Shortlisted in Muse Awards. "He thought he was the hunter. He didn't know she had nothing left to lose." Trapped within the dark, looming walls of Vaelhorst Palace, Aethelgard is a captive surrounded by enemies. Her survival depends entirely on the mercy of Malakor-a ruthless, hyper-vigilant Dark Lord whose very name strikes terror across the kingdoms. Separated from everything she knows by the treacherous, ink-black waters of The Mourning Tides, escape seems completely impossible. But Malakor underestimates the girl in his shadows. Before sending her to the Dark Lord, the sinister witch known as Pale Marrow ripped away Aethelgard's emotions, leaving her completely hollow. Malakor expects a terrified prisoner, but instead, he faces a mind completely untethered by fear, panic, or mercy. As a dangerous, slow-burn game of wit and proximity unfolds between captive and captor, the lines between hatred and curiosity begin to blur. Aethelgard must use her cold, emotionless clarity to dismantle Malakor's court from the inside-before the magic fades and her feelings come rushing back. A dark fantasy romance filled with royal intrigue, psychological tension, and a toxic power dynamic that will burn down an empire.

𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧. Three years of my life didn't just disappear. They were ripped out of my mind. I woke up to a man holding my hand, whispering how much he loved me. Lev. Everyone says he's a saint. That I'm lucky that a perfect guy stuck by me-through the alcoholism, the depression, the accident. The doctors promised a full recovery. It isn't happening. And deep down, I know it isn't because of the amnesia. Because why does my skin crawl every time Lev smiles? When he locks the bedroom door at night? Everyone has the exact same story for that Tuesday. A late dinner. Me driving out to pick up a limited-edition vinyl. And then... the accident. It all sounds too smooth. Too rehearsed. And the only piece missing? My story. But remembering might just be worse than forgetting. My mother dodges the question. Aleksandr, my best friend, won't look me in the eye when I ask, shutting down the second I bring it up. Lev built a cage and called it a home. He is just waiting for me to settle back into his darkness. Because that's what happens to girls like me. We stay quiet. We obey. And then we disappear. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫. • • • 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 & 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫)

Growing up, all she ever wanted was a normal life- to go to school, learn, make friends, and experience the world beyond her front door. But her father believed the outside world would corrupt her, so he kept her inside the house for most of her childhood, convinced he was protecting her from a broken society. Everything changed when Nathan came into her life. For the first time, she found love, hope, and the future she had always dreamed of. She finally believed she was building the ordinary life she had been denied. Then a new president was elected. As her country slowly unravels, she watches in real time as everything she once believed in begins to disappear. Rights are stripped away one by one. Freedoms vanish under the promise of "security." Neighbors turn against each other while many refuse to believe anything is wrong until it's far too late. Women are among the first to lose their place in society, rapidly being reduced from equal citizens to second-class people with fewer rights, fewer opportunities, and little control over their own lives. Those who speak out are branded terrorists. Those who stay silent hope the nightmare will pass. Most are simply too afraid to risk everything. With every new law and every executive order, the government tightens its grip on the nation. As the life she fought so hard to build slips away, she must decide whether staying silent will keep her safe- or whether speaking up is worth risking everything. The Good Wife Act is a chilling story about the slow collapse of democracy- not through one dramatic event, but through one law, one signature, and one act of silence at a time. It is a story about love, fear, denial, and the devastating cost of realizing the truth only after your freedom is already gone.

Shadow has spent her entire life hiding. Orphaned at a young age and raised in America, she learned early that being different was dangerous. By day, she's just another quiet girl trying to survive. But beneath the surface lies a secret that could change everything-Shadow is a Wild Shifter, one of the last of a rare bloodline capable of transforming into more than one animal. For years she's kept her true nature buried, never staying in one place for too long, never letting anyone get too close. But soon she meets people who share her abilities. Now Shadow must embrace the power she's spent her life fearing, uncover the truth about the family she never knew, and decide where her loyalties truly lie. Some secrets are worth dying to protect. Others are worth fighting for.

While on the run from her abusive older brother, her only remaining family, Adalie comes across a severely injured forest spirit named Koa, who begs Adalie for help. Adalie takes them to nearby ruins of a grand old manor, where the spirit explains that they were attacked by a dangerous creature known as The Hybrid, a minion of the Dark Emperor Kaldareth. He rules over the Isen forest with an iron fist, so when he heard the locals whispering about a secret prophecy, one that speaks of a human girl leading to his downfall, he sent out his minions on a relentless search, attacking innocent spirits and animals, questioning them on whether they've seen her, and then killing them, so the girl won't know of her destiny should she come across one of his victims. Luckily, the Hybrid was sloppy, and Koa is still alive... but barely. They strike a deal with Adalie. I exchange for her help in collecting the ingredients required to make a potion which will save them, Koa will free her from living her brother. So Adalie sets out on a dangerous quest, aided by a mysterious yet strikingly handsome river spirit, Zyair. Thrown into a dark new fantasy world crawling with watchful eyes and lingering threats, will Adalie succeed and save Koa? Or will she be captured by the cruel Emperor whose only goal is to kill her? (Draft 1)

Not the planet. The god. For centuries, Pluto ruled the Underworld with quiet fairness, asking for neither worship nor love. Time moved on. Empires crumbled. Temples became museums. Then, in 2006, even the planet that carried his name was declared "not enough." It shouldn't have mattered. It did. Marigold has spent half her life talking to the night sky. She works part-time at a planetarium, grows herbs in her backyard, reads tarot, and still insists Pluto is a real planet, no matter what any scientific committee says. She never expected the universe to answer back. When an impossible conversation leads her to the lonely god of the dead, Marigold discovers that myths don't disappear-they simply learn how to survive unnoticed. As friendship becomes something neither of them expected, Pluto must confront the weight of immortality, the complicated truth of his marriage to Queen Proserpina, and whether someone eternal can ever truly offer a future to someone whose life is heartbreakingly brief. A slow-burn fantasy romance about forgotten gods, quiet hope, second chances, and the people who remind us that our worth was never decided by the world. Sometimes all it takes is one person who still believes.

They were never meant to meet-at least not like this. She heals people. He breaks everything. Elizabeth Weston's life is built on control-her studies, her silence, her carefully measured steps through a world that never stops watching. Mateo Hayes lives for chaos-speed, danger, and the underground street races that make him feel alive. Then one night, their worlds collide. And suddenly, the line between danger and desire isn't so easy to see. He's the Hellracer, born for fire. She's the only one who makes him burn for something more. The real danger was never the race. It's the way he looks at her. It's falling for the one person you were never supposed to love. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔞 MATURE CONTENT (18+) Hellracer is a slow-burn dark romance intended for mature readers. This story contains emotionally intense themes, forbidden love, dangerous street racing, explicit language, drug use, addiction, violence, and later in the story, explicit intimate scenes. Content warnings will be provided at the beginning of chapters where applicable. 📅 New chapters every Thursday.

★#1 IN ᖴᗩᗴ ᖇISᗴ SAGA★ "I have been your guardian angel these past few months." He proclaimed with a mocking smile. I sighed and shook my head slowly. "..... Oh Puck. You're a lot of things, but you're no guardian angel." Shy, homeschooled teenage girl Lisa Corothy, prefers to live a quiet life surrounded by books and cats. But when she attends a weekly homeschool co-op, her plans go astray. Because of another attendee named Puck. Puck is the walking biohazard of charisma and danger Lisa never wanted. Until she discovers he is what she has been looking for. As Lisa digs deeper into Puck's background, she begins to put herself in danger for reasons only Puck knows. And he becomes the only one that can protect her. Because he is 'one of them'. And by them, I mean the Faeries. Meanwhile, Lisa's older sister Alexandra tries to recover from a painful breakup, and is determined to let God write her love story. Could a socially awkward Romanian boy be the answer to her prayers?

Laura was three years old when she was accepted into the prestigious Gates Program, a gifted youth initiative for the country's most exceptional minds. Her parents thought they were giving her the opportunity of a lifetime. In reality, they were giving her away. Behind the walls of Gates, children weren't being prepared for the future. They were being studied, tested, and transformed into something far beyond what anyone outside the program could understand. Years later, Laura discovers the truth behind Gates. What was supposed to create gifted minds became something much darker, and the Paragon will do anything to protect what's hidden inside its walls.

Aureliana Embers has always found solace in the chaos of her best friends-Fred and George Weasley and Lee Jordan. With them, life at Hogwarts is filled with mischief, laughter, and pranks. But beneath her clever remarks and easy smiles, she hides a darkness she can never speak of. Every summer, she's forced to return to a home that isn't home at all-a place where cruelty and silence are her only companions. But this year, something's different. This year, the weight of her secrets is suffocating, and no matter how hard she tries to hide the truth, her friends see right through her. As the friendship between Fred Weasley and Aureliana deepen, so does Fred's determination to unravel the mystery behind her haunted eyes. But Aureliana has spent years building walls to protect herself-and she's terrified of what might happen if she lets someone in. With the school year passing in a blur of pranks, stolen moments, and late-night confessions, Aureliana begins to realize that maybe, just maybe, she doesn't have to fight alone. But some scars run deeper than others. And when the past finally catches up with her, will she have the strength to fight for the future she truly deserves?