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Falling For You
Roxanne Louise
COMPLETED City girl Katy sees her job at Havenwood High as a temporary escape. A year away from her overbearing mother, and a year to gain teaching experience, before she can leave the sleepy little village behind. But between the charming PE teacher, and the infuriating head of English leaving might be harder than she expected. Because sometimes the place you plan to leave is the place that changes everything. Tropes: Small town, love triangle, found family, CLOSED DOOR
When the Rain Remembers
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Years after their best friend's murder, two childhood friends return to a town full of secrets, where love and the truth could cost them everything
My Obsession For A Cowboy
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Colt is a tattooed cowboy who has spent his life following the rules. He never imagined falling for another man until Damien, a fearless biker with a beautiful face and a nose piercing, rides into town. Their friendship turns into an undeniable attraction, forcing Colt to question everything he thought he knew about himself. In a town full of judgment and secrets, can their love survive, or will fear tear them apart?
The secrets of evermere
Aaliyah Moore
SECRETS OF EVERMERE Evermere looks like the perfect town—but beneath the surface, everyone is hiding something. When a young woman arrives searching for a fresh start, strange dreams and a decades-old disappearance lead her toward a terrifying truth: Evermere’s darkest secret may be connected to her. And the closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous the town becomes.
Restringing the Heart
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Jaxon Henderson was once a well-knowned guitarist in a band called The Runaways. Eliana Cruz is known as the nightingale of the West End Theatres. What happens when they both run away from the spotlight?
Till death do us apart
Prakriti
In a place where "dreams come true," but two lives exist in different worlds, destiny scripts an unforgettable tale.
Sunkissed
Roxanne Louise
ONGOING. Updated Tuesdays (JST) Sun, sea, sangria and some harmless flirting. Ella and Lucy head to Spain determined to reinvent themselves before university. Armed with sangria, sunshine and a promise to stop saying no, the two best friends soon discover that first love, first heartbreak and growing up never go according to plan. CLOSED DOOR
My Heart Will Go On
Ana
"Can love outlast lives?"
Beyond the ARC
CCDDMRSSVM
Beyond the Arc is a sports, romance, comedy, and school-life novel set in the Philippines. It follows Gabriel "Gabe" Dela Cruz, an ordinary senior high school student with an extraordinary gift developed through years of practicing alone on a worn-down barangay court.
Secrets
Bay
#18+ #GTA5 #oc×trevor
Easter hunt
moodle0x0
It was only supposed to be a normal easter egg hunt but really it was a test to see who lives or dies. A detective who was sent by a nearby town went to investigate the missing children in the town of Achel. Achel is a town with nothing but serial killers. Their favorite time of the year is Easter.
A Beautiful Love Poem
Amit Mitra
Some loves aren't lost, they are just waiting for the last stanza. Two quiet embers holding back their flame, waiting for the wind to breathe them home.
Melbourne Hearts & rival plays
Lauren Spencer
A university hockey romance
Ashes of Moonhaven
Cotton Candy Princess
A hidden princess. A crown prince. A dangerous obsession. In a kingdom where the past refuses to stay buried, love may be the only path home.
We Go Way Back
Kelsey Brooks
Amelia has never been the same since her father passed away. Hoping for a fresh start, her and her mother leave everything behind and move away. Years later, Amelia returns to her small hometown in Iowa for her high school reunion. But the biggest surprise may come when she sees Chris, her long lost crush…and her exes. Going back might reopen old wounds, but it may also give her the chance to rediscover herself and even find the love she thought was impossible.
Echoes of the Broken string
Kingsley Ogboli
Sixteen years ago, a scandal involving K-pop superstar Cha Ha-eun destroyed Han Ji-woo's family. Now her estranged father is dying—and the diary he leaves behind reveals that everything Ji-woo believed about the affair may have been wrong.”
ᴠᴀʟʟᴇʏ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡ.⋆♱[ꜱᴛᴀʀᴅᴇᴡ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇʏ ꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄ]
frida frosting
Valley Shadow is a Stardew Valley fanfic that challenges the game’s cozy atmosphere, delivering a dark psychological drama that follows two broken souls—a boy mourning a girl he thought he lost, and a vampire desperate to uncover the deadly conspiracy behind her own murder.
When God Writes The Story
Karol Hernandez
Slow burn short novel with romance ,self discovery ,Christian romance, contemporary romance Little disclousre This is my first book
Waiting In The Sky
ducky
Mistress Pandora’s monsters are coming to Starsity. Of that, Whimsy the Star is certain. Crashing into the rockface of the Moon Duchess’s gardens, they have but one mission: Save the children of the Moon from utter destruction…before Pandora’s creatures swallow them whole.
One Night In Coldwater
pablopissaso
Coldwater is the kind of mountain town where nothing stays secret and everyone knows who will be sitting at the diner before they walk through the door. Then something falls from the sky. When a mysterious capsule crashes deep in the mountains, Deputy Lena Navarro joins a small group of locals searching for answers. What they find is wounded, intelligent and desperate to survive
The Bone Garden of Oakhaven
Moon
To save her starving village, a low-born apothecary surrenders herself as a blood sacrifice to the lingering shadow-god in the forest, only to discover the monster doesn't want her life, he wants her absolute obedience, and the dark power slumbering in her blood.
Betrothed To My Luna Of Two Worlds
B-Luv
Rose believes she is human until a mysterious prophecy then mark pulls her into a world of wolves, vampires, and deadly secrets. Adrian, the powerful Alpha, tries to stay away, determined to protect her from a world she doesn't belong to. But fate has other plans. As a failed Luna ritual, forbidden bloodline, and rising vampire war expose secrets that could change everything, Rose must discover who she truly is before the blood moon seals her fate.
Trio Fire (A Billionaire Dark Romance)
Tasneem Patanwala
TRIO FIRE Three men. Three flames. One city under their control. Damien Reed-the calculating blue flame. Andrew Anderson-the blazing fire of obsession. Nikolas Rodriguez-the silent ember waiting to consume. Bound by loyalty, power, and secrets, they rule New York's elite from the shadows. But when love enters their lives, control begins to crack. A strategic marriage. A dangerous obsession. A forbidden romance. Every choice ignites new rivalries, betrayals, and deadly consequences.
The stories we choose
Karol Hernandez
The Stories We Choose is a heartfelt New York romance about two strangers whose lives collide in the most unexpected place—a neighborhood coffee shop. In a city filled with millions of people, two strangers discover that sometimes the greatest love stories aren’t the ones we read about. They’re the ones we choose to live.

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Read ao3 alternative small town romance stories

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My Heart Will Go On

Beyond the ARC

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Easter hunt

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Melbourne Hearts & rival plays

Ashes of Moonhaven

We Go Way Back

Echoes of the Broken string

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