Assistant District Attorney Alexander Skye has built his career on logic and the certainty of the law. But logic and law fail him when a laboratory fire claims the life of his partner, Li Jing, one of the founders of the tech company Mnemosyne and an early pioneer of memory extraction technology. It was Jing who transformed the once nearly bankrupt startup into the largest commercial supplier of memory extraction devices in California and eventually in the United States. Mnemosyne's equipment not only reshaped the industry but was also adopted by law enforcement to obtain forensic-level "memory-extrapolated evidence." Jing's sudden death forces Skye to confront everything he left behind. Among all of it, nothing is more unbearable than "Vector", an AI research assistant trained on Jing's memories. It has Jing's face, his voice, his subtle habits, and all of his memories. Skye believes that three months should have been enough to learn how to keep living. But when that familiar figure appears before him again as a holographic projection, he cannot step closer, yet he cannot turn away. The grief is bad enough, but when Detective Edmund Burke reveals that Jing was preparing to blow the whistle on a corporate conspiracy before his death, Skye's world shatters again. Was the fire truly an accident? What was Jing hiding from him in his final days? And why are federal agents now tailing Skye's every move? He Who Lived on the Lethe unfolds across a sweeping twenty-one-year dual timeline. As Skye traces the clues Jing left behind, he moves closer to the truth and closer to the man he believed he had already lost.

New chapters every Sunday 10:00AM EST! A stowaway. A stolen ship. A galaxy that doesn't believe in hope anymore. Outer Reaches follows Liam, a reckless optimist whose refusal to accept a broken universe slowly turns survival into rebellion. As he crosses Union borders and cartel space, his belief that everyone deserves to smile begins to challenge systems built on fear, control, and exhaustion.

What begins as a haunting turns into an obsession. Clara Winslow is a bestselling romance author whose marriage is falling apart-and so is her writing. On the night of their anniversary, left alone again, she feels something stir in the shadows. The Ghost in Me is a deeply sensual, emotionally gripping story about love after loss, a desire that defies death, and one woman's descent into heartbreak, lust, and healing. ✧ Hauntingly erotic ✧ Achingly romantic ✧ Unapologetically spicy ♥♥♥ © 2025 L.J. Arden. All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-9916-9933-6-1 Published by: Plotsteller No part of this story may be copied, reproduced, distributed, or adapted without written permission from the author.

The desert is an unforgiving place. For Malaven, her freedom to sail the sands on her skiff with her soulkin companion, Taq is all that matters. The past was dead and gone and it should stay that way. But when her latest shipment of crystal has to be sold at a Coalition outpost, she finds herself entangled in a dangerous plot which threatens her freedom, and what's worse is that her old lover is standing directly in her path. On the other side of the desert, war is brewing.

Hobbit Fanfiction / Alternate Universe Bound by duty, cursed by fate, and entangled in the treacherous politics of kings, Amara of Dorwinion never imagined her life would be anything but the fulfillment of an arranged marriage. Promised first to the Elvenking Thranduil, only to be traded to a dwarven prince she has never met, Amara resigns herself to a future beneath the Lonely Mountain. But when her journey takes a dark turn, and a brush with an ancient wraith leaves her marked by a spreading curse, she learns that her fate is not merely to wed a prince-but to fight for her very soul. Meanwhile, Thorin Oakenshield, still bearing the weight of reclaiming Erebor, wrestles with the responsibilities of leadership. As shadow looms over Middle-earth once more, Amara and Thorin's paths become entwined in ways neither could have foreseen. From the haunted ruins of Dol Guldur to the windswept valleys of Rohan, they must navigate a world where loyalty is tested, alliances are forged in fire, and love is an unbidden force, waiting to claim them both. In this sweeping tale of adventure, betrayal, and destiny, The Untold Tale weaves a story of courage against impossible odds, of love found in the most unexpected places, and of a woman who refuses to be bound by the fate others have written for her.

Mac spent her first birthday with Justin, and now they attend the same college. He's always been like a brother to her--but that was until her buried feelings came up to the surface. Despite her efforts to steer clear of him, Justin and his mom always come over once a week, making it impossible to avoid the growing tension. While battling her romantic feelings she has for him, she faces the toughest decision yet: exposing the betrayal his mom committed. This is the worst dilemma to be in. How is she going to break the news to the ones that she loves most?