𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝟏𝟖+ Aurellia Mitchell never imagined a simple house party could turn into a nightmare. One moment she's drinking and laughing, then everything goes black. She wakes in the back seat of a locked car, an unfamiliar man watching her through the rearview mirror. He turns out to be her best friend's brother. From the moment he noticed her at the party, he's everywhere, lurking in the shadows, tracking her every step, breathing down her neck. And now that he's claimed her attention, he refuses to let it go. Even if she begs on her knees, he won't leave her alone. 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄. 𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐘, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈'𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. 𝐈 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒, 𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒. Rankings: #1 in Crazy (sep 2025) #1 in Psychopath (sep 2025) #1 in Bestfriendsbrother (sep 2025) #1 in Morallygray (sep 2025) #1 in Smutish (oct 2025)

To the world he was a beast but for her he would do anything. He could have the world but all he wanted was her. They say the things we want most are the things we can't have. For she was so afraid of him that even the thought of him could have her running for the hills. Little did she know that she was the only one who didn't have to be afraid of him. Credits for the cover go to @Chatachino for the amazing cover.

In Hollow's End, where the fog knows children's names and the forest hums its own lullabies, three companions wander into the hidden, whimsical, and sometimes unsettling corners of Elix Forest. These tales follow Kai'Lara Nyx, an adopted ten-year-old girl; Mei Kelevra, her four-year-old sister; and Bear, the silent, stitched creature bound to Kai'Lara's soul. Together they explore the places where childhood wonder meets the quiet, breathing dark. Volume One is a collection of ten standalone stories, each unraveling a different shape of fear-fears that flutter in shadows, hide beneath beds, curl up in laughter, or tremble behind ribs. Through whimsical adventures tinged with eerie magic, the trio learns to face the darkness not by fighting it, but by understanding the feelings it hides. Throughout these stories, whimsical magic softens the edges of eerie truths: shadows have intentions, houses remember, jars hum, reflections try to step out, and toys relocate themselves when no one blinks. Yet even when the world turns uncanny, the trio faces its mysteries together-with Kai'Lara's stubborn bravery, Mei's honest heart, and Bear's silent, unblinking devotion. By the end of Volume One, each child learns a different truth about fear: Kai'Lara discovers bravery doesn't mean banishing the dark-it means walking through it while holding someone else's hand. Mei learns that feelings aren't monsters but messengers, and that her smile never truly leaves-it only hides until she's ready to find it. Bear proves, time and time again, that silence can be the loudest comfort, and that even stitched hearts keep their own rhythms. Volume One closes not with the defeat of fear, but with its transformation-each tale turning the darkness into somewhere safe enough to dream.