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Elle Hallor's world revolves around artful lies and trickery. No one knows Myndor's underhand networks like her -- she spent years dabbling in most of them. Despite being an infamous assassin, Elle is bound by contract to carry out whatever missions her guild commands. 

Her next assignment is a death-wish: kill the Imperial Heir of DETRA.

She cannot do it alone. The heir's identity is a closely guarded secret. Her team will have to infiltrate DETRA and compete in lethal challenges to win their places inside. With the help of her DETRA mentor, Cerid, it might just be possible. But when loyalties and love become entangled, truths are unveiled and Elle's past comes hurtling back -- will she succeed?

Five notorious assassins. One deadly competition. And Elle Hallor wants her revenge...


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Beneath the stars by bestofyou3569

Emma has spent her life searching for answers about her father's mysterious disappearance, but when a deadly secret surfaces, she's thrust into a dangerous game she never saw coming. With a powerful enemy like Michael West hunting her, every step forward brings her closer to the truth-and closer to death. Enter Lucas, a brooding stranger with a dark past of his own. Bound by tragedy and drawn to each other, they must navigate a web of betrayal, violence, and trust as they uncover the dark underworld controlled by West. But when West's empire begins to crumble, new dangers emerge, leaving Emma and Lucas fighting not only for survival but for their future together. In a world where loyalty can be bought and nothing is what it seems, Emma must decide who to trust before it's too late. With deadly secrets, intense romance, and heart-pounding suspense, Beneath the Stars is a thrilling journey of love and survival, where the stars may be the only witnesses to the truth.

A Girl's Diary by A_dodo

Everyone has at least one secret, right? But what happens when the most dangerous ones are revealed? The life of the girl behind the mask will be turned upside down... Beware!! Lots of drama coming !! ***************************** New cover by @ValentinesExperiment Winner of Yearly Garden Awards 2019 Spring Book Of Awards 2019 Ebullient Awards 2020 (1st runner up, romance) #174 teen fiction "11-12-2018" #98 teen fiction "4-7-2019" #1 Secret Identity "2-8-2020" **COMPLETE** All rights reserved

The Lethal Encounter: Novella by -MilaSteele

[7x featured] A cold-hearted assassin must choose between loyalty to her organization or love after falling for her charming target. Ava became a KSD assassin at only sixteen years old. Fueled by anger, hate, and the hunger for revenge, Ava has forgotten what compassion or sympathy even means. Until she meets a sassy beam of sunshine who disarms her at first sight. When Ava feels that heartmelting spark, she considers betraying her organization to experience that warm feeling once again. Jennie So-Yeon has been sheltered from any speck of violence her whole life, thanks to her parents and her tough best friend. Jennie believes murder is wrong, no matter the reason. But when she meets a cold assassin who spares her in a dark alley, she finds her isolated life of sunshine and rainbows shattering into a million pieces as she falls for a killer. The truth behind KSD's purpose slowly unravels as Eve, the leader of the organization, puts out a hit on both Ava and Jennie. Ava must decide if she's going to throw away all her beliefs and years of her life out the window for that dreaded emotion: love. Will Ava and Jennie be able to hold onto their love despite the pressures and death threats around them? Or will one end up betraying the other as both their worlds fall apart? 𓆩ꨄ︎𓆪───※ ·✯· ※───𓆩ꨄ︎𓆪 Onc 2024 longlister Featured by: @Action (Action Romance, 18 Romance Stories We Are Obsessed With) @Romance (Romantic Suspense) @Ambassadors (Dangerous Love) @adventure (18 Romance Stories We Are Obsessed With) Cover by @plutointhestars

Revenge Never Knocks by ssynn_xo

A little insight: "Rule number one, do not underestimate your enemy," she laughs, "And as for the game, I have been rolling the dice this whole time," she opens the glass door and puts a leg inside. She looks back at them, "Revenge is a game you play with your enemies. This is my revenge and my game; I make the moves and I triumph." * This is the tale of Revenge Never Knocks, it enters without an invitation when you least expect it. Do you believe in revenge? Do you believe revenge is justice? Should revenge be necessary? And should you go to any extent to exact your revenge? These are some questions this novel pursues. It is astonishing how a night can change lives, whether it be good or bad.This is an epic revenge tale where a fierce, yet introverted girl sets out to avenge her parents' death. She vows to find the monsters that ruined her childhood and took the ones she loves. She will raise hell on earth to ensure the killers get punished. She has a perfect plan but she forgets that life also has a plan. And you probably know that things don't always go according to plan. She is thrown into a world of chaos and mayhem, she doesn't know who to trust. She succeeds and she fails, the question arises if her success is bigger than her failure? This journey brings lies, deceits, and deaths but also love. Just when she thinks that things are going her way, life reminds her otherwise. There are a lot of heartbreaks, twists and turns and unexpected events. Is Vivian prepared for what life has planned for her, find out... AWARDS: WON THIRD PLACE UNDER MYSTERY IN THE SEASONAL CONTESTS! (Summer 2020) WON 2ND PLACE UNDER MYSTERY IN THE MARIGOLD AWARDS!

Ashes to Ashes | ✓ by TheConfusedTurtle

||𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐲𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫|| [𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭...] The princess of Niveus is cursed. Overflowing with magic she can't control, the young heir sets her kingdom on a path of despair, and consequently invites misfortune and death into her midst. A fire burns within her, one that will turn the whole world to ash if it is to be unleashed. Or so Felix was told by the queen of the opposing kingdom of Furvus. He is given a simple task: kill the princess and in return, he will be pardoned from the consequences of his countless murders. Being an assassin raised to do nothing but kill, he sets out eager to complete his mission and earn his freedom. The price of one girl's blood is a small one to pay if it means he can get away from his past. But the truth is not so black and white, and Felix finds his attention snatched away from his mission by the mystery behind Princess Aiko. When her attendant and seer promises him knowledge in exchange for his service, he must choose between his mission and his safety. As tensions arise between Felix, himself, and his kingdom, he learns that he must trust the very center of his problems if he wants to make it out alive. Together, he and Aiko might be able to uncover the truth behind her curse and put a stop to the plot of Furvus's power-hungry Queen. ✴︎20x Featured | Editor's Choice February 2023 ~Completed! ~Cover by the fantastic @-aceospades- ! ~Book One in the Ashes Duology

Mohabbat mein mera Intakhab by NuhairaTabrez

This anecdote is about the ones living among us yet, people different from us. The ones who see and live their lives in a different way. What life we desire to live, the things we are fond of and the satisfaction that we are running after is the least of their worries. This is the narrative of the heroes that perhaps many people had seen but didn't recognise. These heroes are like you or me only. But unlike you or me their life has no dependence. That is why they don't make or have no beloveds. We would have the least knowledge of where or when or on which level they protected us from the great dangers of the world. They are the Top Secret Agents working for the government to go on important missions. One of these masked heroes is Noor Ayaz a young gorgeous but the most deadly undercover assassin agent, having the least interest in love and feeling, or only till she has to go on one strange mission in which, she has to protect a Disagreeable CEO. Will this change her interests? Let us join her in her adventurous visit to the Alam Mansion and the unique members while being undercover and finding the one who cannot possibly be found. Who are they? What do they want?

Hired for secrets by genesined

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Over My Dead Body by RebelleFleur00

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Classified || 2 || ✔️ mature by lustenvy

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Agent Rogue by Caitlin_Lucy

The best agents are the ones who don't question orders. They lack their own morals and trust their directors in the same way a dog trusts its master. Amber Knight is one of those agents. After being sent on a mission to retrieve rogue agent Derek Barnes, Agent Knight finds herself stranded across the sea with the arrogant, flirtatious traitor with one order: bring him back ALIVE. But there's something wrong. Barnes doesn't resist Amber's efforts in dragging him across the country as another group of pursuers chases the two in an effort to dispose of herself and Barnes. She soon discovers that the people in her life may not be as trust-worthy as they appear. And, with dozens of lives hanging in the balance, Amber is forced into a position where she must make her own rules and become her own master. REVIEWS: "From great grammar to an extraordinary plot line, this book honestly deserves everything." - @filletetlivre "Thank you so much for writing this book. It has been a blast to read." - @geekgurl24 "This is like the best pace of a love story yet!" - @fanfics_anon Book I in the Agent Rogue Series Cover by @E_A_Hard Word Count: 110,000 - 120,000

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Beneath the stars

Emma has spent her life searching for answers about her father's mysterious disappearance, but when a deadly secret surfaces, she's thrust into a dangerous game she never saw coming. With a powerful enemy like Michael West hunting her, every step forward brings her closer to the truth-and closer to death. Enter Lucas, a brooding stranger with a dark past of his own. Bound by tragedy and drawn to each other, they must navigate a web of betrayal, violence, and trust as they uncover the dark underworld controlled by West. But when West's empire begins to crumble, new dangers emerge, leaving Emma and Lucas fighting not only for survival but for their future together. In a world where loyalty can be bought and nothing is what it seems, Emma must decide who to trust before it's too late. With deadly secrets, intense romance, and heart-pounding suspense, Beneath the Stars is a thrilling journey of love and survival, where the stars may be the only witnesses to the truth.