Readers' Arcades

Clara Camino

You, Me and the Bread

Situationship, Mutual Pining, Coworkers, Slow Burn, Secret Relationship, He Falls First

Nino has loved her coworker Giorgi for seven years, but he rejected her once and she has never dared to ask again. They work side by side in her grandmother's Tbilisi bakery, their love communicated through stolen touches, shared playlists, and monthly outings that feel like a marriage without a name. When jealousy and fear finally force them apart, they must confront the truth they have been avoiding—that they have been in love the whole time, and the only thing standing between them is the courage to finally say it.

Amara Karuma

The Short Rains

Childhood Friends, Class Difference, Slow Burn, Forbidden Love, Found Family, Mutual Pining, Secret Relationship, Small Town Romance

Mutesi has loved Manzi since she was thirteen, but he is the boy from her village who ran ahead of her and never looked back. When their church theater troupe returns to Gashaki for the harvest thanksgiving, they perform a forbidden romance on stage that neither can admit off it. A kiss on a rainy ridge forces them to choose between the safety of pretending and the risk of being seen.

Anabel Riddle

The Lovers of Rose Hill

Forbidden Love, Secret Relationship, Mutual Pining, Hurt/Comfort, Second Chance

At Rose Hill School, orphan Jaspar Tristram falls for golden boy Els Southwood, but Els is controlled by possessive Orr. Their secret love grows through stolen kisses and hidden meetings until a betrayed letter shatters their trust. After scandal, disownment, and years apart, they must decide if their love can survive and rebuild at abandoned Rose Hill.

Amber Wildblood

The Last Red Wolves

Fated Mates, Slow Burn, Forbidden Love, Cursed Love, Found Family

Dakwita Timberlake is the last red wolf shifter alpha, carrying an ancient curse that is slowly killing her siblings and her species. When Declan Foreman—Cato's estranged grandson—returns to the Qualla Boundary seeking redemption, she must decide whether to trust the man who abandoned them or watch her pack die alone. As November mist blankets the Smokies, Dakwita must break the curse, forgive her past, and risk everything for love.

Amber Wildblood

The Blue Mountain Pack

Fated Mates, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Chaser/Runner, Found Family

Julie, a beekeeper in the Blue Mountains, has been best friends with Tyler for a year—until a single touch awakens something primal between them. When Tyler's thylacine instincts claim her with a bite, Julie is thrust into a hidden world of shifters and pack law, forced to endure three brutal trials to prove her worth or face death. As she fights to survive the darkness of the tunnels, the pain of her past, and the ultimate test of loyalty on the Island in the Mist, Julie must decide if she will become what she was marked to be—and if the man she loves is worth losing everything for.

Sheila McLaren

Smoky Reminiscence

Amnesia, Angst with HEA, Hurt/Comfort, Love Triangle, Choose Me

After a fall in the Smoky Mountains, Brynn wakes with amnesia: she remembers Brennan, her autistic boyfriend, but not her love for him. As his best friend Asher tries to win her, Brennan fights to prove quiet devotion is worth choosing. Over twenty-one autumn days, Brynn must decide between a love she cannot remember and an easier future.