[COMPLETED] "Love can be cruel," he mutters. "I thought it would be the reason I would propose, but it's not. Love never wins, does it?" Cruel. Devious. Twisted love. Love can play games, and we just happen to be the pawns. We play our moves strategically like a game of chess, until it comes to this moment. We can let the world separate us, stop us, pull us apart. We can let this old love between us fray at the edges. If love is a game, then Cato and I are destined to lose. "You're right," I whisper. "But love still exists. Even for a moment." His knuckles brush against my waist, before he decides to pull me flush against his chest. We're close, and burning, and his breath feels like electricity on my skin. In his green eyes, I see remnants of the heavens, the northern auroras flashing illuminating inside of them. He holds a new world inside of him, and I long to be the first to discover it. Cato's nose brushes up against mine, the space between our mouths fading like stardust. "Even for a moment," he murmurs my words against me. At once, our tensions release. ─── ·𖥸· ─── One half of her heart belongs to the man from the stars. The other belongs to the man of smoke and ash. Maureen Harradan lives at the bottom tiers of society. Scorned by anyone above her, she finds her fate entwining with Cato Leveque, a wealthy astronaut returning to Earth with new discoveries and secrets. When rumours spread of Cato's uncertain scientific plans, Maureen finds herself working alongside Thomas Smyth, who runs one of the most powerful criminal operations in the city. She must choose which man to believe, and put her entire reputation on the line while running from an unwanted past. Will Maureen's heart choose to follow the man of the stars? Or will she find peace from the criminal of the streets? ─── ·𖥸· ─── Started February 22, 2022 Completed July 9, 2022. 90,000+ words

[COMPLETED] She can save them all. Her people. Her kingdom. Her family. But only if she marries the king of the enemy. Hell breaks loose when 𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐔, princess and heir to the throne, is forced to marry the king of her enemies--a man she despises with her heart and soul. When her protests to the betrothal are rejected by her father, Imogen searches for other ways to cope with her newfound fate. Naive and a little reckless, she finds herself escaping the castle grounds to forget that her life has been signed away. Little does she know, she never has to leave the grounds to find the remedy she longs for. He's everything that a princess should avoid--a mischievous, dangerous thief with a sword. 𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐒 runs from a life he once had. When his past catches up with him, he's offered a way to get back what he lost: sneak inside the castle. With the legend of his thieving reputation crossing the lands, he knows nobody will be able to catch him. No one but a sneaky princess equipped with a bow and arrow. Only in the night do the two come to life. Hearts yearn and emotions run wild, but can their love survive the turbulance of the kingdom's war and her unwanted betrothal?

[COMPLETED] Elowen Neverclove shouldn't be alive. The last of the wyng, she believed she could stay hidden until her dying breath. But safety is a luxury she can no longer afford. Captured by iron chains that promise only pain and death, Elowen is thrust into a world that's been overrun by darkness. To make it worse, she's suddenly bound to an alpha were, something she never wanted, nor did she ask for. Morrow Killian's world is crumbling, and he's willing to tear the world apart to stop it. Across the seven provinces, the blight wreaks havoc, rooting its way deep within his city's walls. With the disease spreading, Morrow's only goal is to protect everything that belongs to him. But when fate forces Elowen into his life, she becomes a distraction that'll certainly take him down. Bound by fate, Morrow and Elowen will discover how cruel their tether to one another can be as their lives swing on a penduleum of death and ash. [BOOK ONE OF THE CURSED WINGS SERIES]

[ON HOLD/REWRITING] ❝You're infuriating,❞ I whisper, bitterness laced through my words. His gaze glimmers, lips curving up with amusement. ❝You're beautiful.❞ And just like that I became a tangled mess of butterflies. • • •

Amelia approached the exit where Derek was standing and without a second thought, Derek hugged her and whispered to her ear, "You make me feel, and I hate it." Amelia pulled away and smirked her cheeks and became red in seconds. "You look beautiful through," he said a little louder to cover all the suspicious glares in the room. ...... Amelia and Derek are two step-siblings with a really strong bond. Their dark and ugly past, their insecurities, and worst fears brought them closer and closer over the years. Derek, as the older one , always had a duty to protect his sister no matter what. Being by her side and never letting her down. What happens when starnge feelings start to appear? Is Derek gonna be by her side , or will he try to do anything so he can dig deep inside him these feelings? Welcome to a different romance fiction with many plot twists. I hope you'll enjoy it <3 -love, nancy

|| 𝐒𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍 »»────── ✩ ──────«« ❝𝑰𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 I write oneshots when I'm bored or when I have sudden inspirations!❞ 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 15th November 2021 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝: ❪ © amourvera, 2021 ❫

❝ we fell in love during the warm, vanilla christmas season ❞ completed ✩ ✩ "Why are you always here?" I asked with my eyebrows furrowed. "I could probably ask the same about you," he says while passing me some money. "Dude. I work here." "Oh, right." ✩ Yvonne finally got her uni winter break that she has been dreading for. But since there are a few more weeks until Christmas, she decided to pass her time by helping her grandma in her bakery. Coincidentally, Ezra has been dying at his soccer practices and his only way of feeling relaxed is stopping by at his favourite bakery. And that's where this Christmas romance starts. ✩ short chapters ✩ a warm, cozy, cuddled up in your sheets christmas love story ─ a christmas special ☾✩ ✩ ❪ © amourvera , 2022 ❫

(COMING SOON) „I thought you didn't want to do that?" 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐧 The fashion designer without past. The woman who either fixes or destroys your life. „Sometimes we have to do things, we don't want" 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 The business man without stories. The man who fucks you either to the seventh heaven or to hell. „If we had opened our eyes we might have realized that we never had a chance to win the game" What happens when they start playing without knowing the rules? ‚𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬'

(COMING SOON) ❧ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧 -------- "On your knees, amore," with one hand I grab his hair, with the other I hold his chin. My head is still buzzing with memories of last night. I know he didn't do it, but I need to show him what he's gotten himself into. I'm no good for him and I'm not sure he realized that. 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐨 The past has marked the young woman forever. Her goal: to destroy all those who made her life hell. All she does is for a world where women have the same rights as men. A world where no one has to be afraid to leave the house at night and where little girls can have a beautiful childhood. She would even give up her happy ending for that, but 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚 has something to say about that, too. -------- ‚𝐌𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'