It doesn't matter how she ended up in this four-walled room. What matters is she gets out. ***** After a night out in New York City, Liliana Rossi wakes up in a windowless room with no recollection of how she got there. And she's not alone. The dark and tattooed Mateo Aguilar is also held captive. As the two struggle to survive and hatch an escape plan, they also struggle with growing attraction toward each other, facing Lili with the biggest question yet: is Mateo the reason she's here, or the one who's going to save her? ✨ Wattys 2018 Shortlist & Featured Story ✨ Content warning: this story references themes that readers might find triggering, including drug use and sexual assault. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]] Cover designed by Stefanie Saw

Arian Moore is living a life of hell. Married to an abusive top dog Lawyer, she has never felt more alone in her life. But when she meets Aiden Emerson, she feels a new sort of hope for a better life. But Aiden has some secrets of his own. He has blood on his hands and a dark and dangerous ethic. "I just didn't want you to get the wrong idea about me," Aiden's brows furrowed as he watched me with concern. I gave him a little shrug and grinned. "I don't think bad of you. Honest. You can sleep with whoever you want." His teeth sunk into his bottom lip as he stared down at me. The green in his gaze became darker and he subtly shook his head. "Not whoever I want." Mature/graphic content. Assault Rape Domestic violence. Read at your own risk! Cover and graphics created by @Ashley_mariex ❤️ Copyright ©️

Going through my pictures, I went to the one that I had just taken, and the phone slowly slipped out of my grasp. What had escaped my notice before is that the couch I had taken the picture on was against a window, which showed the backyard of the house. But in this picture, it wasn't an empty backyard. No, behind my smiling face was another one, outside the window. It was his face. Covered with a black ski mask, watching me. *** All 19-year-old Layna wanted to do was forget about the guy that broke her heart, and move on with her new boyfriend Brian. But instead, she unwittingly attracted the attention of a stalker. Someone who had been watching her every move for a month, plotting and planning for the perfect moment when he could take her. What Layna never would have expected was that when he finally kidnaps her, she would have to undergo "The Test". The Test that the girls before her had gone through. The one they failed, and payed heavily for. Will she pass The Test or will she die like the others?

It's not a game - it's business. Maddox is the sole founder of an elite, private assassination service housed in the walls of Club Triple X. Only those worthy are allowed to sign on the dotted line, and those who aren't - well... Running that kind of service for high profile clients isn't easy, and it requires a person with a certain nature, a special kind of mind-set. Maddox is one of a kind. Professional, precise, punctual. Conniving, cunning, cut-throat and bat-shit fucking crazy. It isn't until there's talk of a breach in confidentiality that Maddox meets a client with a strange, unhealthy and obsessive fascination with their line of work. And Maddox. Sex, murder and business are what Maddox knows, and what Maddox excels at. This new client will experience at least two of those things first hand, and if they continue fucking about in business, Maddox isn't sure which two that'll be. Enter the world of Club XXX: Three men. One club. Their rules. Warning: 18+ EXTREME DARK THEMES. STRONG ADULT/SEXUAL CONTENT. The XXX Series: MAXIM by Lana_sky MILTON by Lydia161290

What should have been a liberating last year at school for teenage Michael Wilton and Samuel Hanz ends in disaster. A year of teenage angst, friendship, love and the worst of betrayals leads two teen boys on a tragic, downward journey of discovery in the final instalment of "The Asylum Trilogy" and gives a heart-stopping conclusion to a story made to destroy the moral compass. #maturethemes [The Asylum Trilogy: Book 2] An exciting prelude to Dale-Creek Hill Asylum & Ashley's Asylum that can be read independently. ©2010 by Infamous Art Work property of John Ross

"Now listen up, everyone," he announced, in a chillingly flat voice to the crowd of screaming and crying people. "Save your tears for later. I need you all to do as I say. If you do you live and if you don't you die."

Warning‼️This book contains abtruse topics such as Dark love, Abuse, Violence etc. You have been warned. "I thought after 3months of dealing with my anger, when I finally saw you again the desire to skin you alive and add your pretty skin to my collection would have died down." he said camly looking at me. His game on pause for a second. My heart dropped to my feet. My eyes were wandering between him and the items close to him as I blinked the tears away. "Sylas- please. You have to understand-" I felt more scared seeing as his attention was back on the board and not on me. Dying was an exceptional thing for me but death by Sylas I couldn't even begin to imagine. "Sprich nicht."(Don't speak.) His native tongue did something to me. I gulped being unable to look at his eyes even though they were on the chess board. "What did you think was going to happen Mäuschen?" he asked giving me his full attention. Every Fibre in my body wanted to run, my mind was screaming for me to run but I knew that wouldn't get me anywhere, it would just make him more excited. "Lay your hands on the table." he commanded moving the chess board further from him. I now wished he continued with his game. I didn't want all of his attention. I complied to his instruction with trembling hands knowing I had no choice. "Which finger did you use?" he asked casually grabbing the hammer and standing up causing a sob to wreck through me. I harshly bit into my bottom lip to stop the begging that was at the tip of my tongue, I knew he wouldn't listen, he only just wanted his answer but I had no control over my tears. .. She wishes she never met him, but wishes only come true in fairy tales.