In the mist-laden forests of Eryndale, Lyra, an independent herbalist, has always preferred the quiet rhythm of her secluded life. But her world is upended when Kieran, a wounded warrior shrouded in shadow and secrets, stumbles into her path. He names her the "Keeper," a fabled figure destined to wield a power that could protect their realm or destroy it. As an ancient darkness rises, bringing with it terrifying creatures known as Duskwraiths, Lyra and Kieran are forced into an uneasy alliance. Together, they unravel the mysteries of an age-old prophecy, forbidden magic, and a shared past neither of them remembers. But as they delve deeper into the secrets of Eryndale, the bond between them grows a fragile connection forged in danger and trust, yet threatened by the secrets Kieran guards and the power Lyra struggles to control. With the fate of the realm hanging in the balance, Lyra must decide whether to embrace the destiny she never wanted and risk losing her heart to the one man who may be her undoing. In a world where love is as perilous as the shadows, will their connection be the key to salvation or the spark that ignites the darkness? Shadows of Eryndale is a spellbinding tale of love, destiny, and the light that can shine even in the deepest shadows.
In a world where humans and vampires are sworn enemies, princess Eliana is forced to marry the ruthless and immortal king Ryker to secure peace between their species. Despite their initial animosity, they develop a complex relationship as Ryker’s cold exterior hides a deep sense of vulnerability and Eliana’s kindness slowly chip away at his defenses. As they navigate the treacherous world of vampire, politics and magic, they must confronts their own dark past and the secrets that threaten to tear them apart. With the fate of the vampires kingdom and human relations hanging in the balance, Ryker and Eliana must decide whether their love is strong enough to overcome the shadows of their past and the danger that lurks in every corner. Will their love prevail, or will the darkness consumes them? Dive into a medieval fantasy world of magic, mystery, and forbidden passion in 'Shadowed Rose'."
"You think that everyone is beneath you. I will be the first one the bring Cain Graves to his knees." When the company that Riot works is finally being taken over by the original owner, Riot thinks that she stands a chance at being promoted. Her first encounter with the man is enough to change her mind about that. To her, the man is rude and arrogant. Cain Graves also thinks that he will have everyone and everything in the company under control. But the tiny looking secretary wouldn't make it so easy for him. When they are both made to work on a contract together and stay in a tiny cabin, they start to understand each other. It turns out that Cain needs a contract wife in order for him to claim his inheritance. And Riot is the perfect candidate. But will their relationship go far? With Cain's girlfriend and his dirty past, he is forced to choose between Riot and his business. Will Riot be able to tolerate the secrets? Will she be able to stick with him during his trying times admist all the threats? Will he hold the promises the had made to Riot and lose all he had ever worked for? Or choose his business and do away with the stubborn secretary?
She was just another struggling artist living paycheck-to-paycheck...until one scorching night with a mystery billionaire turned her world upside down. Veronica thought that passionate, unplanned experience with the devastatingly handsome CEO would be nothing more than an unforgettable memory. But when she learns she's unexpectedly pregnant weeks later, her life is shattered by a shattering revelation about her baby's powerful father. Damien Castlerock has been keeping a dark secret behind his billion-dollar veneer – he's stuck in a loveless marriage to a ruthless woman who will stop at nothing to uphold her end of a shocking arrangement. Fearing the worst, Veronica flees with her unexpected shame, disappearing from Damien's life only to reappear years later in the most disrupting way. When he learns of her double-life raising not one but two children he never knew existed, Damien's relentless thirst for truth and vengeance will shake the foundations of everything Veronica holds dear. But even as he wages war to bring his secret heirs into his world, Damien is blissfully unaware that his own wife's disturbing obsession has hit a terrifying new height. The wicked secrets she'll unleash to retain her grip on the elite life she was born for will push the new family into a harrowing fight for their very survival. Veronica and Damien's scorching chemistry challenged destiny once. But can it burn bright enough to survive the worst betrayals that echo from that one fateful night?
Everyone knows that I'm a gold digger. I am the canary kept by Ethan Rowen, his clandestine lover and the object of scorn. Everyone says: "Flora Jamison will do anything for money." Being a stand-in for seven years, I personally made a wedding dress for his cherished woman. Until his beloved wore the wedding dress I made with my own hands and said to me: "You and I are quite alike, you're very beautiful." I stayed calm and composed. Ethan Rowen finally panicked. He resents me for being materialistic and vain, cold and heartless. "Flora Jamison, is there nothing else you can talk to me about besides money?"
Leo Westbrook owns everything except the one thing he cannot command, his heart. Born into wealth yet determined to create an empire of his own, he carved his way through boardrooms and backroom deals with ruthless precision. Every venture he touched turned to gold, every rival who dared to stand against him fell in his shadow. The city whispered his name with reverence and fear alike. He was power wrapped in elegance, pleasure wrapped in danger, a man who conquered without apology. But beneath the brilliance of his success lay a truth he never allowed anyone to glimpse; the emptiness that no amount of money, influence, or desire could fill. Claire Sullivan was the storm he never anticipated. Known for her sharp pen and sharper wit, she had built her reputation as a journalist who never played safe. Men twice her age had underestimated her and paid the price in print. Politicians avoided her calls, CEOs cursed her name, and readers adored her because she exposed truths others buried. Claire lived for the thrill of uncovering what the powerful wished to hide, and this time her target was none other than Leo Westbrook, the man whose empire seemed too flawless to be real. She wanted answers. She wanted the truth. What she did not expect was the man himself. Their first encounter was meant to be professional. Claire walked into his world with her recorder ready and her questions sharp, prepared to unearth the cracks behind his polished image. Leo, intrigued rather than intimidated, welcomed her into his office with a smile that carried both charm and warning. It was a meeting that should have ended with headlines. Instead, it lit a fuse neither of them could control. In the space of a single conversation, rivalry tangled with an attraction that burned hotter than reason. Claire saw more than a billionaire’s arrogance; she saw a man with secrets he guarded as fiercely as his fortune. Leo, for the first time in years, saw a woman who could not be bought, bent, or easily dismissed. To Leo, Claire was a challenge unlike any he had faced. She stood her ground, refused his games, and demanded truths he had buried for a lifetime. Every word from her lips unsettled him, every glance dared him closer to the edge he had sworn never to cross. To Claire, Leo was the temptation she could not afford. She had built her career on exposing men like him, not falling under their spell. And yet, every moment near him threatened to unravel her resolve. His touch promised fire, his kiss promised ruin, and she feared both. In their world, secrets were more valuable than gold. Claire’s investigation threatened to uncover scandals capable of toppling Leo’s empire, while his knowledge of her past carried the power to shatter the walls she had built around herself. Desire became their weapon, each encounter laced with both passion and risk. Every kiss carried the taste of betrayal, every embrace the threat of surrender. They circled one another like predators, each determined not to be the one to fall. Yet beneath the danger lay something neither had dared to admit. For all the lies and the battles of will, there were moments, quiet, fleeting moments, where their defenses slipped. In those stolen instances, Claire glimpsed the man behind the empire, and Leo saw the woman beneath the armor of ambition. The more they fought, the closer they drew, until the line between enemy and lover blurred beyond recognition. In a game where power means everything and trust means nothing, the stakes have never been higher. They can either destroy each other with the truths they hold, or risk everything on a love that could break through the walls they spent their lives building. One question remains: When desire is the deadliest weapon of all, who will survive the fire they have unleashed?
He was four years older than her, a final year student, and she was just a confused girl who had just entered university. The two accidentally met while participating in the school's Volunteer Club, then progressed to a love relationship. She was originally a young girl born in a poor district. Her family has no conditions. So, since she understood the story, she also encouraged herself, trying to study. She understands that knowledge can change her whole life, will also help her out of poverty She has many dreams, her dream is that she will try to work after graduating from school and try to earn a lot of money to take care of her children. However, it all fell apart from the moment she met him. He came to her gently, warmly, just like his love for her. No hustle, no waves, very calm. And in the end, whatever comes will come, he and she, have also gone beyond the limit of two lovers.
He's cursed. Ash being a major nerd could just be romanticizing because his real life was just too much of high-school and reality. Homeostasis is his home. Science is his sibling. But questions are definitely his enemies. Questions about himself, his past, his future. His existence in total. On this journey of extremely confusing self-discovery, he comes across this one woman who happens to turn his life upside-down. The real question is, for better or for worse?
They called it an honor. I knew it was a death sentence. Every year, the Xyioms demand a tribute. One human. Bound. Branded. Broken. But I didn’t wait to be chosen. I volunteered. Disguised in stolen armor, hidden behind a name that isn’t mine. Why? Because I’m done running. Because I’ve seen what they do to the weak. Because if I was going to fall, I’d fall on my own terms. But the beast king—Khael—doesn’t want another servant. He wants control. He wants devotion. And somehow, he wants *me*. He doesn’t know what I am. Yet. And if he ever finds out… Will he kill me? Or crown me?
Luna Nightingale, a dedicated werewolf, finds herself torn between duty and desire. Her mate, Luca Storm, lies injured after a brutal pack attack, but saving him comes at a steep price. Desperate for medical funds, Luna takes a job with wealthy entrepreneur Julian Salvatore, unaware that their forbidden attraction will ignite a dangerous love triangle. As Luna navigates her growing feelings for Julian, she discovers a dark secret from his past. Meanwhile, Luca's sister, Aria, suspects Luna's infidelity, and Isabella, Julian's cunning girlfriend, senses the connection between Julian and Luna. Luna's world shatters when she discovers she's pregnant with Julian's child. Luca, recovering from his injuries, uncovers Luna's secret and grapples with forgiveness and betrayal. Torn between loyalty to Luca and love for Julian, Luna must make an impossible choice. But fate has other plans. Isabella discovers Luna's werewolf nature and plots to capture her, intending to sell her to the government. As Luna faces external threats and internal turmoil, Luca silently struggles with his feelings. In a shocking twist, Luca confronts Luna's deception by leaving her, disappearing into the night without a word. Heartbroken and vulnerable, Luna becomes Isabella's target. Will Luna find a way to reconcile her heart and duty, or will secrets and lies tear her world apart? Can she escape Isabella's sinister plans and uncover the truth about Julian's family? As Luna navigates the treacherous landscape of love, loyalty, and deception, she must confront the shadows of her past and forge a new path.
“Every letter reveals a secret. Will you be able to read between the lies?” Ella Perfae’s perfect life is in ruins and her only lifeline is her estranged sister, Lara. She begins to write to Lara, but what begins as a heartfelt gesture soon becomes something much, much darker. After Ella reveals the truth about her neglectful husband, she expects Lara to write back. But when Lara refuses to reply, Ella becomes desperate and resentful. To force her sister to her side, Ella hangs family secrets over Lara’s head. Ella is the only person who can unmask everything that’s been hidden from Lara by her own family, including secrets about Lara’s own children. Ella demands only one thing in return. Lara must withdraw her testimony during court; the same testimony that made Ella the prime suspect in a chilling murder case. As the story begins to unravel, it leaves terrifying questions in its wake. Is Ella telling the truth? Or is she the murderous criminal Lara believes her to be? “The Perfect Sister” is a psychological thriller inspired by true events. Told entirely through a series of letters, this novel follows the emotional and twisted tale of a once-perfect family, torn apart by painful secrets, unexpected betrayal, and a disturbing evil.
Seventeen-year-old Aria Nightshade has spent her entire life hiding what she is: a Null—born without magic in a world where power is everything. At the prestigious Thornwick Academy of Arcane Arts, she's survived three years as the "scholarship charity case" by being invisible, doing everyone's homework, and enduring whispers that she only got in because her dead parents were war heroes. But Aria has a secret. She CAN use magic—just not her own. She's a Siphon, able to absorb and wield others' magic temporarily, a forbidden ability that got her ancestors hunted to extinction. One touch, and she becomes whatever they are. It's the reason her parents died protecting her. It's the reason she can never let anyone close. Everything changes when Aria and four other misfit students accidentally break into the Forbidden Archive during a late-night prank gone wrong. They discover the Codex Animarum—an ancient, sentient grimoire that binds itself to them through blood magic, creating an unbreakable System that grants quests, levels, and powers... but demands a price for every gift. The grimoire reveals a conspiracy that spans centuries: Thornwick Academy was built on the tomb of the First Sorcerers, and someone is performing ritual murders to resurrect them. Each victim's magic is being drained and stored. The five students have thirty days before the final sacrifice—which requires the blood of a Siphon. Aria's blood. Now she must work with the prince who publicly humiliated her, the rebel who knows too much about her past, the cursed girl everyone fears, and the prodigy who's competing for her scholarship—all while hiding what she is, leveling up through increasingly dangerous quests, and trying not to fall for the one person who could destroy her if he learned the truth. Because the grimoire has shown her something terrifying: the mastermind behind the murders is someone she trusts. And stopping them might require Aria to finally reveal the monster she's been hiding.
This story is about a young African lady that experienced domestic violence since little through how her father treated her mom so she decides not to give any guy chance in her life. Until she went to America for work Her warm and caring behavior caught the attention of the proud grandson of the Lucas family. Can her mindset be changed?
Ara's entire world is shattered when her use of illegal magic leads to the death of her family. Fleeing her homeland as a wanted fugitive, she arrives in the midst of a brutal war in the nation of Dantas. In this unforgiving landscape, Ara discovers that her magic is not a curse, but a powerful gift. As she learns to wield it with deadly precision, she must confront the demons of her past and embrace her true identity as a child of magic. But as the lines between friend and foe blur, Ara realizes that her newfound power may come at a cost she cannot bear to pay. Will she use her abilities to seek vengeance, or will she find the strength to forgive herself and fight for a better future?
Nitro dreamed of becoming a magic knight her whole life. She studied diligently at one of Brittania's finest magical academies, encouraged by her loving family to make those dreams real. Her world brimmed with joy and possibility. But one fateful day, a sinister warlord of terrifying power invaded her school and massacred countless innocents. Nitro watched helplessly as her dearest friends perished in the flames. When even her own sister and father fell trying to stop the carnage, her world shattered. Consumed by grief and rage, Nitro vowed revenge against the perpetrator of this tragedy - a powerful demonic entity. To gain the strength she needs to enact justice, she is forced to strike an uneasy alliance with her adversary and undergo harrowing trials. Nitro is determined to avenge those she lost and confront the philosophical darkness that destroyed her dreams. But the true scope of her destiny and her enemy's is far greater than she could imagine...
Zanna Williams is a young girl of not more than sixteen who lives a hard as hell and poor alone with her middle classed mother as her father had tragically died passing on. Living in poverty, she is determined to be a wealthy and verybrich person in her future so that she can give her mother the life she didn't have presently and currently deserves. She is aspiring and dreaming to become a medical doctor when she grows up. Well, she is set to achieve that by studying her books hard and a lot. As she was no.doubt an intelligent person, she was given and awarded a full-time scholarship to study at an expensive private school. She is cautious to not be distracted in her newly gotten into rich kids environment and face the goal at hand of what she came there for which was completing her education to the best of her abilities. In any case, she had been doing that finely and constantly but everything was set to be changed forever when she crosses part with Brayden Bkackford. A dangerously handsome but really cold young boy who is a freaking billionaire and her senior in school at that. She had accidentally or rather unintentionally scratched and caused some little damage to his extravagant sporty red and black coloured car and had ran away from the scene out of fear if not panic. Anyway, he had somehow found out that she was the one that spoilt his car and was the culprit here then he had demanded a pay of money from her to fix all the damages she had caused to it. But then again, she didn't have and could never come up with the large amount of money he was so easily asking for. Therefore, these made her vulnerable before him and he took that weakness of hers much to his advantage. He offered her a not so helpful nor appealing option of solution to become his fake girlfriend for a little while in pay for the money she owed to his car since she didn't have and couldn't come up with any for the time being. At first, she wasn't willing to agree much to his terms of making the problem eaiser but later did as she realized she wasn't left with nor had much of a choice. So, they began a fake dating relationship and she thinks they could actually fall in love with each other at the end but she doesn't seem to think so. Can that come true or not as dating him brought her education and great chances at life in jeopardy?
Elena, an ambitious investigative journalist, finds herself entangled with Damien Cross, a notorious crime lord, while uncovering a web of corruption and betrayal. As their worlds collide, they must navigate their growing attraction amidst danger, deception, and the moral dilemmas of love and loyalty.
My mom forced me to take out money to buy a house for my sister. She downed a whole bottle of Paraquat in one breath. She ended up in extreme pain, spitting black blood, and panicked. "But there was clearly water in here!" Little did she know, this was exactly the outcome my sister wanted. A huge secret was laid out by my sister right in front of me.
SILENT TRUTHS Psychological Thriller / Mystery Ten years ago, Emma Carter left her hometown and never looked back — not after the night her twin sister Elena vanished without a trace. The town whispered about a runaway, the police closed the case, and Emma locked the memories deep inside, choosing silence over pain. Now, Emma returns to the quiet coastal town to care for her ailing mother. But the past refuses to stay buried. Anonymous notes begin to appear — cryptic messages that hint at a truth far more sinister than she ever imagined. Memories she tried to forget resurface in flashes: a scream in the woods, blood on her hands, a lie told under oath. As Emma digs deeper, she realizes that everyone around her is hiding something — her childhood best friend turned cop, her reclusive neighbor, even her own family. The closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes. Because someone in this town remembers what happened that night… and they’re willing to do anything to keep it buried. Some secrets were never meant to be uncovered. Some truths were meant to stay silent.