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Thrall of the Dark Wood
Young mother Ilse arrived in Forst village seven years ago with an infant in her arms and another little one on the way. Secretive about her previous life, most assumed Ilse to be an unwed harlot, driven from her home by her family’s shame. Ilse is especially tight-lipped about the most pressing question: who the father of her children is.
Ilse bore the burden of their rumors with ease, and for seven years lived in relative peace in a small house just outside of the Dark Wood – a forest that many believed was home to inhuman creatures. None but Ilse had ever dared to live that close, fearing that they would be lured into the Wood, never to return.
When Ilse and her children disappear, seemingly out of thin air, the village assumes the Dark Wood has claimed their lives. What they don’t know is that the father of Ilse’s children, who most assumed to be some nobody from Ilse’s home village, is actually much closer than they thought. He comes from the Dark Wood – and he wants his family back.
Punchline Of Love
A Korean-Drama Inspired Light Novel! ~⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄.
Mееt Yoo Ji-won, a spiritеd university studеnt with a knockout punch and a sеcrеt ambition to bеcomе a pro boxеr. Whеn shе crossеs paths with thе goofy but charming Lее Min-joon, a budding stand-up comеdian, thеir worlds collidе in thе most unеxpеctеd way. As thеy navigatе thеir drеams and carееrs, thеir journеy is a dеlightful blеnd of humor, lovе, and laughtеr, promising a knockout romancе likе no othеr. Can Ji-won's powerful punchеs and Min-joon's comеdic charm crеatе thе pеrfеct "Punchlinе of Lovе"?
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SILK AND STEEL
The world ended. The apocalypse came. The gods waged war on each other across the realms of reality and at last wiped themselves out. Angles and devils took the souls they wanted to who knows where. And then it was over. And you and others like you were left behind. Maybe your soul was trapped inside your body and couldn’t leave. Maybe it was bound to a demon. Or maybe you have no soul at all. Either way, you must be some kind of monster. All that is left is to decide – what kind of a monster are you going to be?
This is the premise of the short novel Silk and Steel – a dark dystopia / mythpunk story set in a post-apocalyptic world. It’s heavily based around Romani and Eastern European mythology and crammed full of LGBTQIA+ romance. Forget shiny heroes wielding even shinier weapons to defeat 'evil' foes. Instead, every monster here must simply try to survive and carve a place for themselves in this new confounding reality. At the end of the world, there are no heroes, everyone is some kind of monster and each choice they make will shape what kind of monster they eventually become...
Silk and Steel has:
Larger than life characters that you can invest in - a complex plot full of intrigue and suspense - a dark gaslamp/steampunk setting rich in folklore and mythos - graphic violence - steamy sex scenes - villains you'll really love to hate - heroes with troubled pasts and hearts of gold - supporting cinnamon rolls you'll want to adopt and take home.
CWs:
Violence, consensual and non-consensual sex, physical, emotional and sexual abuse, prostitution, drugs, alcohol, addiction, theft and organised crime, swearing, murder, mental health issues including self harm and suicide, demons, magic, religion, cults.
Each chapter will have its own flags so you know what's coming up but please be advised that this is a grim story told in a harsh world - no chapter will be suitable for under 18s and all chapters may include content which some readers may find disturbing.
Mutually Assured Destruction
On the night of the Red moon Marie was given the opportunity. An opportunity to evolve; out of consideration for the safety of her family, she takes it and is thrown into three worlds with three different tasks. Her one job - to survive and conquer.
Lay Me Down
Bi-curious Lucas was eighteen, in his senior year, and speeding, so of course he found himself face to face with the gorgeous, Officer Hoffman. Lucas worked up the courage to slip his number to the man that'd pulled him over, never anticipating much in return, let alone a call... but then the unexpected happened.
Luca has known more than enough disappointment and hurt throughout his life, but this time he might just find himself, freedom, and maybe even love in the arms of his unlikely partner in this coming-of-age, coming out romance.
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A/N- this is a gay, age-gap couple. If age-gap's not your thing, scroll past this. Content will be sexual and mature, sexual partners of legal age.
Copyright of Quill Pearson
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Empyreal Calamities
The past has a strange way of returning to haunt the present. And when this group discovers that certain events in their pasts are connected, it will affect the future…
Lenus is a young man on the run from his family after learning the dark plans they have for him. The only two people he can trust are his older half-brother, Varrick, and his half-brother’s mother. Being sent to Ebonwood, a small town near the edge of the province, Len tries to lay low until they can find a way to get him out. However, being a new person in a small town draws the attention of one of the town’s “guardians”, Dolion.
Dolion, Ilys, and Absalom are siblings who protect their hometown, help its people, and work as independent sellswords. When Dolion sees Len, he can’t help but be attracted and suspicious of the younger man. He just hopes that no trouble will come with this new visitor. Especially after Ilys and their younger sister, Kara found a mysterious orb that showed them a terrifying vision of the world burning.
Kara’s convinced it’s their destiny to stop it. Ilys thinks someone else is meant to. Dolion and Absalom think the orb is something important that’s connected to their past and Len wonders why he feels the orb calling to him. Their pasts are connected in some way and what they uncover might spell doom for everyone around them…and the world.
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Summoned as a Ghost in another world
Hiroki is not your average protagonist. He is a mysterious, reclusive man who was regarded as one of the best students in his school. Despite being an ace in almost every subject, no one knew his true nature or what kind of person he was. He was seen as a cold individual who refused any sort of interaction.
Despite that, he had many people under him who respected and provided protection in school, making him feared by most of the students. He was considered the top student that even the principal looked up to.
However, one day after school, his life took a drastic turn when he fell unconscious due to immense pain in his back. But the moment he opened his eyes, he soon realized that he had ended up in a different location — in an abandoned, ruined village.
With his knowledge of games that he used to play and a status window welcoming him to this place, he quickly realized that he had been summoned to another world.
But wait... as a ghost?
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Have Gun, Will Reincarnate: Memoirs of an Isekai Knight
Getting shot in the head sucks. Waking up in a new world after getting shot, though, that has its perks.
Stoner is neither a teenage boy who longs for adventure, nor an outcast dreaming of a place where he might belong. He's a professional soldier, a veteran of twenty years who's spent his whole adult life on the battlefield. He always knew he'd meet his end there. What he didn't expect was for that end to be a new beginning.
There's a war coming to this new world, and a Goddess who needs a soldier to fight it. It'll take all of Stoner's savvy and know-how to bring a new way of fighting to this land of monsters and magic, and the stakes are as high as they can be. After all, if this world falls, Earth is next on the chopping block, along with the family he left behind.
The School of The Unknown
A dark elf attends a school filled with magical beings, but is hated by them all except one. outcast and seen as a threat, the dark elf spends most of his time alone. what will happen when the person who hates him the most finds out about the dark elf's obsession? what will happen when an dark elf loves an angel?