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When shadow meets the sunshine
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A ruthless mafia who has lost faith in love crosses paths with an optimistic UPSC aspirant struggling to balance her dreams and family responsibilities. He lives in a world of shadows; she believes in hope and second chances. When their two completely different worlds collide, they must discover whether love can survive the secrets, danger, and responsibilities standing between them. Tune in to get into the story of Aadvik Singh Rathore and Samaira Sharma.
Waiting In The Sky
ducky
Mistress Pandora’s monsters are coming to Starsity. Of that, Whimsy the Star is certain. Crashing into the rockface of the Moon Duchess’s gardens, they have but one mission: Save the children of the Moon from utter destruction…before Pandora’s creatures swallow them whole.
Mine in the Dark
Cotton Candy Princess
A fake boyfriend. A hidden protector. A deadly conspiracy. In a city full of secrets, falling in love could be the most dangerous choice of all.
A Melody Born in Transit
Kingsley Ogboli
When two strangers meet on a train journey through South Korea, an unexpected connection begins—one that may change both of their lives forever.
Sunkissed
Roxanne Louise
ONGOING. Updated Tuesdays (JST) Sun, sea, sangria and some harmless flirting. Ella and Lucy head to Spain determined to reinvent themselves before university. Armed with sangria, sunshine and a promise to stop saying no, the two best friends soon discover that first love, first heartbreak and growing up never go according to plan. CLOSED DOOR
My Dirty desires
Rejoice
She was never supposed to fall for him. He was never supposed to want her. When a dangerous attraction turns into an irresistible romance, two hearts become tangled in kisses, secrets, jealousy, and forbidden desire. But when his dark past threatens everything they've built, they must choose between walking away—or risking it all for a love neither can resist.
Golden Roses
Bella
In the city of Newside, England, a college girl becomes a hotel CEO’s new obsession so he hires her as his personal assistant…will they get close? Will he get his chance with her? (In progress of adding more chapters)
Bound in darkness
Dominic.R
Diana has spent years trying to escape her past. When Damon returns, old wounds reopen, and the fire within her begins to spiral out of control. As dark secrets surrounding her powers unfold, she is drawn into a hidden world of ancient forces, dangerous enemies, and a mysterious being named Kaerith. To survive, Diana must embrace the power she fears before darkness consumes everything she loves.
Secrets
Bay
#18+ #GTA5 #oc×trevor
Falling For You
Roxanne Louise
COMPLETED City girl Katy sees her job at Havenwood High as a temporary escape. A year away from her overbearing mother, and a year to gain teaching experience, before she can leave the sleepy little village behind. But between the charming PE teacher, and the infuriating head of English leaving might be harder than she expected. Because sometimes the place you plan to leave is the place that changes everything. Tropes: Small town, love triangle, found family, CLOSED DOOR
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 Bone Garden of Oakhaven
Moon
To save her starving village, a low-born apothecary surrenders herself as a blood sacrifice to the lingering shadow-god in the forest, only to discover the monster doesn't want her life, he wants her absolute obedience, and the dark power slumbering in her blood.
Bound by blood and broken vows
S.S. Love
A soul ties that turns into turmoil a great read and hard to put down
Black lace & Pink venom
LOVELY
In the rain-soaked city of Rosen Hollow, Lovely Hart never believed the rumors about the mysterious disappearances—until she met Vesper Vale. Cold, beautiful, and dangerously secretive, Vesper awakens an irresistible connection that blurs the line between hatred and desire. But Vesper is hiding a centuries-old truth: she is a monster. And some love stories don’t just break hearts… they devour souls.
Puck, Paws, and Mating Calls
Roseheart
A hidden wolf princess hiding out as an elite ice hockey athletic trainer must navigate her overwhelming temptation for the team’s tattooed star alpha forward while keeping her bloodline a secret.
Mine After Midnight
Lauren Scibelli
Violet Hayes thought she had escaped her past—until Damian Blackwood enters her life, dark, powerful, and dangerously obsessed with protecting her. As buried secrets about her family begin to surface, Violet discovers she was never meant to be free. Someone has been watching her for years, and Damian may be the only person standing between her and the truth. But loving him may be more dangerous than running from him.
Kiss of Ruin
Sissy
They say love saves people. They lied.
Between Our Vows
Bedserker
Wei Lun grows up orphaned under the care of Hui Fang, his breathtaking stepmother and famous beauty influencer. She spoils him endlessly, yet secretly loves him as a woman loves a man. After his initial shock, he gives in to their intense forbidden passion. Taiwan law forbids their marriage, pushing them to seek a wedding abroad while facing OBSTACLES and the constant temptation of other women drawn to his looks. A dramatic, ultra-spicy romance that opens the Berserker Intimatic Universe.
Seven panels to fall
Jellyfish
Ren discovers a webcomic with a final message: If no one comes by March 14, I jump. The robot in the panels has a three-fingered hand the same hand as Haruka, the quiet girl in his class who always hides hers. He starts going to the roof where she sits. Day after day. Not to save her. Just to be there. A quiet story about being seen when you’ve spent years disappearing.
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.
Black Orchid
Reedarh
The city feared his name. She refused to learn it.
Black Water Mercy
Nique
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.
Between the lines & bottom lines
Karol Hernandez
If you love romance then this book is a contemporary romance with ambition, class differences, workplace/business tension, and emotional chemistry.
11:34 A tale of Verdara
Nqobile Xakaza
11:34: A Tale of Verdara is fantasy that reimagines depression and anxiety as spiritual forces, inviting you to question the nature of suffering, belief, and all that goes on around us with a little bit of love and betrayal stitched into it

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Secrets

Falling For You

Trio Fire (A Billionaire Dark Romance)

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Bound by blood and broken vows

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Puck, Paws, and Mating Calls

Mine After Midnight

Kiss of Ruin

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The Thorned Crown of Shadows

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