[𝐌𝐌] ╰┈➤ 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒚. ── For a century, Midgard has rotted from within. The dead do not rest; they rise. Draugr, cursed remnants of the underworld, stalk the realm of mortals and spread Liik --- plague that turns the living into the damned. In desperation, the gods offer divine blessings to chosen humans, demanding unwavering faith in return. With the opening of a gate to the underworld, the kingdom of Ásveldi witnesses their very own undoing. 𝑶𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒍 is no chosen one. As a weather boy among the Blessed Ones, he bears no gift from the gods; only a fierce hope to cure his sister, who teeters on the edge of undeath. He's got a secret, bigger than what anyone could imagine. For a decade, he's lived in the shadows of a lie, pretending to be who he is not. But there is one who has chosen him. The prince of Ásveldi. The man whom no one has seen since the opening of the gate. The one they call 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏. At every turn, every waking moment --- he is there. Watching Odel. And to make matters worse, his hunter squadron gains a new captain, one that makes Odel realize that the hate in his heart isn't just reserved for the undead. For he is 𝑮𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒏𝒊𝒓, the bastard whose name takes after the old Ásveldi children's tale. When his squadron is tasked to travel to the underworld in search of the cure for Liik, Odel must push aside his hatred and work with his sworn enemy to save the realm from hell.

╰┈➤ 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌. ── ☾ 𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒍 sees others as an interference in his life, making his interest in having any social interaction with humans at the bottom of his schedule. Until he met Carson, that is. Killian never planned to be involved with someone like Carson. He hates everything about her, and more importantly, he hates that she gets in the way of his plans. But...maybe a change of plans isn't so bad? ☼ 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒓 thinks that getting into Columbia University was nothing short of a miracle for her. But she's survived for three years just fine. Now in her senior year, she's paired up for an assignment with a man who's the exact opposite of her. Cold, uninterested, and a stickler for his own rules. Carson is used to capturing the hearts of whomever she meets, but her partner becomes a new challenge that will be hard to beat. ── The Sun and Moon are planets that are never supposed to meet. Complete opposites, and yet, the Sun tends to pull the Moon along with its every move. Now that the Sun has seen that the Moon can be brighter with just a little bit of encouragement, the Sun takes on the quest of making the Moon its friend.

[𝐌𝐌] 𝐕𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 & 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐓𝐖𝐎 ╰┈➤ 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓. ── 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐑 - Cocky, unserious, and above all else, crazy attractive. Under a Japanese mafia called the Vipers, the redheaded Sage Fraser works as one of the leader's right-hand men. And he's got a not-so-secret obsession with his boyfriend. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 - Quiet, reserved, and bratty. Finn Becker sees himself as the opposite of his redheaded counterpart. To him, it was a miracle that the two of them ended up together. After all, he hated Sage. But Sage isn't one to back down from a challenge. ── Months ago, the two of them went through hell and back in Chicago. Even acting against a psychopath that caused Finn to lose the majority of his hearing. Adjusting to his new situation poses many difficulties, leaving him to recede from his life and friends. Sage is willing to do anything that will revive the boyfriend he worked two years for from the empty shell who's been by his side. But instead of crafting their love anew, a terrible rift emerges. One that makes them split farther than they have before. And so, the hunt begins. A ruthless game of hide-and-seek.

𝐀 𝐕𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 & 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 ╰┈➤ 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉. ── 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐑 - Manipulative, arrogant, and terrifying. He claims to be a good citizen who helps, all while using non-traditional methods. Eros Montell is an editor-in-chief for a news journal, running the company he's under like his own. No one suspects that the person covering stories on murderers might actually be one too. After firing just nine assistants in only a month, his tenth becomes the one that catches his attention the most. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄 - Pretty, tempting, and headstrong. The former mafia princess who's been tasked with finding the root of the drug cases that have spread around the city like wildfire. Under the guise of an assistant, Mavis Loman becomes acquainted with her boss in more ways than she'd like. Two years after killing her father, she finds herself now entangled with the Vipers. ── The stage is set for them, and the play relies entirely on the trust between the actors. Though, it seems the darkness Mavis is chasing has been beside her all along. She falls into a dangerous game of deceit, one that ropes in her beloved friends too. It's up to her to call the shots that'll make or break her victory.

[𝐌𝐌] 𝐕𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 & 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐎𝐍𝐄 ╰┈➤ 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒚. ── 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄 - Defiant, reckless, and vengeful. Gray Farrow, the blond leader of a nameless underground crew, thrives on chaos. For him, dismantling Chicago's mafias with a flare for destruction is merely a hobby. As a vigilante who revels in the ruin of his enemies, Gray believes himself to be untouchable...until he crosses the wrong man. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐏𝐓𝐎𝐑 - Sarcastic, possessive, and unhinged. Kaz Hirai, the shadow that refuses to quit until what he desires truly belongs to him. He calls himself an admirer rather than a stalker, though he has haunted Gray's every step for four long years. Watching, waiting, and sculpting his muse in silence. And the best part? Gray has no idea he's even there. ── When he finally rids himself of the mafia that screwed him over, Gray turns his attention toward a new rising power; a Japanese syndicate known as the Vipers. Their sovereign is a feared figure. One that people say is a terribly beautiful man with eyes of sapphire blue. The same man whose gaze never strays from his heart's desire. He's the one who watches his muse from the shadows, and sculpts him to be his in the light.

╰┈➤ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒆. ── Twenty-eight-year-old 𝑫𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 has wished for one thing in her life. More. As a reclusive author who dedicates all her time to the books she publishes, Detta feels something is missing. Writing was supposed to be an escape. A way for her to leave the bland life she was living. Detta never meant to be a part of it. After falling asleep on an open document, Detta finds herself in a world so foreign, yet so familiar. It's the very same world that she created. Though, unfortunately for Detta, the novel is no breezy summer romance. There, a ruthless tyrant is raiding the lands in search of his fated bond. With the author's unexpected appearance, he believes that it is her. His revelation derails the novel's plot, and it's up to Detta to make sure that it gets back on the right track. This tyrant has no idea that he is meant to die. Or so the story goes.