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She was offered eternity. She said no. When a forgotten actress moves into a city that doesn't remember her name, she meets a man who has lived far too long-and regrets it. He carries an ancient truth. She carries the power to end it. Their love was never meant to exist. And immortality was never meant to be refused. This is not a loud story about saving the world. It's about what happens when a girl chooses to stay human-no matter the cost.

Four years after the death of his fiancée, Kalin is still stuck in the past, unable to move on. When he hears a rumor about a gemstone with the power to bring people back to life, he believes he found a solution to all of his problems. He decides to hire a Hunter to help him find the gemstone, but there is one problem-the Hunter in question turns out to be the very man who killed his fiancée. Lance never shied away from a job, no matter how shady or illegal it was. Killing people, making dangerous poisons, working as a Hunter to spy and get dirt on people-he's done it all. So when the leader of the Hunters' Guild asks him to find some magical gemstone, he has no reason to refuse. Until his client tries to kill him, at least. Driven by his desire for revenge, Kalin wants nothing more than to see Lance dead-except to bring Lydia back to life, something he cannot do without Lance's help. But when he teams up with the arrogant Hunter, he realizes there's more to him than meets the eye-and he might get a lot more than what he bargained for. ◇◇◇ STARTED: 6/4/2024 FINISHED: TBA Cover and banners created by the wonderful @-DeeIsDead- ♡

Everett Tornhill died three years ago. Living with it has been... complicated. Ever since that night, he's had a foot in two worlds, and a silent companion that refuses to let go. When darkness takes shape in people's lives-whispers, shadows, things that crawl out of emptiness-Everett finds himself drawn in, whether he wants to be or not. But as he delves into his cases, he finds himself wrestling not just with strange entities, but with questions that linger far too close to his own fractured soul

"I didn't think I believed in fate, but now I was standing in the black with kismet, realizing I was always meant to know the dark truth." Catherine Alaska just moved halfway across the country and longs for a life filled with academia and knowledge. But when she meets a myriad of strange characters within her first week of starting her junior year at college, she finds herself uncovering the supernatural dangers that surround her. She discovers mythical secrets and dark realities as she forms relationships with Rory Cadogan, a handsome senior with a mysteriously calming presence, and Holland Baciu, who she finds both frightening and absolutely compelling. Her understanding of what it means to be human is shifted, and along the way, Cath begins to see the ways that humanity and goodness can fight to exist in something dark.

In Crimson Storm, the Élu, a race of Gifted humans, have lived peacefully in the realm of Lutèce in the centuries since the Schism War. Now, a strange sickness and a failed coup d'état has rattled the foundations of Lutetian society. Three traitors, once-trusted Mage Masters led by Grand Master Günay, defect to the daemon realm of Crystallos, leaving Lutèce with a promise and a threat: to rise above the angels of old and reunite the three realms under one rule. In the wake of this devastation, Mage Second Siena Charis is taken hostage, trapped in Crystallos with no way of getting home. She can only watch as Günay sets his larger scheme into motion, a plan which threatens to upset the precarious balance and plunge all three realms into chaos for the first time in centuries. Caught in the middle of this cascading chain of events, three young Élu in the human realm come face to face with one of Günay's daemonis, forcing them to find temporary sanctuary among the Déchu, the Guardians of the world with whom the Élu have been at odds since the Schism. Faced with a new threat, Déchu and Élu must try to reconcile their past wrongs in order to survive the coming storm. Crimson Storm offers fast-paced action and a slight spin on the angels and demons trope, all while reintroducing a classic wizards with staffs archetype. It's sword and sorcery bound up with anime-esque sequences against a historical backdrop that is reminiscent of our own world. It is the first novel in a planned 4-book series.

A coffin, a prince, and a monster's curse she was never meant to survive. Seris Vale makes a living undoing the magic everyone else is afraid to touch. As the realm's most notorious curse-breaker, she slips through holy wards and royal vaults like smoke-until a smiling human prince buys her death and smuggles her across the border in a borrowed coffin. Her task is simple: infiltrate the ruined Nightfall fortress, unravel the protections around the exiled alpha werewolf hiding there, and let the royal assassins finish the job. But the "monster" of Nightfall is not what the stories promised. Kade Thorne, disgraced alpha prince, is guarding children and elders, not plotting a war. Framed for a massacre and hunted by his own blood, he clings to one final protection oath sworn beneath a blood moon. When Seris tries to break it, the magic snaps back-and forges a forbidden soul-bond between curse-breaker and wolf. Now Seris and Kade share pain, power, and dangerously intimate emotions neither of them asked for. The ancient Moonbound Oath brands them as fated mates before a world that executes humans for less. If they cannot master the bond before the coming Triple Moon Eclipse, it will fuse their souls forever...or shatter them both. Enemies by design, bound by magic, they must: - Pretend to be devoted mates to survive pack law and human politics. - Unravel the truth behind the Nightfall massacre and the prince who orchestrated it. - Decide whether to break their bond and doom the fragile peace between humans and wolves-or claim it and remake the realm in blood and moonlight. Moonbound Oath is a spicy, slow-burn werewolf romantasy featuring fated mates with a twist, assassin x alpha tension, forced proximity, and a morally gray heroine who was never meant to belong to anyone-least of all the monster she was hired to destroy.

*This story is now published. You can read up to the 6th Chapter in Wattpad, or purchase on amazon. If you'd like to receive a FREE COPY in exchange for a review please message! * Fawn is an orphan with a power not seen in decades. Brought up stealing to survive in an ongoing war, she has managed to avoid being forced to fight in a war she wants no part of. Until one day she was caught in a heist by the most powerful magic-user in the country and his right-hand man, General Volorn and Captain Axel. Forced to serve as one of the general's Crimson Guards, things couldn't get any worse. Or she thought until tragedy strikes and Fawn found her world will never be the same again. Please if you enjoy the chapter then leave a vote or a comment. Any feedback is greatly appreciated! Copyright by Rebecca Challoner

THE PRIMAL RULE OF WINNING: DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH THE CONTENDER. Three months shy of her eighteenth birthday, Ness is forced to return to Colorado. Even though it's been six years, and the wolves of her all-male pack don't recognize her, she recognizes them. People who shun others because of their gender are hard to forget. Especially Liam Kolane-son of Heath, the crudest and cruelest Alpha to have ruled the Boulder Pack. Liam is as handsome as he is infuriating, as kind as he is punishing, and he makes Ness's traitorous heart race, which isn't good. After all, he's a Kolane. Like father like son, right? When Heath dies, Liam vies to become the new Alpha and no one dares challenge him. Except Ness. Thus begins a treacherous game. The rules: winner takes all...including loser's life. Fans of Kresley Cole and Jaymin Eve will devour A PACK OF BLOOD AND LIES.

It's modern-day England. Witches are hidden in plain sight, along cobbled shopping streets and abandoned buildings. Everything is different - except the witch trials. They are happening again: witches are being burned at the stake and nobody understands why. Nobody but Devan Lee. She has seen the truth, and she chooses to run from it and straight into the protection of Greer Reid. The problem with darkness, though, is that it follows you everywhere. What happens when it catches up to you and the one you love with all of its secrets in tow? COVER BY @wishuponajinni

When shadows speak and fire remembers... two cursed souls collide. Amara Veylin has spent her life hiding her dangerous gift-the ability to see the emotions people bury deepest, living around them as living shadows no one else can see. Kian Thorne has spent his life fighting his own curse-fire that burns him from the inside, flames that react to his pain, anger, and fear. Neither wants destiny. Neither wants a bond. But fate doesn't ask for permission. When their powers accidentally awaken an ancient prophecy, Amara becomes the only one who can calm Kian's fire... while Kian becomes the only one who can stop the darkness slowly consuming her. Enemies fear them. The gods watch them. Something ancient hunts them. And between the shadows and the fire... a forbidden love begins.

TideBound: The Secrets of the Deep Await She was raised on lies. Now the tide is calling her home. Lena Thorne has spent her life landlocked under strict rules, told she's too sick to swim, too fragile to face the ocean. But on the night of her eighteenth birthday, a boy named Kai pulls her toward the waves-and everything changes. The sea doesn't hurt her. It awakens her. Silver light burns beneath her skin, memories flood her mind, and a hidden power she can't control begins to break free. But her transformation triggers more than ancient magic-it alerts the people who stole her from her real family. Now the CIA is closing in, and Lena's only escape lies in the depths of an underwater kingdom she's never seen but somehow remembers. There, she discovers a father she thought was dead, the legacy of a mother still imprisoned, and a world teetering on the edge of war. But the Deep Fold is no fairy-tale refuge. Allies keep secrets. Enemies circle in the currents. And Kai-the boy she's beginning to trust with her heart-might be keeping the biggest secret of all. The tide has claimed her. The truth will test her. And mercy might be her most dangerous weapon.

Reformed thief Bells Pendragon is on the run from the City Guard, and she doesn't know why. Three strikes and it's off to the Royal Mines to work off your crimes, and with two crosses already inked into her palm, Bells is out of time. Saved from capture by a mysterious enchanter, Bells accepts a job working at an enchanted trinket shop. But Felix Lockhart is more than meets the eye. Under a flirtatious and flighty exterior he plays a secret game- one in which he's already made Bells a pawn. As the City Guard close in, Bells must clear her name even as her attraction to Felix grows. But unless she finds the key to his Pandora's box, his secrets may cost Bells her freedom. Updates every Sunday!

She's the last hope of a dying kingdom. He's the dark prince sworn to conquer it. Princess Lyra of Eldoria has spent her life training, not for a throne, but for war. As the last true heir with a flicker of ancient magic, her destiny is to defend her realm against the encroaching Shadow Empire. But when Prince Kael, the infamous 'Dark Prince' whose very name sends shivers down spines, captures her during a border skirmish, Lyra finds herself a prisoner in the heart of enemy territory - the formidable Obsidian Citadel. Kael is everything she despises: arrogant, ruthless, and dangerously charming. He believes Eldoria's magic is a relic, its people weak. Yet, as Lyra defies him at every turn, a grudging respect begins to form. Forced into a dangerous alliance within the Shadow Empire's treacherous court, they uncover a plot far grander and more sinister than either could have imagined - a threat that could consume both their worlds. Can a warrior princess and a dark prince forge an unexpected bond amidst betrayal and ancient prophecies? Or will their enemies to lovers fantasy be consumed by the very darkness they fight? Dive into The Shadowed Crown, an epic royal fantasy romance where forbidden love might be the only magic strong enough to save them all.

|| 2021 WATTYS SHORTLIST || Welcome to Streamfield, Massachusetts, home to one of the largest populations of witches, sorcerers, and shapeshifters in New England. Little Jimmy Grabowski is missing ... and that's a problem. In a world where a witch or a sorcerer can locate someone with a simple tracking spell, all attempts at recovering the boy have come up empty. Finding themselves at an impasse, the local police department turns to the Michaels Clan, one of the largest shapeshifter clans in the city, for help. Snow leopard shifter Alina Michaels sees the Grabowski case as her chance to discover if there is something more to life than being the receptionist for the family business. When the clan tracks Jimmy's scent to a wooded area marked by two eerie silver stones, it becomes apparent that this isn't a simple case of kidnapping. The stones are a Gateway to the mythical lost continent of Atlantis, home to a race long since regulated to legends-elves. Now, Alina must trek across unfamiliar and fantastical territory in order to find Jimmy and bring him home. For Jimmy's disappearance may herald that something more sinister is afoot and pose dangerous consequences to both worlds ... Cover designed by @xxsoteria

Romantic Fantasy Reimagining of The Nightingale ❇ Daya Efron serves the Royal Crown of Oskain as their court healer, but she works not in medicine or surgery-but in song. Her singing voice carries the ability to heal when heard, and when she saved the Crown Prince from death as a child, she was made to live in the palace and service the Crown as needed. However, as the years continued on, her services dwindled to merely upkeeping the Queen's youthful appearance. However, things begin to change as a sudden death in the royal court makes the ruling powers in need of new entertainment. This brings forth auditions to serve as the court musicians, and one such troupe brings another woman who heals with her song. While favor in Daya's voice has fallen, the new woman enchants the King, and he decides to hold a series of contests to decide which singer will continue to serve in the court. Daya, although desperate to remain and vy for the chance to marry the Crown Prince she's loved since she was a child, finds complications in another man of the new troupe-who's presence and voice somehow affect her own in ways she's never seen before. She must fight to remind the Crown of her rightful place among them, or perhaps discover a wider world beyond the palace walls she'd long forgotten.

I wasn't the type of girl who believed in fairytales, much less tales about faeries, but that changed the day the fae walked into my life. Staying away from my lakeside hometown was the plan, but Mom died suddenly. Dad said she suffered a stroke after she dug up one of the ancient Native American graves in our backyard. Creepy, I know. Creepier still, there was no corpse inside the old coffin, only fresh rose petals. As we made preparations for her burial, unnervingly odd and beautiful newcomers poured into my small town. A coroner with emerald eyes and black hair, much too young for the job. An arrogant blond socialite, who lived to get under my skin. And a tattooed Native man, who wasn't supposed to be alive. By dying, my mother had inadvertently revived an age-old feud between the fae and the tribe that hunted them. A feud that was about to tear my world apart. Start reading this paranormal adventure that readers are comparing to Vampire Diaries...but with faeries.

If you had wings... If you could fly... How would it affect your life? Your love? Your freedom? Keira has wings, and she is alone. The city girl hides her wings from the world, believing she is a freak, haunted by strange men in suits who constantly follow her movements. Keira exists for the night when she can take to the skies and soar above her troubles. Noah and Leigh have wings too, but they've always had each other. Fraternal twins, the gorgeous brothers have shared everything, despite being total opposites. Noah is a dark genius with a deep spiritual faith, while the cheerful Leigh is a vet with a heart for helping others. One night, they all fly into each other and the adventure begins. As the three new companions grow closer, attractions develop and the cracks begin to show in this complicated triangle. Keira, Noah and Leigh need to work together because a new threat is looming - a ruthless government agency is hunting them down and life as they know it has changed forever. As the three friends fight for their freedom and Keira tries to decide which of the brothers her heart belongs to, the feathers are sure to fly. A romantic fantasy for new adults and adventure lovers.

To serve his queen, that's the order that Sir Konner Rinsguard is instructed to carry out as is his duty to the Queen of the kingdom of Lyquirz, but at what cost? His sight or his life? It's only once one sense is burned away by a Naga's venom does he realize that everything he has known has been a lie, and his greatest crises of all is revealed. Will he serve the queen he swore to protect or the queen that his heart demands? This is the tale of how the King Of Light lost his sight and gained an entire new destiny. Disclaimer: All elements of this story are owned by me. Please do not use any elements of this story without my permission first. This fiction is posted on my site as well.