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23 stories · Chapter 1 of every one is free, no sign-up
Almost Kiss is an interactive romance app where each story plays out as a text conversation with the characters, and the story remembers your choices. Chapter 1 of every story is free to read online with no sign-up, and a free account opens chapters 2–3 of two stories a month. After that, one story is $2.99 or every story is $9.99 a month.
Xianxia romantasy
with Jing Lie
A war god answers your summons, and the one price he will take is the part of you that could still fall in love.
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Dragon romance
with Riven of the Red Vale
You went up the mountain to bind a dragon to the valley he was bleeding dry, and the spell bound him to you.
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Fantasy romance
with Rowan Thorne
Someone wants your blood before the Blood Moon, and the only man standing between you and the arrows is the knight who has been in love with you his whole life.
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Romantasy
with Soren
You have a week to kill the enemy's champion on the sand in front of both kingdoms, and last night he kissed you back.
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Romantasy
with Cassien Ward
He said don't come in after me in a voice nobody in this town has ever refused, and you are the only person alive it has never worked on.
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Medieval romance
with Ser Rhun
You ride out this week to marry a stranger, and your sworn shield still cannot hold your eye.
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Gothic romantasy
with Finn Solenne
The heir you were raised to hate pulls you out of a flooding cathedral, your blood wakes a bell that has not rung since your mother died, and within the hour your father wants him dead.
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Paranormal romance
with Elias Vane
A man is kneeling in the rain outside your bookshop, and the first true thing he says to you is that he killed you.
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Paranormal rom-com
with Bram Cullane
Your neighbour has dug your graves and drunk your tea on that step for years and still cannot come inside, because the door only opens for somebody in love with him.
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Dark paranormal romance
with Lucian Vale
One mouthful of your blood buys a vampire the sun. The King of this city had it on his lips and stopped — and now you have seven nights under his roof wearing his mark, and the only thing hiding you burns off every time he touches you.
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Shifter romance
with Caleb Voss
The new Alpha of the mountain is your best friend since you were nine. Tonight you reject the mate bond. He refuses.
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Sci-fi romance
with Tavian Ardin
The object you've been restoring opens a door to another world, and the prince standing on the other side calls you by a dead woman's name.
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Sci-fi romance
with Silas Veyr
The enemy commander you were sent to outrun just took a sniper's bullets for you, and he already knew your name.
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Romantic comedy
with Nico Serrano
Everyone in the building gets the mask, and you are the only one who gets his face.
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Romantic comedy
with Jude Alvarez
You lied in the group chat about bringing someone, and before you could take it back he typed me.
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Medical romance
with Julian Mercer
You asked your surgeon what would happen if he weren't your surgeon, and by the next morning he had transferred your care.
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Romantic suspense
with Eli Fontaine
He answers you at any hour of the night, every time, without fail, and tonight you find out what he deletes.
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Cowboy romance
with Beau Callahan
You dragged him out from under a bull, and he looked up at you from the dirt in front of the whole county and said marry me.
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Medical romance
with Nate Okafor
He puts the good teabags into your hand at the end of every shift and has never once said why.
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Superhero romance
with Theo Vale
Your best friend has caught you every time you've ever fallen, and the second another man calls you his partner, every object in the room hits the floor.
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Pirate romance
with Rafe Blackthorn
Your father paid a pirate to carry you north and forget your face — and he turns out to be the first man in your life who ever asks you where you want to go.
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Yes. On Almost Kiss, chapter 1 of every story is free to read online without creating an account, and a free account opens chapters 2–3 of two stories a month. To keep reading past that, you can unlock a single story for $2.99 or every story for $9.99 a month.
No. You can start Chapter 1 of any story straight from its page without an account. You only need a free account to continue into chapters 2 and 3, and a paid plan to read further.
Chapter 1 of every story is free. One story costs $2.99, once, and is yours to keep. Every story costs $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year. There are no ads, timers, coins or keys.
An interactive romance story is one you take part in instead of only reading. On Almost Kiss the story plays out as text messages with the characters; you reply and make choices, and the story remembers what you said and did. It reads like a romance novel and feels like a conversation.
The stories are written for readers 18+ and are closed-door: plenty of tension and longing, with the most intimate scenes fading to black. A steamier edition of the same stories has been announced.
