the casual vacancy

A storm. A blocked road. One lit window in the dark. The Hayes family finds shelter in a house that isn't what it looks like — and neither are the four strangers inside. Ethan just wanted a place to wait out the rain. Now he's the only one who can be blamed for what's already dead in that house. Some doors should stay closed.

When the Midnight Hotel appears, people vanish. Jamie Kracon has spent years hunting the cursed hotel that swallowed his brother whole. Every sighting ends the same way: missing guests, erased evidence, and survivors driven insane. Then one storm-soaked night, the doors open for him. Inside, the hotel is impossibly beautiful. Glittering chandeliers. Endless velvet halls. Smiling staff who never blink. And Lily Nara, a girl who knows Jamie’s name despite never meeting him before. But the Midnight Hotel has rules. Never stop moving after 3AM. Never look behind Room 913. And if the concierge offers you a key… refuse it. As Jamie and Lily descend through the hotel’s deadly floors, they uncover a nightmare older than humanity itself. Because the hotel is alive, the guests are being chosen for a reason, and something monstrous is waiting beneath Floor Zero. Some doors were never meant to open again.

This is a story of a perverted guy in the MCU, so expect lemon since I won't be warning before it happen. Expect also plothole and lucky MC with OOC for some characters. I don't own Marvel or its characters. This story is not mine.

Synopsis: Why does everyone think that you have to become a hero if you get a supreme relic? TO HELL WITH THAT. I’m getting none of that adventuring bull. What do you say? Ranks? Tiers? Bronze, Silver, and Gold adventuring teams? Sure, keep it. It’s all yours. I’ll be opening a lovely pastry shop and using Fireballs to cook creme brulée, for your information. And, oh, that’s so interesting, teleporting, you say? Yeah, sure, I’ll teleport a cup of coffee on my nightstand in the morning, thank-you-very-much! Stop bothering me with your quests, legendary adventures, and all that nonsense! You either buy some pastry, or I’m going to report you to the watch for loitering! So, do you want to know what I’m going to do in this fantasy world? Well, I’m going to get a girlfriend, that’s what I’m going to do! No Pizzas Were Harmed in the Making of This Novel.

She's a young and classy heiress, very beautiful and loves to dominate. Living her life according to her own terms, writing her own destiny and making her own identity. Her name is Tara Montesino, one woman that can't be messed with. She's never a playing Tara when it comes to getting what she wants. He's the opposite. His name is Hardin Cruz. He's a talented and casual young man, trying to find a truth about his past. Very charming and so presentable, living a quiet life until he crosses paths with Tara, who slowly dominates his life and his heart. "What are you doing here... ma'am Tara?" he asked her, after he caught her snooping around his cabin, the third time. He'd just unbuttoned his shirt, about to go to the bathroom. "Why be so formal? we're not at work Hardin." she replied, pulling him by his shirt and bringing him closer. "This isn't right, you shouldn't be here" He said. "Does it matter,I'm the boss, so you'll have to do.... whatever I want you to do," she replied before pressing her lips against his. Thank you for the support and reading this book. Happy readings!!

"I never thought my secret sketches of my beautiful, voluptuous teacher would lead to anything more than a trip to the principal's office. When she caught me in class, I braced myself for a lecture. But her gaze wasn't one of disappointment; it was filled with an intensity that sent a shiver down my spine. 'I've been watching you,' she said, her voice a low murmur as she led me to her office. 'Would you like to join our club and become my partner?' That question shattered my reality. It was an invitation to a world I'd only ever fantasized about. I soon discovered that the club was a place where my deepest desires were not only accepted but celebrated. I found myself in the company of women I once considered untouchable—models, socialites, and celebrities—all of whom embraced me for who I was." [WARNING] ****** /THIS NOVEL CONTAINS TOO MUCH EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT, CURSE LANGUAGE **** * ** ******* * **** AUDIENCE DISCRETION IS ADVISED

Lin Yuan lived a perfectly comfortable life as the son of a millionaire logistics family in the Great Central Federation. But he had a secret: since birth, he possessed a location-based Sign-In System. Because he was underage, every legendary reward he earned—from massive corporate tech shares to prime global real estate—was locked away in a system inventory. On his eighteenth birthday, the floodgates open. Instead of causing an economic panic, the system grants him his ultimate milestone gift: Starflux Holdings, an elite, hyper-efficient asset management firm that quietly handles his hundreds of billions in assets, keeping his identity completely hidden under a total media blackout. Now entering the elite Zhiyuan University, Lin Yuan has no interest in exhausting face-slapping drama or proving himself to the world. A tiger doesn't care what a house cat thinks, and a lion doesn't argue with an ant. Backed by his deadpan, infinitely capable corporate secretary who manages his empire from afar, Lin Yuan pools his resources with his loyal, brilliant childhood friends to launch a wildly successful business venture, lifting his brotherhood into self-made multi-millionaires. From customized hyper-cars engineered to be hilariously fragile to a record-breaking private Boeing customized just for mid-air parties, Lin Yuan is out to enjoy life on his own terms. Together with his tight-knit circle and relaxed international heirs, he sets off on a carefree, slice-of-life global tour across continents, private yachts, and uncharted luxury spots to find the ultimate sign-in locations.

What happens when a retired professional gamer, who still has the skills to come back, decides to play a new VRMMO game in an RPG setting just for fun and some laughs? What happens is exploits, accidental events, and a lot of annoying tactics, that's what happens

Tristan Delavega the CEO of Delavega Group falls in love at first sight with Trisha Cruz, a final year student who accidentally spills coffee on him, giving him the perfect excuse to use to hold on to her and never let her go. Enjoy this romance story of Tristan and Trish who are in an unnamed relationship as two other couples can't help but fall in love as well.

In this story you follow Andrew a helpless romantic overthinker who accepts to enter a casual relationship with the girl he loves, but as time passes he finds to be unhappy and wanting more