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[Mature Content || Dark Romance || Drama.] What would you do if your husband comes home with a new daughter and your abusive half-sister as his mistress? That is exactly what happens to Claudia Hoffman. She once believes her life with Miles and their daughter, Aurora, is a romance straight out of a novel. Until the night he walks through the door with Clarissa, her half-sister, and the child they share. They push Claudia aside, dismissing her outrage as madness. Then comes the ultimate betrayal: they frame her for attempted murder on that fateful night. Desperate to clear her name and protect her comatose daughter, Claudia is forced to seek help from the psychiatrist assigned to her case—her devil of an ex, Ray Gatlin, the man she left on bitter terms. Ray is cold, calculating, and dangerously powerful, a certified sociopath with immense wealth, influence, and a decade-old grudge against the woman who once humiliated him. He agrees to help her, but only if she signs a “pet contract” that binds her to him, granting the devil complete control, even over her own body. With no other choice, Claudia signs that insane contract . Now trapped in a dangerous bargain with the man she once loved, she must navigate a twisted game of revenge, obsession, and lingering desire. But as old emotions resurface and buried truths unravel, she discovers something far more terrifying: Ray may have had a hand in her downfall. Can she thaw the heart of a devil and prove her innocence,
Or will she lose herself to the contract she signs? * Commissioned cover art by @durudara Follow and contact me on Instagram: @foreverpupa *

A disgraced jester is exiled from his homeland and forced to live as a slave in a foreign court. High Court life is always been dangerous—especially when a princess draws him into a dangerous plot, entangling him in a high-stakes conspiracy. Slight warning: this is fast pace romance so some of the earlier scenes will involve some spice. The romance is in a slower pace. New bookcover soon coming

Imagine waking up with the same recurring dreams of a time you don't remember; Yeah, that's what Aurelia Thorne has gone through since the day she touched an apparently mystical object. But it doesn't end there. She sees people she doesn't recognize, feels emotions she can't comprehend. And the final straw...when she wakes up with a scar. A burn scar on the body she just so loves. You'd think the string of misfortunes would end with the scar. Spoiler: It doesn't. Fate just so happens to pull her into the same orbit as Rowan Valemore—a cold, emotionless and calculative CEO who thinks affection is overrated. He has had the same dreams of a life he doesn't remember and a woman he once loved. But what happens when the faceless woman in his dreams suddenly gains a face— one that is very identical to Aurelia's? All the control he's ever built begins to crumble down in front of her and showing restraint becomes harder than ever. As the past begins to show up in her present, how would she navigate through the shadows of betrayals and love. Especially since fate never seeks permission before showing you stuff you would have been better off not knowing.

Rowan Blackwood just wants to survive the night shift at The Hollow Crown diner. She's got £34k in student debt, a lease she can barely afford, and a strict policy of not asking questions about the regulars. Then Caelan Vane sits down at table four and orders nothing. He's been coming for three weeks. He never eats. And somehow, Ro can't look away. When she discovers the diner sits on a ley line crossing — and that she's just inherited the role of Keeper binding the fae courts to an ancient truce — her carefully boring life is over. The fae are real. The threat is escalating. And the infuriating, cryptic man who won't use contractions might be the only one who can help her survive it. If she can stop wanting to throw him out first.

"I don't want your fucken money."Jungkook growled at the man whose hand had pinned him against the cold wall of his VIP room. " What do you want then?" Taehyung's humming,hoarse voice echoed in his whizzy head." Tell me baby boy.." Jungkook's hips plunged forward, grinding their cocks in frantic." Your cock..I want your cock..I need it.." Each moan,each whimper brought Jungkook closer to his highs. " Will you do as daddy says? Be a good boy for daddy?" " Yes.. yes.. I'll do anything..I need daddy's cock inside me..I need you to ruin me.." And he did... Black Swan is a slow burn,razor-edged love story where hate ignites desire and secrets unravel with every stolen glance. Jeon Jungkook,a sharp-tongued, emotionally guarded bartender,wants nothing to do with Kim Taehyung,the cold, dangerous and devastatingly irresistible CEO of Vante empire and co-owner of 'Black Swan' where he works. But when a secret contract binds them in a dangerously intimate arrangement,lines blur and control slips. As Jungkook fights his growing obsession and denies the fire Taehyung effortlessly lights inside him, Taehyung hides his own demons behind a mask of power and indifference. In a world tainted by lies, betrayal and unresolved loss, neither man can afford vulnerability but desire has other plans. Two broken men. One game of control. And a passion that threatens to consume them both.

Amethyst Ravencroft thought magic only existed in stories. But on her sister's eighteenth birthday, her mother reveals a secret that changes everything: their family belongs to a hidden magical society ruled by five ancient covens. Every generation of eighteen-year-olds must attend a mysterious academy where they awaken their magical powers and bind themselves to their destined soulmate. Thrown into this secret world of rituals, power, and politics, Amethyst enters the academy expecting magic, danger, and maybe even love. What she doesn’t expect is her mate. Raze Thronecrest. The arrogant youngest son of the ruling coven… and the boy she once called her childhood friend. But their bond comes with a terrifying truth. Unlike any other magical system, the covens are cursed. To reach the peak of their power, a mage must eventually absorb their mate’s magic — by killing them or by true love. “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” The academy takes this rule very seriously. Now Amethyst is forced to share a room with the one person destined to either love her… or kill her. And if survival means killing her first love, she may have to strike before he does. But when her sister suddenly goes missing, Amethyst begins to suspect that the magical world she has just entered is hiding something far more dangerous than a cursed mate bond. Something the covens will do anything to keep buried.

Some stories don’t end with love. Some hearts never heal. And some people love so deeply, it becomes fatal. Ayla Wilson loved Silas Williams for twelve years. For twelve years, he never looked back. She never asked to be chosen, only to stay close. Her love was quiet, invisible, and consuming. She learned how to exist in his shadow without touching his life, how to survive on distance without hope. Until the night she ran. A wedding gown soaked in rain. A locked door. A father who sold her future without remorse. With nowhere left to go, Ayla chose the one place she never should have, Silas. But the man she returned to was no longer a distant memory. He was controlled, restrained, devastatingly silent. He let her stay. He protected her. He never promised love. A marriage formed without desire. A home built on unspoken care. A devotion that grew deeper in silence, until one loss shattered everything. And Ayla learned that "loving someone who cannot say it back can destroy you just as completely as being abandoned." Silas Williams was never cruel. That was his greatest mistake. He didn’t raise his voice. He didn’t abandon her. He didn’t betray her love. He simply believed that staying was enough. Silas protected Ayla in the only ways he knew quietly, responsibly, without asking for anything in return. He gave her shelter, stability, and a place beside him. He believed love was something proven through actions, not words. He never realized that silence can wound deeper than rejection. He never understood that for someone like Ayla, love needed to be seen, spoken, and held before it was too late. And when everything finally broke, Silas learned the cruelest truth of all: "You can do nothing wrong and still lose everything." Redemption did not come with grand gestures. It came with regret. With absence. With learning how to love someone who no longer belonged to him. Cause some realizations arrive only after love is gone. And some men spend the rest of their lives chasing the damage they never meant to cause.

To the world, Princess Ilaria of Caelwyn is a bride of duty. To her heart, she is a woman desperately chasing the love of the husband who will not look her way. All she ever wanted was for him to care; for him to turn his gaze toward her with the same fervor she carried in her heart. No matter how many times he pushed her away, no matter how cold the silence between them became, she never gave up. Not once did she allow herself to see him as someone unworthy of her love. To her, he was always worth it. And when love at last took root, when it bloomed against every storm that tried to tear them apart; when two hearts finally found each other and dared to beat as one… fate, as cruel and merciless as it is, reminded them that there were forces even love could never conquer. --EXCERPT-- Levan pressed his lips to her temple, his lips trembling as though the kiss itself might shatter him. One hand cradled her face with the kind of gentleness he had never shown anyone, while the other threaded weakly through her hair, trying futilely to soothe the sobs wracking his wife's body. His breath break unevenly, his eyes were shut tight, as if by closing them he could pretend this moment would never come. As if the world might let them stay this way forever. As if the reality of it all could be discarded just so that they could live however they wanted. He let his mouth fall against her cheek and linger there, tasting the salt of her tears as though they were his own. He did not move for a long while… because if this sorrow was the final piece of her he was allowed to carry, he wanted to etch it into his very soul. He wanted to remember the way she shook in his arms. He wanted to remember the sound of her muffled cries. He wanted to remember the warmth of her skin pressed so desperately against him. He wanted to remember her as his wife; his beloved. "Live, my love," he whispered, his voice raw and breaking, the words choking out of him like a prayer he could barely force past his throat. He buried his face against her hair so she would not see the tears spilling freely down his cheeks. "Even if it's far from me… live." --×-- >> Tags: [soft comfort • fluff • VERY slow-paced • angst • sweet • romance • slow burn • comedy • fantasy] >> Here if you like SLOW BURN angsty romance. >> Main conflict starts wayyy later. >> Word count per chapter: 1.5k ~ 2.3k

18+ Restricted Content: Explicit sexual content, power imbalance, possessive alpha behavior, and morally grey characters. One stolen wallet. One little girl screaming “Daddy!”. One alpha mafia lord who never lets debts go unpaid. After catching his cheating ex selling him out, Omega Shin Seoha loses everything in a single night: his home, his inheritance, his pride. Desperate, he steals from the first well-dressed stranger he sees. That stranger is Kang Taesan. CEO of Mountain Atelier by day, ruthless underworld king by night. Instead of accepting an apology, Taesan offers Seoha a deal: repay the black card debt by working under him, at his company, at his side, and move into his penthouse to play daddy to the daughter who refuses to let him go. It’s only until the debt is cleared, only until the child stops crying and only until Taesan decides he’s had enough that it ends. But debts grow, Seoha is pulled into a world where secrets can kill you and the ex who betrayed Seoha isn’t done yet. What started as punishment turns into possession. What started as survival turns into surrender. Because mountains don’t forgive. They claim. And Taesan has no intention of letting his little thief escape.

Choi Yujun- born into power but cursed with a 'weakness'. The only son of the Choi family is born an omega, born an embarrassment to a bloodline of strong and pure alphas. At a party, a violent attack from a mutual enemy exposed Yujun’s secret in front of his family’s sworn enemy, Hwang Jaehyun, Yujun prepares for humiliation and blackmail, offering himself to be used by the Alpha in order to protect himself from his own family Instead of the humiliation...Hwang Jaehyun does the unthinkable... The rival who is supposed to destroy him, becomes his drug, his shield, his forbidden comfort. Together they fight to bring down the people who made Yujun bleed…together they bleed in the face of betrayals, trials and "Don't you realize? I'm a Choi, I am cursed and I am sick" Yujun says with deep angish, "then use me, Yujun-ah, use me like a drug" Jaehyun response came out raw and desperate, his alpha swearing it. ⚠️ Warning: Dark and mature themes: explicit sex, non detailed abuse, trauma, violence, and intense emotional tension. Please read with caution.

Emperor Kassian is not a man; he is a nightmare fueled by fire. Cursed by the "Eternal Ember," his blood boils with a scorching heat that drives him to madness. To keep his sanity, he slaughters. To cool his burning veins, he destroys. For years, the Red Tyrant hasn't slept a single night, his mind teetering on the edge of total collapse. Vera is a street-smart thief who knows only one rule: steal to survive. When she breaks into the Imperial Palace, she expects to leave with a bag full of gold. Instead, she stumbles into the Emperor’s forbidden chamber and finds herself face-to-face with the monster himself. But just as death seems inevitable, a single drop of Vera’s blood falls, and the impossible happens. The scent of her blood doesn't drive him to kill; it calms him. Her touch doesn't burn; it freezes. Due to a mysterious artifact she swallowed as a child, Vera is the only living antidote to Kassian’s curse. For the first time, the Tyrant sleeps—but only if she is in his arms. Now, Vera is no longer a thief but a prisoner in the Emperor’s bed. She is his medicine, his obsession, and his only lifeline. Trapped in a palace full of enemies who want her dead and a monster who craves her very essence, Vera must find a way to escape. But as Kassian’s hunger turns from blood to desire, she realizes that the safest place in the kingdom might be the most dangerous place of all: the Tyrant's embrace.

Lethia is the daughter of a Marquess and the granddaughter of a Duke. Her life should have been nothing short of a fairytale. But fairytales do not exist… do they? From the very beginning, Lethia was destined to be the villain. Wounded by her past, she walks a dangerous path carved by betrayal, pride, and quiet vengeance. Then she meets Serik. For the first time, she begins to wonder… can a villain choose a different ending? Can she change the course she has set for herself? And just when it seems as though everything is finally falling back into place. It all falls apart.

Princess Yseldra calls me sweet things. She whispers sinful ones. When the king and queen passed, her treatment toward me changed.

She was meant to die in the forest. Instead, something ancient chose her. A man who was not a man. A beast who never knelt. A darkness that never released what it touched. The town fears him. The elders want to control him. The gods want him erased. So they offer her as a sacrifice. But they make one fatal mistake. Because the beast does not accept offerings. He claims. And once he chooses… There is no escape.

The Discovery War, Humanity’s war with the Cephilusks is over. Peace has been brokered. The stars are supposed to be safe now. So when contact with the human colony on Khatsey suddenly goes dark, a covert team is sent into restricted space to find out why. What they discover is not a diplomatic incident or a communications failure. Thousands are missing with deadly Cephilusk sentinels roaming the ruins. As the truth begins to surface, old wounds from the war are forced back open. What really happened on Khatsey? And Khatsey is just the beginning... Infinite Stars is a character-driven sci-fi story adapted from the highly acclaimed and award-winning free visual novel about survival, political conspiracy, first contact’s aftermath, and the fragile people that make us reflect on what it truly means to be human.

Misty was never evil, never cruel—only unlucky enough to be chosen. When lies, betrayal, and public humiliation tear her life apart, she is forced to survive in a world that enjoys watching her fall. This is not a story about justice. It is a story about what remains after dignity, love, and hope are stripped away.

"Once ruthless, always ruthless—or so it was thought. But not for Elijah Rey Penelton, who met Samara Cortez, one of his clan’s associates. What will Elijah do when his stone-cold heart is struck by Cupid’s arrow? Will love affect his daily routine as a mafia boss? What if their very first meeting leaves Samara irritated with him? Can Cupid make his plan work for the two of them? Elijah Rey Penelton—a ruthless mafia boss who will experience his first love, a force that will change everything in his life. Will he accept those changes?"

One night of cowardice cost her everything. Fifteen years ago, Isabella Gomez disappeared from the Ashford estate—a broken girl betrayed by the boy she loved. Now she's back as Aurora Castillo: tech mogul, untouchable CEO, and the woman determined to destroy him. Liam Ashford has spent fifteen years searching for the girl he failed. He doesn't know she's standing right in front of him—or that every smile, every conversation, every moment of growing attraction is part of her revenge. But as Aurora plays a dangerous triple-game to dismantle his empire, her best friend's jealousy and a ruthless corporate raider's blackmail threaten to expose everything. Can you fall in love with someone you came back to ruin?

Everyone knows J-hope for his laughter. For the way he fills rooms with light, energy, and warmth. But Jimin begins to notice the moments when the smile lingers too long - when joy feels rehearsed, and silence slips in where laughter once lived. Missed calls. Empty pauses. A presence that feels distant even when he's right there. As days pass, Jimin finds himself listening more closely - not to what is said, but to what is avoided. Because some pain doesn't ask to be seen. It hides behind routines, brightness, and the fear of becoming a burden. Beneath the Brightest Smile -- a story of quiet unraveling, emotional restraint, and the unsettling realization than the loudest people often suffer in silence - and that noticing might be the first step toward saving someone who learned how to ask for help.