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Arising Fate by KeysOfFate
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Haunted by visions that bleed into reality and a beast buried deep within her mind, Thessaly's life fractures in a single night. What begins as survival draws her into a lethal game between the Seelie and Unseelie Courts, the gods who have abandoned them, and a prophecy whispering of a power the world believed long dead and never meant to return. Pulled into treacherous alliances and ancient politics, Thessaly's magic awakens faster than she can control it, clawing at her humanity each time she gives it voice. Her war is personal and danger often walks beside desire. Riven, heir to the Seelie Court, was forged between two worlds. Born into a lineage the Courts deny and shaped by a past whose cruelty taught him to bury every softness, he learned early that loyalty is earned in blood and trust is a luxury he cannot afford. Yet, Thessaly breaches every wall he's built. Drawn to her defiance and the beast curling beneath her skin, he becomes both her sharpest adversary and her most relentless protector as distrust ignites into a dangerous, forbidden spark. But fate is never singular. Valen, marked by loss and carrying a power of his own, walks a quieter, bloodstained path-one tangled with sacrifice, survival, and truths some would rather remain buried. His choices may tip the balance of a war he never asked to fight. As prophecy tightens its grip and loyalties fracture, Thessaly must decide what she is willing to sacrifice -- power, love, or herself entirely. Because if the prophecy is right, her rise may save the realms . . . or shatter them beyond repair. ~~~~~~ Arising Fate is intended for an adult audience. The Mature rating reflects the presence of explicit themes, violence, psychological intensity, and sensual content, woven naturally into the plot in a manner similar to adult fantasy romance. This is an unedited first draft.
Everything Is Fine by dyingfrominside
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"Monsters in the dark make better friends than the saints in light." Everything was fine with April Lowell. Even her bleeding bitten nails, tangled hairs and the bandages that wrapped her hand. But when a new boy moves into her town, one who everyone seems to like... Things aren't quite the same as before. Even with, notes piling her desks, eyes filling with anger upon seeing her and a monster lurking in the dark who threatens to steal her life as she knows it. Everything Is 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘦. Beautiful cover by @raizelrose3
All the Summers in Between by fromsomewherequiet
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A story of memory, distance, and finding your way back. Thirteen-year-old Salem is wild, wary, and far too familiar with loneliness. Growing up in a weathered trailer park tucked along the shores of a sleepy lake town in Maine, her days are ruled by her absent mother, her alcoholic father, and the freedom she carves for herself between the pine trees and cracked pavement. Everything changes the summer a wealthy family from New York buys the long-abandoned lakeside manor. With them comes Connell-polite, preppy, and completely out of place. Salem wants nothing to do with him. Neither do the other kids. But Connell, quiet and sincere, doesn't give up. And when Salem finally lets him in, a bond forms-unexpected, magnetic, and lasting. Each summer he returns, and each summer their friendship deepens, tracing the years from adolescence to adulthood in a rhythm all their own. But with Salem's troubled home life threatening to pull her under, and Connell's life of privilege drawing him toward a world far beyond their town, love is never simple. Misunderstandings, mistakes, and the distance of growing up test the fragile thread that ties them together. Still, summer after summer, they find each other. Told in vignettes of sun-drenched days, stolen kisses, and hard truths, All the Summers in Between is a poignant coming-of-age love story about the people who shape us, the places we never forget, and the kind of connection that survives everything in between.
When We Fall by writergirl81
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War, hunger sickness has ravaged the world, and those left are struggling to survive. Rafferty Greer has lost everything he ever cared about. Now after being caught from the local militia, he's forced to make a choice: either suffer from his consequences or work for those he despises. Reluctantly choosing the latter, Rafferty is brutally attacked by renegades and left for dead. Left to fend for herself, unsure of the reasons why, Everly Sloane has been completely isolated from the rest of the world, fearing for her life as the monsters of the apocalypse, known as The Grund, prowls her property. When she discovers Rafferty, outside her home, severely injured, she decides to aid him. As Rafferty begins his recovery, the two slowly become attached, though Rafferty fears that his past crimes will catch up with him, endangering Everly. WARNING THIS STORY CONTAINS STRONG VIOLENCE, FRIGHTENING CREATURES, BLOOD, AND MINOR SEXUAL CONTENT.
Love In Lavender And Lace  by writergirl81
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Talia Mason is a down on her luck young woman whose life has been riddled with darkness and tragedy. Lady Nova Barrington is the one of London's elite nobles, whom seems to have everything she could want. Except someone who truly understands her. Talia responds to an advertisement that Lady Barrington has placed for a ladies maid. Despite having no prior training, Nova agrees to hire Talia. And while the two are complete opposites, they begin to form a strong and deep bond, which slowly progresses into romance. However, one of Nova's closest friends discovers the two are sharing a secret romance, and accuses Talia of manipulating Nova and begins spreading rumors about the two. At first, Nova thinks perhaps it's best to end her relationship with Talia, but when tragedy strikes, Nova realizes that she must choose between Talia and her pampered lifestyle and friends. WARNING THIS STORY MENTIONS DEATH, ALCOHOLISM, SOME MINOR SEXUAL CONTENT BETWEEN TWO WOMEN AND DEALS WITH PREJUDICE AGAINST GAY PEOPLE.
A Sea of Ruin by Ririzzaly
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"Dead men tell no tales." A crackerjack pirate hunter Achlys Nezzera sets her sights on the infamous Hades Riyas and the massive bounty on his head. When they clash, Hades is one step away from tossing the spanky lady-hunter overboard. She's a distraction on his desperate quest for immortality, that he needs before the creature to immortality goes to sleep for another 500 years, not to mention she stirs his stone heart to life. But when the dark truth about Achlys' brother-formerly a hunter, now a fellow pirate captain to Hades-comes out, it turns out Achlys needs the same treasure as Hades to break the curse. Forced into an uneasy truth, Achlys must decide if she should stay true to her creed, or join Hades on his dangerous journey to save her brother. Wouldn't it be so much better if she at least was sure her brother was worth saving and if the godawful pirate didn't make her weak at the knees! cover made by @-DeeIsDead- all banners also made by @-DeeIsDead-
how to forgive a cheater 101 by anti-hero
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✿ Updates every Thursday ✿ When high school's golden couple, Rhea and Louis, fall apart after a petty Scrabble game spirals into a messy breakup, they're forced to team up for a project on forgiveness. As they navigate awkward exercises and reignite old feelings, they must decide if their rivalry is stronger than their love or if they can rebuild what's been broken. ✦✦✦ Rhea Kumar and Louis Sinclair were Rutherford High's golden couple-perfect grades, perfect relationship, and the envy of everyone. But when a simple game of Scrabble spirals into a massive argument, their picture-perfect world falls apart. With her senior year dreams shattered and heart in pieces, Rhea comes up with a plan to get over breakup and maximize the most of her situation: a class project called "How to Forgive a Cheater 101", where she and Louis are forced to confront their issues through ridiculous exercises. Louis-her ex, her academic rival, the rumored cheater, the one person who's always been able to push her buttons. Desperate to fix his reputation and desperate for Rhea, he agrees to be part of the project. As the awkward exercises drag them through public apologies and emotional chaos, old feelings start to resurface. It quickly becomes clear that some things are harder to move on from than they thought. Maybe, just maybe, love is one of them. ✦✦✦ ✯ never have i ever x 10 things i hate about you ✯ book cover designed by the fantabulous @-DeeIsDead- ✦✦✦ ᴄᴏᴘʏʀɪɢʜᴛ © 2025 ʙʏ ᴀᴜᴅʀᴇʏ ᴀʟʟ ʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ.
Oversteer | ONC 2026 by anti-hero
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When a cautious Formula One engineer crosses paths with a damaged comeback driver, she discovers that the most dangerous variable she should assess in the sport isn't speed-but attachment. ✦✦✦ Adriana Santos has always known her place on a championship-winning Formula One team is contingent. Excellence, she learned early, is not the same as security. She works in a role the paddock barely understands-simulating failures before they happen, answering 'what ifs' before they become 'what went wrong', and treating the car like a living thing whose future rests in her hands. Her work is quiet, precise, and easily erased the moment she becomes inconvenient. She is careful because she has to be. She knows Joshua Thomas long before she meets him: the driver who changed his name to fit in, the anomaly on a rival team forever tipped for titles. To Adriana, he's a reaction curve that never quite returned to baseline after last season's crash. His comeback is framed as resilience. Many are simply waiting to see him fail. They meet by accident, in a moment stripped of his usual extravagance and pretence. Adriana notices what she always notices-the face behind the mask, the way he laughs through failure like it doesn't frighten him. Adriana doesn't forget him, though. She keeps her distance but Joshua doesn't, and their reluctant friendship begins to bend into something riskier. And they both know exactly what it could cost them. ✦✦✦ ✦ Open Novella Contest 2026 | Prompts 24, 29, 30, 44 ᴄᴏᴘʏʀɪɢʜᴛ © 2026 ʙʏ ᴀᴜᴅʀᴇʏ ᴀʟʟ ʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ.
The Tale Of The Siren - Rough Draft ✔️ by jdog129
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'Just one more question. Well, two questions. Did the Goddess ever get her voice back, and has anyone met her?' 'She did, but no one knows how. It's a mystery! The Goddess does not like showing herself to people, but she had to when it came to fixing the rum situation.' 'Maybe, I will get to meet her,' Jacques said proudly. The Captain chuckled, 'My boy, you might get to.' From that day forward, Jacques sailed the seven seas waiting for the time he would get the opportunity to meet the Goddess. As Jacques sailed on the ocean, he heard the same humming sound as the Captain once did before him. In a tale of adventure and forbidden love, Jacques, the captain of the ship Sparrow, has been sailing the seas ever since he heard a mysterious voice from the ocean. This voice belongs to Arieshell, a siren who has controlled the waves for millennia. When she encounters Jacques's ship, she falls in love with him. The story explores whether Jacques and Arieshell can find what they are searching for despite the challenges of their different worlds. ------ The cover credit goes to @lorenasanz15 The banner credit goes to @starisredy Character Aesthetics credits edible_autumn Character Banners credits go to @-DeeIsDead- Word count Goal: 85,000-115,000 Word Count: 177,928 ----- Highest Rankings 🥇 #1 in Sirens - 11/08/25 🥇 #1 in Sailors - 11/15/25
Beyond the Veil of Yonder (Book 1) by XannaLurel
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If you love the epic worldbuilding of 𝘓𝘖𝘛𝘙, the dark intrigue of 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, the monster-hunting grit of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳, and the soul-deep romance of 𝘖𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, then this story is for you. --------------------------------- He's a battle-hardened knight; she's from the modern world. He survived horrors; she was shielded from them. His body and soul bear scars, but she still believes in wonders. He seeks redemption and peace, and she craves true love. Forgotten forests, cursed kingdoms, and a bond neither of them chose. Together, they must face ancient evils, unravel lost magic, and survive enemies in both shadow and light. Discover if love can truly banish the darkness in this thrilling, emotional tale! ⚔︎⚔︎⚔︎⚔︎⚔︎⚔︎⚔︎⚔︎⚔︎ "Omg... I've never been so invested in a story!" "The story is so captivating and engaging that I couldn't put it down." "The characters are incredibly well-developed!" "It reminds me of Tolkien's lost kingdoms and the mysterious allure of Arthurian and Celtic legends." *********************** 🏆 The Cliffhanger Queen by The Hidden Gem Awards 2024 ************************ 💎 FEATURED ON: @WackyWriters - "Our Judges' Favorites" @Romance - "Slow Burn" and "The Para-Romantasy Experience" @Fantasy - "Dark Fantasy" and "Serialized Spotlight" @highfantasy - "Fair Verona - Romantic Fantasy" @Ambassadors - "Para-Romantasy" @DaturaCommunity - "The Lavender | Fantasy" *********************** Highest Rankings: 🌟 #1 in Medieval Fantasy - 14/03/2025 🌟 #2 in Portal Fantasy - 05/11/2024 🌟 #2 in Gothic - 09/12/2025 🌟 #3 in Medieval - 02/12/2024 🌟 #4 in High Fantasy - 05/08/2024