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Garden of Light: Beneath Devouring Eyes #1 by ostromn
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One must lead. One must teach. One must transform. And all must decide: will they rise to the occasion, or let the world crumble?... Domi, a young thief abandoned at birth, just wants to save his dying foster mother. But first, he must commit the most dangerous heist of his life, snatch an artifact with miraculous healing powers from under the noses of the most powerful sorcerers in the land, and survive the awakening of his own magic. Daedalus, a young royal, just wants time to mourn his mother, who died two days ago. But first, he must ascend the Throne of Solitude she left behind, don the Onyx Crown she once wore, and become the next Princeps Worldholder, Keeper of Heaven and Earth. Valens, a seasoned sorcerer, just wants to return to the borderlands and battle rogue magic. But first, he must escape the twin burdens of taking a wife and an apprentice-duties that threaten to trap him in the city and tether him to a life he's spent decades avoiding. As the fates of these three strangers intertwine, the sorcery holding the world together begins to unravel. And beyond the planet's weakening magical protections, an ancient threat waits...
InfluenZas by EustaciaTan14
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Chloe wants to be an infuencer, which is a totally normal, not at all embarrassing goal to say aloud, okay? Even if we are in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. All cover image elements from Canva
The Vampire Always Bites Twice by AHopelessNecromantic
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Criminal necromancer & vampire private eye team up to solve the case of the missing barista. *** When a client drops dead in her fortune telling parlor, 'reformed' necromancer Isla has no choice but to illegally resurrect the poor gal. Your girl's got priors, alright? Hiding a corpse will send Isla back to the slammer. The client's just a Tourist, so Isla is certain nobody will notice. But you know what they say: The only things certain in life are death, taxes, and a handsome vampire poking his fangs where they don't belong. Gregor, a vampire private detective, has been hired to find another vamp's misplaced favorite bloodbag-- I mean, barista. Greg knows the fraudulent and distractingly attractive psychic, Isla, is the key to the barista's whereabouts, but he just can't put his fangs on what it is she's hiding from him. If her little whoopsie is discovered, Isla fears both the otherworldly authorities and an ancient vampire will have her throat. So she does what any girl would do in her situation. She hires Greg to find the risen barista for her first so that she can undo the resurrection. Sparks fly and blood splatters as Greg and Isla investigate Philadelphia's secret paranormal society, throw literal bones at the werewolf mafia, commune with the spirits of dead vampire-brides, dodge arrest by the magic fuzz, and occasionally pop off for late night cheesesteaks. The Vampire Always Bites Twice is the Wattys 2022 Grand Prize Winner! The "Bites Twice" Mysteries 1 - The Vampire Always Bites Twice 1.5 - Doubull Indemnity [revised version coming soon) 2 - Shadow of a Curse (Coming Fall 2025) This book contains explicit sexual content, paranormal violence, animal harm, and gore.
Mother's Hand by Tim
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Blade Runner meets Orwell's 1984 in Mother's Hand. Set in a crumbling dystopian future, Earth is ruled by the all-seeing and unforgiving Mother. Kal dutifully donates his body to the military for four years while his consciousness is stored. He will wake up with no memories of the things his body has done in war. Six years later, Kal wakes screaming a name he doesn't know. As he tries to reconnect with his former life he soon realizes that Mother is not finished with him yet. As Kal fights to avoid capture he begins to peel back the lies that surround Mother's system and must discover the truth about his past before it's too late.
You Are the Shell to My Tortoise | ✓ by LotteStarburst
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Nolan, an unapproachable guy who ignores the existence of all his schoolmates, sleeps in all of his classes. Normally, this wouldn't be Chelsea Arnold's problem-she does her best to pay attention in class and attends gym like a good, normal student. Unfortunately, she just so happens to be his assigned desk partner in many classes. She's frequently forced to wake him in English class and ends up earning the unofficial title of Nolan's Wake-up Alarm-a title that nobody in the entire school covets. The last thing she wants is to interact with him more than she absolutely has to. One day, their gym teacher sends her to bring him back to class, which he always skips for some reason. When she accidentally shines her flashlight in his sleeping face, it triggers a chain of events that gradually intertwines their lives together. It's hard to be a normal student when you start befriending the school oddball. It doesn't help that he has more secrets than the Big Ben has stairs. ----- Complete. (first person, past tense, slowburn) ----- 1st place in Humor Category of Psychological Novel Reads Contest 2020 (29 Sep 2020) ----- Started: April 28, 2020 Completed: July 23, 2021 Word Count: 160K+ ----- The sequel, The Tortoise and His Sunrise, is up on my profile now!
Only The Young | ✔ by TheOdoziaku
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ONC ROUND ONE QUALIFER A prank gone wrong sends four teenagers several years into an alternate past of their small town. Eden town, seventy one years ago is plagued by a murderer that is hell bent on dwindling the town's numbers, appearing at night unseen and disappearing after each gruesome murder. Some call it a monster, others call it a reaper but it is up to these teenagers to discover its identity and stop it, otherwise, there might not be a present for them to return to.
Till The Clock Strikes Gone by iyahartwrites
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❝In class, you said I reminded you of someone. Who is she?❞ ❝My wife. You remind me of my wife.❞ ━━━━━━━━━━ When an accidental time travel brings twenty-seven-year-old William eight years back to the past, he gets a chance to change his future and undo his marriage to the wife he never loved - the one who loved him too much. But landing at the doors of her nineteen-year-old self, he is met with someone who is extremely different from who he has always known her to be and he ends up falling in love with her. The catch? Eliza Scott hates him. Thrown into a race against time, William is left with two choices - win back Eliza's heart and go back to the same future which he left behind or forget Eliza and go back to a future where she is no longer his. [FEATURED BY @Romance]
Star Haven by Rookieoftheyear2
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Earth is dead. No one has seen the surface in five years. Earth died at the hands of pollution, corruption, and nuclear war; humanity has survived in bunkers far below Earth's radioactive surface. Now, with the bunker systems failing, humanity needs to find a way to survive. Five of the world's greatest minds left are being sent on a dangerous mission: find a way to survive on the surface or watch the human race die. Josephine was a biomedical Engineer before the world ended, but will her past impede her mission? Atlas fought his way onto the research team, and no one knows why he is there. Orion journeyed to the surface for the girl he loves, but will she ever forgive him? Jade and Sebastian want the same thing, to live without having to wear safety suits and masks and bask in the sun again. Confronted with a destroyed homeland, and haunted by secrets from their pasts, the five must fight and use their minds to survive. They always hoped to be remembered, but will they be able to save mankind?
WHEN THE WORLD ENDS by breathingchemicals
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Katherin Hassan-Clarke and Esther Quinn, young lovers living on the coast of Riga, Latvia, face the terrifying realisation that their home is no longer safe when a deadly zombie pathogen ravages Eastern Europe. Fleeing their home before they are forced to fight in a futile war against zombified humans, the young couple are devastated to find that Katherin's adoptive father, Ttod Ozola, has abandoned them. WHEN THE WORLD ENDS is the first book of the SPHACELUS series. ━━━━━━━━━ Cover by @anticlimactic
Daughters of Fate Book 2 | An Original Fantasy Adventure by MathiasCavanaugh
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One destiny. Two paths. One war. Sheala and Cass have chosen their sides. One seeks to bring meaning to her life that has been in shambles since the day her father and mother were killed and weighs the prospect of assuming the mantle of her uncle's Ambassador to the Elves. But is she truly ready to take on such an important role and become the Child of the Storm? The other prepares to unleash fire and her fury upon Fimmirra and bring King Turn to his knees with the Dragon Ships she has planned. But how will her blossoming relationship with a young officer in the Imperial Navy affect her heart that has until now only thought of revenge? And now, the Child of Light arises. A new hope for the Rebellion. The saga continues in Daughters of Fate Book 2, the second installment of the award winning Daughters of Fate trilogy. Approximately 85k words.