Tales of beauty, longing, and the shadows within. Featuring "Desert Rose", a sultry retelling of Mark Antony and Cleopatra's passionate love affair, told from his perspective.

In a world where secrets are deadly and trust is a luxury,Lena Mendoza is on a mission to uncover the truth behind her parents' mysterious deaths. Desperate for answers, she lands a job at V.E.I.L, a covert organization with more ties to her past than she could ever imagine. As she dives deeper into her investigation,Lena crosses paths with Liam, the older brother of her best friend, and discovers they share a dark connection-Operation Blackthorn, the mission that claimed both their parents' lives. With danger lurking at every turn, Lena must rely on her skills and newfound allies, including her close friend William, to navigate the treacherous waters of espionage and betrayal. But as tension builds and secrets unravel,Lena and Liam find themselves drawn to each other, their simmering attraction threatening to complicate their mission. In this high-stakes game of deception, can they uncover the truth without losing themselves-or each other-along the way?

You and Gojo have a tangled history, one woven with intimacy and shared secrets. But fate had other plans, cruelly intertwining Gojo with your best friend Akari in marriage. Despite this, his heart remains tethered to you, yearning and torn. Now, as Akari carries his child, the air crackles with unspoken desires and forbidden temptations. The question hangs heavy: will he betray his wife for a love that refuses to die, or will he relinquish you to honor his vows? note: Include mature language and adult content, do not read it if you're under 13 🥇geto 🥈gojoxreader #satorugojoxReader #jjk

In seventeen years, no one has dared to approach it. Isis had been very clear. Do not come near or you will likely know the fate of your predecessors. Thus, in seventeen years, no one has dared to make a move. But rules are made to be broken, right? At least that's what Pearl, the daughter of the last person that attempted to reach the Rose Island herself, and her friends think. This may be a quest of dreadful and risky adventures for her friends but for Pearl, it's about more than that. Will she find answers about her mother, especially as to why she abandoned her when she was only an infant to attempt joining the island? This is personal to her, but everything quickly gets complicated when they have no choice but to make this trip with their enemy.

After the death of Lester Tremor, Darwin manages to save Jeeves from a similar fate on the top floor of the Nomad Hotel. They escaped with their lives and their trusty Plymouth Barracuda, the 'Cuda, and flee up North. Ten years later, they are given a job that calls them back to California, where their target is also the target of the Nazarian Brothers. Two enigmatic Vampire Hunters, determined to get this hit as the pool is drying up in the Valley. Their target tells them that the vampires are fleeing away from humans as something else is coming. As they try to puzzle put what he meant, hell breaks loose in the San Fernando Valley as the dead begin coming back to life and can walk in the daylight.

[WATTYS 2024 SHORTLIST] Lucan Thurst, an alchemist shackled to his obsessions, seeks the unattainable: immortality. In the heart of Burnell Academy he toils away--pieces of himself lost until the line between human and other is blurred beyond recognition. Meanwhile, long-time friend and scientific rival, River Kim, believes death is not the body's end, and a heart stopped may yet beat again. Nearing the completion of his medical degree, River intends to prove immortality lies not in elixirs but in the resilience of flesh. As their friendship fractures around them, the two men must learn to work together in order to achieve their goal. Both keen on being the first to alter the course of medical science. Both utilizing one another's secrets to their own advantage. But, when those secrets are whispered into the dark, Lucan and River will learn a harrowing truth: it is the dark that always listens. For fans of dark academia: Frankenstein, The Secret History, The Haunting of Bly Manor