Audrey Rush has spent the past three years studying abroad as a pre-medicine student. When she and her politically involved father start receiving mysterious threats, she returns home. At the insistence of her father, an officer as placed on undercover duty as her boyfriend. Things get a little complicated when she finds out the officer is Alexander James, her ex-boyfriend. "You're a witch." He whispers, his lips finding that sensitive spot along my neck. "And yet, I seem to always be the one that gets burned."

Meghan Hume and Isaiah Hunt had the perfect love through high school, the type of love where you just knew they were going to get married and grow old together. But the last day of school brought the last day of their relationship. Now after five years and a chance meeting will their love reappear? Did it ever really go away? Cover by @lantic

'i felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way' - donna tarrt • i only own selene fray and the plot line •

Dark academia/royal core short stories each with links to the playlists that inspired them! He swept me out to the dance floor, placing his hand on the small of my back. I positioned my arm on his shoulder, reluctantly placing my other hand in his. The small skin-to-skin contact made my hand burn up and I felt like fleeing. The music began and we started to twirl around the ballroom. "My father wants you dead, you know." I reminded him. "Is that why you have come tonight?" He chuckled, "killing me will take much more than you, cruel beauty." "I wouldn't underestimate me. You know what happened before." "I certainly remember how it ended." He smirked, and I spun, slamming my heel into his foot, resulting in a stifled grunt. "So cruel." "I won't be so sloppy this time." "No, you won't." He said coolly, "But you aren't the only one with an agenda tonight." -A Dance With Your Enemy (full story inside!)

To save her family from financial ruin, Annaliese Dawson agrees to marry a stranger. She knows that the arrangement would probably never lead to love, but as the two begin to trust each other, could it be that they have a chance at true love? ***** Matthew Cassidy is a widower baronet with three young children. Convinced that his children deserve a mother, a marriage is promptly arranged between Matthew and Annaliese, a pair that have never met, and are complete opposites. What will it take to bring these two together? They have but one chance to get it right. [[word count: 80,000 - 90,000]] Cover designed by Morgan Sangster

[COMPLETED] W A R N I N G: • EXPLICIT SCENES AND STRONG LANGUAGE • MENTION OF DEATH AND SELF HARM • DON'T GO IN IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING CLICHE • DON'T GO IN IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO CRY Olivia Avery Simpson didn't expect her cousin's wedding day to turn her life upside down. -"From now every day on, I'll have to know that I am ought to act as someone's wife who I don't love. Never will. Because the only man in my heart is you."- When Avery's cousin, Julie, elopes on her wedding day, her family forces her to get married instead of Julie. To say she didn't want a relationship would be an understatement. Her heart still belonged to her best friend, Marcus. After losing Marcus in an accident, three years ago, she didn't expect to get married, ever. That is until she finds herself walking down the aisle. Dylan John Walker is the definition of perfect. His life isn't the same, though. All he wants is to get married- for three months- and be done when the duration is over. But after getting married to the sad mysterious girl, he finds himself questioning his feelings all over again. -I wrap my arm around her shoulder and kissing the top of her head, I whisper, "I love you." She snuggles closer to my body and mumbles something that makes me go still, "I love you too, Dylan."- Word count: [[100,000 - 150,000]] #1 in newadult #2 in fiction #3 in Billionaire #3 in love story #3 in completed #4 in mature #2 in adult #45 in Romance #13 in love #7 in mystery-thriller #3 in chicklit #2 in wedding #6 in bestfriends #1- sexy #14- completed #1- sudden

At the end - 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 ! Being married to only son of billionaire is like dream come true... ZAYDEN HARLEY - The person who is prince and knight in the shinning armour of every other girls dream ends up being my husband. I'm someone whose existence isn't even acknowledged by my own family... My pains and sorrows are like invisible to them... I stay with my aunt - who probably has no heart cause she treats me like hell.! Like every other girl even I had dreams about my married life but all my dreams shattered and left me heart broken when I got to know that MY famous, handsome husband is attracted to another girl from my college. Yet again my pains were invisible to him! Call it a luck or fate, Alex - My husband's best friend, entered my life like an angel... He was very caring towards me and that's where the real story begins because for the very first time I saw jealousy in my husband's eyes! This story is about Harriet Granger. Is it jealously which she saw in Zayden Harley eyes? Will Zayden change for the sake of Harriet? Or will Harriet end up with Alex... Will this love triangle effect the brotherhood of Zayden and Alex? ~~ #1 in Collegestories [06 NOV, 2022] #1 in Shortstory [14 NOV, 2022] #1 in age-is-just-number [27 NOV, 2022] #2 in Romance [13 NOV, 2022] #1 in LAUGHTER [10 AUG , 2023] #2 in Billionaire [17 NOV, 2022] #1 in Arrogant [8 SEP, 2023] #1 in Collegestudent [20 OCT, 2023] #5 in Love [26 JULY, 2023] #1 in Unexpected. [3 MAR, 2024] Needs Major Editing ( Under Editing)

A magic-addicted spy trapped in the queen's service must track a princess-turned-assassin in order to earn her freedom, but things get complicated when she falls for the princess she's supposed to capture. ***** Weak. Cursed. That's how seventeen-year-old Kayden Branimir, the realm's deadliest assassin, views herself. Some believe she could save the world with her rare healing magic, but she gave up on her powers long ago after failing to save her best friend. Her life changes when she receives a letter from her supposedly dead twin brother, Alaric, begging to be rescued from rival territory Leodia. For the first time since her friend's accident, Kayden is determined to be the hero, but she must learn to embrace her magic--and herself--along the way. Strange. Unnatural. Those are the words whispered about eighteen-year-old Zara Tait, a Leodian spy addicted to soul-stealing magic. Forced into the queen's service, Zara wants to escape and return home, but she has nothing to offer the queen in exchange for her freedom. When Kayden arrives in Leodia, Zara sees the quiet girl with unique magic as the bargaining chip she needs. But the more she learns of Kayden, the more her feelings grow. Now, Zara must choose between her freedom and the dangerous assassin she hadn't meant to fall for. [2020 Watty Award Winner] Content warning: This story contains mature themes of violence, addiction, abuse, self-harm, and mental illness. Cover by Faera Lane