𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍. But Aiden has never had any of that. Born with the rare gift of healing, the world sees his magic as a blessing-but to him, it's nothing more than a curse. His magic is draining, painful, and endlessly exploited by those stronger than him. In a realm where magic is a weapon and kindness a weakness, Aiden survives by keeping his head down and his heart closed. But the fragile balance of his life shatters when he crosses paths with an enigmatic prince. What begins as pure hatred between them slowly twists into something far more dangerous and consuming-desire. Driven by a restless need to uncover the true nature of the power running through his blood, Aiden is thrust into a year-long journey that challenges everything he thought he knew about survival, friendship, loyalty... and the cost of a forbidden love. "𝑰𝒇 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆... 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆."

At nineteen, Felix Morel's life is already crumbling. Between the music classes he clings to in pursuit of his dream and two jobs to support his cancer-stricken mother, every day feels like a battle he's barely surviving. Elias Gray, twenty-six, has never known struggle. The spoiled son of a powerful politician, his world is privilege, recklessness, and indulgence-until one night, when he crashes into Felix's world. Literally. Their lives collide in the most twisted way, leaving Felix scarred with trauma he can't outrun and Elias burdened with a guilt he can't escape. But in the wreckage, something unexpected sparks. What begins as a strategy, a reckless game Elias convinces himself he can control, soon grows into something more-something fragile, dangerous, and undeniable. As secrets unravel and the weight of the past presses closer, one question remains: When love is born from ruin... can it survive the truth? ⚠️ Content Warning! This book explores trauma, PTSD, and the difficult ways people struggle to cope with both physical and emotional scars.

For what reason does one wake up every day? People had always thought the life of ISAAC RUIZ couldn't be more perfect. Everything he wanted, he could get with his money and influence. What anyone didn't know was his real motivation to keep on living--something that was silly to others, but a salvation for him. For office employee FLORENCE VILLENA, there was no longer any meaning to his existence. Nothing could fill the void he had been experiencing inside him anymore, and he was convinced the world was better off without him in it. At twenty-eight years old, LAURENCE VILLEGAS had a lot of reasons to wish to just sleep forever. Since losing his home and family, the universe had rarely been kind to him. And yet, he chose to survive, time and again, if only for the hope of seeing his life get a little better. On Friday the thirteenth of January 2023, fates began to entangle as Laurence met with an accident, Florence tried to kill himself, and Isaac lost his reason to live. Nine months after the incidents, a new dawn fell upon those three lives when someone reawakened in a stranger's body. Set in a fictional Asian City called Perlientas. Mature topics: mentions of suicide (actual scene not depicted) and death, mental health and other societal issues, character thoughts that some may find disturbing or triggering, few sexual chapters later in the story Despite those themes, the overall story's pretty tamed. Featured on: @Romance [Romantic Suspense] | September 2024 @Ambassadors [Rainbow Fiction] | April 2025 Recognitions: ❦ Unification: An Awards Show 2025 | Creator Pick ❦ Unification: An Awards Show 2025 | Overall Grand Winner ❦ Moonlight Trove: Astania Awards 2025 | First Place in Mystery Category ❦ Padauk Mini Awards 2024 | First Place in Best Potential

𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅. 𝑾𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚'𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓. *** As the illegitimate son of the Corvino family, Noah learned early that gratitude was expected of him. He was convinced the privileges given to him were enough. That he had no place to demand anything beyond his father's acknowledgement, or question why he was only tolerated instead of fully accepted. It was a belief that began to crack the night he was kidnapped by the Corvinos' biggest rival in the business world. Someone desperate to burn his enemies' identities to the ground. Driven by greed, ambition, and nothing else. That was how Noah had always imagined the man, based on the stories told by his family. But after days of enduring his captor's psychological games, Noah began to uncover secrets that challenged everything he had been made to believe. The truth about the past. About the Corvinos. About himself. And about the man who kept him confined, yet somehow continued to unsettle not only his mind, but his heart.

The safest place to hide is in the arms of the man hunting you. ​Julian is a quiet schoolteacher with a secret that could ruin him. Jason is the Chief of Police with a promise to keep him safe. ​After a violent midnight encounter leaves a local predator dead and Julian with a fractured memory, he wakes up in the last place he should be: Jason's bedroom. Now, Julian is trapped in a suffocating domestic lie, and being nursed back to health by the very man leading the manhunt for him. Cover designed by the amazing @raxec14 on Instagram!

Kieran is already dealing with a flirtatious boss, disdainful coworkers and a heavy workload and writhing self-insecurity that gives him a perpetual migraine. Now the cute boy he met as a child had turned out to be a handsome, adorable... werewolf?! Salva opened their wings to their city neighbors in Bellport's greatest time of need, but will the divide between the two cities be greater than the chasm that seperates the them both or can they work together to find the solution to the virus that plagues them both? #ONC2026 #2k #8k Formerly "Now There's Werewolves?!" Cover by the amazing and generous @Lasophie79 (Kersie Lasalle) Genre: Fantasy-Supernatural, Werewolf Mature (16+): Mention of abuse, Bullying, Profanity, Gore/Violence Copyright© 2025 short_flame

Struck by tragedy, popular young artist Calael Black isolates himself in his new home in the hills in a desperate bid to save his sanity. However, Semper Place is far from empty and abandoned, and the ghost that haunts the property is not disinterested in him. The entrapped spirit of the beautiful Artemus Moon has been alone for too long, and the two isolated souls soon find themselves locked in a dark, toxic romance, reliant on each other for happiness.

Twenty-five years old Noah Sanders will do anything to save The Sanders House Orphanage. Literally anything--even turn into a terrifying scaly monster and rip off a few heads . . . That's why Noah is pretty sure of himself when he agrees to play boyfriends with the arrogant billionaire, Cole Zieglers. And Noah's job is pretty easy too! All he has to do is smile at some fancy parties, act like he's head over heels for Cole and make sure Cole's ex gets jealous. Sounds simple, right? Absolutely not! Not when the ex in question is Everest Ross--tall, dark, handsome and way too sexy for Noah's peace of mind. Everest clearly can't get over Cole and now Noah can't get over his own attraction to Everest, even when Everest seems to loathe his very existence. Then a murder rocks the glittering wedding they're all tangled up in, and suddenly Noah's playing a much more dangerous game. Stuck between Everest's cold fury, Cole's lies and a twisted murder investigation nobody asked for, Noah is just trying to survive. But with every stolen glance and biting word, it's not just his freedom on the line--it's his goddamn heart. Highest Ranking : #1 in lgbtfiction out of 33.9k stories (30/6/2026) #1 in -romance out of 6.05k stories (15/04/26) #2 in whodunit out of 2.99k stories! (04/04/2026)

Featured by @lgbtq // ~ OLD BOOK ~ Ian Lutyens. 20 years old. A stoic, reserved, architecture student with a shattered family. He thinks love is but a waste of emotions. Noah Hart. 23 years old. A soft hearted, loving, elementary school teacher with no family. He desires the deep affection that stays forever. The two opposites meet over a popular chat site on the internet. Fed up with the lives they both were leading and craving a release, they decide to meet up and satisfy each other's needs in bed. But will their relationship remain limited to what they wanted- being bed buddies? (Completed in September 2017) // Cover by the amazing @Karran

Arkie "Aster" Davino loves music. He loves performing on stage. But sometimes, even passion isn't enough to keep someone from being sucked dry by the weight of public expectations. Burned out by life as a P-Pop idol, Aster decides to take a short vacation in the countryside. In La Union, he meets an awkward yet endearing fan who reminds him why he fell in love with music in the first place. Alas Del Mundo has long felt as though his life has been standing still. That while the whole world moves forward, he's been left behind. And it's a feeling he escapes through the music of GALAX-E, his favorite P-Pop group. Being a fan of GALAX-E's leader Aster should have been enough. Yet Fate, with its strange sense of humor, places the very man Alas admires right in his neighborhood. As the distance between idol and fan begins to blur, Alas can't help but wonder: Does he have the right to reach for a star he was only ever meant to admire from afar?