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Explore Short Reads Big Emotions, a reader-curated collection of 10 free original stories selected by Alex on StoriesVale. A handpicked mix of published…
10 stories
Horror Short Stories
A 3D printer begins creating tiny, living objects that breathe and beat in perfect rhythm with the people who touch them. When Lena discovers that the strange creations contain traces of the dead, she becomes obsessed with uncovering what the printer is really making. But the deeper she investigates, the more terrifying the truth becomes: the machine isn't bringing people back it has been learning how to recreate them.
Romance Stories
A guarded single dad hires a warm-hearted nanny to care for his daughter, never expecting her to become the person who brings laughter, healing, and love back into their lives.
Romance Stories
A man secretly loves his best friend’s sister, the one woman he promised himself he could never have. When years of buried feelings finally surface, Noah must risk his oldest friendship for the woman who has quietly owned his heart all along.
Romance Stories
She’s accidentally engaged to the perfect man everyone approves of but her heart keeps choosing his irresistible, chaotic best friend. When a fake engagement turns into real feelings, she must decide whether to follow the safe choice or risk everything for the love she never expected.
Romance Stories
She's spent two years secretly loving her co-worker, convinced he'll never see her as anything more than a friend. But after Emma earns a major promotion, Daniel suddenly begins looking at her differently. As their friendship turns into something neither of them can ignore, office gossip, career fears, and hidden feelings threaten everything. Falling for your co-worker was never part of the plan but sometimes the love you've been afraid to confess is the one you've been waiting for all along.
Romance Stories
She's given up on love after a heartbreak that changed everything. He's never believed in love at all. When Nora and Ethan meet for a disastrous first date, they agree they'll never see each other again. But fate and a new project at work has other plans. As irritation turns into laughter, attraction, and unexpected trust, they begin to wonder if the person they were determined to avoid might be the person they've been waiting for. Sometimes the worst first date can become the beginning of the greatest love story.
Romance Stories
He needs a wife. She needs protection. Neither expects to fall in love. When Lady Eleanor Ashford enters a marriage of convenience with the cold Duke of Blackwood, she believes their arrangement will keep her safe. But a deadly conspiracy, hidden secrets, and a trail of murdered witnesses soon pull them into a dangerous investigation reaching dangerously close to the Crown. As trust turns into love, Eleanor discovers that the greatest deception may be the one closest to her heart.
Romance Stories
He thought she was a servant. She thought he was insufferable. When arrogant Lord Adrian Hawthorne mistakes Eleanor Vale for a servant, their first meeting becomes a battle of sharp words and wounded pride. But as their constant arguments turn into stolen glances, unexpected friendship, and undeniable attraction, Adrian begins to see the woman behind his first impression and Eleanor discovers there is far more to the earl than his arrogance. What begins as a mistake may become the love neither of them ever expected.
Romance Stories
He mistook her for a servant. She never forgave him for it. Clara Whitmore has no patience for arrogant gentlemen, especially one who looks at her as though she doesn't belong in his world. When the Earl of Ashford makes the humiliating mistake of assuming she is a servant, their first meeting ends in sharp words and wounded pride. But Clara soon discovers there is more to the cold, guarded earl than his arrogance. And Julian discovers that the stubborn woman who challenges him at every turn is becoming impossible to forget. What begins with irritation slowly turns into friendship, stolen glances, quiet conversations, and a love neither of them expected. But with Julian determined to protect his heart and Clara unwilling to settle for anything less than a love freely given, their growing feelings may be the one mistake neither of them can afford to make. Sometimes the greatest love story begins with the worst first impression.
Romance Stories
She is a duchess with a secret that could destroy everything she has left. He is the man determined to uncover the truth. When Lord Adrian Vale discovers that the elegant Duchess of Ravensmere has been hiding the existence of her murdered half-sister, he expects to expose a scandal. Instead, he uncovers a dangerous conspiracy involving stolen government secrets, powerful men, and a ledger worth killing for. As Adrian and the duchess work together to uncover the truth, suspicion slowly gives way to trust, and trust becomes something neither of them expected. But the closer they come to the truth, the greater the danger becomes. With enemies closing in and the duchess's secret threatening to destroy them both, Adrian must decide how far he is willing to go to protect the woman he has fallen in love with and Arabella must finally choose between hiding from her past and fighting for her future. Because some secrets can destroy a life. And some truths can change it forever.
