Ysolía Vitória Moraes has always found beauty in overlooked things. A bruised mango abandoned in the wrong crate. A rain-soaked sketchbook. A cracked piece of pottery waiting to be repaired. The world, she believes, is full of things worth loving simply because they are imperfect. Alvarar Matias Carvalho Navarro has spent his entire life believing the opposite. A gifted surgeon. An artist. A man defined by discipline and patience. Every step of his life has been carefully planned, measured, and controlled. Until the day he notices her. What begins as curiosity slowly becomes something far more dangerous. A passing observation becomes a pattern. A pattern becomes an interest. An interest becomes an obsession so consuming that it begins to reshape the very foundations of his life. For years, Ysolía remains unaware of the man quietly orbiting her world. Until she isn't. As their lives become intertwined, love and devotion blur into something darker. Secrets begin surfacing. Memories refuse to stay buried. And the future Alvarar has spent years building starts to crack beneath the weight of reality. Because some love stories are written by fate. Others are written by the people who refuse to let go. A haunting psychological thriller about obsession, devotion, longing, and the terrifying distance between being loved and being possessed. Some stories begin with "There she is." Others end there.

"If we must die, let it not be like hogs. Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot" - 𝖢𝗅𝖺𝗎𝖽𝖾 𝖬𝖼𝖪𝖺𝗒 femOC x maleOc slow-burn the 69th Hunger Games closing gif made by @_liloureynolds_

❝ Things are only as beautiful as you make them, Charlie. Including murder. ❞ It's the opening night of Burton Abbey's production of Romeo and Juliet and all is going smoothly - that is until the climactic death scene. Romeo takes a big gulp of the poison to be with his lover, except it really is poison and Elijah, who plays Romeo, is now dead. Charlie Monet, in charge of props, is the first suspect but soon the suspicion around her turns to worry as it seems she's the next target. Khaleel Rahim, an aspiring writer, is dying for a mystery to solve at his new school. When he sees Charlie sneaking around at night he thinks he's finally found something worth writing about. After discovering Charlie's ability to see visions of the past, Khaleel decides that they're the perfect pair to solve the mystery. With threatening notes, a quiet library and poison disguised as props; somebody in the school is blurring the lines between theatre and reality and the fast friends are about to discover that there's more to boarding school than just silly rumours. [2022 Watty's Shortlist]

𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐝. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬. In the Reznikov estate, they were never meant to fall in love. But he hears the music she only plays when she thinks no one is listening. And she begins to notice the cracks in the man who never lets anything show. 𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬. ༺✦༻ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 ✎ 𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏𝟓 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐭

"Our love was a case we both lost." When a brilliant lawyer and her ruthless prosecutor husband turn their marriage into the most brutal case they've ever fought, love becomes the one verdict neither of them can win-or walk away from. *** Naomi Carter is a fiercely intelligent lawyer with a near-perfect winning streak of 97% cases won. The only times she ever loses is to her husband. She's sharp, controlled, and commanding in the courtroom, but behind closed doors, she hides a woman who's never truly learned how to love. Nathaniel Carter is a ruthless prosecutor, relentless in his pursuit of justice, and impossible to read. Driven by a fierce need for control, he struggles to keep his own life from unraveling. He's the one man who knows his wife's weaknesses and exploits them with a quiet intensity, stirring both her frustration and desire. Their marriage is a constant battleground, scarred by a shared tragedy neither can overcome. Join these two broken souls as they fight to protect themselves while craving the one thing they fear most: each other. *** #1 in bwwm #1 in eroticromance #1 in blackwoman #1 in enemies #1 in grief #1 in childloss #1 in pregnancy #1 in brokenmarriage #1 in loverstoenemies #1 in darkromance #2 in mentalhealth #2 in enemiestolovers #1 in romance #1 in secondchanceromance

Entering an arranged marriage, Saga escapes her abusive father, but must now find her place in her new life while keeping the evil in her from harming those around her to avoid being cast aside. ------ Because of an ability she cannot control, Saga has been mistreated her entire life. As such, her father has no qualms about marrying her off to a man he considers a barbarian. When Saga has her first proper interaction with her new husband on their wedding night, she is surprised by how he is nothing like the rumours say, and even more surprised by his suggestion of how their marriage will work. Viggo was born with nothing and has fought his way through life. Having gained status and money as a bounty hunter, the King has made him a vassal and given him a fief. It was something Viggo thought would give him a chance to find rest, but little did he know about the politics he would get dragged into. Even less did he know about the marriage he would be forced into; a marriage he has no interest in as he's been in a relationship with another man for a long time. As Saga and Viggo try to navigate their new life together escalating attacks on the Kingdom by monsters threatens the safety of their home and the people they hold dear. ------ Note, this story is very much a first draft and I have no idea where I'm going with this. ------ As for trigger warnings: Abuse, trauma responses (including panic attacks), sexually explicit scenes. More will likely be added as I continue to write

An 18th century nobleman goes down a self-destructive spiral after he finds himself a social pariah in society due to rumored mental instability caused by his mother's suicide. Trigger Warning: Themes and mentions of abuse, violence, suicide, drinking, mental illness, sex, and may be triggering. This story is not graphic or NSFW but I figured I would put a warning anyway. Anyone under 16, especially if dealing with mental illness, is NOT my intended audience. Cover art is temporary

*****ON HAITUS********* Nell Capri is a burnt out journalist writing clickbait for a gossip site when she gets the tip of a lifetime: Dane, the biggest pop star in the country, isn't who her forty million fans think she is. The way in? Logan Perry: Dane's guitarist, internet obsession, and the awkward kid who used to hang around Nell's house buying cigarettes she never smoked just for a chance to talk to her. Nell hasn't thought about Logan in ten years. Logan has never stopped thinking about Nell. All Nell has to do is get close, get the story, and get out before anyone finds out who she really is... so why does it keep getting harder to remember which parts she's faking? (GirlxGirl)

Jasper Piers is the picture of a young, prodigal artist: strange and somewhat unassuming, obsessed with the talent of his competition- which only grow younger and younger. It's enough to drive him mad- and it does. For fear of his crumbling mental state, Jasper's life is forcefully put on hold, and he is sent to a quiet place to steady himself. Alone, and in the perfect place to truly go mad, he finds himself at La Magdalena, the local eclectic institution and jewel, for the chance to experience life like everyone else his age. What he gets instead is horror intertwining with a group of adolescents: Quentin, Lionel, and twins, Monty and Medea- who both share his face- the same face of Magdalena herself. Trapped in a place hostile to him, Jasper blindly follows Medea's plan to kill her parents and free she and her brother from the generations-long vicious cycle of bitter resentment that has driven the Albrecht family to cannibalism. Cover Painting: Untilted, Henrik Uldalen

Prey meets predator under a starry night.