She was the girl who followed the rules. He was the boy everyone warned her about. One night was supposed to mean nothing. No labels. No promises. No feelings. But some rules are easier to break than others-and some people are impossible to leave behind. "I should've walked away the first night. Instead, I let Killian Davenport become a habit."

BLOODLINES: THE TETHERED SOUL Book Two of the Bloodlines Trilogy Morgan Doran lost everything- Her unborn child. Her husband. Herself. Now, haunted by grief and hungry for answers, Morgan dives into the one thing she was always warned to avoid: forbidden magic. Blood rituals. Soul bargains. Ancient texts whispered in dead languages. If there's a way to bring Callum back, she'll find it. But nothing comes without a cost. As the veil between life and death begins to unravel, Morgan discovers that resurrection was only the beginning. Something is watching. Something is waiting. And it's already found its way in. In this haunting second installment of the Bloodlines Trilogy, The Tethered Soul pulses with sacrifice, possession, obsession, and lust-blurring the line between salvation and damnation. How far would you go to bring back the one you love? And what if the darkness answered first? Love is the oldest kind of curse-and some souls weren't meant to return. They broke the rules. Now something's breaking through.

**She was meant to disappear into the dark. Instead, the dark carried her home.** Aurelia was taken from the sea and broken beneath stone-her body chained, her voice stolen, her identity erased. Kept alive only because a cruel king believed she held the secrets of the merpeople, she learned one truth above all else: Silence is survival. When a violent invasion shatters her prison, Aurelia expects death. What she finds instead is him. A warrior forged of shadow and restraint. A man whose power decays iron and bends fear into obedience. He does not ask her name. He does not demand her loyalty. He carries her out of the dark as if it is inevitable-like fate finally remembering her. But Theo of High Raven is not merely a rescuer. He is a prince of a kingdom carved from obsidian and ravens, where power is ancient, borders are guarded by monsters, and nothing survives without purpose. As Aurelia is drawn north into a land that blooms where it should rot. Caught between a throne that fears her, a kingdom that watches her, and a man whose silence feels more dangerous than any threat, Aurelia must lie convincingly enough to stay alive-while hiding a truth that could shatter borders, crowns, and gods alike. Because she is not ordinary. She never was. And if the world learns what sleeps beneath her skin- Even the Black Throne will not stand tall enough to stop her. A dark fantasy of secrets, slow-burn tension, ancient magic, and the dangerous pull between two forces the world was never meant to contain.

Ivy's mission is simple: get close to Dominic and find out if he's cheating on her best friend. There's only one problem. Dominic is her childhood enemy. For her best friend Ember, Ivy agrees to put their rivalry aside and play nice. But the closer she gets to Dominic, the harder it becomes to focus on what she came for. Dominic knows Ivy has a motive behind her sudden kindness. He doesn't trust her, but as the weeks pass, the distance between them starts to disappear. And the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to remember she's supposed to be exposing him-not falling for him. Especially when he's her best friend's boyfriend... and the one person she was never supposed to want. But while Ivy is searching for the truth, Dominic is hiding secrets of his own. Now Ivy is trapped between loyalty and desire.

When aspiring Alpha, Kyle Woodson, learns that she has to train under her brooding hot enemy, Jackson Harlowe, she'll stop at nothing to prove she belongs at Alpha Academy, even when all signs point to her being his Luna. Alpha Academy coming soon. Add this to your library and get notified when it's available for you to read. *** Kyle Woodson has only ever wanted one thing her entire life and that is to become an Alpha. She arrives at Alpha Academy, where any Alpha worth their fur graduates. Once there, she's assigned to Jackson Harlowe's pack unit, the son of her father's enemy. There isn't much she can do about it, even if their fathers have been in a territory war for twenty years. Kyle makes up her mind to bite her tail and count the days. But training to be an Alpha is much harder than she realized. This year, the dean creates a competition between the units. Jackson knows that if he wants to win, he'll have to train Kyle himself, so they work out a deal. But a growing anti-female Alpha movement starts spreading on campus, forcing Jackson to protect Kyle. And things take a turn when Kyle finally undergoes full werewolf maturity--luminesence. Now all she can seem to do is obsess over Jackson. The harder they deny their bond, the closer they become. Can she turn her back on everything she's worked so hard for? And what will her father do once he learns she is falling for the enemy?

🏆 ONC 2026 ENTRY Main Prompt: 52 🏆 ONC Long List Qualifier 🥇 Winner (Dark Romance): The Rogue Muse Awards 🥇 Best Plot Twist: The Spring Fling Awards 🥇 Winner (Paranormal Romance): The Love Letter Legacy 🥇 Best Plot Twist, Mystery/Thriller & Romance - F.L.A.R.E Awards 🏅 Best Blurb & Character Names: The Fantasy Vortex 🥉 Unique Concept: Best of Wattpad Awards 🥉 Best Horror/Thriller: Inked & Unwritten Awards ⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆ After Dark is supposed to be just another dating app. For Amelia, a museum curator exhausted by one bad date after another, it feels like a final attempt before she gives up on romance entirely. For Alexei, it's never been about dating at all; he's been sent to get close to her because of an artefact tied to something old and dangerous. But as their meetings turn strange and violent, Amelia realises the city she thought she knew is hiding secrets far darker than a failed love life. And somewhere in between, Alexei finds himself losing control of the one thing he was meant to keep in check: His distance from her. ⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆ Tropes: Supernatural/Paranormal Adventure, Slow-Burn Romance, Forced Proximity, Are they or Are They Not Together?, Morally Grey MMC 💋, 1/3 Body Horror, 1/3 Gore and 1/3 Sexually Explicit Inspirations: DMC, JJK, BB, Dante's Inferno Fun things (16/3, 5/5: Ranked #1 on demonology) COVER DONE BY CANVA PRO, ARTWORK BY PINTEREST © 2026 by eleeyjs (EJ Chow). All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means-including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods-without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations used in critical reviews or scholarly work.

"She's the weakest where weak won't survive." They say bravery is the strongest magic. They're wrong. Bravery is what gets you killed. In a kingdom ruled by ruthless trials, ancient magic, and watching crowns, only the strongest survive. She was never meant to be one of them. But when fate drags her into the royal trials, survival becomes her only choice. Then there's him. Cold. Dangerous. Unreadable. The kind of boy who looks like he was carved from winter and secrets. He's supposed to be her rival. Her problem. Her greatest mistake. Instead, he becomes the one person she can't stop looking for in every room. But in a world where power decides everything, trust is a gamble... and love might be the deadliest risk of all. Because the trials aren't just testing strength. They're testing who's brave enough to break. Welcome to BRAVER. A dark fantasy romance with dangerous trials, slow-burn tension, and a heroine who refuses to fall quietly. What readers are saying about BRAVER, "A fantasy story with a winter theme, it's new for me 😌🥰" "That line about still being here hit me quietly hard. It felt heavy in a very real way." "The moment she realizes she's on her own broke my heart a little." "I love the quiet tension between them. It feels gentle but meaningful." "That mirror moment gave me actual chills. The way the scene flipped from tension to shock was so smooth, I had to reread it."

"The weak don't survive here." At Arclight Academy, your worth is measured by the creature you bond with. For Serenya Vale, a scholarship student born with a chronic, progressive illness, surviving the brutal training seems impossible. She expects to fail. She expects to die. What she doesn't expect is Kairen Draxen. Lethal, silent, and wrapped in living darkness, Kairen is the only rider in centuries to bond with a shadow dragon. To survive his bond, he had to stop feeling entirely, turning himself into a cold, unyielding void. No one can break his control. Until Serenya walks through the iron gates. Suddenly, Kairen's shadows are acting on their own-escaping his command to pool at Serenya's feet and ease her pain. As the lethal academy trials begin, the two are forced into an impossible proximity. Bound by a cosmic soul connection that demands his darkness surrender to her light, Kairen is terrified of losing control, and Serenya is just trying to stay alive. Featuring: > 🖤 Hurt/Comfort & Underdog Heroine 🖤 Grumpy x Sunshine (Dark Romantasy edition) 🖤 "Touch her and you die" energy 🖤 Forced Proximity & Fated Soulbonds

AMBY AWARDS TOP PICK 2024❤️ I can only see half of his face, reflected in the mirror at the front of the bus, and part of that is obscured by the peak of the black company-branded cap he's wearing. But I can see enough to glean that there's a strong jaw covered in scruff. A wide mouth that looks like it would be prone to smiling. He's wearing glasses with trendy light tortoiseshell frames, and I can't quite discern the colour of his eyes from my position . . . but some weird intuition is telling me that they'll be hazel, and I wonder when my brain is going to catch up. Because I *know* him, don't I? I'm almost certain of it. And he seems to know me, too. Or at least he thinks he does. The way he's glancing over at me lets me in on that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mirren Shepherd has *many* pet peeves. Top of the list, though? Staycations . . . And surprises. So when her girls' trip abroad is cancelled at the last minute and she finds herself roped into a minibus tour of Northern Scotland instead, she isn't remotely happy. And when she finds out who their guide is . . . It's yet another reason for her to dislike surprises. Because Owen Sullivan wasn't so much the one who got away . . . He was the one who just didn't return. And, after she finally got over him, she never expected to see him again. Mirren would prefer to leave the past in the past, but Owen is determined to try to right his wrongs. Can she trust him? Can she trust *herself*? Maybe, just maybe, this surprise - and staycation - won't be as bad as Mirren thinks . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hailey Baker doesn't do weddings. She doesn't do small talk, dancing in public, or flying--ever. She prefers her feet on the ground, her heart locked up, and her sarcasm sharp enough to keep everyone at arm's length. Enter Charlie Wilder. Air Force pilot. Best man with a questionable mustache. As a certified golden retriever, he barrels through life with laughter, charm, and zero chill. He's the exact type Hailey swore off--persistent, ridiculous, too handsome for his own good... and annoyingly hard to ignore. After one unforgettable kiss cut short, fate throws them back together. Charlie is determined to prove he's more than a reckless playboy, and his relentless pursuit is equal parts infuriating and irresistible. But behind his sunshine smile is a man with secrets of his own. She doesn't do love. He doesn't do serious. But the chemistry between them? That might just take off, whether Hailey's ready to fly or not. Comps: One Golden Summer. Just finished reading One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune, and Charlie Florek reminds me so much of my Charlie. If you loved him, come check out Charlie Wilder.