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Johanna of West-Francia is once again stuck in the waiting room of her father, the Frankish king. Will he marry her off for a 3rd time or will he send her to the convent of Senlis? Neither option sounds appealing, so the young widow decides to take matters into her own hands. She has learned a thing or two from her time in Wessex and more specifically from her late husbands' negotiations with Northmen. West-Francia too is plagued by Viking raiders and in an attempt to prove her worth to her father, she explains to him the advantages of a hostage exchange.One of the advantages being the opportunity to spy, she doesn't stop there and volunteers to be the first Francian hostage in her father's dealings with the Vikings.What she didn't count on though was Tyr of Danmark, the Viking leader's infuriatingly attractive son and his lack of decorum when dealing with a Frankish princess. If only he would stop calling her Tove, she might be able to focus on her mission and return to her people a heroine, but Tyr seems to have his Gods and their magical powers (aka an obnoxiously persistent white dove) at his side, chipping away at her resolve one brooding gaze at a time.#TEGSA2025 @officialTEGSAContent Warning: since it's Vikings ... probably some violence & gore, since it's me ... probably some (consensual) smut (but more romance, always more romance)…

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Single mom Selina Sardi would do anything for her 6-year-old son. Eager to turn their new house into a real home for him, she's devastated when she discovers that the monster under his bed is not a figment of his imagination but the real deal. Elias Zwarteveen started his bogeyman career twenty-four years ago and he has been living in the same attic since. He would love nothing more than a change of scenery, but if he wants to move, he needs to rebuild his strength. The only way to do that is to consume plenty of fear. Selina and Elias strike a deal. She will feed him her fears for seven nights in a row, after which he will leave and never return. There's nowhere to hide in the small attic room and Elias picks up on fears Selina wasn't even aware of. Selina and Elias embark on a heated, emotional rollercoaster. What starts as a game of cat and mouse evolves into an intense yearning that will be hard to walk away from. Yet, that is exactly what they intend to do when the week is over. Seven Nights with the Bogeyman is a steamy monster romance with explicit sex scenes between two consenting adults, written for the ONC2024. Enjoy! ONC Prompt 5: Horror is in the eye of the beholderONC2024 SHORTLIST & HONORABLE MENTION1 in #ONC2024 feb.16 '241 in #opennovellacontest2024 feb.18 '241 in #bogeyman march 6'241 in #monsterromance may 2'241 in #romantasy may 28 '24 1 in #paranormalromance june 3 '241 in #paranormal may 15'246 in #lovestory July 2'2412 in #darkromance July 2'241 in #speculative July 2'24…

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Deep in the Bavarian woods, where the faerie realm touches on the human world lies Schloss Mondschein. Owned by a corrupted human family, the castle is the playground of the Fae. The human staff are their toys. Servant's daughter Andromeda Arendt has watched their cruel antics her entire life. From the shadows, she witnessed the humiliation and abuse of her parents, leading to her mother's death and her father's insanity. At twenty-one, she's ready for revenge. In support of the human rebellion, she takes on the task of shooting the Fae Ambassador in the back, but North Winterborn has been warned. He glamours her, tosses her into a flying shifter dogsled and whisks her away to Faerie Hawthrone, the epicenter of Fae power, where she quickly learns that there are worse places for humans to end up in than Mondschein castle, that her parents are not who they said they were, and that perhaps she has a shot at getting them back.Surprisingly, North Winterborn appears not to be the worst guy to have around while navigating this new reality, but can a Fae ever truly be trusted?Mature rating because of course language, some violence, explicit sex scenes (strictly consensual) ONC2023 Prompt 33 ONC2023 ShortlisterFeatured on NARomance ~ Love and FaerytalesFeatured on Fantasy - RomantasyFeatured on Romance - Strange Love The Cruel Prince X Carnival Row1 #intrigue march 26 '2321 #faerie june 12 '23 no…

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So Queen Marigold had her husband beheaded. What of it? The adultering loser had broken her heart. What she didn't expect though was that her trusted council would turn against her and that her sister Elsbeth, second to the throne, would use this momentum to overthrow her reign and banish her to Baile na Grod, which - let's be honest - is nothing more than an inhospitable rock in the ocean. As surprising as that chain of events might be, nothing could've prepared her for the shock of her creepy-ass jester volunteering to keep his queen company in exile. What the fuckety fuck fuck!She might as well throw herself off a cliff right now.👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑ONC2025 entryPrompt 52. Let's play the game of colors: you paint me red because you love me and I paint you black because I want you gone.ONC ROUND ONE WINNER 🥳ONC ROUND TWO WINNER 🥳ONC AMBASSADOR'S PICK 🥳ONC SHORT LISTER 🥳👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑‼️CW‼️ probably some swearing and some smut (consensual adults only)👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑Inspired by The Joker and the Queen (Ed Sheeran & Taylor Swift), the Tudors, Reign, The Great, The Dare and Losers by Harley Laroux, and also a bit by Måneskin. A crazy mixed bag of wonderful things actually 🔥🔥🔥…

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When Geralt of Rivia finds his bard sleeping on the damp forest ground, he has ... feelings. He told Jaskier to return to the comfort and safety of the village hours ago. Did Jaskier stay out here for his sake? Winner of the Project Love Affair Contest @Romance#1 romance contest on june 4 '23#22 the Witcher on aug 22 '23#5 geraskier on march 3 '23…

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On a rainy night, a stag gets caught in the beam of Michelle's headlights. A collision is inevitable. When the young veterinarian lifts her head from the airbag, the stag is still standing, its eyes as bewildered as before, its antlers every bit as majestic, but everything else is different. The intimidating half-man, half-beast warns her to never drive through his forest after nightfall again but her scientific curiosity compels her to investigate this unheard-of species. When both google and academic literature fail her, the forest seems the only way to find out.MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM X CRUEL PRINCE X ACOTAR X TWILIGHTBeware of the smut 🔥 alert 🚨!3 in #faerie (October 5th 2023)23 in #newadultromance (July 31st 2023)12 in #romantasy (July 24th 2023)…

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Twenty-five years ago, Elias Zwarteveen unwillingly turned into a bogeyman. Desperate for a way to reverse the transformation, he'd like to meet another one of his kind. His girlfriend's seven-year-old has it on good authority that the janitor's closet in his school harbors another bogeyman and proposes to investigate. "Not before I can discuss with your mom," Elias warns him, but do kids ever listen? Well, this one doesn't. Bogs, boggit, holy bogs! 'Elementary, Elias!' is A '7 Nights with the Bogeyman' spin-off but can be read as a standalone short story.This story was written for the @macabremortum 2024 contest. Prompt 21: Who knew the gates of hell would be inside an elementary school?…

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As the first snowfall occurs, they usher in the most magical time of year. A hundred-word-story for the December 2023 #justwritebits challenge.…

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Daughter of Sea Nymph Calypso and God of the Westernwind Zephyrus, pirate captain Skylipso sails the Mediterranean waters ánd skies with confidence and gusto.An anthology, created for the fantasmical contest 2023Each chapter is its own story, each one written for one of the fantasmical prompts.…