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Midnight At The Cathedral: The Blood Crown  by KeaKay_L
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⚠️ This is Book 3 of the Midnight At The Cathedral trilogy and is NOT intended to be read as a standalone. To fully understand Nairobi's journey, please read the previous books first: 🩸 Book 1: Midnight At The Cathedral 👁️ Book 2: Midnight At The Cathedral: House Of Sight ***** She walked into the Cathedral searching for a job. She never expected to uncover a kingdom built on blood, ancient prophecies, and secrets buried for centuries. Now, everything has changed. The truth about Nytheris has finally come to light. The House of Sight has awakened. And after a single night that changed everything, Nairobi is no longer the woman who first stepped through the Cathedral's doors. As Valthorne stands on the brink of war, Nairobi finds herself at the center of a prophecy everyone seems to know... except her. With Lucian by her side, she must navigate a kingdom divided by loyalty, betrayal, and blood, while powerful enemies emerge from the shadows to finish what they started centuries ago. But some crowns are never inherited peacefully. They are claimed through sacrifice. As old enemies emerge from the shadows and the prophecy enters its final chapter, Nairobi must learn that claiming a crown is far easier than keeping the people she loves alive. Because the greatest threat to Valthorne isn't the war that's coming... It's the one fate has already written. The final chapter of the Midnight At The Cathedral trilogy begins here.
Midnight At The Cathedral: House Of Sight by KeaKay_L
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Midnight At The Cathedral: House Of Sight is the second book in the Midnight At The Cathedral series and is not intended to be read as a standalone. ******************************************** Some truths should never be uncovered. Some places remember everything. After the night that changed her life, Nairobi Scott should have run far away from the Cathedral. Instead, it keeps calling her back. The dreams are getting worse. A man with blue hair whispers to her from shadows she does not understand. A strange symbol burns beneath her skin. And every answer only leads to more questions. Especially about Lucian Valtori. Dangerous. Untouchable. Beautiful in the same way ruin is beautiful. He watches Nairobi too closely now. Protects her too much. And sometimes, when he looks at her, it feels like he knows something he refuses to say. But the deeper Nairobi falls into the secrets surrounding the House Of Sight, the more terrifying the truth becomes. Because the Cathedral was never just a nightclub. And Lucian was never the worst thing hiding inside it. Some monsters stalk from the dark. Others wait for you to remember them.
AMOR by victoria_steel
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Mara Leone used to think being stalked meant fear. She was wrong. Fear was easy. Fear made sense. What didn't make sense was the full gas tank she never paid for, the broken things fixed before she could replace them, the coffee waiting on her car with her usual order written on the side. Macchiato. No sugar. Cinnamon. And beneath it, one handwritten warning: 'Don't skip breakfast today, amor.' Whoever he is, he knows her routines. Her habits. Her temper. Her weaknesses. He slips into her life quietly, making it easier in ways that feel less like kindness and more like control. Mara doesn't want his help. She doesn't want his attention. And she definitely doesn't want to wonder why the man watching her from the shadows seems to know exactly what she needs before she does. But the worst part? He has no intention of stopping.
VEIL OF OBSESSION  by beautyimi
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Elena Moroni has spent her whole life surviving in silence. Silence kept her safe. Silence kept her alive. Bruises fade, but words spoken to the wrong person in a cruel home never do. So she learned not to speak at all. Not when her father yelled. Not when he hurt her. Not even when she wanted to cry. Then one night, everything goes wrong. A debt her father owes drags Elena into a world she has only heard about in whispers - blood-stained money, ruthless men, and the name everyone fears to say too loudly: Dante Russo. Dante is not a man people survive twice. Cold-eyed, merciless, obsessed with control, he rules the Italian mafia like a king built from violence. Men fear him. Women avoid him. Enemies disappear because of him. So when Elena is thrown at his feet as payment for her father's betrayal, Dante expects fear. What he doesn't expect... is silence. No begging. No screaming. No lies. Just a broken girl with terrified eyes that somehow still look at him like she's waiting for permission to breathe. Elena is pulled deeper into a dangerous world of obsession, violence, power, and a love so consuming it could either save her... or destroy them both
Dark Love: A Darker Shade - Book 2 by Penglowy
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Dark Romance: A reckless dare reunites a rebellious young woman with a handsome, daunting man. 🔥 Dark Romance | Tough Love | Discipline | Punishment | Mafia Heat | Enemies to Lovers Vibes| 138 Chapters| Complete SHORT SYNOPSIS A dark dare game forces Zee, a reckless young woman, to reach out to the man who took her innocence and beg him for marriage. She expects rejection-and freedom. Instead, he says yes, binding her deeper into the game and pulling her into the ruthless Mafia world he belongs to, where love comes wrapped in control, power, and a harsh brand of discipline she must learn to survive. *** SHE WAS POWERLESS AGAINST HIS ULTIMATUM BECAUSE SHE WAS STUCK BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA-BETWEEN HIM AND THE LAST DARE GAME WHICH HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT SHE PLAYED IT BECAUSE OF HER RECKLESS BEHAVIOUR- HER FIRE OF REBELLION HE IS DETERMINED TO EXTINGUISH THAT FIRE AFTER HER CARELESS MOVE ON HIM TO QUENCH A FIRE, YOU HAD TO BE SOMEWHAT CLOSE, HENCE HIS DECISION TO MARRY HER- AND HE WASN'T ASKING "You have until the end of today to give me a positive response or I will get you to marry me in the Mafia way." She gasped and her eyes were like saucers. "Mafia?" "I told you that you never really knew me. I was on my own when you came looking for trouble. Tonight, Elizabeth." *** Available on Amazon. NOTE: 📖 Welcome to Dark Love - A Darker Shade (Book 2)! What you're about to read is just an excerpt from a full-length novel with 138 chapters - shared to help you decide if this emotional, twist-filled dark romance is your next favorite page-turner. If it draws you in, you can unlock the full story and enjoy the experience as it was truly meant to be read. (The easiest and most affordable way is on Inkitt - just $5!) Your support not only gives you full access but also helps me continue crafting heartfelt stories just for you. So go ahead - dive in, explore the world, and see if Dark Love - A Darker Shade captures you. Happy reading! - Pen Glowy
Mafia Prisoner: Book 1 by Wicked_Midnight
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Vivian's world is turned upside down when her sweet, fun loving boyfriend, Tommy, is killed and makes his cousin Niko vow to protect her. Niko is a brutal man thrown to the head of the families after the loss of his cousin and uncle. The last thing he wants is to babysit an ungrateful toy his cousin stupidly fell in love with. Preview: The room was dark with red hues and a large bed in the center draped in black silk sheets. Niko's body was over six feet tall and completely bare as he rammed himself violently into a woman he had bent over the edge of the bed. His hand was wrapped in her hair forcing her face into the mattress as she screamed in pleasure. Then he roughly pulled her head back making her screams louder. Niko's eyes met mine and he began fucking her faster, grunting out his release as I stood there and just watched him dominate every part of her body. I was right, he was a fucking beast and I swear I was not finding it fucking hot. What is wrong with me? I quickly ran from that room and headed straight to mine. That did not just happen.
Miami Mami Kill by Sabrina_H_Joseph
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He will possess her. She will consume him. Neither of them will survive unchanged. 〰️▪️〰️▪️〰️ ▫️TITUS▫️ I don't believe in love. I believe in ownership. The moment I saw her, I knew. Not because she was beautiful, though she was. Not because she was forbidden, though she was that too. But because something in her eyes matched something in mine. A damage that doesn't heal. A fire that doesn't die. She thinks she can run from me. From what I am. From what I want to do to her, for her, because of her. She's wrong. I will never let her go. I will tear apart anyone who tries to take her from me. I will burn down empires and paint the streets red with the blood of every man who ever made her afraid. She is mine. She just doesn't know it yet. And when she finally understands, I will spend the rest of my life making sure she never regrets it. But first, I have to keep her alive. ▫️VALENTINA▫️ I've spent my whole life running from men like him. Men with power. Men with money. Men who look at you like you're something to be owned, to be used, to be broken and discarded when they're done. My husband is one of those men. He is the reason I took my son and ran away. The reason I sleep with one eye open and a gun under my pillow. And now there's Titus Minetti. He is everything I should hate. Everything I should fear. He moves through the world like it belongs to him, like people are just pieces on a board he controls. He watches me with those dark eyes that see too much, that strip away every layer of armor I've built. I don't trust him. I can't trust him. But when my husband finds me, and he will, he always does, I know who will be standing between us. I know whose name will be on my lips when I scream for help. Titus says he'll protect me. Says he'll keep me safe. Says he'll never let anyone touch me or my son. The terrifying part isn't that I believe him. The terrifying part is that I want to. [Book 3 in the Sins of
TO KILL A SUNSHINE BOOK ONE by sarahdisley95
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She was his destiny. He was her ruin. For a thousand years, Kaelen Voss ruled the shadows-feared, powerful, and convinced he was cursed to never find his mate. He is a king covered in ink and blood, a killer who knows no mercy, a monster who has only ever known hunger and loneliness. Until he scents Nova Hale. She is everything he is not: eighteen, golden, full of light, with a life she adores and a boyfriend she plans to marry. She is human. She is forbidden. And she is his. Now Kaelen watches her from the dark. He haunts the edges of her school, her street, her dreams. He burns with a thirst that has nothing to do with blood and everything to do with her. He is possessive to his bones, obsessed beyond reason, and there is only one rule he will ever enforce: Touch her, and you die. He will shatter her perfect world to make her see she belongs in his. He will destroy anyone who stands between them. He will show her that even sunshine can learn to love the dark. But when ancient enemies rise to tear her from him, Kaelen will have to choose: burn everything to keep her... or let her go to keep her safe.
The Call of the Night King (Undoing #2) by Brookedavi
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𝘼𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙡-𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙𝙮. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣, 𝙖 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙙𝙤𝙢, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛. --- At sixteen, Veyla stumbled into a world no mortal was meant to enter. She was only trying to find her sisters. Instead, she was taken. Before she could escape, she was chosen as the bride of the Night King, a terrifying figure cloaked in darkness, whose face no one sees. Veyla ran before the crown could touch her head. Years later, she lives with the consequences. Her dresses turn black. Her lips can't hold color. And at night, he calls to her. Always the same voice. Always the same words: Come back to me. Perfect for fans of dark fantasy romance, fated mates, and all-consuming love stories. One click now to enter the Night King's world, where passion is power, and love is the most dangerous magic of all.
The Commander's Concubine  by MaeDixon
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"𝑆ℎ𝑒'𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛." When Isabella's village is burned, she is taken captive by the ruthless Commander Warren. Initially meant for the King but instead claimed by him. She refuses to break. As rebellion brews and loyalties blur, she must choose to fight for freedom or embrace the darkness beside the man who stole it.