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The Queen Below by bitysmith
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A retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth, a story of fate, the struggle for power, and love found in the most unexpected places. ***** Persephone has been raised in Olympus all her life - her mother absent, her father a cruel king, with her siblings teaching her all they know. She has seen all of what the gods and goddesses do and she is sick of it. When she learns her safety is threatened by staying in Olympus, she flees to the Underworld. There she stays until she learns that her leaving has caused the world to wilt. But leaving behind her newfound friends and Lady of the Underworld is something she will not do willingly, no matter the consequences. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by Regina Dionela Content Warning: Mentions of rape and incest
Billionaire's Disastrous Kiss  by Selenabanford
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When Hailey Evans, an aspirant employee of the marketing department in one of the most wealthiest companies in the states finds herself in trouble with the arrogant, cold hearted CEO Ian Kingston, she pulls a trick no one has ever done. And in return he gives her a disastrous kiss that turn her world upside down. One party. One kiss. And the next thing she knows, she's a billionaire's fiancΓ©.
Neptune by anya_jayvyn
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(SAMPLE) Available in Paperback and Kindle Unlimited. Cassie, a famous singer tossed into an arranged marriage with a powerful billionaire to save her reputation, finds herself developing an unexpectedly strong bond with her new husband and the child he's raising. ***** Cassie Castillo's reputation has seen better days. Through a series of misunderstandings and missteps, she's been labeled public enemy number one by every entertainment magazine in the country. So when she's offered a solution to her problems, she can't help but accept, even when it means tying herself to a handsome and mysterious stranger. Lucas Klein is a powerful billionaire who controls the nation's most influential media company, and he's willing to help her...if she becomes his wife. She thought that their marriage would be hell, but the longer she stays with him and his young nephew, the more she begins to question her feelings. Why does Lucas seem to understand her more than anyone else? And why does she feel such a strong connection to the child? Nothing is what Cassie thought it would be, but she'll quickly learn love can hide in the most unexpected places. ***** THE KLEINS SERIES BOOK #1 Content warning: Story contains references to parental abuse and eating disorders
Gun metal and Daisies (Thomas Shelby) by wordless-writing
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Dorothy Monroe is a petite woman with a heart too big for her chest. She's pure, kind, she looked at the world and determined all the colours of nature were miracles and needed to be remembered. She's loved photography ever since her father brought a camera home and even had a gift with the newly designed lenses ever since she could wrap her small hands around the clunks of metal. Thomas Shelby: gangster; and war hero; he reads the devils script as if it were the morning newspaper - the list will go on. I don't need to say much more, you already know him. The Shelby family, as part of Tommy's expansion plan, bought a large area of the woods on the outskirts of Small Heath, far away from the Birmingham smog, there they built safe houses and kept heavy machinery; maybe even once they kept a large crate of stolen guns, supposedly belonging to the Government. Unbeknownst to Dorothy, who stumbled around the woods (a bulky camera in hand), she had explored the woods many times, taking photos of all the things that shined bright enough, but had never come across the peculiar buildings that held many dangers. That is, of course, until she knocks upon one of the doors, ready to give an earful to whoever had built over this precious patch of land, only to come face to face with one Thomas Shelby. -loosely follows the plot of season 1- *disclaimer* I do not own the Peaky Blinders or any of Steven Knights characters, only the story of Dorothy and her own plot line. This trope is cliche and overused, but idc, I like it.
Loving Gwen Baker (Thomas Shelby/Peaky Blinders) by xxzo0oeyxx
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ON HOLD From the moment he first saw her, Thomas believed she had been put on the earth for him. Thomas Shelby/OC Top Rankings: #1 in thomasshelby #1 in tommyshelby #1 in cillianmurphy #1 in peakyblinders
Broken Wings / tom riddle by emeraldwhorecrux
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Briar Emeralds was not a witch. Although that is what she seemed to most, she was a faerie. But living in a world where the fae were now extinct, Briar knew she must not share her secret. However when she is thrown into a magic school with wizards and witches in the 1940's, she meets a young, cunning and handsome Tom Riddle, who may just want to use her to his own advantage. Rankings: #1 in Dark Arts - 31/10/2021 #1 in The Fae - 9/01/2022 #1 in Lord Voldemort - 4/02/2022 #1 in Tom Marvolo Riddle - 22/02/22 #1 in Tom Riddle - 24/02/22 #1 in Pure-blood - 11/03/2022 #1 in Faeries - 18/03/2022
Ophelia [a.m] by iimplicitt
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𝙙𝙀π™ͺ𝙗𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙀π™ͺ 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 π™©π™π™š 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨 π™–π™§π™š π™›π™žπ™§π™š; 𝙙𝙀π™ͺ𝙗𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 π™©π™π™š 𝙨π™ͺ𝙣 𝙙𝙀𝙩𝙝 π™’π™€π™«π™š; 𝙙𝙀π™ͺ𝙗𝙩 𝙩𝙧π™ͺ𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙀 π™—π™š 𝙖 π™‘π™žπ™–π™§; 𝙗π™ͺ𝙩 π™£π™šπ™«π™šπ™§ 𝙙𝙀π™ͺ𝙗𝙩 π™ž π™‘π™€π™«π™š. Only issue is, Abraxas had been lying his whole life and she had absolutely no reason to believe him. Not anymore. ~COMPLETED~
𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐓,                          tom riddle βœ“ by nimuekru
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' it's not the fall that kills you, it's never the fall, it's the landing. ' harry potter tom riddle era ninetieth century au stand-alone short story nimuekru | 2021
𝒅𝒆𝒋𝒂 𝒗𝒖  by darklingslilhoe
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π’”π’‰π’‚π’…π’π’˜ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒙 π’π’‚π’“π’Šπ’π’‚ 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 Worlds away, long ago King Caspian fell in love with Eldora. Together they ruled the kingdom of Narina, and were beloved by their citizens. But their rule didn't last long. That was the one time Aleksander Morozova loved. That was the one time Aurora Popov Loved. Lovers separated by time and worlds apart. That was what they thought, at least. That time was centuries ago, countless names have been spoken from their lips, but which ones matter in the end in this new world? What happens when light and dark met again? Will their love be the same after all these centuries?
𝑫𝑹𝑰𝑭𝑻   [currently being edited] by darklingslilhoe
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𝑫𝑹𝑰𝑭𝑻 /drΙͺft/ 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 π’„π’‚π’“π’“π’Šπ’†π’… π’”π’π’π’˜π’π’š π’ƒπ’š 𝒂 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 π’‚π’Šπ’“ 𝒐𝒓 π’˜π’‚π’•π’†π’“ Aruna was saints gift to this earth. She was the embodiment of pure kindness, no one in the Little Palace or Grand Palace could say a single bad thing about Aruna. She jumped at every opportunity to help anyone, just out of the kindness in her heart. She was a rare gem, not just because of her pure and kind heart but from the unique colour of her kefta. The black kefta with silver embroidery that's shined blue in sunlight was unique to her. No one could even find it in their heart to hate her for it. They tried, but she was just too kind, The Darkling himself tried to talk her into a full black kefta, but she settled for a sliver and black one, purely because she didn't want others to be jealous. The grisha protected their little moon summoner with their life, she was like a little sister to most, to the little grisha she was a kinda and caring mother figure, others she was the object of their affection. One of these people was the Darkling himself, after all the moon needs the dark to shine. And it is hard to stay afloat when your soul drifts away. But will the sun shine brighter?