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Weekend Reading Escape

Explore Weekend Reading Escape, a reader-curated collection of 10 free original stories selected by Musharat on StoriesVale. A handpicked mix of published…

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The Unbreakable Vow

Romance Stories

The Unbreakable Vow

For twenty years, the war between the Moretti and Chen families has been a bloodbath of revenge and retribution. Matteo Moretti was twelve when he watched his father die at the hands of Victor Chen's men. He's spent two decades building his empire, waiting for the moment he could finally destroy the Chen family completely. He made a vow on his father's grave-he would not rest until every Chen was erased from existence. Lina Chen was nine when she watched her mother murdered in front of her. She's spent nineteen years learning to be invisible, to never be a target, to never let anyone close enough to hurt her. She made a vow on her mother's grave-she would protect her family, no matter the cost. When their paths finally cross, Matteo sees the perfect weapon to destroy the Chens from within. Lina sees the monster who's been hunting her family for decades. Neither of them expected the obsession that would consume them. Neither of them expected to fall in love. But the war is coming, and when it finally arrives, they'll have to choose: their vows or each other. One choice will shatter their families. The other will shatter their hearts.

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The Stolen Heart

Romance Stories

The Stolen Heart

Lia Vasquez was desperate. Her sister was dying, the bills were piling up, and she'd run out of options. So she broke into the office of the most dangerous man in the city and stole something she thought she could sell. She didn't know the journal belonged to Kael Morozov's dead mother. She didn't know it was the only thing he'd ever loved. She didn't know she'd just signed her own death warrant. When he catches her, she expects to die. Instead, he follows her home. He meets her dying sister. He pays for everything. And then he makes her an offer she can't refuse: come with him. Stay with him. Be with him. She's his prisoner. His obsession. His revenge. He wants to destroy her. He wants to possess her. But the more he tries to break her, the more she breaks him. She's the first person in thirty years to make him feel anything. She's the only person who's ever looked at him without flinching. She's his enemy. She's his heart. He's not sure which one he'll kill first. He should have killed her the night he caught her. Instead, he made her his. And now he's not sure who's really the captive.

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The Psycho's Obsession

Romance Stories

The Psycho's Obsession

Damien Cross was diagnosed as a psychopath—no empathy, no guilt, no capacity for love. He's made peace with the emptiness inside him, using it to build an empire of shadows and destroy anyone who gets in his way. Then he sees Iris through a coffee shop window, and everything changes. She's warm, gentle, unbroken—everything he's not. He should stay away. He should protect her from the darkness that lives inside him. Instead, he becomes obsessed. He follows her. He learns everything about her. He infiltrates her life until she can't imagine it without him. He tells her the truth about what he is—a man incapable of love, a man who's done terrible things, a man who will destroy anyone who touches her. She should run. She should be terrified. Instead, she sees the broken man behind the monster. She sees someone who's been waiting his whole life to feel something. She's the one thing he can't control. She makes him feel things he can't explain. He'll never let her go. He's dangerous. He's broken. He's her nightmare. He's her everything.

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The Devil in Disguise

Romance Stories

The Devil in Disguise

He wears a smile like a weapon. Julian Devereux is charming, magnetic, impossible to resist-and hiding a darkness so deep it could swallow her whole. Mira has spent her whole life being careful, reading people, protecting herself from monsters. But Julian's smile makes her forget to be afraid. She falls for his charm. She falls for his lies. She falls for him completely. When she discovers the truth-that he's been watching her for years, that his obsession runs deeper than she could ever imagine - it's already too late. He's already inside her heart. He's the devil in disguise, and she's his angel. She should run. She should fight. Instead, she sees the broken man behind the monster. She sees someone who's been waiting his whole life to be loved. She can't run. She can't fight. She can only surrender. And in surrendering, she finds something she never expected: a love so consuming it destroys everything in its path-and rebuilds something better.

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The Obsessed Ex

Romance Stories

The Obsessed Ex

Liam Ward has been waiting for three years. Three years since Mira walked out of his life. Three years of watching her from a distance, tracking her every move, dreaming of the day she'd come back. Now she's finally returned to town, and he's not letting her go again. He's charming, persistent, and utterly obsessed-the same intensity that once thrilled her now terrifies her. Mira knows she should run. She knows he's dangerous. She knows he's the reason she left in the first place. But when she sees him again, something inside her cracks open. The same magnetic pull that drew her to him years ago is still there, stronger than ever. He'll do whatever it takes to win her back. She'll do whatever it takes to survive him. But surviving isn't enough anymore. She wants to live-and living means loving the man who broke her heart and spent three years trying to put it back together. He's her ex. He's her obsession. He's the only man who's ever made her feel alive.

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The Queen of the Underworld

Romance Stories

The Queen of the Underworld

For three years, Detective Marcus Cole has hunted Alessia Moretti, the ruthless woman who rules the city's criminal underworld. But when a mysterious enemy from Alessia's past emerges, the hunter and the hunted are forced to join forces. As danger closes in, suspicion slowly turns into trust—and trust into something neither of them expected. He was supposed to arrest her. She was supposed to destroy him. Instead, they discovered that sometimes the most dangerous choice is the one that leaves your heart unprotected.

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The Forbidden Hunger

Romance Stories

The Forbidden Hunger

For two hundred years, Adrian Vale has survived by keeping one rule: never become attached to a human. Then Elena Hart walks into his life. She is warm where he is cold, stubborn where he is careful, and completely unaware that creatures like him exist in the shadows of her city. But Elena carries something Adrian has never encountered in all his centuries-a strange, luminous presence in her soul that calls to him more powerfully than blood ever has. The closer he gets, the harder it becomes to resist. But Adrian's past is darker than Elena could imagine, and his kind has rules of its own. A human who discovers the truth must either forget it-or be transformed. Adrian has already lost everyone he ever loved. He refuses to lose Elena. Even if protecting her means walking away from the only person who has ever made his immortality feel like a curse.

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The Billionaire's Fake Fiancée

Romance Stories

The Billionaire's Fake Fiancée

He needs a fiancée to secure the biggest deal of his life. She needs money to save the family business that has been falling apart for years. The arrangement should have been simple: six months, one engagement ring, and absolutely no feelings. But Clara Bennett was never supposed to get under Ethan Blackwood's skin. She's warm where he's guarded, stubborn where he's accustomed to control, and completely unimpressed by his billions. Ethan has spent his life building walls around his heart, but pretending to love Clara begins to feel dangerously easy. Soon, the fake smiles become real. The accidental touches linger too long. And the billionaire who thought love was a weakness discovers the one thing money can never buy: the woman who has become impossible to lose.

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Alone on the Mountain

Action & Adventure Stories

Alone on the Mountain

After an avalanche leaves seasoned mountaineer Daniel Mercer stranded on a frozen mountain with a shattered leg, broken communication equipment, and barely enough supplies to survive, his greatest challenge isn't the brutal wilderness—it is his own mind. As Daniel fights through freezing temperatures, dwindling food, dangerous terrain, and the constant threat of death, he begins hearing the voice of his younger brother Michael, a man who died twelve years earlier in a climbing accident Daniel has never told anyone the truth about. With a rescue team searching somewhere beyond the mountains and another storm closing in, Daniel must confront the secret that has haunted him for years. Because surviving the mountain may be possible. Surviving his past may be harder.

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The Deep Abyss

Action & Adventure Stories

The Deep Abyss

When an experienced cave diver becomes trapped inside a collapsing underwater labyrinth, every breath becomes a countdown. Mara Voss has spent years exploring places where most people would never dare to go. But when a cave collapse separates her from her team and destroys their only reliable route back, experience alone may not be enough to save her. With her oxygen running dangerously low, her equipment damaged, and miles of dark, flooded passages between her and the surface, Mara must navigate a cave system that seems to have no way out. But the deeper she goes, the stranger the cave becomes. An abandoned guideline, a forgotten chamber, and evidence left behind by a diver who disappeared decades ago suggest that Mara may not be the first person to discover what lies beneath the mountain. As darkness closes around her, Mara faces a choice: risk everything following a path no one was meant to find-or stay where she is and slowly run out of air. Some places are dangerous because of what you might find there. Others are dangerous because they don't want to let you leave.

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