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A Kingdom of Ash and Bone by C.F. Abbott Sign in to Save

Dark Romantasy · Mature

A Kingdom of Ash and Bone

by C.F. Abbott

Story blurbCamelot is burning the old world to ash. Once a princess of Oléron, Tryamour Ní Oléron has watched human conquest reduce her homeland to ruin, leaving her family dead and her people scattered. Now a healer for the Resistance, she has little left but her hatred for Camelot and a willingness to do whatever it takes to see the kingdom fall. Even if it means walking willingly into the heart of it. Disguised as a servant within Castle Pendragon, Tryamour intends to poison the court and disappear before anyone discovers what she is. Instead, she crosses paths with Lanval, a peasant born knight whose loyalty to Camelot has earned him everything he once dreamed of, and whose growing doubts threaten to cost him all of it. He should be her enemy. She should be nothing more than a traitor. But when bloodshed forces them together, hatred gives way to something far more dangerous: an ancient bond neither of them can easily escape.

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A Timeless Hero by Jacqueline Hopkins Sign in to Save

Timetravel Historical Romance · Mature

A Timeless Hero

by Jacqueline Hopkins

Story blurbWhen Liza Starr Love, an historical romance author, travels back in time with her main character, Ross York, who is a Peterson Detective in her tenth historical romance novel, she must prevent him from altering the future and try to save the life of her infamous ancestor--Belle Starr. Liza is frantically working on her book deadline because without it, she has no way to keep her farm afloat after her husband died in a freak framing accident. She needs the money from the sale of her book, but a thunderstormcomplete with tornado prevents her from working on it when the power goes out. When she gets it back, her hero and his daughter from her books appear in her office. Ross, who lost his pregnant wife, is traveling on a wagon train to Santa Fe across the territory of Oklahoma, to take his daughter to live with his brother and his wife, he must also protect the gold he's carrying to pay the Peterson Detectives and keep it from falling into the wrong hands of the Younger Gang. But a severe thunderstorm one night finds himself and his daughter in a strange home with strange surroundings in a future he doesn't understand. Together, Ross and Liza must figure out how to get Ross and Sara back to the 1880s, and for them both to figure out how their love can transcend between two worlds.

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An Inheritance of Flames by Cielle Aurens Sign in to Save

Romantasy · Mature

An Inheritance of Flames

by Cielle Aurens

Story blurbAn orphan and a bastard with no claim to power and no protection of her own, Enora has survived her uncle's court by being small, obedient, and forgettable. When the dragon-ruled kingdom of Dracia invades Lucind, she learns she is the daughter of their long lost heir and must participate in an ancient rite... The Trial of the First Fruit. Enora is wed to Dracia's best warriors — Harwin and Klivan, powerful dragon shifters whose loyalty to their King runs as deep as their desire. One is hardened by loss and ruled by duty. The other wears charm like armor, hiding sharp intelligence and hunger beneath. She will split her time between them, and the one who sires her firstborn will claim the throne. As they grow closer together, dragonfire begins to stir in her veins, and the role she was meant to play — pawn, peace offering, sacrifice — burns away. Faced with enemies creeping in the shadows, rising desire, and a crown that may demand everything she is, Enora must decide one thing: will she be consumed by the flames… or will she control them?

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Ashbound Chronicles: Ash Without Fire by C.R. Raven Sign in to Save

Dark Academia · Mature

Ashbound Chronicles: Ash Without Fire

by C.R. Raven

Story blurbKira Oakley was never meant for Greyward Institute. An unexpected scholarship placed her among the most powerful heirs with two warnings: never tell anyone how she got in and stay away from the Fates. But Greyward has its own order, and outsiders were never meant to disturb it.

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Aurea Veritas by SC Blossom Sign in to Save

Romance, suspense · Mature

Aurea Veritas

by SC Blossom

Story blurbRosalind Embers had everything. A career she loved, friends she cared about, a wealthy fiancé... Until she lost it all. But in those shadows, she finds what she was truly made for and meant to do. Leading her own Shadow Team brings out the best in her, even when she's feeling her worst. A frozen lily crosses her screen. Her father murdered. Someone is hunting for her, and she's not about to lose everything again to this faceless threat behind the computer screen.

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Before the Frost by Brynne Briarwood Sign in to Save

Romance · Mature

Before the Frost

by Brynne Briarwood

Story blurbEight years ago, Hazel told Reid she wanted different things. It was a lie. She's been living inside it ever since. Now Reid is back in Briarwood - just long enough to settle his late father's estate, just long enough for the Copper Kettle to feel very small. And Hazel is about to find out what happens when the wrong story finally meets the truth. Before the First Frost is a small-town, second chance romance set in the village of Briarwood, Vermont, where the coffee is strong, the seasons are honest, and some things take eight years to say out loud. New chapters posted weekly. This story will move to Kindle Unlimited upon completion; read it here first.

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Bella and Django: A Vegas, Velvet Caper by Ellen M Laura Sign in to Save

Mystery, Cozy Feline Fantasy · General

Bella and Django: A Vegas, Velvet Caper

by Ellen M Laura

Story blurbFrom island hush to neon thunder—two cats are about to become each other’s fate. Bella’s first world was Lānaʻi: salt air, warm stones, plumeria on the wind, and the gentle chaos of a sanctuary where humans move softly and love loudly. She learned the rules of paradise early—share sun patches, guard your dignity, and never admit you’re afraid. Then a wrong turn in the human world drops her into Las Vegas. The desert smells of heat, pavement, perfume, and electrical hunger. Everything flashes. Everything moves. And tucked inside the glare is The Gamblers Bookstore—a velvet-quiet refuge where Bella might finally catch her breath. Except the bookstore already has a king. Django Whiskerblades is watchful, disciplined, and unimpressed by feline theatrics. Bella is audacity in fur. They should avoid each other. Naturally, they don’t. Soon, the two cats are drawn into a Vegas caper involving secrets, risk, and considerably more trouble than either intended. A cozy feline adventure filled with wit, slow-burn chemistry, Las Vegas mischief, and two cats discovering that fate occasionally has whiskers.

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Beyond Perfection by Susan Bowman Sign in to Save

Fantasy · General

Beyond Perfection

by Susan Bowman

Story blurbImagine being born into a world where perfection is everything, any flaw can be a death sentence. Marina is adopted by the person who was supposed to kill her, fleeing under the cover of darkness and raised in secret, she is taught to hide her fatal flaw until her father is called back to the capital and she comes face to face with the mother who ordered her death.

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Blood Ties by K.C. NORD Sign in to Save

Paranormal Romance · Mature

Blood Ties

by K.C. NORD

Story blurbAlexandra Bennett thought she knew exactly who she was. Then Damien Cross walked into her life and changed everything. Dangerously attractive, infuriatingly protective, and unlike anyone Lexie has ever known, Damien belongs to a world she never knew existed—a world of vampires, blood bonds, ancient rivalries, and enemies who seem far too interested in her. Because Lexie isn't quite as human as she always believed. As buried secrets about her family begin to surface, she finds herself pulled deeper into Damien's world—and closer to the man who seems determined to protect her, even when she isn't sure she needs protecting. But someone has been waiting a very long time for Lexie to discover the truth. And now that she has, they aren't about to let her walk away. Come for the vampires. Stay for… 🖤 Slow-burn romance 🖤 A dangerously protective vampire 🖤 Hidden heritage & family secrets 🖤 Blood bonds 🖤 Forced proximity 🖤 A heroine who refuses to be sidelined

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Custodian by Coda Languez Sign in to Save

Dark Romantasy · Mature

Custodian

by Coda Languez

Story blurbBrother Anselm has kept spotless discipline for fourteen years: flagellation on Tuesdays and Fridays, the canonical hours recited on schedule, sermons on lust so pointed the blacksmith’s wife says they make her feel clean. Then he finds something bleeding in the November leaves, carries it home, and locks it in the root cellar under a lie about a broken gate latch. He tells himself she’s a specimen. He builds a feeding stand at exactly twelve inches, trains her the way a falconer trains a hawk, and fills a ledger with clinical notes about antler growth and dappled skin that no priest should be able to describe so precisely. He calls her demon the way he says Amen. She calls him by the name he discarded the day he was ordained. Custodian details three years of confinement, confession, and a Summa theology, a collection of handwritten notes that was not intended to hold them. It tells the story of a man who aimed to civilize a creature but ultimately learned which of them was truly being imprisoned.

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Don't Answer the Door by K.C. NORD Sign in to Save

Romantic Suspense · Mature

Don't Answer the Door

by K.C. NORD

Story blurbSomeone is watching her. The sheriff is determined to keep her safe. Neither of them is prepared for what comes next. Laney Cross has built a life she loves in the small Southern town of Bayou Oaks, complete with a cozy bookstore of her own. The only complication is Beckett Hall—her brother’s best friend, the town sheriff, and the man she’s had a crush on for years. Then the gifts start arriving. Someone knows where Laney lives. Where she works. When she’s alone. As the attention turns threatening, Beckett refuses to let Laney face the danger by herself. Forced into close quarters, the feelings they’ve both tried to ignore become impossible to hide. But Laney’s stalker has been waiting a long time for his chance—and he has no intention of letting Beckett stand in his way. In Bayou Oaks, falling in love might be dangerous. But answering the door could be deadly. Come for the small-town romance. Stay for… 🖤 Brother’s best friend 🖤 A protective small-town sheriff 🖤 Forced proximity 🖤 Years of mutual pining 🖤 A stalker getting dangerously close 🖤 A heroine who refuses to be scared out of her own life

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Dutopia by Hunter Chadwick Sign in to Save

Cozy Fantasy · General

Dutopia

by Hunter Chadwick

Story blurbIn a land far away, there was the Kingdom of Dutopia, where everything must be as it is proclaimed to be. Join us now in the behind the scenes documentary to learn the true story of what really makes this kingdom tick. If you're a fan of The Office, Park & Rec and Legends and Lattes, this is the story for you. :)

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Half-Claimed by Elle Harper Hayden Sign in to Save

Paranormal Romance · Mature

Half-Claimed

by Elle Harper Hayden

Story blurbMy twin is wearing my wedding dress. And my fated mate is looking at her with a hunger he has never, not once in three years, aimed at me. Most she-wolves would scream. They'd demand a fight. They'd let a betrayal this deep break them. Not me. I am the Moon Twin. The diplomat. The one who reads the silences and manages the treaties. So when my mate and my sister start quietly erasing me from my own life—hijacking my work, taking my meetings, and feeding the pack a sympathetic story about how I'm "cracking under the pressure"—I don't throw a tantrum. I quietly walk into the Council office and file a formal petition for Rejection before they even realize I know. Ronan thinks he can replace me seamlessly. He thinks his Alpha Ascension is secure. But he is about to learn that the woman who built his foundation knows exactly which load-bearing pillars to kick out to find her own life and happiness. Complete. New chapter every day. Read this if you love: 🖤 Fated Mate Betrayal / Cheating 🖤 Second Chance Mates 🖤 Twin Betrayal & Pack Politics 🖤 A Competent FMC who refuses to be a victim 🖤 Karma Comes For Everyone

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Haunting University by Madeline Lee Sign in to Save

Paranormal · Teen

Haunting University

by Madeline Lee

Story blurbAwakening with no memories, Claire knows just one thing: she’s dead. She soon learns all recently deceased spirits must attend Haunting University to prepare for a career as a ghost or guardian. Students who fail to be accepted to the university, or who get caught remembering their lives too soon, are sent to the Remedial College to be reformed, or worse, recycled. Before she even makes it to the university, a devastating attack on the Administration building pulls Claire into a web of secrets woven by the Remedial College’s mysterious chancellor. As she struggles to find her way in the afterlife, Claire is torn between her growing crush on her reaper and the strange bond she shares with his best friend, the unfortunate victim of the attack whose afterlife now depends on her. To make matters worse, she’s plagued by nightmares that leave her waking with the sensation of blood on her hands. Nightmares that sometimes appear even when she’s awake. Could they be memories? If so, Claire may not just be dead. She may have been a serial killer.

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Here At Paul's by Cassandra Hartcourt Sign in to Save

Romance, New Adult · Mature

Here At Paul's

by Cassandra Hartcourt
#New adult#friends to lovers#military#young adult#young love

Story blurbA scorching case of ADHD, anger issues, and dyslexia landed Braeden Sampson at Smithton Military Academy when he was twelve. Five years later, Braeden knows how to follow orders and survive a school that promises discipline while hiding something uglier behind its polished gates. Back home, things are different. At Paul’s, his family’s diner, Braeden is the kid behind the counter, trying not to think about the place he has to return to when summer ends. Then Abbey Feldman walks into his life. After her parents’ divorce, her mother moves them to Colorado for a fresh start and becomes Braeden’s therapist, tasked with getting to the bottom of his problems. Seventeen, guarded, and carrying wounds of her own, Abbey takes a waitressing job at Paul’s because she needs somewhere to belong. Braeden isn’t supposed to become part of that plan. Neither are late shifts, stolen conversations, teasing across the counter, or the way he notices when she is struggling before she says it. At Paul’s, they build something neither expected: a place where Abbey doesn’t have to apologize for taking up space and Braeden doesn’t have to pretend he is okay. But summer can't last forever. Senior year at Smithton awaits Braeden, along with the secrets he has been too afraid to tell anyone. As Abbey begins trusting him with the parts of herself no one else understands, Braeden must decide whether surviving means going back quietly or finally letting someone see what he has been running from.

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Hollow Academy by Raven Hollow Sign in to Save

New Adult, Urban Fantasy, Hollow City · Mature

Hollow Academy

by Raven Hollow

Story blurbOne moment…A single second…Can change someone’s life forever. Every breath you take, you are given a chance to change who you are, what you want, and where you want to be: Remember that. There is more to being a headmaster at The Hollow Academy than simply watching over the students and professors. When Alyce Hollow took this position from her late grandmother she knew exactly what she would have to do in order to keep her families legacy intact. Going out into the realms and choosing the young adults with great potential that don't quite fit in, or check the traditional boxes for those who attend the academy. In this first season of The Hollow Academy, we meet Echo a young woman with exceptional control over dark magic. While those with her abilities are typically seen as dangerous and are avoided, Alyce knows that there needs to be balance in the magical world, and that ALL magic comes at a price. Follow Echo as she discovers not only who she is, but also who she can become.

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Hope Rising by Kim Brown Sign in to Save

Cozy Fantasy · Teen

Hope Rising

by Kim Brown

Story blurb✨ HOPE RISING ✨ A Cozy Fantasy Novel by Kim Brown Tammy goes to sleep expecting another ordinary day. Instead, she wakes in a silent forest with no idea where she is—or how to get home. Beyond the trees lies Hope Rising, a seemingly perfect community built on peace, equality, and order. Tammy is given a new name—Celeste —a new home, a new purpose…and a long list of rules she is expected to obey. But Hope Rising has secrets. Every resident is secretly ranked. No one knows their own level. No one knows exactly what makes them rise or fall. And nobody wants to talk about Level Zero. Determined to get back to her family, Celeste begins searching for answers. But between forbidden paths, missing residents, hidden friendships, and an infuriating rule-follower named Andre, she starts wondering if she was really brought to Hope Rising to escape it… Or to change it. 🌿 Found family ✨ Mysterious magic 💜 Slow-burn romance 🔐 Dangerous secrets 📜 Rules that might just need breaking Not all rules are meant to be followed.

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Horror In Hallowfield by Callum Quill Sign in to Save

Folk Horror · Mature

Horror In Hallowfield

by Callum Quill

Story blurbHallowfield keeps its own. Jesse Corwin comes home to bury the last piece of their old life, sell their grandmother’s house, and leave before the town can get its hooks back into them. Then the dead start leaving threads behind. A childhood friend has vanished from photographs, records, and memory. A sealed room in the abandoned mill is warm from the inside. And beneath everything, something ancient is still weaving, quietly deciding what Hallowfield remembers and what it can afford to lose. The deeper Jesse pulls at the town’s buried history, the more they uncover an inheritance built on sacrifice, silence, and impossible bargains. Because in Hallowfield, nothing is truly gone. And nothing comes back for free.

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Howl If You Love Me by Margaux Carroll Sign in to Save

Paranormal cozy mystery · General

Howl If You Love Me

by Margaux Carroll

Story blurbPrivate investigator Keke Chung believes there’s always an explanation for the unexplained. Then the Wolfman shows up. After Keke connects a viral dating sensation in fur and fangs to a string of San Francisco robberies, actor Jax Maddox is arrested. But Jax insists he was only following instructions from someone known as the Handler. When one of his former dates turns up dead, Keke follows a trail of secret research, coded messages, and a respectable academic society obsessed with people who disappear and return. Just like her. Twenty-eight years ago, three-year-old Keke vanished from a locked home during the Lunar New Year. Four days later, she was found near Coit Tower, unharmed and clutching a stuffed toy no one recognized. San Francisco called her the Lucky Lunar New Year Baby. The Silver Howl Society calls her the Returned One. Now another Wolfman is stalking the city, and the mystery Keke has spent her life trying to solve may finally be hunting her back. This Black-led paranormal cozy mystery is perfect for fans of Only Murders in the Building, Poker Face, and mysteries where the supernatural always has a very human explanation.

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Love & War: Season One by C.R. Raven Sign in to Save

Mafia · Mature

Love & War: Season One

by C.R. Raven

Story blurbA year has passed since the Devil's Massacre. Sapphire Astor takes the reins of her family's empire as Don, but not every family in Chicago is willing to answer to a woman. As old tensions threaten the fragile peace, the Astors have more to protect than their name. Chicago is a city built on secrets. And some secrets are worth killing to keep.

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Love of Enemies by Natalia PrimComplete Sign in to Save

Paranormal Romance, Vampire Romance · Explicit

Love of Enemies

by Natalia Prim

Story blurbOne vampire. Four wolf shifters. A fate we can't escape. I'm a heartless, blood-sucking bitch, and proud of it. Lack of any normal emotions makes me a damn good regulator for the reigning vampire Monarch. Always alone, kicking ass at my job, just how I like it. Until Fate, another heartless bitch, saddles me with not one mate–but four. To make matters worse, they’re all wolf shifters. My least favorite kind. And the topping on this shit salad? One of them is the Alpha Elect of the entire Southwest and knows how to make my borrowed blood sing. But despite my violent protests to their love, there’s another party pulling strings, and I get a gift that just might change my outlook on life. Forever.

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LOVE, LIES & A LYING CRYSTAL BALL by Patti Petrone Miller Sign in to Save

Paranormal Romantic Comedy · Mature

LOVE, LIES & A LYING CRYSTAL BALL

by Patti Petrone Miller

Story blurbLOVE, LIES & A LYING CRYSTAL BALL Willa Bumbles has built her career on brutal honesty. Her crystal ball doesn't sugarcoat. It doesn't comfort. People come to her desperate for devastating truth, and they always leave devastated. Then everything changes. Her predictions start showing good futures. Happy endings. Possibility instead of probability. Her customers are thrilled. They're coming back for more. They're leaving five-star reviews. Willa is having a breakdown. She's spent seventeen years telling people the hard truths nobody wants to hear. She's built her entire identity on it. And now nobody wants that version of her anymore. But something still feels wrong. Something has shifted. And when the crystal ball starts making predictions about her own future, predictions involving someone she can't stand—Willa realizes she has to find out what's really happening. Because if she can't trust her crystal ball, what can she trust?

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Marrow's After Midnight by Aurelia KL Nyx Sign in to Save

Horror · Mature

Marrow's After Midnight

by Aurelia KL Nyx

Story blurbA desperate night-shift waitress takes a job at Marrow’s, an isolated roadside diner where the menu changes after midnight, customers order impossible things, and one rule matters above all: never serve Booth Nine.

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Mother Of Sand by Soren Halvek Sign in to Save

Fantasy · Mature

Mother Of Sand

by Soren Halvek

Story blurbIn a cursed desert, three bloodline gifts are all that remain of a goddess who broke herself to save her people. Efren has spent his life certain the sands will claim him early—and that his brutal father will make sure of it. But when an empire comes hunting the desert’s power and an ancient presence begins whispering his name, Efren is pulled toward a destiny far stranger than survival. Sacred laws will be broken. Lost stones will surface. Old blood will reveal secrets buried for generations. And somewhere beneath the shifting sands, the Mother is waking.

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Nobody Came Looking: A Love Story by Coda Languez Sign in to Save

Dark Romance · Mature

Nobody Came Looking: A Love Story

by Coda Languez

Story blurb**She disappeared from a rave. One text, six hours late.** _**hey did u leave early? lol**_ **She never went home.** Rachel Santos has been invisible her entire life. The middle daughter nobody remembered to pick up. The girl saved in somebody's phone as _Hoodie Girl._ When two strangers pull her out of a crowd and a third one feeds her breakfast like she matters, she doesn't fight it. She sinks. Into their loft. Into their beds. Into a world where she is photographed like a masterpiece, marked like territory, and fed like something precious. Three men, three kinds of hunger, and starving invisible Rachel finally full. She stops going to class. She stops checking her phone. By the time the worship shows its walls, her apartment is gone, her phone is dead in a drawer, and there is no outside left. Just a lock, and she turns it herself. _Nobody Came Looking: A Love Story_ is book one of **The Loft Duet.** A descent with no ladder. It will not apologize to you. **For readers of:** dark romance with actual teeth, horror that happens somewhere warm and well fed, and love stories you'll need to shower after.

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Painted Dead: The Fool by Raven Alastair Sign in to Save

Psychological Horror · Mature

Painted Dead: The Fool

by Raven Alastair

Story blurbMarlon Carver expected little on his birthday. After his parents dropped him and his sister off at Grandpa's, he noticed something different this time. Their goodbyes felt final. Then Grandpa tells them the story of his first date with their grandma at a traveling carnival, and things begin to change in the Carver home. They start small, until they become too hard to ignore. Grandpa's memories seem distant. News articles are found in an old box where Grandma kept her yarn. And the more Marlon digs for answers, the more questions arise about the people who disappeared that night over fifty years ago. And yet, Grandpa remembers the carnival even as people begin to fade from the story. Only the carnival remains. Marlon wants to know why.

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Puck Me Like That by Arla JonesComplete Sign in to Save

Romance · Mature

Puck Me Like That

by Arla Jones

Story blurbTessa Monroe has perfected the art of staying in one place. As the owner of her family's struggling diner and caretaker for her ailing mother, her dreams of culinary school melted away years ago—right alongside her heart when hockey prodigy Noah Walker left town for NHL stardom. Ten years later, Noah Walker is at the top of his game—until a devastating knee injury has him retreating to his hometown to lick his wounds away from the spotlight. The last thing he expects is to crash his luxury car right in front of his high school sweetheart's diner, or to find himself working there to pay off the damage. Forced together daily, their chemistry is as hot as the diner's griddle during the breakfast rush. But Tessa isn't interested in being just another conquest on Noah's stat sheet, and Noah's facing the terrifying possibility that his career might be over. With Tessa's diner under threat from developers and Noah's future hanging in the balance, they both must decide what they're willing to fight for—and whether some old flames never stop burning. PUCK ME LIKE THAT is a steamy, emotional second-chance hockey romance featuring a sassy diner owner, the NHL star who got away, enough sexual tension to melt the ice, and the kind of homecoming that changes everything.

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Return to Birch Lake by Kim Brown Sign in to Save

Cozy Fantasy · Teen

Return to Birch Lake

by Kim Brown

Story blurbAshleigh never quite belonged in the ordinary world. Growing up in Birch Lake, her closest friends weren't the other children in town. They were the animals that seemed to understand her, the faeries hidden among the trees, the nymphs nestled in flowers, and the centaurs who listened when no one else would. But eventually, Ashleigh left Birch Lake—and the magic she once believed in—behind. Now her parents have vanished without a trace. Returning to her childhood home in search of answers, Ashleigh discovers an even stranger mystery waiting for her. The magical friends who once filled the woods have disappeared too. Yet unexplained shimmers appear in the darkness, something moves just beyond her windows, and impossible little clues suggest that perhaps the magic never left at all. Then there's Investigator Viktor Wilde, the handsome newcomer assigned to her parents' case. He's asking questions Ashleigh isn't sure she wants to answer—and making it increasingly difficult to remember why getting involved with him would be a terrible idea. As the mysteries of Birch Lake begin to intertwine, Ashleigh must uncover what happened to her parents, where her childhood friends have gone, and why the animals—and perhaps the magic itself—have always been drawn to her. Coming home was supposed to give Ashleigh answers. Instead, Birch Lake is about to show her just how much she never knew.

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Scion by Ash Storm Sign in to Save

Feminist Thriller · Mature

Scion

by Ash Storm

Story blurbEvery founding myth needs a monster. Scion Tech chose her. Three years ago, Wren was erased from the company she helped build. Not with violence. With paperwork—and a story repeated until it hardened into fact. Now she's the name new hires are warned about. Too ambitious. Too difficult. Too much. What the story leaves out: she never stopped watching. She works alone. In silence. Dismantling the same machine that tore her career apart, one founder at a time—because the one time she let herself be seen, it nearly destroyed her. She has a single rule: Never surface until it's too late. Now, something is stirring inside Scion again. A new name is quietly being prepared to vanish. And finding Wren before she finds them may be the only thing standing between Scion and the monster it made.

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Shattered Legacies by Elizabeth Richardson Sign in to Save

Paranormal Romance · Mature

Shattered Legacies

by Elizabeth Richardson

Story blurbIn a world where loyalty, legacy, and the bonds of family forge the strongest ties, Aiden Lockhart is on the brink of a promising future. With graduation in sight and a destiny as Alpha of the revered New Dawn Pack awaiting him, everything seems perfect—until it isn't. In a heart-stopping twist of fate, Aiden's life is shattered when a dark conspiracy leads to the brutal murder of his parents. But the chaos doesn't end there. During what should be his Alpha Ceremony, betrayal strikes again as Aiden finds himself not only pack-less but fighting for his life. Awakening in a hidden cave, he is thrust into an unexpected alliance with those he has long despised—the Rogues. As tensions rise and mistrust simmers, Aiden must confront his deepest fears and prejudices. Can he learn to collaborate with those he believes are his enemies to reclaim his home and restore honor to his family? Or will the weight of betrayal be too heavy to bear, leading him to abandon everything he once cherished?

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Skidaway Alligator by Alan Chaput Sign in to Save

Mystery · General

Skidaway Alligator

by Alan Chaput

Story blurbWhen a bloodstained shoe and a trail leading to an alligator-infested lake are discovered in Savannah’s most exclusive communities, residents are eager to blame a man-eating gator. But the keys found inside the reptile point to missing land investor Josh Middleton, and the evidence suggests he was murdered before the alligator ever reached him. For environmental attorney Hayley Falcon, the mystery strikes dangerously close to home. Her fight to stop a developer from destroying coastal wetlands has already drawn threats. Now a reporter is digging into the dead man’s deals, officials are hiding secrets, and a ruthless criminal organization is tightening its grip on Savannah through bribery, bloodshed, and fear. As attacks against the Falcon family escalate, Hayley learns that her husband, Shawn, has concealed a life far more dangerous than she imagined. With their marriage fracturing and their daughter caught in the crosshairs, Hayley must decide whom she can trust before an enemy inside Savannah’s highest circles destroys everyone she loves. Skidaway Alligator is a fast-moving Southern mystery of murder, corruption, family secrets, and ambition, set amid the moss-draped beauty and shadowed marshes of coastal Georgia, where the most dangerous predator is not always the one beneath the water.

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Skidaway Oak by Alan Chaput Sign in to Save

Mystery · General

Skidaway Oak

by Alan Chaput

Story blurbMeet Hayley Falcon, a gun-toting matriarch, and her single-minded daughter, Maxine, whom she loves unconditionally. Meet Tater, a computer technician with sociopathic tendencies, who has lived with and exploited Maxine since she graduated from college. Follow Hayley as she is plunged into mayhem in order to rescue her daughter from self-destruction. Watch as Maxine’s life blows up, literally. Plot twists abound in this contemporary Southern Suspense novel. Think “Dallas” meets “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.”

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Summer Hearts by Molly O'Gorman Sign in to Save

Romance · Teen

Summer Hearts

by Molly O'Gorman

Story blurb✔️ A scholarship student who earned every single thing she has ✔️ A boy with a secret sketchbook full of birds ✔️ Six weeks in the wilderness ✔️ A species that came back after 40 years of being gone ✔️ A kiss in a storm ✔️ Two people who were absolutely, definitely just research partners

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TEMPTING by Annabelle Weist Sign in to Save

Erotica · Mature

TEMPTING

by Annabelle Weist

Story blurbForgetting her heartbreak, she turned to her ex-stepfather to make her feel better. She should have been off limits. He shouldn't have touched her. But she wanted to forget about her ex cheating on her. So one time couldn't hurt, at least that's what Cole told himself. Then Mitch, his friend and business partner stepped in.

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The Alpha's Reluctant Witch by Janet Lee Smith Sign in to Save

Paranormal Romance · Mature

The Alpha's Reluctant Witch

by Janet Lee Smith

Story blurbHazel Vance has no interest in finding a happily ever after. As the owner of Moonflower Apothecary, nestled on the neutral boundary between human Mistvale and the territory of the Silver Ridge Pack, Hazel is perfectly happy with her quiet life, her magic, and her plants. Then Caleb Blackwood walks into her shop. It doesn't take long for the newly ascended Alpha of the Silver Ridge Pack to recognize Hazel as his mate. And judging by the look on face face, she's realized it, too. But Hazel wants nothing to do with him. Caleb knows he can't force his mate to accept him. But he's not willing to walk away, either. He's determined to show her he will never hurt her the way her mother had been hurt by a wolf shifter. One patient gesture at a time. One stubborn argument at a time. And one undeniable spark at a time. But Hazel has spent years protecting herself from the wolves. Can Caleb convince his reluctant witch that the mate bond doesn't have to end in heartbreak? Because he's determined to show her that sometimes, the magic that scares you most is the magic that saves you.

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The Cottage on Shell Road by Lorie Hovater Sign in to Save

Romance · General

The Cottage on Shell Road

by Lorie Hovater

Story blurbAfter a painful divorce, Lauren James heads to Harbor Point, North Carolina, hoping the cottage her Aunt Jane left behind will give her room to breathe and figure out what comes next. She expects repairs, quiet mornings, and maybe a fresh start. She does not expect Eli, the boy she once knew during childhood summers, now very much a grown man with roots in the town and reasons of his own for keeping people at a distance. As Lauren begins restoring the cottage, she finds herself rebuilding more than an old house. Harbor Point starts to feel like home, old connections begin to matter again, and the future she thought she had lost may be waiting at the end of Shell Road. A sweet coastal romance about second chances, unexpected beginnings, and finding home when you least expect it.

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The Fae Prince's Deception by NM Lovely Sign in to Save

Fantasy · Mature

The Fae Prince's Deception

by NM Lovely

Story blurbFive moves in one year. For Serafina Adams, "average" means constantly packing boxes and never making friends. But when a sudden tragedy strikes, her unstable human life shatters completely, thrusting her into a breathtaking, dangerous new world. She isn't ordinary. She never was. Now, a mysterious relative delivers a brutal ultimatum: court the enigmatic Fae Prince, or be stripped of her magic and banished to the human realm alone. She has no choice but to play along. After all, the Fae Prince can't be that bad... can he?

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The Good and the Damned by Laylie Locke Sign in to Save

Paranormal Romance · Mature

The Good and the Damned

by Laylie Locke

Story blurbClare Good is a pawn in a dangerous game. When tragedy strikes, Clare finds herself thrust into a world she'd never imagined, where ancient bloodlines rule and who you ARE matters. With a centuries old blood-feud hanging over her head, Clare has to figure out if it's better to be good... or damned.

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The Good Kind by Cassandra Hartcourt Sign in to Save

Romance · Mature

The Good Kind

by Cassandra Hartcourt
#Slow burn#Tortured Hero

Story blurbHer husband controls everything-except the deputy who refuses to look away ============ Jake Tropper gave up his lieutenant's bars in Arkansas and moved to Texas to keep one promise: protect the wife and young daughters his brother left behind-and never fail them the way he believes he failed Brendon. Anniston Hillson was never supposed to become part of that promise. To the rest of town, she is the graceful wife of a powerful senator, living the kind of life most people would envy. But now, working as a sheriff's deputy, Jake sees what everyone else misses-the way Anniston flinches when her husband reaches for her, the fear concealed beneath her perfect smile, and the practiced lies she tells to keep the peace. When one violent night exposes the truth, Jake refuses to become another man who looks away. But Dennis Hillson has money, influence, and a sheriff's department that knows better than to challenge him. Standing beside Anniston could cost Jake his badge. Loving her could cost him everything else. For the first time in years, Jake has found someone who makes him want more than survival. Now he must decide how far he is willing to go to give Anniston the one thing she has never known: A love that feels safe.

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The Gravity of Us by S. A. Savino Sign in to Save

Dark Romance · Mature

The Gravity of Us

by S. A. Savino

Story blurbThe transition from the sterile glass of the boardroom to the decaying grandeur of Blackwood Estate should have been nothing more than another assignment. Instead, it becomes the beginning of something she can't explain. Blackwood Estate sits along the Potomac like a relic from another century—beautiful, imposing, and carrying far too many secrets beneath its ivy-covered walls. What was supposed to be a temporary step into a world of old money, powerful families, and carefully guarded reputations quickly becomes something far more complicated. There are people at Blackwood who have spent years protecting what belongs to them. People who know how to manipulate a room without raising their voices, who understand the value of a secret, and who have every reason to be suspicious of an outsider. Then there is the pull she can't seem to resist. Between stolen glances, buried histories, dangerous chemistry, and truths that refuse to stay hidden, the lines between attraction and obsession begin to blur. The closer she gets to the people—and secrets—at the heart of Blackwood, the harder it becomes to tell who she can trust. Because some connections don't feel like choices. They feel like gravity. And once you're caught in their orbit, escaping may cost far more than you're willing to lose.

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The Hot Mess Collective by M S Rayed Sign in to Save

Adult Fantasy · Mature

The Hot Mess Collective

by M S Rayed

Story blurbIn a city humming with secret magic, "fitting in" is a blood sport. For the high-and-mighty Vampire Courts and the shimmering Fae elite, life is a game of power, politics, and performative perfection. But for Nori, Maeve, Sayo, and Imani, life is just… a mess. Nori’s a vampire blogger whose ambition is sharper than her fangs, trying to build an empire while dodging her mother’s increasingly frantic texts about finding a “nice, human boy.” Maeve’s a Fae student whose magic is as chaotic as her love life, convinced she’s a cosmic disappointment to everyone, including herself. Sayo is a shapeshifter whose flawless composure is a meticulously crafted fortress around a thousand secret vulnerabilities. And Imani is a half-djinn empath who feels everyone’s pain but has nowhere to put her own. They are the Unaffiliated, the magically inconvenient, the ones who were never invited to the big, fancy galas anyway. Bound by a shared exhaustion with the world's bullshit and a deep-seated need for a decent cocktail, they are each other's only real allies. Forget Courtly allegiances and ancient bloodlines; their "collective" was forged in dive bars, messy apartments, and the quiet, desperate understanding that sometimes, the only thing more powerful than a magical contract is a friend who knows you’re a disaster and loves you anyway.

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The Immortal MacKinnon's - Kandra by Treasa Kloth Sign in to Save

Historic Romantic Fantasy · Explicit

The Immortal MacKinnon's - Kandra

by Treasa Kloth

Story blurbShe Was Born to Wield a Blade, Not to be Won... When bandits tear through her village, Lady Kandra of Stafford rides out for blood. She finds a band of Highland warriors and doesn't wait to ask questions. She draws her sword. Only after her brother lies wounded and the dust settles does she learn the truth: these were never the men who raided her home. Lachlan MacKinnon has never met a woman like her, a knight in her own right, fierce enough to challenge him and cut down his men without flinching. He can't let the attack go unanswered. He can't ignore what a female English hostage is worth in ransom. And he can't explain why the moment he looks into her eyes, something drew him to her. Kandra wants none of it. Not his cage, not his gold, and certainly not the bond neither of them asked for. A wager between them was supposed to settle who bends first. Instead, it lights a fire neither can put out. A Clan war over her is closing in, her father is coming for her, and Kandra is running out of time to decide what she's really fighting for: her freedom, her family, or the man she can't resist.

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The Ones Who Didn't Burn by Rachel Roy Sign in to Save

Fantasy · Mature

The Ones Who Didn't Burn

by Rachel Roy

Story blurbHistory remembers the ones who burned. It forgot the ones who didn’t. The Ones Who Didn't Burn A reckoning told by Wren of the Ashroot Circle. They tried to burn us. They drowned our daughters, buried our names, salted the earth where we bled. And still, we lived. I’ve fought monsters older than stone. Helped Viktor drive back the Drowned Gods with nothing but will, blood, and the bones of the women they thought they’d erased. We won the war. We bought peace. But peace is brittle. Mortals look at us like smoke they can’t clear. People whisper behind closed doors. And some of my sisters? They never stopped smoldering. Now a new fire’s catching. It starts with a symbol carved deep, and an oath that was never truly broken. We’ve learned to live beside those who once hunted us, but we haven’t forgotten. And when the past claws its way out of the ashes, we’ll show them: We are not the witches who burned. We are the ones who didn’t.

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The Outcast's Blade - Part 1 by Ronan Valehart Sign in to Save

Romance, Action, Fantasy · Mature

The Outcast's Blade - Part 1

by Ronan Valehart

Story blurbKarros has never truly belonged at the Drakonis Academy, having only made the cut because the headmaster is his adoptive father. Desperate to escape his life as an outcast, he sneaks out under the cover of night to hunt an elder dragon and prove his worth to the world. Armed with a rough-forged blade and a volatile dark magic that burns his own flesh, Karros plunges headfirst into a brutal wilderness

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The Prom Calculation—The Open Net Series Book 1 by Cassandra Hartcourt Sign in to Save

Romance, Hockey Romance, Sports Romance, College, New Adult · Mature

The Prom Calculation—The Open Net Series Book 1

by Cassandra Hartcourt

Story blurbEric Lemhurst knows how to find the open. On the ice, everything makes sense. Angles. Timing. Probability. The exact fraction of a second it takes for an opening to appear before anyone else sees it. At seventeen, Eric is already one of the most gifted young hockey players in the country, with scouts watching and a future everyone seems eager to plan for him. Off the ice, the rules are harder. School is loud. People say things they do not mean. Friendships change without warning. And now everyone is obsessed with prom—a night built around crowds, formal clothes, dancing, and social expectations Eric cannot seem to calculate. His brother Paul is the one person who can steady him when the rest of the world becomes too much, but even Paul has secrets Eric can’t decipher Hundreds of miles away, Walker Blackmore is making calculations of her own. Her life looks perfect from the outside. The right family. The right clothes. The right boyfriend. Radley Bofield is blonde, handsome, popular, and one of the most promising football players at their Alabama high school. He is exactly the kind of boy Walker's mother believes she should be dating. Everyone thinks Walker is lucky. Walker knows how carefully she has to behave to keep Radley happy. As prom approaches, Eric is trying to survive a world that expects him to act like everyone else, while Walker is beginning to understand how dangerous perfection can become behind closed doors.

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The Shadow Women of Penderton Asylum by Grace Mirchandani Sign in to Save

Historical women’s fiction/Adventure · General

The Shadow Women of Penderton Asylum

by Grace Mirchandani

Story blurbAt the turn of the twentieth century, hysteria was enough to strip a woman of her freedom. Confined to Penderton Asylum by husbands, fathers, and doctors, a group of women discover how easily society can make them disappear. As punishments harden and hope narrows, they form a covert alliance with each other and a few brave staff members…to attempt the unthinkable: ESCAPE!

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The Shifter Survival Plan by Isla A. Mortimer Sign in to Save

Paranormal romance · Explicit

The Shifter Survival Plan

by Isla A. Mortimer

Story blurbWelcome to the Full Moon Breeding Club. Facing extinction through population decline, shifters have revealed themselves to the human world, seeking mates to enact their Shifter Survival Plan. But the only way to pass on the wolf is through a a virus that requires a perfect, primal storm to take hold: the adrenaline of the chase, and a primal claim — and the wealthiest packs are willing to pay whatever it takes to make it happen. The solution? Highly secure, elite, three-day retreats where pragmatic human volunteers are paid exorbitant sums to step into the ancestral woods as "prey" for feral Alphas. Hadleigh Stafford is completely out of options. Drowning in family debt, she signs a contract that promises one million dollars just for surviving the weekend. A second million if she leaves carrying a shifter's pup. It’s a calculated risk. She just has to survive three nights in the woods. Grant Austen is the reluctant poster boy for the Shifter Survival Project. He expects another agonizing weekend of playing the predator, forcing himself to maintain human restraint while hunting a stranger. But the second Hadleigh walks into the lodge, Grant's dormant wolf wakes up with a single, absolute demand: Mine. When the sun sets and the full moon rises over the Cairnwood estate, the hunt begins. But Grant isn't just looking for a carrier for his pups. He's hunting for his mate.

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The Silent Lady by Sori Aryl Sign in to Save

Fantasy · Mature

The Silent Lady

by Sori Aryl

Story blurbEryn Vespera, the fallen lady of Vespera County, silently works for the Cheshire March as its Marchioness while her philandering husband enjoys his mistress. Three years is all she needs to survive to get divorced from the man who used to be her first love.

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The Turnover by Laylie Locke Sign in to Save

Sports Romance · Mature

The Turnover

by Laylie Locke

Story blurbAt seventeen, Lettie Turner thought she'd found her forever in Nico Starling. She couldn't have been more wrong. When push came to shove, he chose his scholarship and hockey over the future she'd naively believed in, and when their paths cross seven years later, both are scarred from their shared past. It doesn't help that Lettie's kept a secret that could destroy any hope for their future before it even begins. Nico committed the worst turnover of his life that night in 2016; can he make things right now?

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The Velvet Cage by Sylvie Kestrel Sign in to Save

Southern Gothic Cozy Horror · Mature

The Velvet Cage

by Sylvie Kestrel

Story blurbCass Miller is fifty-two and worn thin, by severe fibromyalgia and by a lifetime of being told she is too much trouble in a world built for other people. Then she finds Seafoam, a stilt cottage on a hidden Mississippi canal, and everything eases. The pain quiets. The house seems to fit her, right down to her left-handed grip. A soft-spoken handyman named Beau begins to feel like home. For the first time in years, Cass feels truly cared for. She is only starting to wonder what that kind of care will cost her.

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The Witching Hour by Kit Scarlott Sign in to Save

Contemporary Fantasy · General

The Witching Hour

by Kit Scarlott

Story blurbArabella has spent her life preparing to become a full witch. She’s studied the spells, practiced the rituals, and read everything she could get her hands on. Finally, on the evening of her eighteenth birthday, her first Witching Hour arrives and she’s ready to summon her familiar and take her place in her family’s magical legacy. But something goes wrong. As magic begins to fade, Arabella is determined to find the cause and fix it herself, proving she’s as good a witch as any of them. Unfortunately, her parents have decided that the best use of her time is babysitting Espen while his parents hunt down rare ingredients. Espen doesn’t want to be a witch hunter. He’d rather spend his time in his studio, painting and sketching. Arabella doesn’t see it as the opportunity their parents claim it is. And neither of them has any interest in making the arrangement work. But while Arabella is searching for answers, Espen is noticing everything else.

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Their Little Flame (A Romance Reverse Harem) by Renea Porter Sign in to Save

Reverse Harem Romance · Mature

Their Little Flame (A Romance Reverse Harem)

by Renea Porter

Story blurbAmelia was at a bustling bar with her boyfriend one Friday night when things took a sharp turn. Her boyfriend, drunk and belligerent, suddenly backhanded her in front of three bar owners: Luke, Connor, and Jason. The men, protective and firm, stepped in immediately. They insisted Amelia stay at their house that night to separate her from the chaos and think things through. That night was a turning point for Amelia. Safe in their home, surrounded by kindness instead of fear, she realized she didn’t deserve to be treated that way. With newfound strength, she broke up with her boyfriend and decided to reclaim her life on her own terms. Meanwhile, Luke, Connor, and Jason couldn’t stop thinking about the brave woman they had helped. They wanted to show her what she truly deserved—a life filled with respect, care, and happiness. So they planned a special event at their place. When mysterious messages began to arrive, hinting at danger lurking nearby. The three men quickly shifted into protective mode, determined to keep Amelia safe from any harm. Their watchful presence brought comfort and security, deepening the bond growing between them.

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There's an App for That? by Hunter Chadwick Sign in to Save

Technothriller · General

There's an App for That?

by Hunter Chadwick

Story blurbWe all know our phones are spying on us, but at EMU, there is something more nefarious going on. That lethargy and malaise across the campus? It might just be more than the runny ice cream in the cafeteria and people reeling from the football team's latest loss. There's an app for everything these days, but nobody expected that there's an app for that...

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To Have And To Drown by Pierce Arden Sign in to Save

MM Dark Romantasy · Mature

To Have And To Drown

by Pierce Arden

Story blurbRook came to the blackwater river for one thing: a way back to the wreck that killed his crew. The river gives him Naere instead. Naere is a Binder, a dangerous river-merman bound to laws older than the port at the river’s mouth. His freshwater world is dying as salt creeps inland, and the same treacherous shoals that keep Rook from his dead keep Naere from the source of the wound. So they make a bargain. Rook gets safe passage. Naere gets a road to the sea. Neither expects the bargain to become desire. But the farther they travel from the river, the more the balance between them shifts. Rook begins to see the loneliness beneath Naere’s possessive certainty. Naere discovers that the one man he most wants to keep may be the one man who cannot bear to belong to anyone. And beyond the shoals waits a wreck neither of them understands as well as they think they do. With a rival captain closing in and the boundary between river and ocean beginning to fail, Rook and Naere are pulled toward a choice that could cost them the dead, the living, and whatever has begun growing between them. A dark MM pirate-merman romantasy about dangerous bargains, supernatural claiming, shifting power, and two men discovering that being kept is not the same thing as being chosen.

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Tormented by Austin Spradlin Sign in to Save

Horror · Mature

Tormented

by Austin Spradlin

Story blurbSummer, 1998. At a remote summer camp called Redville, located in Redville Kentucky, two counselors are brutally murdered by one of the campers, twelve-year-old Ryan Blevins who snapped after being bullied. He’s caught, convicted, and sent to prison—his name becoming little more than a dark memory buried with the camp. Twenty-eight years later in 2026, the camp has been transformed into a secluded cabin resort. A woman in the middle of a messy divorce decides to take a family vacation with her teenage children and her parents, hoping one month away from everything might benefit their mental health. On their first day there, Ryan is being transported to another prison when disaster strikes. The bus crashes. He was the only survivor. He escaped. And he’s heading back to the place where it all began. Now, a family vacation becomes a fight for survival as old wounds, new secrets, and a familiar killer collide. Tormented serves as a literary love letter to late 1970s and 1980s slasher films filled with gore, sex, twists and heartbreak.

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Traitor to the Throne by Calley Jones Sign in to Save

Dark Academia · Teen

Traitor to the Throne

by Calley Jones

Story blurbThe young royals’ best friend is hiding something—even if he can’t lie. Thirtyx Venmagalion was sent to the elite Wydewood Academy to betray the prince and princess. But when his people—the shifty, anarchist Veriths with a physical inability to lie—abandoned him, he befriended the monarchs instead. Now on the verge of graduation, the teens face a threat to the unprecedented peace they’ve enjoyed under King Grimmary. And despite Thirtyx’s best efforts to defend the prince and princess, his heritage makes him a prime suspect. Thirtyx quickly learns that keeping a low profile won’t get him through senior year, especially with his fiery new friend Seerla urging him to speak out. But when he’s juggling so many dangerous secrets, keeping the target off his back is easier said than done. In spite of his best efforts, could he be the one to bring the delicate peace crashing down?

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Unknown Identity - Silver Moonstone by Daisy Dalson Sign in to Save

Fantasy Romance · Mature

Unknown Identity - Silver Moonstone

by Daisy Dalson

Story blurbShe has no memories of her past—only nightmares that haunt her sleep. Taken in by a seemingly ordinary community, she is welcomed, cared for, and nursed back to health. But beneath their kindness, she senses secrets they’re determined to keep from her. Can she trust him enough to begin a new life? And what will happen when her memories finally return? She can’t run from her past forever… or can she?

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Violet Sins by Lana Dunmore Sign in to Save

Contemporary romance · Mature

Violet Sins

by Lana Dunmore

Story blurbTwo billionaires. One inheritance. Six months that will change her life. Violet Sinclair inherits shares in a powerful Aberdeen investment firm — and the only way to claim them is to spend six months working between the two men who run it. Callum Mercer and Dorian Cross don’t share. Until they see Violet flinch at another man’s touch, and decide she belongs to both of them. She came to learn the business. She’s staying because two ruthless, protective alphas have made her safety their obsession — and being wanted that completely is the most dangerous thing she’s ever craved. A scorching dark why-choose / MFM ménage romance with billionaire CEOs, forced proximity, a touch-her-and-die obsession, and a daddy/little dynamic. A standalone romance with a happily ever after.

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What The Water Remembers by Toryn Cross Sign in to Save

Queer Paranormal Mystery · Mature

What The Water Remembers

by Toryn Cross

Story blurbShandy LaVigne came to Waterside College for a fresh start. She did not come for the ghost stories. Unfortunately, her lifelong best friend Katie has always had a thing for the unexplained, and Waterside seems determined to prove her right. Strange laughter echoes through the halls of their historic dorm. Tempers flare for no reason. Local legends have a habit of sounding a little too specific. Shandy can explain all of it. Probably. But the longer she stays in Waterside, the harder it becomes to ignore the feeling that something in this old river town has noticed her. And as Shandy and Katie start digging into the stories everyone else treats like harmless folklore, one question becomes increasingly difficult to laugh off: What if the legends aren't warning them away? What if they've been waiting for Shandy to come home?

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When the Ravens Gather by Violet Liora Sign in to Save

Fantasy, Romance · Mature

When the Ravens Gather

by Violet Liora

Story blurbThey say ravens come when death is near. They are wrong. Ravens come when something is about to be remembered. She has spent her life hiding among healers, deliberately keeping herself at the bottom of the ranks where no one thinks to look too closely. There is safety in being overlooked. Because she carries the blood of the Ravenborne. They are an ancient people who can shed their mortal forms and take the shape of ravens, creatures feared for their connection to death, prophecy, and forbidden knowledge. Once, they were revered. Then kingdoms learned what they could see. So they were hunted. Now she is one of the last. She has never shifted. Never spoken of her blood. Never allowed herself to wonder why ravens seem to recognize her. Until they begin gathering. And with them comes the sight. A dying king. A crown stained in blood. An army marching beneath a blackened sky. And a future in which she stands at the heart of it all. The healers taught her how to save a life. Her ancestors taught the ravens how to foresee its end. Now she must decide which inheritance will define her.

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Wild Temptation by Declan Rayne Sign in to Save

Contemporary Romance · Explicit

Wild Temptation

by Declan Rayne

Story blurbSpring Break. Tijuana. One week that was never supposed to matter… and a man she never forgot. Kane and Allyra crashed into each other in a blur of heat, wild temptation, and promises made in the dark. They swear they’ll meet again next Spring Break. Then life hits and Tijuana doesn't stay in Tijuana. Now, years later, fate has brought them back together again, and Kane isn’t the kind of man who lets unfinished business stay unfinished. But second chances come with consequences and this time, walking away might cost them everything. Will they reclaim what they lost… or let true happiness slip away once more?

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