⋆⁺₊⋆ 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 ⋆⁺₊⋆ ──────────────────────── .° #₊˚ෆ ❝ 𝘪 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚. ❞ ╰┈➤ ❝ [ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡𓏧 𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜... 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 ] ❞ 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝙤𝙘 × 𝙤𝙘 © -𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘥𝘹𝘴𝘵 | 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

❝ FORGIVE ME FATHER FOR I HAVE SINNED. ❞ Clara Engel has been obsessed with the supernatural since childhood, inspired by her mother's stories of monsters beyond human understanding. Though dismissed as delusional by scholars, she found acceptance within the Church, where her research into the unnatural was taken seriously under the guidance of a trusted priest. At twenty-five, Clara is summoned by the Church's highest authority to assess a captured abomination. Expecting a beast, she instead finds a chained young woman, a vampire, hidden within sacred walls, forcing Clara to confront a truth that challenges everything she believes. ( original story ) ( ongoing ) ( cover by hazzawckd )

❝ ONLY I CAN LOVE YOU FOREVER. ❞ Anya Mournell had lived her whole life under the shadow of a curse. Born on Friday the thirteenth in the superstitious town of Duskwell, she was shunned, whispered about, and left to grow up in solitude. After her mother's sudden, suspicious death, Anya's father fled with her to the distant village of Vranmere, a place both beautiful and strange, where, for the first time, she felt an uncanny sense of belonging. Yet her curiosity soon fixed on the forbidden castle towering over the valley, a place no villager dared to tread. What Anya did not know was that the castle's only resident, Lazar Kravanov, had already taken notice of her. For twenty-three years, he had kept his gates closed, his true nature concealed beneath the mask of nobility. But soon, tradition would force him to open them again and when Anya stepped inside, she would be walking straight into her undoing. ( original story ) ( ongoing ) ( cover by tiishas )

When college student Kasey Whitton takes a job babysitting for single dad Jian Li, she doesn't expect to fall in love with the newborn baby -- or with Jian. ***** Love is the last thing on Kasey Whitton's mind when she agrees to take an overnight babysitting job to help support her struggling family. But as her business relationship with single dad Jian Li slowly develops into something more, Kasey is surprised to find herself falling in love with him despite his hot-and-cold attitude towards her -- and the fact that she has a long-term high school boyfriend. Will her growing feelings for Jian and his newborn son be enough to convince her to risk everything stable in her life? Or will Jian's fear of commitment -- and his belief all the women in his life are cursed -- be enough to keep them apart? [[Best Diverse Story, The Fiction Awards]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

When Millie is dragged home by her Alpha mate after five years on the run, she's determined to make his life unbearable. But fighting the desire in her heart and body proves more difficult than expected. Season 1 of The Alpha's Rejection *** At the tender age of fifteen, Millie is rejected by her mate. Refusing to beg for his acceptance, she runs away the night Alpha Leander ascends to his position. She evades him for years, but her luck runs out when the Alpha appears on her doorstep, hellbent on taking her home. Millie quickly finds herself trapped in Leander's pack, but that's the least of her worries. Many things have changed since she last saw Leander. They're not kids anymore, and Leander has filled into his chiseled, brawny body in a way that makes her choke on her snarky, rebellious remarks. Between forced proximity, clashes of wills, jealousy and desire, and the suspicion that there was more to the rejection than meets the eye, Millie is in over her head. Fate brought them together, but will it be enough to overcome the hurt of the past and the tension of the present?

Rosie is meant to hate famous rockstar Will O'Connor, who killed her father in a car crash, but she finds herself falling in love instead. ***** Rock sensation, Will O'Connor is in the prime of his career when he unintentionally kills a man in a car accident. Full of remorse, he must come to terms with his non-guilty verdict. People-pleasing Rosie Montgomery dedicates her life to making others happy. Following her father's death in Will's crash, she becomes desperate to keep her family intact. But when Will and Rosie accidentally meet at her father's grave, there's an undeniable bond. Can they ignore the rest of the world and go after what their hearts most desire? And most importantly - can either of them handle the consequences? [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]