후야 본홍장

후야 본홍장

Evelyn Blackwood

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Introduction

열한 살, 그녀는 남동생을 대신해 화장을 지우고, 가냘픈 소년으로서 긴 검을 들고 북방 국경을 지켰다. 열일곱 살, 그녀는 황자를 따라 생사를 함께하며 험난한 길을 헤쳐나갔다. 당가의 장자로서, 충신의 후예로서. 스무 살, 그녀의 생일 선물은 황제의 한 장의 조서였다: "상부 당가가 군주를 속이고 배반했으니, 가문 전체를 체포하라."

그녀는 예리한 검을, 북방 국경을, 대소 왕국을, 그리고 그녀가 생각하기에 군주에게 속해야 할 가장 좋은 모든 것을 바쳤다. 하지만 당천은 알지 못했다. 원래 까다롭고 제멋대로였던 황자가 성숙하고 안정된 군주가 되어 천하를 얻은 후, 왜 그녀의 병권을 빼앗고, 한 걸음씩 압박하며, 당가를 거의 회복 불가능한 지경으로 몰아넣었는지.

당천은 단지 황제가 자신의 공이 너무 크다는 것을 경계하여, 옛날 진릉왕의 전철을 밟는 것이라 여겼다. 얇은 얼음 위를 걷듯 조심스럽게 행동하며, 스스로 권력을 내려놓고 조정에서 물러났다. 당천은 이미 거의 백의종군이 되었지만, 그래도 당가의 재앙을 피할 수 없었다. 그녀가 그 한 장의 조서를 무릎 꿇고 받아든 후에야 비로소 깨달았다. 황제의 수단은 단지 당천을 몰아붙여, 그녀 자신을 바치게 하려는 것이었음을.

세상 사람들은 모두 장녕후 당씨 일족이 새 황제를 옹립하여 등극시키고, 대소 왕국에서 총애를 받으며, 무한한 영광을 누린다고 말한다. 하지만 칠황자 곁의 사람들은 모두 알고 있다. 군주의 마음은 과거의 정적과 그 추종자들이 어둠을 버리고 밝음으로 향하는 것은 용납할 수 있어도, 당겸이 다른 이를 한 번 더 바라보는 것은 용납하지 못한다는 것을. 황자가 장녕후에게 가하는 가혹함은 거의 모든 사람이 이해할 수 없을 정도였다.

본래 아름다운 그녀는 가문의 재앙으로 인해 하루도 여인의 옷을 입지 못했다. 그러나 오늘, 불꽃같은 붉은 긴 치마를 입고, 모든 사람의 눈을 뜨겁게 태우면서도, 비천하게 그의 앞에 무릎을 꿇었다. 그러나 돌아온 것은 단 한 마디뿐이었다.

"당가를 용서하고 싶으냐? 그렇다면 나를 즐겁게 해라, 당천아. 여자의 수단으로."
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Evelyn Blackwood

Chapter 1

"상부 당가, 군왕을 속이고 법을 어겼으니, 전 가문을 체포하라."

내시가 날카로운 목소리로 이렇게 외치며, 고개를 높이 들고 차가운 돌바닥 위에 무릎 꿇고 조서를 받는 젊은이를 경멸의 눈으로 내려다보았다.

한때 얼마나 존귀했던 후작이었던가, 지금은 황제의 신임을 잃고 티끌만큼 비천해져 버렸다.

권력이란, 이토록 허약한 것이었다.

죽음처럼 고요한 장녕 후작부 안에서, 옆집 상부와 무위 후작부의 소란이 희미하게 들려왔다. 금위군에 의해 가택수색을 당하고, 가족들과 하인들이 체포되는 비명소리, 울음소리, 욕설이 뒤섞인 소리였다. 높은 담장 너머로도 그 혼란이 느껴졌다.

오후 일찍, 금위군이 황제의 명으로 당가 장녀의 무덤을 열었고, 저녁이 되자마자 황제는 당가 일족에게 죄를 물었다. 상부뿐만 아니라 무위 후작부까지 함께 연루되었다.

황제의 분노가 명백했고, 당가에게는 숨 돌릴 틈조차 주지 않았다.

내시가 비단 상자 하나를 당천 앞에 내려놓으며, 여전히 오만한 목소리로 말했다. "장녕 후작, 이것은 폐하께서 하사하신 생일 선물입니다. 후작께서 보신 후, 노복을 따라 입궁하여 폐하를 뵈어야 합니다. 폐하께서는 이미 봉서궁에서 후작을 기다리고 계십니다."

당천은 몸을 숙여 그 길쭉한 비단 상자를 집어들고, 잠시 망설이다가 결국 열어보았다.

즉시 감옥에 가두지 않고, 조서를 전하는 내시도 꽤 예의를 갖추었으니, 장녕 후작부의 평온함은 주변 당씨 가문의 처참함과 선명한 대조를 이루었다.

정교하게 조각된 나무 상자 안에는 부드러운 비단이 깔려 있었다. 그 윤기 나는 광택도 상자 안에 놓인 하얀 옥란 비녀의 아름다움에는 비할 수 없었다.

그것은 오동성에서 최근 유행하는 스타일이 아니었고, 꽃잎은 수백 번 어루만진 흔적이 역력했으며, 모든 슬픈 곡선이 매우 부드럽고 아련했다.

당천은 쓴웃음을 지었다. 묵무흔이 결국 진실을 알아낸 것이다.

그래서 오늘, 황제는 속았다는 사실에 이토록 진노한 것이다.

"공공, 시간을 좀 주십시오. 옷을 갈아입어야겠습니다."

내시는 막지 않았다. "장녕 후작께서는 편히 하십시오."

수년 만에, 당천은 마침내 다시 여인의 긴 치마를 입었다. 불꽃같은 한 벌의 의상은 대소의 어떤 남자의 시선도 사로잡을 만큼 아름다웠다.

긴 머리는 단 하나의 옥란 비녀로 높이 올려 묶고, 당천은 곧바로 무릎을 꿇고 몸을 숙여 황제에게 예를 올렸다.

"천민 당천, 황제 폐하께 절합니다."

묵무흔이 그녀를 살펴보는 듯했다. 당천은 황제의 시선이 검처럼 날카롭게 느껴졌고, 마치 그녀의 긴 치마를 한 칼 한 칼 베어내는 것 같았다.

"당천, 교소음용천..."황제는 높은 곳에서 그녀의 이름을 중얼거렸다. "'천천'이라는 이름이, 차갑고 사람을 천 리 밖으로 밀어내는 '당겸'보다 너에게 더 어울리는구나."

"천민은 천가를 속인 죄가 깊음을 알고 있습니다. 하지만 이 일은 돌아가신 아버지와 천민만이 알고 있었습니다. 당가의 다른 사람들은 모두 알지 못했으며, 의도적으로 황제를 속인 것이 아닙니다." 당천은 고개를 들어 황제를 올려다보며 말했다. "천민은 폐하께 간청합니다. 당가가 항상 폐하께 충성했고, 아버지 또한 죄를 알고 나라를 위해 목숨을 바쳤음을 생각하시어, 천민 한 사람만 벌하여 주십시오."

묵무흔은 게으르게 앉아서 한 손으로 턱을 괸 채, 표정 변화 없이 말했다. "무위 후작부는 그런 이유로 변명할 수 있겠지. 하지만 당천, 현 임상 임자철의 본명은 당철이지 않은가? 그가 어떻게 쌍둥이 누나가 자신을 대신해 죽었다는 사실을 모를 수 있겠느냐?"

당천의 눈빛이 당황스러워졌다.

동생 당철은 아버지와 상부 전체가 목숨을 걸고 보호한 유일한 혈통이었다.

지금, 그는 황제의 손에 단단히 쥐어져 있었고, 마치 머리 위에 걸린 예리한 검처럼 언제든 내려칠 수 있었다.

"폐하, 임상은 이 일을 알지 못합니다. 모든 계획의 세부 사항은 천민과 아버지가 의논한 것입니다. 동생은 열 살 때 남방으로 보내졌고, 전혀 알지 못합니다."

묵무흔은 여전히 같은 표정이었지만, 마치 당천의 모든 표정 변화를 감상하는 듯했다. "만약 짐이 굳이 그에게 죄를 물으려 한다면?"

당천은 몸을 숙여 무릎을 꿇었고, 티끌처럼 비천해졌다. "천민은 어떤 벌이라도 감수하겠습니다. 다만 폐하께서 천민이 여러 해 모신 것을 생각하시어, 임상과 당가를 용서해 주시기를 바랍니다."

당천은 황제가 일어서는 것을 느꼈다. 그리고 한 걸음 한 걸음, 낮고 느리게 다가오는 소리가 들렸다.

마치 야수가 사냥감에게 접근하는 듯한, 노골적이지 않은 공격 자세였다.

묵무흔은 그녀 앞에 멈춰 서서, 그리고 몸을 숙여 당천을 일으켰다.

황제의 차갑고 긴 손가락이 그녀의 입술에 닿았고, 그녀의 입술 모양을 따라 그렸다.

분명 연인 사이에서나 있을 법한 친밀한 행동이었다.

"당가를 용서하라고? 그럼 나를 즐겁게 해 주거라, 당천." 당천은 묵무흔이 미소를 짓는 듯 마는 듯한 모습과 깊은 눈동자를 바라보았다. 그 눈에는 그녀가 이해할 수 없는 감정이 흐르고 있었다. "여자의 방법으로."

마음속으로 어느 정도 이해했다.

묵무흔에게 자신은 결국, 그저 즐거움을 주는 장난감일 뿐이었다.

그뿐이었다.

묵무흔이 더 이상 그녀를 필요로 하지 않을 때, 무장으로서 가시밭길을 헤쳐나갈 때, 그녀가 묵무흔에게 가진 가치는 이것뿐이란 말인가?

당천은 그 자리에 굳어버렸고, 가슴이 아팠다.

그래도 그녀는 미소를 지었다. 표정은 요염했지만, 눈빛은 처연했다.

"폐하의 은혜에 감사드립니다."

당천은 일어나 묵무흔에게 다가갔고, 그 자세는 비천했다.

그녀는 발끝을 들어야만 묵무흔의 입술에 닿을 수 있었고, 그리고는 서툴고 어색하게 입을 맞추었다.

키스, 애무, 원래는 가장 친밀한 연인 사이에서나 있을 행동이었지만, 지금 당천은 조금의 따스함도 느낄 수 없었다. 한때 남자의 신분으로 군주 곁에 있을 때마다 그녀의 마음을 어지럽히던 그 접촉은, 이제 예전의 온정이 사라졌다.

그녀는 묵무흔이 잠시 굳어진 것을 느꼈고, 그리고 다섯 손가락이 강하게 그녀의 뒷목을 붙잡았다.

그렇게 통제당하며, 당천은 멈추었다. 묵무흔의 의도를 이해하지 못한 채, 그저 고개를 들어 의아하게 묵무흔을 바라보며, 황제의 표정에서 조금이라도 마음을 헤아려보길 바랐다.

"장녕 후작, 짐을 대충 대하는 것인가?" 남자가 이렇게 말했고, 눈빛은 깊었다. 당천은 이해하지 못했다.

다음 순간, 묵무흔이 몸을 숙여 당천의 숨결을 앗아갔다.

당천의 서툰 가벼운 키스와는 달리, 묵무흔의 키스는 침략적인 의미를 담고 있었고, 마치 당천에게 자신의 흔적을 새기려는 듯했다.

묵무흔은 한 손으로 그녀의 목을 잡고, 다른 손으로는 그녀의 허리를 감쌌다. 당천은 이렇게 단단히 통제되는 느낌이 매우 불편했고, 손도 어디에 둬야 할지 몰랐다. 묵무흔이 그녀에게 키스하는 동안, 그녀는 산소 부족으로 거의 의식을 잃을 뻔했지만, 자신의 심장이 가슴 안에서 터질 것처럼 뛰는 소리를 들을 수 있었다.

그녀는 손을 들어 조심스럽게 묵무흔의 뺨을 만졌고, 그러자 묵무흔이 잠시 멈추는 것을 느꼈다.

순간 중력을 잃은 듯한 느낌이 들었고, 당천은 자신이 묵무흔에게 안겨 있음을 발견했다.

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For Enzo, this is the ultimate security breach. But the fiery, unpredictable tattoo artist is the most intriguing thing to happen to him in years. To stop his crew from “neutralizing” the threat, he makes an impulsive claim: she’s his fiancée.

Thrust into a world of high-stakes lies and feral attraction, they must navigate rival families and their own explosive chemistry.

One wrong move sparked it. Now neither of them wants out.
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The Prison Project

The Prison Project

Ongoing · Bethany Donaghy
The government's newest experiment in criminal rehabilitation - sending thousands of young women to live alongside some of the most dangerous men held behind bars...

Can love tame the untouchable? Or will it only fuel the fire and cause chaos amongst the inmates?

Fresh out of high school and suffocating in her dead-end hometown, Margot longs for her escape. Her reckless best friend, Cara, thinks she's found the perfect way out for them both - The Prisoner Project - a controversial program offering a life-changing sum of money in exchange for time spent with maximum-security inmates.

Without hesitation, Cara rushes to sign them up.

Their reward? A one-way ticket into the depths of a prison ruled by gang leaders, mob bosses, and men the guards wouldn't even dare to cross...

At the centre of it all, meets Coban Santorelli - a man colder than ice, darker than midnight, and as deadly as the fire that fuels his inner rage. He knows that the project may very well be his only ticket to freedom - his only ticket to revenge on the one who managed to lock him up and so he must prove that he can learn to love…

Will Margot be the lucky one chosen to help reform him?

Will Coban be capable of bringing something to the table other than just sex?

What starts off as denial may very well grow in to obsession which could then fester in to becoming true love…

A temperamental romance novel.
After One Night with the Alpha

After One Night with the Alpha

Completed · Sansa
One Night. One Mistake. One Lifetime of Consequences.

I thought I was waiting for love. Instead, I got fucked by a beast.

My world was supposed to bloom at the Moonshade Bay Full Moon Festival—champagne buzzing in my veins, a hotel room booked for Jason and me to finally cross that line after two years. I’d slipped into lacy lingerie, left the door unlocked, and lay on the bed, heart pounding with nervous excitement.

But the man who climbed into my bed wasn’t Jason.

In the pitch-black room, drowned in a heady, spicy scent that made my head spin, I felt hands—urgent, scorching—searing my skin. His thick, pulsing cock pressed against my dripping cunt, and before I could gasp, he thrust hard, tearing through my innocence with ruthless force. Pain burned, my walls clenching as I clawed at his iron shoulders, stifling sobs. Wet, slick sounds echoed with every brutal stroke, his body unrelenting until he shuddered, spilling hot and deep inside me.

"That was amazing, Jason," I managed to say.

"Who the fuck is Jason?"

My blood turned to ice. Light slashed across his face—Brad Rayne, Alpha of Moonshade Pack, a werewolf, not my boyfriend. Horror choked me as I realized what I’d done.

I ran away for my life!

But weeks later, I woke up pregnant with his heir!

They say my heterochromatic eyes mark me as a rare true mate. But I’m no wolf. I’m just Elle, a nobody from the human district, now trapped in Brad's world.

Brad’s cold gaze pins me: “You carry my blood. You’re mine.”

There is no other choice for me but to chose this cage. My body also betrays me, craving the beast who ruined me.

WARNING: Mature Readers Only
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Invisible To Her Bully

Invisible To Her Bully

Ongoing · sunsationaldee
Unlike her twin brother, Jackson, Jessa struggled with her weight and very few friends. Jackson was an athlete and the epitome of popularity, while Jessa felt invisible. Noah was the quintessential “It” guy at school—charismatic, well-liked, and undeniably handsome. To make matters worse, he was Jackson’s best friend and Jessa’s biggest bully. During their senior year, Jessa decides it was time for her to gain some self-confidence, find her true beauty and not be the invisible twin. As Jessa transformed, she begins to catch the eye of everyone around her, especially Noah. Noah, initially blinded by his perception of Jessa as merely Jackson’s sister, started to see her in a new light. How did she become the captivating woman invading his thoughts? When did she become the object of his fantasies? Join Jessa on her journey from being the class joke to a confident, desirable young woman, surprising even Noah as she reveals the incredible person she has always been inside.
Goddess Of The Underworld.

Goddess Of The Underworld.

Completed · sheridan.hartin
Left at a pack border with a name and a stubborn heartbeat, Envy grows into the sharpest kind of survivor, an orphaned warrior who knows how to hold a line and keep moving. Love isn’t in the plan…until four alpha wolves with playboy reputations and inconveniently soft hands decide the girl who won’t bow is the only queen they’ll ever take. Their mate. The one they have waited for. Xavier, Haiden, Levi, and Noah are gorgeous, lethal, and anything but perfect and Envy isn’t either. She’s changing. First into hell hound, Layah at her heels and fire in her veins. Then into what the realm has been waiting for, a Goddess of the Underworld, dragging her mates down to hell with her. Then finally into lycan princess, stronger, faster, the moon finally answering back, giving her exactly what she needs to protect her family.

When the veil between the Divine, the Living, and the Dead begins to crack, Envy is thrust beneath with a job she can’t drop: keep the worlds from bleeding together, shepherd the lost, and make ordinary into armor, breakfasts, bedtime, battle plans. Peace lasts exactly one lullaby. This is the story of a border pup who became a goddess by choosing her family; of four imperfect alphas learning how to stay; of cake, iron, and daylight negotiations. Steamy, fierce, and full of heart, Goddess of the Underworld is a reverse harem, found-family paranormal romance where love writes the rules and keeps three realms from falling apart.
Crossing Lines

Crossing Lines

Ongoing · medusastonebooks
MM | Coach/Player | BDSM | Forbidden Romance | Power Imbalance | Age Gap | Sports Romance
Noah
I was here to prove myself—
One last shot at football, at freedom, at a future no one ever thought I’d deserve.
And then I met him.
Coach Aiden Mercer.
Cold. Demanding. Built like a legend and twice as ruthless.
From the first command, I wanted to fight him.
From the first Sir, I wanted to kneel.
But this wasn’t just about the game anymore.
He looked at me like he saw through every mask I wore…
And spoke to me in a voice I knew far too well.
The same one that called me baby boy in the darkest corners of the internet.
Now I didn’t know if I wanted to win…
Or just be his.
Aiden
Noah Blake was supposed to be a challenge.
A cocky, reckless quarterback with raw talent and no discipline.
But one message had changed everything.
One night on ObeyNet, a stranger with attitude and submission tangled in his words.
And when I saw Noah in person—his fire, his fear, that ache to be seen—
I knew it was him.
He didn’t know who I was. Not yet.
But I was already testing him. Pushing him.
Breaking him down until he begged for what he swore he didn’t need.
This was not supposed to get personal, but every second he disobeyed made me want to claim him harder.
And if he crossed the line…
I’d make damn sure he never forgot who he belonged to.
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The Delta's Daughter

The Delta's Daughter

Completed · JwgStout
In a realm set in the future, where the human race has fallen and shifters now rule, comes the epic adventure and tale of The Delta’s Daughter.

Born on the same night as the Kings son, Prince Kellen; Lamia Langley, daughter to the Royal Delta of The New Moon pack (royal pack) bares the mark of a royal and is a seemingly ordinary wolf, until she shifts at the age of 14 and by 15 becomes one of the strongest wolfs in the kingdom.

All Lamia ever wanted was to serve her prince, become a warrior, find her mate at 18 and live happily ever after.

Growing up together and sharing a rare and special goddess given bond, everyone is sure Lamia and Prince Kellen will be fated mates. Being given the opportunity to go to the Alpha academy, Kellen and Lamia fall in love and they hope they are fated like everyone thinks.

But the fates have already mapped out her future.
What happens when a wolf from the Kings past has his eye on Lamia?

Follow this epic tale of Love, tragedy and betrayal as Lamia starts to discover her family heritage. Will her family’s forgotten heritage and secrets become more than she can handle?

Will her Prince become her mate or will she be fated to another?
Will Lamia rise to become the wolf the goddess’ fated her to be?

For a mature audience
Crowned by Fate

Crowned by Fate

Completed · Tina S
“You think I’d share my mate? Just stand by and watch while you fuck another woman and have her kids?”
“She’d just be a Breeder, you would be the Luna. Once she’s pregnant, I wouldn’t touch her again.” my mate Leon’s jaw tightened.
I laughed, a bitter, broken sound.
“You’re unbelievable. I’d rather accept your rejection than live like that.”


As a girl without a wolf, I left my mate and my pack behind.
Among humans, I survived by becoming a master of the temporary: drifting job to job… until I became the best bartender in a dusty Texas town.
That’s where Alpha Adrian found me.
No one could resist the charming Adrian, and I joined his mysterious pack hidden deep in the desert.
The Alpha King Tournament, held once every four years, had begun. Over fifty packs from across North America were competing.
The werewolf world was on the verge of a revolution. That’s when I saw Leon again...
Torn between two Alphas, I had no idea that what awaited us wasn’t just a competition—but a series of brutal, unforgiving trials.
Author Note:New book out now! The River Knows Her Name
Mystery, secrets, suspense—your next page-turner is here.
After the Affair: Falling into a Billionaire's Arms

After the Affair: Falling into a Billionaire's Arms

Ongoing · Louisa
From first crush to wedding vows, George Capulet and I had been inseparable. But in our seventh year of marriage, he began an affair with his secretary.

On my birthday, he took her on vacation. On our anniversary, he brought her to our home and made love to her in our bed...

Heartbroken, I tricked him into signing divorce papers.

George remained unconcerned, convinced I would never leave him.

His deceptions continued until the day the divorce was finalized. I threw the papers in his face: "George Capulet, from this moment on, get out of my life!"

Only then did panic flood his eyes as he begged me to stay.

When his calls bombarded my phone later that night, it wasn't me who answered, but my new boyfriend Julian.

"Don't you know," Julian chuckled into the receiver, "that a proper ex-boyfriend should be as quiet as the dead?"

George seethed through gritted teeth: "Put her on the phone!"

"I'm afraid that's impossible."

Julian dropped a gentle kiss on my sleeping form nestled against him. "She's exhausted. She just fell asleep."
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