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EXCAVATOR: Tales from the Twelve Vessels by DreamerCail
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In the deepest recesses of the universe flies the Jaundian Coalition, a group of twelve colonial vessels carrying orphaned races across galaxies. The unspoken backbone of the fleet lies in its excavators, teams of all races who travel to passing planets to collect material crucial to the Coalition's survival. ******** Everything is going right for Meera. She just passed her excavator's license test with flying colors, completing one of the last steps to get her planetside. All that's left now is to go through basic training with her new team, the 803rd excavation unit. They're a little rough around the edges, but if she sticks to her values everything will work out for her...right? Everything is going wrong for Sauk. What started as a petty revenge mission now has xem serving a sentence heavier than any xe has had in the past. The punishment? Vocational rehabilitation. The job? Maintenance tech for excavation crews.
Raven of Water by WhiskeyJaneDoe
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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.
Duke of Camellias by flowersforleah
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Emmanuel, Duke of Thornton, is handsome, wealthy, and most of all, unmarried. Nicknamed the Duke of Camellias by his admirers, he seems to have the world in his hand, but harbors a secret nobody knows. Blair Millais, on the other hand, has lost it all. His sister passed away and the short stories he publishes hardly earn enough for him to live on. When Emmanuel Waterhouse invites him over to be the writer of his very own biography with a superfluous salary, it seems too good to be true. Yet soon Blair realizes how society looks upon gay men in Victorian England, and a betrayal which has made Emmanuel unable to love anymore. So when he learns who exactly the Duke of Camellias is, and the reason behind the sadness in his eyes, can he ignore the impending fate that awaits him? TRIGGER WARNINGS: child abuse, assault, rape
The Duke's Bidding by KianaBerkman
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A Duke's bidding is not easily defied. John, the only son of the Duke of Ashbourne finds himself on the cusp of being betrothed to a girl he barely remembers. In order to escape this fate he chooses to defy his birthright and adventure into the unknown. Nearly a decade later, he returns home-a self made man and the Captain of a fleet of ships-just to find himself wanting to embrace the very reason he walked away from it all. Will his past choices stand in his way? Or will he find a way to rise above it all and find happiness? __UPDATED Monthly__ Please remember to vote and comment! I love hearing from all my readers. Awards: 2017 Azul Awards- Historical fiction -3rd place 2017 Chaos Awards-Historical fiction -2nd place Best Ranking: #89th in Historical Fiction on March 22, 2018 Special rankings by category: #1 in stories about Earl's 5/11/2018 #17 in Duke 5/29/2018. #1 Countess 3/14/2020 #1 in Regency-England 4/15/21 #3 in Regency-England 5/10/22 (still holding)
DESTINY'S ARRIVAL by sidraz03
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Naaz and Hammad. Two different people, two different stories. Until destiny decided to intervene. Naaz,a lively girl meets her fate in her teen years. For her,finding her true potential,her strength and her calling is an impossible quest. Will she be able to rediscover herself? How will she save herself from the world? Whom will she approach? Will she get the SIRAT AL MUSTAQEEM? Will she be able to recognise her Creator? Mohammed Hammad Abdullah, a budding businessman, has his destiny interwoven with Naaz's. He is bruised by his past, and the fear of future looms over him. A good Muslim, but he has his insecurities. Will Naaz be able to settle them? Will he be able to support her towards her goal? Will they be able to transform their lives into an epitome of love, trust and belief? Read on to find out... Happy reading:) Do comment:) Do vote:) P.S. : My characters are NOT PERFECT. Instead, they travel the path to perfection with in the novel. Embark upon their journey to find if they're successful in attaining the peak of perfection.
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a collection of poetry by cradle_life
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Poetry is art of our Soul music of our mind songs of our heart ...our feelings given words
The Firstborn by QuenbyOlson
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Sophia has sacrificed everything for her younger sister, Lucy. She has removed them from the only home they ever knew, taken on the care of Lucy's illegitimate son, George, and even assumed the role of a widow and mother in order to erase all hint of scandal from the boy's birth. But rumor continues to follow them like the darkest of clouds, and Sophia must adapt to her new existence as a false widow with no prospects beyond the doors of her small cottage. Lord Haughton - "Finn" to those close to him - will stop at nothing to prevent the slightest whiff of disgrace from tainting his family's name. When he learns of his younger brother's latest indiscretion-one that leaves a bastard child in his wake-Haughton rushes across the country to offer the boy's mother a comfortable living in exchange for her silence about the child's true parentage. But he arrives only to have his generous offer thrown back in his face by Sophia Brixton, a sharp-tongued and sharper-witted woman who proceeds to toss him out of her house. But just because he is banished from her home does not mean he is so easily banished from her life.
Silence Breaking by RobThier
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Family - the most important thing in the world, right? If it's your own, maybe. But if it's the family of the incredibly powerful, incredibly alluring businessman with whom you've been conducting a secret office affair, and they don't yet know about the affair, things are a little bit different. Life is about to get real for Lilly Linton. All those stolen moments behind closed doors, those secret kisses and whispered words are about to catch up with her. As she and her boss, business-magnate Rikkard Ambrose, travel north to his parents' palatial estate, she is about to discover whether she has the strength to step out of the shadows and change her fate forever. Volume four of the award-winning "Storm and Silence" series.
The Lady Who Sinned by greenwriter
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Banished for five years, Lady Belinda Carrington returns to Willowfair, claiming to know things one would find impossible to believe. With her tainted reputation, can Belinda make Town Guard McKenzie Haverston help her in her pursuit of the truth? *** After her banishment five years ago, Belinda Carrington returns with secrets and tales too impossible to believe. But something in her lies makes McKenzie Haverston desperate for the truth... When Belinda shows up in McKenzie's home asking for protection in return for important information on a case he's working on, he rejects her. But when he learns where she had been banished after her great scandal five years ago, he finds himself striking a deal with the woman-he protects her, she gives him answers. The question now is: how true is her tale? She was once considered the fairest of them all, but one scandal later, she has become the most reviled. And she is also being hunted. If Belinda wants to stay alive, she has to start trusting McKenzie Haverston, a task she finds to be surprisingly easy to do. However, as the truth of the past begins to resurface, and the secrets of her scandal is revealed, Belinda is confronted by her own demons, causing her to doubt her own reality. Trigger warnings: abuse, violence, mental trauma, sexual assault, mental health illness