Powerless in a family of Necromancers, Ezra has struggled to fit in his whole life. Going off to a normal college life seemed like the perfect place to escape the harsh realities of home. But when the girl he's had a crush on since they were eight is forced into an arranged marriage with another, darker, Necromancer family, Ezra returns and does the only thing he can to save her - he volunteers to take the test that will name him a full Necromancer, and her betrothed - if he survives. During the test, Ezra learns he isn't as powerless as he thought. Secrets and hidden truths are revealed that are all connected to the Reinhardt family, all of whom were thought to have been killed by the Necromancer's worse enemy, the Witches. Witches that are hell-bent on ridding the world of the 'black arts'. With the help of an unlikely ally and a raven familiar, Ezra has the power to save the girl he loves and his kind, too, if he can master it in time. ~Highest rank: #7 in Paranormal: 3/22/18, Featured in Paranormal: 12/5/17 ~ Genre: Paranormal/Fantasy ~ Completed

"Why did I end up as a mid-game boss in an otome game?!" - Kobayashi Nao wakes up in the middle of a bloody medieval battlefield with a game prompt informing her of her new fate as an unwilling, despised necromancer. While desperately trying to make some semblance of a normal life, she is faced with a country in the middle of a civil war, the hungry monsters waiting to devour whatever remains, and a saintess blessed to save humanity from all evil, necromancers included. Releases on Sundays

Sin and symphony. That's all a necromancer needs. Octavia is a woman of many hats -- a maestro, an educator, a wanderer and an accomplished liar, and she wears all of them at once if need be. Masquerading as a music teacher, she travels the world on a mission to rid it of the netherborne -- a scourge from beyond the grave. When her travels take her to the tiny island of Hedalda, she finds a town on its knees, under the heel of the netherborne, and a people who believe necromancers are the worst thing to happen to humanity. Wit and a song, necromancy through music, was all she ever needed. But this time it isn't enough. The scourge looms larger with each song Octavia plays, and to save Hedalda she must navigate a web of deceit, look beyond sin and symphony, all while keeping her true identity a secret. Awesome cover was made by @scmimi

In a dark and deep land lives young Marjorie, a woman desperate for something more than her conventional life in her tiny village, Core. She aches for something dangerous, something like the dark forest, Mirkwood, which borders her home. Yet, there is a curse which haunts her people: a Wolf. For the last eighteen years, he takes one innocent life. Fate seems to change at the hands of Vivian, a Wardeness who promises Core a safe passage through Mirkwood. For a moment, Marjorie has everything she has ever wanted: An escape from a fate set in stone... until the Wolf set its dark intentions on her. Now, she is forced to decide: Will she defeat the Wolf or will she willingly be devoured? __________________ The stranger turned to face her. This close, it was easy to see his handsome features. From his high cheekbones to his piercing gray eyes, he was unlike any sully-faced villager. Instead, he wore his beauty with a casual grace, as if he were clueless to the plumpness of his lips or the flat, smooth surface of his chest. "Am I a what?" The man cocked a thick, dark brow up. He pushed his right hand into the pocket of his trousers, but not before Marjorie caught a glimpse of the heavy jewels on his fingers. He drowned in an opulence few villagers could afford. "I take that as a no," she said. "What is your name, stranger?" He looked to her, and then his gaze traveled to where men and women continued to fling themselves around the heat of the bonfire. You don't belong here, she thought.

A science-fantasy romance inspired by the myths of Hades and Persephone ~~~ Twenty-year-old Kore's got her whole life ahead of her. All she has to do now is die. Finally of age for exposure to the pseudovirus, she's soon to be transformed and reborn as a Variant--one of those who can live freely outside of the carefully-controlled living habitat dome known as Gaia. Only then will she be able to follow through with her betrothal to King Aidoneus Hades--a man she's met just once but who makes her blood run hot. Only then may she attend the prestigious university for the newly transformed she's been daydreaming about for years. But as her symptoms start to manifest and preparations for the wedding begin, tragedy strikes, threatening the life of Gaia dome itself. Luckily, Kore's become a Variant the likes of which her world hasn't seen in hundreds of years...and the only one with the power to save Gaia and everyone living within it. If she can survive her new life long enough to learn to control it, that is. (I will be making major edits to every chapter of this story in the near future. This will involve totally replacing the content of all existing chapters here and on Inkitt as well as resubmitting the stories entirely to Scribblehub and RoyalRoad. If you're reading this story anywhere other than Wattpad, Inkitt, Scribblehub or Royal Road, you're reading a pirated version.) CW: story contains sex, violence, and some elements of body horror

Seventeen-year-old April Parker's plan is simple: survive ten more months under her overbearing stepfather's roof, graduate, and get as far away from him as possible. It's the only thing that keeps her going and the reason his cruel expectations haven't broken her. The last thing she expects is to wake up inside an underground facility with dozens of other teenagers for company. Making allies doesn't come easily to her, thanks to her stepfather, and she's forced to hide the stigma of her upbringing to keep herself safe in this new world. But when the stronger teenagers fight for control over the facility, April is left with two choices: to remain the insecure person she's always been or to break free of Sam's chains and step forward as a leader-even if it means going up against the temperamental and compelling Marcus. As conditions within the facility become more stressful and the teenagers' resilience is put to the test, strange powers start to manifest. So do dangerous changes. And if their kidnappers' silence is anything to go by, no one is coming to save them.

[BOOK TWO] [Completed] [Voted #1 Best Action Story in the 2018 Fiction Awards] When the Russians dismantle one of the largest and fastest growing Italian Mafia family's in the States, war is declared. To avenge their friend's death, a fallen king, a washed up queen, a struggling couple, and a depressed brother must come back together to fight. Through their own series of trials and tribulations, they learn that although they can attempt to fight their own battles, the only way they can overcome them is together. That is when they have the most power. ~ ~ ~ © 2018 taintedkissesxo * cover by lvcianos on instagram *

"I said I would protect her," Finn's voice cut through the tension in the air like a glass shard to soft skin. "I didn't say she wouldn't be scared." "I don't-" Dove begged. She hated it. Hated the way the howls only grew louder, and how she couldn't run. She hated Finn, how he could watch her writher and struggle with a cool gaze, like he didn't care how scared she was, how much she wanted to disappear into the mattress beneath her body and never reappear. "Let me go." * Dove Bravermen's homecoming to the small town of Glome's Valley awakens a past she can never outrun. With her mother's handsome new deputy, Finn Armstrong, Dove realizes the town she left behind has more secrets left to uncover and a past she can't remember. Dove, unable to deny her attraction to the mysterious Finn, must learn to trust the near stranger as the people of Glome's Valley start turning up dead. As Dove and Finn intertwine, they face a fate they can't escape-- love.

"The Pack, the land, everything else, then us," Rose whispered into her sister's ear. "Say it, Tansy. Say it." The teenager closed her dark eyes to stop a tear from escaping. "The Pack, the land, everything else, then us." *** Thirty-eight shifters lived on the edge of Birch Grove, until they didn't. Teenager Tansy Godspeed grew up in a pack known for its pacifism. When wars were fought, her pack of peacemakers refused to join the fight and instead, isolated themselves from wolves hungry for blood. Tansy is left as the sole heir to the Birch Grove pack after a lethal attack leaves half of the pack dead. With her parents face down in their own pool of blood and her sister declining in health, Tansy is faced with the sudden responsibility of leading a broken pack out of the ashes and into the embers of wars. As Tansy faces the consequences of her pack's past, she must build a future for her pack, even if that means creating an alliance with the man responsible for her parents' death, High Alpha Silas Armstrong is everything Tansy was raised not to be. The shifter is strong, apathetic, and cruel enough to rip Tansy's world in half. Regardless of Tansy's dislike of the man, Tansy will do whatever it takes to keep her sister's promise: The Pack, the land, everything else, then us.

He leaned in closer. I could feel his hot breath on my face, his eyes never once leaving mine. Closer. Closer. And then his lips captured mine. My eyes fluttered closed. Sparks flew behind my eyelids as his skillful mouth worked mine. I was frozen, caught up in the improbability of it all. "Kiss me back" He murmured, pressing himself even closer. Immidetly I obeyed, opening my mouth and letting him in. A single moan escaped me, and if I hadn't been so intoxicated by him I would have cowered in embarrassment. He growled at that and took my bottom lip between his teeth tugging harshly at the swollen flesh. He finally released me and leaned back with a satisfied grin on his face as he eyed my trembling state of need. "Eventually you're going to have to choose Angel. Who's it going to be? Me, or my brother?"