Darkbooks Stories

"They say masks are for hiding faces but mine was for hiding a whole life." Jung Iseul spent her life learning how to lie. After the NIUA murdered her father, she didn't just want justice, she wanted to dismantle their empire from the inside. Her weapon is the Kage Mafia. Her handler? Kim Taehyung, a man whose charm is as lethal as the gun he keeps in his suit. But in a game of lies and secrets, the biggest threat to Iseul's mission is the realization that she might be the one being played

Genre: Psychological Thriller / Dark Academia / YA Pitch: Eliza Grace is the perfect student. Brilliant, beloved by her teachers, and admired by everyone around her. But beneath the polished exterior and flawless grades lies a dangerous secret-Eliza is not who she says she is. She's a master at pretending to be someone older, someone wiser. And her deepest fear? Poverty. Eliza will do whatever it takes to escape the life she once knew, even if it means manipulating those around her and hiding the truth of her past. When Daniel, a curious and relentless student, starts digging into her background, he uncovers more than he bargained for. As Eliza vanishes from the public eye, Daniel soon realizes that the girl he's chasing is playing a much darker game than he could ever imagine. Now, it's a battle of wits. But the question remains-who will break first? Eliza Grace isn't just fragile... she's a ticking bomb waiting to explode.

When 17-year-old Liv moves into her aunt's old Victorian house, she's warned to avoid the locked attic room. "It's for your safety," her aunt says. Liv is used to secrets-after all, she's hiding from her own. But strange sounds keep waking her at night. Footsteps above her. Whispers through the vents. And a note slides under her bedroom door: "She's not who you think she is." As Liv digs deeper, she finds signs someone once lived in the attic. A diary. But the biggest twist? The girl upstairs isn't gone. And she's been waiting for Liv all along.