Grumpy / Sunshine Stories
Explore our collection of 65 amazing stories tagged with grumpy / sunshine. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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Stone & Charm
Author:Francisco Duncan
In the neon-drenched, magic-riddled city of Veridia, where elves broker deals in high-rises and trolls run the docks, homicide is rarely simple. For Detective Jade Hawkins—a half-troll, half-elf outcast fueled by cynicism and brute strength—every case is another reason to hate the world. Her new partner, the insufferably charming human Drew Hemley, is just another problem to be solved. But when a high-profile alchemist is found dissolved in his own potion, they are thrown into a conspiracy that threatens the city's fragile peace. To catch a killer who can rewrite reality, the stone-hearted outcast and the silver-tongued charmer must learn to trust each other before they become the next victims.
London's Last Spark
Author:Silas Blackwood
Elara Vance, a scrappy, off-the-books PI, survives on gut feelings and luck in London's grimy underbelly. But when a simple missing person case forces her to use a power she never knew she had, she's dragged into a hidden world of magic and conspiracy. Her accidental magic catches the eye of the city's most powerful mage, who offers her a deal: apprenticeship or prison. Plunged into a life of luxury and arcane lessons, her new world shatters when her mentor is murdered. Now, framed for the crime and inheriting a sentient, magical house she can't leave, Elara must master her volatile powers to hunt a killer in a world that wants her dead.
Tempting the Girl Next Door
Author:Nova Blaise
Elijah and Samantha were raised under one roof, their lives tangled by their parents' marriage. To him, she was the infuriating, chaotic girl in the room next door. To her, he was the brooding, overbearing wall she constantly threw herself against. For years, their bickering was the only language they shared. But when a slammed door and a shocking discovery shatter their fragile truce, the line between hate and lust blurs into oblivion. Trapped alone in their house, every forbidden touch becomes an addiction, every shared glance a promise. Their secret is a ticking time bomb, and when it explodes, it won't just break their hearts—it will shatter their entire world.
Virtus Draconis: The Regent's Gambit
Author:Sharlene Evans
A neurodivergent dragonkin mercenary, haunted by a forbidden power he can't control, becomes the last hope for a desperate world. When a tyrannical princess declares war, he must join forces with the very regent who served her—a stoic alligator lord burdened by guilt. Together, they are the only ones who can stop her conquest, but first, they must survive the assassins, forbidden magic, and their own conflicting natures.
Echo Knight of the Concrete Jungle
Author:Knox Thorne
In life, Sergeant Dean Robinson was a soldier. After being slain by a fallen angel in a designer suit, he's drafted into a cosmic war. Resurrected with a divine 'System' interface only he can see, Dean becomes an Echo Knight, Heaven's last-ditch effort to save Earth. Guided by a stoic, beautiful Seraphim, he must battle monstrous giants and demonic forces on the streets of Boston. But his greatest weapon might be the very darkness the enemy injected into his soul, a corruption that could save humanity or damn him forever.
The Watcher Next Door
Author:Alexis Dunn
Chloe's secret is her release—a good-natured, bottomless exhibitionism in the privacy of her own home. But when the handsome, brooding writer Liam moves in next door, her private sanctuary gains an audience of one. What begins as a mortifying accident soon escalates into a silent, thrilling game of dares and desire. He watches, she performs, and the flimsy wall between their homes can no longer contain the explosive tension. Every open blind is an invitation, every shared glance a promise. But when their secret world threatens to collide with reality, they'll have to decide if the thrill is worth the risk.
Ink and Ecstasy
Author:Eleanor Thorne
In a town of cobblestone dreams, 19-year-old poet Elara found her muse in the most forbidden place: the arms of the brooding, 42-year-old bookstore owner, Julian. Their connection, sparked over dusty pages and whispered verses, ignites a passion that threatens to burn down his carefully curated world. Every stolen touch between the shelves, every secret kiss in the back room, is a line in a dangerous new poem. But when their secret affair is discovered, they must decide if their story is a fleeting stanza or a love epic enough to risk everything for.
The Aetherium Cipher
Author:April Sims
Framed and imprisoned in a supernatural black-site, Kael discovers he is no mere human. He is a Nephilim, a half-angel, and a living weapon. After a bloody escape, he is bonded to the Aetherium Cipher, an ancient artifact that grants him a System of immense power. Now, hunted by a technocratic cult that worships fallen angels, Kael must join a secret order of holy warriors. His first mission: protect a beautiful, crippled heiress who is the key to the Cipher's ultimate power. From the frozen wastes of Alaska to the haunted ruins of Ukraine, Kael must embrace his celestial fury or watch the world burn.
Artisanal Lust
Author:Lynn Garrett
Chloe is a bartender who slings beers and shots. Julian is a mixologist who crafts cocktails with scientific precision. Forced together in a high-stakes competition, their rivalry is as bitter as his artisanal bitters. But when the night ends, insults turn into desperate, angry passion on top of a bar. Now, a shocking business proposal forces them to collaborate, turning their one-night explosion into a slow burn of clashing wills and undeniable lust. Can they build a future together, or will they burn each other down first?
The Engineer of Inconvenience
Author:Mildred Baker
When bureaucratic incompetence creates a fifteen-second hell on the highway, a retired systems engineer is pushed to his limit. His wife's life depends on him getting home on time, and the state won't listen to reason. Armed with a plywood sign and the personal phone numbers of the men responsible, he decides to make the problem personal. He will dismantle their comfortable lives, one phone call at a time, until the gears of the city grind to his will.
The Thaumaturge's Gambit
Author:Elias Thorne
A cynical 21st-century detective is murdered, only to awaken in the body of a nobleman investigator in an alternate Victorian-era world. In this Anglo-French Empire, magic is a rigid science controlled by the Church, and his new partner is a powerful, by-the-book sorcerer. Tasked with solving impossible locked-room murders, he must use his modern forensic knowledge to reinterpret the very laws of thaumaturgy. As he untangles conspiracies that threaten to drag the empire into war, he finds himself in a deadly game of wits against a beautiful, ruthless sorceress from a rival empire, where one wrong move could shatter both his cover and his new reality.
Where the Silence Speaks
Author:Hazel Reed
Running from a life she no longer wanted, artist Elara Vance's car breaks down on the edge of the one-horse town of Havenwood. She's rescued by Julian Croft, a quiet, reserved carpenter twice her age with a past etched into the lines on his hands. He offers her shelter, a safe haven from the storm, but his guarded heart is a fortress she never intended to breach. In the quiet rhythm of his small-town life, amidst the scent of sawdust and the laughter of his young daughter, Elara discovers a love that doesn't need loud declarations, but speaks in silent, steady gestures.