Desire in the Dark
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Ava had mastered the art of loneliness. Forty-one, fine as hell, and freshly untethered from a life that no longer served her, she sought peace-not passion. But peace is the last thing she finds the night she stumbles into a backwoods poetry club and locks eyes with a caramel-skinned mystery who spits fire and moves like sin.
Jalen is thirty, country to his core, raised on hard lessons and harder love. He's raw, unfiltered, and hiding more than his share of demons. But when he meets Ava, his soul recognizes something rare-softness that doesn't break, fire that doesn't burn out. She's everything he never dared to want.
What begins as innocent curiosity quickly spirals into a connection neither can resist. But passion this intense has a price. Secrets simmer. Old wounds bleed. And just as Ava begins to surrender to the heat between them, Jalen is arrested-ripping open a hidden past that threatens to swallow them both.
In a world where love is rare and trust is earned, Ava and Jalen must decide: do they fight for the fire they've ignited... or let the darkness win?
Desire in the Dark is the seductive first installment of a series where hearts collide, secrets unravel, and love burns its way through the shadows.
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🖤LOST IN HIS DARKNESS 🖤
⚜️ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 ⚜️ ✦ 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟏 ✦ 🌙 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍. 🖤 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕. ♛ 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩. ♛ 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙚. For years, a story was being written behind the scenes. Through silent sacrifices. Through hidden decisions. Through secrets never meant to be revealed. Through a love that existed long before it was ever returned. ✦ What began as protection became devotion. ✦ What became devotion turned into obsession. ✦ And somewhere between destiny and darkness... Lives became intertwined forever. "Some people meet by chance. Some people meet because fate decides it. And some people meet because someone refused to leave it to fate." As old mysteries awaken and destinies collide, multiple lives become connected by a truth far greater than themselves. Because this was never just a love story. It was the beginning of a legacy. "The world saw darkness. She saw the man hidden inside it. And he? He had already chosen her long before she ever looked his way. " ♛ 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 ♛ 𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞... 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 🖤🌙 ~ Author DESTINY ✨
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*Story Contains Mature and Explicit Content* [COMPLETED] "Strangers in the dark can change your life in the light." "As I reach the front door I can't help the same question swimming around in my mind, what could possibly be on all of those tapes?" ----- Preview: "You wanna try and be my medicine Abby?" he asks with a deep testing tone, keeping his voice quiet. "I can try" I breathe out as I gulp when his grip tightens "Try me" His hand slides up my throat, his long fingers wrapping tight around my jaw "That's what you really want?" I nod, as I sigh out a shallow yes, and I see every muscle in his body tense, as he wets his lips; hoarsely murmuring his next sentence like its his last try at making me change my mind. "I'm dangerous Abby, this is your last chance, tried to warn you" My stomach twists and knots, as I use every ounce of bravery I have. "Prove it then" ----- Book Started : DEC 2018 - COMPLETED MAY 2019Complete
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𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐦 |𝟏𝟖+
𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐦. . . . There are things you're taught not to do. Rules you're told to follow. People you're meant to forget. Flora never planned to end up here, but after one too many mistakes, her life dives for rock bottom. Now, she's trapped in a world she doesn't understand, haunted by a past she can't outrun. And at the center of it all stands the boy she'd sworn to forget. What once was fate, fractures into an illusion and twist into something dangerously evil. They were kids together. Friends together. 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵. She's new. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵. She's fresh meat. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. What happens when they reunite? Secrets unfold. Chaos runs free. And the line between love and ruin sharpens into a thin blade, as history proves to repeat itself in its cruelest form. A girl. A boy. And a mad house that feeds on sin. There's no place to hide here. You can run, but you'll never get away. "𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘢𝘮. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺." 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲
⚜️ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 ⚜️ ✦ 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟏 ✦ 🌙 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍. 🖤 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕. ♛ 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩. ♛ 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙚. For years, a story was being written behind the scenes. Through silent sacrifices. Through hidden decisions. Through secrets never meant to be revealed. Through a love that existed long before it was ever returned. ✦ What began as protection became devotion. ✦ What became devotion turned into obsession. ✦ And somewhere between destiny and darkness... Lives became intertwined forever. "Some people meet by chance. Some people meet because fate decides it. And some people meet because someone refused to leave it to fate." As old mysteries awaken and destinies collide, multiple lives become connected by a truth far greater than themselves. Because this was never just a love story. It was the beginning of a legacy. "The world saw darkness. She saw the man hidden inside it. And he? He had already chosen her long before she ever looked his way. " ♛ 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 ♛ 𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞... 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 🖤🌙 ~ Author DESTINY ✨
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