❝Your secret is a painting?❞ I took a few cautious steps; the hairs on my arms stood on end. ❝Not just any painting.❞ Dorian approached the easel, shadows on his face as he touched the cloth protecting it. ❝It's a dark object, the manifestation of my curse. The reason I shall always live and never die.❞ I swallowed. ❝Show me.❞ * * * When Dorian Gray dies, and returns to life, Amelia Thorne is introduced to the world of the supernatural. Here, monsters exist and paintings become portals to other worlds. Amelia learns Dorian's most precious secret - an evil painting that holds the key to his immortality, and his dark side. When the painting is destroyed, his inner monster is unleashed. Soon, Amelia finds it hard to separate her feelings for Dorian and the demon he created. Especially when destroying his evil twin means destroying Dorian as well...

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfilment of the senses.

❛stay a little longer❜ there is a list on my profile of the available translations of this story.

Vanitas had a problem. Under the name of Narcissus two millennia ago, he had gazed into his reflection and learned how to love himself. Now he barely knows who he is. But when he is blackmailed, and his immortality, his powers and the life he built for himself are threatened, along with the wall he created between himself and his emotions, he's about to figure out who he has become. (Warning: this novel contains graphic adult content, homosexual relationships and explicit language) (#3 Mortal Wounds)

**FEATURED STORY IN HORROR!!**** "Through the sins of man and perversions of the wicked, when innocent blood is spilled by that that should not be, darkness will be born". When a dark beast of hell is unleashed and leaves a bloody massacre in it's wake, it is up to a reluctant James Crowley and tortured soul Detective Monroe to delve into the shadows and overcome the worst of humanity before earth becomes a true hell. As Shadow's Scream is a dark, disturbing psychological thriller that explores the depravity and darkness of the world we live in. It is the first book in the exciting 'As Shadow's' trilogy

❝liberate yourself limbs, eliminate your limits, let me .❞ nyctophilla noun an attraction darkness or night; finding relaxation or comfort in the darkness origin from greek. © diamondwhites, 2020

Royal Rose (Book 1) Leo's been hiding her identity for years to fight in the arena where women are not allowed. She got away with it so far and won all her battles, but what if she was assigned as the Princess' personal protector and hiding her identity became much more complicated than before. #1 gxg #1 girlxgirl #1 lesbian #1 gay #1 pride #1 historicalfiction #1 knight #4 medieval #11 lgbt #17 romance 🏅PRIDE AWARDS WINNER 2022 (Historical Fiction)

Angry and bitter about her parent's divorce, sixteen-year-old Faith Everett isn't pleased when her mother packs up their lives and moves them to the small town of Meadow. Faith has a bone to pick with the world and prefers to stay away from the company of others. She has her reasons, but she's not about to share them with anyone. Hope Chamberlain, often referred to as the Mother Theresa of Meadow, has spent her life devoted to service, tradition, and the unshaken belief that goodness can mend whatever's broken. She leads her church's summer camp with a heart full of conviction and the belief that no soul is beyond saving. When Faith is forced to attend the same summer camp, their lives collide, and the two couldn't be more different. Hope wants to help Faith rediscover her religion--Faith just wants Hope to disappear. But as the girls' lives intertwine, what begins as resistance turns into a quiet, fragile connection that neither one of them expects. As the summer unfolds, both girls are forced to confront painful secrets, question their beliefs, and redefine what family and friendship truly mean. A poignant coming-of-age story about love, loss, and redemption. Hope and Faith explores the beauty of heartbreak, and how two opposites learn that healing sometimes begins in the most unexpected places.

"Anna Karenina" is the tragedy of married aristocrat and socialite Anna Karenina and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The story starts when she arrives in the midst of a family broken up by her brother's unbridled womanizing—something that prefigures her own later situation, though with less tolerance for her by others.