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In a near-future world where divine beasts choose human partners and reshape the fate of nations, sisters Hazel and Hellen risk everything to save two celestial eggs—one of fire, one of ice. In Hazel’s first life, kindness became her death sentence. Her sister claimed the dazzling ice beast, Frost, while Hazel bonded with Ash, the feared fire beast whose warmth kept her alive during the Cold Apocalypse—until betrayal froze the world solid. Abused, drained, and poisoned, Hazel died knowing the truth too late: Ash’s fire was never salvation. It was slow, exquisite ruin. When Hazel opens her eyes again, reborn on the very day the eggs hatch, she realizes Hellen has returned too—and this time, her sister steals Ash outright. Confident history will repeat itself, Hellen smirks… unaware that fire carries a venom that only love can survive. Hazel turns instead to Frost, the ice beast who trembles at her touch, scarred by memories of abuse and loss. As the world barrels toward another extinction-level winter, Hazel chooses preparation over panic, patience over revenge—until fate begins to bend.

Raina Belmont has never had anything easy for her. Being on of the weakest wolves in her pack made her life hell. Although she is a weak wolf she is a very strong lady but her life takes a huge turn when Lucian Randolfr, the Alpha of a very large pack in America came to her pack, sees her, recognises her as his mate and he marked her without her permission.

Ravencrest High looks like a prestigious boarding school, but the truth is far from that. Hidden from humans, it is a training ground for young vampires to master self-control. Humans are enrolled alongside them, because they think it’s just an elite academic program. In reality, their presence keeps the vampires in check, providing occasional feeding opportunities under strict supervision. With the humans completely unaware. Lyra Hale is a new transfer student, hoping for nothing more than a fresh start. She expected a normal school environment. Instead, she finds herself surrounded by students who are weird and secretive. Kieran Black is everything Ravencrest warns against. A high-ranking vampire from one of the oldest bloodlines, he doesn’t believe in the rules meant to keep vampires in line. He sees the humans not as protected guests, but as tempting puzzles, and he can’t resist the effect Lyra has on him from the first moment he notices her. Lyra doesn’t know the truth about the school, the vampires, or Kieran. While she tries to survive in the school, Kieran is drawn to her in ways he can’t fully control. With the school having so much unbendable rules, even the authority can’t be trusted. And the most dangerous person on campus might also be the only one willing to protect her. At Ravencrest, temptation is constant, and love may be the most dangerous mistake of all. `•`•`•|`•`•`•|`•`•`•|`•`•`• [Excerpt] Lyra was halfway down the east corridor, Ravencrest always felt different at night. She hugged her books closer to her chest and stopped when she turned a corner, someone stood at the end of the hall. One foot was propped up behind him, hands in his pockets, head slightly tilted. His eyes locked onto hers, dark and intense, like he had been waiting for her. The hallway suddenly felt smaller and tighter. “Kieran.” “You’re really good at pretending I don’t exist.” “Maybe because you keep showing up where you’re not supposed to be.” His eyes dropped to her lips for half a second before going back to her face. She took a step back as he stepped closer and she froze the second his hand closed over her wrist. Then just as her heart threatened to leap out of her chest, his thumb brushed against the delicate skin of her wrist. His touch sent a shock of warmth through her, a feeling she couldn’t quite figure out no matter how hard she tried. She tried to pull back, but before she could, he tugged her closer and suddenly, the space between them disappeared. Every instinct screamed to push him away, to step back, but she couldn’t. He was just too close. “Kieran…” she whispered, voice trembling. The faintest smirk tugging at the corner of his lips, and those enticing grey eyes that she felt drawn in every second she look at him, like gravity itself had shifted. The way he held her wrist and the way his thumb brushed against them, it was everything but safe. "What are you doing?" "I could kiss you." ***** Cover art is not mine. Full credit goes to the original creator.

Hope Calloway was just a little girl when billionaire Richard Calloway found her abandoned at a church. Clinging to his leg, she melted his heart, and without hesitation, he took her home and adopted her as his own. For years, she lived in a world of love and privilege, embraced by her new family. But happiness is fragile. As Hope grows older, Richard’s wife, Victoria, begins to see her as a threat an outsider who doesn’t belong. The once loving home turns into a silent battlefield, with Victoria pulling every string to make Hope’s life unbearable. But Hope refuses to break. When whispers of a hidden inheritance and a buried family secret surface, the battle for her place in the Calloway family escalates. Hope fights not only for her right to stay but also for the truth about her past. When she discovers that Victoria might have played a role in her mother’s disappearance, her mission changes this is no longer just about belonging. It’s about justice. With betrayal lurking at every corner, Hope must decide: Will she rise above the pain, or will she let life’s cruel bite consume her?

Caitlin grew up in a normal family. For her, her life is nothing but normal. Atleast, that's what she is trying to achieve. Hindi niya aakalain na sa isang simpleng maling desisyon ay magbabago ng tuluyan ang buong buhay niya. Ang normal na buhay na pinakaka-ingatan niya ay nawalang parang bula. Her world was turned upside and down and she finds herself spiralling down the abyss, completely out of control. If only she could turn back the time. She shouldn't have succumbed to her desires.

This book holds auxiliary chapters for The Book of Tales' Tales! Books By Treasure Marie Denise Jackson & Jesus Christ

She smells like everything they could want... ...and everything they’re forbidden to want at the same time. In a university known for its wild parties and secrets, a girl who reeks of an herb no one can quite identify and a masked innocence appears. And three 'vampire' brothers find themselves torn between hunger, desire, guilt, and something dangerously close to love. Toph, the eldest, knows better than to get involved. After all, he's spent lifetimes suppressing his desire for virgin blood. But something about her scent stirs his insides, including memories of a curse they’ve spent centuries avoiding. As forbidden bonds form and supernatural instincts fracture, desire becomes a risk neither of the brothers can afford. Because some hungers were never meant to be satisfied. And while they struggle to resist her, the Gold Coast begins to unravel. Six people have gone missing, their bodies later found ritualistically posed in the hinterland. Whispers of a growing occult presence are surfacing, hinting that the brothers’ past may be clawing its way back into the present. What if their past isn’t behind them? What if she’s the key to it all?

Under the bright warm sun, Tian meets a stranger who gives her a special ring. A ring that was not supposed to belong to Tian. It started as a misunderstanding and an accident but it all changed. Tian was meant to be a normal teenager who was living through her boring life but it all had to change. A group of strangers kidnaps Tian and that is when everything starts to fall apart. One by one! What's fake? What's real? Would you know the truth if you were under the same circumstance as Tian?

Dr. Sena Voss dies on a cold Tuesday morning outside the shelter walls. She dies slowly. The zombies make sure of that. Her best friend Lila watches from inside the gate. Her husband, Cole, stands beside Lila with his hand on her back. That is when Sena understands everything she should have seen two years ago. Then the pain stops. Sena opens her eyes to her own bedroom ceiling. Her alarm clock reads 6:03 am. The date on her phone is three months before the outbreak. Her husband is asleep beside him,r warm, breathing, completely unaware that she knows exactly what he is. Her hands are shaking. She looks down and finds the zombie bite marks already fading into her skin like old scars. Gone within the hour. What stays behind is something else entirely, like a cold, quiet awareness she cannot name yet that hums at the edge of her fingers every time she reaches for something. She has been given her life back. She plans to use every second of it differently. Divorce. A shelter of her own. Supplies stockpiled before anyone else knows what is coming. And two specific people brought to their knees in front of everyone who watched her die. The plan is clean and clear and completely derailed within the first week by a man named Jax R, he who keeps appearing in her path with the specific attentiveness of someone who already knows her, except they have never met. Not in this life. Not yet. In her last life, he was her patient. Brought in half-dead in the second month of the outbreak. She spent three days keeping him alive. He never knew her name. So why is he looking at her like she is something he has been searching for?

On the verge of death from illness, Yu Zhizhi transmigrates to the Beast World Planet, becoming the lowest-ranking plaything for slaughter. Her destiny was supposed to be a direct slaughter by powerful figures gone Berserk in their beast forms. Fortunately, she awakened the Childbirth System, and the style of the story suddenly changed— The maddened and fallen monster (Wolf): "I'll give you a choice, love me, or be bitten to death by me?" The evil Duke (Snake): "Beautiful maiden, please fall into the abyss of desire with me." The tyrannical Imperial Marshal (Shark): "I command you, you are only permitted to love me!" The wildly arrogant Crown Prince (Tiger): "I will kill all the males who covet you!!" (The list of Beast Husbands is expanding—) As the lowest-ranking female, Yu Zhizhi is doted on wildly by the powerful figures, undergoing Evolution all the way to the top-tier Rare grade and becoming the most noble existence in the Beast World Empire!