Xie Lian lives alone in a cottage, deep within the forest. He spends his days haunted by the past. He begins seeing a huge beast, with fur as black as night, amongst the trees...

It was just another day, Xie Lian going about the mortal realm like he always did. He saves a young child from ferocious dogs, and through twists of fate, that very child now calls him 'Baba' ?! This is the story of Wei Ying, a seven-year-old orphan spanning countless years and ordeals serving to shape everyone's futures. As fate would have it, he is picked right up from the streets by none other than Xie Lian, the strongest scrap-collecting god, who alongside Hua Cheng, the notorious ghost king Crimson Rain Sought Flower, both who adopt Wei Ying as their son. In them, he finds respite, beginnings of timeless bonds and most importantly, home.

Charlie has been burned one too many times. His love life came to a standstill after his last lover turned out to be deep in debt, planning to use him as a guarantor for yet another loan. Losing any hope he would find his one and only, he immerses himself in work. When his boss comes up with the possibility of opening their café up for baking courses, he latches onto the idea and volunteers as an instructor. Everything is going great. With the regular work in the café and the courses during the evenings, Charlie has been so busy he doesn't have time to think about unnecessary stuff. That is, until one particularly passionate client shows up, begging him for extra private lessons to learn how to make apple pies so he can propose to his girlfriend with one. Cove made in Canva

Victor McNemara is still dealing with his new reality. He has a son, his engagement has been revoked, and his career is in shambles, going from CEO to a co-owner of a small start-up company. On top of that, his best friend leaves his side due to some family emergency and basically ghosts him for half a year without a proper explanation. As much as he tries, setting his life right simply doesn't seem possible at the moment. Then he meets Dale. A guy who shows up in his office to deliver some documents and Victor is instantly smitten. He is aware of Dale's hunger and attraction toward him from the moment their eyes meet and decides to use it to his advantage. Having fun once in a while won't hurt anybody, right? Right. Unless you are a publicly known figure and your closest friend isn't keeping secrets from you.

Justine Schaller is a raccoon shifter, one of the most rarest species on Earth. He lives on the streets because his family threw him out of his house at young age of his first shift, age 4. He learned how to fight werewolves, humans, and escape detentions. He tries his best to keep his school life and homeless life in different forms to avoid getting bullied. Now, he doesnt care for anything except finding food and shelter for the night ahead Tanner Clark is the jock and future alpha at the same school Justine attends. Though he is a widely known werewolf with lots of power, his two fathers won't allow him to become alpha until he mates with his fated mate. Tanner also wanted to find his mate and have what his parents had as well: Love and affection. But the two are fated mates, but could Tanner accept Justine being a raccoon shifter? Could Justine give his only known life of just survival to Tanner?

Everyone at school knows Andrew Jennings. Missing an arm. Openly gay. But when he meets star athlete Ryan Sullivan in therapy, can friendship lead to more? ***** When Andrew 'Jacky' Jennings ends up in therapy after an English assignment gone wrong, he doesn't expect to find his high school's star athlete, Ryan Sullivan, sitting in the same waiting room. After all, he and Ryan couldn't be more different: football captain, future valedictorian, and all-around nice guy, Ryan is the school's golden boy, while Andrew is known for his permanent snarl, being openly gay, and losing his left arm (along with his father and sister) in a car accident. But when Andrew learns they actually have a lot in common, he's surprised to see past the enigma that is Ryan Sullivan and his seemingly perfect life. And as the two boys begin to connect over their shared grief, depression, and teenage angst, they might just discover a little pocket of happiness for themselves -- if they're willing to fight for it. [Word count: 100,000-150,000 words] Cover designed by Lily Taylor Please read the 'Introduction' for a full list of content/trigger warnings

"I didn't ask to be this way!" "What's wrong with it?" Kegan laughed dryly, amazed by the stubbornness of the Alpha. "What's wrong with being weak and used as a breeding tool? Take a wild guess!" he snarled. "You aren't what they made you. Not here," Calix said, trying to get the Omega to see his reasoning. "I will never be anything but what they made me." ••• Kegan has been raised in a pack where he was taught that he was nothing and looked down on for reasons he was never told. When he is given away to another Alpha as an heir provider, Kegan is convinced he's cursed and will forever live a life of misery and pain. That is, until the pack is raided by the strongest pack in the country and he learns that his soul is tightly intertwined with another's. The only problem is that Kegan doesn't see himself as anything more than an item to be put up for auction, and he's convinced that his mate will never be able to change that piece of him. book cover done by @ishanwadhwa123 !!!!

What do you do when you're given a second chance at life? *** Age 15: Oliver Sallow is shipped to the tiny town of Blissby to live with a new foster family. Finn O'Connell is captain of the football team. Neither of them knows much about the other except for one thing: they have absolutely nothing in common. Age 17: Oliver finds Finn having a panic attack in the library bathroom. They still have nothing in common. They fall in love all the same. Age 18: Oliver breaks up with Finn. Age 18.5: Oliver dies in a motorcycle accident. Six minutes and twenty-four seconds later, he wakes up again to be offered a deal: he will get to spend another twelve months as a guardian angel, neither fully dead nor completely alive. The catch: the person he is assigned to help is none other than Finn O'Connell. Age 19: Two boys, fourteen months of history, and a promise: this time, there can be no falling back in love. (Cover art by @slimmwrites)

Angelo is a rebel with a fiery spirit battling addiction while craving freedom. Elliot, a privileged soul with hidden scars, stands in stark contrast. Fate intertwines their lives, sparking a love filled with intense passion and deep pain, and together, they fight against a world determined to tear them apart, finding solace in each other's arms. Their love, a brilliant flame, faces its ultimate test in a world set on extinguishing it.

A classic love story of a servant and a Prince. His hand loosened and moved up and down Rahis' arm. "You go down to the servant's quarters every night to sleep, right?" Rahis nodded. "How about instead of doing that, you just come to spend your nights with me in my room?" "The other servants would suspect something is up." "Let them suspect, not in a hundred years would they guess what you were doing with me."