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What Lurks Beneath the Surface ✔️ by neurotick
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"Maybe I should bring you home," he suggests. "Maybe you should find us a more secluded spot," I toss back, snaking my arms around his neck. "You're pretty drunk, Vange." "I am." "And we barely know each other." I feel myself deflate like a balloon after receiving the sharp end of a needle. Of course Rem doesn't want me. Nash doesn't want me, either. Hell, my own father doesn't even want me. What is it about me that's so unlikable? ---------- Good girl Evangeline Porter has always felt like there was a darkness inside of her, just trying to claw its way to the surface. She hides it well, but when she starts having nightmares that feel more like memories, she is desperate for answers. Unfortunately, no one will give them to her. With the help of her longtime crush, Rem, she launches an amateur investigation into her family's history, except what they uncover is more sinister than Evangeline ever could have imagined. The truth doesn't set you free, after all. ‼️WARNING: The romance in this novel is fast-paced. If you want slow-burn, this isn't for you. That's all I'm going to say about it.‼️ ***BOOK THREE IN THE RAE OF LIGHT SERIES. However, it can be read as a stand-alone.*** Copyright © 2020 Briana Eliza. All rights reserved.
Stolen Voices ✓ by daviesbaby
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BOOK ONE in the Stolen mental health series. --- "You're kinda weird," she says after a minute, smiling softly as she takes a step towards the fiction section, "it's cute." She possesses a type of attraction that goes overlooked at first, a beauty that makes you take a second glance at her on the streets. He was entranced by this, but he couldn't tell her. Mara Gray is an enigma. The first you see of her will also be the last. The first thing to be noticed by Elias James as she explodes through the doors of the public library he works at, singing recklessly, making him wish he were deaf. Elias James had his life flipped upside down two years ago and he hasn't spoken since. Not because he doesn't want to, simply, a defense mechanism he adapted. The last sound to leave his lips was a scream, and then he was speechless. --- This is the story of Bipolar Disorder and the aftermath of Sexual Assault, between two kids that find each other in the chaos of it all. #1 in Nightmare 2/17/2021 #1 in Third Person 2/24/2021 #1 in Awareness 6/15/2021 #5 in BoyxGirl 11/9/2021 #1 in Slowburn 12/3/2021
His Everything ✔️(Book One) by Alwyn_Knighton
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Sixteen-year-old Ellie Donovan knows what she wants - good grades at her new private school, a college scholarship, and, hopefully, lasting memories in the city on the coast where she moves with her adoptive mom. Aiden Kennedy hides too many secrets for a seventeen-year-old guy. He needs to keep his head above water and carry on until his coming of age. Aiden has no other choice. Too much is at stake. When Ellie meets Aiden on the first day of classes, both their lives are bound to change in a way they have never expected, making them question everything they thought they knew about themselves and the people around them.
The Factory Girl // Book 1 in the Rosie Grey series by Spruce_Goose
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Rosie Grey was only seven years old when she arrived at Mr Thompson's cotton factory. Now fourteen, she has become accustomed to the treatment of the workers and the harsh conditions under which they are forced to work. After an accident in the storeroom leads to her dismissal, Rosie must try to make her own way in the real world, away from the life she had grown used to. But despite being seemingly free from her life at the factory, Rosie struggles with the dark past that holds her captive, and she doesn't know if she will ever be able to escape the life she tries so hard to forget. (C)Spruce_Goose Cover - Made by @Azanthiel
Secrets Intertwined by sneerylynxy
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{COMPLETED} Kidnapped. Aislyn was stolen from her home five years ago...snatched from her companion, her brother, and the only life she had ever known. Tortured. Waking up in a place of nightmares, she endures two years of abuse at the hand of her captor. Scars running deeper than bone paint pictures of how she was experimented on for powers she doesn't understand. Taught. After her escape, Aislyn finds herself in yet another land of horrors. Under the watchful eye of her mentor, Aislyn morphs into a deadly assassin with a name that follows her like a shadow. Now? It's time for revenge. Time the Necromancer paid for what he did to her. Time she used the powers he had manipulated against him. Time for revenge for what he did to the love of her life. The story of a sister, a lover, an assassin. A story of revenge, secrets, magic. SNEAK PEAK {A great wall of flame erupted behind the fae, so shocking and so hot, that they shouted out in surprise, trying to get away from the overbearing heat. Before any of them could get far, Aislyn shifted her concentration onto erecting a wall of water equal in size and splendour to the one of fire. The shouts of surprised turned to shouts of fear when the fae realised they were trapped. Aislyn began to walk forward and every step she took, the walls shifted closer together. The shouts turned to pleas. The walls, no only a short distance from each other began to sizzle. The pleas turned to screams.} 1st place-The Autumn Awards 2019 Fiction Genre 09/08/19 3rd place- The Creative Awards 2019 Fantasy Genre 12/08/19 3rd Place- Honor Awards Fantasy Genre 18/10/2019 Special Award, Judge's favourite- Acheron Awards 2019
Duke of Camellias by flowersforleah
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Emmanuel, Duke of Thornton, is handsome, wealthy, and most of all, unmarried. Nicknamed the Duke of Camellias by his admirers, he seems to have the world in his hand, but harbors a secret nobody knows. Blair Millais, on the other hand, has lost it all. His sister passed away and the short stories he publishes hardly earn enough for him to live on. When Emmanuel Waterhouse invites him over to be the writer of his very own biography with a superfluous salary, it seems too good to be true. Yet soon Blair realizes how society looks upon gay men in Victorian England, and a betrayal which has made Emmanuel unable to love anymore. So when he learns who exactly the Duke of Camellias is, and the reason behind the sadness in his eyes, can he ignore the impending fate that awaits him? TRIGGER WARNINGS: child abuse, assault, rape
In the House of Summer | Novella by amelierhys
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[18 + COMPLETED] Three men, two centuries, one house. S U M M E R 2 0 2 1 Rosecrest Manor has been in Asher's family for generations, but he's done dealing with the headache of a property. He just needs to get his soon-to-be ex-wife on board with the plan to sell the place. So Asher takes her there, intent on saying goodbye to the country mansion. But they soon get lost in a rabbit hole of writings by a nineteenth-century woman, Lady Whitley. And as they spend the day reading, Asher realizes that it is harder to let go of history than he thought. S U M M E R 1 8 6 8 Simon Pearce has been looking forward to Lord and Lady Trotten's summer house party for months. His only interest in the event is that Lady Whitley Ash will be in attendance, and he is determined to make her his. Unfortunately for him, however, Lady Whitley is an avid writer who only wants to get close to Simon's mother-the renowned gossip columnist, Madame Mischief. Not only that, but Lady Whitley keeps confusing Simon with his scheming, identical brother. Sawyer Pearce has most certainly not been looking forward to this ridiculous house party. He has no interest in affairs of the heart or large gatherings of people. But forced to attend, he devotes his summer to helping Simon woo the lady of his dreams. And he's also found the right partner to help him with it: Lady Whitley's sister, the equally unromantic and daring adventuress, Lady Blair Ash. But Sawyer is soon damned to admit that he might like his partner just a little too much. In the sizzling heat of summer, will either twin brother come out unscorched by the Ash sisters?
Before The Snow Falls | Holiday Novella by amelierhys
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[COMPLETED] Two centuries. Two love stories. One holiday season. 1 8 6 7 Every summer since she was eight years old, Nora leaves her home in New York to spend a few months at her aunt and uncle's English country manor in Hertford. She grows up playing in the fields of alfalfa with her childhood friend, Felix. But when she returns to England the summer after she turns twenty-one, Nora realizes that Felix is no longer the boy he used to be. He's a grown man, and the undeniable attraction between them grows as the heat of the summer months increases. But much to Nora's dismay, she knows nothing can ever come of it. After all, Felix Graham is destined to marry a wealthy, highly ranked, debutante from London society, being that his aunt is none other than the Queen of England. And Nora... well, Nora is just an American girl from a family of modest business owners. Knowing she can never have him, Nora flees back to New York. But as summer is left far behind and the weather begins to turn cold, Nora receives a package from Felix that will change her life forever. 2 0 1 9 When Lana Graham opens up an old box of Christmas decorations to find a collection of love letters dating back to the 19th century, she calls upon her history major friend, Hale, to help her decipher the story surrounding the mysterious notes. But as the two of them search for the truth of what happened between Felix and Nora, they find there are undeniable parallels to their own relationship. On a cozy, winter afternoon, Lana and Hale uncover more than just truths of the past. Featured on Wattpad Romance Profile: Hot for the holidays ❤️ Featured on The Peacock Show hosted by the Diagon Community. Check them out! Highest Ranking #5 Christmas