Candlelight Romance - Fall Asleep While Falling in Love

True Love on Halloween

It was supposed to be just another Halloween night—one more round of trick-or-treating with her little girl before heading home to cocoa and tired feet. But when she reached the lantern-lit house on the corner, everything changed. The man at the door was dressed as a warlock, and the moment their hands touched, something ancient and electric sparked between them. Real magic—old, steady, and undeniable—flared in that single heartbeat. This Halloween love story reminds us that sometimes, the veil between worlds isn’t the only one that lifts… sometimes it’s the one around your heart. Thank you for enjoying my podcast! Take a listen to the other podcast at Candlelight Storyworks * Midnight Scares - Fall Asleep to Spooky Storiesl * Candlight Classics - Classic Short Stories to Help You Sleep * Candlelight Romance - Fall Asleep While Falling In Love * True Crime by Candlelight - Drift Off to Dark Mysteries Find them all on your favorite podcast right here: https://linktr.ee/candlelightstoryworks If you are tired of commercials, you can always follow me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/candlelightstoryworks I am also writing a few horror and gothic romance books. If you're intrested, please follow me on my other Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/sarahmarshalking **While this is my voice, sometimes I use an AI cloned version of my voice because it helps with my dyslexia.

The $100 Tip | A Billionaire True Love First Meeting Story

Starting over wasn’t part of the plan. After a brutal divorce, she’s thirty-two, broke, and working her first shift at Benny’s Diner, wearing a uniform that smells like fryer oil and regret. One slip of the wrist, six shattered plates, and her dignity is in pieces on the floor—until a man in a dark suit changes everything. He’s calm, composed, and entirely out of her league… or so she thinks. What begins with embarrassment turns into something else entirely when he leaves a hundred-dollar tip and defends her right to keep it. The next morning, he’s back—in the same booth, with the same quiet intensity that makes her forget how to breathe. A napkin. A dinner invitation. A kiss that rewires her definition of falling apart and falling in love. Sometimes fate doesn’t knock—it crashes, spills, and leaves a mess that turns into the start of something real. Do you have a true story to tell about your soulmate? I'd love to tell others about it. Please sent to candlelightstoryworks@gmail.com :) Thank you for enjoying my podcast! Take a listen to the other podcast at Candlelight Storyworks * Midnight Scares - Fall Asleep to Spooky Storiesl * Candlight Classics - Classic Short Stories to Help You Sleep * Candlelight Romance - Fall Asleep While Falling In Love * True Crime by Candlelight - Drift Off to Dark Mysteries Find them all on your favorite podcast right here: https://linktr.ee/candlelightstoryworks If you are tired of commercials, you can always follow me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/candlelightstoryworks I am also writing a few horror and gothic romance books. If you're intrested, please follow me on my other Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/sarahmarshalking **While this is my voice, sometimes I use an AI cloned version of my voice because it helps with my dyslexia.

Ashes and Coffee | Sometimes the fire that destroys all is the one that wakes you up

She thought the fire was the worst thing that could happen to her. After a brutal divorce, a layoff, and the humiliation of moving back into her childhood bedroom, she takes the last of her savings and opens a tiny drive-through coffee shack in her hometown. It’s messy. It’s held together with tape and hope. It’s hers. Then an electrical fire nearly takes it all — and brings her face-to-face with Eli Harkness, the quiet, steady, stupidly handsome firefighter she never got over. What starts with sirens and smoke turns into coffee on the curb at sunrise, slow rebuilding, and a heat she hasn’t felt in years. This is a story about second chances, timing, and the way something small — a hand on your shoulder, a shared muffin, a kiss under bad string lights — can wake you up and keep you burning. “Ashes and Coffee” is for anyone who’s ever had everything fall apart… and then met someone who made staying feel like a choice again. Soulmates? Lovers? Meant to be together? Do you have a short story about how you met your true love? I'd love to tell it for you. Send to candlelightstoryworks@gmail.com :) Thank you for enjoying my podcast! Take a listen to the other podcast at Candlelight Storyworks * Midnight Scares - Fall Asleep to Spooky Storiesl * Candlight Classics - Classic Short Stories to Help You Sleep * Candlelight Romance - Fall Asleep While Falling In Love * True Crime by Candlelight - Drift Off to Dark Mysteries Find them all on your favorite podcast right here: https://linktr.ee/candlelightstoryworks If you are tired of commercials, you can always follow me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/candlelightstoryworks I am also writing a few horror and gothic romance books. If you're intrested, please follow me on my other Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/sarahmarshalking **While this is my voice, sometimes I use an AI cloned version of my voice because it helps with my dyslexia.