There’s something magical about reading when the world goes quiet — when your heart feels wide open, and the only thing you need is a story to get lost in.
If you’ve been craving fiction that feels like a warm bath for your soul (or a little red wine in literary form), this one’s for you.
These seven stories, all written and published by Lee on Wattpad, are full of emotion, mood, and magic. From poetic slow burns to mysterious thrillers and soft, intimate reflections, they’re made for readers who want to feel every page.
After catching her fiancé cheating, a pregnant hotel critic escapes to a wild, cliffside guesthouse run by a former flamenco dancer and her fiercely loyal chosen family—queer women who once defied a dictatorship with rhythm, rebellion, and love. Grilled sardines, old secrets, sunset dances, and one unforgettable summer await. → Found family. Flamenco at golden hour. A birth, a death, and the fierce joy in between.
Selena travels to Thailand to recover from tragedy. What she finds instead is a strange stillness, a kind caretaker named Than, and a love story told more through silence than words. But in a hospital where time slips and memories shift, reality begins to unravel. → A poetic, dreamlike story of grief, healing, and unspoken love. Content warning: themes of loss, medical trauma, and emotional complexity.
A tender collection of poems about soft love, brown skin in golden light, late-night longing, and the sweetness of staying—even when it hurts. → For lovers of softness, slowness, and skin-warmed poetry.
Poetry for the ones who fell quietly, loved almost, and remember too much. Every page is a soft ache—a hallway glance, a missed moment, a memory you can’t let go. → Gentle, sad, and beautifully intimate.
Hana wakes up missing a tattoo—and the memories tied to it. As the ink reappears, so do fragments of a buried secret she swore to forget. But some marks aren’t meant to fade… and someone else wants the truth hidden again. → A sharp, atmospheric mystery with memory, magic, and a supernatural twist.
What starts as a craving for snacks turns into a chaotic, hilarious trip through space—complete with talking fruit, emotional frogs, and goodbye wrapped in glitter and weirdness. → Whimsical, trippy, unexpectedly tender. Feels like crying from laughter and love at the same time.
There’s no record of Room 404—but Nawin gets assigned there anyway. He wants quiet. What he gets is Top: cocky, half-naked, and always in his way. Tension turns electric. Arguments get too quiet. And soon, the line between hate and want blurs into something neither of them expected. → A steamy, slow-burn roommate romance set in a room that doesn’t follow the rules—and neither do they.
💻 Read them all by searching BeautyLeeBar on Wattpad
🕯️ Set the Scene: Your Cozy, Luxe Reading Ritual
Reading isn’t just something you do — it’s an entire aesthetic. Here’s how to create your own sacred reading space, BeautyLeeBar style:
Layered Lighting: Golden glows from taper candles, fairy lights, or a vintage lamp.
Signature Scent: Burn a soft woodsy candle or mist your space with rosewater and vanilla.
Mood Pairing: Sip matcha, pour red wine, or curl up with chamomile and chocolate.
Soundtrack: Lo-fi jazz. Rainy nights playlist. Absolute silence — your rules, your ritual.
💬 Bonus Chapter: Join The Chapter Lounge
Looking for a soft place to land between books? Come join The Chapter Lounge — an intimate, cozy-positive community hosted on the @BeautyLeeBar Instagram Channel.
Created for readers, writers, and creatives who feel most at home in quiet corners, this space is all about connection without pressure. Whether you’re curled up with a new read, scribbling lines of poetry at midnight, or just craving good energy—this is your circle.
✨ Expect:
Thoughtful book recs
Gentle writer check-ins
Soft storytelling and creative convos
Emotional support and cozy vibes only
Come as you are. Stay as long as you need. This is a little corner of the internet where art, emotion, and community meet—with blankets, not spotlights.
📖 Love poetry? You’ll find more pieces by Lee on Instagram, too: @leemanuscript ✨ A home for the written word, one soft stanza at a time.
✨ What’s Your Favorite?
Which story spoke to you the most? We’d love to see your dreamy reading setup. Tag @BeautyLeeBar on Instagram or TikTok and share your ritual — candles, playlists, red wine, soft lighting, or whatever helps you unwind best.
Use one of our cozy tags so we can find you: #ChapterLoungeReads | #TheChapterLounge #ChapterLoungeBookClub | #BeautyLeeBarBookClub
If you want to read but don’t know where to start, poetry books are the way to go.
Reading poetry is perfect for those who are just starting in the world of reading. Unlike long novels, it is super easy to understand and also awakens your creativity. Don’t believe all the stereotypes that verses are always about love or that metaphors are super complicated: the world of poetry is super varied.
This book has brief comforting thoughts/ideas, some might think what is the use of reading a book like this? But for us personally, we feel that this book brings comfort on every page, it’s like you’re reminded of every little thing you knew about yourself but kept forgetting.
Kate talks about real-world topics, and her social commentary is beautifully written. She sees themes related to motherhood and marriage through a lens of raw and honest emotions, moving from joy to pain, to passion, to fear, and everything in between seamlessly, often in just a few lines or stanzas.
Rupi Kaur is one of the most popular poets of our time, and for good reason. In “The Sun and Its Flowers” she explores themes such as love, loss, and self-discovery. Her poems are like rays of sunshine on a cloudy day, full of positivity and joy.
Through various investigations and hard data, real particular stories, and reinventing reality, Zapata starts from all this to poetize nature: whales, horses, bears, dogs, gorillas, and others. She makes an original and very poetic creative exercise where he denounces our dealings with nature and how magical, lyrical animals are by themselves.
This collection is a good introduction to her work, published in 2017, a couple of years before her passing. The book presents more than 200 of his poems arranged in reverse chronological order, the most recent first. Her poetry is full of awe at the simplest things, her sense of the oneness of all things, and her desire to be one with them. Some of our favorite poems are “Praying,” “Why I Wake Early,” and “The Gift.”
This book combines Noor Unnahar’s powerful poetic voice and signature collage-style visual art into a book of very personal reflections on loss, inheritance, and what lies behind the non-linear path to becoming who you ought to be. Some of our favorite poems are: “The Hunted”, “Pockets” and “My mother asks about love” and one of our favorite quotes is: “You were so protected once – it almost made you ungrateful.”
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