Eight-year-old Annelise doesn't remember her real name - or what it means to be safe. Taken from her family and trapped in a nightmare for six long years, she's finally rescued and returned to the people who have been waiting for her all along. The Beaumont brothers each carry their own scars from a past filled with loss and secrets. Together, they embark on a slow, tender journey of healing, trust, and rediscovery-where every unlocked door holds the chance for Annelise to reclaim what's been stolen from her.

Astrid is running from a monster, the man who kidnapped her and forced her to breed his heirs. But she's escaped his clutches. Finding herself fleeing across countries with heavy baggage she finds her self dropped on the compound of the Viking Warriors by a glorious stroke of fate. Vidar has always dreamed of finding his Goddess, his other half. But what will he do when he finds out his destined other half has more than he ever bargained for. Will the great Vidar finally find love, or will Astrid fail in finding him? Read to find out... I can't move swiftly enough as I drop down to my knees to pick her up. Gazing at her face, I loop one arm under her knees, the other over her back. She's as cold as death, and barely conscious. Her pale grey eyes gaze at my with a strange combination of trust and terror. I gently pull her closer to me. "Shhh love, I got you now." "L-Liam..." Her voice shudders and her lips tremble, the cold has seeped through into her bones, and she's so tiny anyway she must be permanently cold. Walking towards the car for the baby I pull her closer to my chest. She's now flitting in and out of consciousness, but, as I hold her closer- hoping my body can give her some warmth- I feel the bump, small and distinct. Panic grips me. She's pregnant? But that baby can't be more than 9 months? In her white T-shirt I can see the bruises and cigarette burns littering her pale skin. Whatever has happened to her is beyond awful. But I'm here now. I've got her.

Solienne (n.) - a name evoking sunlight after ruin; the quiet resilience of something lost, yet still burning. Isabella Moretti was kidnapped when she was three years old. She doesn't remember the brothers who loved her. And they don't know the girl she's become. Living under a new name in a quiet city, Isabella is a survivor-sharp-eyed, secretive, and always prepared to run. But when she transfers to a prestigious academy, two of the school's most feared students take notice: Antonio and Francesco Moretti. Cold, calculating, untouchable-until now. They don't know why they're drawn to her. Why she feels like something familiar. Why their guarded silence begins to crack around her laugh, her pain, her presence. They have no idea she's the sister they've mourned for years. And Isabella? She has no idea she's walking straight back into the family that never stopped searching. Solienne is a story of blood that remembers, even when memory doesn't-of lost things finding their way home, and love that endures even when the truth is buried in silence.

People always say I have the kind of lips that make you stare, soft, full, the kind that look like they belong in a glossy ad. And with my face, I guess I could get away with a lot more than I do. But I don't. I've never been that girl. I've always been quiet, a little shy, the kind who stays in her own little world. At least, I was. Because now, there's Toni Laurent. Charming, confident, and completely off-limits. He's about to become my stepfather, but that doesn't change the way he looks at me, or the way I feel when he does. Innocence doesn't stand a chance against a man like him.

I didn't think my captor would be as maddening as he is captivating. He drags me back to the house I vowed never to return to. He wants answers, and if he needs to, he will rip them out of me. I'm broken down piece by piece by every harsh word and every burning touch. But within the confusion, I can't help but crave him, the way he observes me, the way he controls me. I am consumed by his pain, but also consumed by his presence. I should hate him, Instead I'm falling.

In a world of dominants and submissives, Mila Darcy is a submissive. She knows nothing but a dark, painful loneliness. She despises the idea of taking a test that will supposedly match her with her soulmate. All she wants is to be free. But, life never goes according to plan, especially when a certain cowboy comes into picture. --------- 18+ only Copyright © TheQueenSlushie 2022 Wrote March 5-18

"It is said some lives are linked across time, connected by an ancient calling that echoes through the ages..." -Prince of Persia Vulbogiô, the crown prince from a foreign world. Samantha Riley, a woman with a broken heart. What do these two have in common? Destiny. Their paths chosen by Destiny herself and intertwined together to fulfill a purpose. Cover by monica98

Flying away to another galaxy is part of the plan. Falling for one of its natives is not. *** "If one day you choose to leave me, I'm not sure I will let that happen. I'm not sure I will be able to let you go, I'm not sure I can accept it, and moving on." His hands are moving the thin straps of my sleeping gown, sending it to fall into a puddle around me. "I'm not sure I can use my logic not to force you with all my power to stay with me." He captures me, one hand behind my neck and the other behind my waist. "Do you understand what I'm telling you?" *** 📚 Cover by @xazraex

"Mama!" "Bébé courir!" (Baby run!) The woman screamed in French at her child to run away, the young girl looking at her mother with tears in her eyes. "Non!" (No) She screamed, her eyes widening when she watched her mother, the only family she ever knew, be stabbed through the heart with a sword. The man who did it took the sword out of the mother who lay dead, his evil menacing eyes looking down at the shaking girl as she slowly backed away. "Vous êtes le prochain." (You're next.) -- "P-Prince Elias, I'm a monster.." ... "You create beautiful things. You, my darling, are no monster." ------------------------- After the unfortunate loss of her mother, Renee runs away to a kingdom similar to her own, running from her past. Orphaned, she becomes a maid for the royal family in their castle. But there is more to just her cleaning. Prince Elias is set to be king, even to be married to a princess he doesn't love. But when a young maid comes into his life he falls head over heels. But what happens when Elias finds out about Renee's deep secret and dark past, can he break the ice between them? Murder, romance, mystery, secrets revealed, as well as the story of how two opposites work together. ||Mature language and sexual themes, as well as violence|| # 1 - itsalwaysbeenyou 8/4/21 #10 - cinderellastory 8/8/21 #1 - cinderellastory 11/15/22 #1 - teenagelovers 1/1/24

"A quiet, bookish girl who must overcome horrendous obstacles." • The Steele Family Series - Book 1 • Charlotte Locke-mega geek-has always been in love with her best friend's brother, Christian Steele. What is not to love about the man she deems, "Utterly perfect"? Aside from the fact that he is Bridgewalk's most confirmed player. She wants him with every ounce of her being, but she knows what he is, and she knows this is one mistake she can't afford to make. But what happens when said Player starts to fall for said Geek? Christian Steele-mega player-never noticed Charlotte until that one night in his parents kitchen. It was the night that changed his life forever. The cute, brunette staring up at him through mammoth sized glasses, with her large brown eyes, pouty lips and blush tinted cheeks, it is the image that haunts Christian's every dream. He wants her more than he cares to admit. But what happens what she won't have him? What lengths will he go to get the girl? And what lengths will she go to stop him? Can love truly conquer all obstacles?