Romance Stories

In the imperial court of Heian Japan, words are everything — and nothing is ever said plainly. When a lady-in-waiting begins delivering the Empress's secret poems to a nobleman, she discovers the brilliant replies belong not to him but to his sister, a woman hidden behind a borrowed name for sixteen years. Their correspondence becomes two conversations layered inside one. A romance written entirely in ink and metaphor — between two women who can never meet. Until they must.

A Middletown story
A car accident left her in a wheelchair. But could anyone look past the chair—and truly see her?

When Kiko confesses she's been in love with her stepsister Rin for six years, everything changes. The kiss that follows sends Rin spiraling—not with horror, but with recognition. As Rin reexamines every moment of their shared history, she begins to understand that what she'd called sisterly love might be something else entirely. Now they must navigate their feelings while living under one roof, knowing their parents may have suspected all along. A tender exploration of first love, identity, and

Multiple generations of women marry and pass along their wisdom.

A Middletown story
Callie Petersen is a hopeless romantic, devouring romance novels and watching every rom-com she could find. But a traumatic experience shook her to the core, forcing her to confront the painful truth: real-life love isn't like the movies. * This a revised version of the original I made some minor, but important changes *

Two Family Court lawyers are bitter enemies. How can the finding of a toy rabbit change anything?

A Middletown story
Daniel and Georgina from “Nerdly Yours” are back for a Halloween tale.

A Middletown story
The bravest thing you’ll ever do is love again. Would they dare to open their hearts to a new love?

Lisbon, 1943. The last neutral capital in Europe, where tungsten buys both sides and every café hides a courier. Calvin Brennan files for the Chicago Tribune and quietly works for the OSS. Then he meets Vera at the Casino do Estoril—Polish, beautiful, and held on a leash he can't yet see. She says she's been sent to work him. He believes her. The only way out runs through a man Berlin wants kept breathing. A twelve-chapter serial: espionage, slow-burn romance, and gallows wit.

A Middletown story
How far would you go to save your friend’s life?