Last Christmas, Ophelia Darke gave herself to a monster... and he gave her a love she can't erase. A year later, she's trying to rebuild her life-working at a DV charity, volunteering at soup kitchens, burying herself in folklore and hopeless searches for the Yule Devil who shattered her heart. She hasn't touched another soul. She can't. Krampus ruined her for anyone else. But when December returns, so does the magic she tried to outrun. A tiny Christmas fairy bursts from a bell with secrets, Nicolas-the beautiful Winter King-steps into her world with dangerous interest, and the shadows begin to whisper her name again. Because Krampus is waking. Furious. Possessive. Hungry. ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: This story contains dark romance themes, violence, obsession, monsters, emotionally intense scenes, and sensual content. 18+ ONLY.

Led by whispers, bound by madness It's not frightening to take a life, but what is terrifying is the power to change it completely. Forced by my parents and haunted by my actions, I never expected my life to take such a turn. But here I am, confined within the walls of the Grimstone Asylum, a facility for the mentally ill. Among them is he, the Mad Alpha, a legend wrapped in tragedy, trapped here for over a decade. They say he's insane, a danger to all, and they keep him hidden, lost in a haze of tranquilizers and wolfsbane. But what if the madness they claim is merely a facade? I've to know, for my own sake. [weekly updates]

"A King is not complete without his Queen." This is a story. A story that is far too unreal for anyone believe. A story that everyone should believe in. A story about love and death. A story so powerful that even the greatest and scariest leaders will kneel for it. A story about a woman and a man. A story of how a tiny mere human girl who made the werewolf King kneel in front of her because she shed a tear. This is not the fairytale that you thought you knew COMPLETED

Winnie never expects to meet her fated mate. After all, it's a rare occurrence, and humans don't have the same sense of smell beastmen and hybrids have that makes it possible to find them. And she definitely doesn't expect her fated mate to be Alistair Favre, the highly respected and feared lion beastman CEO of Favre Enterprises. Still, he seems like a nice guy. It can't hurt to at least give him a chance, right? Little does she know Alistair isn't looking for just a chance. Her sweet scent drives him wild, and all he can thinking about is marking her as his. She's nothing like most people he interacts with. He's used to everyone avoiding and fearing him. Yet, she gives him one innocent little smile, and all he wants to do is claim her as his. But he has to be patient. Her scent may make him crazy, but he can control himself until she's ready. He just hopes she falls for him sooner than later. XXXX Content Warning: This book contains depictions of anthropomorphism, referenced child abuse, fatphobia, pregnancy, and sexually explicit content that may trigger certain audiences.

Xer'Tal the Bloodthirsty had spent years as a warrior and now works as personal guard. With a world at war, his skills are in high demand however being an orc meant he was jaded to the world. People treated him poorly, gave him no trust, and he didn't trust a single person, even those who paid him. So he wasn't expecting someone like Tansy Wilde. Tansy Wilde was sent out from her family's lumberyard to head to the Kelpfar mountains to negotiate with the kobolds for a trade agreement when a bandit waylaid her plans. She escaped and fled to the nearest town where she asked after someone she could hire to protect her and she was sent straight to Xer'tal. Tansy knew orcs, she saw them occasionally at the lumberyard but there was something about this orc that has her breath catching in her chest. She paid him coin and asked him if he could escort her to Kelpfar and then back to her family's lumberyard. The coin was more than good so he agreed. The two start off but the stoic and cynical Xer'tal has no clue what to do with the bubbly and sweet Tansy as they make their way into the wilds. He finds the lines between job and employer he has always held firm waver under the sunshine of one singular, talkative woman as, for the first time in a long time, he is treated like a person that matters and not just as an orc. And Tansy finds her heart opening up more and more as the orc lets her truly be herself for the first time in years. Worlds and cultures collide as these two grow closer and only time will tell if love will bloom as they traverse the wilds between them.

All Lexi Rivers wants is to teach preschool, marry her jerk of a fiance Jackson, and lead a normal human life, but coming from a family of gifted magic users dedicated to summoning a demon and bringing about the end of the world makes her dreams... unobtainable. When Lexi's group summons Kirroz, a demon whose arrogance is offset by his unnatural charms, Lexi's role is to care for him. The more time Lex spends with the demon, the more she realizes that the man has a well-concealed sweet side that she's already unnaturally and intimately familiar with. Thanks to a series of strange dreams and fuzzy half-memories, Lexi remembers Kirroz from the past, but things take a dramatic turn when Kirroz reveals his genuine reasons for coming to this realm. Lexi will break down the walls between the god-realm and this earth and bring about the end of humanity, and it's Kirroz's job to help her. Will she break and cave to the demon? Or will she resist the Kirroz's demands as she remembers her first love the Raven of Water.

LOOKING FOR A SWEET AND STEAMY BEAR SHIFTER ROMANCE WITH AN ALPHA WHO KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS? Three years on after a fatal car crash and Tamsin is still mourning the death of her brother. Tray was a fellow grim--one of the best--who'd left the family business to live in a handmade log cabin. But whoever heard of a grim living off the land like some lumberjack hippie? No one, that's who. As she struggles to come to grips with the life her brother chose over everything they'd built together, Cody--a nosy bear shifter and her brother's former best friend--won't stop poking his snout into her business. All this city girl wants to do is lick her wounds in peace, yet the infuriatingly sexy mountain man is convinced she's his fated mate. All because three years ago, they shared an epic sexathon up against a tree. Now nothing will shake the stubborn cowboy of his crazy notion, not even Tamsin's infamous snark. But, no matter how much her heart yearns to take a chance on love, that drunken tumble happened a lifetime ago... before the future was stolen right out from under her. How is Tamsin going to get it through Cody's thick alpha skull that a grizzly shifter and a grim girl--one with reckless death magic at her fingertips, no less--is a terrible idea?

REVERSE HAREM Rhya, Rhy, is working for the largest law firm in the city when four of New York's most powerful men come strolling in. Colter, Cillian, Ryker and Dane have all come from the very streets they know own. They fight hard and love harder. When Rhya walks in to their world, will it change them? Will her dark past compliment theirs? Is there venom running through her veins afterall? Find out in this spicy, thrilling, gut wrenching reverse harem.

"How much do they want?" I asked, as the maid poured us another round of whisky. "They're prepared to make negotiations on the price, Alpha. They need the money." Boris, my beta, sipped his drink. "What about the girl?" I sighed, leaning back in my chair and placing my hands behind my head. "Where is she ranked in the pack?" "She's a maid. However, Alpha Orion stated that the girl satisfies health requirements. She will give you a strong heir." --- Theo Stormblade, the Alpha of the Kingdom's most feared, strongest pack. When his mate died five years ago, he became cold, heartless, and distant from his pack. Different from the open, kind, extroverted leader he once was. When his cabinet of elders approached him about finding another mate, he disagreed, negotiating only to produce an heir. Millie Rose was born into the Eclipse pack, one of the poorest, smallest packs in the entire Kingdom. She was left an orphan and a maid after her parents, who were once among the strongest fighters in her pack, suddenly passing away when she was fourteen years old. When the Eclipse pack hears about Alpha Theo's hunt for a surrogate, they quickly reach out and make a deal, offering Millie to the well-feared Alpha in exchange for some cash. Will Millie be able to escape the life of a maid at last, and will Theo be able to change his heart after losing his beloved mate? Started: November 20, 2024 Finished: July 20, 2025 Total Read Time: 11hr 21min

After being forced to witness the brutal murder of his mother, Falyn was left traumatized and voiceless. At the mercy of his father, the Duke of Ramport and the man who ordered his mother's death, Falyn was locked away and abused for years. Nine years later, at the end of a long and brutal war, the human nation of Vrayna enters into peace talks with the Beastlands, with a marriage treaty as part of the terms. Rather than lose his precious daughter to the Beastlands, the Duke sends Falyn in her place, assuming that he will be rejected and killed. But Falyn isn't rejected. Instead, Falyn finds a new beginning, a chance to heal the wounds of his past, and a love he never expected. ***Finalist for New Community Novel of the Year on Tapas***