McBlack Hearl
by maphefo2002
Ying Yang, two different sides on one coin. Two different worlds but same Earth two different people will the other one save the other from drowning or will they give up?
Snowfall
by Carolina Valdez
Sweethearts on the high school ski team, Riley and Jean-Claude always expected to marry and stay together forever. But as they become world-class skiers, they drift apart, and Jean abandons Riley.<br><br>Years later, Jean appears unannounced to train at the resort where Riley works. He's still charmingly irresistible and physically powerful, and is the US's hope for a second Olympic downhill gold. Once Riley herself expected to win gold, but a skiing accident dashed those hopes. Jean never sent…
Dreamchasers
by Aquilina
Beth is a fashion designer wannabe who unexpectedly got accepted into one of the best prep schools in the nation. She is creative and ambitious but secretly struggles with balancing being herself and conforming to people around her. One day, she suddenly found herself gaining the ability to see emotional turmoil as monsters and transforming to her idealized image of self to fight them off, along with five other girls. However, their magic comes with a price--it feeds on their emotional state and…
VAMPIRES COFFIN
by O.Gabriel
Vampires, Werewolves, Leviathans battle for survival on a small Island of Cubby. Who will rule over these creatures when the battle for love and affection is on?