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Tina Isabel Leung
Perfect Acting
Zoltan, a shy indie director, casts Gellert, a bold activist‑blogger, in his new romance film, only for on‑screen kisses to spark real feelings. When production troubles push Zoltan into acting beside him, their chemistry deepens despite clashing personalities. Gellert longs for more, even as Zoltan’s introversion makes love feel just out of reach.

Tina Isabel Leung
Castaway Hearts
Coworkers
Hunter and Ethan enter a wilderness survival game as best friends, but Hunter’s long‑buried feelings surge as challenges push them closer together. Ethan’s difficulty expressing emotions—and the arrival of his ex‑girlfriend—turn their unspoken bond into a tangle of longing and confusion. As they cross the line between friendship and something deeper, both must confront fear and past secrets to discover whether their connection can become love.

Tina Isabel Leung
A Decadent Affair
Forbidden Love
“A Decadent Affair” follows two gifted poets whose friendship in 19th‑century France spirals into a forbidden, all‑consuming love. Drawn together by art and torn apart by marriage, scandal, and exile, Gabriel and Marcel chase passion across Paris and London, fighting a world determined to break them—and a desire that refuses to fade.

Rossana Florissant
Jar of Sweetness
Best Friend’s Sibling, Secret Relationship
In Sun‑Hollow Vale, Pili falls for Rayner—her best friend Graham’s brooding brother and a Guardian tied to a wolfish curse. Their secret kisses in birch groves and pantry shadows ignite suspicion, threatening the homestead and Graham’s trust. When their love is exposed at the council fire, Pili risks everything with a rare Heartfrost Fruit to save them.

Varenne Schwarz
My Neighbor Incubus 2
Neighbors, Touch Her and Die, Friends with Benefits
After her incubus neighbor vanishes without goodbye, Courtney buries herself in funeral home work—surrounded by death because the living remind her of him. When a stranger attacks her on the bridge, a quiet protector appears, just as Edgar returns to earn forgiveness. Now two men want her, a blackmailing therapist wants Edgar, and the frayed psychic bond may be their only way back to each other.

Tina Isabel Leung
Light on the Sea
Stepsiblings
“Light on the Sea” follows Hákun as he falls for Vilmar, the quiet, magnetic stepbrother he only sees between Vilmar’s long voyages as a ship officer. In their tiny Faroese village, every rare moment together feels dangerous and precious. While matchmaking his best friends, Hákun must decide if he dares confess his own forbidden love.