Hardship Stories

[ONGOING] Thione Alina Cuevas knew Achilles all her life. She is determined that he will never leave her side, because he is her best of friends. But what if one summer, she'll see him in a different color? In a sweeter tune? It will turn her feelings upside down, unveil something inside her she never knew was there. But what about him? Will the strum of his heart ever harmonize with his best friend? Will they overcome rhythmed of life? But what if it's the other way around? And their rhyme will never ever be the same. Summer Serenade - Astalièr Series II raindropsandstar

Almost three years after going their own separate ways, Gon and Killua ache for each other and want to see one another now more than ever before. When the stars seem to mysteriously align just right, the two cross paths, but find that everything they once thought they felt for each other is gone. Facing unknown feelings, strange thoughts, and many, many obstacles, the two find that they want something more, but, as it seems to always work, the world won't let them. Will Killua and Gon manage to navigate their way past these struggles, or will they let everything they once loved burn to ash? Read if you want to find out. (First book ever, might be terrible. Also, first chapters won't be great, it gets better after possibly the fifth or sixth chapters. Cover is not mine, all rights to the artist. The characters aren't mine nor is HXH.) WARNING: Contains Boy Love, swearing, A LOT of angst, violence and blood, alcohol, occasional smoking, and mentions of suicide, no smut. Enjoy reading!~

Sequel to 'To The Straight Path'. This is the story of Adira Noor Jabir. The girl who is Strong, Nobel and Powerful just like her Father taught her to be. Just like the name she was given. All she ever saw in her entire 21 years of her life is love, care and the family who value and cherish her presence. While following her father's footsteps, she is in the last year of University to achieve her dream. She has the perfect life with her family and friends who adore her and could do anything which left past her mouth. Will her life always be rainbows, sunshine and full of love or something happens that changes her life into a nightmare which she never thought existed. The nightmare which can flip her life upside down, would she be able to swim back or go deeper and deeper until there is no way of getting back.

Asa never planned on falling in love with someone like Amir Malik Sani. Composed, calculating, and far too certain for someone who made her question everything she thought she knew about love, faith, and herself. What started as quiet understanding slowly turned into something neither of them could walk away from. But love, as they both learn, isn't just tenderness and timing, it's choices, patience, and a war between what feels right and what is right. Between faith, family, and the fragile space where their worlds collide, Asa and Amir must learn what it really means to love without losing themselves and to trust that some stories aren't written by accident and everything happens for a reason that sometimes is not known by us. When their worlds collide, it's anything but easy. Between cultural expectations, family pressure, and religious lines that can't be crossed lightly, they're either each other's downfall-or their only shot at something real.

Noah Walker, a soldier in the United States Army, found himself befriending Jackson Wright while on deployment. Together they form a bond profound. But where friendship is found, loss soon follows. The death of Jackson Wright gave Noah a pass to go back home to the US. While back home Noah meets Jackson's loving family. It is there he meets a face he is destined to never forget. Erin Wright, a soon to be high school graduate, finds herself struck with unyielding grief. With the death of her brother Jackson Wright she attempts to find the sun amongst the greying clouds; yet she cannot see it on her own. Through the slow process of forgetting her grief it is not her mother that breaks her out of the rain showers soaking her - it is Noah Walker. #1 in militarylove on August 7 2021. Nowadays_ © 2021.

A brand-new state, a brand-new family, and a whole lot of questions for fourteen-year-old Cole Matthews, a troubled filled kid sent over to his aunt and her fiancée in the American Bluemont Virginia for the next four years. But just on the other side of the fence was his neighbor and classmate, Rayne Riders, the popular, easy-going boy who was determined to find out more about his mysterious, intimidating neighbor. As they spend more time together, they grow inseparable, and soon enough everything they were afraid to become.

​"They say the sky is limitless, but for us, it was the very thing that kept us apart." ​In the humid, salt-stained halls of a small school in Krabi, Phuwin is the undisputed heartbeat. To the world, he is the ultimate extrovert-the guy whose laughter fills the corridors and whose future is as polished as the pilot's uniform his family has already picked out for him. But behind the bright smiles and the "Main Ten" social circle, Phuwin is drowning under the weight of an anchor: a family legacy that demands perfection and forbids his truth. ​Ray is the only one who sees the cracks in the mask. ​Positioned in the shadows of the back row, Ray is the village "bad boy"-an ambivert with a lethal stare and a reputation for violence. To the world, he is cold and unreachable. But behind the moodiness lies a heart softened by a house full of siblings and a secret devotion that has burned for four years. He doesn't want Phuwin's mask; he wants the boy shivering underneath it. ​What starts as a classroom joke-a "dream" of a romance-spirals into a toxic, beautiful, and devastating reality. From blood-stained desks and secret kisses under rotting piers to the chemical haze of betrayal and the sharp sting of a razor's edge, their love is a storm that threatens to destroy everything in its path. ​Vows in the Vapor is a story of three jagged marks on a wrist, the scent of jasmine perfume that tastes like a lie, and the quiet, citrus-scented healing of a man named Pond who finally teaches a broken boy how to fly.

I wrote this for the girls who grew up too early. For the ones who became the calm in the chaos. For the eldest daughters who learned how to hold everyone else together before they ever learned how to hold themselves. Here we hold each other. Here you are seen.

🌸 Accidentally in Love 🌸 Two countries. Two strangers. One accident. A love neither of them expected. Alo Rosary never believed in love at first sight-until a birthday party changed everything. One glance at a mysterious foreigner and her heart was no longer her own. All she knows is he's tall, magnetic, and doesn't even speak Bangla. But fate doesn't care about language barriers-it just plays its own twisted game. Li Wenjun came to Bangladesh for peace and study-not chaos. Yet a chance encounter with a bold girl who calls him "sudorshon" turns his perfectly quiet life upside down. Now, she's in his head, his messages, and maybe even... his heart. Meanwhile, Alo's roommate Lily Safayet finds herself wrapped in her own comedy of errors after a lie to protect a friend makes her accidentally fall for someone she barely knows-Li Wenjun's no-nonsense military brother, Li Xao Zun. And Xao Zun? He's confused, intrigued, and surprisingly... willing. ✨ Two love stories. Four clashing hearts. A whirlwind of misunderstandings, butterflies, and late-night texts. Because sometimes, falling in love isn't a plan... it's an accident. ✨

Bailee Han never planned to be seen. A quiet, brilliant writer working behind the curtains of Altair Entertainment, she built her life around order, stability, and protecting idols from the shadows. Her world was simple: write, manage chaos, take care of everyone - and never be the center of attention. Then came Eclipse, the five-member whirlwind of lovable disasters who accidentally became her brothers. And then came Jay - Park Jongseong - the ex-soldier, rising solo artist, and walking heart attack who crashed right into Bailee's life... literally. What begins as a reluctant partnership turns into friendship, then into something warm, terrifying, and beautiful - the kind of love Bailee never thought she'd deserve. But with fame comes danger. Hidden enemies rise. Secrets burn. And Bailee, the girl who always saved everyone else, must now fight her way back to the people who refused to give up on her - especially Jay, who would trade the world to keep her safe.

He doesn't like people. She loves everyone. Yet somehow... she becomes the only person he can't stay away from "You know you're dangerous, right?" Zaria blinked confused. "Dangerous?" "Yeah," Ramon said quietly. "People like me start needing people like you." Zaria looked at him wide-eyed Zaria Elise Wynters, an average college student who used to be sunshine - the lively, bubbly girl whose laughter could brighten even the dullest days. Until one fallout with the person she trusted most shattered everything she believed about friendship, loyalty, and herself. Now the girl who once lit up every room is only a quiet shadow, trying to gather the scattered pieces of her heart while pretending she's still the same Zaria everyone remembers. But Ramon never understood her. Cold, antisocial, and easily irritated by people, he had watched her from afar for months, skeptical of how anyone could be that happy all the time. To him, her bright smiles and endless kindness felt like nothing more than a performance - a desperate attempt to please everyone around her. Until he notices she changed. The laughter faded, the light in her eyes dimmed. And somehow, Ramon found himself noticing the difference more than anyone else. So when Zaria unexpectedly starts talking to him - laughing with him, sharing small pieces of her world - Ramon discovers something he's never felt before. For the first time in his life, someone's presence quiets the chaos inside him. He doesn't have a name for what he feels yet. But he knows one thing for certain. He's slowly becoming addicted to the girl who doesn't even realize she's healing him. #collegeromance #slowburn #healing #softromance #grumpy×sunshine

Some friendships are more than just moments spent together-they become part of who someone is. Built through laughter, chaos, late conversations, and memories that never fade, a bond forms that changes the direction of a life forever. How My Life Changed Because Of You is a story about how one person can unknowingly become the reason everything feels different.

I was born blind and was tossed out of my pack like trash. I couldn't do anything but cry but a family of wolf's heard my crying and took me in.I was raised by wolf's and I'm a werewolf I have spent all my life in the woods I could see with echo location my family is wonderful I have a loving mother and father I have 2 bothers and 2 sister's my mother's name is Lia my father's name is John my 2 brothers are Jake and Jack my sisters are Mia and Eva and my name Pink. I am my family's protector from everything.

Her life was about to change because of one name... a name she didn't even know yet.

Six friends navigate high school and college, surviving one-sided love, unrequited feelings, betrayal, hardship, and joy. Across modern China and Thailand, they discover love, friendship, and what it truly means to find home in each other.

Do you ever struggle to feel that strong connection between our experiences and God's love? Does your mental health feel as far from God as sin? Do you struggle to feel his love and care during every panic attack and episode? This is the book for you. Redeemed Wings is a book I'm in the progress of writing that's filled with poems that show, with raw emotion. It shows how God is there in every stage of our pain, grief, sorrow, and heartache. Join me in my journey as I write and work towards publishing!

Grace Hidalgo was once a bright, accomplished young woman with dreams of writing and traveling the world, but a series of hardships-from family pressures to poor choices in college-have left her struggling to survive in a life that feels suffocating and endless. When she loses her latest job and faces harsh rejection from the people she's spent her life supporting, she finds herself at a crossroads that will change everything.

Twenty-one-year-old Taehyung is desperate-working multiple jobs, studying IT, and raising his sick younger brother alone, he makes a reckless decision to hack a wealthy stranger's account, planning to return the money later. But the account belongs to Jeon Jungkook, a cold-hearted CEO who secretly runs a mafia empire, and when he discovers the breach, he's not just furious-he's intrigued by the struggling college student who somehow broke through his system. Jungkook inserts himself into Taehyung's life as punishment, but the hunter never expected to fall for his prey but fate had plans for them "Come here." "Please... stay away from me." "Don't make me ask twice." "I was going to return the money-" "Fight me if you want." "Just let me go..." "The leash stays either way." "Why are you doing this?" "Question is... you on your knees, or closer to my lips?"

Are you always the first to be noticed? The first to be recognized? The first to be called? Or are you the one left behind. Always last. Waiting for something that never comes. Aling numero ang laging iyo? #1? #2? #3? O yung numerong pinakahuli sa listahan? #10? #50? #100? Some glide through life, names shouted, hearts reached without effort. While others linger in the shadows, unnoticeable, unrecognizable. And then, there's Erevan Zai, a Filipino-Korean. The boy that is always last to be called.

*She ran for a new life. He followed with a contract-and a past she never saw coming.* When Everly Blossom moves to Canada, she's determined to leave behind the shadows of her father's legacy and start fresh. In her twenties, with a heart full of hope and a resume of regrets, she finally lands a job, new friends, and a taste of freedom. But everything changes the night of the party. There, she reunites with an old friend-and locks eyes with a stranger who feels more like a warning than a man. Vincent is cold, unreadable, and far too interested in her. Weeks later, when her boss urges her to transfer... to his company, she walks away without a second thought. Then he finds her again. At the mall. In her new job. Still watching. Still offering. Still refusing. Until the night he stops asking-and starts taking. Dragged into his world and bound by a contract she never wanted to sign, Blossom is forced to confront the one truth she's spent her life running from: You don't choose men like Vincent. They choose you.