"Your mate will appear at twenty." Nathan Hemsworth waited years for that moment. For one person. Mikhail Ivanov. His best friend. His first love. The one he could never have. So when Nathan turns twenty and sees Mikhail walk in with his mate, smiling like nothing ever mattered, he finally lets go of a love he's held onto since childhood. He drinks. He smiles. He pretends he's fine. Until the string appears. A burning thread wraps around his wrist-tight, inescapable. And it doesn't lead to Mikhail. It leads somewhere else. Somewhere worse. Right beneath a half-open door. Valentino Ivanov. Mikhail's older brother. The man Nathan has always hated. The man who looks at him like he's a problem. The man fate has chosen for him. Now bound by a string he can't ignore-and refuses to accept-Nathan is faced with a cruel truth: What if destiny doesn't care who you love? What if it ties you to the one person you never wanted? And what happens when the more he tries to cut the string... ...the tighter it pulls?

[[MATURE CONTENT]] Pack, family, mate. Loyalty, respect, honor. These are the words that form the foundation of the wolf society. At six years old, Ethan had to choose between his Alpha title and his survival on the night of his father's death. As a teenager, his family and lineage are further humiliated because he has not had his first transformation. Between dealing with a bully on a power trip, the challenges of high school, a less than sympathetic alpha, and his current impairment, Ethan is barely surviving. His daily prayer to Luna was simple: a request to find his wolf. But he would soon learn that the moon goddess does not do things by half-measures. On the night of his first transformation, she also tossed in a mate who wants absolutely nothing to do him and a vengeful alpha hell-bent on ripping his neck out. Soon he learns that high school bullies and homework are the least of his worries when he has to flee his pack and live with his mate: the warrior vampire whose entire history was forged from killing his kind. Learning to control his wolf, avoiding assassins, fighting his mate, and for his mate become daily struggles. But battles come in many forms and not always when or where he expects them. Soft, sensual victories within the sheets are as just as important as the hard-won, blood-filled ones on a gory forest floor. And failure on any battlefield could mean a slow, painful death. A/N -Warning This is a gay-themed novel with some fighting. So there will be intense scenes both in bed and out of it. If you are not a fan of boyxboy action, then this novel is not for you. PS. I do not own the rights to the images in the chapters. They're a source of inspiration for characters and settings in the story. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1/6/2024 - Blooded Mate hit a #1 in Werewolf, #10 in boyxboy and #5 in honor. 1/8/2024 - #2 in Gay, #2 in honor 4/13/2024 - #2 in vampire 4/14/2024 - #2 in witch, #1 in matebond

[BOOK FOUR] Leo Morelli has a reputation. He's a heartbreaker. It's chronic. Felix Finley had a reputation. A less fun one. He left it behind. He wants it to stay buried forever. Only when he joins the national volleyball team, old secrets get a little difficult to keep. Felix and Leo have met before. They have history. It's complicated. There's something brewing between them. There has been for a while. Tension. It's palpable. Unavoidable. However, neither of them do feelings. One thinks they're a waste of time, and the other thinks feelings ruin everything. The problem is, feelings don't care about what anyone wants. They happen anyway, and when they do, things get messy.

Everyone can read minds except for Ethan Langdon. And Ethan Langdon has the dumbest (and cutest!) thoughts Lukas Hoffmann has ever heard. ____ Lukas Hoffman's life in Brambleburg is about as boring as you'd expect for a town where everyone can read minds. He's used to his routine of dusting the LPs at the record store where he works and helping out his grandma around the house. Nothing in Brambleburg changes. No one in Brambleburg changes. Until Ethan Langdon stumbles in with the soggy remnants of a paper map, asking for the quickest route to Berlin. Ethan, it turns out, doesn't have telepathy, and as aggravatingly inane as his thoughts are, Lukas hasn't felt the excitement of meeting a stranger since.... well, ever. And the more Lukas listens, the more he starts enjoying Ethan's cute thoughts about life, the universe, and Lukas's dimples. ____ Might bring to mind: "Cherry Magic" but set in a fictive European town where everyone except the love interest can read minds. ____ Cover by @mygoodbones ____ Written for the Open Novella Contest 2024 using prompts 8, 75, 82, and 85. 8. You start singing along to a movie soundtrack late at night forgetting that your window is open. Someone from the outside starts singing with you. 75. You awake in the middle of the night to a voice saying loudly "May the force be with you..." 82. You wake up on a seemingly ordinary day to discover that your thoughts are not private. There is someone else in your head with you. 85. "If you do that again, I'll throw you out that freaking window. What are you doing?" "Checking how high the drop is to see if it's worth it."

RORY is a stuttering mess in front of his crush. He never liked going to parties or drinking although being the captain of the school's hockey team makes him quite well liked. MARK, the invisible boy is surprised when suddenly the popular boys start talking to him. He has a clear idea what sporty boys are- loud, annoying, disrespectful and everything he does not like in a person. But what happens when Mark realizes that he was wrong and Rory actually has everything that he likes in a person?

No longer deemed useful to the lab, Nine was classified an expired case and his fate was set to be sealed with a single dose of sodium pentobarbital. Alpha Vincent sets out to retrieve a certain Feral Subject after Lupus Medicina's labs facilities shut down. With the kindness of his heart propelling his motives the alpha was not expecting to find his mate perishing in a cell. Will Vincent manage to tear down the walls around his mate's heart? *This is a spinoff to Their Marred Boy. You can read it as a stand alone though reading the other one first would help everything make more sense.

Jamie thought he was harmless. No one stopped to admire him, remembered his favorite type of weather, or knew that he loved the city. He was forgettable, lost in a swarm where everyone had their own people. He believed that. Until, for a moment, he didn't. *** Cover art is "Model Muse 2" by Johnny Francis Wol

Pierce is a fae, a troubled college student. Exiled due to his psychotic tendencies, he quite dislikes the prospect of school. That is, until he catches sight of the new teacher, and tides take a turn. Hudson is a nymph, a newly hired professor at a local college. With a burning passion for poetry, he still struggles to find his voice in his classes, due to his dangerous home life. But when he finally begins to settle in, a new student by the name of Pierce joins his class. With eyes that are true to his name and protective behaviors, Hudson doesn't know whether to accept his admirer or to be seriously concerned. *WARNING* This book is intended for audiences over 18 or people with maturity. It may contain triggering content. Please read with caution, because your mental health matters. ~I own all rights; please don't copyright~

River Avery is a global music icon, his voice capable of silencing stadiums-and his heart still echoing with betrayal. When a last-minute charity gig ends with him being rescued from a burning building, he meets Liam Bryant: a grounded, fiercely dedicated fire lieutenant with no use for celebrity culture. Their connection is immediate, their chemistry combustible. But fame is its own kind of fire, and Liam's world-tight-knit, honorable, and fiercely private-was never built to withstand the glare of River's spotlight. As sparks ignite into something deeper, the men must confront the truth: how do you hold on to love when the world is watching... and waiting to burn it down? Smoke Series: Smoke and Starlight Book 1 Smoke Starlight and Small Shoes Book 2

"Let's get one thing clear," Hanz said. "Just because I brought you to my place doesn't mean I want to have sex with you. It just means that I didn't know where you lived and didn't want you to pass out on the road." "I can't pay you back for your kindness at least?" Gene put on his best puppy dog eyes. Hanz hadn't shown any signs of wanting to go out with him, but he was too handsome for Gene to just let him be. He brought him to his home when Gene was way too drunk to remember where he lived, and even cooked him breakfast. And, somehow, a kitchen apron just made the man look sexier. "You can pay me back," Hanz smirked, those blue eyes glinting with confidence. It was enough to make his heart stop in his chest. "And how do you want me to do that?" He would do absolutely anything for this man. If he were in a cartoon, he'd be drooling by now. "Quit drinking." *** Hanz lived a calm life, with a similar routine. His home was calm and he never really thought to date. The only drama he really had was work, and it was enough for his life. He didn't want to bring any of it home with him. Until this scrawny man with way too much confidence comes into his bar and into his life. Hanz doesn't want him. He doesn't like him. But Gene keeps coming every night Hanz had to work, and keeps trying to get his number or ask him out. Hanz wouldn't care too much. He had dealt with annoying customers ever since he became a bouncer. But there was something different about this one. There was something different in how his friends always shoved drinks over to him, laughing the more drunk he got. There was something different in how those green eyes looked at Hanz, much softer than many in that town. There was something about him that made Hanz want to protect him. The more nights Gene spends at the bar, the more he starts realizing that there's so much more to this thirsty man than he originally thought. Standalone to the Impress Me Not series.