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American Immigrant

Birth to a Drama Queen

Growing up as the eldest daughter in an Asian immigrant family, Quynh constantly finds herself caught between two worlds. At home, she's expected to embody respect, academic excellence, and cultural values her parents brought from overseas. For Quynh, school isn’t just a place to study—it’s a battleground of shifting alliances, unspoken rules, and coming-of-age drama that unfolds. Navigating this ever-evolving social landscape, Quynh encounters the universal highs and lows of growing up, all while trying to reconcile her parents' strict values with the messy reality of adolescence in America. In middle school, Quynh is painfully aware of being “different” as she struggles to find her footing among cliques, first crushes, and lunchtime gossip. Her days are filled with navigating friendships that shift with each new trend and rumor and dealing with the occasional mean girl. The pressure of balancing academics with her desire to fit in pulls her in two directions, especially as her parents emphasize school over socializing. High school brings an entirely new level of chaos. Quynh, now more confident but still balancing two worlds, faces friendship drama that comes with misunderstandings, betrayal, and jealousy. Her first heartbreak, advanced classes, college applications, and keeping up appearances at home, where her parents still expect her to be the model daughter. By the time college comes around, Quynh begins to carve her own path, experimenting with independence in a way she never could at home. Yet drama continues to follows her, with roommates, clubs, and all of her countless relationships. From falling in and out of love to confronting her own ambitions, Quynh realizes the drama isn’t just about school—it’s about finding herself in a world that’s constantly pulling her in different directions. Will this drama queen ever stop now that she's had a taste of it?
skyefaye · 139 Views

Shadows of the Reich

As World War II draws to a close, the Allies race to capture Nazi scientists before the Soviet Union can. But for one American intelligence officer, Captain Nathaniel Harper, this mission is more than a professional duty—it's personal. His father, a renowned physicist, was forced to collaborate with the Nazis and died under mysterious circumstances in 1942. Now, Nathaniel is assigned to recruit one of the Third Reich's top scientists, Dr. Wilhelm Falk, who not only worked on rocket technology but also knew Nathaniel's father intimately. As Nathaniel delves deeper into Falk’s work, he uncovers unsettling truths about his father's role in the Nazi war machine. Falk, brilliant but unrepentant, claims that Nathaniel’s father played a pivotal part in designing weapons of mass destruction, and Nathaniel must confront the possibility that his father wasn't the victim he imagined, but an active participant in atrocities. Caught between his duty to secure Falk's knowledge for the U.S. and his desire for justice, Nathaniel finds himself at a moral crossroads. To complicate matters, he uncovers evidence of a covert Soviet plot to either capture or eliminate Falk, escalating the stakes as tensions rise between the Americans and the Soviets. In this novel, questions of loyalty, morality, and the blurry line between victim and perpetrator are explored against the backdrop of the secretive and morally ambiguous world of post-war intelligence.
SpiritOfUkraine · 9.1K Views

'Hide n Seek'

[Mature Content] "Is he playing with me—hiding his feelings and making me seek him?" Ashan, a Chinese-American, sometimes cold and mean to others but inside a shy boy who masks his anxiety, true emotions, and insecurities with a rough-tough deadpan face, makes the biggest mistake of ignoring the flaring gaze and the longing eyes of the most popular girl in his new school. Deep down, he wants that girl, which he mistakes as an ordinary crush on a random celebrity. He never knew the depth of his desire until the girl touched him. The denial of his yearning and internal conflict consume the peace and serenity of his simple life. Gradually, he discovers many unspoken histories about the girl he once despised but has now fallen for. He learns what obsession is and also understands what the true, endless, selfless, unconditional version of love is. Their love blooms like a colorless flower with fragrance in secret, in the darkness…. Two seventeens in their golden adolescence thrive further, overcome their matter, learn about each other, and know themselves better in their journey together. The sunshine girl—workaholic, scandalous, and horny. Despite being popular the girl keeps mystery around her. She is a tall, lean-bodied, short-haired brunette with mild-tanned skin. 5 foot, 10 inch. He feels lucky to be 3 inches taller than her. Her eyes he compares to eagles, which literally matches her features and behavior—brown hazel eyes with golden flecks that form a gold ring around the dark pupils in her eyes. The sullen boy—coy, solitary, and filled with compressed lust. He hardly feels interested in his peers. Pitch-black hair, monolid eyes with dark brown iris, milk-white skin, and a lithe body groom him as a complete Asian, hiding his American nationality. Her adoring gaze reminds him of how handsome he is, which he regards as an annoyance as his beauty attracts unease attention. "The harsh truth of the cruel world is that you might not get the love you want from the person you desire most." I own the book cover. It's my own silly art. ( ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)⁾⁾ Pardon my grammatical mistakes.
TheNamelessOne_RED · 730 Views
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