She was never scared of heights. Avery Woodsen has spent years clawing her way up the political ladder. She's fought and sacrificed to get where she is; she's more than ready to see the fruits of her labor. Finally, it's her chance to get one step closer to her dream - one step closer to D.C., a shiny city just waiting for her. Her time at the California Attorney General's office has come to an end. She's sacrificed everything for this. She would sacrifice anything to keep it. But when the attorney general seems to be targeted by a gun-wielding coward, Avery finds herself in the crosshairs. There's no manifesto to give her answers, and no suspect to question. Her ladder has collapsed. Will the security team sent from Greystone Security be enough to keep her safe? Will the trained, handsome man forced to be her protective shadow be able to keep her away from danger? Or will her desire to move up in her career have too strong of a pull? Or is what's tugging her not her career at all, but Reed Sterling himself? Trust no one. Except him. - Featured on Wattpad's Dangerous Love Profile "Feature on Dangerous Love" Reading List (March 2022) - Featured on Wattpad's Stories Undiscovered Profile (April 2022) - Featured on NewlyWrittenBooks "A Little Less Talk and A Lot More Action" Reading List (June 2022) - Featured on Wattpad's Mystery Profile "Partners in Crime" Reading List (July 2022) - Featured on NewAdultReads "Classic Young Adult" Reading List (July 2022) - Featured on NARomance "Love in Action" Reading List (October 2022) (September 2023) - Featured on Wattpad's BadassReads Profile "The Dauntless" Reading List (January 2023) - Featured on Wattpad's NA Profile "It's Always the Butler" Reading List (January 2023) #1 in enemiestolovers - 12/12/22 #2 in newadult - 12/12/22

In ancient Atlantis, an expansive and diverse continent that spanned the Atlantic Ocean some 14,000 years ago, the world stood on the precipice of change. For the first time in history, a humanoid, sentient android walked among humans. Ashur Napahu was the first of his kind. Designed using code for military super soldiers, Ashur's loving, scientist mother left him to a world not yet ready for a conscious, self-aware machine. Yet when he meets an Atlantean woman carrying a deep secret and dreaming of realizing her own potential, something awakens within him. He experiences love in its purest and most fragile form, navigating a society that sees him as unnatural. But love, like logic, is not immune to contradiction. As the weight of expectation, prejudice, and fate bears down on him, Ashur must confront the limits of his existence... and of those around him. Atlantis may have mastered the engineering of sentient machines, but it has yet to master the wisdom required to coexist with them. Journey into ancient Atlantis--a world where the lines between man and machine blur, and a sentient android dares to ask the most human question of all: What is the meaning of life? ******** This novella was written for the Open Novella Contest 2025, based on Prompt #71: "In a world where artificial beings and humans coexist, one artificial human embarks on a journey to understand love and emotions-only to uncover more than expected."

Lachlan Shadowblade has one job, steal the Dragon Tooth Stone from the Deepwood Vault, a witch's bank notorious for being impenetrable to thieves. Born with magic in his veins, he's not the average thief and is moments away from success when the captivating Maera Maelstrom, one of the vault keepers, catches him. Not once in her lonely existence, did Maera ever imagine how her life would be turned upside down when one of the most powerful magical artifacts is stolen right out from under her nose. Tasked with recovering the stone from the handsome thief to avoid a punishment worse than death, Maera embarks on a daring quest that sets events in motion that will forever intertwine her fate with Lachlan's and threaten both their lives.

*Book 3 in the Isaacson Trilogy, "Reckless Protector" picks up where book 1, "Reluctant Berserker" and book 2, "Fearless Warrior" left off.* Ulric Isaacson, a berserker and US Marshal, has always believed that everyone, except him, would live a full and happy life. And up until both his twin and his younger brother claimed their mates, he thought he was perfectly fine with his lot. However, while on a daring rescue mission, Ulric meets Ingrid, a mysterious woman who sees the future, and claims her for his mate. But, instead of riding off into the Wyoming sunset with her, she runs away from him only to reappear in his life when he least expects it. With evil forces working against him, Ulric discovers he must challenge the gods if he hopes to spend his life with the woman who's healed his wounded heart and soul.

Thirties, horrid love life, debt, and an obsession with 2005 Pride and Prejudice. Emma really doesn't have much excitement in her life... Well, outside of sitting on her back porch and heckling a handsome superhero as he defeats villains in her empty neighborhood, that is. Having signed a lease in the otherwise deserted "Villain District", Emma finds the only upside to the danger and constant damage to her apartment is getting to see the face of the handsome "Arsenal" as he fights villains up close and personal... that is, until one crashes and breaks both her arms. Now the Arsenal has finally taken notice of Emma, but will catching the eye of a superhero keep her protected...Or will Emma find herself in more danger than ever before? (Rated M: mature language) ******************************************************************************************* Based on Prompt 135. "She really fell from the sky and landed right into my arms, I'm not even lying!" ~Book One in the SUPER Series~

After losing three fiancés in tragic accidents over the past six years, Lady Elphi Matson knows three things for certain: heartache only maims its victim when it should kill, not all haunted places are crumbling castles, and without a doubt, she is cursed when it comes to falling in love. Able to see ghosts since surviving a drowning accident at age nine, Lord Rufus Treadway works as a Private Investigator of the paranormal. So, when his closest friend Lord Roderick Matson pleads for help solving Elphi's curse, Rufus agrees to attend the Sanham séance, promising not to let Elphi know Roderick hired him and, for his own safety, not to fall in love with her. However, just like curses, some promises are meant to be broken.

*Book 1 in the Isaacson Trilogy* Gunnar Isaacson, a berserker who faints at the sight of his own blood, works as a US Marshal in Old West Wyoming territory. Vowing his current assignment will be his last, Gunnar resigns, wanting nothing more than to live a quiet life away from death and destruction. But one fateful train ride home brings him face-to-face with Nora, a captivating scarred beauty with mismatched eyes and indomitable spirit, and delivers tragedy to his door. Suddenly, Gunnar's thrown further into the life he wanted to leave behind. He's forced to deny or embrace who he is or risk watching loved ones die and losing his chance at claiming his 'true mate.'

Robin Prakash, a magic doctor from the land of Kingsbury, is invited by his older brother to visit him in the land of the Great Plains. Landing him on the steps of an old farmhouse on the outskirts of a small rural town, known only by the overly cheerful locals as "Sunshine Acres". Quickly running low on funds from his search, Robin agrees to become a cook and cleaner for the recluse sorceress, her sassy apprentice, and their shapeshifting pet, who call "Sunshine Acres" their home. However, when his brother finally arrives in town, he comes with a hidden motive: to steal the sorceress's broken heart stone, a large piece of which she has already gifted to Robin. After being betrayed by his brother for power, Robin must team up with new friends to free the sorceress he has fallen in love with and fight for the new life he has found true joy in. ------------------------------- "I'm looking for a sorceress." "HA!" The old woman laughed, eyes gleaming with amusement. "Might as well admit you're lookin' for trouble, boy." . Cover Character Illustrations by @minoruru on Insta/Tumblr ❤️

When his fallen comrade's pregnant wife is marked for death, Ibris Mansa, a soldier turned syndicate boss, steps in to protect her. But the child she carries is being hunted for its rare genetic potential. Ibris must uncover the truth before the child is taken and Atlantis silences them both. This story unfolds on the ancient continent of Atlantis, the one of myth and legend. Long before its fall, the civilization is already decaying from within. Nobles flourish, animal human halfbreeds are cast aside as a slave race, and unchecked technology, paired with an A.I. religion, pushes society toward collapse. At the center of it all stands Ibris, a bull halfbreed. Tall, broad shouldered, and horned, he was engineered to serve Atlantis's elite and chose rebellion instead. Brutal in battle and reckless in his vices, he carries his burdens with raw strength as danger, drink, and desire trail close behind. Now, Ibris fights for all genetically engineered halfbreeds, leading a resistance against those who would keep them enslaved as tools for the powerful. "The Halfbreeds of Atlantis" is a science fantasy novel set in The Third World Universe, created by Sunny Ghauri. It is a prequel to dystopian romance novel "The Sky Gods of Atlantis."

Bad boy supreme Caleb Dawson crashes into Amy Irvine's world as a spectre that no one can see, hear, or touch, unleashing a chain of events beyond her wildest theories. Could a logical soul ever survive the burn of a supernatural touch? ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ✧‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ✧‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ✧‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ Amy's life is so predictable until days after the fall carnival ends and her school's hotshot rebel shows up in the hallway, looking like the face of death. It is as if Caleb wants everyone to be just as angry and alone as he is. But he doesn't. It is only her. Only her because nobody else can see him. Mysterious forces accompany Caleb crashing into Amy's world, swirling around the town of Sirencester, threatening to unearth secrets best kept buried. Although she risks everything known and safe in her reality and decides to help figure out what has happened to the strange boy, Amy knows it in her heart -- this is something no one can ever predict. Hauntingly irresistible and evocative, Near Touch is a love story for the fearless. 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐘𝐀 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 @YAMystery, @TeenFiction, @Romance, and many more! Copyright © 2022 Gauravaaditya Kulkarni