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After an unexpected romantic encounter with the newly appointed beautiful county magistrate, Xu Qianli, who originally faced setbacks in both career and love, begins to turn his fate around. He rises steadily, gaining success in politics. "Power, wealth, and beauty are all within my grasp!"

"Take my life, Tashina and I promise, I won't stop you" he assured with a bitter smile. She kept her blazing green eyes steady on him and without a second thought, she drove the dagger straight into his heart. _________________________________________ She was an opium flower, he became the chilled morning dew_ both were equally poisonous in love. An alpha no more than a moth, desiring her was a flickering fire. Beautiful, cruel fate meant to burn him and make her fade away. The steel blue soul penetrating orbs and an alpha true to his title with the hope of finding his mate faded since long. Loneliness eaten heart beating inside his desired outer then that fallen angel happened to step inside his territory. Oh! My bad. A fallen demon, she was destructively brave, a fierce, and rough vampire. Everything about her was forbidden yet inviting to his hardening heart. The fire she possessed was bound to burn him but he was willing to jump into that pit of hell that even Grim pitied him. A forbidden love tale of unfortunate lovers... The Reason I Burn For You ~***~ Volume 1[COMPLETED]: the Beginning of a Forbidden Love Tale, completed at 136 chapters. Volume 2[COMPLETED]: the Forbidden Love Tale and the Forbidden Potion, completed at 271 chapters. Volume 3[COMPLETED]: the Beginning of the End of The Forbidden Love Tale, completed at 439 chapters. Side Story and Book 2, to be released om JANUARY 2023!

Kairo: The One Who Watched Heaven Burn Genre: Dark Fantasy / Mythic Revenge / Seinen / Magic Tone: Brutal, tragic, mythological, with heavy emotional weight Kairo is the last blood of Zahrathos, progenitor of immortality—sworn for ages to carry out the will of heaven. When the First War erupts, the Old Gods are betrayed by their former disciples, the New Gods, who ascend by devouring their masters’ divinity. Kairo fights for the Old Gods and becomes the last obstacle to the usurpers’ throne. At the war’s end, the New Gods fear the undying heir of Zahrathos. They tear the Aion-Sigil (the brand of immortal lineage) from his soul and sear him with the Lethe Brand, a heavenfire seal that burns away his memories while leaving his immortality intact—cold, automatic, and stripped of feeling. Cast from the broken gates, he falls from the sky like a cinder and wakes in the mortal realm knowing only his name and a single image: heaven burning. Now in fragments he will fight the gods to avenge Zahrathos

All five books (and one short story) of R.W. Clinger’s best-selling contemporary western Stockton County Cowboys series combined into one box set for the first time! Contains the stories:<br><br><strong>Book 1: Chasing Cowboys:</strong> After one date during a business conference, sparks fly between Cord Darringer and Bradley Hull. When Cord returns home to Stockton County, Bradley chases after him. Is it meant to be? Or will the miles that separate them keep them apart?<br><br><strong>Book 2: Riding Cowboys:</strong> Cal Hoke has a secret: he’s in love with ranch owner, Pax Raulton. Straight and sexy Pax is a handsome businessman at Riding Ranch. When he suffers a head injury caused by one of his prized horses, he spends days in recovery due to amnesia. Under Cal’s care, Pax is provided with the help he needs to heal. Cal learns Pax has a secret of his own, a secret that will change the two forever.<br><br><strong>Book 3: Roping Cowboys:</strong> Dixon Pierce has fallen head over heels in love with Gray McKeever at Glock Ranch in Stockton County. The two plan to get married, but Gray is torn. He loves Dixon, but running into his ex Toby again reignited the flame he once held. Will he be able to choose one cowboy over the other before Dixon and Toby come to blows over him?<br><br><strong> Book 4: Branding Cowboys:</strong> Which cowboy murdered Evan Sting? This is what Joe Boxford is hired to find out. When Joe enlists the services of Tal Linear, sparks fly between the two. Romance heats up as they attempt to solve the branding crime. Then Tal vanishes, and Joe thinks his buddy is the killer's next victim. Can Joe solve the case and save his lover at the same time?<br><br><strong> Book 5: Saddling Cowboys:</strong> Sparks fly when entrepreneur Chip Cutter enters Dan Fargo’s saddle store. When Fargo is implicated in a couple of fires downtown, his abusive ex returns, determined to protect Fargo. Eventually the arsonist is caught, but Brent remains at large. Can Fargo and Chip put aside their problems, saddle up, and ride off into life’s wide blue yonder together?<br><br><strong>Taming Brooks:</strong> New ranch hand Randy Marke falls for sexy ranch owner, Dallas Brooks. Summer heat and a bath in the nearby creek draws the two cowboys together and their relationship turns intimate. Then Randy decides to tame Brooks the old-fashioned cowboy way, with relentless sex. Can love between the two last longer than a summer, though?

The story of Banou starts in Persian. She was a princess in Persian. On the day of her wedding, her husband to be was accused of being a traitor and the entire family to be executed and exiled. She and a maid are sent out of the capital to be sold as slaves. On the silk route, at an inn. She met a young trader and became his sex slave. He bough them to Tang dynasty. He turn out to be a Prince with his own harem. She begin her life her life in china and learn everything from scratch. She even give birth to a son. Later she was recognised by the Persian envoy. With he demand she retain back her title as princess and she married another prince. With him, they start a family of many children. However when the sultan is dying she is the remaining daughter to return back to her father to take the throne.

To the world Lucas was the perfect CEO. He led the family company to become the biggest in the country. He also had the most beautiful woman for a lover and with gorgeous looks that would make anyone fall for him, he had it all. However, it all came crashing down one day when he got that letter. A letter that made him question his very existence. A letter that unhinged him.

A fresh start, money and a little bit of independence was what Kang Jihoon hoped for when he got a job at Seoul National University. But he didn't expect to meet him. The man who claims him despite the dire consequences. “Why can’t you… just let me go?” Jihoon whispered, eyes wet with unshed tears. “Because you are mine." They are dangerous for each other.. But their passion burns even hotter with every encounter... Their union, a tangled web of love, secrets, betrayal and death.. And revelations so devastating, it makes the omega question everything he has ever known... Including his own existence..

(MATURE- DARK ROMANCE, DARK THEME, BLOOD) “What the fuck is wrong with you?! You’re fucking insane!” I shrieked as I irked away from the severed finger. “You played a dangerous game just to get our attention,” Kayden said coldly. “It’s your fault he lost a finger. Keep on with your games and someone might just lose a head.” “You think you have a little power because of the bond we have?” Rhydian’s tone was mocking, as he trailed his cold hands down the curve of my neck. “It means nothing. You mean nothing.” ….. All her life, Dahlia has been hated—branded as the traitor’s daughter after her father’s betrayal shattered the pack. When she gets admission into the Academy, she hopes to for a fresh start. But fate has other plans. After losing a twisted game, she becomes the academy’s new slave, owned by the three powerful, merciless brothers. They want to break her until she's nothing but pieces beneath their feet. But what begins as hatred slowly turns into something darker... something forbidden. Haunted by nightmares and hunted by prophecy, Dahlia discovers a power hidden in her blood—one that could destroy the world... or save it. Three mates, and one girl with a fire within her that no one can control. Not even her.

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When war ends, what remains? Not peace. Not victory. Only scars. Parashu was born into those scars—an orphan searching for answers, a warrior hiding his weakness behind strength. At the academy, he finds bonds of friendship and love, yet deep inside he knows: his greatest battle is not against enemies, but against himself. Beside him stands Yakshini, the spirit who shares his soul. Rustam, broken by love and tragedy. Veerath, last of the Vetala clan, burdened with the truth of his father’s death. Shivam, the mentor whose wisdom is carved from regret. And Rivan, a spy of the Kara Army, torn between duty and humanity. But beyond the academy waits the Kara Army—an enemy not of monsters, but of broken men. Generals forged from grief. Soldiers fueled by betrayal. Keal Varnas, who swore that “people never change.” Kamravinash, who kills only to bring back the ones he lost. They fight not for conquest, but for hope. A dark hope that could destroy everything. As secrets unfold, Parashu learns the cruel truth: the real war is not against Kara, but against the shadows within every human heart. And sometimes, the line between hero and villain is thinner than a blade.