Seven dead bodies. One abandoned old morgue and the small town that won't let it go. Welcome to Brookstone Wells. The town where the secrets are whispered through the wind and the clues are found scattered inside the dead bodies. The blood is the ink and the stories being written are worse than your nightmares. **** Seven corpses. Fresh. Intact. Unnamed. And the man who made the discovery? Found dead before the truth could follow. By the time the police arrive, only one body remains. Sebastian Moore. Cold. Unmoving. Holding more questions than answers. The local authorities are desperate to find a thread, any thread to make sense of it. But all clues seem to circle back to a storm that swept through Brookstone Wells one year ago ; a case sealed, a chapter closed. Or so they thought. **** Officer Noah Cooper, a man whose life has been defined by silence, solitude, and chasing shadows that always slip away. Emma Sinclair lives for the thrill of the chase. She's fearless, sharp, and haunted by the past she swore she left behind. They were never supposed to return. Not to each other. Not to this town. But something is calling them back. Back to the town that stole everything. Back to the truth they never dared to face. Back to each other. But Brookstone Wells isn't the same place they left behind. The streets are quieter. The memories sharper. The lies deeper. And someone is watching. Someone who knows every move they'll make because they've seen it all before. And this time, they don't plan on letting anyone leave. *** "Shroud of Our Past" is a haunting psychological thriller about trauma, buried secrets, and the terrifying power of memory. Because in this town, the dead don't stay dead. And the past always finds its way home. Grumpy×Sunshine Small town×Crime #Wattys2025 © All Rights Reserved

A dermatologist with vitiligo discovers her demisexual identity while juggling fake dating, a tangled love triangle, and family pressure to marry-forcing her to choose between conformity and self-acceptance in conservative Bengali society. When Aaheli Chatterjee jets off to Vietnam, to avoid arranged marriage and nosy aunties, a fake dating pact with charming Ayan spirals into something dangerously real. But love gets messy-especially when she faces backlash from Ayan's family and growing feelings for her best friend Tara makes her question her sexuality. Back home, family pressure, viral videos, and a rising queer campaign test everything. In a society where scars run deeper than skin and queerness isn't easily labeled, can Aaheli choose love without losing herself?

He cooks. She craves. But one wrong taste could ruin everything. In the city that never sleeps, their hearts are wide awake and off limits. Will they make it?

Being hopeful that seclusion, nature and a fresh start can bring peace to newly divorced Travis, he begins to live out the next chapter of his life settling into a remote cabin hours from his hometown. A surprise visit from his closest neighbor, Genevieve, seems to be just what he needs to move on. But Travis isn't the only one on this mountain that wants her, and she has a secret she's taking to the grave. In his pursuit of Genevieve, Travis uncovers the mysteries buried in these woods and a love that will haunt him forever.

|| 16x FEATURED || Alana Thornheart, along with the Dragonesian Prince Leon Heirora and four others, must put a stop to a revolution which could possibly bring an end to both humans and Dragonesians. In this futuristic dystopian setting, however, several dangers lie ahead with a possible dark horse within Alana's team. * * * * * The human world has fallen. And now they are being ruled over by Dragonesians, the humanized dragons, who can reside both in their human and dragon forms. They are vicious, cruel, monstrous, and ready to devour anyone who decides to break the Dragonesian Laws. However, Alana Thornheart, an eighteen-year-old human girl, is not someone to back down. When she finds out about a certain plan of the Dragonesians, she sets out to stop a revolution. Surprisingly, the Dragonesian prince, Leon, who claims to despise the member of his own species, follows Alana suit. Would Alana, along with a few others who are seeking justice and freedom, succeed, or would they ultimately fall into a deeper abyss of darkness? * * * * * 🏆1st Place in: 13 Awards 🥈2nd Place in: 6 Awards 🥉3rd Place in: 4 Awards [Word Count: 87,000-88,000] [Cover and banners created by @stxrry-nights]

💔 She thought her life was perfect... until she found a single strand of black hair on her husband's jacket. Juliet Voss had it all: a loving husband, two beautiful children, and the kind of life most women only dreamed of. He wasn't rich-but her father gave him a job, a future, a family. And just like that... One hair. One lie. One perfect illusion shattered. If her marriage is built on betrayal, what else is he hiding? What will she do when she learns the truth? 💎 THE BLACK STRAND - A slow-burn domestic suspense about secrets, lies, and the woman who won't stay silent. 👉 Add to your library now. ✅✅New chapter everyday✅✅ By Roniiaa 🩷 2025 Ranking: #1 viralstory #1 Lies #1 cheating #1 newrelease #2 betrayal

Book One of the Eldoria Chronicles. When Adair Delphicai, last king of the Kaels, is betrayed and cast into slavery, he expects to die nameless in the depths of the Varanthian Empire's ore mines. But fate has other plans. Beneath the surface, where goblins toil under orders from cruel task masters, Adair finds unexpected allies amongst these long scorned and misunderstood people. Together, they spark a rebellion. But the Empire is vast, its magic ancient, and its cruelty knows no bounds. As Adair leads a growing resistance, he must face the dark sorcerer of Roth, and the shadows of his own past.

| | Wattys 2025 Shortlist | | Ambys 2025 Grand Favorite | | Iris is the oldest of a group of orphans, working hard and without complaint to help bring in money to feed and clothe the younger children. Everybody knows and loves her. She wants nothing more than a normal, safe life―but war looms on the horizon, threatening her plans. Char is a dragon and a certified troublemaker. He and his brother are a pain in their commanding officer's side and a favorite at parties, especially among the girls. But when Char's familiarity with humans earns him a routine scouting mission, he meets Iris―and finds more trouble than he ever expected. She's suddenly at the center of a war, shackled with a magical amulet she doesn't understand and can't control. He's too impulsive to stay out of the tangled web tightening around her, even if that means lying to his brother and risking his life to keep her out of the hands of a psychotic mage. Nowhere is safe. Nothing is normal. And Iris may hold the power to end the war and save them all. ***** A Song and a Storm: Book One

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"The Vows We Never Chose" by Yuvi is a heart-wrenching tale of love, loss, and the cruel twist of fate. She married a man who never loved her ,a husband whose words cut deeper than silence and whose heart was a locked door she could never open. Just when she thought she had accepted her lonely reality, tragedy struck. A fatal car accident shattered their world, leaving her a widow... and soon after, a mother-to-be. Caught between the weight of her unborn child and the expectations of a grieving family, she finds herself bound by a new set of vows ,not of love, but of duty. The elder brother of her late husband, a man cold as ice and distant as a forgotten dream, is forced into a marriage of convenience with her. What begins as a forced union, stitched together by heartbreak and family pressure, slowly unravels hidden emotions and unspoken truths. Can two broken souls, united by loss and bound by unwanted promises, ever find a way to heal? In a world where choices are stolen and hearts are left bleeding, will their reluctant vows ever transform into something real?