After almost two decades without a word, Oliver - her best friend turned first love - suddenly reappears in the one place Emma never expected: her agency. Once inseparable, little more than strangers now, the look in his eyes makes it clear he hasn't forgotten - or forgiven - the past. Is it hate? Or something far more complicated? A tense, slow-burn second-chance office romance haunted by resentment, unfinished history, and feelings neither of them ever truly left behind.

1953, USSR. We meet Ivan, an MGB agent who always followed the rules and admired the Soviet government and hated anyone who appeared to be against the motherland. Until he starts looking closer into the cracks of the mask of his government and finds the horrors amongst horrors.

In the heart of London, a struggling family restaurant, with a bad reputation from it's grimy history in Utah, is being reborn as a nightclub. It's staff-a couple of lost men and misfits, are unaware that they're the latest recruits for a man that has held transient consequences, except there were one?

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She's known him her whole life. The boy who teased her, protected her, and was always off-limits. He was never supposed to be more than her best friend's brother. But somewhere between late-night conversations, familiar laughter, and stolen glances that last a second too long, everything begins to change. Loving him means secrets. Silence. Crossing a line she promised she never would. The closer they grow, the harder it becomes to pretend nothing is there because the one person she can't fall for is the one she can't stop thinking about. Some rules exist for a reason, and some are broken before you even realize you've stepped over them. But will she break them..? #11 | temptation #33 | bestfriendbrother #188 | bestfriend #118| teenromance #211| youngadult

In a world where technology has advanced beyond imagination, co-existing with nature harmoniously, humans have evolved and gained abilities called "Talents". Kodeiizee, an 18-year-old girl, lives in isolation. But her life will forever be changed as she enrolled in Aes University of Technology where fragmented pieces of the past begin to show itself to her. Together with her new friends as well as her mentors, she begins to adapt to university, discovering her abilities. However, cracks begun to show itself in the utopia they all are living in. Explore this action-packed world filled with mystery, romance, and science fiction as you dive deeper in this solar-punk future where not everything is what it seems to be.

​Her doctor calls it grief. Zaia calls it terror. ​For three months, Zaia has tried to bury the guilt of the Blackwood Gorge accident that killed her three friends. But the haunting is far from over. When impossible threats of blood and violence begin to manifest only inside her home, Zaia fears her grief has finally fractured her mind. The line between reality and hallucination becomes thin when her next-door neighbor, Kyron, witnesses the same escalating terror. Suddenly on the run, Zaia and Kyron realize they are either sharing a psychological breakdown-or being actively hunted by something that defies the laws of nature. With every road leading to a dead end, their only chance for survival is to head straight back to the one place Zaia swore she'd never see again: the scene of the trauma. To escape the darkness, they must dive into the madness.

Noah - a human commoner, scarred by loss. Syl - an elven princess, chained to a crown she never wanted. He seeks vengeance. She bears duty. Their bond should never exist... Yet it grows, fragile and defiant - against everything they were taught to believe. A lavender field. A spark. A memory that refused to die. Now fate reunites them at the Academy - where every secret cuts deeper than a blade. The boy she knew is gone; in his place stands a man devoured by the past. Syl carries the truth: She was the girl from his past. To confess could shatter him. To stay silent could let the boy she remembers... Be lost forever. Within its walls, mercy is a myth. Trials, loyalties, and whispers force them to choose Between Choices: vengeance or forgiveness, duty or freedom, love or emptiness. Amid ancient enemies and rot beneath crowns, love is the most dangerous choice of all. Will she confess before rage consumes the boy who once held her hand?

It took just one discovery for humanity to fight for survival. One iceblock with a body, with a virus that went undetected, was all it took for a zombie outbreak to take place... It was a special day for Connor and his bandmates; after years of playing in local bars and an garage, they finally had their first tour, in America. Little did they know was that their gig would be a bloodbath... TW: Graphic Violence, Gore, Mutilation, Strong Language, "Cannibalism" (Zombies devouring humans), Mental Health, Body Horror