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  • Threads Of Yesterday by _Sri_Writes_
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    "In every lifetime, it's still her." Once, long ago, the world watched a princess defy kings and fate to claim her love - the man whose name echoed across lifetimes: Krishna. But this is not a story of the past. It is whispered that when divine souls walk the earth again, their hearts will remember before their minds ever do. And when they do... the world shifts. In this modern reimagining of an ancient legend, meet Rukmini - sharp, elegant, quietly fierce - and Krishna, a man haunted by secrets, carrying the weight of lifetimes in his silence. Their story is not what you've heard. It's what was forgotten. Whether you're familiar with mythology or walking into their world for the first time, this story welcomes you - as a love story first. While certain moments are gently inspired by their origins, this is a fictional tale - told through the lens of a romance author's heart. Please don't seek accuracy in every turn - seek emotion, depth, and the magic of what could have been. Take this as a romance novel. Feel it. And most of all - enjoy the story. Because some souls? They were never meant to be ordinary.
  • La Camicia  by Chloe1206036
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    Florence, 1475. Rising painter Sandro Botticelli begins a forbidden affair with the noblewoman Simonetta Vespucci, the celebrated beauty at the center of Medici society. As gossip spreads through Florence and powerful families tighten their hold over the city, their secret draws them into a world of obsession, political ambition, betrayal, and bloodshed, where love survives only through silence, sacrifice, and the paintings that refuse to forget her.
  • Sarah - Beyond the Chains by Robin6891
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    She was nineteen when the world ended. She was eighty when she finally laid it down. Between those years lived a life no one could erase. In 1829, Sarah Wright was sentenced at Newgate Prison and transported to New South Wales aboard the Lord Sidmouth. Shackled, pregnant, and alone, she enters a world designed to break her. But Sarah does not break. She survives the voyage. She survives the men who would use her. She survives the loss of a child, the lash, the hunger, the grief. She survives love twice. And she builds a family that will carry her name long after she is gone. Beyond the Chains is the sweeping, intimate story of a real woman who refused to be defined by the punishment forced upon her. Through heartbreak, resilience, and fierce devotion to her children, Sarah Wright becomes more than a convict - she becomes a matriarch, a pioneer, and the quiet heart of a legacy. She was my ancestor. Her life was hard. Her life was extraordinary. And now, her story is finally told.
  • For The Children After by catherinep20
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    Rivka crossed into Warsaw believing she had finally outrun fear. After fleeing persecution in the Russian Empire as a young woman, she built a life from ordinary things: marriage, bread cooling on bakery shelves, a daughter who would never have to grow up watching soldiers in the streets. For a while, she believed Europe might finally let Jewish families live in peace. Then the Germans came. Now, in occupied Warsaw, Rivka watches history begin again around her daughter Chaya. Notices appear on walls overnight. Neighbours grow quieter. Uniforms become part of the city's landscape. And as restrictions tighten around the people she loves, the future Chaya and her fiancé Marek planned together-a wedding in June, a home of their own, children someday-begins slipping away piece by piece. But Rivka has seen this kind of fear before. And she knows something Chaya does not yet understand: history rarely announces itself when it returns. Spanning two generations of displacement, survival and impossible hope, For the Children After is a haunting historical novel about the families history tried to uproot-and the futures they carried anyway.
  •  Between Two Eras, I Loved You by StarryJRD
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    Naira and her friends Sofie, Nancy, Ben, Jason, and Enzo never planned to rewrite history. But everything changes when Sofie's experimental machine built from curiosity and obsession - suddenly activates during a museum visit and pulls them into the past. They land in the dangerous era of the Ottoman Empire, a world ruled by warriors, power, and destiny. Forced to survive, they hide their true identities and pretend to be merchants while trying not to disturb the flow of history. But nothing stays simple for long. As Naira struggles to adapt, her heart becomes the most dangerous thing of all. Torn between Enzo from her present life and the emotional pull of the past, she finds herself standing between two worlds and two kinds of love. Meanwhile, their presence begins to affect the timeline in subtle but terrifying ways. Emotions start bending reality, trust becomes fragile, and every decision carries consequences they cannot undo. Now trapped between eras, they must survive the past without breaking it... and return home before time decides they were never meant to exist at all.
  • Ithacantics: an EPIC: The Musical fanfic by soleilwritesbooks101
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    This is an EPIC: The Musical fanfiction! Here is the blurb: The king of Ithaca has finally returned home after his twenty-year long journey, ready to rebuild his life with the family he nearly lost. But home is not the end of the story - it's the beginning of a new kind of challenge. As Odysseus struggles to relearn peace, reconnect with Penelope, figure out how to be a father to a son who grew up without him, and battle against his own inner turmoil and trauma from his journey, the halls of Ithaca become their own unpredictable battlefield. "Ithacantics" follows the chaos, comedy, and heartache of a hero trying to navigate domestic life, divine interference, overcoming trauma, and the strange art of being human after becoming a legend, while also diving into backstories of well known and loved characters and the life of pre-Odyssey Odysseus. So, come along, old friend. I'm sure you know how this story goes - just not this part. (PS: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR 400 VIEWS! I'm so glad people enjoy this as I was hesitant to post it here at first! Thank you all!)
  • Sadiyon se pare (Sadiyaan prequel) by Avanivrinda
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    Pratap Singh Sisodia : Prince and later King of Mewar. Known for his bravery and his efforts to unite the Rajputs against foreign invasions. He is also a happy go lucky person who loves his mother, father and the girl he has been friends with since he was a child with all his heart. Ajabde Panwar : Daughter of Jagirdar of Mewar a smart and sweet girl who has a tumultuous childhood but tries to find happiness around her. Favourite of Rani Jaiwanta Bai , Pratap's mother and his closest friend.
  • Moonlit lotus by MidnighttaeKook
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    Story of prostitute and judge top:Jungkook bottom: Taehyung
  • ​The Marigold Chain by LunarLamen
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    In a time when traditions spoke louder than children, two young lives are bound by a decision they never made. He is old enough to question. She is young enough to ask. As they grow, so does their understanding of a world that treats them unequally. This is not a love story. This is a story of growing up too soon-and choosing what comes after.
  • The Secret of the Night of the Dead in San Francisco by Onepiece_Writer
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    The story follows an investigator who seeks to solve a case and find a criminal accused of a bizarre crime-one that the investigator has not only never encountered in his entire life but has never even imagined possible."
  • The Darkness Within Erebus Tale. by MullyDub242
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    A group of friends, Alexa, Salasha, Alie, Doris, Anabel, Nick, and Yoni, explore a town called Silent Hollow, find a hidden chamber and awaken a demon named Erebus by touching a cursed mirror. Erebus feeds on their fears, causing paranoia and dark visions. In order for them to escape, they have to destroy the mirror using a relic hidden in the town's old library, which requires them to confront their deepest fears manifested by Erebus. The danger lies in Erebus manipulation, turning them against each other and making their fears a tangible reality.
  • The Irony of Olive Trees by ffionlaurent_prose
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    Gianna Rossi tends her family's olive grove in northern Italy, sending letters across the miles to Amerigo Conti, a young soldier newly drafted, full of pride and hope. Their correspondence grows from friendship to something deeper, each letter carrying their fears, their dreams, and the fragile intimacy of life in uncertain times. As war spreads across the countryside, the beauty of the Italian landscape stands in stark contrast to the dangers closing in. Letters arrive late, letters go unanswered, and both must navigate the distance between them and the secrets that war demands they keep. In a world of silence and small gestures, how much can love endure when the truth is never quite within reach? ///New Chapters Posted Weekly - Mondays at 2PM UTC///
  • Malayanthra Rajvansham I  by Ethereal__Soul_
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    Yuvraj Rudraksh of Malayanthra has never questioned his destiny. Born to rule, trained to obey duty, his future was written long before he could choose otherwise. Until Aparajita enters his life. Daughter of a minister, fierce in conviction and unafraid of consequence, Aparajita believes action matters more than restraint - unlike Rudraksh. When their paths cross, love takes root in a palace where loyalty is tested, secrets breathe in silence, and ambition hides behind smiles. Within the walls of Malayanthra, promises are whispered, rivals watch from the shadows, and politics bleed into personal lives. As conspiracies tighten their grip and duty demands sacrifice, Rudraksh and Aparajita must decide what they are willing to lose. For the crown. For the kingdom. And for each other. Started - 18 January 2026
  • The Tyren by DavkaBaaska
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    In a world where blood defines power and tribes rise or fall by the blade, some truths are never meant to surface. Ana was never meant to exist. Born from an ancient, forbidden lineage, her existence threatens to shatter the fragile peace between the Khirim and Khungar tribes. As whispers of an unseen horror spread through the Dragon Mountains, warriors begin to fall-not by the sword, but by a chilling, woundless death. Something older than war, something darker than the soul, is awakening in the shadows. Oleg swore to protect his people. He was born to lead, trained to kill. But now, he must choose between his blood-bound duty... and the woman who carries the end of the world in her veins. Because in the heart of the mountains, loving her may mean the end of everything. A dark fantasy of ancient blood, tribal destiny, and a power that should have remained
  • Beneath Two Banners: A Chronicle Unspoken by ShellySu
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    " မတူညီသော အလံတော် နှစ်ခုအောက်မှ ထွန်းလင်းလာသော ဇာတာတော်နှစ်စောင် : တစ်စောင်မှာ ဂဠုန်မင်း၏ တောင်ပံဖြန့်ကာ ဖိနှိပ်ခံဘဝမှ တိုးထွက်သော ဇာတာတော်၊ တစ်စောင်မှာ မိုးအလွန်တွင်မှ သင်းပျံ့ပွင့်လန်းသော မြတ်ပန်းတော်ဝင် ရွှေသဇင်ခက် ဇာတာတော် နယ်မြေချဲ့ထွင် သွေးချောင်းစီးစေသော ဘုရင်များလက်ထက်၊ လောင်ကျွမ်းနေသော စစ်မီးတောက်များကြား တာဝန်များ ပုခုံးထမ်းကာ မွေးဖွားလာသော လူသားနှစ်ဦးနှင့် မတွေ့ဆုံမီကပင် ချည်နှောင်ထားသော အထုံးအဖွဲ့ကလေး .. သမိုင်းသည် ဖြစ်လာသမျှကို မှတ်တမ်းတင်ထားခြင်း ဆိုပါလျင် ဤမှတ်တမ်းကလေးဟာဖြင့် ဖြစ်မလာခဲ့သည်များအကြောင်း ပုံပြင်တစ်ပုဒ်သာဖြစ်လိမ့်မည်။ " Note : ကိုယ်တိုင်ဖတ်ရန် ရေးမိခြင်းပါ .. တဖြည်းဖြည်းချင်း ခံစားရေးဖွဲ့သော စိတ်ကူးယဉ် ဇာတ်လမ်းတစ်ပုဒ်မို့ ဖတ်မိခဲ့သည်ရှိသော် ဖြည်းဖြည်းချင်းသာ လိုက်ပါခံ
  • Roopmati: A Crown Craved In Fire by Bhaskar657
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    In a kingdom ruled by men, Princess Roopmati was never meant to sit in council halls, speak of war, or understand power better than princes twice her age. But Roopmati was never born to remain silent. Raised beside a king who saw her mind before her gender, she grows into a woman feared as much as admired-sharp-tongued, politically dangerous, and unwilling to bow before a world determined to reduce her to beauty and marriage. Yet power comes with loneliness. Every decision is questioned. Every ambition is watched. Every mistake threatens to destroy the place she fought to earn. And then comes Veer. A soldier who refuses to flatter her. A bodyguard who challenges her instead of obeying blindly. A man who sees through the control she wears like armor. Their battles begin with arguments-cold, intelligent, relentless. But beneath the rivalry grows something far more dangerous: attention, obsession, and a connection neither of them can control. Because in a palace built on politics, loyalty is never simple... and love may become the most dangerous weakness of all. A story of ambition, power, jealousy, and slow-burning desire, *Roopmati* is a dark royal romance where hearts are guarded as fiercely as kingdoms.
  • What Remains of Us by Khalilaw1n
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    Lady Aveline Beaumont was meant to marry a man who loved her, one her family had chosen and approved. Until a scandal destroyed everything. Her betrothal was broken. Her future vanished overnight. And the only way left to preserve what remained of her-was to disappear. She chose the convent. She chose silence. She chose to leave a world that had already abandoned her. But silence does not last forever. When the crown dissolves the convents and forces her back into society, Aveline loses the only life she ever chose. At Bradford Manor, she meets Christopher Ashcombe, a tutor, a former monk, a man whose life had been taken from him in much the same way as she was They do not fall in love. They do not plan a future. They do not even intend to marry. Yet when another scandal threatens her family, they are left with no choice. They are forced into marriage to protect what little remains of a name already close to ruin. What begins as duty slowly becomes something else- quiet, steady, and impossible to let go. Until history turns against them once more. Under the reign of Mary I of England, their marriage is no longer recognized. They are separated. When they finally find each other again, She belongs to another life. But some love stories do not end. They only continue in silence. And when everything else is gone- What remains... is what never left.
  • The Miracle of Compassion by BoomerAmelo
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    In the heat of 1946 Calcutta, Sister Teresa is a beloved teacher behind the high stone walls of St. Mary's. But outside those walls, the city is a screaming. Following a divine prompting she calls " The call within a call, " Teresa trades her habit for a simple white sari with blue stripes and steps in the shadows f the poorest slums on Earth. With no money, no medical supplies, and initially no helpers, she begins by washing the sores of the forgotten and teaching alphabet in the dirt. The Miracle of Compassion is no just a retelling of her life; it is an intimate look at who decided that "the unwanted" deserved a dignified death. As she builds the Missionaries of Charity, she must face political opposition, the depths of human suffering, and the "dark night" of her own soul.
  • Salt & Cherry Blossoms  by _marygl0riaa
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    In a coastal town where foreign ships crowd the horizon and whispers of war drift through the rain, Aiko Maren has spent her entire life existing between worlds. Born to a Japanese innkeeper and a Caribbean sailor who vanished years ago, she is a woman the town refuses to fully accept-too foreign for some, too Japanese for others. The pale blossoms of vitiligo scattered across her skin only deepen the rumors that follow her through the lantern-lit streets. Working as a translator at her family's seaside inn, Aiko survives by making herself useful, her voice carrying effortlessly between languages, merchants, and secrets. But when smuggling investigations bring Lieutenant Ren Takeda to the harbor, her carefully balanced life begins to unravel. Cold, disciplined, and fiercely loyal to the shogunate, Ren initially sees her as another possible link to the growing unrest infecting the port. Yet the more their paths cross beneath storm-dark skies and flickering dockside lanterns, the more he finds himself drawn to the woman everyone else keeps at a distance. As anti-foreign tensions rise and dangerous conspiracies tighten around the harbor, Aiko becomes a target-not only for what she knows, but for what she represents. And Ren is forced to choose between the rigid duty he has sworn his life to... and the woman who has quietly become the heart he cannot betray.
  • The Little Toymaker by jordyputty
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    Young Heloise Winchester, takes over toy making for her father to provide while teaching her little brother all by herself, earning money by continuing to illegally sell dolls in a toy shop by pretending her father is still living. Lionel Lindenhurst, the future Duke, is presented with two toys from a certain toymaker to gift as party favors for an event he has coming up. He agrees on this craftsman, and when he goes to buy more at the shop, he notices it's not a man, but a young girl carrying a box of dolls with a little boy in tow. While entering into a business agreement, the two must navigate friendship, class disparities, secrets, and growing feelings. **UPDATES WEEKLY**