Prison was hell, but freedom might be worse.
Fresh out of a five-year sentence, Emma Carter is fighting to reclaim her life...and her children. But Summit Hill hasn't forgotten what she did, and neither has the stalker who's been waiting for her release.
Detective Logan Weston knows he should keep his distance. He has his reasons—secrets that could destroy the fragile connection growing between them. But something about Emma draws him in. Her strength. Her fight. The way she refuses to stay broken.
Their chemistry is undeniable. Their timing is terrible.
Because someone is watching Emma. Leaving threats...Escalating.
To survive, Emma must trust a man with secrets of his own. To love again, she'll have to face the truth about the night that destroyed her life.
Some secrets won't stay buried. Some enemies hide in plain sight. And when the truth is finally revealed, it will shatter everything Emma thought she knew.
"Wish Upon A Sunset" - A gripping romantic suspense about second chances, deadly obsession, and learning to fight back.
A story-driven romantic suspense with sweet romance and slow-burn emotional tension. If you love plot-heavy mysteries with heartfelt romance woven in, this is for you. Perfect for fans of Nora Roberts, Lisa Gardner, and Karen Rose.
Spice Level: 🌶️ (Sweet romance with emotional focus - no explicit content)
Note: Heat level increases in Book 2 as the relationship develops.
Book 1 of 2. Cliffhanger ending. 18+ for mature themes including abuse, stalking, and violence.
The crown prince of an undead kingdom denounces his claim to the throne, and flees to the abyssal wilderness to be a lonesome wanderer for all time. That is until he rescues a terrified human girl who has unfortunately stumbled into his world of eternal darkness and inverted life.
Desperate for companionship, and out of the goodness of his heart, he offers her his protection until she can safely return to the living world. But the longer she's with him, the harder the thought of letting her go becomes...
***WARNING***
This book is intended for 18+ readers. It contains lots of explicit smutty sex scenes, mature language, suicidal intentions, mild drug use, extreme violence, and gore.
Maybe finding a true mate isn’t always love at first sight.
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An omega thief gets thrown out of his clan of criminals after he refuses to save his leader from a debt he can’t pay. Joined by his best friend, these two homeless omegas are trying to stay safe in a dangerous city where the army fights ruthless criminals who hate omegas, but maybe the best way to survive is to find any decent alphas to take care of them, even if they’re not true mates.
And the best place to find good alphas is the local mafia. But stepping into the mafia life comes with its own dangers, and their former clan certainly hates seeing them climbing up the lawless social ladder when they were supposed to fail as outcasts, so their hardships are far from over.
At least there’s a young alpha, not the prince charming our little thief thought he’d find, but he’s kind of cute, and has kind eyes, so even though this one isn’t his true mate, he decides to give him a chance.
But maybe it doesn’t always have to be about love at first sight. Maybe love can bloom where you least expect it – if you give it an opportunity to grow.
(#3) War is on the horizon. Juniper is fleeing for her life, and the Warlord is marching for his. They both know what fate lies ahead of the tragic lovers; for either of them to survive, the other has to die.
It is a tumultuous time to be alive; the Darkness that sweeps across the Edredian World is one that has never been seen before, and nigh is the time for everyone to make a stand.
No one knows the real identity of the hospital's Plague Saint is sixteen-year-old Winter Pierce. No one knows she's a fraud. And no one knows she's a killer.
While floods and heat waves devastate the southern lands, the northern cities face blizzards and plagues. Up until two weeks ago, the Plague Saint of Devil's Pass was a real doctor. But when Winter learned he was only saving the rich and planned to let her mother die, she confronted him. And killed him. The death was an accident, but taking his place to save lives was a choice.
Then, Winter's forced to kill again to save her brother. Her double life, already doomed to fail, is complicated further when her assistant insists on tracking down the murderer. Attempting to cover her tracks leaves Winter tangled in a political web. All the while, people are getting sicker, and trying to find the cure leads her to an enemy far smarter and more dangerous than she is.
Powerful people want to see Winter fail. There's more to the plagues than meets the eye. Winter is rapidly running out of time, but she's determined to save her brother from death and her city from corruption. And she'll kill anyone who gets in her way.
[COMPLETED ON WATTPAD] BOOK TWO of the LACKING HUMANITY SERIES
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The new year will bring much more to the freshly mated she-wolf, which will include new friends and allies, a long-awaited bear hunt, and of course--Helping wolves find their mates.
However, internal enemies will rise up, and the question of Sage's heritage will be answered.
But it will only unlock more questions.
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Lacking Humanity: Mystic Grimm (Book Two)
190,000 to 200,000 words
59 Chapters Total
Jasper Van Terra stalks the streets of the city-planet Kronos, masquerading as a notorious (and obnoxious) teenage supervillain. Under the guise of pulling heists and picking fights, she's 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. Jasper and her team of criminals drag Grace into a world of dangerous street racing; infiltrations aided by questionable disguises; crimes ranging from petty shoplifting to grand theft auto; and confrontations with other villains, whom Jasper can't seem to avoid picking fights with.
Governor Starr has a planet under his control, eyes all over the star system, and powerful villains on his side. Vengeance will not come easy.
Then again, nothing about Jasper's life has been easy.
"Art is to be seen, not touched." His breath curled next to my ear. "But I'd do anything to touch you."
"Are you saying I'm art?" My heart knew no limit as it pulsed in my throat, right where his lips began to hover.
"As beautiful as what hangs in the Louvre, and just as forbidden to touch."
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Someone stole the Weeping Widow.
The priceless artwork is gone, ripped from its place on the wall and leaving only broken glass behind. The pride of Whitehill Museum and Art Gallery fell victim to heists in the night, and the museum is determined to find the painting and nail the culprit. He's been hired to protect Whitehill and keep the rest of the art safe. She's been labelled the main suspect after being found at the scene of the crime. Both with a job to do at the museum, and both determined to fix broken reputations. But the biggest question of all haunts the exhibits they roam: who stole the Weeping Widow?
They painted her the villain.
He's learning art is open for interpretation.
*A stand-alone spinoff of "In Love and Diplomacy"*
After spending five millennia imprisoned and bound in The Abyss, the demon Azathoth is finally released by a valiant sorceress. Now he must convince the only girl who can seemingly unbind his powers to do just that before his time runs out.
His plan?
He'll just have to make her fall in love with him.
***WARNING***
This book is intended for 18+ readers. It contains LOTS of explicit smutty sex scenes, mature language, mild drug use, violence, and gore.
Sixteen-year-old Felix Carver carries the ghosts of magicians in his blood. He can communicate with them and use the magical abilities they wielded against monsters when they were alive. His newfound power would be pretty cool, if the ghosts in question weren't his family and the man who killed them.
Death doesn't stop Felix's siblings from finding new ways to annoy him from beyond the grave, nor his parents from doing their best to protect him from the dangerous side of his new life. Felix learns that his family belonged to an organization of magicians called the Bright Guardians, while their killer was a part of the Guardian Uprising that tried to overthrow the organization eight years earlier. The Bright Guardians take Felix in, hoping they can train him to fight monsters and control the ghosts living inside of him.
Felix barely understands the magical world his family kept secret from him, but he does make friends with other odd cases at the Bright Academy. Troublemaker Arisa Tamura is struggling to control her ability to animate objects while under the influence of cursed bracelets, while the smart but reserved Mason Briggs is a witch who was transformed into a demon as a last resort to save his life.
Together, the three of them realize that Uprising spies are still hiding among the Guardians. They have no idea who they can trust, but they do know who they can't: a Guardian named Ernest Abernathy, who stole a powerful wand from Mason's parents before killing them. Felix, Mason, and Arisa must construct a plan to steal back the wand without any help. If their plan fails, Ernest will turn the Guardians against them and have them locked up, or executed. If they succeed, they'll have one more weapon in the fight against the Uprising's army. Either way, the approaching war is inevitable.
PLEASE NOTE: Only the first book in this series is available for free here on Lutionary. All books in the series are or will be available in ebook and paperback format. Learn more at my website rorynorth.com. Thanks for checking out Haunted Blood!
Kira, a NASA scientist, is teleported to a planet that has no women. When she's saved by an alien that thinks she's a boy with deformations, she fights to keep both herself and secret alive.
A 15th century Moldavian warlord makes a deal with a goddess and sacrifices himself for his fallen army. Now after being reincarnated into modern times, he finally meets his mate. A commitment-phobe human girl who's traveled to Moldavia to stomp on grapes at a vineyard over the summer.
Once he begins uncovering who he truly is and what was done, he realizes that he must choose between his mate's life, and breaking the lycan's dark curse.
-EARLY CHAPTERS AVAILABLE WITH PATREON-
***WARNING***
This book is intended for 18+ readers. It contains explicit smutty sex scenes, mature language, violence, and gore.
[COMPLETED ON WATTPAD] BOOK ONE of the LACKING HUMANITY SERIES
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For years these same four walls haunted this young she-wolf. Humans ran every aspect of her life since the day she arrived.
Her cell is laced with silver.
All overseen by a dark warden who hides behind a line of scientists who control and create torturous experiments to understand her kind. And to round it all out, a guard who thrives on taunting her.
This has been her life for as long as she can remember.
But one faithful day, Sage's unknowing prayers above had sent her a valent ally...Or two.
Yet after escaping the clutches of such an unknown and dark force, is freedom really what she expected?
Can she co-exist with her own kind after everything she's endured?
Can she adapt and learn to have a sense of humanity?
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Lacking Humanity: Crescent Moon (Book One)
150,000 to 160,000 words