The kingdom Dulcia has fallen. Dark creatures have invaded the palace, inslaving all those who work there. The royal family--the only ones able to stop the creatures--have vanished into oblivion. No one has seen or heard from them since the fall. There are rumors. Rumors that they escaped the castle, rumors that they are assembling an army to fight the creatures known as Muraes. Only one thing is for certain. No one knows where they went, nor do they know if they will come back. ________________________________________ Every year, Clair's family goes to the king of Arium's palace for of the most lavish Christmas party imaginable. They meet family, old friends, new acquaininces--anyone they possibly can. Clair never enjoys the huge parties. She prefers to be by herself, drawing or dancing. Until, one year, everything changes. Presented with the most beautiful gift she could possibly imagine, Clair is filled with joy. She clings to her wooden doll with her life, never letting go. When she wakes up one night and it is gone, she panics, searching for it. Only to find a hideous creature. When she is rescued by the same doll she loved, Clair is suddenly swept up into a world of magic, lost kingdoms, and lost royalty. But she is also in the world ruled by darkness. ________________________________________ "When snow falls, the kingdom dies. Light will leave, Dark will rise. It can only be stopped by treasure as pure as gold, as light as air, but strong and bold. Only then will the leader rise, out from ashes and hidden from prying eyes." ***** 2018 Wattys Shortlist 2018 Wattys Longlist Featured story Awesome cover by @elphadora ***** Loosely based on The Nutcracker (both book and ballet)

Maliha has felt like something was missing all her life. She felt like an outcast at the Dawn Court so she decided it was her time to set off on an adventure of her own. Little did she know, this was the worst times to do it. Amarantha's reign has started and Maliha had faced some of the consequences and ended up on the outskirts of Velaris, where Azriel found her unconscious. Against his good judgement, he brought her into the secret city and helped her regain her strength. Until the day she disappears without a trace. 50 years or so later, the King of Hybern is now planning an attack which causes the High Lords to hold a meeting. Maliha has changed, in appearance and soul, but she'll never forget the Illyrian who changed her life for the better. When the Inner Circle comes to the meeting, Azriel saw the woman, and knew she seemed familiar but from where? What will happen between the two now when two courts collide? Is she the one he's been searching for? Maybe, just maybe. She's his parallel, a damaged soul who's been stuck within the darkness and hidden in the shadows, waiting to come out and save not only Az, but all of Prythian. tw// mentions of rape, rape, sexual assault, eating disorder, PTSD, domestic abuse, abuse, self-injurious behavior, mentions of suicide, kidnapping, death, blood, war, mental illness, child death mention, torture, violence, sexual content, BSDM, and Kinks.

When Lisa Dumont travels down to New Orleans to stay with her mother for the summer, she finds herself entangled in a web of century-long territorial disputes between undead and supernatural forces. Lisa soon realizes that she has become torn between the blood-loyalty to her mother, Voodoo Priestess Madam Dumont, and the intrigue she has grown towards Elder Vampire, Hezekiah Mercier - the enemy. And consequently, the heavy discord between the two factions leaves Lisa with life-changing decisions to make that could possibly alter the fate of both groups and everyone else in between. ** **DISCLAIMER** This story is UNEDITED and UNREVISED. I haven't made any adjustments to this story since I first wrote it, which was when I was about 18 years old. I'm 23 now, for reference. I adore this story with all I have, but most of the chapters I haven't even revisited since I first uploaded them. Any mistakes, I'm usually notified of them by readers who point them out in comments. Please tread lightly, for there are undoubtedly historical inconsistencies, incorrect language translations, grammar and punctuation mistakes, and information that hasn't been properly fact checked. This is a work of FICTION. Have fun with it, please! But also beware that this is an amateur piece (that I had a great time writing). Follow me on instagram! @ceaselessmindwrites

WILL BE MOVING TO GALATEA ON THE 14TH OF JANUARY! The Crown Trials is a royal competition in which 24 Iridis suitors from each of Heliac's Royal Academies compete for the title of Heliac's guardian and the hand of the apparent heir to the Golden Throne in marriage. Willow Aldwyn is an Iridis blessed with the powers of an Air Wielder but has spent most of her life trying to escape it by hiding amongst the First-Bloods. But hiding comes with a price. With each passing year, her powers grow stronger and wilder until the fateful day when she's pushed beyond her limits and unleashes her destructive powers during a visit from the king and his son. Crown Prince Atlas. Astonished by her untamed powers, the king obligates her to join the Trials, posing as an ordinary suitor while secretly being taught how to manage her intense abilities. But the Trials prove to be far more complicated than Willow could have expected. Friendship and competitors in a game of lies to satisfy the entertainment of the public. And a prince, hard to resist. Copyright © 2021 Tori R Hayes All Rights Reserved

Copyrighted 2020 **Book 1 in the Darkness Series!** **Completed!** *Under construction* There was a creature locked away miles beneath the stone streets of Deshua, Oregon. A monster with the body of a man, jet black eyes of a soulless demon, and even darker feather wings cascading from its back. Those foolish enough to believe its unnatural, ethereal beauty would call it a fallen angel. The immortals who inhabited the town knew better. They knew to call it daemonium-demon. Forced asleep by a council who believed in the greater good, many revered the monster. Yet the town's eternal population was torn in two. Half awaited the day for the foretold cursed soul to come and resurrect their lord and the other half feared it just as much. And guess who got to be that lucky bitch. *No love triangle* -&- **WARNING** This book WILL have mature, adult content! Please be aware of this before reading. If you are under the age of 17, DO NOT READ. If you can not handle mature scenes DO NOT READ. You have been warned.

FEMALE CHARACTER IS INNOCENT AND CHILDISH!! READ THE TAGS!! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!! "Tell me something Azron." Lucifer said as he walked closer to the dangerous Demon. Azron turned so now he was facing his creator, the same one that's scared of him. "What will you do if we gave you a mate?" A dark smirk came upon his face. "I would fuč* her first then do the same thing that got me in this cell in the first place but...." There was a short silence as everyone held their breath- "This time, you won't catch me." What happens when God and Lucifer decide to give the dangerous Demon a Angel mate?? READ THE TAGS!! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!

(Currently Being Edited) In a world run by the primal creatures of the dark; tiny, beautiful, human Josephine Bluebell Elliots has remained in hiding her entire life. But nothing can keep a male from his mate, especially not the Regal Alpha of the Highlands. But can such a weak little human survive the rugged and cutthroat world of the Legends? ----- Completed (Revising) Book One of the Night's Mate Series April 16, 2017- December 23, 2018 WORD COUNT: 67,524 All Right's Reserved Mature Content

"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙨, 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙖𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨." Valerie Tenebris is not human. She never was, and never will be. She is a monster, a nightmare, a killer, who dreams of an ancient battlefield and a different, brutal world where stars fall and dark blood stains the earth. Kye Merran is an Ember, one who wields fire magic. When a childhood friend shows up at his house with a strange girl who is bleeding black blood, he knows that he's getting into something he definitely shouldn't. Especially when the Dark King of Rurik, who may have much more to him than it seems, is looking to conquer another kingdom or two, preferably with a powerful, dark queen at his side. But Kye can't seem to stay away from the mysterious girl with the blood of Darkness. And Val can't stay away from Kye either, no matter how much she claims that she hates him. As Val, Kye, and their friends race to stop the Dark King and his approaching army, what they don't realize is that they are playing a part in an ancient, deadly game, a game between the light and the dark, one years in the making. But it is a game which neither of them can win, for their fates have already been determined by the desperate Gods, written in blood among the stars. Cover picture credit: Laura Sheridan **VIOLENCE, MENTION OF CHILD ABANDONMENT, ALCOHOLISM, RAPE, ASSAULT, DEATH, TORTURE, AND ABUSE** 364K words •HIGHEST RANKING• #1-Wind-1/26/21 #1-lightanddark-3/24/21 #1-magicalpowers-5/4/21 #1-War-5/13/21 #1-stars-8/9/21 #3-Night-4/10/21 #5-swords-4/18/21 #11-Darkness-4/10/21 **There will be a sequel; it will be a duology!

EVERYTHING IS A FIRST DRAFT Princess Anne has gone her whole life thinking she is due to be the first queen to rule Canlyra without a king in her way, until her parents announce she is suddenly set to marry the unnervingly attractive and charming Prince of Otren, Christopher. Prince Christopher and Anne quickly devise a plan, "royally fail as a couple so much, that even a blind person could see they would never work as King and Queen". The betrothed couple must walk a fine line of convincing the royal court and their parents they are not right for each other and being a royal couple for the people, to not instil fear for their nation's future leaders and give the rebellion brewing amongst the seven lands, fuel to their fire that is a threat to the monarchy. With royal dates specifically designed to make Princess Anne and Prince Christopher fall in love, expensive ball gowns at every life event no matter how small, engagement parties, wedding plans for a ceremony destined to fail, and a royal ball. "A Tangled Courtship" is a riveting tale that shows just how much two people can have in common when their freedom depends on them working together to destroy any chance of them being a couple. Set in a dystopian future where humans are forced to return to their Victorian Era ways to stop carbon emissions from rising and all the technological advancements made in the past are now drowned in seawater. Highest Rankings #1 in BookTok 10/4/21 #1 in romancefiction 2/9/22 #1 in Prince 4/9/22 #7 in rebellion 5/3/21 #8 in YA 24/1/21 #50 in dystopian 17/4/21 #59 in Young 10/5/21 #67 in prince 5/3/21 #120 in princess 10/4/21 #188 in youngadult 5/3/21

𝑾𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝑶𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅𝒔. As the Faerie Elder-King of Annwn prepares to return to Ozyrn to renew the treaty for the first time after the War of Rebirth, a holy artefact belonging to the Faery Otherworld goes missing when it docks at the country's main port. The news swarms the criminal underworld, attracting the attention of cartels, mafias and thieves. Tensions rise when the rumours of the recruitment of The Executives escalate among certain groups that wouldn't mind dirtying their hands to bring them down. Infamous Executive of The Order of Assassins, Zareena Corbyn, reignites the flame of violence when she is recruited by an Antique Collector to seek out the holy artefact for a price beyond her expectations. Zareena is now tasked with assembling a team of six Executives strong enough to resist the force of the criminal underworld. However, within days of her advancement, she has the entirety of The Crime Bureau of Ozyrn chasing her. Through great games of lies and manipulation rise The Executives: A Vengeful Assassin A Manipulative Hunter A Mastermind Mercenary A Ruthless Spook A Jovial Con-Artist A Melancholic Seamstress ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Trigger Warning: mention of self-h*rm and s*icide, ptsd, panic attacks, misgendering, death and ab*se. Started: 18/11/2020 Previous title: The Hues Of Blue Highest Rankings: #1 Bootok - 24/03/2021 #3 Faery - 31/07/2021 #4 Elemental Magic - 24/03/2021 #11 Elements - 5/04/2021 #15 Darkness and Light - 30/03/2021 #21 -Romance - 24/03/2021 #16 Darkness - 24/03/2021 #17 Enemies With Benefits - 24/03/2021 #31 Grim Reaper - 30/03/2021 #19 Necromancer - 24/03/2021 #16 Romance Fiction - 30/03/2021