Formerly titled Chance Encounters. Coming home was supposed to bring Liz peace-not awaken a world she never knew existed. After the sudden loss of her parents, Liz returns to her quiet hometown, hoping to find comfort in familiar places and old memories. But everything changes when a group of enigmatic strangers settles on the outskirts of town, led by the magnetic and mysterious Aiden. Drawn to Aiden despite her reservations, Liz soon finds herself entangled in secrets she can't explain and the undeniable pull she feels toward Aiden. As their connection deepens, Liz is forced to confront truths about her home, her heart, and a hidden world of shifters she never believed was real. But not everyone welcomes Liz's growing bond with the newcomers. Someone is watching her every move, determined to keep her for himself. In a town where nothing is as it seems, Liz must choose: cling to the safety of the life she knew, or risk everything for a love.

On my daughter's death anniversary, I was six months pregnant when rogues attacked me near the pack border. The pack healer asked me to call my mate to authorize the emergency treatment. I endured the pain and sent desperate mind-link calls to Alpha Kaelen, but he never responded. Ten minutes later, I lost my second pup and my wolf went silent. When I woke up in the pack's healing den, I opened my phone and saw a post on my mother-in-law's social media. The photo showed a happy family of four. The caption read: "The Blackmoon Pack is about to welcome our second little prince. I really hope that shameless she-wolf will leave my son alone." It turned out that on the day of my attack, Alpha Kaelen had taken his first love to an amusement park.

Single mom Selina Sardi would do anything for her 6-year-old son. Eager to turn their new house into a real home for him, she's devastated when she discovers that the monster under his bed is not a figment of his imagination but the real deal. Elias Zwarteveen started his bogeyman career twenty-four years ago and he has been living in the same attic since. He would love nothing more than a change of scenery, but if he wants to move, he needs to rebuild his strength. The only way to do that is to consume plenty of fear. Selina and Elias strike a deal. She will feed him her fears for seven nights in a row, after which he will leave and never return. There's nowhere to hide in the small attic room and Elias picks up on fears Selina wasn't even aware of. Selina and Elias embark on a heated, emotional rollercoaster. What starts as a game of cat and mouse evolves into an intense yearning that will be hard to walk away from. Yet, that is exactly what they intend to do when the week is over. Seven Nights with the Bogeyman is a steamy monster romance with explicit sex scenes between two consenting adults, written for the ONC2024. Enjoy! ONC Prompt 5: Horror is in the eye of the beholder ONC2024 SHORTLIST & HONORABLE MENTION 1 in #ONC2024 feb.16 '24 1 in #opennovellacontest2024 feb.18 '24 1 in #bogeyman march 6'24 1 in #monsterromance may 2'24 1 in #romantasy may 28 '24 1 in #paranormalromance june 3 '24 1 in #paranormal may 15'24 6 in #lovestory July 2'24 12 in #darkromance July 2'24 1 in #speculative July 2'24

Deeply hurt by a lover's betrayal, Noah Hunter leaves a shattered life behind and moves to Spring Lakes to join his brother's pack. All he wants is a quiet place and some time to heal. Fate has other ideas. In the middle of the night, on a lonely stretch of road, Noah hits a dog. When he brings the injured animal to a veterinarian, he crosses paths with the singular, mysterious, and aggravatingly handsome Ambrose Thorne. When, after learning that Noah needs a place to stay, Ambrose invites him to his home, Noah thinks he may have found just the sort of peace and space he needs, and the last thing he expects is to become entangled in the heart of a mystery. While helping his brother Dane on a case involving a string of inexplicable thefts, Noah soon discovers that his new acquaintance is more than he seems and is inextricably tied to the strange burglaries. As the case becomes complicated by occult rituals, murder, and mythical beasts, Noah finds himself in more than one kind of danger - because while he doubts that anyone would want something so broken and torn, it seems like his heart might get stolen, too. He just hopes that the one who steals it and the thief at the heart of the mystery are not one and the same. ----- WARNINGS: This story contains strong language, some violence, and sex. ----- DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and in

Fern Blossom is a 19 year college student living at home with her manipulating mother. She loves writing and reading novels but can't because she has three high demanding jobs that can barely feed two people and pay her mothers bills at the same time but something happens at one of her jobs and her displeased mother gave her one week to find another job but at the same time has a camping trip to Casper's wood's with her friend group. She decides it would be an exciting experience to go to Casper's Wood and perhaps get a break from everything. But a few days before she left for casper's woods she had got several warnings from strangers in dreams to not go but like any other person she ignored them and thought of them as her self conscious worried about her mother's well-being. The day we go is the night of a beautiful full moon when we are just getting started in our week-long journey in Casper's woods. Once everyone fell asleep Fern had an idea of laying by a waterfall looking up to the opening of the tree watching where the gorgeous moon livened up the sky. Little did she know many beats from untold stories watched her that night and didn't stop watching her... (Please read the information in the Prologue)

"انها ملكي حتى لو لم تكن رفيقتي " أردف ماكسميس ببرود وهو ينفث دخان السيجارة ، "ما الذي تتحدث عنه بحق الجحيم ؟! ماذا لو لم تكن علامتها ذئب اسود مثلك ؟ وكانت رفيقة لشخص اخر! " اردف صديقه مايكل بحنق ماكسميس :- "ببساطة سأجعلها ترفضه" . . . . . . . . . . . . . " للاشخاص الي جالسين يعيدوا الرواية للمرة الثانية لا تحرقوا رجاءً ، أمراً وليس طلباً ، الي يحرق راح اعطيه بلوك " .

Victoria Stone, the Queen of all mermaids, is known for being like her name, stone cold. Hearing rumors of littering by the new family on her territory, she goes to check it out. She is shocked to see a sweet, platinum-haired goddess cleaning up after her family. Adalee Evans, known as a ray of sunshine. She lights up a room the moment she walks in. She and her abusive dad move to a house on the waterfront when the last town got a whiff of what he was doing to her. At one of the parties where this alluring girl's dad requires her to wait on him and his friends, she sees something she shouldn't have. To protect the kingdom's secret, Victoria tries to erase the beautiful girl's knowledge of mermaids but is unexpectedly unable to. Leaving Adalee confused about what she thinks was a dream, she is determined to find out the truth. A story of a serious Queen and naïve girl, and how they collide in a sea of unexpected turns.

What happens when two halves of a soul, yearning for each other, from different worlds, finally cross paths? Following the destruction of her New York apartment in a fire, Tasha Williams had to relocate to New Jersey and live with her best friend, Jade. Despite many unsuccessful attempts at securing a job in her desired field, she finally receives an offer from Blu Technology Company three months later. Little did she know that accepting the job in Virginia would lead to her meeting the man in her dreams. His sudden existence stirs up a mixture of confusion, frustration, excitement, and happiness in her, while also immersing her in a world she believed existed solely in her dreams and the pages of books. In this extraordinary world, she must fight for her survival, despite having found a family who would willingly sacrifice their lives to keep her safe. Alexavier Blu may not fit the mold of a typical wealthy CEO. He holds the position of Alpha within a pack of werewolves, seamlessly integrating with the human world. Despite his power and success, he yearns for his one true soulmate. Little does he know, his search is about to come to an end when his brother hires a talented car designer who turns out to be his long-awaited mate. However, when someone from his past resurfaces, Alexavier may lose the other half of his soul that he swore to protect. Word Count: 70,000- 80,000 #1 blacklove 7/16/2020 #25 humanmate 7/9/2020

A battered and bruised woman finds herself running through the woods from her abusive boyfriend. Lost and disorientated, she stumbles upon a huge mansion in the middle of the woods. Bleeding from her head about to lose consciousness, she runs towards the house and bangs on the door. "Please please please! Someone help me!!" Sharalyn yelled. "Grrrr Grrrr" A growling sound from behind startles Sharalyn. She turns around and comes face to face with the biggest dog in the world. Standing at 5ft tall, this dog was taller than her on all 4 legs. ........................ "Please stop, I can't - I can't handle it" I moan out. His strong arms hold me up. His strong chest to my back, his sweet grunts in my ear. He places his hand around my throat and tilts my head back. He looks me in the eyes, without blinking and the deepest voice ever he says "Take it."

My father blackmailed Heroux Alarie into marrying me, with the promise he would tell the Alarie where the woman he loved was at the end of three years. He called her name out every night after he fed and released with me. He made it clear he was with me only to find out where his beloved was. Despite this, living with Heroux was better than living with my family. Then things began to change and everything went to hell...and I had to escape, never thinking anyone would care. But he did.