Protective Romance Web Novels & First Love Stories

Aurelia Castleworth has spent years perfecting the art of scandal. But one viral moment too many, and her father finally decides enough is enough. He’s sending her away to the countryside to live with an aunt she’s never met—and assigning her a bodyguard she never wanted. Arthur Thorne. The same boy who once grew her a white rose, made her believe in forever… then vanished without a word. Six years later, he’s back—taller, colder, and under strict orders to keep her alive. He’s not to win her heart or to explain why he left. Just to protect her. But the danger following them is real. And the longer they’re forced together, the harder it becomes to pretend the past is buried. He broke her once—taking her heart with him. Now he’s the only one standing between her and everything that wants her gone. Loyalty is duty.
Desire is his weakness. And love is something neither of them bargained for.

In a kingdom where duty is valued above desire, the Crown Prince has long mastered the art of emotional distance. Calm, disciplined, and untouchable, he fulfills every expectation placed upon him.  He took consorts as tradition demands, even if he desired to live peacefully with a woman he loves and make a family with her. He believed in one-man, one-wife policy, but the rules of the kingdom were against that. He speaks as royalty requires, and rules with the restraint of a man raised never to want too deeply. Then she arrives. Sold into the palace as a servant, she is meant to disappear into the background of royal life, another silent figure carrying trays through gilded corridors. But there is something about her presence that unsettles the careful order of his world. Perhaps it is the gentleness in her eyes, or the quiet strength and headstrong attitude beneath her obedience. Perhaps it is simply the way she makes the palace feel less cold. What begins as familiarity slowly becomes attachment. Attachment becomes longing. And before he realizes it, the prince who had written the idea of love off, finds himself unable to breathe in a world where she does not exist. But kingdoms are not built to accommodate forbidden affection. As whispers spread through the palace, opposition rises from every corner: the royal family, the royal elders, even the people whose future rests upon his choices. To love a servant is scandalous. To choose her could threaten the stability of the crown itself. Yet for the first time in his life, duty no longer feels absolute. A sweeping royal romance woven with forbidden love, quiet yearning, palace politics, and the devastating question of whether a man born for a throne can truly belong to his own heart.

She came home to marry the man she loved. She didn't know she was walking into a war... Five years ago, Amber Laurent left home as a reckless, spoiled girl who thought the world revolved around her. Now... She returns as something entirely different. A disciplined soldier... A fearless woman... And the same girl who has never stopped loving Cedric Sterling... But the man waiting for her is no longer the powerful heir she remembers. Cedric is now confined to a wheelchair after a devastating accident that killed his father and left him disabled. His girlfriend abandoned him, his family treats him like a burden, and everyone believes his life is over. Everyone except Amber... The moment she saw him, she made one decision. She will marry him! No matter what his family says or what society thinks. And certainly no matter what anyone thinks about his wheelchair. But Amber doesn't know that Cedric has spent the last five years hiding something. Cedric has been secretly hunting the people responsible for the accident and building an empire of his own. He doesn't want to reclaim his family's empire... He wants to destroy it. Now Amber has returned to his side, determined to protect her husband from anyone who dares hurt him. But the deeper she digs into the Sterling family's secrets, the more she realizes that the people she trusts most may be connected to the tragedy that changed Cedric's life. And when the truth finally comes to light, Amber will have to choose between the family she has always trusted… and the husband she swore to protect. This time, the soldier isn't fighting for her country. She is fighting a war to win, enemies who have no idea what they just unleashed, and a husband to protect!

For ten years, I was his human pillow. He was the heir to a powerful family, and I was nothing more than his chauffeur's granddaughter. During the day, our worlds never crossed, but every night, we slept side by side. There were rules. So many rules. And the most important one was that we must never fall in love. What I didn't know was that he'd been secretly breaking that rule for years.

I was never supposed to fall for Luca Moretti. He was cold. Untouchable. Dangerous. And after our parents brought our families together, he became the one man I was forbidden to want. Luca made it clear from the beginning that I meant nothing to him. He pushed me away, warned me to stay out of his life, and looked at me like every feeling between us was a mistake. So why was he always there when I needed him? Why did his cold eyes soften only when he looked at me? And why did it feel like he was fighting something inside himself every time we were alone? I tried to stay away. I really did. But the closer I got to Luca, the more secrets I uncovered. His mother was hiding something. His past was darker than anyone knew. And the family that brought us together wasn’t built on the truth. Then I discovered the one secret that changed everything. Luca was never who I thought he was. The man I was told I could never love was hiding a past that could destroy us both. And if the truth comes out, our forbidden obsession won’t be the only thing that falls apart. Because sometimes the most dangerous love story begins with a family lie.