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  • Fatal Conclusions (Book 3, the Fatal Trilogy Series) by Shelby_Painter
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    With Alyssa stuck behind enemy lines and the fate of the pack hanging, tensions are higher than ever in this final installment of the Fatal Trilogy. ***** Book 3 begins right where Book 2 left off, with Alyssa captured and brought to the top pack's lair in Montreal. Unsure of Daimon and the rest of the pack's fate, Aly has no choice but to start finding ways to free herself and her baby from the grasps of the top pack and their leader, Pablo. Meanwhile, what's left of Daimon's pack scrambles to come up with a plan to rescue their girl and take down the top pack for good. Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of violence and sexual activity, and mentions rape and sexual abuse, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by Ren T
  • The Mercenary's Maid by caramela2025
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    She feared him more than anything-until he became the only place she felt safe. After escaping years of abuse, Lina found a fragile kind of peace scrubbing floors in a mercenary's mansion. Quiet, invisible, and broken, she kept her head down and her voice lower. Especially around him. Killian. He kills for a living. He is a powerful, cold-blooded mercenary, a wealthy man who built his empire off blood, fear. He owns a powerful private military company that operates in the shadows, answering only to the highest bidders. He commands killers, closes deals, and never makes mistakes. Until her. A glance. A flinch. A wound she tried to hide. And suddenly, he was watching her closely. Quietly. Like she was a puzzle he didn't mean to touch... but couldn't stop obsessing over. Killian: "You blush like that again, and I swear I'll pin you against this wall just to see how deep it goes." He didn't know how to be soft. She didn't know how to be wanted. But in a house full of violence, he saw her. And he started to change. And soon, she was everywhere in his mind.
  • Babysitting My Professor's Son by Proijes
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    Livia Throne needed a job. She didn't expect it to come from her professor. Ronan Sterling is everything she should avoid, cold, disciplined, and completely untouchable. A man who lives by rules and never lets emotions get in the way. But when Livia steps into his home as his son's babysitter, distance becomes impossible. Because for the first time... Ronan Sterling is starting to feel something he can't control. And Livia might be the reason everything he's built begins to slip.
  • Belladonna (Billionaire Boys Club #1)  by xeivra_
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    Two families The son of one The daughter of the other One, the dark prince of the world in which they live The other, the queen in a world that is entirely her own He is seen and worshipped by all who meet him She is invisible and lives in the shadows Two mysteries Bound by coincidence Repelled by hate A hate so strong that perhaps it could be mistaken for something else He is her dark prince She, his shadow queen But can they put away their shared stubbornness and allow themselves to to give in to each other ? To consume one another To allow themselves to fall Or has the hole they've created been dug too deep ?
  • Tangled Lies || TK || by tk_bearbunn9597
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    In a world where secondary genders rule social status, Kim Taehyung, a rare omega with a razor-sharp mind, hides behind scent blockers and a cold persona-living life as an " alpha CEO " Society fears omegas becoming nothing more than breeders, so Taehyung buries his truth so deep even mirrors forget it. Jeon Jungkook, the nation's youngest " omega heir " or so everyone believes. In reality, he is a True-Blood Alpha, a dangerous and royal lineage of alpha kept hidden from the public eye. His father pushes him into an arranged marriage with Taehyung, hoping to merge two empires...... Two liars. Two secrets. Two identities built on deception. And one marriage that forces them under the same roof, where every breath feels too close, every touch sparks suspicion, and every lie threatens to unravel them. When heat and instinct collide, truth doesn't just come out - It explodes.
  • Bruised Halo || TK || by tk_bearbunn9597
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    He was a scholarship student with soft eyes and quiet dreams. The other was power, fear, and cruelty wrapped in privilege. What began as bullying that shattered dignity turned into a journey of guilt, growth, and slow redemption. Through pain, silence, regret, and time, two broken souls are forced to confront the damage of the past and the possibility of healing. This is not a love story born from kindness.It is a love earned through change, patience, and choice. • He broke him once & spent a lifetime learning how not to. • From fear to forgiveness, from silence to love. • Not a fairytale. A redemption. A slowburn BL filled with angst, accountability, emotional depth, and a hard-won happy ending-where love doesn't erase wounds, but learns how to live with them.
  • Love's Dangerous Track||Landoscar by _laravosi
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    > Trigger Warnings This story may contain > NSFW/Mature themes, alcohol use, toxic relationships, intense rivalry, potential (Please remember that this is a work of fiction. The characters and events depicted in this story are purely the product of my imagination and do not reflect the real-life relationships or experiences)
  • ⋆·˚ ༘ *  THIS ISN'T LOVE (BUT IT'S CLOSE) | Dean Forester x reader by arcadiabqy
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    | ❝𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭.❞ - A 𝐆𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 story . ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ─── Y/n's little life in Stars Hollow seemed perfect for the longest time. A boyfriend, as troubled as he is, and a family that love her. But with her father's recent death now following her everywhere like an attached ghost, she can't help but feel herself slowly start to spiral into something she never thought even remotely resembles her. After Jess, her boyfriend, ends up kissing the infamous Rory Gilmore at a party, y/n's grip on life starts to slip. Stirring up trouble in town and watching her grades drop lower, she's changed - and she knows it. As she clings at straws and tries to keep herself afloat mentally, her biggest so-called "enemy's" - Dean Forester's - presence becomes increasingly clear in her life. Will he now be the one lifeline to bring her to surface again when she's drowning? ➳ [𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 ] - 𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗆𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌 Only original characters are reader, her family and any other ocs.
  • Our Story (Between the lines) by badtzmaruhanamaru
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    Sangwon never thought sharing a single bed with Leo would mean anything more than late-night banter and shared warmth. But one unexpected request... one lingering touch... one quiet kiss... begins to blur the lines between friendship and something far more dangerous. In the small space of Sangwon's room, feelings grow that neither of them are ready to name - but both can't seem to avoid.
  • ✨Two Sides of Her by Winteeeerrr
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    Urban Lesbian Romance| LGBTQ+| Drama| Secrets She got the ring on her finger... but her heart is in someone's hand. Raya is the picture of a "good girl"- nursing student, fiancée, soft voice, and a life that's perfectly planned. She's doing everything right.... even if it doesn't feel right. Then she meets Bliss- bold, seductive and unapologetically queer. She lives fast, loves hard and breaks every rule Raya's spent her whole life following. What starts as a stolen glance turn into stolen night. But there's one thing Bliss doesn't know... Raya's engaged to a man And she not ready to choose. As lies pile up and emotions run deep, both women are forced to face the truth.
  • 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗡 by ieatspicychicken
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    ❝𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞.. 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.❞ 𝐀 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐫𝐲.. 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 "𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲.. 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬, 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧." 𝐈 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤. 𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦. . . . Z'airee was a caretaker at a old people's home and he took care of many patients. The only thing was that it happened to be one of the few nursing in homes in NYC. So many patients wounded up from the hood where many of the patients were from different gangs. Z'airee wasn't supposed to have favorites but he always had this particular one.. Mr. Sinaloa. Heaven was a drug dealer who visited his grandpa, Tyreek Sinaloa everyday. His grandpa was everything that his parents wasn't to him. The trenches of New York was where he came from. All his mom cared about was drugs and his dad walked out on him. He grew up running the streets because his mom was too high one everything to care, with men coming in and out they house. He never had that support system so he was wit older kids for as long as he could remember. So as soon as his grandpa got custody he was good but he always knew he wanted to move out as soon as possible..Or so he thought. EXT
  • The Night A Saint Began To Fall by Keylesschair559
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    Everyone believed we were untouchable. An empire built on loyalty. A love that looked stronger than anything the world could throw at us. I trusted him with my life. What I didn't realize was that behind the smiles and promises, something was already breaking. Secrets were forming. Lies were being told. And the man I loved was about to make a choice that would destroy us both. Because every ruin begins with a fall. Saint of Ruin: Before the Fall is the story of what happened before everything collapsed.
  • Not Just Another Bit (SMOSH FIC) by vividaway
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    When quirky intern Brianna Kilter steps into the chaotic world of Smosh, she expects deadlines and drama, but she doesn't expect to catch the eye of Angela, the effortlessly cool and witty team member who runs the show behind the scenes. (Cover Art Created By Canva)
  • Love, Maybe? by simply_butterflies_
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    Some people never really leave your life. No matter how hard you try to forget them. Nitya has spent years building walls around herself-around memories that don't make sense, around a past that feels like it belongs to someone else. And then Rivan walks back in like he never left. Familiar. Distant. Hiding something. He cares for her in ways he never explains, protects her without telling her why, and keeps secrets that slowly begin to unravel everything she thought she knew. Because loving him was never the problem. Trusting him is. And when the truth finally comes out, Nitya will have to decide-Is love enough to stay, when everything else is falling apart? ─── ・ 。゚☆: *.☽ .* :☆゚. ─── Main genre: Romance Sub-genres: Slow Burn Emotional / Angst Mystery Psychological
  • The Devil's Spindle by PRIMEVERSE_PRESS
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  • Smelling the Unknown  by Erzissa
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    "My eyes immediately found hers. I looked at her silver grey eyes. It looked like a dark sky, one where rain had just subsided . My eyes traced her face further, stopping on her lips. It looked sinful. Divinely sinful." --------- Juliette Garcia , the girl who never backs down , transfers to a new highschool for her senior year. But little did she know that she had managed to trap Alexander Virelli, the 'BADBOY' of the school by her charms, on the FIRST day of school. ------- Alexander's charm made him popular among girls over the whole school . But his only focus is on chaos and his friend group. On the other hand, Juliette seems to turn the heads of the room the second she walks in. Her intelligence and flirty nature helps her to get out of any situations ( at least where boys are included). ----- "Can't you see that? It is so obvious, " I said. " No, I can't see that," Ethan replied, clearly teasing me. " Oh . How can I forget that you're blond?" I mocked Ethan, clearly enjoying the situation. But as I heard a laughter behind me, I didn't seem to be the only one enjoying it. I looked at Alexander , who was at the back of the class. He was laughing . Laughing with those same dimples ,which I saw when I first talked to him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ◇Tropes: Highschool romance Strangers to friends to lovers ◇Includes: Heated chemistry Banter ◇ It is not a dark romance story.
  • The Day I Proposed to My Boss by Kim_Nabi_Author
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    She proposed to a stranger on a train. He walked away like it meant nothing. She thought she'd never see him again... until her first day at work- And he was her boss. Cold! Distant! Untouchable! Like the man who listened to her that night never existed. But she remembers. And he definitely does too. Now forced to work together, with a past they pretend never happened... One impulsive proposal might change everything. Because this time- he might not walk away.
  • Crowns Entwined (JanJingJing) by corazonevalentina
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    A JanJingJing fanfiction. In an empire where power is inherited, stolen, or survived, Queen Consort Janhae Normandy-Foxworth was never meant to rule. Widowed after only three months of marriage, she's thrust onto a throne a council of men would rather see burn than be led by a woman. But Janhae is no fragile ornament-she's sharp, strategic, and far more dangerous than they realize. Then Princess JingJing Kaplan of Sylvara arrives. Brilliant. Untouchable. Promised to another. It was supposed to be politics. A game of power. A battle of minds. So why does every glance feel like a mistake they both want to make again? Genre: Sapphic Slow-Burn Romance • Political Drama • Romcom • Omegaverse (Alpha/Omega Dynamics) • Enemies-to-Lovers • Royalty AU
  • A Crown Never Worn by Crimsonblade__
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    When the civil war between the house of the dragon causes the whole realm to split in half, a marriage between a princess from House Baratheon and the heir to the iron throne, can help Rhaenyra's claim to the throne. she is made of thunder and fury, and he is blood of the dragon. Bound by crown and cause, neither expected loyalty to turn into something far more dangerous than war. All rights go to George RR Martin, the only addition that is of my own are my OC's
  • Contracts & Consequences by UndercoverMyst
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    Bakugou Katsuki was never meant to stay. Everyone knew it. Relationships with him were temporary, and always ended the same way-quietly, suddenly, without regret. Izuku Midoriya knew that better than anyone. So when someone he cared about became just another name on Bakugou's list, Izuku made a decision. A dangerous one. He would get close. He would make Bakugou fall. And when the time came-He would be the one to walk away. But somewhere between calculated touches, quiet moments, and a game that was never supposed to feel real... Things start to change. And the line between pretending and something real begins to blur in a game of control, someone is bound to lose. The question is- Who will break first? And what happens when they meet again years later, carrying the weight of everything they left behind? Read to find out what happens to Bakugo and Izuku. And if you want to give the chapters a star and a comment. And follow me for more. ヾ(•ω•')o If you haven't, go and read my other stories too. Thanks for reading this. Enjoy the story. = ̄ω ̄= _____________________________________________________________________________ I hope you enjoy the story! ♡ Come join my Discord server! 💬 You can chat with other readers, talk about anything you want, and share your own ideas-who knows, I might even turn your idea into a story 👀✨ I also post sneak peeks, updates, and extra content there! Hope to see you there! o(≧∀≦)o https://discord.gg/2a4f6rjjZQ *** ART DOES NOT BELONG TO ME***