Manxman Stories

Leroy Adkins is an underperformer. He barely graduated. He barely got a job, and he hardly socialized in his day-to-day life. Zachary Turner has been sick for as long as he can remember, and as he grows older the crushing realization that he never got to experience his youth or transition into a normal adult life starts to weigh on him. What happens when the two meet after a promise of cat cuddles, and the youthful giddiness of new romance and feelings bloom? They might just be a little too old for all of this.

He can do anything for his little sister. If that means replacing her sister in the tiger's cage, he would do it. That's what he did. He wore a veil and replaced his beautiful sister as a slave of one of the arrogant and conceited emperors, the world has ever seen, Emperor of Lan kingdom - Emperor Xi lan. But his face holds a secret under his satin veil. Two big scars ! Emperor Xi Lan - lazy, rude, cunning, shameless, a boastful swine with no exceptional glory of an emperor, possesses an extraordinary love for beauty! His harem has beauties from every corner of the world. anything that is beautiful belongs to Emperor Xi Lan. He doesn't have any place for ugliness! especially for someone with scars on both cheeks.

After the coup, Vegas and Pete decide to give their love a new start . But when one lives for revenge, the other fights for love, their story gets entangled. Love can be complicated at times, and it will be more of a mess when your loved one has to teach you that 'love is a possible strength in an actual weakness.'

"As fierce as I tried to appear on the outside... I couldn't lie - I was still scared. Not only of getting hurt, but also of losing whatever's left of who I was. What if I would wake up one day and wouldn't recognize myself anymore? Though, maybe that was the point. Maybe the old me wasn't worth saving anyway."~Adrian Hayes ... After his parents kicked him out for being gay, Adrian Hayes finds himself longing for control and respect. He fights himself into the gang, his cousin is also part of, desperate to free himself from the humiliation and shame that clung to his name. Though, he never meant to fall for the rival gang leader. ... "I was the leader of a gang that Rafael wanted gone. And Adrian-whether he liked it or not-was one of Rafael's now."~Caleb Silva

In a traditional Indian household, Yohan Bedi has always been the golden boy-youngest child, overprotected, and smothered with expectations. So when his family arranges his marriage to a girl he barely knows, Yohan snaps. In a reckless midnight moment, he approaches Sarvansh Malhotra-an intimidating CEO with a mysterious aura-and proposes something wild: pretend to be my boyfriend, so my family will finally disown me. Except... they don't. Instead, his conservative family shocks him by accepting the relationship-gay and all. Now trapped in a fake relationship with a man he barely knows, Yohan is forced to play the part of the devoted lover. But the lines between fake and real start to blur when he discovers there's more to Sarvansh than just his cold exterior-and maybe, just maybe, he's falling for him. What happens when a fake love becomes the realest thing in a world that refuses to understand it?

Nobita Nobi, one of the male omegas that are the rarest in the omegaverse world has always suffered from inequality, dominance and hungry gazes for his beautiful rare body. He was always saving himself from those alphas around him who saw him just as a breeding machine. On the other hand we have a dominant young CEO, Dekisugi Hidetoshi who is a merciless and cold enigma. He just returned from America and now got unexpectedly married to a pathetic omega male... Nobita.

"They say love is a kind of madness. He just proved it." Jasper Quinzel was Gotham's golden psychiatrist-disciplined, brilliant, and unshakably sane. Until HE walked in. The Joker: Gotham's most infamous criminal, a walking nightmare with a smile sharper than any scalpel and eyes that see straight through the soul. When Jasper is assigned to analyze him, he believes he can handle it. That he's above temptation. He's wrong. What begins as a game of wits becomes something far more dangerous-intimate. The Joker doesn't want to be cured. He wants to corrupt. And the deeper Jasper goes, the more he craves the very chaos he swore to contain. As the line between patient and doctor shatters, Jasper's descent into madness births a new name-Red Riddle-and a new role: Joker's partner in crime... and in something even darker. Twisted love. Explosive chemistry. A city begging to burn. This isn't a redemption story. It's a love story-ruined, raw, and absolutely insane.

[Completed. Words: 161,083] Long hours pass by when Juice and Raine are both stuck in an elevator. The moment the doors open, their ways part and they intend to forget about the past hours. However, Juice can't get the guy out of his head. The seeds of friendship are planted, but since they are both members of rival gangs, there isn't much room for them to grow. When Juice starts to believe it aren't just feelings of friendship he's struggling with, he is torn between his loyalty to the club and a chance on a love he craved for his whole life. [The beautiful cover is made by Samcrosfaith]

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-Complete- Pax never felt like he even deserved the right to be considered part of Kian's pack. Pax was useless; he couldn't fight, nor could he strategise. He was blind to the world, and blind in general. With no clue what left him parentless, blind, and in the care of a cruel alpha, he was forced to live a lonesome, caged life. That was until he met Farley Andrews, a werewolf who let curiosity get the better of him. A simple wander led him to life-threatening danger, but it also led him to love.

Ethan and Jayden were best friends - inseparable since childhood, with no hint that their bond could ever be anything more. Until one trip changed everything. A stolen kiss ignited feelings they couldn't ignore, forcing them to confront a truth they both tried desperately to deny. Now, caught between fear and desire, they face a choice: risk losing everything or finally admit what's been waiting beneath the surface all along. But will they find the courage to take that leap - or will their friendship be shattered forever? The Space Between Us - where love and friendship collide, and everything hangs in the balance.

When Kanan Davenport decides to have a drink for the first time in years, being the lightweight he is, he never imagined it would spiral into a fateful encounter. His lightweight tolerance sends him into a debt he doesn't need to repay. What Kanan could have settled with a simple exchange of a few dollars and an apology spirals into romance. WARNING: This book contains topics that may be sensitive for some readers.

Alessando was your typical playboy who loved sex, fun and one night stands and as you would have it the total opposite of his twin, Arturo the serious and more committed brother, whom had already settled down but Alessando, he had few years of fun left in him or, so he thought. Faced with a new mission, Alessando's only thought was get in, get out; no distractions but all he had to do was stare into those eyes and he was hooked- those blue and brown eyes. Third Book in the Dangerous In Black series Can be read as a stand alone.

"These scars for love, are they worth it?" What's the evidence of someone's existence? Paintings, writings... kindness? For me, it was acknowledgment. Acknowledgment of one's existence. The path to the throne was always stained in red, inked in black on the coarse pages of history. Those pages remember only those mourned or scorned- and I was neither. But I was fine with that. Because as long as your name is spoken, mine must exist somewhere, even if only on the edge of someone's lips. When I was named crown prince of Wu, the court fell into chaos. Scorned by the emperor and ignored by the empress, I clung to the Duke of Canghe, who stood by me. "If I knew you were a snake in disguise, I would have killed you that night." Three years later, the duke raised his banners in rebellion. I looked into his eyes and realized I might have lost everything-or perhaps, nothing was ever truly mine to begin with. *ORIGINAL

"I always thought I was the ocean, you know? Always reaching for things I can't have. Always crashing into people who don't want me back. The moon pulls. The ocean follows. Even when it hurts." "You don't have to, Noah. Why can't you stay? Why can't the ocean stay with the shore?" *** Noah Reed has spent years trying to outrun the boy he used to be- the one who froze under his father's fists, the one who kissed a stranger under the stars and watched him disappear. When Noah and his mother escape their violent home and move to Novacrest, he's prepared to rebuild quietly: new school, new friends, a job at a café, and maybe-finally-something like peace. Milo, the sweet, steady football player who keeps showing up for him, feels like exactly that. Until Noah sees him. Eli Blake. Quarterback. Golden boy. Untouchable. And the first boy Noah ever kissed. Eli acts like he doesn't remember him at all. But his eyes say something else-fear, anger, longing, something sharp enough to cut. Thrown together for a biology project, their old summer-camp secret forces its way back, tearing open every wound Noah has tried to bury. And just when Noah's heart begins leaning toward Milo, Eli breaks through his defenses... and kisses him again. Now the past is unraveling, the truth is clawing its way out, and Noah has to choose between the boy who makes him feel safe and the boy who makes him feel seen. Because oceans don't choose what pulls them. But Noah has to- before he breaks apart for good. Book One in the Ocean & Moon series.

(Sequel to Secret of An Alpha: Retribution.) Alpha Luke knows the truth. He is struggling to forgive his mate and move on. He finds himself tangled with lies and secrets. His Pack still doesn't know that he had found his mate, knowing what would happen if they did know. He gets involved with someone unexpected, someone who his Pack would question if they ever find out.

Yibo is a boy who loves affection. He's usually quite peppy and excitable, but everything in life has turned against him. In order to avoid further suffering, he locks away his emotions and distances himself from the world. He's left a shell of his former self, struggling to get through life. He takes time away from his abusive life by traveling on a week-long school trip to collect his thoughts. His life is thrown into situations he could never have imagined. Zhan is a laid-back jock. He can appear aggressive and bossy, usually around his friends, though he has a heart and can be quite kind. His life is hectic and full of annoying people. His parents are inconsiderate, his friends are clingy and loud, and the rest of the school sucks up to him, which he doesn't receive well. He just wants to be left alone. After deceiving his clingy friends, he snuck away on the school trip, hoping he could finally get some peace. This trip would hold some surprises for him, and maybe even change his life. What future awaits these two? Are they destined for greatness or despair?

Jing He, crown prince of the nine heavens, has to descend into the mortal realm to weather a human life full of vicissitudes. Each event carefully crafted by fate's scribe, Shun Tao, nothing should go wrong. Just that Qiu Ling, king of the dragon race, follows him. Incapable of watching his lover's suffering he intervenes and plunges the carefully scripted plot into chaos, resulting in a fate that none of them ever intended. A slightly humorous cultivation novel with a handsome yandere dragon, a god ready to quit his job by chapter 3 and a god-turned-mortal, who is still blissfully unaware of everything. Well, that's just how fate is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Desperate for money, Christian Wallis is offered a job. To pretend date Neil Ericsson for 6 months for the money he needs. What motivates Neil Ericsson, the richest guy to want to date Christian. Christian who is drowning in debt and finds it hard to turn down Neil's offer. When circumstances force Neil and Christian to get married, will they be able to keep their facade going?

Chrysto Paxson is the kind of firefighter everyone looks up to-level-headed, composed under pressure, and impossible to read. Rafael Souza, on the other hand, burns a little hotter: passionate, impulsive, and quietly in love with Chrysto from the day they met at the station. For a little while, Rafael kept his feelings buried, content to admire from afar. But one day, he finds the courage to tell Chrysto the truth. What follows is a slow, careful build-two men learning to trust not just each other, but the possibility of something lasting in a world that can change in a flash. Just as their love begins to take hold, Rafael's past roars back to life. Torn between responsibility and the man he finally let into his heart, Rafael makes the wrong decision-and loses Chrysto in the process. But love, like fire, has a way of finding what still burns beneath the surface.