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If It's Not Forever. It's Not Love.


Durjoy Datta - 2012
    He is unhurt, but emotionally scarred. Haunted by the blast for many days, he seeks redemption. One day, while wandering near the blast site, he finds a half-burnt diary, written by someone who died on that fateful day.The burnt diary entrusts Deb with a strange responsibility - the last words of a dead man.Shrey, his best buddy since college, and Avantika, his girlfriend, unknowingly join him on his road trip, as he tries to put together the pieces of the dead guy's intriguing story.

All started with a dare


infinetely finite
    "I dare you, Jade Elsie Brooke, to break into Trystan Woods's house and steal a pair of his boxers without him finding out." Jade Brooke was the daredevil who had never turned down a dare, no matter how bad it was. So when a simple game of truth or dare ends up flipping her life upside down in the form of a dare, she has no one to blame but herself. Trystan Woods was the boy out of reach for most, who stood at the top of the high school food chain. Everyone loves him, and he was the football team captain. Jade had never interacted with him, until the day she was dared to break into his house and steal his underwear. The only flaw in the plan? When he catches her in his room holding his boxers.

Wizard's Tale


Aegyodaydreamer - 2013
    At the age of seven, her parents died and she had no choice but to live with her evil aunt and despicable cousin. She was forced to work at a young age and to suffer pain, hunger and loneliness with them.Despite the hardship, she was still hoping for a better future since her eighteenth birthday was soon to come. That meant Yana can already claim the money and assets that her parents left for her.But her life turned into a mess when her loathsome relatives deceived her and stole all her money at the bank. They abandoned her with nothing. Yana's future was in chaos and now she was twice as miserable! All her dreams just disappeared! Even her fantasy of going to college vanished as well! She got nowhere to go and her only chance of survival was to accept an old man's advice that she should work for a guy named Brylle Zaffiro.Yana found her way to Brylle's house and there she attested that she will never be a fan of fairy tales! That was because the sudden twist in her life made it clear that the reality she was facing was way more magical, absolutely thrilling, and surprisingly romantic!

Bridal Shower


mercy_jhigz (Roselyn Fajanilan) - 2014
    When they broke up a year ago, pareho nilang hindi inakala na magkikita ulit sila—especially under this awkward circumstance. But surprisingly, the awkward reunion led to a second chance.Still, hindi pa rin nagging madali ang lahat for the couple, with another girl entering the picture, disapproving parents, and Vince Michael's inevitable mood swings. Kaya kaya nilang ipaglaban ang relationship nila sa gitna ng mga challenges na ito?Will their reunion be showered with happiness? Or will they just go back to being strangers?

The Reluctant Romantics (The Mischievous Mrs. Maxfield, #1.5)


Ninya Tippett - 2016
    She will be his last and 'forever'.Tessa Maxfield has always been the smart one because she couldn't be the pretty one or the cool one. And she's fine with that. The upside of being smart is not making stupid decisions like she did as a kid, falling in love with her older brother's best friend. She outgrew that and could still outsmart it now.Jake Hastings has always been a playboy because he could be so why not? But his best friend's rash wedding and fairytale marriage has left him wondering if he could have more. The downside to his notorious reputation is that when he unexpectedly finds the girl he can't live without, she won't believe him. He burned that bridge a long time ago and she's not letting him build a new one now.Can two people who want so much of what they're afraid of find their way through first loves and second chances to finally find each other?***This is a spin-off from The Mischievous Mrs. Maxfield.

Forces of Nature Mercy Hospital


starzee
    

ബാല്യകാലസഖി | Balyakalasakhi


Vaikom Muhammad Basheer - 1944
    Majeed's father was rich once, so could send him to a school in the distant town, although he was not very good at studies. Suhra's father on the other hand had trouble making both ends meet. Even then he wanted to send his daughter, who was good at studies to the school. But after her father's death, all her hopes of further studies was ruined. Majeed begs his father to sponsor Suhra's education, but he refuses. Majeed leaves home after a skirmish with his father, and wanders over distant lands for a long time before returning home. On his return, he finds that his family's former affluence is all gone, and that his beloved Suhra has married someone else. He is grief struck at the loss of love, and this is when Suhra turns up at his home. She is a shadow of her former self. The beautiful, sunshiny, vibrant Suhra of old is now a woman worn out by life, battered hard by a loveless marriage to an abusive husband. Majeed commands her, "Suhra, don't go back!" and she stays.

Catching His Queen [MDM Sequel]


jnovak16
    +++++Sequel to Million Dollar Man

Ice Cream, Teasing, and Awkward Situations


Miadaley17
    However, that's kind of hard to do when you have a narcissistic arch-nemesis who's hell-bent on ruining your life.From the moment he laid eyes on her, he seemed to take an immediate dislike. After all, it only took a measly few hours of knowing her for him to kick a soccer ball right at her unsuspecting 11-year-old face.Though they did not know it then, this iconic moment would mark the beginning of what felt like a lifelong feud. Six years later and their mutual hatred for one another is still very much alive and kicking. She despised him, and he despised her and that's the way it always would be. But what happens when sparks fly, and stomachs flutter? Will someone break the eternal feud?One's thing for sure- Mia will definitely not be the one to break.

Sweetly & Scientifically (Sweetly, #1)


EternalZephyr
    She is also failing chemistry. Her teacher gives her a second chance in the form of a written test that only one other student has passed so far.Wesley Black, a boy crazy about chemistry, is known at school as The White Coat Freak. He's never seen without a lab coat on and spends most of his time in a mysterious storage room.Reyna needs his help if she has any hope of passing the test. With his cold personality, working with him is more of a challenge than the class she's failing. Then she begins to see another side to Wesley and wants to know more about him. Together they learn about a different kind of chemistry. That is, if Wesley can survive her best friend and over-protective brother...For Reyna and Wesley, chemicals will collide and the attraction will be strong as they form a bond sweeter than candy.

Mr. Cold (The Heartbreaker)


Mars Valena - 2014
    he has no mercy when it comes to girls! well, he doesn’t care about other’s feelings! know the reason behind his cold treatment to girls and how it will change.

The Forgotten Night


Becky Andrews - 2013
    Deep down, maybe she has always liked him.Their families live close and every year she looks forward to seeing him at the annual family holiday parties. One drunken Christmas Eve will change their relationship forever. Cassidy is overjoyed, as it finally seems that Andrew feels the same way she does and maybe always did. She sneaks off in the night to let him sleep, overjoyed by the best night of her life and excited for the future.Except the next day Andrew acts as though the night never happened. Does Andrew really not remember their connection or was this is a ploy just to get her into bed? They struggle to reclaim their relationship as danger threatens Cassidy from all sides.A story about love, betrayal, and deception.

Return Of His Bubblegum Klutz (His Bubblegum Klutz, #2)


CJustMe - 2015
    

Knowing Xavier


Dolly Lila - 2019
    The scowl on his face? Definitely to warn people to stay away. His deteriorating grades? Obviously maintaining the bad boy façade. The silence he rarely breaks? Clearly so that he doesn't spill his secrets. He's cold. He's fucked up. He's an asshole. Or so they say. They think they know Xavier. They sure as hell don't. It takes one glimpse of Xavier's reality for Haley to realize nobody knows the person they all think they know. Nobody knows the frightened little boy hiding behind the cool façade, the silence brimming with unuttered screams, the grey eyes concealing all that pain. Nobody knows Xavier. But maybe Haley can. And maybe she can save him.

Becoming Marie Antoinette


Juliet Grey - 2011
    When I am so clearly inadequate to my destiny?Raised alongside her numerous brothers and sisters by the formidable empress of Austria, ten-year-old Maria Antonia knew that her idyllic existence would one day be sacrificed to her mother's political ambitions. What she never anticipated was that the day in question would come so soon.Before she can journey from sunlit picnics with her sisters in Vienna to the glitter, glamour, and gossip of Versailles, Antonia must change everything about herself in order to be accepted as dauphine of France and the wife of the awkward teenage boy who will one day be Louis XVI. Yet nothing can prepare her for the ingenuity and influence it will take to become queen.Filled with smart history, treacherous rivalries, lavish clothes, and sparkling jewels, Becoming Marie Antoinette will utterly captivate fiction and history lovers alike.