Slow Burn Stories

85 Stories
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THE ART OF FALLING
THE ART OF FALLING
Angela Mhlakaza
Reads 606 Parts 21
They say age is just a number when it comes to love
slow-burn romance Romance
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The Rebel_1
The Rebel_1
NonjabuloNsuntsha
Reads 586 Parts 57
THE REBEL: Book 1 - An outspoken girl returns home to changes only to fall in love with a stranger that will twist her life in a blink... Two crumbling worlds meet, two lovers hold on when it hurts. Will the forbidden love affair win against their families? - Join me in the humor, family secrets, broken bonds and test against fait and time. - WELCOME TO MVEVANE
slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance +4 more
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Nalenhle: His obsession, Her secret.
Nalenhle: His obsession, Her secret.
Yenkosi.n.shongwe
Reads 574 Parts 14
She thought it was harmless…just a few notes. Just attention. Just a secret. Until the watching never stopped. Nalenhle is drawn into a dangerous game where obsession feels like love, and love starts to feel like a trap. The more she’s seen, the more she’s pulled in—by a man who doesn’t just want her… he needs her. But in a world where everyone is hiding something,...
dark-romance obsession secrets +4 more
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The Unexpected Harvest
The Unexpected Harvest
Wakawaka
Reads 550 Parts 24
The heart does not obey the law of the ancestors
slow-burn romance found-family +1 more
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Legacy of Four
Legacy of Four
Whispers_she_wrote
Reads 523 Parts 15
The Ndlovu legacy runs on wealth, wives, and the whispers of the dead. Love is forced. Loyalty is betrayed. Polygamy is power. And the girl they caged just learned how to use her teeth.
found-family slow-burn betrayal +7 more
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The Uncle’s Wife
The Uncle’s Wife
BeverleyLanga
Reads 493 Parts 52
Lerato backed away, her heart hammering against her ribs. Every step he took forward, she took one back until the cold marble of the feature wall pressed against her spine. She was trapped. "Lungelo..." she breathed, her hands coming up weakly against his bare chest. He didn’t stop. He leaned in, his lips brushing hers in a slow, deep kiss. He pulled back just an...
forbidden slow-burn romance +5 more
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IF LOVING YOU IS A SIN (2022)
IF LOVING YOU IS A SIN (2022)
Yenzz
Reads 444 Parts 22
Athenkosi Kofi Boateng has it all. Money, fame, a good career in finance. However, watching his best friend fall in love shows him what his life is lacking. Will he choose to be someone's hero, or another's first love? After experiencing a literal fairytale, Lunathi Ngubo now faces a brand new world of money and power. Will her new world swallow her whole or can love...
slow-burn found-family romance +1 more
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NKOSI&ZOBUHLE
NKOSI&ZOBUHLE
Angela Mhlakaza
Reads 427 Parts 44
After escaping an abusive relationship, a young woman believes she has finally found the love she deserves in a kind-hearted man living with vitiligo. Their love blossoms into marriage, but healing proves more complicated than either of them expected. As old wounds, insecurities, and unspoken fears begin to strain their relationship, she finds herself facing a...
romance slow-burn betrayal +1 more
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HIS TO BREAK
HIS TO BREAK
VaneShabangu
Reads 416 Parts 19
His To Break is about a young university student, N’wayitelo Masire, who is trying to survive life while studying law and working as a waitress at a busy casino. Her life changes when she keeps crossing paths with Thamsanqa Dalindyebo, a powerful and dangerous man who is both a qualified surgeon and a rich businessman connected to a hidden criminal world. At first,...
slow-burn dark-romance supernatural +3 more
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FATE:THE UNSEEN PATH
FATE:THE UNSEEN PATH
Angela Mhlakaza
Reads 386 Parts 21
When her father’s gambling debt spirals out of control, a young woman is handed over like a payment to a ruthless businessman with no way to escape. But instead of keeping her for himself, the feared businessman gives her to his cold and emotionally distant son as a “gift” a decision that changes all their lives forever. Trapped in a world she never chose, she...
dark-romance enemies-to-lovers romance +2 more
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KINKY N : THE STRIPPER
KINKY N : THE STRIPPER
VaneShabangu
Reads 386 Parts 11
Khethiwe Neoo Lefika, known by her stage name Kinky N, has spent years building a life far away from the pain of her past. By night, she commands attention on stage with her confidence, beauty, and charisma. By day, she carries the scars of a life few people know about. Behind the glamour and bright lights is a woman fighting to escape the shadow of an abusive...
slow-burn romance mystery +1 more
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Seduction by design
Seduction by design
luyandazondo152
Reads 375 Parts 10
Seduction by Design is a contemporary romance novel filled with passion, emotional tension, healing, and self-discovery. The story follows Sivunesihle Zondi, a confident and extroverted interior design student whose vibrant personality hides deeper fears of heartbreak and loneliness. Her carefully controlled world changes when she meets Mqhele Zulu — a mysterious...
romance slow-burn Romance
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Forbidden desire
Forbidden desire
TINOTENDAA
Reads 330 Parts 27
A young South African woman, Zola Petersen, lives a life of luxury in Italy but feels deeply alone as her powerful father is always away. Everything changes when she falls in love with Liam Ndrangheta her father’s closest friend, a mysterious and much older businessman with secrets darker than she can imagine. Their connection grows in silence and stolen moments,...
slow-burn coming-of-age dark-romance +1 more
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The Life Of Mrs. Mbatha
The Life Of Mrs. Mbatha
KuhleNgunezi
Reads 325 Parts 13
Sandiswa Mbatha who goes by MaKhanyile to almost everyone who knows her, is a woman that had a tough time growing up but now she is living the life that most females want to have. The life of Mrs. Mbatha. The cars, the money, the fame... Everyone wants a piece of the high and powerful life of the Mbatha family. Sandiswa is always looking happy in public that everyone...
coming-of-age romance found-family +12 more
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The Husband I Rented
The Husband I Rented
Oreoo_Writes
Reads 301 Parts 15
The Husband I Rented Keitumetse Morake has one rule: never depend on anyone. After a painful betrayal by the people she trusted most, love is the last thing on her mind. But when life corners her into an impossible situation, she makes a decision that sounds absolutely ridiculous...she rents a husband. Bathandwa King is successful, intelligent, frustratingly...
slow-burn romance Romance
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My Heart, His Chapters
My Heart, His Chapters
InkByThabi
Reads 299 Parts 20
Ziphozenkosi arrives at varsity carrying a fragile heart and a shaky relationship with Thapelo, a boy from her hood who refuses to let go of control. Just as she begins adjusting to campus life, she meets Siphosethu — gentle, patient, and emotionally present in ways she has never known. What begins as innocent friendship slowly deepens into love, but Zipho’s past...
slow-burn Romance
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Lethokuhle: Behind the spotlight
Lethokuhle: Behind the spotlight
storiesbyThandeka
Reads 250 Parts 36
Never thought the guy I met would be literally arranged to marry me. I mean, I'm a Hollywood queen. Singer. Model and an owner of multiple businesses. Now, getting married pulls me back in the life I already built for myself and my 7 year old boy. Realizing that money and fame don't bring happiness, I opted for the arranged marriage.
slow-burn second-chance romance +4 more
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Whispers Of His Ruin
Whispers Of His Ruin
AmaraConti
Reads 222 Parts 17
Liora is invited into Kael’s world after designing a piece that catches his attention. She thinks it’s an opportunity—exposure, success, freedom. But Kael does not “hire” people. He studies them. He tests them. He owns their time before they even realize it. At first, he ignores her presence. Then he starts interfering in her work. Then in her life. Then in her...
dark-romance romance slow-burn +1 more
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The Rebel 2: The Path To Her
The Rebel 2: The Path To Her
NonjabuloNsuntsha
Reads 216 Parts 61
From The Rebel... This is Book 2 of the series. After the storm of emotions they succumbed after their fathers stepped in as a wall between them. The two try to navigate themselves while denying the heart of what it really wants. Can they win over their feelings for each other? Family or Us?
slow-burn enemies-to-lovers second-chance +4 more
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WHERE I FOUND MYSELF
WHERE I FOUND MYSELF
The kings heart 🧸
Reads 209 Parts 16
Life has a strange way of leading us home. Through loss, laughter, unexpected detours, and the people we never saw coming, we slowly discover the pieces of ourselves we thought were gone forever.
enemies-to-lovers found-family slow-burn +2 more