Winter Garden

Rowan sees beauty in death. The Order he has sworn to obey only sees defilement. As the reviled Caretaker of the Order, Rowan has accepted his role as a dutiful outcast because he believes it is the only way to prove his worth to the man who holds his sisters’ souls as collateral. With his magic and his voice, Rowan can absorb death and transform it, but only in ways the Order deems acceptable to maintain the stability of the reality it claims to protect Order must subdue Disorder. Reality must triumph over illusion. He is tainted and always will be. Rowan has never questioned those lessons, but that changes the night he harvests a crimson soul that is more than human and chooses to keep it a secret. When Rowan’s song transforms that soul into a beautiful and mysterious man he names Wren, he is forced to accept that sometimes duty is a lie and illusion is the only thing you can trust. As the fabric of the Order begins to unwind and a new kind of Disorder takes hold, Rowan will need to choose again, stand with the Order that held him down, or forge a new path with Wren at his side. He may be the only one who can restore balance to the worlds, but only if he can find balance within himself first. ************************************* Updates 3-4 times per week. Note: This story focuses on relationships. I promise an epic romance, lots of swoon-worthy moments, and a healthy amount of fluff. When it does get steamy…you might get burned. Fair warning for explicit content. I don’t shy away from my spice. There are lots of side characters and couples to fall in love with, in addition to the main couple. If you love the idea of found family, you will be happy. This book is set in a non-heteronormative world, so you will see various gender identities/expressions and types of love. ************************************* Excerpt (if you want the full steamy version, you will have to read the book!): Still reeling from the new magic that coursed under his skin and unsure of how to react to the desire that threatened to take control of him, Rowan froze. Wren's hot breath against his mouth sent a jolt of pleasure through his body, and he choked back a groan. A different kind of panic flared in Rowan's chest, burning him as if he were the one on fire. This was what he wanted, what he'd thought about every night since Wren left. But wanting more was one thing. Acting on it was another. He'd spent so much of his life hiding, he didn't know how to do anything else. One corner of Wren's mouth twitched as Rowan pulled away. When he attempted to free himself from Wren's grasp, Wren just hauled him closer. Rowan liked that he didn't have to think about what to do next. His bare chest thudded against Wren's torso, and the heat from Wren's body merged with Rowan's skin, melting him from the inside out. "What did you just do to me?" Wren's deep voice vibrated against Rowan's chest. "The Disorder of your illusion was holding you captive. I…I absorbed it." "Oh? Where did you learn to do that? Have I been gone that long?" Wren's grip loosened slightly on Rowan's wrists as if he was satisfied now that Rowan was practically sitting on top him. Rowan stared at Wren's lips. He opened his mouth to protest, but immediately closed it again. "I know you aren't going to say that I shouldn't touch you." Wren's free hand splayed over the small of Rowan's back. "Not when you started it." Rowan's breath hitched. "No. I'm not going to say that anymore. Not to you." "I thought you were afraid to be touched." Wren's fingers traced a circle over the curve of Rowan's spine as if testing for a reaction. "I know that I'm not afraid of you." Rowan waited for the panic to set in, but all he felt was desire. "With you, I want…" "You want what?" "I want more." Triumph flared in Wren's gaze before he narrowed his eyes. "Really? Then why are you still trying to get away from me?"

"Sect Master Uncle is just a mortal, who just happens to have his own 'billion' interpretations of various spells." Atop Misty Peak, the sect's senior disciple was educating the new beginners. At that moment, Sect Leader Ye Feng, holding a blade of grass, waved it gently, and a fierce Sword Qi split the sky in two, revealing a dark spatial rift that was difficult to heal, frightening the gods above. The new disciple pointed at the sky, shocked, "And you told me the Sect Leader is just a mortal?"

Marriage is nothing but hell to Ashley Scott. From her husband's unbearable indifference to his open affair, she just wants nothing to do with this miserable union. After almost five years with her husband, Nathan Li, Ashley was tired. She wanted to be free and that would only happen if they got divorced. And Ashley was determined to get a divorce, even if it meant getting on her mother's bad side. Nathan, on the other hand, did not want that. Ashley was his other half, his person and separating from her was something he could not stand. Ashley didn't want Nathan, but Nathan wanted her, and he would do anything to keep her. With the revelation of secrets, would the couple be able to get past their trials and sustain their marriage, or would they forever be apart? *Excerpt: He held her shoulders, his dark blue eyes glowing in the dark. "No one else can have you, Ashley. You're only mine." The scene then changed. This time, the blue-eyed man in her memories was kissing her. After, he spoke in an awfully dangerous tone. "You know what I'm capable of, Ashley. You're only mine."

Fifteen years after their childhood friendship drifted apart, Dr. Ethan Carter, a dedicated and compassionate surgeon, and Amelia Harper, a talented yet free-spirited photographer, find themselves reunited in the enchanting town of Pinehaven during the Christmas holidays. What begins as a nostalgic reunion quickly evolves into a journey of rediscovery, passion, and healing. Set against a picturesque backdrop of snowy streets and warm firesides, "Winter's Embrace" weaves an intricate tale of love rekindled amidst challenges both old and new. From the lingering shadows of Ethan’s demanding career to Amelia’s unresolved ties with a past flame, the couple must navigate jealousy, misunderstandings, and the unexpected reappearance of Ethan’s manipulative ex-girlfriend, Vanessa. As Pinehaven becomes the stage for their emotional drama, heartwarming moments of laughter with friends and family intertwine with passionate confessions and moments of doubt. Flashbacks reveal the tender roots of their connection, while present-day challenges test the strength of their rekindled love. Through every twist and turn—including a snowstorm that forces vulnerability, a plot of betrayal from Vanessa, and the revelation of deep-seated feelings—Ethan and Amelia learn to trust, forgive, and hold onto the love that has always been their anchor. Will their bond withstand the trials that fate has in store, or will the winter chill freeze the warmth of their love? With unforgettable characters, heartfelt moments, and a promise of a joyous ending, "Winter's Embrace" will sweep you away in its romantic, festive charm. Perfect for readers who crave love stories filled with drama, humor, and the magic of second chances, this novel is your perfect companion for a cozy winter night. Dive into "Winter's Embrace" and discover a love story as timeless as the holidays.

Di dunia pasca-apokaliptik, Luo Qiao, yang dianugerahi Kemampuan Khusus, tertransmigrasi menjadi seorang gadis malang yang tidak diinginkan siapapun. Dengan keberuntungan, ia mendapatkan sebuah ruang, sungguh sesuatu yang patut dirayakan. Namun ia menemukan bahwa tidak hanya ia telah pindah, tapi ia juga berakhir di dalam sebuah buku, dengan nasib karakter aslinya tragis terkutuk! Haha, dengan Kemampuan Khusus dan ruang di tangannya, Luo Qiao bilang ia tidak membutuhkan siapapun. Namun, penduduk desa yang dirumorkan sebagai pemimpin cacat dan eksentrik itu tampaknya ingin membantunya setiap saat. Mata Luo Qiao berbinar, hehe, bergantung pada paha yang kuat untuk dukungan tidak terdengar seperti ide yang buruk. Tonton bagaimana istri yang lemah lembut ditumbuhkan, lihat bagaimana Luo Qiao menikmati hidup Xiao Yao-nya..........

This story revolves around the divine garden and its inhabitants and their disobedience to its creator. Are they doomed to despair, or will they find their way among the disarray, or maybe the answers lie in the mysteries of the past? 

Dans le monde post-apocalyptique, Luo Qiao, dotée d'une Capacité Spéciale, a transmigré dans une fille pitoyable que personne ne voulait. Par un coup de chance, elle a gagné un espace, vraiment une raison de célébrer. Pourtant, elle découvrit non seulement qu'elle avait traversé, mais qu'elle avait aussi fini dans un livre, avec le destin du personnage original tragiquement condamné ! Haha, avec une Capacité Spéciale et un espace à sa disposition, Luo Qiao disait qu'elle n'avait besoin de personne. Cependant, ce villageois réputé pour être un chef handicapé excentrique semblait vouloir l'aider à chaque instant. Les yeux de Luo Qiao pétillaient, hehe, s'accrocher à une cuisse de puissance pour le soutien ne semblait pas être une mauvaise idée. Regardez comment la délicate épouse est choyée, voyez comment Luo Qiao profite de sa vie Xiao Yao……….

Blue Kent, also known as Ice King, is a Dominant Omega who despises Alphas. But for his new book, he needs an Alpha whom he can use as a model for his main character. Luckily for Blue, an Extremely Dominant Alpha, Winter Dumont, comes into his life and offers to be used as a model for his book character. This offer isn’t made without personal interest. Winter is a scumbag who likes conquering Omegas with fierce personalities. Blue just happens to be an Omega who fits perfectly into Winter’s ideal prey. With Winter relentlessly chasing Blue, will he be able to withstand temptation due to his hatred for Alphas or will Winter’s eccentric personality change his views about Alphas? To know, tune in to the chaotic story of this gloomy x sunshine duo.

Since the dark ages , many of the pilgrige societies banned the use of witchcraft. However one day when a knight discovered various ruins and dungeons as well as the monsters that came from them . The world banned the use still but they intergrated a technology to awaken an element or gene within humans .The humans have contracts with mythical beasts . Young Colin Garwood gets awakened by a power unimaginable (Read to know more)

Saito Anzhong one day was in a military meeting when the next thing he knew, he was being stabbed like Julius Ceaser. Right before he took his final breath, he woke up in a cave, in someone else's body! Soon after, he realizes that he woke up in the body of Lev Griffins, who is a minor villain in the novel, "How to Kill Demons Without Dying." Unfortunately for him, Lev is someone who the protagonist absolutely hates. The protagonist ends up killing him for almost achieving his long awaited revenge and for deciving him. But there is one thing good going for him, he transmigrated before Lev had met the Protagonist. Wanting to not get involved in any major plot events involving the protagonist or the main villain, the demon king, he tries his best to avoid any of the main characters at all cost. Unfortunately though, he has pursuers, who are out for his heart. =============================================== I apologize if i get anything wrong when talking about something that is in real life as well, because this is the first thing that i have officially written and posted on any form of a platform. Oh, it will also sometimes be changing from 1st person to 3rd person in the chapters i just thought it would make more sense in those different forms of writing. Also i promise the story is much better then the synopsis. I SWEAR I DIDN'T MAKE THAT THE NAME OF THE MCs HOME ON PURPOSE, I just realized to late, as in 40 chapters late. My bad #LGBT+ #FANTASY #SCIENCE-FICTION #OVERPOWERED #SLIGHT-COMEDY #SLIGHT-ROMANCE #MYSTERY #SLIGHT-HORROR #HAREM

Apocalypse、Rebirth、Explosive hoarding of supplies、Infinite space、Blackening Revenge of Bitch. The world has entered the Ice Age, and the end of the cold ice has arrived, with 95% of humanity on the planet dying! In his previous life, Jack was killed by someone he had helped because of his kindness. Reborn a month before the end of the Cold Ice Age, Jack awakened his spatial ability and began to crazily hoard supplies! Lack of supplies? He emptied a billion of dollar warehouse in a super mall! Are you living comfortably? He built a super safe house that was comparable to a fortress of the end! The end of the day is approaching, and others are frozen into dogs, willing to give up everything for a bite.

"-A thousand years, waiting for the sun to shine on us again. A thousand years, screaming for the gods to take mercy on us. A thousand years, crying for our loved ones to come back to life. A thousand years, of pitying our enemies who suffered the same inhumane human-created disasters due to human greed that knows no bounds." He spoke coldly, choking the lungs of the woman sitting in front of him. The woman who knew nothing, yet, still became a victim of the same disaster he endured for thousands and thousands of years. Her sharp eyebrows that he follows to thin almond-shaped eyes that shone grey with pearls falling from them as if she were a clam endlessly spilling precious jewels with no one to help collect them. However, his mouth still continued to spill the cold truth to her "A thousand years...Waiting to be saved by someone, anyone. How many years can a person hold onto a meaningless life like this? Tell me, Miss Shao. How, in the end, could I have saved my people? Should I have asked them to do the same as me? Cursed to live for eternity being haunted by the ghosts of our past." He smiled ruthlessly while the woman's lips trembled and she wordlessly brushed the tears that escaped her away. "-Force them to witness their loved ones die from either their own hands or mine, their leader. Tell me, exactly what is this life supposed to amount to at the sacrifice of so many others?"

In a world where vampires and humans coexist, Princess Winter is forced into an arranged marriage with Prince Ryker, a mysterious and powerful vampire prince. As Winter navigates the complexities of royal politics and supernatural threats, she uncovers dark secrets that changed her life forever. Extract..... Winter's thoughts swirled as she descended into the castle's grand hall. Her father, the king, stood beside a tall, dark-haired figure. The vampire prince. "Ah, Winter, my dear, this is Prince Ryker," her father announced, his voice booming. She felt her heart stop beating as she stared at this handsome creature; he was very pale but different from how books described them to be; she felt Emma stiffen with widened eyes; "I am dying, princess." Winter swallowed hard as she clenched her fist. Prince Ryker's piercing gaze seemed to bore into her soul.

Eli was a boy wandering the vibrant streets of a city, devoid of any memories of his past. Each day brought new adventures as he observed the world around him. Families rushed by, filled with laughter, highlighting his solitude.

After being discharged from the army, Oliver came back home only to find that he did not fit in with society. He could not understand the emotions and rules of it. For a year he lived as a shut-in until Gateway appeared in his apartment. Before he could understand what was happening, his world was flipped upside down [Warning: MC will not be the savior type. if it does not benefit him he will not help. People will be seen as pawns in his game of survival]

After discovering her fiancé’s infidelity, Hailey Kim (Ha-eun) leaves behind her American life to spend Christmas in Seoul, hoping to heal and reconnect with her roots. As she settles in for a quiet holiday season, she’s startled to run into Joon Seo, her former high school bully. To her surprise, Joon has changed in ways she never expected—his once-mischievous charm now layered with a warmth that feels oddly comforting. In the spirit of the season, they cross path, and Hailey finds herself drawn to him, feeling the joy of Christmas with each moment they share. But as memories from their past resurface, she wonders if she can forgive old wounds or if their new connection is just a temporary spark.

With the world overrun by zombies, Li Yue had two priorities: escaping with her beloved cat, Sir Edmund Pawtipurr, and protecting her brand-new Shark Eco Vacuum Cleaner. Priorities, right? Unfortunately, her astonishingly poor cardio and undeniably bad luck led her to be cornered by a mutant zombie, dead-set (pun intended) on making her his next meal. Pissed off, panicking, and with zero backup plans, Yue does the unthinkable—she bites him first. Resigned to a fate as a latest addition to the zombie horde, Yue instead finds herself... in the powerful arms of a very confused, very human man. Apparently, her bite isn't fatal—it’s a cure. Who knew? Now, faced with the zombie apocalypse and armed with nothing but her quirky new talent and a freshly de-zombified companion, Lan Mingyu, Yue only has one question. What do you do when the zombie you bit turns back into a hot guy? Urgently waiting for advice online.

In a futuristic world where your Genetic Abilities determine your status, Drew Li, a seventeen-year-old orphan living on Planet Kraus, makes his living by working in a soup kitchen at the Star Military Academy Training Base. As a series of events changes his life forever, Drew is given a chance to embark on his path to becoming an Intergalactic Warrior. Follow Drew as he becomes a Legend. WARNING: This is not LitRPG! *No Harems, No Sex Scenes, No Pseudo-Harems, No Truck-kun Isekais, No Isekais! **Lots of references and short chapters. Be warned! ***I do not own the image. ****Unstable Author. (No, I don't drink or do drugs. I'm just high every time a chapter is being written.) I'm a new author who came from another platform. Bear with me here as I’m not a master of English.

Collette, shifts to London, after getting into her dream university. She is living with her childhood best friend, Thalia, but what she didn't know was that Thalia's brother James lives there too. She hates him, mostly because he hates her. She hasn't spoken to him for the past six years. Is it going to be different seeing him now? Will their forced proximity lead to a love story? Umm if it doesn't why would you even pick this book up? Yup, they are definitely going to fall in love with each other, but there's a lot of setbacks and misunderstandings before that, so read away, to witness their love blossom.

Laiza Danford has lived her entire life at the beck and call of her family, enslaved by the desire of their love attention. Always being compared and living in the shadows of her twin. Detested by all even by the one she hoped will be her escape from her damned fate only for every thing to blow up in her face, pushed to death she promises to come back to destroy.

In a land of absolute darkness, a young boy found himself alone and afraid, lost in a world where the very earth oozed with rot and despair clung to the air like thick fog. The boy remembers nothing of himself or his past, only his name and a deep, aching sense of loneliness.

Short stories for a quick read!

A noble girl who cares for only books and knowledge, not giving a single thought about marriage or what others think of her. She meets a commoner boy in a garden and their meeting keeps growing and growing, like the many flowers that grow. But lies grow the more they meet. Here, in the garden of lies, their tragic love begins.

The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by nuclear warfare, leaving it in an endless nuclear winter. Humanity’s once-thriving cities have been reduced to desolate ruins, blanketed in snow and ice, with resources scarce and dangers lurking around every corner. The remnants of humanity are scattered, struggling to survive against harsh weather, mutant creatures, rogue agents, and hostile factions and much more. Dr. Elizabeth Kane, through her brilliance, has found an solution, bringing players from a different dimension planet to help her goals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author notes: - Dropped, currently working on a new novel. - As inexperienced as I am and not being a native english speaker, I'd expect my novel is rather hard to read, and likely because i wanted everything cinematic-and-movie-like experience for every readers despite that, sorry for the inconvenience. - Average words per chapter is 2000~ or higher, on my mood and the amount of content i wanna add. And note that the agents etc is inspired and not entirely accurate to the original thing.

'"Kill Her" she shouted 'Yes..!!!Well played!' Shui Yi's eyes widened and her skin turned pale, fright was written all over her face. She ran out slamming the door. Uncovering the truth to her eight years of suffering Shui Yi has gone insane. Reminded of her trauma she ran fast, her pace increased she ran and ran... to the near park until she was out of breath. Luckily the park is abandoned so there wasn't anyone else besides Shui Yi. "The cause of the traumatic experience is one's selfish desire... no...obsession !!" Shui Yi sat at a corner on a bench catching up her breath trembling. She was sweating all over. She wouldn't stop shivering. The truth of that incident; her family tried to kill her? Why?!! , back then eight years ago that incident changed her life, the truth is more harsh and fierce.

A short story about finding love.

Marked by a curse from birth, Veron has known only chains and shadows, his dreams of freedom smothered by fate. When he seizes his one chance to escape into the forbidden Cursed Forest of Winter, he encounters an ancient, enigmatic creature who offers him an impossible choice: return to the life he fled or venture into a realm of untold power and danger. But within this otherworldly domain, nothing is as it seems, and every step pulls Veron deeper into a mystery that could grant him strength—or devour his very soul.

Oneshot story about a guy who got assigned to tend to the garden of a local high school and a girl who got interested in what he's doing.