Two people fall in love, someone dies, and a child survives who will one day shape English literature. *** In Tudor London, a forbidden love ends in tragedy, but it also brings into the world John Florio, future author of Queen Anna's World of Words and one of the greatest translators of the Renaissance. His father, Michel' Angelo, moves among the most powerful noblemen and women of the era. Yet as passion turns perilous and secrets take root, the black hellebore blooms as a warning that love can be as dangerous as poison. **Edits ongoing as part of the "It's Raining, Let's Kiss" short story anthology.

She was sent to end a war by marrying her father's sworn enemy. Instead, she falls for the man sworn to protect her... and the only one willing to risk a kingdom to save her. ─── ⋆༻✦༺⋆ ─── Lady Gwen, the forgotten daughter of King Alaric of Erydon, is sent to the court of the newly crowned King Artur of Caelthur to forge a fragile peace between two kingdoms on the brink of ruin. But the alliance quickly unravels when political ambitions, ancient magic, and rival claimants to the throne threaten to plunge the realm into war once more. Sir Lancel's only duty is to escort Gwen safely to Caelthur. Instead, he finds himself in court politics, dangerous, magical bargains, and a mystery that reaches far beyond the battlefield. As Gwen uncovers powers long hidden within her bloodline, Lancel becomes more than her sworn protector. He becomes the only man she can trust. Gwen and Lancel must navigate enchanted forests, treacherous courts, and impossible choices before the entire realm falls to darkness. In a land where legends are still being written, love may become the greatest act of courage.

With the rise of the undead and collapse of society, Sara's life should have been turned upside down. But it's still basically the same- follow the rules, stay out of sight, and hope to avoid notice. It's not great, but surviving is surviving in this new, dangerous world. Drew has a similar strategy for this new world. With his brother and brother's girlfriend looking to him to keep them all safe, Drew always takes the safest path possible. They never stay still, never get too comfortable, and never get involved- with the dead or the living. But a series of bad luck and a chance encounter changes everything for both of them. Now, for the first time Sara can remember, she has to decide for herself what her next move will be. And faced with the possibility of teaming up with a stranger, Drew will have to decide if non-involvement is really the safest strategy.

Cade was my best friend. Until he wasn't. And don't get me started on his brother Paulie. I'd discovered Paulie's darkness early. A darkness that infected me like a weed. So I'd done my best to avoid him. Cade, on the other hand. Cade had been sweet. The perfect best friend. Until we took it further. Everything unravelled from there. This is the story of my fall into darkness. My fall into the Barrington brothers. This book will end on a YouChoose cliffhanger. You will pick who she ends up with.

I drowned, woke up in another world, got killed again by an arch-necromancer, and resurrected as half-zombie. I'm technically alive only because I'm magically bound to him. Now I'm stuck in a dark academy where bullying can be fatal, skeletons aren't in closets, but on payroll, students keep disappearing, and survival is very much optional. On the bright side, I've discovered a unique talent: the undead tend to fall in love with me. On the less bright side, an ancient lich wants to drag me into his world. Honestly, dying twice was the easy part. What to expect: - Humorous dark fantasy in an academy setting - Dark academia with Wednesday-like vibes - The heroine gradually discovers her hidden abilities - Slow-burn, subtle romance - complicated, awkward, and very intentional - A fake engagement / marriage of convenience (bad decisions made for good reasons) - Morally grey characters - Friendship, betrayal, jealousy, mystery and secrets

"The world doesn't care about your stories. It only cares if you're still breathing." Eight hundred years after the collapse of the Zenith Era, humanity endures in the shadow of a forgotten science they have come to worship as divine: the Vein. In the East, the Sanctum of Aurelion enforces purity through fire that burning those whose blood carries the so-called sin of impurity. In the West, the Aurex Consortium refines human existence into a resource, feeding their vast industrial engines with the life-force of the desperate through a merciless system known as the Vein Tax. Vael is not a hero. He is a ghost walking a world reduced to ash. There is something wrong with him, something that keeps him standing when he shouldn't be, and leaves him emptier each time it does. He remembers nothing of what came before, only a cold, persistent instinct to keep moving. He does not seek to save the world; to him, hope is merely a slower way to die. But something long buried has begun to stir again, something even the Sanctum's fire was never able to truly erase. The Black Vein. It is not simply a disease. It is a refusal. A fracture in the system itself. A remnant of something older, something that should have remained forgotten. And somewhere within its silence, something is watching, through their eyes. Something that remembers a world before it turned to ash. When a fractured resonance draws Vael into the orbit of a girl protecting a forbidden truth, and a High Executioner whose faith has hardened into something unbreakable, he is forced to move through a land where every form of power is born from suffering. In a world shaped by the Vein, the question is no longer who will survive. But what it means to remain human when your blood is no longer your own.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐫. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟. • • • 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝. On paper, she's untouchable. But perfection is just a cover for a ruined family, a dark past, and bloody hands. Everyone buys the act. Except him. The devil from her childhood. Luc carries a guilt that drives him into sex, illegal racing and fights, acting like nothing left to lose. He thinks he knows what destroyed his life. He has no idea Neriah is the real key to his nightmare. Being forced to live together? It's vicious. Two killers in a bed, where lying is keeping the other alive. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞-𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞. • • • 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐞

Copyright © 2026 by Darkrai_X In Room 309, people learn how to survive each other's pain. Elise Valencia is dying, and everyone around her seems to speak softer because of it. Everyone except Matteo Reyes, the chaotic night shift cleaner who steals hospital sunflowers, breaks rules constantly, and refuses to treat her like she's already gone. What begins as irritation slowly becomes something deeper inside the oncology ward, where laughter feels rebellious, love becomes complicated, and strangers leave permanent marks on one another's lives.

🏅 Shortlisted for Romance Awards 2026 - ongoing 🏅 Short-lister Finalist for The Original Muse Awards 2026 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝒀 𝑰𝑺 𝑶𝑵 𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑫 𝑼𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑳 𝑨𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑫𝑺 𝑺𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑶𝑵 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹 The end is near! ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧ 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 Where Magic exists, but true power belongs to a select few. Lavania Ottelier is a scholarship student at Aberleen Academy, the kingdom's most prestigious magical institution. Surrounded by the heirs of Hollow's most powerful families, including the youngest Moldaveanu, she has only one goal: Graduate and leave their world behind. That plan ends the moment the monarchy issues an unprecedented decree. To secure Hollow's future, the notoriously marriage-averse Duke Evander Moldaveanu must choose his bride from Aberleen Academy's graduating class. Lavania never intended to compete. She certainly never expected to catch the attention of Hollow's most unattainable man. Or his younger brother. When palace politics tighten their grip and long-buried truths begin to surface, Lavania discovers that falling for the wrong brother may be the least dangerous mistake she can make. Some love stories begin with destiny. Theirs begins with a royal decree. ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧