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The Paladin in the Abyss
by Big Cluck
This book takes you on a tour of one of the most terrifying yet also most mysterious planes in the Multiverse: the Bottomless Abyss.------------A Knight, forsaken by his liege, was forced to exile himself to the Abyss. Due to a fortuitous encounter, he obtained the legacy of a Spiritual Cultivator. What kind of story will he encounter?------------Book club group 1158759173The setting mixes the backgrounds of editions 3 and 5, adhering strictly to DND settings apart from the protagonist's profess…
The Wrath of the Unchained
by Rebecca_Rymer
What if you woke up in the past... just in time to stop history’s greatest injustice?When Joseph Situma — a struggling modern-day Kenyan — wakes up in 1542 as Khisa Lusweti, the son of a village chief, he’s forced into a world where survival means strength, leadership, and sacrifice.But this isn’t just a second chance.It’s a test from fate.As whispers of foreign invaders and the transatlantic slave trade begin to creep across Eastern Africa, Khisa realizes he has the power to change everything. …
The Maid and the Monarch
by EOK Gifford-Smith
Minerva batted her eyelashes at me and pushed her shoulders back. "Do I look lonely?" she said.She looked like someone I wanted to push onto her back right then and there. Like someone I wanted to kiss until we were both dizzy. But there were things you didn't say to a princess, not when your station was so far below hers.***On her first day working as a maid, Eve finds the king dead on his throne. His murder kicks off a cascade of intrigue, and as the plots of the nobility come crashing down ar…
The Rising of the Anomaly
by Aimdaqs
Following planetary devastatation in the aftermath of WWIII, humanity is driven to the brink of extinction as the world is turned into a nuclear wasteland. In order to prevent humanity from being wiped out, a large enclosed dome called the Sanctuary was built during WWIII, saving a small fraction of the world's population.Overtime, the radiation results in the proliferation of powerful, vicious creatures known as Mutants. Humanity remained sheltered in the Sanctuary, with no way of defending the…
The Wallflower & The Alphas
by Addison Winters
It's about Avery Williams, who is special as she is not just a wolf/witch, but she got two sides: her wolf- Angelstar, and her Veela-Anglica.She is a nerd, loser, and whom everyone made fun of, even her friends called her Wallflower.Usually, when the Moon Goddess finds you your other half, one or two mates the most there will be for you. But Avery is a different werewolf, she does not have one or two mates but four mates.She fated to the four most dangerous, most popular, and most arrogant boys …
Love At Stake
by Mana_efehiz
"Tobin! Tobin!" She called out his name, but he was gone. And was probably never coming back. She had seen that look in his eyes before. He was angry and in that state he was capable of doing anything. "You are ungrateful. After all the Lancaster have done for you. You have no right to be so angry! Do you think staying with your loser father would have been better? Look I know what I suffered as a kid. My supposed dad, your biological father was all I got and I dare say he failed in his responsi…
The Boss Behind The Game
by Slashing Blade
Lu Wu, an aimless video game developer, had been feeling perturbed ever since he found out he was the direct descendant of a king from the underworld. Other than the title, His Excellency, his ancestor hadn't passed down anything else to him. On top of that, all of his ancestor’s subordinates had rebelled against him and completely usurped his inherited territory.Under the circumstances, Lu Wu built a battle game server with the help of his new mysterious friend and transported gamers from the r…
Secrets And Stakes
by _charlie_x_
Lillian Sterling is in trouble. Deep trouble. Vampire trouble. She can't believe that she had fallen into this mess because of her boy friend, Gerald.Correction: ex-boyfriend. Lillian did not even know that vampires were in existence. If she had, she would never have agreed to stealing something that belonged to them.Caught in between two worlds, Lillian's fate was suddenly intertwined with the vampire prince, Artur Mortenson.
THE LOST : After The End
by Donna_Sheldon
In a post-apocalyptic world, you'll find four main types of people. Those who fight with all their might "the hunters." The ones who leech and exploit others "the pests." The predators, who see everyone as prey. And lastly, we have "the survivors," the resilient ones who never give up.Everyone often fits into one category, but it's hard to determine which one Maya falls into. She's not exactly a fighter, considering leaving her room was a chore even before the apocalypse. A predator? No way—she'…
The Truth Behind the Mirror
by PoochRussell
The Truth behind the mirror is a thrilling roller coaster of a story that depicts the length that love, passion and lust will take people who are at one time or other seperated by age,race, money and power. Nicholas Stern is a man driven by the need to become rich and powerful at all cost. However, his journey takes him through the lives of strong , intelligent and beautiful women who struggle to make their own mark in History. Each trying to hide their skeletons from the prying eyes of the Trut…
What's at stake
by JordanLynde
After failing as a vampire hunter, 17-year-old Cleo is sent to an academy full of vampires as a false peace treaty. Her true objective is supposed to be finding the hidden heir to the dark world while befriending the current one, but the current heir has a plot of his own. To kill the peace treaty human and start a war.---In an attempt to bring about the end of a constant war between vampires and vampire hunters, Cleo Levant is sent to the vampire academy Maiestas Regia. With enemies around ever…
MY STAKES
by Brajendra_Jha
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. Your worth lies in what you are rather than what you have. Patience building needs working regularly on this. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us improves. Great results need big sacrifices. True leadership must be for the benefit of followers and not for self enrichment. People forget how fast you did a job but remember how well you did it.” Life always throws challenges and people with strong minds…
The Final Stake
by writterobk
Ethan Graves is a billionaire CEO, heir to one of the world’s most powerful corporations, Graves Industries. His life is built on discipline, strategy, and a belief that loyalty is everything. But everything shatters when he wakes up to a nightmare—his company has been taken from him overnight.The person behind the takeover? Daniel Vance—his best friend, his business partner, the man he trusted more than anyone. But as Ethan fights to reclaim what is his, he discovers that Daniel isn’t working a…
Burned At Stake
by Majestine_Pristine
Lanira’s Coven was exterminated in the night as they were sold out by their Pope and his soon to be wife. There extermination served as a warning for other covens and mythical creatures. But what happens when Lanira is reincarnated? With her memories in fragments? Will she find the reason why the Pope had betrayed them? Will she let icee hate overpower her and destroy the human race? Will she retain her memories? Unfortunately she isn’t reincarnated before the massacre but a long time afterwards…
A Stake to the Heart
by Ouroboros241
A Steak to the Heart is a story that takes place in a pre-industrial era and follows the relationship between a novice vampire hunter and a vampire he was supposed to kill. It mainly follows the vampire and how the vampire hunter changes her mentality towards certain things.
High Stakes, No Brakes
by 3Goats
Carter West is a thrill-seeking, smooth-talking outlaw with a knack for trouble. What was supposed to be a simple joyride turns into a high-octane nightmare when he accidentally steals a prototype supercar that contains classified government tech. The car, equipped with an AI named Elle, is not only loaded with next-gen weaponry but also happens to be the key to an international conspiracy that could shake the foundations of the world.Now, with the FBI, an underground crime syndicate, and a grou…
The Mask Of The Monster
by Proteety_Promi
Warning: Mature ContentTrigger Warning: Trauma, abuse (Not by the male lead)***I pulled my face down again, taking her in for another kiss. This time the kiss was not too gentle, but it was not fast and rough either. But it was something, something sensual. Her hand again found the back of my neck and this time, she was pulling me down. In the warm air and the dim light radiating from the fireplace, our kiss went on, silencing my thoughts while I lost myself in the bubble of time as pleasure and…
The Beautiful and the Damned
by missRina
(WARNING THIS BOOK IS RATED 18+!!!!)She was a giftHe was the owner.And the ancient angel was going to stop at nothing to protect what was unquestionably his..............................Blurb: Using his large hands to hold her waist, he positioned himself at her entrance teasing her a little by rubbing himself against her. This action was intensely maddening for Bethel.'Fuck just shove the whole thing in' Frustrated she thought to herself."Amica mea, just so you know, I don't think I can be any …