Amber's mission is simple: Convince the Autumn King she is his mate, seal the bond, then break him from the inside out. That's all it will take to free the four kingdoms from a tyrant who threatens to burn the world to ash. No pressure at all. Once a humble beekeeper in the fae Summer Kingdom, Amber has been recruited for a dangerous, brutal, and precise assassination. Her magic bends pheromones and rewrites scents in the air - usually to calm a hive of hornets or soothe a stray dog. Now she must use her ability to weaponize herself as a ticking timebomb in the Autumn Court. Will she succeed? Tropes include: - Fated Mates ❤️ - Enemies to Lovers 🔥 - Mistaken Identity 𐀪𐀪 - Dark Romance 🖤 - Bully Romance 😈

Lydia Cadwell is a Wisconsin animal shelter manager and single mother who has spent years hiding from a dangerous past under a new identity. When she rescues a runaway husky, she reconnects with Wade Peltier, an NHL goalie and her former summer romance. As their relationship rekindles, a series of suspicious fires and growing threats suggest Lydia's past has caught up with her. With her daughter's safety at stake, Lydia must decide whether to run again or finally confront the secrets she's been hiding. A heartfelt story of second chances, resilience, love, and finding a place to call home.

Charlie's life was carefully built - he had loyal friends, a girlfriend he didn't once doubt, and a future he didn't dare to question. But when an innocent reconnection with a high school friend stirs old feelings, everything starts to crack. Torn between the comfort of what he knows and the intensity of what he craves, Charlie's decision sets off a chain of secrets, betrayal, and heartbreak. As relationships fracture and truths come to light, he's left wondering if the love he's still chasing is worth all that he's lost - or if some damage can never be undone.

This isn't a love story. It's just a book filled with nightmares. . . . . . Text copyright © Crystal7016 ™ 2024

They've been seven for as long as any of them can remember. Imogen. Freya. Maya. Theo. Elliot. Ben. Bax. Seven best friends who grew up together, survived school together, and promised that growing up would never change them. And then there's The Lodge. Hidden at the bottom of Imogen's garden, it has always belonged to them. Their Friday tradition. Their escape. The place filled with years of bad decisions, inside jokes, drunken nights, firsts, fights, secrets, and memories nobody else would understand. No matter what happened during the week, Friday meant The Lodge, and nobody missed Friday. But they're not kids anymore. At nineteen and twenty, university, relationships and the expectations of the lives waiting for them are beginning to pull them in different directions. The things they once told each other without hesitation are becoming the things they hide. Feelings are getting complicated, lines are being crossed, and some secrets have the power to hurt more than just the people keeping them. Because when you've spent your whole life believing seven is unbreakable, you don't notice the cracks at first. Not until one secret becomes two, one lie becomes another, and the people who once knew everything about each other start wondering how much they really know at all. The Lodge was always the place where they could be themselves, but growing up might mean discovering they don't know who "us" is anymore.