Romance
Stories focused on romantic relationships and emotional connections
23 items found (7 series, 16 stories)

surgical seduction
by Don Shaze
He's invisible to her, she is beautiful, successful, and in control until he begins to mentally seduce her from the shadows making her world unravel untlhe steoscinto the lightvto guide her, seduce her, and ultimately control her, mind body and soul. The seduction was Surgical

A Crown of Ruin and Ruse
by Anie Ross
Ten years after escaping a life of servitude behind the Veil, Wren is dragged back into the shimmering, cruel world of the fae. Her captor is Fionn, a silver-tongued bastard prince from her past who remembers the magic in her blood better than she does herself. Fionn is crafting a masterpiece of manipulation to usurp the throne, and he needs Wren’s rare, touch-based mind-reading to harvest the secrets of his treacherous brothers. Forced into a secret coven of gifted women, Wren must master forgotten, ancient magic to survive a world where every smile is a snare. Caught between her hatred for the monsters who stole her life and a growing, dangerous desire for the prince who promises to change everything, Wren must decide if she is Fionn’s greatest weapon, his equal partner, or merely the latest sacrifice in his climb to the crown.

Faery Lords Series
by Anie Ross
A romantasy series revolving around faery lords. The Dusk & Dawn Story: *A young woman with a gift is bound to an endless cycle of romance and death, pulled between two faery rulers of opposite courts: Summer and Autumn. From Coventry 1121 to New Orleans 1788 to modern day, nine lives isn't nearly long enough.*

The Sunkillers
by Alex Waldman
After centuries of searching, Chloe is certain she is the only person on Earth with magic. Working as a surgeon, she uses her hidden magic to save a critically injured child, but even so the girl dies. Chloe screams her loneliness and despair to the void of space. By answer, strangers appear and drag her through space and time, but their magic goes wrong and she is marooned on an uninhabited planet. As she tries to make her way to human civilization, she is rescued by a man wielding world-ending magic. She learns that she is a Ramarik, the magically powerful sub-species of humans that rule the galaxy. She is identified as a missing child that was conceived for a political purpose, but presumed dead after her kidnapping to the origin planet of Earth started a civil war. Her unexpected reappearance in the future was orchestrated by the fascist leaders of one of the ruling political parties. As she navigates a new language and unfamiliar customs, their intentions toward her seem increasingly nefarious. Her rescuer, the enigmatic leader of a rival party, seems to want to help her, but he is limited by law, customs, and belief in the effectiveness of the Ramarik’s democratic institutions. Caught between worsening panic attacks from her experiences and the emergence within her of a type of magic wrapped up in sex and mind control, Chloe must decide if she trusts herself enough to fulfill her magical potential and if she’s brave enough to open her heart.

Light Wielding and Other Mortal Magics
by Rebecca Bell
Sunday Hale has everything she needs for a frontal assault on the faerie realm of Evernight: encyclopedic knowledge of folklore monsters, five years of swordplay lessons, and the Damascus steel sword she bought on eBay for $300. Her plan is uncomplicated. Find the mist demon who abducted her brother Leo, kill it, and bring Leo home, thus ending fourteen years of parental grief and restoring Leo to his rightful place as Mom’s favorite child. But Sunday’s books never said anything about *him*, the terrifying, phantom-infested monster-king of the Evernight who tricks her into swearing fealty and sidetracks her with empty promises. Now she’s been ordered to kill the Moth King’s nemesis, an exiled malcontent whose one vulnerability is steel, an alloy that can only be wielded by mortal hands. If she’s successful, the king will help her find Leo; if not, she’ll become the freshest head on Decapitation Row. --- But the Moth King’s enemy isn’t the B-movie ogre Sunday expected. He’s a gloriously beautiful, purple-eyed demigod who’s obviously had a lot more than five years of sword-fighting lessons, and he’s got a competing offer. He’ll tell Sunday *exactly* where to find Leo, and all she has to do in return is bring him a certain shiny rock.

Spiritualists, Alchemists, & Sorcerers, Oh My!
by Anie Ross
In a world of gaslit opulence and rigid etiquette, Blythe is a haunting anomaly—a brilliant spiritualist whose soul is trapped between life and death within an automaton body. Her only link to the living is Tarn “Madcap” Carrigan, a sorcerer-alchemist extraordinaire whose penchant for scandal is always one bad day away from another fatal mystery. With otherworldly secrets and new magic to discover, Blythe and Tarn are bound by an inseparable partnership.

The Resonance Series
by Anie Ross
*For fans of Harry Potter, dark academia, magical university, and rivals-to-lovers.* Gwen O'Dorchaidhe thought her life was going to plan as the perfect heir to a pureblood line of sorcerers. Until the ordinary, untaught, *American* Chosen One entered her life, challenging everything she was raised to believe about potential. Breaking curses and challenging the outdated rules of sorcerer society is just another year at Cairn-Gait Conservatory.

So The Flower Blooms
by Rose M Joy
"King of this, King of that, All I know is he'd better come claim his Child!" Aurora may be pregnant, but at the same time, she may not. All the palace knows is that she claims she is with child, King Ron's, to be precise. It doesn't sound possible. They have never seen the man with their own two eyes. The existence of a legend like Ron is even questioned: Is he even real? But Aurora will find him one way or another. And he will claim his child.

How to Seal a Curse (And Other Ways to Ruin Your Reputation)
by Anie Ross
*For fans of Harry Potter, dark academia, magical university, and rivals-to-lovers.*\ At the prestigious Cairn-Gait Conservatory, magic is a matter of bloodline, and 'Ink' is the only currency that matters. Gwen O’Dorchaidhe, the ice-cold scion of a pureblood legacy, is determined to restore her family’s name by proving herself a perfect example of the magical elite. Her path to a spotless reputation is clear until Will Holloway arrives—a 'Vapour' with the raw, unrefined power of a hurricane and a target on his back as the world’s most inconvenient Chosen One. Tasked with tutoring the boy raised in the normie world she was taught to look down upon, Gwen finds herself caught in a dangerous game of resonance and secrets. When a spectral Dullahan begins a terrifying purge of the school’s lesser-born students, Gwen must decide if she will remain a pawn of the pureblood Circle or risk everything to anchor a boy who is as much a curse as he is a saviour. When the only thing more dangerous than a death curse is a forbidden attraction, Gwen is about to learn that some reputations are better off ruined.\ *Author Note: Any feedback/reviews are genuinely appreciated! First 10 chapters free to read.*

Unalive: A Revenant's Guide to Society & Sorcerers
by Anie Ross
In a world of gaslit opulence and rigid etiquette, Blythe is a haunting anomaly—a brilliant spiritualist whose soul is trapped between life and death within an automaton body. Her only link to the living is Tarn “Madcap” Carrigan, a sorcerer-alchemist extraordinaire whose penchant for scandal turns deadly when he is framed for the attempted assassination of the Empress using his own repurposed formula. While Blythe struggles to reconcile her lost humanity with her new, doll-like form, the purposefully improper Tarn must rely on her spectral talents to navigate a web of political treachery and corrupted sorcery. Together, their perilous adventure across borders leads them to unmask the true culprit and confront the secrets of the dark magic that brought them together. *Author Note: Any feedback/reviews are genuinely appreciated! This story is truly open to "kill your darlings" edits.*

Love, Die, Repeat: A Dusk & Dawn Novel
by Anie Ross
For twenty-five years, Morgan’s biggest problem was a blank canvas—until the Bone Queen found her. After a brutal encounter with the ancient hag leaves her mundane life in tatters, Morgan is pulled into the dual-edged splendor of the faery world. She finds herself a prize caught between two warring extremes: the incandescent, sun-drenched arrogance of the Summer Court and the velvet, obsidian dangers of the Dusk Court. As she flees a monster determined to end her, Morgan is irresistibly drawn to two rival sovereigns: Kay, the radiant Lord of Dawn, and Corvus, the brooding Prince of Shadows. Though she has no memory of them, her charcoal sketches tell a different story. Her art acts as a window into a hidden past, revealing vivid, involuntary visions of previous lives shared with both men—each ending in her own tragic death. Morgan soon discovers she is trapped by a geis, a divine curse binding her to the faery rulers in an unending cycle of reincarnation and ruin. To survive the Bone Queen’s pursuit and finally claim a future of her own, Morgan must use her sketches to unearth lost memories and rewrite the ending of a story that has ended her eight times before. In a world where beauty is a mask for horror and love always ends in tragedy, Morgan must decide if she can truly save the two men who have watched her die for centuries—or if some loops are meant to stay broken. *Author Note: Any feedback/reviews are genuinely appreciated!*
No Fury
by Don Carter

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way Home from Seoul
by Liesa J Hafen
Rachel ran away to Seoul after her fiancé cheated on her with her cousin. Three years later she needs to return home during a work vacation for a mandatory family gathering, not knowing her K-pop bias is on the same plane. Park Min Jae, leader of the K-pop group Hydra, has escaped an arranged date to enjoy his vacation writing music and hopefully finding the girl who long ago captured his attention. Imagine his delight when the girl steps in to fend off some exuberant fans, then takes him with her to amore secluded area for a family reunion. Rachel wants to help Min Jae have a normal vacation without any fangirling (including hers), without pulling him into her personal and family drama. Min Jae wants to use his time to get to know Rachel better, and maybe fill the void in her heart. While protecting her from toxic people and toxic thoughts is not what Rachel expected from her favorite K-pop artist, she comes to see that they both might be who each other needs to heal from past traumas. After all Min Jae is Korean, and Koreans are good with drama.

Stephanie Beroe Chronicles
by J.A. St. Thomas
***Foray* into this *highly* entertaining and thrilling mystery series where Stephanie Beroe, risks everything to combat the dark side of the one percent.**

après SKI SCHOOL
by Dan Joe
Après Ski \[ah-prey-skee\] His life is a total mess; hers isn’t. He’s never once been accused of overachieving and she doesn’t date losers. So when a potentially life-changing promotion is dumped on his lap, it appears his laid-back snow bumming days might be over, that is if he wants to prove he’s serious about her. *It might help if everyone would just be honest, but that doesn’t seem to be a running theme here*. Can Winston Mac change his ways before it’s too late? Before Erica is swept off her feet by country music’s hottest badboy at the most exclusive mountain party known to man? Will his old college rival spoil all the fun by setting him up and stealing the promotion out from under him? Will a knockout Norwegian supermodel show up just to test him in ways he didn’t think possible? *Love-triangle, anyone?* Or will his people-pleasing ways, ADHD and debilitating caffeine addiction get the better of him, forcing him to accept his role as a world-class loser? *Let’s hope not.*

Lifnos Cozy Mysteries
by Lisa Troy
On a fictional Greek island, Anastasia Livanitis solves murders and other crimes with her ghostly sidekicks, and her journalist best friend, Nikos.

Fated Flames: Volume Two
by Jaylene Forester
### ***A dragon with a mate is a dangerous dragon...*** Princess Serah and the Dragon King are finally beginning to see eye to eye. That is, until someone attempts to assassinate her. Now, her dragon betrothed is behaving more possessive and brutish than ever. How can he expect her to stay locked up in her room when his enemies want to challenge him for the throne… And make Serah their consolation prize? Dive into the second volume of the story fans "can't stop reading!" \*\*\* ### *What readers are saying about Volume One...* > This was absolutely amazing, I regularly read several books at once and had not even intended to start this one yet but I am a sucker for a dragon romance and I thought I'd just take a quick peak. Then I got pulled right in! > > \-Amazon review > > It has everything you could want in romantasy novella. We have awesome snarky banter, petty bratty mischief, fated mates, and two stubborn characters constantly butting heads. What more could you want? > > \-Amazon review > > This book hooked me right away with its chemistry and tension. The world feels vivid, the characters are layered, and the romance has that addictive, can’t-put-it-down energy. I can already tell it’s going to be a favorite for anyone who loves a mix of passion, danger, and destiny. > > \-Amazon review

Chosen by The Moon
by Rose M Joy
“Your lips have a flavor reminiscent of mango.” “Wait, what?! How do you even know that?” “Isn't it obvious?. While you were sleeping, I—” Dove is fed up with playing the role of the Damsel in Distress. Now that she has the chance to pick a mentor, her dreams feel much closer than ever. Yet, she’s at a loss for words when the very essence of the night, draped in blue, suddenly decides to choose her.

Fated Flames
by Jaylene Forester

Fated Flames: Volume One
by Jaylene Forester
### ***A dragon has only one weakness. She's his...*** When the Dragon King offers to pay my kingdom's debt in exchange for my hand, I agree. It's no secret why he wants me: His own land lies in a desert waste, and I possess the gift of water drawing. If I can prevent the drought threatening his kingdom, he’ll save my island nation from poverty. For my people’s sake, I'll do anything. Even marry a beast with all the tact of a battering ram. But I can't help wondering why he really wants me. Because this king set on hoarding me like some prized jewel? He definitely has ulterior motives… *Feel the sparks fly in this fated mates romantasy brimming with charm and nonstop yearning.*

The Rise of Eden: A Dystopian Romantasy
by Christina Farley
***What was buried is awakening…*** Do not question the Paladins.\ Do not cross into the Wilds.\ Do not seek the Magic. Tara has spent her life following those rules. On an island where obedience is survival, she’s learned to swallow her doubts, hide her powers, and pretend Eden is the paradise everyone claims it to be. But a secret always has a pulse. And Eden’s secrets are starting to beat louder. When Tara is chosen to train as one of the isle’s revered Paladins, she believes she can make a difference. But the moment she steps inside the Paladin stronghold, her whole world turns upside-down. Tor, the man she confessed her love to, is haunted by secrets he refuses to share. Rune, another trainee, starts to awaken feelings in her that are both thrilling and terrifying. And there are whispers of rebellion and forbidden passageways that lead to dangerous secrets. So when Tara discovers something she wasn’t meant to find, it shatters the foundation of everything she believes. Now she’s trapped between loyalty and truth, two men with different agendas, and an island she swore to protect. Darkness is rising. Magic is awakening. But her people are dying. Tara must become the Paladin she was destined to be or lose everything she loves.

A Familiar Darkness
by Amelie Locke
**At Renfield Academy, the syllabus is simple: Serve. Protect. Bleed.** For twenty-one years, Seraphina Gray has lived as a prisoner to her mother’s religious fervor and the chaotic noise of her own mind. Being a mind-reader isn't a gift; it's a migraine that never fades. Desperate for one night of normalcy and maybe a stolen kiss from her crush, she sneaks out to a beach party and walks straight into a slaughter. She survives the brutal vampire attack, but she doesn't escape. Instead, she is dragged to Renfield Academy, a gothic fortress hidden in the shadows. Here, she learns the terrifying truth: she isn't cursed. She’s a *familiar*, born to serve and protect the very monsters that attacked her. Now, she walks a razor’s edge between impossible loyalty and forbidden obsession. She clings to Nicholas, the man whose kiss at the beach tasted like salvation, but whose secret lineage as a Van Helsing makes him her natural enemy. But a darker instinct pulls her toward Henry. Brooding, violent, and newly turned, he is the very vampire who attacked her that first night. By all logic, she should hate him. Instead, the connection between them is deeper than blood. But Renfield Academy is no sanctuary. When drained bodies start showing up all over town, the sacred treaty between humans and vampires begins to fray. Someone is manufacturing new vampires and turning them into weapons against the humans. Now Seraphina is faced with an impossible choice: will she protect the monsters she’s been created to serve, or help the hunter intent on destroying them?

Renfield Academy
by Amelie Locke
The **Renfield Academy Series** is a gothic, dark academia paranormal romance that follows mind-reader Seraphina Gray as she is thrust into a world of vampires, witches, and shapeshifters. While she is initially horrified to learn she is a familiar destined to serve the very vampires who attacked her, she soon discovers she possesses unheard-of powers that make her unique in the supernatural realm. Caught between two worlds, Seraphina faces a devastating choice for her heart. She is inexplicably drawn to Henry, a darkly handsome vampire hell-bent on revenge, yet she remains tethered to Nicholas, her first love who it turns out, belongs to the legendary Van Helsing clan. As a century-old treaty between vampires and the Van Helsing hunter clan begins to fail, Seraphina Gray finds herself at the center of a brewing war. To stop it, she must navigate a dangerous world where no one is who they seem. Her journey will take her from Renfield Academy to the heart of Romania to uncover the truth behind her connection to the original Renfield, Dracula’s servant and the first vampire familiar. To survive, Seraphina must decide where she truly belongs and which of the two men she is destined to love will stand by her side when the final battle begins.