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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."
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Asia, a science, technology, engineering and mathematics student, was very clear with her one and only goal in life-to be the valedictorian. However, it became difficult for her when she met Rade, also from science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the boy version of herself or maybe...the better one.
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Born an outcast bearing a "worthless" Blackstone, Orin Fox was destined to serve Elandris’s magical elite. But when his stone awakens as a forbidden Void Stone, he discovers its true nature: it doesn't lack power, it devours it. To survive, Orin must navigate cutthroat Academy Trials and forge fragile alliances, hiding his essence-draining hunger from the nobility who would execute him on sight. The realm branded him trash, but their stolen magic will fuel his rise.
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ChapterOneStart
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Van Terra III: Blackout
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The very prison that holds the answer to saving Jasper's life could also be the death of her, if she doesn't escape in time. With the days remaining until her execution shrinking fast, she'll have to resort to drastic measures to get the information she needs. Meanwhile, outside the Shark Tank, Skybreaker continues wreaking havoc, Governor Starr's power grows, and mysterious enemies wait in the shadows.
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Silvia pretends to be a poor scholarship student at an elite werewolf academy. All six top alphas feel an intense mate bond with her the moment she arrives, she feels nothing. Their attention is possessive and jealous. When a magical leaderboard later ranks her first with all six symbols, the other girls turn violent. Bond strain from her mixed wolf/fae blood collapses her. Contact with the alphas eases the pain. She still cannot feel the bond, but something is changing… and she is terrified.
The Face of K Seoul
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The Face of K-Seoul One crown. ₩500 million. A thousand secrets. For Cha Chae-won, winning isn’t about fame—it’s about survival. But in Seoul’s most ruthless modeling competition, beauty is only the beginning. Everyone wants the crown. Someone will do anything to keep it.
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Elowen and her best friends Yuna Salvadore-Nephilimio and Lyra Salvadore have always known they were different. Born with powers they don’t understand, they hide their abilities from the world. But when they are summoned to Avalis Academy, a hidden school for the gifted, they uncover the truth about their powers and a prophecy that places Elowen at its center. Now, they must face dark forces and decide whether their destiny will save the world…or destroy them.
Van Terra
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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.
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In Every Hue of Us is a deeply personal collection of journal entries that trace the quiet ache of growing, surviving, and feeling deeply in a world that often demands silence. This book is for the overthinkers, the heart-heavy, the quiet ones who struggled to put their feelings into words. Dear readers, let this book speak for you.
The New Crown: CROWNED
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝘞𝘦𝘣 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑵𝑬𝑾 𝑪𝑹𝑶𝑾𝑵 On Halcyon Island, old money, family legacy and campus power collide around Levi Sinclair and Adrian Calder. 𝑭𝑨𝑼𝑳𝑻𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑬 As powerful families fracture, Levi and Adrian are pulled into the same fight while a new threat puts the island on notice. 𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑳𝑨𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑹 Fiction. Mature themes include strong language, sex, violence, domestic conflict, harassment and invasion of privacy. Reader discretion advised.
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Valley Shadow is a Stardew Valley fanfic that challenges the game’s cozy atmosphere, delivering a dark psychological drama that follows two broken souls—a boy mourning a girl he thought he lost, and a vampire desperate to uncover the deadly conspiracy behind her own murder.
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After losing control of her magic in front of humans, Maxine is sent to an all-witch academy. There, she discovers that everyone openly uses magic, and that it is far darker than anything she has ever experienced.

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