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Dark Romance in Blackthorne Hollow
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Title: Whispers in the Shadows
Genre: Dark Romance
Synopsis:
In the desolate town of Blackthorne Hollow, secrets are buried deep, entwined with lust, betrayal, and forbidden love. Clara, a brilliant but introverted college student, returns to her hometown after her mother’s sudden death, haunted by memories and an overwhelming sense of loss. As she unravels truths about her family and her mother’s hidden past, she encounters Adrian, a charismatic yet enigma...

At a blood-thirsty castle in Dover, England, the chief vampire Lazarus has taken a woman from her home and holds her captive. He needs the blood from her to keep him young and powerful.
Drusilla is loved by her husband and her daughter, Ambrosia, but when Lazarus turns her into a vampire, she has no idea that she had a past life.
As time passes, after her mother's disappearance Ambrosia meets Nikolas, a young man. They fall in love, but it is finally revealed that Nikolas is Lazarus's son and...

In the dead of night, a brutal murder shatters the peace of a quiet neighborhood. A sharp-witted female detective and a seasoned male homicide detective are thrust together to solve the case. As they dive into a series of chilling mysteries, each more twisted than the last, their professional partnership evolves.
Through late-night stakeouts and heart-pounding chases, their bond deepens, and mutual respect turns into a burgeoning romance. But with a cunning killer always one step ahead, they mu...

Marisol Torres had known hardship her entire life, but nothing could prepare her for the night her entire family was massacred. A ruthless gang stormed into their tiny home, slaughtering her parents and siblings while she lay helpless in a pool of blood. Left for dead but miraculously surviving, she emerged from the ashes with nothing but a scarred body and a heart consumed by vengeance.
Desperation led her into the hands of Rafael Montoya, a powerful and enigmatic mafia lord with a reputati...

Alana is a beautiful girl, kind, cheerful, innocent and sociable. Due to a slander Quenza Alana was kicked out of the house by her parents. Even his family members no longer considered him and removed his name from the family register.
Alana decided to go abroad, namely Germany. While living there, Alana managed to build a company and found a new family who loved her very much.
There, Alana also met a handsome young man whom she had once helped. The young man’s name was Devan Alexand...

Sofia's life is a constant shuffle, hopping from town to town, always looking over her shoulder. Haunted by a dangerous past and the looming threat of her family, she finally lands in the gritty underbelly of Durango, Colorado. With an empty apartment and a burning determination to survive, Sofia enrolls in a new school and starts the hunt for a job in order to stay in town for as long as she can.
But Durango brings its own set of challenges. The first being Vincent Walker: the school's intoxi...

A young lady was found unconscious by two siblings; Fleur and Miguel in Fraser Island, the countryside of Australia.
They nursed her back to health and Fleur being a Nurse discovered that the young lady has Amnesia(Loss of memory). She couldn’t remember a thing from the past, not even her own name.
They accommodated her and call her Elva,a name given by fleur. Living together,they all formed a very tight bond, which made them the envy of others.
Anyway.. Miguel has a disease called “Rare syndr...

A young lady was found unconscious by two siblings; Fleur and Miguel in Fraser Island,the countryside of Australia.
They nursed her back to health and Fleur being a Nurse discovered that the young lady has Amnesia(Loss of memory). She couldn’t remember a thing from the past not even her own name.
They accommodated her and call her Elva,a name given by fleur. Living together,they all formed a very tight bond which made them the envy of others.
Anyway.. Miguel has a disease called “Rare synd...

David, an ordinary man leading a monotonous life in a 9-to-5 job, found solace in the escapism of webnovels. His mundane existence took an unexpected turn when, engrossed in a new title, 'Martial War: An Epic Saga,' he succumbed to a sudden brain aneurysm.
To his bewilderment, David awoke in the very world he had been reading about, reincarnated into the unfolding narrative. The catch? He had only read the prologue, leaving his knowledge of the future blank. His second chance at life took a dar...

Jason is the future Alpha King, he’s waiting to turn 18 so he can finally step on the throne. However a sudden attack at the castle makes him become the King of the Werewolf World a bit sooner than expected. Jason has now to deal with his own Kingdom and his recently found mate, the mysterious new girl at his school.
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Castiel is a kind soul with gentle looks and a sweet pure heart. In Jason’s eyes, Castiel is the perfect mate with only one little problem…she’s human.
With threats and secrets...

"You are my wife and you will do as I say!"
"No! I'm only paid to be your wife. That doesn't really make me yours."
"Is that so?" Xavier asked as he took several steps towards Amelia. His hot breath was fanning her face and her knees buckled under the weight of his gaze as he pulled her closer to him in one swift movement.
"You're wrong. You are mine!"
Amelia is a twenty four year old wild girl whose parents have gotten tired of her fun and games.
On her twenty fourth birthday she sleeps with ...

cheated on by her boyfriend because she wasn't ready to have sex and being from aan average family.Victoria drank her sorrows, only to sleep with a stranger and lose her virginity.
Abounded by her family,Will she find peace, in the cold world , alone?
Will she find love I the stranger she left the hotel without looking clearly who it was? Will she ever find out who the man was?
Christian is the wealthiest man in the country, who's known for his ruthlessness in the business industry, he doesn't h...

A story about two people who fell in love, her parent doesn't want her to bring any random guy. They disagree on her to bring one of her choice because they thought their daughter might fell in love with a poor guy and being her parents and their family status they think its a shame for them to allow their daughter to marry from a poor family, her grandpa thought she is a good girl who listen to all their words. They think they're always at the top. They want to make an arrange marriage for t...

My hips work shamelessly, riding his hand as he sucks bruises into my neck. This dirty secret, this indecent proposition so at odds with my buttoned-up life. The light, near-cruel flicks, rip a scream from my throat as I shatter, my eyes rolling to the back of my head, my body locking down in a bone-deep spasm.
I just had sex…with a stranger…in a dirty back alley…
"Be a good girl. Good girls get rewarded."
Bullshit.
Being a good girl doesn't get you jack shit, but a cheating husband...

After the devastating loss of her parents and the destruction of their pack, Milena Stonehurst's world was left in ashes. As a former Alpha and Luna's daughter, she's struggled to find her place in a world that seems determined to crush her. She was forced to do hard labor and anything that a typical servant should be doing, which is so far from the life that she grew up with when she was still a child. Not to mention, she was also being treated like trash by the daughter of the Stormhowl pack t...

My father left me here when I was 5 and promised to return soon.
I’m now 20 and I have not seen him since.
I wished I was strong like him, but I’m scared and broken and I still can’t shift into a wolf.
*****Ava, a low-ranking werewolf must face her fears from her past to save her best friend. Prince Ashton must rescue the scouts to regain his honour and prove himself to his father. They need to work together to achieve their common goal, but they could not be more different. Even if they can...

“I’d never felt more alive in my life. It was like I had been living a half-life up to this point with Caine’s mark poisoning every moment, every thought… every feeling.”
Amaya, Princess of Emerald Mountain, is finally coming of age. She’s set to formalize an arrangement between Caine, the Alpha of Wormwood, and her father. When Caine callously rejects their bond, Amaya’s father banishes her– forever. With nowhere to turn, she ends up in the arms of her pack’s sworn enemy, alone in a territ...

~A Werewolf Story Of Revenge~
“I need just one more powerful man. It can be a dragon, a wolf, an elf or a panther.” Betla said to Aranya as she turned to look at her. She placed her hand on both her shoulders while she looked at her with fire dripping from her eyes, “Promise me, Aranya, that you’ll fulfil my only wish.”
“I will, mother. I promise to give you the power to avenge!” And a promise made to Betla must be fulfilled.
Will Aranya be able to fulfil the promise she made to her hungry mo...

"I'm mated to you, Asher," I whispered, hoping for his acceptance.
"No, you're mated to yourself because I can never be with someone like you," Asher replied coldly. "I, Asher, hereby reject you as my mate."
Confusion and heartache consumed me as I stared at him, my voice trembling. "Why are you saying all of this to me?"
"Because, Lenora, I can't be your mate. I regret accepting to be your boyfriend in the first place; it was merely out of pity," he declared, devoid of emotion.
Tear...

"TangShi is a girl without much luck in the world. Despised by her father after her mother died giving birth to her, she has grown up in a cold and unloving environment and hated by her stepmother. Blamed for things she could never control and treated as an outcast by her own blood.
Forced to come home after finally escaping to school on a self achieved scholarship abroad, she is promised to the son of the Leng family. To create a beneficial business alliance to further her own father's greed i...

“Cecelia will show you the secrets that please me in the bed,” he explained, a mischievous smile playing on his lips.
“How is she supposed to do that?” I questioned.
In a swift motion, he rose from his seat, catching me off guard. Before I knew it, I found myself lying on his bed, his weight pressing me down. Panic flashed across my face as his hand covered my mouth, silencing any protests I might have had.
“Cecelia is here to give you more experience,” he whispered, his voice low and commanding...

''I don’t want you now, and I will not want you in the future. And I will never ever love you.''
He was rude to me...
My wolf whimpered in my head, I was speechless, powerless to speak around the massive lump in my throat. Tears came to my eyes and streamed silently down my cheeks.
Nothing had changed.
He didn’t want me.
He still loved my sister... my dead sister

When Alpha King Rhys finally found his mate, he expected fireworks, a puzzle piece to click into place, a Luna to help him rule the kingdom, not this.. this savage rogue. A rogue whose intention had been to assassinate him.
Hated upon first sight, Amira cursed the Moon Goddess to find out her mate was the tyrannical Alpha King she'd been trained to kill. With nothing left to do but reject the king and escape almost unscathed, neither Rhys nor Amira expected what came next. It was unheard of to ...

“You've got to be kidding me...”
Rolling his eyes he scoffed “just say yes. I know you need the money.”
He wasn't wrong there, but I had a feeling I was going to regret this.
Deidra wanted to have a normal college experience just like everyone else, but the last thing she had anticipated was her fourth grade bully to come running back into her life asking her for help. Inheritance clauses, last-minute wills, and a free ticket for her undergrad years to be paid in full?
What mo...

Sandra Williams has never been one to walk on the wild side, at least not until she meets Jake Smith, a cocky and sexy wrestler at her father's gym.

Life doesn't always go as planned, as fate always has its way of twisting people's destinies. After the death of Cassie's mom, she grew up living a miserable life with her father, who blamed her for the death of her mother, because she had died while giving birth to her. Cassie never stopped imagining how sweet her life would've been if her mom was alive.
She thought things will get better for her, but then it only became worse, as her father sold her to a stranger, who turned out to be the ...

He trailed kisses down my neck, his hands caressing my breasts, eliciting soft moans from me.
I arched my back, pressing my body against his, wanting to feel every inch of him against me.
He moved down, his lips and tongue leaving a trail of fire as he made his way to my breasts.
He took one of my nipples into his mouth, sucking and nibbling on it, while his hand massaged the other one.
I moaned louder, my hands tangled in his hair, urging him on.
Adeline slowly opened her eyes, ...

Hell No! I can't marry this man! I know I know he is hella handsome, a masculine man, a man with achievements being the war god, but heck I really don't want to get married, especially to someone I don't love! Another thing is that being an Emperor and a fucking war god is problematic, just like what happened one year ago there are for sure many people who want to kill him.
"Your sister is about to die, do you not even feel any pity or remorse, Daphne?" - the man said which is her major in the ...

Just a year after losing her mother, she was sold out by her stepdad to repay a loan he took from the cruel alpha, her supposed mate.
All she ever wanted from him was love, all she cared for was his attention but he never gave her any of that instead he tormented her, and he treated her like she was nothing.
To him, she's only but a breeder who'd be discarded after she births his heir, but then she did the unthinkable.
If she can't have his love, then he will never have an heir.
Set to make him...

Quianna, a girl who is constantly receiving messages about forewarned crimes or killings in places she goes. She did not believe it the first until she witnessed a murder happened in front of her and gone as nothing happened. One day a killer appeared and murdered her whole family as the messages stated then a mysterious man appeared in front of her and vanished together with the corpse. As she starts investigating about her parents' death, those messages were starting to be her warnings, coming...

She is an ordinary high schooler girl with an ordinary life, her daily activity is something that she always does and repeat everyday that makes she slowly feel bored with her life. She want to find something new in her life and her wish come true when someday she find an unique crystal near the big tree in the middle of creepy empty garden. Her life was completely change when the crystal lead her entering the other world, other planet in the other dimension, but she never knew that she has a bi...

“I, Layla Lecruest, reject you Alpha Sebastian of the Red Moon Pack as my mate.”
Alpha Sebastian lifted his head. His thick hair blew back as the door to the house opened and a wind swept in.
“I, Alpha Sebastian of the Red Moon Pack, accept your rejection.”
Yes, it hurt to be rejected. Your mate was the one person in the entire world that was meant for you and the stories I had heard were glorious. Like the only two pieces of a puzzle, you find each other and become whole. You will never love ...

"Do you really think I paid a million dollars for you to come here and mop the floor?"" My master, Alpha Devon said. He settled onto the couch, one hand resting on the cushion while the other playfully gestured for me to approach.
I am Aray, just 18, a possession of the most formidable alpha. "To me, you're nothing but a breeder, " his words sliced through me. I had long known that my love for him was hopeless and foolish. However, I was naïve to think that was the end of the story.

The morning after the Haze, I open my eyes expecting to see the love of my life, my fated mate. Instead, I see... HIM! "This can't be happening!" *** Would you rather live in a world where the impossible is possible or the possible is impossible? Blanca faces an uncertain future when she finds she's mated to the one man she never thought could be her mate. If Kieran is her mate, then her entire life is a lie. Since she's been abused her whole life, that might be a good thing. But this is... wron...

Zerena has had one rule all her life, never find her mate. The life she leads is dangerous and not her own. Held captive by a scientist, forced to do his bidding alongside 4 others with the same fate. Zerena has always known that if she found her mate it would cause her more trouble than anything else.
As a shadow weaver, she knows nothing but darkness and cruel fates. She's used to danger, but how will she handle love?
[Multiple mates story, lots of steamy scenes.]
"I have to go." The scie...

In a world where light and darkness wage an eternal war, Lyra, a young shadow mage, discovers she possesses the rare ability to communicate with shadow dragons - ancient, feared creatures believed to be extinct. When she encounters Nyx, the last of the shadow dragon kings, their souls inexplicably intertwine. Together, they must navigate a treacherous landscape of political intrigue, forbidden magic, and their own growing feelings for each other.
As Lyra and Nyx uncover a sinister plot threate...

"You don’t even know what you’ve stepped into, Elena."
Alexander Moretti- a name Elena Rossi never wanted to hear anymore- is arrogant and cold. The billionaire who embarrased her in front of an entire gallery. But when he offers her the opportunity of a lifetime—a commission that could change her dwindling career—she has to make a choice. She’ll accept his money, complete the job, and forget he ever existed or that they even crossed paths.
But forgetting Alexander Moretti is quite impossible....

The Shadows of Ardania follows Ariella, a young mage living in a world where magic shapes society, power, and destiny. As an apprentice in the prestigious House of Knowledge, Ariella has always felt that her abilities were different—stronger, but more dangerous than others'. When she accidentally uncovers a long-forgotten prophecy, her entire life changes. Ariella learns that she is the last of the Veilborn, a rare and powerful bloodline tasked with guarding the magical barrier between the world...

Seraphina Blackwood has always lived between two worlds—one ordinary, the other supernatural. Raised by her enigmatic grandmother in a remote town, she never imagined the truth about who she really was. After her grandmother's sudden death, Seraphina’s world unravels. She’s not just any girl—she’s a Lobizona, a rare female werewolf, born from the forbidden union of a human and a werewolf. Now, with dangerous enemies hunting her, she’s forced to flee the only home she’s ever known.
In search of ...

"We should be doing this," I mumbled, yet I bent my neck for him, giving him better access to it.
"Yes we shouldn't," he answered, but his hands were sliding under my skirt and pulling my panties down.
"If we get caught," I muttered, moaning as his fingers found my slick entrance and he rubbed. My knees shook but he held me against himself with his other hand.
"If we get caught," he repeated. It was as if this had become some sort of game between him and I. Repeating each other's words like ...

I am a human, but my boyfriend is a werewolf. During a date, I discovered that he cheated on me. Disillusioned, I rushed to the bar to drown my sorrows in alcohol but accidentally ended up having a one-night stand with a stranger and was marked by him.
I thought my life was going to be completely dark from that point on, but I never expected that the man would turn out to be a powerful alpha. It was like a wide net slowly closing in on us in the darkness. Ever since I found out that I was pregn...

She was her own person and knew exactly what she wanted.
He owned the shit and thought he could do anything.
She had something he wanted, but she didn't know it.
He had what she'd always dreamed of, but she had no idea how to get it.
She lied for love.
He didn't forgive anyone.
She hated him from the first time she saw him.
He tried to destroy her in every possible way.
Bárbara Novaes never imagined that her peaceful life would suddenly turn upside down, when a deathbed request would make her ma...

Olivia Steele flees her oppressive stepfather, seeking refuge in an arranged marriage with Seth Brown, a man she's never met. Drawn in by Seth's striking looks and practical lifestyle, Liv wonders if this union could bring solace to her family. But as doubts creep in and Seth reveals his lack of intention, their marriage hangs in the balance. Can Liv find true love in a relationship born out of duty, or is she destined for a life of unfulfilled promises?

SEQUEL TO OUR VOWS DON'T MEAN A THING
Mia Evans is trapped in a loveless marriage to her husband Gabriel Evans. All opportunities for her to put her cheating husband in the past had flown out the window the moment she had delivered her baby.
Harvey Regal finds it difficult to hold onto one relationship. His parents had the perfect ending and his pursuits for that very feeling and commitment have left him unsatisfied and bored.

Mature audience only: Contains mature language, sex, abuse and violence.
She has no name, not anymore, after so long she has simply forgotten what a name is, what it means to be able to choose, what it means to be able to wish, she has simply forgotten what it means to be a person.
She's just a slave in a pack that makes a point of reminding her that she's nothing more than an object to be used, whether it's to do household chores or to satisfy the sexual desires of her masters....

As a young shifter, she was always going to go after her fantasies of being a Doctor and getting to f*ck almighty man of her dreams, who happens to be her father's friend and business partner, the sexiest wolf on earth and a man who is twice her age. But when such a dream is impossible, she decides to focus on being a Doctor— a dream that needs a sponsor and she lacks finance.
She agrees to be a surrogate to another man and carry his secret baby but things don't go as planned when the unknown ma...

“Baby if you don’t stop I’ll need another shower.” He ignores me and moves his fingers faster before finally thrusting two of them deep inside me making me cry out in pleasure. I moan louder and louder as he thrusts deeper and harder into me each time bringing me closer and closer to orgasm..."
What happens when a woman and a secret billionaire ex-air force captain meet in an online game? Will it turn into love or will it just be an online fling? Other people come into play from her past as ...

Two souls that find each other night, one human the other vampire. After a fateful night, Tessa becomes aware of the things that lurk at night. Not all is what it seems in Falls Hollow.

After Martina Martinez and Benjamin Walker's breakup, paparazzi captured photos of the business tycoon entering the Walker family mansion with a mysterious woman late at night.
This caused a stir, and this wealthy family was bombarded by various media outlets.
During a phone interview, the gossip reporter asked, "Miss Martinez, how do you feel now that Mr. Walker has a new girlfriend?"
Martina held her painful forehead and looked towards Benjamin, who was adjusting his suit by the floor...

What are the odds that you are dared to send a random text to a stranger? And, what are the odds that the stranger happens to be someone you would never have imagined in your wildest fantasies?
Well, the odds are in Chloe's favor. A text conversation which starts as a dare takes a one eighty degree turn when the person behind the screen turns out to be the cockiest, most arrogant, annoying asshat. Despite all this, the flirting, the heart to heart conversations and the late night musings, is so...