{Wattys 2018 Winner - The Contemporaries} Versailles, France 1789: Where the only things more prevalent than opulence and wealth, are secrets. At the dawn of the French Revolution, Paris is divided. In the glittering palace of Versailles, courtiers party without a care in the world, but in the city, people must fight to stay alive. Eighteen-year-old courtier Gabriel de la Marche is part of both worlds. When Gabriel was fourteen, his older sister went missing, and desperation for answers led him to strike a deal with an underground organization of assassins-they would use their connections to help Gabriel find his sister, if Gabriel agreed to kill members of nobility under the alias L'Ange de la Mort. Four years later, he still hasn't found his sister, and the repercussions of his decision are catching up with him. But he fears it might be too late to turn back now. The daughter of a French mother and a wealthy English earl, Lizabeth survived in the womb when her twin brother did not. Believed by her family to be cursed, she has grown up shamed and unloved, locked away in her father's estate. That is, until Lizabeth's mother strikes a deal of her own. If Lizabeth travels to Versailles and kills L'Ange de la Mort, she'll be granted her freedom. At the palace, Gabriel and Lizabeth fall headfirst into love, neither of them knowing the other's secret. Amid lavish court life, Lizabeth desperately searches for the identity of L'Ange de la Mort while Gabriel searches for the person rumored to want him dead. And when the truth is finally revealed, they discover they've become entrapped in a plot bigger than either of them could have imagined. One which could change all of France. stunning cover by storms_and_seas! aesthetics by makovea!

Bo Church can never go home. Not until he finds Saoirse de Rais. The wildling curse is slowly consuming her, and she's stuck in her lupine prison, alone and wandering the country after the death of Enzo Addario. His search for the girl he loves places him in a small canadian town just along the border, where he meets another werewolf with quite the story to tell. Bo has to find a cure; it's the only way to save the girl he loves. But the search isn't easy when you're branded a murderer, and Mira Addario follows him wherever he goes. Bo can never go home. Not until he makes things right.

Ivan has hunted a beast for years, and everything he knows about William comes back to Lianne - the beast's first victim, his only survivor and his next target. The plan is simple: protect Lianne, kill William when he comes. But protecting Lianne is anything but simple. Whispers follow her like shadows: of a Lady of the Lost, of her curse and her miracles. Demons prey on her at night. The toll of William's victims continues to rise. And when she speaks to Ivan's wolves, her words restitch their wounds with a hope he hasn't seen in his Pack for years. When William finally shows for the reckoning, Ivan finds everything he loves tested. Just how much can he sacrifice for one woman? Content/trigger warning: This story contains mentions of rape, self-harm, suicide, miscarriage, and drug use. [[word count: 150,000 - 200,000]] Cover designed by @Eunkyung_art

girl meets boy. boy turns out to be suicidal werewolf with stalkerish tendencies. drama ensues.

*WINNER of Best Cliche Breaker for Undiscovered Werewolves* "Underneath her skin was a wolf; all bite and snarl and nothing else." The day Saoirse de Rais made her Alpha submit is the day she decided to run. Traveling from city to city--state to state--she's at war with the wolf inside, threatening to tear through her skin. When she finally reaches the city of Lincoln, she thinks that she's finally free of her past. Until the Alpha comes to take her home. trailer made by: valuables

Well, you could stare at a white wall until you were blue in the face, it would never be more than a white wall. The same was true for the master vampire. A vampire was a vampire was a vampire. Period. (Anna Johnson)

... for a moment I thought that everything was back to normal, that I was okay. But then it came crashing down on me. Blood was valuable. Blood was life. The loss of blood had a price. A high one.

They are born in the darkness, and they own it like no one else. Anna Johnson stays clear of vampires. She knows what they are capable of. As a witch of the air she is working for the Circle as a researcher, closing her eyes to that which lies in her past. Until one phone call changes everything.

Every human needs a strong wolf to survive, And every strong wolf needs a human to calm the raging tide. So when a lonely male wolf meets a small pack of only two, He begins to love what's not his, because he does not listen to the Moon. ~ A young female werewolf and her five year old pup meet a lonely Alpha rogue one night in the woods, a man who has silently had his eye on them, watching over them in the shadows. He makes them his pack, his family, and vows to protect them for all he is worth. But what will happen when truths are spoken, mates are found, and the family that is so closely tethered, becomes torn apart? This is a story of raw emotion, deep betrayal, and love that is stripped to the bone. A mates bond is instant, but coming to fully love someone takes time.

Énouement (γαλλικά, ουσιαστικό): το γλυκόπικρο συναίσθημα όταν φτάνεις στο μέλλον και βλέπεις πώς εξελίχθηκαν τα πράγματα, χωρίς να μπορείς να το πεις στον παρελθοντικό εαυτό σου. [Αναλυτικότερη περιγραφή στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο]