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A Dove's Tale by katiegoesmew
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All Ivetta wants is a steady paycheck and consistent hours. Her mother's health is failing fast, and she has to earn enough money to keep paying the mounting doctor's bills. Getting a job as a palace maid seems like the answer she needs, even if she has a long commute. Prince Chevalier, the Second Prince of Rhodolite, has a reputation for being a cruel, heartless monster. If it weren't for her circumstances, Ivetta would have quit after the first day. She never expects him to come to her rescue when disaster strikes. Suddenly, he's the only person with whom she truly feels safe, allowing the roots of an unlikely and impossible romance to take hold. Threats force them closer together, and the mysteries of the past come to bear. A glimmer of hope for a brighter future blossoms in the darkness. Maybe, on the other side of pain and heartbreak, is the fairytale ending Ivetta never dreamed was possible. ***** Estimated reading times: Act 1: The Maid (14 hours, 44 minutes) Act 2: The Intermission (4 hours, 53 minutes) Act 3: The Princess (11 hours, 57 minutes) Act 4: The Queen (7 hours, 29 minutes)
Akarshika || Mahabharat by KanhaiyakiSakhi9112
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╰┈➤𝗔𝗸𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗸𝗮 || 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 ๋࣭ ⭑ᥫ᭡. She was a princess, a beautiful princess who captivated all, with her ebony eyes sparkling like stars, her lips adorned with confidence, her long hair resembling a beautiful waterfall and her truly charming aura was something else. But it wasn't just beauty, it was also her intellect, which matched her father, Shakuni, the mastermind. In her peaceful life, love found it's way towards her heart and she fell in love, it was like an beautiful spell, giving her joy, serenity and a beautiful sweet smile grew wide on her lips. But love also brought overthinking, jealousy and anxiety to her, she started self doubting, anger consumed her which left mistakes and more mistakes, in the epic of Mahabharat Akarshika found herself grappling with guilt, trying her best heal her mistakes, will she able to do it or forever drown in sorrow ? So the daughter of evil will also end up being evil ? Will the princess pay price for her arrogance ? Learn the tale of Mahabharat, through an insecure girl. Cover by :- @-Krishvpuffs_
𝐍𝐚𝐪𝐚𝐚𝐛 | 𝓣𝓪𝓮𝓴𝓸𝓸𝓴 by Twisted_taleso7
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✨ 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 (x9) ༘⋆♡⸝⸝💌⊹。°˖➴ 𝐇𝐞 Changes 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 & 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 at 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭' Behind silk and tradition Jeon Jungkook is the obedient son - quiet, disciplined and bound by family honor. But when darkness falls his, mask slips. He becomes 𝐉𝐊, the unapologetic femboy icon electrifying the underground fashion scene with boldness & rebellion. His double life is flawless...Until Kim Taehyung - mysterious & impossible to ignore - steps into his world! When walls begin to crack and secrets start to spill, Jungkook wonders for the first time : does the mask protect him, or does it cage him? In a world where truth 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 everything and love demands surrender, will Jungkook find the courage to let himself be seen? Or will his heart remain hidden beneath the mask? Two identities! One heart! Can love survive the mask? ༘⋆♡⸝⸝💌⊹。°˖➴
Something's Weird  by Liliyan_orsha
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𝙎𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨. 𝙎𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜? 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦... 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺. "𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒍, 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎. 𝑵𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓... 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. " Life was peaceful until it changed. When Emma moved with her family to a quiet corner of Italy, she carried both joy and unease in her suitcase. A new place, a new beginning. But fate had written her a story unlike any other. Because something... no, someone was watching her. And the day they met, the ordinary turned to strange. The strange became sweet. And the sweet & deliciously painful. Step into a tale where romance slow-burns like candlelight, mysteries crawl beneath moonlit floors, and shadows whisper in beautiful Italian gardens. Let's fall into something special. Something weird. Something haunting. Something unforgettable... 🥇1st place won
Between Life and Death by ella_rowan
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𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 Ever have a night out go wrong? After a disastrous evening, Julian takes a taxi ride to nowhere, and wakes up in the Afterlife. Now he has to navigate the Afterlife legal system, avoiding the worst punishment that can be meted out - going Back. It would all be a lot easier if he hadn't unexpectedly fallen in love with a boy named Noel, who seems to be headed for the eternal bliss that Julian has been denied. And nothing in this lovely serene Afterlife seems to work correctly for Julian, either. Is the Cosmos mistaken? AWARDS 🏆Winner in Fanfiction - Celestia Cove Awards 2024 💛Judge's Special Choice in Romance - League of Littérateurs 2023 🎗️Semi Finalist - Rose Gold Awards 2023 ✨Shortlisted in Fanfiction - NanoWatt Awards 2023 35 Major Prizes FEATURED 📖 Newly Written Books - Your Greatest Fan: Fanfiction (04/04/2023) 📖 FreeTheLGBT - Other Worlds (02/07/2023) 📖 CupidOnTour - Fanfiction (27/08/2023) 📖 Project_Athena - Fandom Favorites: Fanfiction (06/01/2024) 📖Fanfic - 18 Romance Stories We Are Obsessed With (30/011/2024) 20 x Featured RANKINGS #1 in themightyboosh #1 in noelian #1 in julianbarratt #1 in standupcomedy #1 in legaldrama Cover design by @AnnamitaMuscaria
Lucy in Avalon // Lindensea 3 by ella_rowan
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𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝙍𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙪𝙚 Thirteen-year-old Princess Lucy of Lindensea longs for adventure - but in her quiet life behind castle walls, the only excitement the budding author ever finds is in the pages of her own novel. Her fictional heroine, Princess Lucinda, is daring enough to lead the thrilling life Lucy can only dream about. Then an unexpected invitation arrives, offering Lucy a summer in the faraway Lakelands. There, she discovers not only the freedom she's imagined, but a friendship with someone who changes the way she sees the world - and herself. At Castle Avalon, Lucy finds her own kind of magic and Princess Lucinda's story takes an unexpected new turn.
✿⋆·˚❀˚·⋆✿ Dancing around the truth ✿⋆·˚❀˚·⋆✿ by MultistanDownBad
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No one meant to start a revolution. It just sort of... happened. It begins with a hoodie. A crush. An accidental viral post. And suddenly, Byun Eunji is the face of the school's favorite new obsession: a quiet stranger named Nicholas who saved her from a very public period emergency. But what starts as a harmless mission to find her "café guy" spirals into something much bigger-uncovering a school-wide performance system designed to control, evaluate, and erase students one by one. Eunji, her older brother EJ, and the mysterious Nicholas find themselves in the middle of a system that wants them invisible. So they do the one thing they were never supposed to do: Make noise. Secrets are unraveling. People aren't who they say they are. And Eunji? She's just trying to survive high school, one suspicious dance step at a time. Romantic, sharp, and unexpectedly real, Dancing around the truth is a story about finding your voice, choosing your people, and what happens when visibility stops being a weapon-and becomes power. Cover by @-happyduckiee
A Memory of Starfires by Aravis-Brightspell
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Secrets abound within the walls of the old Elburke mansion, where 16-year-old Kari Miyazaki works as a part-time gardener, unaware of the events that would soon entwine her fate with its not-so-ordinary occupants. For nothing is what it seems with her eccentric employer, or the elusive young master of the house, or for that matter, the new transfer student at her school. Taren Leinier had sworn never to see her again, if it meant keeping her away from the inherent dangers of his razor-edged world. But after several years, he finds himself a student at Kari's school--and back into her life. For death's icy fingers had finally found her, and his enemies will stop at nothing to destroy all those he loves, to possess a terrible power that can bring the world to its knees. Cover layout and design: Aravis Brightspell Cover photos - credits to the original artists https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1151936410921437728/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/238690848970799076/
Hues Of Death  by Saloni3465
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The café was half-empty. Late evening. "You look like you've been reading something interesting," Ji-Woon said, nodding at the psychology book on the table. Woojin didn't smile. "Just definitions." "Of?" "Human patterns. Behavioral disorders. That kind of thing." Ji-Woon stirred his iced americano lazily. "So... psychopath or sociopath?" Woojin's eyes lifted. "Psychopaths are born cold. Sociopaths are made cruel." "And which are you?" "Neither. I just observe." Ji-Woon grinned. Not wide. Just crooked. "You don't believe in diagnosis?" "I don't believe in labeling weapons." Silence. Outside the window, a girl walked a white dog. Inside, the espresso machine hissed. Ji-Woon tapped his glass once against the table. "People talk about morality like it's a compass. I think it's a lockpick. The better you are at pretending to care, the more doors you open." Woojin tilted his head. "So which door did Choi Hyun-Seok open?" A pause. Ji-Woon's smile didn't falter, but his fingers froze briefly. "I think he picked the wrong one." "Unfortunate." "Mm. For him, at least." More silence. This one heavier. --- They don't become friends. Not immediately. They orbit each other. Test each other. Masked in casual conversation. Woojin senses Ji-Woon is dangerous-not in a physical way, but socially. Ji-Woon senses Woojin is cold-unreachable. Not like the others. And both of them? They don't trust each other. But neither can look away. But when a detective turns up dead, both boys are tied to the shadow left behind. Not by evidence. Not by motive. But by the way they watched. One of them crossed the line. And the other might have opened the door. Two monsters. One body. No witnesses. Who betrayed who first? Warning: This work is fictional and do not intend to resemble any living person and actual location. Credits : @Rosy_Posy_Cozy for book cover
Ancilla (BDSM) (18+) by SeraDrake
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She had it all - riches, a college scholarship, a girlfriend - until her conservative, hyper-religious parents found out about the girlfriend and made her choose between conversion therapy and disownment. That was the end of her academic career. Three years later, she met a shy public reference librarian in a bookstore. He'd been waiting his whole life for her. Meanwhile, she was starting her whole life over. What ensued between the two was magic. Given that he was about to become her tutor in the magickal and erotic arts, that was only to be expected. But at what cost? The mysterious older man was all she could ever have wished for, but she might need to choose between her developing identity and the most profound love she had ever known. ════════════════════════════════════ "Magic and philosophy sandwiched in between some of the hottest scenes I've read in recent years... Loved it!" - Hannah Gonzalez, Reedsy Discovery "Love is brutal, bloody, and ecstatic in this passionate romance... BDSM afficionados will love it... A richly imagined, lurid love story that's not for the faint of heart. (Our verdict: Get it!)" - Kirkus Reviews 🏆 Wattpad Accolades: 100+ indie awards since its January 2024 launch; featured in 4 Ambassador profile booklists, including AfterDark, Romance, and LGBTQ+