Revenge. I'm familiar with it. You have to be when you're the firstborn son of a notorious mafia leader. Death and vengeance have been the very foundations of my life. So who in their fucking mind would be stupid enough to cross me? My brother and I have been wrongfully convicted of a crime we didn't commit. We know who is behind this. We bid our time behind bars, planned and prepared for the day we got out. Now we're free and hungry for redemption. I know what must be done. I know whose blood will be spilled. But before I go after him, I'll go after his daughter. I never said I play fair. *Book one in the Marino Brothers Duet. Rated 18+ due to explicit language, sex, and violence.*

Hermione is familiar with fighting: for respect, for attention, for justice. She's even made a career of it; working on behalf of creatures and beings. But her battle against the Ministry's marriage law is one she loses. Badly. And now, she has to contend with not only public derision and patriarchal politics, but her growing feelings for her government-mandated spouse.

| Novel | Version 1 ~ Published early 2018 ~ Burdened with undeniable romantic feelings for his best friend, Greyson feels as if his life has become a typical tragic story of a one sided attraction. For the most part, he's right as his love story is both emotionally draining and convoluted for a lack of better words. But neither of the friends anticipated that things would quickly escalate after a drunken kiss. ________________________ "My fist stung with a burning pain as I stood over Ace's unconscious body. A bit stunned yet remorseless as a multitude of gawking eyes bore into me, I was numb. And sluggishly turning to meet Greyson's watery eyes, it was as if my mind had turned to a word stealing mush."

"We've been best friends for fourteen years. Did you really think I wouldn't notice? I can see it... in your eyes. Your smile never reaches your eyes." -- When Aspen Ace falls, he falls hard. It's a gradual descent that happens so naturally, Aspen doesn't even recognize anything's changed until he's already neck-deep in an unrequited love for his best friend, Rafe Alvarez. Nervous and insecure, Aspen brings this new revelation to the person he trusts most-his older brother, Alex. He doesn't expect to be met with unconditional acceptance, but the reaction he receives is nightmare fodder. Regret barely scratches the surface of Aspen's emotions when his brother decides to blackmail him, but with no other option, Aspen learns to survive. Aspen can deal with the abuse as long as Alex keeps his sexuality a secret. He'll just wait it out. Aspen will graduate high school with a baseball scholarship and get the hell out of his conservative hometown... if he can endure. But he can't, and Aspen's suddenly fighting not only his brother, but the all-consuming monster in his head.

[WATTY'S 2024 SHORTLIST] When the Ravos Kingdom abducts the Nyrial Emperor's dragon, princess Aeryn Glastos must marry the demon prince planning her assassination to save her empire and end the war while guarding her heart and a dangerous secret. ------------ The twenty-two-year-old Draconian princess is starting her final year at Insignia Academy during the height of the war between the Draconians and demons. Aeryn's dream is to graduate as a bonded Champion in the Fire Force and fight in the war. The only problem is, she is the only Draconian to never receive a power by age twenty. Ashamed of his powerless daughter, the emperor of the Nyrial Empire proposes a marriage between Aeryn and the Ravos Kingdom's demon prince to end the war and get his dragon back. Shade Cross is ruthless, cunning, and dangerously powerful. Everything he touches dies, except Aeryn. He awakens something in her she has never felt before and she acquires not one, but two powers. She must navigate both nations built upon lies, betrayals, a forbidden alliance, and a deadly curse. When she discovers the truth about her empire, she must make a choice: protect the secrets and save her father, or side with the enemy. Aeryn needs to be careful because when it reigns, it pours, and she is caught right in the middle of a feuding storm between both nations.

ENGLISH An orphaned high school girl trying to live a normal life was caught up in a bullying issue which made her high school life difficult. One time when she was trying to save a classmate from being bullied, she accidentally slipped and fell to her demise. She then, woke up the next morning in an unfamiliar castle, face and body. Panicking and hysterical, she finds her way through the large castle and realizes she is in the novel that she read as the main villainess who will die in the near future, specifically four years from the present, after the main lead appears. Having no choice and wanting to live for as long as she can in her new life, she strives to win over the people who have the possibility of killing her in the near future. Will she be able to live her life peacefully as the next empress of the nation? Or will she dies like the cruel villainess in the novel that she read? (Updates on Weekends <3)

Levi and the rest of the Scouting Legion/Survey Corps are archeologists. During an excavation in the remains of the ancient Wall Maria they unearthed a huge crystal formation, which they then discover an encased body (Eren) after it was extracted and polished. The whole crew were ecstatic with their discovery, Hanji most especially. Somehow along the line Levi developed an attachment to the sleeping figure encased within. Link: http://snkkink.dreamwidth.org/2124.html?thread=2124620

Welcome to the Empire. Where the Prophecy is law, and betrayal is the only way to survive it. ***** Two thousand years ago, the Prophecy of Fire and Light foretold the coming of the Queen Empress who would lead the Empire into a time of peace and tranquility. But instead of the coming of a prosperous world, a forbidden love for the Empress waged a war that ravaged the land, creating a chasm between the factions, raising the death toll of innocent lives until the final, bloody battle. Centuries later, Alexandra, a twenty-two-year-old barista living in Boston, is taken to an unfamiliar realm of mystery and magic where her life is threatened by Reylor, its banished Lord Steward. She crosses paths with Treyan, the arrogant and seductive Crown Prince of the Empire, and together they discover how their lives, and their love, are so intricately intertwined by a Prophecy set in motion so many years ago. Alex, now the predestined Queen Empress Alexstrayna, whose arrival was foretold by the Annals of the Empire, controls the fate of her new home as war rages between the Crown Prince and Lord Steward. Either choice could tear her world apart as she attempts to keep the Empire's torrid history from repeating itself. In a realm where betrayal and revenge will be as crucial to her survival as love and honor, Alex must discover whether it is her choice - or her fate - that determines how she survives the Empire's rising conflicts. [[ 2016 WATTYS WINNER ]] ------------------- BOOK ONE OF THE EMPIRE SAGA This is a FREE STORY with PAID BONUS CONTENT ------------------- Cover by Fay Lane

Isabella Smith, a twenty two year old woman struggling to make it through the evils of the world and surviving through thick and thin to give her sister and herself a happy life. She is loving and caring to everyone. Seth Anderson, a twenty six year old hot billionaire and the CEO of Anderson&Co who is everything a girl wants. Hot, sexy and handsome. He never believed in love, he just had those typical one night stands. But his believe proved wrong when he saw Isabella and was intrigued by her. He grabbed her butt and pushed her against the wall. His lips grazed the back of her ear. "Are you scared?" He asked "N-no" She breathed out "So say you're mine" He said as she looked at him confused "Say it" He said once again as he kissed her neck "I-I'm yours" She breathed out heavily What would happen when Seth would enter Isabella's simple yet happy life? Would her world come crashing down or would it turn her life beautiful, the thing she thought would never happen? - Warning: The spelling and grammar is bad but I'll try to edit it once the book is completed. Highest rank: #4 in Romance [UNEDITED]

Love is inevitable but when life laces it with pain, betrayal, and yearning, it turns into madness... into obsession. Jeon Jungkook was the heir the unlucky heir of a mafia lord. A father who treated him like a pawn, moving him at will, ordering him into darkness without mercy. Jungkook walked through every shadow with the heavy hand of his father pressed against his shoulder, taking bullets meant for the empire. He learned only one thing: to obey, to listen, to survive. That obedience made him cruel, unforgiving, and dangerously calculated. Yet beneath the blood and discipline lived a past and a child-that crawled under his skin every single day. He is death wrapped in silk lethal, controlled, irresistible. Dangerous to the world, yet incapable of hurting the ones he loves. He seeks warmth he was never given, craves a love that never stood beside him. A broken soul who stands like a pillar, taking every bullet meant for others. Ashley Adams is a caged princess, enduring judgment from family and society alike. A girl condemned for her body, for existing in a form the world refuses to accept. She fights every day for dignity, for peace, for the simple desire to be loved and cared for. Now, she is thrown into the life of a man who carries a past and a child... a man who understands her thoughts before she speaks them. A man who looks like sin wrapped in silk. He looks at her as if she is the temptation he has been starving for. His sinful touch sends her spiraling wild, dizzy, undone. And in the middle of chaos, Ashley finds herself drawn to the man who touches her like she belongs to him. Who makes her feel like she is more so much more than what society ever decided for her. "Ashley, you're not what you think you are. You're what I see. And if you saw yourself through my eyes...You'd probably call me a crazy, obsessed bastard. Because that's exactly what I am for you." "It's not about deserve. It's about you."