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Withered Lavender by YourGuardianAngelx
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Millie Blackwood came to Pembroke University looking for a fresh start. Instead, she finds whispered rumours of a secret society that may not even exist, strangers who seem to know far too much about her, and four men who have been watching from the shadows long before she ever arrived. Every encounter feels orchestrated. Every coincidence feels deliberate. Every step she takes draws her deeper into a game she never agreed to play. At Pembroke, nothing is accidental. They know her name. They know her past. They know the parts of her she keeps buried. And they have no intention of letting her leave. •.•.• A dark academia romance featuring obsessive love interests, secret societies, gothic mystery, psychological tension, possessive heroes, and a slow-burning "why choose" romance. •.•.• This story is intended for mature readers (18+). This is a work of fiction and does not romanticise or endorse harmful behaviour in real life.
Broken Winter || 18+ by PwincessRukiii
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"I-im sorry please don't hurt me" I whimper as he steps towards me with slow steps. "You fucking ran, what did I say would happen if you did?" He seethes. I dont answer staring at him in fear. ♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡ "𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞." ♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡ ⋆. 𐙚˚࿔ Broken Winter 𝜗𝜚˚⋆ "P-please don't," I sob. Zayden stood behind me, one hand gripping my shoulder to keep me in the chair, the other holding a sharp pair of scissors. "It's just a haircut, darling," he said with a dark smile. "P-please. You know how much I love my hair," I begged. He lowered his head until his lips were close to my ear, his voice dropping to a murmur. "And that's exactly why I'm going to cut it," he whispered with a smirk. ♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡ Winter is an innocent girl, sheltered by her father most of the time she barely interact with the outside world. It all ends when a man enters her life kidnaps her and decides shes his victim for his revenge. Will Winter escape him? ♡♡♡ Zayden wants vengeance for his sister. Instead of taking revenge from Winters father he takes her. Why? Because she simply took his interest at first sight. Will zayden be satisfied once his revenge is complete?
Reverie by tokyosmain
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𝐆𝐈𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐀 𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐎, a young girl who's never known stability. Raised by a reckless, unstable mother, she spent her childhood caught between drug runs and police raids, ruining her right for a normal childhood. One night when her mother goes missing, Giulia's whole life changes... again. Will being under the guardianship of her new older brothers give her a chance at normalcy in her life or will they cause even more mess than before? Healing isn't easy and trust doesn't come free. ☆ ☆ ☆ As I lied there in the hospital bed with a pounding headache, practically suffocating me while barely conscious, I heard that familiar, raspy, deep, sleep deprived voice that I've recently come to find comfort in. "Nessuno oserà toccarti di nuovo senza perdere le mani, amore," they whispered. (No one will dare touch you again without losing their hands, love.) I felt two hands hold my face with a soft kiss on my forehead. Their rough and large hands a contrast to their gentleness. The comforter over me shuffled as the familiar person brought them up to my chin and tucked me in. "Riposati ora sei al sicuro, bambina," they murmured, stroking my hair. Before I knew it, simply the presence of them reassured me as I felt myself drift off again into a deep sleep. (Rest now, you're safe, baby). ☆ ☆ ☆ 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄 (noun): a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.
Mafia's Lost Princess by andy1995
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When my mother died, I thought I was alone in the world. I never expected to find out she'd been hiding something-an entire family. A father I never knew. Brothers I've never met. All of them part of a dangerous mafia I was never supposed to find. Curiosity pulled me to them. Fear made me run. But now they know I exist-and the mafia doesn't let go of what's theirs.
All It Stands For by BETS5Y
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After her mother's unexpected passing, Gemma is sent to live with a group of strange men who don't seem overly fond of her being there. Their secrets, their strange rules and behaviour make Gemma want to run; to hide, to go back in time to when everything felt safe again. But life doesn't always play the way's expected, and Gemma's life of before can only stay as that: in the past. Top Rankings: 6/11/2025: #1 in grief 7/1/2026: #1 in friendship 9/1/2026: #2 in siblings 13/1/2026: #1 in mystery 1/2/2026: #2 in selectivemutism 7/4/2026: #2 in brothers 8/4/2026: #1 in anxiety
Dead Run | 18+ by WrittenbyMelisa
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She came to burn the cartel down and save her sister. Instead, she became the prisoner of the most brutal enforcer in the cartel. The man who has every reason to hate her. The man who plans to break her piece by piece before he kills her. But when the cartel turns on them both, the hunter and his prey are forced to run together into the merciless desert. Hunted, dehydrated, and one wrong move away from slitting each other's throats. In the burning sand, survival is hell. Trust is suicide. And hate has never burned hotter. Dead Run Some devils you run from. Some devils... you run with. --- Highest rankings: #1 in cartel #1 in desert #1 in hatelove #1 in assassin #1 in hiding #2 in angst #3 in slowburn
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝑻𝒐 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 [✓]  by ooooooYaraooooo
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ᴀʀᴀʙᴇʟʟᴀ ᴏꜰ ᴠᴀʟᴏɪꜱ A princess raised on stories of love, soft, gentle, and kind. Yet she grows up in a world that teaches her the opposite. Trapped in duty and expectations, she begins to wonder if love is something real... or just another fairytale meant to comfort lonely hearts. ʟᴜᴄɪᴇɴ ᴍᴏɴᴛᴀɢᴜᴇ A duke carved from cold authority and silence. A man who learned early that emotions are a weakness and love is nothing more than a distraction for the foolish. He does not believe in soft endings, nor does he seek them. When their worlds collide through fate and obligation, neither of them is prepared for what follows. Two hearts shaped by opposite truths. One bound by duty. The other by control. And when they are forced onto the same path...will they learn to understand each other? Or will they only destroy everything in their way? ⋆.˚✨️༘⋆ ⋆All Rights Reserved⋆
𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 | 𝟏𝟖+ by marcellacrist
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The Damned Dynasty Series 𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭. ❛ You spent a decade begging God for my attention, malyshka. Now you're on your knees for it. So don't choke on the darkness you were so desperate to taste... ❜ explicit smut in my very dark books, be aware of what you're reading.
Entwined  by cheriemonclair
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"You're unwanted goods." Those words haunted Aurarìa Devouire for as long as she could remember. At just eighteen years old, she escapes the only place she's ever known-a place that was never truly a home. Carrying nothing but a suitcase, painful memories, and a dream she's held onto for years, she boards a plane to Italy in search of a fresh start. But some dreams come with a price. Giovanni Ricci is twenty-one years old, feared across Sicily as the ruthless head of one of Italy's most powerful mafia families. Cold. Calculating. Untouchable. To the world, he's a man with blood on his hands and no room in his heart. Yet beneath the intimidating exterior lies someone few have ever had the chance to know. When fate throws them together, their worlds collide in ways neither of them expected. Secrets begin to unravel, loyalties are tested, and danger lurks around every corner. As feelings deepen, they discover that love isn't always enough to protect the people you care about. Will Aurarìa uncover the truth about the life she's left behind? Can Giovanni protect the one person who makes him want to become a better man?
DEVIL MINE| 18+ by morallyblackcupid
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Loving him wasn't meant to hurt. Sebastian Cole was my first everything. My childhood best friend, my high school sweetheart, and the boy I gave my heart and my body to. Then he vanished without a word, leaving me with memories that felt like lies. Years later, I serve him a drink in a town I randomly chose, in a life I never wanted. He looks the same, feels the same, and is still swearing I'm his. I tell myself I'm stronger now. That I won't fall. I'm wrong. Because I don't know that he's powerful, ruthless, or that people whisper his name like a warning. By the time I learn the truth about who he really is, it's too late to run. Loving him again will cost me everything. I will soon learn the difference between a broken heart, and a cage disguised as paradise. <<<This is a toxic dark romance about obsession, betrayals, and the kind of love that survives only after the antihero makes sure there's no other option.>>>>