"My story ends how it began: with the threat of eternity." Avia Sable did not ask for this. She was not the one who bargained away her soul in exchange for beauty, power, and invulnerability. No, that was all her mother's work. She did not ask to become a monster, but that is what she is now. "Witch" "Goddess" "Lich" "Vampire". These are the names people have given her, but the truest word for Avia is "alone." That is, until the Queen sends her a huntress, hoping to eradicate the Monster of the Hevamore for good. The huntress was always doomed to fail to take Avia's life, but she did take something else. Something that Avia never knew she had. Her heart. Still, though, there are those who will stop at nothing to ensure Avia's demise. But now, Avia has something to fight for, someone to protect. And when they come for her and her huntress, they'll learn just how much of a monster Avia really is. THIS STORY CONTAINS REFERENCES TO OLD CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY, INCLUDING DEMONS, THE DEVIL, AND HELL. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO READ THESE IN CONNECTION WITH THE OCCULT OR IN A NARRATIVE WAY, THIS STORY IS NOT FOR YOU. THANK YOU!

In the shadow of the Tsar, a Jewish woman's body is a battlefield and her silence is a slow death; in the Pale of Settlement, her mind is the only crime scene they cannot reach. In the sodden, gray streets of 1890s Chernigov/Chernihiv, the air tastes of coal smoke, damp earth, and state-sanctioned terror. For Aviva Osherov, the Pale is more than a border on a map-it is a chokehold. Caught in a double-bind of historical shadows, she survives by navigating a world where her intellect is viewed as a corruption of her faith and her very identity is a crime against the Russian Crown. In a land where the law is written in bruises and the sky is a pale witness to the slaughter, Aviva hides the sharp edges of her thoughts behind downcast eyes and heavy wool. But beyond the shtetl walls, the Empire is waking up, and it is hungry. The mud of the Ukraine frontier is thick with the scent of wood smoke and the cold, metallic promise of Cossack steel. When the Tsar's bugle cries out from the distant ridge, the fragile peace of her village shatters, leaving Aviva to face a reality where blood is cheap and sanctuary is a myth. As she is drawn into a dangerous world of secret knowledge and a forbidden connection with Nikolai-a man who represents the very power that seeks to destroy her-Aviva must learn that some cages are made of stone, and others are woven from the threads of history itself. [MATURE: A gritty, realistic exploration of life in the Russian Empire. Contains visceral depictions of state-sanctioned violence, anti-Semitic persecution, and the raw struggle for survival. Reader discretion is strongly advised.]

After TABLOID RAT Harold Truth published a COMPLETELY libelous and HURTFUL exposé- it seemed like my career was over. I'm Jean Knutty, the world's MOST famous investigative journalist and emergency anchorman of America's fifty-third MOST-watched news station. Harold CAN'T be right! It took me SO LONG TO GET WHERE I AM! I HATE THAT JERK! IT'S NOT FAIR!!! That's why, in this (sure-to-be) BEST-SELLING novel, I will OBLITERATE Truth's LIES with unbiased, TRUE facts, MARVELOUS rhetoric, and revealing information about the miserable PAP(-arazzo, if you laymen didn't know) himself. Say GOODBYE to YOUR career, Harold DISHONEST! This is a TIT for your TAT.

They say a Dutton never forgets what's his. The trouble is-sometimes the world forgets to care. Aspen Hayes was supposed to be safe. A new horse. A quiet life. A love that could finally outlast the storms. But on Yellowstone land, peace is just the breath before the gunshot. When she vanishes without a trace, Kayce Dutton feels the world go cold. He's seen death before-carried it, buried it-but this time, it's personal. He'll rip apart every back road and backroom in Montana to find her. Because some promises aren't spoken. They're kept.

Angelina D'Amato was twenty-three and pregnant when Vincenzo went to prison. Twenty-three and terrified that the life he chose would swallow their daughter he didn't know about whole before she even took her first breath. So she had to make a choice. Walk away or watch everything burn. She chose to walk away. Seven years later, 1995 NYC, she's an undercover NYPD agent with a new face and a singular focus. She's to infiltrate the Castellano crime family and take down their Consigliere. The job is dangerous. The target is deadly. And when she sits across from Vincenzo Vitale for the first time as "Marianna Marino," she realizes the worst part isn't the risk of being killed. It's that he still looks at her like she's the only person in the room. Vincenzo Vitale spent seven years building an empire on the ashes of everything he lost. Prison taught him control. Power taught him patience. Being Consigliere taught him that sentiment gets you killed. Angelina broke him, but he had moved on. He turned off his emotions and let the dark mafioso life consume his soul. There was no more room for heartbreak, and he'd learned to live in the dark until she became the light he didn't want. When the blonde woman walked into his world, something about her unravels him in ways he can't explain. She's too smart for her own good. Too familiar in moments that shouldn't feel familiar at all. He tells himself it's attraction or chemistry and nothing more. Until Vincenzo is hit with the realization that she is not some ordinary blonde, but the woman he used to love. Love doesn't always give you a choice. Sometimes it just gives you a reckoning and the knowledge that some people were never meant to be strangers, no matter how hard you tried to make them disappear.

Tessa is just trying to survive her last year of university. What happens when someone from her university starts studying her a little too closely? The warnings for this book are at the end of chapter one. Some of them are in the tags as well.

Genevieve Fischer is a 16-year-old junior at a bustling suburban high school, balancing the weight of academic excellence with the emotional turmoil of teenage life. Known for her straight A's and a reputation as the school's bookworm loner, she prefers the company of novels to her peers, often fading into the background, especially at parties where social dynamics can get tricky. Aside from Genevieve, all the teenagers have spent their high school years in a fictional town of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴛɪᴄꜱ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ || After a flagrant display of cosmic irreverence, Elizabeth Evans is left adrift. With no place to call home. No plan for the future. Only a useless college degree, lingering substance abuse issues, and a penchant for burnout. When a childhood friend offers her a chance to start fresh in the sleepless city, Ellie does what any hopeless soul with nothing left to lose would do; she takes it and doesn't look back. Life in New York City is more complicated than this small town girl could have ever imagined. And it would seem the gods have a few more tricks left up their sleeves. Ellie finds herself torn between two worlds. Between her growing feelings for two enigmatic men. Between her wanton desires and lifelong ambitions to finally make something of her sad, little life. The scales must be weighed. Between lust or power. Between desire or reason. Between getting what she wants or doing what's expected of her. She must also ask if those are really the only options. What if she wants more? What if she wants it all? And what is she willing to do to get it? To find out, Ellie must confront not only her past, but the deepest parts of herself. Neither the universe, the city, nor these two annoyingly handsome men are going to make it easy. And only two things are certain; the gods certainly have a sense of humor and the heart wants what it wants. | R A N K I N G S | #1 in literaryfiction (02/26) #1 in representation (02/26)

𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥. Forced into a Bratva marriage to settle a blood debt, Alina is delivered to the Reznikov estate like an offering - silent, soft-spoken, and smart enough to know that survival means obedience. Aleksei Reznikov is the coldest man she's ever met. He doesn't raise his voice. He doesn't touch her. He barely looks at her. But beneath his stillness lies a storm. He rules with silence, kills with precision, and makes promises in Russian that chill her to the bone. He tells her not to run. That she belongs to him now. That if she disobeys, he won't raise a hand - he'll break her with nothing but words. But as walls crumble and secrets unravel, the most dangerous thing of all isn't the violence outside their gates. It's the quiet pull between a girl who was never supposed to matter... And the man who swore he wouldn't feel. A slow-burn, dark arranged marriage romance. He's a Bratva heir. She's his obligation. So why is he starting to look at her like she's everything? 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 ༺༒︎༻ New chapters every Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday 🖤

"I'll go anywhere as long as there's a slope." The photo studio is located on the largest island in Japan's Seto Inland Sea. "Masui Traveling Photo Studio" is a small studio run by Shinya Masui, a photographer who uses a wheelchair. Because he can't take physically demanding shots, Shinya puts his whole heart into capturing the true beauty of his subjects. Nothing much happens, but something is definitely unfolding in Shinya's daily life. It's gentle and brings back a nostalgic feeling. If you like, why not take a peek into his world and share those moments with him? This is the English translation of "増井出張写真館～あなたの幸せ、切り撮ります." You can read the original Japanese version here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/397066248-%E5%A2%97%E4%BA%95%E5%87%BA%E5%BC%B5%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F%E9%A4%A8%EF%BD%9E%E3%81%82%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%AE%E5%B9%B8%E3%81%9B%E3%80%81%E5%88%87%E3%82%8A%E6%92%AE%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99%EF%BD%9E