When the latest technology in gaming is launched, that of which had only been heard of in science fiction novels before, gamers from all over are jumping at the chance to play. Maybe those novels telling of players being trapped that had become somewhat cliche were something of a warning as most science fiction is meant to be. Land of Shadows was the first virtual reality massive multiplayer roleplaying game released to the public, and Towa VRGames, its creator, was thrilled to have so many people lined up to play the game. After allowing 10,000 beta testers to test the game, it was ready for action and released, but soon after... everything went wrong. Beta tester Taro Kagemune was no ordinary player. Besides being a beta tester, she was the head of her large family and a company spanning more industries than most could ever think of doing successfully. After graduating university in her mid teens and medical school at around twenty, she was ready for a bit of experimentation to spread her family business into the gaming industry, and what better way than to start with the cutting edge? She took the dive with the oldest of her two younger brothers, followed by much of her family, on that fateful day. What happened would make her wonder if she was really as great as she was made out to be. Can she keep going the way she had been without any help? Taro has lived as a shadow for most of her life because she was taught that friends were of little worth a shadow was the most loyal friend, but what is a shadow without a light? Can she find a light to shadow or will the shadow fall to ruin and meld into the darkness in a land where shadows are the only tangible objects?

"You seem to have forgotten that you're not marrying a commoner, Alina. You're marrying the prince of all vampires, so look alive and get me some coffee." Alina Deluca lives a normal life up in the Californian north. At least that's what she makes the world believe. Locked within her hypnotising emerald eyes are horrors she could never speak of even if it killed her... secrets that border the paranormal. Erick Stayton, the Vampire Prince, is her nightmare. To her, he was no more than a cold, savage predator that lusted for her blood and took away everything she had that one traumatising night four years ago. Except she is bound to be his bride by an arranged marriage deal she can never understand Now, at twenty-one, she is to marry her nightmare in a month's time. Mustering her every strength to set things right in her awry life, she gets embroiled in an ages old feud and a struggle for power of mind-boggling proportions. Strangely enough, she finds herself connecting with Erick.

A dark mysterious vampire fantasy novel * Everyone has heard of the tale of the Beauty and Beast. About a father who picks up a Rose for his daughter. About a daughter who sacrifices herself for her father. And a tormented Prince cursed by a fairy. What if Vampires weren't as sparkly as some people said them to be? What if there was more to the story than just Beauty and the Beast? Say hello to a beauty and The Beast retelling. This is Beauty and The Vampire: It All Started with a Rose. #1 Retteling #1 What's Hot #Featured

#25 Romance #29 Theory #56 Mystery/Thriller #57 Teen Fiction *Also in Wattpad's What's Hot List* *Wattpad Romance's Reading List* { based on a true story } .................................... "I want to learn everything about you --- flaws and mistakes, your happiness and weakness. I want to fall in love with you for all of it. That's my theory", he said looking directly at me. I gulped and looked back at him shakily, "Everything?" He nodded; determination written all over his face, "Everything." Two teenagers -- two strangers -- each having their own past to share. Their own secrets to keep. Their own theories to give. What would happen when along the way one falls in love while the other doesn't? Eli's love story and how she fell in love. Started with a theory. Of pretty much everything. _______________________________ warning: will make you laugh, cry, love, scream, smile, and teach you the meaning of reality. (You lost? Follow @thelead :p) ,

Book 1 in the Matched for Life Series (There are two versions of this story. The First one isn't complete and the 2nd one I'm currently writing and posting on ream) In the year 4028, the person you spent your life with was born especially for you. It wasn't by fate or a higher being. No, by the year 3073, our genetic bindings were developed in a lab for one purpose and one purpose only... A perfect breeding match. Chrissy Smith enjoyed her freedoms. Before you are born your DNA is made perfectly to suit your Match or what we humans call them...alien spouse. We know not a single detail about or Match. That is until your 21st birthday. One whole month before you're to wed and start breeding. By law, you have to accept your match. Chrissy soon learns that everything she thought to be true is a lie and the world around her is more magical and mysterious than any simple human or pet could have ever imagined. ****This is a sample.

"Y-you," she stuttered, staring at the handsome man sitting on the sleek black throne, "you're..." He rolled his eyes, waving his hand impatiently and said, "Hades. Come on, say it with me. Ha-des." "Hades," Ariel breathed out, still not believing the sight before her. Every picture she had seen of the gods had not depicted Hades' beauty. The god sitting before her was not a crusty old man with a white beard; no, he was a Calvin Klein model. "Yes," Hades clasped his hands together and grimaced, "the God of Death and riches; that's me." Ariel nodded, still refusing to believe but knowing she had to and Hades' grimace turned even bitter, "And you, darling, will be staying with me for quite some time." ~*~ Cover: _nymphomaniac Published: 8/6/14

*completed NOW A PUBLISHED NOVEL!* An ancient Cursed bloodline, a world-crossed romance, tyrant kings, a princess with dragon wings, a forbidden love affair, and a sorcerer meant to reign in chaos... this is the Redemption Saga. Bride of Alvar What if your entire life your mother declared you're destined to wed a king from a magical world? Would you believe her? Probably not. I didn't believe her either, until a handsome, other-worldly king showed up to claim me as his bride. Despite my annoying attraction to him, I let the magical king know about a complication: I'm already engaged to somebody else. However, when monsters from Alvar's world kidnap my best friend, I find myself whisked away to his realm marrying him anyway. But marrying a man I barely know and adapting to a fantastical new world is nothing compared to learning just how many dark secrets my new husband hides and that the fates of both my world and Alvar's rest on MY shoulders. For the edited paperback of this book go to this link: https://www.amazon.com/Bride-Alvar-Redemption-Silver-Reins/dp/B08LNJL4LN Best ranking: #1 in Fantasy

Previously known as The Billionaire wants her. Highest ranking #1 in Romance 03-02-2016 #3 in Romance 09-04-2017 #2 in Romance 17-04-2017 (Book #1 in Manhattan Series) 'I loved her, not for the way she danced with my angels, but for the way the sound of her name could silence her demons' - Christopher Pointdextor How can someone so cold, make you feel so safe? That's what Erica Dixon found herself asking when she came face to face with the man himself, Xavier Manhattan. Mr Manhattan - the cold, distant and most eligible bachelor available. Some regard him as a monster. Others just pity him. Many don't understand why the man with everything seems to have so little. Miss Dixon - the professional, warm-hearted and normal girl trying to provide for her family on the edges of Toronto. She has her reasons to dislike the Manhattans, but in the end will her heart rule over her head? Let the sparks fly. Let the battle commence. Join us on the journey of the meeting of two shattered souls on the way to trying to locate their purpose in life. The bewildering plot twists, passionate romance and tragic heart breaks make for an exhilarating and unexpected adventure.

To the world he was a beast but for her he would do anything. He could have the world but all he wanted was her. They say the things we want most are the things we can't have. For she was so afraid of him that even the thought of him could have her running for the hills. Little did she know that she was the only one who didn't have to be afraid of him. Credits for the cover go to @Chatachino for the amazing cover.

Fauna Everglen doesn't remember anything - she woke up one day in a hospital with four people claiming to be her family. She was apparently caught in a car accident and now suffers from amnesia. That was three years ago. Now she's accepted and embraced her new life; she has not recovered her memory and has found a way to live without it. That is until a mysterious boy shows up at her school and claims he knew her before she woke up in the hospital and that she didn't lose her memories - they were stolen. Now she's been dragged into a world where everyone believes her to the most powerful Beast Tamer in thousands of years. She must go on a quest to recover her lost memories, she will have to chase rumours and whispers while also jumping at shadows or she may never recover her memories at all and be forced to live with the consequences. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cover by AllOfThymeAndSpace