She took the job expecting a paycheck. She didn't expect to find a second family. She didn't expect late-night friendships, drunk conversations, ridiculous hotel drama, or the kind of memories that somehow make an ordinary night shift feel like home. And she definitely didn't expect her boss to become her favorite person to sit at the bar with. What started as a weekend night-audit job slowly became something much bigger: a collection of people, inside jokes, bad decisions, unexpected friendships, laughter, and moments Mara would carry with her long after she left The Belmont. Somewhere along the way, she fell for him. But this isn't just a love story. It's the story of the people, the nights, and the moments that came before it. It's the story of how it all started. Because sometimes you don't realize you're living the beginning of something until you're far enough away to see where it ends.

Some inherit wealth. Some inherit power. Emyra inherited a secret. For years, Emyra has lived with unanswered questions about her mother's disappearance. No explanation. No body. No goodbye. Just a silence that everyone around her seems determined to protect. When Emyra begins her first year at Aurelia University, she expects a fresh start. Instead, she finds herself surrounded by strange occurrences, unsettling secrets and people who seem to know things about her that they shouldn't. The deeper she digs, the more she begins to suspect that her mother's disappearance wasn't what she was told. And when Emyra discovers that someone at Aurelia knows the truth, she is forced to confront a world she never knew existed-a world of ancient secrets, dangerous alliances and things that should not be possible. But the more Emyra uncovers, the more she realises that her mother wasn't simply hiding the truth from her. She was hiding Emyra from it. And whatever her mother was running from... has finally found her.

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 😈

ASHES OF KYOTO - 京都の灰 Kyoto. An era where samurai rule the streets, ninja clans operate from the shadows, and ancient secrets refuse to stay buried. Kaze Sōne escaped the life chosen for her. Born into the Sōne clan, she was raised to become a weapon. Instead, she chose another life-a life as a geiko, far away from bloodshed, missions, and the clan that raised her. With her husband, Kenji Taketsuna, she finally believes she has found peace. Then the dreams begin. A stranger's voice. A dying man. A mark beneath her skin that she cannot explain. And somewhere beneath Kyoto, an ancient Scroll begins to awaken. The Scroll has chosen Kaze. And with that choice comes a decision that has destroyed lives for generations: Revenge. Or Balance. One could turn Kyoto against itself. The other will take her soul. As the Sōne clan closes in and the line between memory and reality begins to disappear, Kaze must uncover the truth behind the Scroll-and the forgotten souls trapped within it. Because the most dangerous thing about the past... is that it remembers you.