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  🖤 Dark fantasy romance 🪢 Morally grey characters 🖤 Gods and ancient powers 🪢 Powerful heroine 🖤 Female gaze 🪢 Found family 🖤 Political intrigue 🪢 Forbidden power 🖤 Betrayal and loyalty 🪢 Fate vs free will 🖤 Gothic atmosphere 🪢 Emotionally damaged characters She wakes bound on the back of a horse. The gods are gone. And the world is no longer gentle. Tsunala is carried through a land that no longer remembers mercy—guarded by monsters, watched by a half-breed who should be her enemy, and pulled toward truths she is not ready to name. Power lingers beneath her skin, unclaimed and dangerous. As desire stirs where fear should live, something ancient begins to breathe again. The gods, long silent, are waking—not as legends, but as beings who can bleed, ache, and love. This is a story about what happens when divinity remembers its humanity. And what it means to belong to a world that no longer believes in you. For readers drawn to dark romantasy rooted in character, devotion...

  After her treasured locket goes missing, Olivia is surprised when it turns up again at her favorite spot on the beach with a mysterious note attached. She decides to write back to thank this unknown good Samaritan and soon finds herself obsessing over the mysterious correspondence. Stevie has had their eye on the beautiful girl at the beach for some time now, so when the opportunity arises to help her, they take it. As Stevie’s feelings grow, they realize that there’s a part of them they must share at the risk of driving Olivia away just when they’ve gotten close. Sierra Luna is a shared world series set in a coastal town in Oregon. The stories are as weird as the authors who write them My Review This is a sweet and charming read. I thought it was adorable the concept that Stevie and Sierra communicated via handwritten letters as Stevie was too shy to approach Sierra right away. He even signed the letters as "S". If not for his best friend, these two would still be writing ...

  One elite mafia college, four shadowy secret societies, and the ruthless dark-hearted heirs of legends. Your acceptance letter to the most dangerous campus in the world is on the way... My parents think I'm the perfect daughter. To Knightsblood University, I’m the sweet little mafia princess. But to a million strangers on BookTok, I’m the masked “Velvet Villainess”: the mysterious woman who convinces innocent readers that fictional psychopaths make perfectly reasonable boyfriend material. If I’m being real, the strangers might know me best. My double life is going great…until a masked stranger ripped straight from the pages of one of my own spicy books catches me filming. The Ghost Prince is the internet’s favorite unhinged book boyfriend, cosplaying every morally gray, dangerously obsessive red flag I've ever swooned over behind a mask of his own. And now he knows my dirtiest secret. He says he won't expose me. But instead, he decides to keep me . I should be terrified. ...

  Lex Impulsive. Reckless. Unhinged. Cruel. These are all adjectives I’ve heard people use to describe me. Loyal. Trustworthy. Kind. Loving. These are the adjectives she uses to describe me. And it’s all I can do to try to live up to the ideals she has and keep my feet firmly planted on that pedestal. When she sees my true colors, I’ll do everything in my power to stop her from running. Addison Cole, my best friend. There are no lines I won’t cross for her. Addison Lex Valentino-Petrov. He’s been my best friend for the past twelve months, since I started at this snobby-ass boarding school. He’s kind, loyal, and trustworthy. There’s nothing I can’t tell him. Except for what happened to me last night. Because if he finds that out, it will ruin his life. Which is why, instead of facing him and having to lie, I run. I should have known I couldn't hide forever… My Review Absolutely LOVE this novella. Every book in this series is a must read. Yet there is something about Addi and Lex...

  She learned early that if you apologized, then no one told you how you didn't belong or that taking space was a crime. But, she wanted more, even if the words were never spoken out loud. Then he saw her. And wanted to show her where she belonged. Watched her, even if he wasn't supposed to. Because she could jeopardize the mission. A promise made to a brother before he took his last breath on their last op. But, Kane never let something go once he decided it was his. And she would be his. After he caught her. Relentless Chase. An Unhinged Love Dark Romance Novella Cinderella Coded Fairytale Retelling. Would you run, even if it meant surrendering your heart to fear? My Review This novella is a quickie read. It is filled with lots of spice. A darker twist on a fairy tale classic story. Just what dark romance readers enjoy.  "He loved my tears" Vivianne and Kane bring the heat! I really enjoyed experiencing this story from Kane's POV. The way that he craved Vi. Him ...

  I’m the voice that makes people scream. But I scream for her. The world calls me Cyrus Vale. Rockstar. God of the stage. The man with a guitar in his hands and a crowd ready to bleed for one more song. But Haven Gaillard knew me before the fame. Before the noise. The night my mother married her father, I hated her on sight. I wanted her pain. Dreamed about it. Lived for the way her eyes burned with anger as sweet tears fell down her cheeks. Making her cry was the only thing that ever made me feel whole. Until one day, I realized something worse. I don’t want her pain anymore. I want her. Her anger. Her touch. Her eyes on me like I’m the only thing in the room. She tried to escape, but now my muse is back. And every song I write still sounds like my heart wailing her name. The problem? I don’t know how to want her without destroying her. And I’ve never been good at letting go of things that I’m addicted to. My Review Ooh, the emotions. This maybe a forbidden romance but the feelin...