He wore gloves to protect others from his sins. She wore kimonos to reclaim her identity. Willing Prey is a romance fantasy novel about a disillusioned ex-colonel, Gerald Aldrick, finally feeling his dead heart beat again after getting unfairly yelled at by a fearless geisha, Robin Taylor. But instead of anger or annoyance, Gerald feels nothing but admiration for her fervor and personality. Robin isn't as impressed with him, but fully plans to take advantage of his legendary colonel status for her own benefit with the help of her mind-reading ability. The question is, will she find herself feeling more for him than she initially expected? INDIGO - BOOK ONE LGBTQ+ Dark Romance - Urban Fantasy - Dark Academia Rated MATURE for a reason-please, refer to the chapter titled 'disclaimer' for the full warning list.

In public, I'm the obedient daughter of House Velmire. In private, I'm learning to dismantle everything they've built. It started with an interrogation. Sirius Lioren-Union reformer, political rival, the right hand of the man I was sent to sabotage-broke every belief I'd ever held. Not with torture, but with questions I couldn't answer. Now I see the truth. And I can't unsee it. So I go back to the manor. But not as the meek daughter they think I am. I smile through arranged marriage negotiations while my heart belongs to the one man I can never have. I master forbidden magic that could stop a heart while passing secrets to the resistance. I play the perfect heiress while the people in the lower quarters become the family I choose. Every stolen glance with my family's enemy feels like treason. Every secret meeting pulls me deeper into a world I was raised to destroy. Every moment I spend on the wrong side of this war, I become someone my family wouldn't recognize. But revolution has a cost. And when the careful balance I've built begins to crumble, when my grandfather's suspicions sharpen, when I'm forced to choose between the people I love and the power I wield... I'll discover exactly how far I'm willing to go. Even if it means becoming the monster they always wanted. Even if it means breaking rules I didn't know could be broken. A fantasy of forbidden love, political revolution, dangerous magic, and the impossible choices that fracture everything. Updates every Tuesday and Friday.

There was never anything remarkable about these days. Most of them slip away before we even notice. A conversation on a bus. Winter light resting quietly on a window. A stranger sitting across from you for a short while, then gone at the next stop. They remain only as long as memory allows And memory is never gentle for long. These pages are made from such passing things. Not because they were extraordinary, but because they were once ours. We wrote them down not to hold them still, but to let them linger a little longer than dewdrops on blades of grass. And if, for a moment, they feel like they might also belong to you, then perhaps they haven't entirely faded.

***** A gothic Wednesday AU ***** Reichenbach Academy has always thrived on perfection. Pressed Cabernet uniforms. Polished cobblestone. Pristine image. All while something ancient has been buried far beneath its halls. When a student, Daniel Gonzalez, collapses mid-class with glowing, unknown sigils carved into his skin, the administration insists that the situation is contained. But the students know better than to believe them. Thorn Rosales, known for trouble and sarcasm, hears the disturbance long before anyone names it. A song threading through the academy's bones. Xavier Thorpe, haunted by his past at Nevermore, begins drawing the same symbols that have appeared across campus, as if something is guiding his hand. Whether brought together by fate or something far more deliberate, they uncover the truth Reichenbach has spent centuries trying to bury. This is a slow-burn, lore-heavy gothic mystery about power, memory, and the lengths hatred can go. So, Welcome to Reichenbach Academy, where silence is a weapon, and the walls are starting to sing. I am also posting this to royalroad

Her father is murdered in front of her eyes. A young woman must go from her simple home to Medora, a country she has never seen before, to seek justice. She must leave everything behind. Her name, her identity, her family. Now she is just Ria. On her first night in Medora Ria is saved by a tall handsome man, but all is not as it seems. Embroiled in the politics and drama of her new country, Ria must find the truth, love, and her father's murderer. This story is an independent sequel to Crown and Armour: https://www.wattpad.com/story/401400700-crown-and-armour You can read the two stories in any order :) I update every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday!

When her crew is arrested, Maddie is left alone and homeless in New York City. With nothing to fall back on, she does the only thing she's ever been good at, lying. She manages to con her way into Brighton Academy, one of the city's most prestigious private schools. Overnight, Maddie builds a new identity and slips into a world of money, power, and unspoken rules. All she has to do is stay invisible. That plan falls apart when she draws the attention of the three girls who run the school: Vivienne, Adriana and Poppy. She also finds herself torn between two very different boys: Jake, a charming golden boy who represents everything her new life promises, and Carter, a rebellious outsider who sees through her act and threatens to unravel the persona she's worked so hard to build. As the pressure mounts, Maddie must decide how far she's willing to go to become somebody else. And whether belonging in a world that was never meant for her is worth losing the person she truly is. Romance/Drama/Comedy

In the heart of Manila, beneath a flickering bridge, two lives collide. Kiano is clever and determined, dreaming of becoming a lawyer, a dream that feels impossible against the weight of the streets. Dax is fierce and protective, a survivor who has claimed the bridge as his own. When Kiano arrives seeking shelter, their worlds clash. Dax sees defiance and cleverness where Kiano sees survival, Kiano sees care and courage where Dax sees only dominance. Forced together by storms, street gangs, and the relentless city, they must navigate tension, trust, and desire. As rain pours over steel beams, Kiano and Dax discover intimacy in stolen glances, shared shelter, and quiet gestures, love growing in the margins of a city that forgets them. Even amidst hardship and neglect, they learn that connection can bloom, hearts can open, and hope can endure. Where the rain falls first, so do hearts, and sometimes, they fall together.

Evelyn Hartwell creates beautiful dresses for a living, but she somehow always finds herself in the ugliest corners of Brickhaven. Smoke-filled speakeasies. Alleyways with blood on the walls. All because she can't stop sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. She's soft-hearted, naive, and impulsive. And in a city ruled by two rival crime families, these can get a girl killed. Her Aunt Clara tries to keep her safe, hidden, quiet. But Evelyn has never been good at keeping her head down. One reckless act of kindness goes terribly wrong and shatters everything she thought she knew. A gun is raised. A name from a past she never knew is spoken. And the life she knew goes up in smoke. Her aunt is lying. Her past is wrong. And two powerful families suddenly want her under their protection...or control. Evelyn finds herself pulled into the gilded, dangerous world of the Crowe family. They say she's safest with them, but Evelyn is done being caged. And the Crowes make it impossible to breathe. Dominic - warm smile, passionate devotion, a seductive kind of danger that feels like falling. Sebastian - cold eyes, steady hands, a quiet command that crawls beneath her skin. Both hiding things. Both watching her. Both wanting to keep her in their grasp for reasons she can't decipher. Caught between warring families, two men who could ruin her, and a past she never knew she inherited, Evelyn must decide what she's willing to give up: freedom, heart, or life. -- This story is presently on hold. Updates will return on a regular schedule when the novel is complete. Thank you for your patience. <3