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When Shadows Rise (Book 1) by HaleySulich
When Shadows Rise (Book 1)
HaleySulich
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A magic-addicted spy trapped in the queen's service must track a princess-turned-assassin in order to earn her freedom, but things get complicated when she falls for the princess she's supposed to capture. ***** Weak. Cursed. That's how seventeen-year-old Kayden Branimir, the realm's deadliest assassin, views herself. Some believe she could save the world with her rare healing magic, but she gave up on her powers long ago after failing to save her best friend. Her life changes when she receives a letter from her supposedly dead twin brother, Alaric, begging to be rescued from rival territory Leodia. For the first time since her friend's accident, Kayden is determined to be the hero, but she must learn to embrace her magic--and herself--along the way. Strange. Unnatural. Those are the words whispered about eighteen-year-old Zara Tait, a Leodian spy addicted to soul-stealing magic. Forced into the queen's service, Zara wants to escape and return home, but she has nothing to offer the queen in exchange for her freedom. When Kayden arrives in Leodia, Zara sees the quiet girl with unique magic as the bargaining chip she needs. But the more she learns of Kayden, the more her feelings grow. Now, Zara must choose between her freedom and the dangerous assassin she hadn't meant to fall for. [2020 Watty Award Winner] Content warning: This story contains mature themes of violence, addiction, abuse, self-harm, and mental illness. Cover by Faera Lane
Shadow Witch (Skyelorn Chronicles #1) by BookNrd
Shadow Witch (Skyelorn Chronicles #1)
BookNrd
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When powerful witch Marithyda Skyelorn becomes a participant of the Royal Exposition, the last thing she expects is to fall in love with the Prince--or to be the cause of his death. ***** Every year, the kingdom of Karvoth hosts the Royal Exposition: a corrupt carnival where a race of citizens who possess powerful magic, known as the Touched, are exploited for the enjoyment of nobles. But when Marithyda Skyelorn's grand performance ends in tragedy and pits her against the deranged King, she must make the impossible choice between remaining in exile and participating again in the dangerous competition that ruined her life--to end it once and for all. (Book One of the Skyelorn Chronicles trilogy) [[2020 Watty's winner, Fantasy]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: Some scenes contain violence that may upset sensitive readers [[Word Count: 50,000-60,000]]
Thirst by Starrgirl805
Thirst
Starrgirl805
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  • Parts 7
A young woman was going out for a stroll when she meets the man she hasn't seen for a year. What events will unfold from an unexpected meeting?
Sisters Of Sacrifice by Be_crazy25
Sisters Of Sacrifice
Be_crazy25
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The life of a Raven Sister consisted of glittering gowns, lavish parties, royal acquaintances, and inescapable death. The lavish life of a Sister was not all that it seemed. The extravagance was a cover-up, a way to make people forget about the harsh truth. Behind the smiles and the laughter, darkness and despair lurked. For there was only one thing a Raven Sister was supposed to do, and that was die. Her sole purpose was to give up her life at age eighteen to the merciless country of Aveeria, to prevent a mass slaughtering of her country. Underneath her makeup and gown, she was nothing more than a mere sacrifice. All of their lives, Evlyn and her fellow Sisters knew their destiny. No matter how hard they tried to escape it, death would always come for them. No matter what they did, they would always end up meeting the same fate. As the days pass and it grows closer to the night of the Blood Moon, the night they are to be sacrificed, dark and unnerving secrets begin to unravel, secrets about the world Evlyn knows, and about the country she is to be given up for. Perhaps the heroic and magical story of her's and her Sister's sacrifice is darker and much more twisted than it is remembered to be. And so is, as she is soon to find out, life after death.
The Blackmail Dilemma  by bookwormSarah
The Blackmail Dilemma
bookwormSarah
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  • Parts 36
Between her anxiety and her blackmailing 'friends', Kiley wants nothing more than to be left alone. Yet, she doesn't want her secret of the past revealed, so she lets herself be pushed around. She's seen in a bad light because she's always dared to get in trouble. No one ones who she really is; not even her brother. One day, she gets caught in an act of vandalism. Over time, she realizes she met the right people; ones she's willing to risk everything to befriend. They help her realize she wants to rebel- against her so called friends. Friendship dares to turn into romance while Kiley fights both to keep her sanity and her secret. They dared her to rebel, so rebel she will. Cover by: @GoodWitch96 Previously known as: Dare Me To Rebel
Violated by ashleydearrr
Violated
ashleydearrr
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  • Parts 33
TRIGGER WARNING Attending her first party and having her first taste of alcohol, Rebecca White is assaulted by her best friend's boyfriend. No one - except her classmate, David - believes her. No one will speak against Jake. He's popular, rich, and the captain of the Football team. Plus, they've seen the videos of her, and they're pretty damning with little context. Three different women have the pieces of a story and they'll need to come together to take down the problematic men that think they can get away with assault.
A Beautiful Sacrifice by Sami91
A Beautiful Sacrifice
Sami91
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Her village had forsaken her, allowed her to be dragged off to her death, but for Perttu, it wasn't her death he wanted - it was her.
Seventh Born (book one of The Witchling Academy series) by DistantDreamer
Seventh Born (book one of The Witchling Academy series)
DistantDreamer
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Formerly A WITCHLING'S RITES ON SALE SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 from Entangled Teen! Abomination. Curse. Murderer. All names hurled at eighteen-year-old Seraphina Dovetail. As the seventh-born daughter to a witch, she's the cause of her mother losing her powers and, in turn, her life. Abandoned as a child, Sera dreams of becoming an inspector and finding her family. To do that, she must be referred into the Advanced Studies Program at the Aetherium's Witchling Academy. Her birth order, quick temper, and tendency to set things on fire, however, have left her an outcast with failing marks...and just what Professor Nikolai Barrington is looking for. The tall, brooding, yet exceedingly handsome young professor makes her a proposition: become his assistant and he'll give her the referral she needs. Sera is quickly thrust into a world where witches are being kidnapped, bodies are raised from the dead, and someone is burning seventhborns alive. As Sera and Barrington grow ever closer, she'll discover that some secrets are best left buried...and fire isn't the only thing that makes a witch burn.
The Folveshch by FinnyH
The Folveshch
FinnyH
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[Formerly Featured/Award-Winning Novella/#2 in Horror] There is something eerie about this village -- this hole of silent, maddened people. In 1922 my Papa told me of a faceless entity that lurks amongst us in our isolated slice of Russia. The locals have kept this horror alive for a century, though the only ones who claim to have seen the Folveshch have succumbed to a life of sightless silence. My name is Stefan Alyovich and the people around me are changing. They slip into worsening madness every winter, and I ask myself: how much longer before I'm the only sane one left? ... The only one left alone with the Folveshch. ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟ • 21,000 word novella • Rank #2 in Horror • Rank #4 in Mystery • Horror winner of Greatbelt U.F Award 2015 • CBY October Book of the Month 2014 • The Cryptic Awards Best Horror Winner 2017 • Wattpad HQ Winter Escapes Reading List • Wattpad HQ Stranger Things Reading List • Fright Top Horror/Featured Horror/Stranger Things Reading Lists • Mystery Paranormal Mystery Reading List • ThePurgeMovie Urban Legends Reading List • TheGallowsMovie Best of Thrillers Reading List • Blairwitchmovie Top Horror/Thriller Reading List • OuijaMovie Top Horror Reading List • IncarnateMovie Top Horror ↟- ↟ - ↟ - ↟- ↟- ↟ - ↟ - ↟ - ↟- ↟ - ↟ - ↟ - ↟ - ↟-
Blood Lust by AliciaMarino
Blood Lust
AliciaMarino
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A prophecy. A lie. A love to conquer centuries. *** Cassandra is a woman without a last name, a woman who has toiled through life just grazing the edge of survival. To her, the world is bleak and disappointing... That is until she realizes the part of the world she's seen is just a veil over the immortal one. And that her displacement has been founded and prophesied for centuries. She is a seer, a prophetess. Locked within her are the answers her tireless, blood-hungry predators search so longingly for. Her purpose is suddenly known. Like a flame to wick, everything around her ignites and burns, throwing her into the unknown, into an even tougher feat of survival. She must take shelter with a man, a stranger, someones who until this point in her life had been only mythical. Lost in Siberia, she will need to flee and disappear under his protection. There's only one problem. He's an immortal who thrives on blood. A vampire, a deserter from his species. And he's irresistible. *** Winner of The 2019 Fiction Awards: Best Paranormal*** -Book One of The Blood Lust Series- Content warning: This story contains mature sexual content, past references to sexual assault/abuse, explicit violence, murder, gore, depression.