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To Hold a Falling Star by softyhartz
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Madelyn Chung is one of the best clinical psychology PhD students Harvard has ever seen - the most controversial, too. After discovering a data fraud conducted by Harvard's star faculty, Dr. Charlotte Shelby, her future career seems uncertain as whispers accuse her of being a burdensome whistleblower. With a potential groundbreaking research project in the line, she is appointed to work with Dr. Alex Manning, Harvard's young neuroscientist and professor who revolutionized several research in his field. A life-changing opportunity for Maddie - but she must deal with the fact that Alex was one of Charlotte's past collaborators, and his career was at stake because of the scandal. Maddie has always been careful when trudging through the endless hours of clinical shifts and research. But when she doesn't know if the longing stares from Alex every time he tries to make her life harder are an indication of hatred, or if they mean something else, she starts to feel unprepared. Because Maddie knows she is a falling star, and if she holds onto the fragile trust between her and Alex too tightly, she will only fall harder.
The Necromancer by ReniAbsolute
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The Necromancer is a dark fantasy tale of death, power, and consequence-where a man who commands the dead must decide whether he's defying fate... or becoming its instrument.
The Breath of Aethriel: A Crown of Storms by MBarker
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Content Warning (18+): This book contains explicit, graphic sexual content, including scenes and references to sexual assault, as well as graphic violence and gore. Intended for readers aged 18 and over. Please read at your own discretion. She ran from a crown-straight into a storm that chose her. BOOK ONE of The Breath of Aethriel Princess Serétha has spent her life being polished, paraded, and prepared to become a political sacrifice - a sacred "union" meant to bind kingdoms under the gods' gaze. But on the eve of her fate being sealed, Serétha runs. The wilds beyond the palace are not freedom - they are hunger, cruelty, and the kind of darkness stories never warn you about. And Serétha isn't just being hunted by men who believe they own her... she's being pulled toward something she doesn't understand - something old, forbidden, and waking inside her blood. A thief with too much charm. A prince with a devotion sharp enough to cut. A world ruled by gods who do not forgive. Serétha wanted a choice. Now she has one - and it might burn Aethriel to the bone.
The Missing O'Malleys by SophieRS
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Kidnapped at two and raised in the foster system, triplets Cian, Nessa, and Eamon grew up surviving alongside their found-siblings Maeve and Declan. At seventeen, they're dragged back into the world they were stolen from-an Irish mafia family that never stopped searching for them. Now the five teens must face a new life filled with secrets, danger, and forbidden tension.
Below the Signal by schma10
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Set against the gritty pulse of late-90s counterculture in Baton Rouge, Below the Signal follows four misfits employed by a company known as Harper-Kline Investigations. Founded in 1948, Harper-Kline officially hunts, archives, and eliminates supernatural dangers that poses a threat to humanity. Unofficially, however, the company recruits rejects, former criminals, and psychopathic misfits as a way to rehabilitate troubled minds. Take these losers, for example: Tessa Beauvais: A debt-ridden witch more concerned with finances than the supernatural. Elias Nilssen: A desk-napping third-generation monster hunter who couldn't care less about the family business. Rafe: A contract-bound rogue whose unpredictability makes him dangerous to allies and enemies alike. Shailene Inoue: A bored oracle whose hunger for adrenaline led her to escape a conversion camp. Fortunately, under the eye of their supervisor, Dr. Lucien Briar, the quartet is assigned with appears to be a routine child-abduction investigation after it dominates national headlines. The strange detail: a missing mother of two was last seen obsessed with Mirthwood Hollow, a forgotten 1980s children's TV program filled with life lessons, quaint folklore, and unsettling symbolism. As the team investigates, the case grows stranger by the hour. Footage of Mirthwood Hollow is unstable as parents who watch it decades ago recall episodes no one else does. Symbols embedded in the show's set design match occult signatures Harper-Kline has long classified as extinct. Witness timelines warp, interviews contradict themselves, and the investigation begins to behave like a trap set decades earlier. With the Baton Rouge Police Department refusing to interfere further, the quartet must figure out who - or what - created Mirthwood Hollow, why the missing parents were targeted, and how a seemingly innocent TV show became a conduit for something that has finally resurfaced.
Cross Over by ReniAbsolute
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The universe tried to protect us. Its final safeguard? It became a prison for humanity. Jason's morning should've been ordinary. But his coworkers are disappearing. And something behind the glass is whispering his name. Only Jason remembers the screams. Only he remembers the bodies. Only he sees the cracks spreading through reality. Each loop grows louder. Time is breaking. Judgment is coming for all. *This is my original work, and the full story is available on Kindle!* *Want to join a community to chat about the story? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4XT5WRY https://discord.gg/jB7sSEHS
From France to America: a Journey of Strength by Mlissa534070
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Hi, my name is Melissa. I've never considered myself a strong person, but I didn't realize that at the time. I always struggled to keep a job, never really understanding why happiness seemed so elusive. I thought I was content, unaware that I was, in fact, struggling. I know what you might be thinking, but please, keep reading. Something happened to me during my first year of working at 16 that changed my life forever. It hurt me in ways I couldn't fully comprehend, and while that pain has lessened over time, it shaped the person I've become-someone stronger than I ever imagined I could be. What I thought would destroy me instead pushed me to move to another country, a place where I barely knew the language. At just 24 years old, despite my parents' concerns and their insistence that I shouldn't go alone, I embarked on this journey by myself. Up until then, I had often hidden behind my parents, relying on them to face the world for me. But the events of my past forced me to confront life head-on. I didn't realize it at the time, but I was hiding from the world, keeping my head down, and avoiding the challenges that came my way. But now, I'm ready to share my story, lift my head, and face the world with courage. It's been a journey full of unexpected twists, and I promise you-it's going to get interesting.
The Veiled Blades by JMCalderas
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When the fire took everything from Zac Virell, it left only ash, guilt, and a city collapsing under its own corruption. Sanctum's Reach is rotting from the inside-its guilds, courts, and guards bought and broken. But when a shadowed figure known only as The Elder offers Zac a place in the Veiled Blades, a secret order sworn to cut out the rot, he's given something he never expected: A second chance. A purpose. A war worth fighting. As Zac descends into the city's underworld, he uncovers betrayals, buried truths, and a darkness inside himself far more dangerous than any criminal. If he can't control it... ...it will consume everything he has left. In the neon-lit ruins of Ravencross, Zac must choose: Become the city's last hope- or its next ghost.