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Gotham Without Batman
Maroin Gargoub
Waking up in Gotham, Vincent found out that there is no Batman, just lunatics, mobsters and corrupted cops running the city. But Vincent decided to take Batman's place in the city of Gotham, except he will not take Batman's principals in pursuing justice
Knock knock
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The first time I saw my neighbor kill someone, I didn't scream. I watched. I stood frozen behind my bedroom curtains as Adrian Blackwood dragged a blood-soaked body across his backyard like it was nothing more than a bag of trash. I should have called the police. I should have run. Instead, I made the mistake of looking up. Adrian was already staring at me. And then he smiled. The next morning, he knocked on my door. Knock. Knock.
Villain Complex
Rory North
If killing a superhero were easy, everyone would do it. But for Julian Godfrey, defeating Storo[m Warning was far from the hardest part. What began as victory over the city's biggest hero quickly unravels into a mess, once he learns that the mysterious source of Storm Warning's power has found a new host. Charlotte Hathaway has no idea how to use her new abilities, but she won't stop trying until she destroys Julian's alter ego, Citadel.
For a bit of gold
Marie GALLET
Seventeen years ago, Jack Kocoum walked away from the Coast’s mafia. Now he’s broke, Faucon is drowning in debt, and a murdered friend’s family needs his protection. When a mafia boss offers him a share of a fortune in gold, Jack must return to the world he escaped—and face the unfinished business he left behind. The real price is yet to be paid.
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She believed she had buried her monster. Nia Bennett came to Moscow to study art and start over. Then Andrew Volkov decided her indifference was the one thing he couldn't survive. She escaped him with a blade and left him for dead. Four months later, he returns smiling. Some monsters never die, they simply come back for what they believe is theirs.
Plague Saint
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No one knows the real identity of the hospital's Plague Saint is sixteen-year-old Winter Pierce. No one knows she's a fraud. And no one knows she's a killer.
Bound by blood and broken vows
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A soul ties that turns into turmoil a great read and hard to put down
Grey Lily
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After Remi Tarrence develops a condition that turns him into a girl,the young man has to navigate his new life while trying to keep it a secret. A secret he doesn't try very hard to keep , manages to keep itself veiled, But the stakes will rise when it turns out he is possessed by the soul of a living girl trying to take over his body.
Trio Fire (A Billionaire Dark Romance)
Tasneem Patanwala
TRIO FIRE Three men. Three flames. One city under their control. Damien Reed-the calculating blue flame. Andrew Anderson-the blazing fire of obsession. Nikolas Rodriguez-the silent ember waiting to consume. Bound by loyalty, power, and secrets, they rule New York's elite from the shadows. But when love enters their lives, control begins to crack. A strategic marriage. A dangerous obsession. A forbidden romance. Every choice ignites new rivalries, betrayals, and deadly consequences.
The Thorned Crown of Shadows
irrzie
When a broken princess is imprisoned by the ruthless shadow monarch who slaughtered her family, she must choose between using her celestial light to destroy him—or surrendering her soul to the darkness to reign beside the monster she has come to love.
Ruin in velvet
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He’s the syndicate heir sent to clean up the blood. She’s the brilliant hacker holding the key to his empire. To survive St. Jude’s Academy, they’ll have to fake an engagement—and try not to kill each other first. "I'm not your captive," she breathed. "I'm your worst mistake if you think you can control me."
His Favorite Scandal
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Mara Candal wakes up with her own funeral clip on her phone and three months to stop the men who made her look unstable before they killed her. Her fiancé wants her quiet. Her editor wants her contained. Julian Cross wants her dangerous. He helped ruin her once. Now Mara will use his secrets, his guilt, and his obsession to make powerful men confess, on camera and on their knees.
Black Water Mercy
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In a land where mercy runs thinner than blood, a fallen princess and two outlaw brothers become bound by loyalty, desire, and the sins no river can wash away. Together, they carve their names into legend through gun smoke, betrayal, and the shadow of the gallows. Black Water Mercy is their hymn.
Van Terra II: Overdrive
Rory North
Weeks after Ringmaster's disappearance on Iros, Jasper and her team are still trying to bring down Governor Starr's empire. A new obstacle arises when the mysterious villain Skybreaker steps out of the shadows to continue the racing tournament that Ringmaster started. Desperate to figure out their connection to Starr, if any, Jasper returns to the illegal and deadly street races.
The Genius of the Hero Academy
PraetorAether
Human life was temporary and filled with great sadness and joy, that was a truth that Dane accepted early in his life. And yet, his life was not one of ease, instead it had a lot of hardships, many of which are his closely guarded secret. After surviving a betrayal ploy by an enemy to eliminate him, Dane has decided to enter the prestigious Cross Continental Hero Academy, a place where future heroes of the world and the brightest in the world are forged. And one where heroes will be tested
Orange Fist
Ikenna Joseph
A young boy dreams of becoming a hero but is met with gruesome discovery of how his dream actually feels like.
Van Terra
Rory North
Jasper Van Terra stalks the streets of the city-planet Kronos, masquerading as a supervillain while secretly after revenge on Kronos's governor, the man whose family stole her from Earth and ruined her life. When she's lucky enough to get arrested on the same day as one of his escaped lab experiments, she may have exactly what she needs. Grace Alvarez has cybernetic wings, no memory of her life before the governor's palace, and-after Starr orders her killed-one hope of survival: Van Terra.
The Green Emperor of The Apocalypse
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Mocked as the only powerless human and struggling to survive in a society ruled by strength, Leon's life changes after a chance encounter reveals an ability unlike anything the world has ever see.
New Found Hope
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A/B/O book, Fanfiction Mha Bnha 18+ smut
The Mighty Greggor And Other Tales - A Compendium
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Worlds of dragons and gods, heroes and villains; adventures in darkness and light, cities and wastelands! Explore stories of heroism and cowardice, mighty victory and crushing defeat. Every tale is something new, and every adventure a new path into the unknown! (Cover image by skaushik92x on Pixabay)
When I Catch her
Chase
Adrian Vale sees Elara Quinn once and becomes obsessed. He tracks her down, kidnaps her, and keeps her hidden away, convinced he loves her. Elara hates him, but as she discovers the broken man behind his obsession, her feelings begin to change. When Adrian finally gives her the freedom to leave, she faces the ultimate choice: escape the man who stole her freedom—or stay with the man she never expected to love.
A Crown of Shattered Glass
Jennie
An exiled prince and a sharp-tongued assassin team up to expose a corrupt realm, using dark alchemy and deadly secrets to claim the throne.
A Barkeeps Guide To swallowing Hexes
Ellicor
Loch just wants to serve watered down ale to doomed men and ignore the mud. Unfortunately, his frail body violently absorbs raw magic and the skills of the dead. When a disgraced commander catches him swallowing a lethal hex with a wet bar towel, his quiet life in the trenches is officially over. To survive a pointless war and a looming apocalypse, this sickly publican must weaponize the stolen power of a thousand dead aristocrats.

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