Miranda Dufour's Bookshelf
Sweet Silence
Sage is a villain. Not by choice. It just sort of turned out that way, but hey, he's not complaining. Being bad is pretty cool, actually. And while by most people's standards his superpower is pretty lame - muting sound, of all things - he's found it pretty useful when robbing the rich.
Most heroes ignore him. Except one. Lich, the necromancer. Sage didn't know how talking to the dead was considered heroic, but whatever. That's not the problem. The problem is that Lich apparently has a homing beacon locked on Sage specifically, and he keeps getting in Sage's way, despite most heroes not bothering to deal with the small-time villain committing petty theft.
It was annoying, but fine. Sage wasn't all that active in the villainy community anymore anyway. He had just turned thirty, and quite frankly, he was done with this shit. But still, he wanted to go out with a bang, so he planned his final heist: robbing the most powerful man in the city, the governor.
Except, when Sage broke into the governor's house all he found was the governor - dead as a doornail. What's worse is that for the first time in Sage's life, he was no longer invisible. He was found standing over the body, murder weapon in hand.
Now, the entire city of Fairview wants Sage dead, and the only person on earth who can clear his name is his very own necromancer nemesis. For how much they fight, Lich is surprisingly on board with helping Sage...
And so, the two embark on a quest to discover the real killer and clear Sage's name, but the trail leads them to discover some of Fairview's most well-kept and dangerous secrets...
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Twenty-eight-year-old Wren has been sheltered his whole life. He was homeschooled, and only allowed to socialize with similarly repressed omegas who at the very least, had watched porn by their age. Wren, not so much. Once he finished school and went on into adulthood, you’d think that Wren would have gone crazy trying to experience all the things he’d been denied as a teenager, right? Far from it. Though Wren had moved to a new city for his job and gained new friends who had certainly dabbled in hedonism, Wren had little inclination to join them.
Wren was content with celibacy. He was content with working nine to five, eating lunch with his coworkers, and then going home at the end of the day to binge watch tv shows and try out the new recipes he found online. His life was a boat on still waters, slowly drifting to an expected destination. Steady. Unchanging.
There’s a storm, though, hanging on the fringes of Wren’s life by the name of Vincent. He’s a complete nuisance, with his ridiculous V-neck shirts that show way too much skin, his captivatingly evil grin, and his scent like a minty forest breeze. Wren doesn’t like him at all, and he’s really annoyed that Vincent is apparently the only taxi driver available in the whole city after seven p.m.
And if the fact that the scent of Vincent’s oncoming rut triggered Wren’s heat meant anything significant, like their compatibility, Wren was going to happily ignore it. And if, right before Wren’s next heat, he stole Vincent’s scarf from the backseat of the taxi, then Wren was going to blame it all on the omega heat-brain instincts.
Except, unbeknownst to Wren, there was apparently a ‘stealing an alpha’s clothes to sex’ pipeline that he wasn’t aware of.
Before long, Wren is sucked up into the whirlpool known as Vincent, desperately trying to claw his way out before he drowns. But as it turns out, the whirlpool is just as desperate to drag him down as Wren is to escape.
The Vampire Prince's Toxic Consort
Lucius thought his life was over when his parents married him to the notorious vampire crown prince Dorian. Worst of all, they married him under his twin brother's name so their more precious son wouldn't be defiled.
Being the second choice his whole life, Lucius accepted his fate to protect his brother, his family and his country. He had to navigate his way through the vampire court full of predators and deadly schemes, play dangerous games with powerful enemies and walk on the edge of killing or being killed.
However, he didn't prepare for falling in love helplessly with his enigmatic husband.
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HE eventually. Update new chapter daily.
Wolf and Her Runaway
As a small Gothic werewolf Annette already has the world against. From her fashion sense to her height not to mention other things. On an equally stressful day Annette was overcome with annoyance at her councils regularly meeting until her mate crashes through her window. 1st book of Aces in the Pack series.
Tie Him To Me Part 1 of Book 1
Twenty-two-year-old Heart has been struggling to keep money in the bank, and his tuition paid, but all of that changes after Fate runs into him one night on accident. After a cryptic entanglement that ends with heart sporting a new set of five invisible threads and Fate interested in humanity and its weaving's. Heart enters his new beginning. It's this new start that entangles him and leads not only his life but five others in a completely new direction.This is their Fate, the one they take into their own hands. The one they fought and planned for. A war is coming. And Death will come to ask for their lives, but only they have the power to change it.
STRINGS & STONES
Lennox Bristol has made a name for himself and his band. After being approached by one of the top producers of the best labels in San Francisco five years ago, he now returns home to be welcomed by the new owner of the record label.
What happens when he discovers that the new owner is none other than the CEO's daughter Mercedes Stoneshire, the very same person who asked him to not only perform his first gig but she was the only girl who ever made his heart skip a beat.
What will happen when Mercedes discovers that the person who she thought left her as a one night stand the morning after her 21st is none other than the records best selling artist.
Will she pretend to have forgotten who he was to her and treat him as any other client or will things become complicated and heated between the two?
[18+ mature audience NSFW]
The Red Rose - A Modern Day AU Fantasy
Strapped for cash and living alone in a new city, Ryan makes the plunge into the world of the exotic Red Rose, where one Special Interest Night could make or break his life. One night only, one dance set, and he's home free. It's an offer too good to pass up. Besides, it's totally anonymous, right?...
Can one night change your fortune? Is love real, or just a pipe dream? What happens if your love turns out to be three tyrants out for their own good night on the strip?
Ryan was pretty sure, he had no intention of ever finding that out. Funny how fate can have different plans.~
In this modern-day fantasy, full of thugs, monsters, and mayhem, Ryan's Story of the Exotic, erotic and unexpected just goes to show you never know what's around the corner.~
Sidelines
[HIATUS/EDITING] In their final year of college, an unexpected tutoring gig throws quiet, bookish Ethan into the orbit of the university's football star, Jackson. Jackson embodies everything Ethan avoids: popularity, talent, and a looming professional sports career. Yet, as they spend time together, everything shifts. Jackson is not the jock Ethan thought he knew. Underneath the surface, they both reveal there's more to them than meets the eye.
Sidelines is a New Adult MM romance where polar worlds collide. Dive into this journey as two college students navigate the challenges of love, expectations, and the surprises life throws their way.
The Matchmaker and the Villain were bound by fate
Dwayne saved a cat. He did it out of love, not knowing that the cat is the thousand-year-old god of love. The god was touched by his actions and granted him the power to see the fated strings. He also gave Dwayne a mission to rekindle love in the hearts of humans. In other words, he has to play as a matchmaker!
Dwayne vehemently refused! But the god of love promised to fulfill his wish. And he was tempted. For his comatose mother, Dwayne agreed to do the missions.
Until one day…
[Ding! A new mission was issued to the host!]
Dwayne: What is it?
[Mission: Your fated partner has arrived. Please become lovers with him.]
Dwayne: My partner? Wait, who? Let me see! Is she a beauty? ... Huh? ‘Him’? What do you mean, ‘him’?
[Your fated partner is a male.]
Dwayne: llkhrwfbhsfdyw!!!!
[This will be your last mission. When completed, the god of love will fulfill your wish.]
Dwayne: …… Who is he?
[Partner information: Raven McGrden, the CEO of Vermillion Garden Corporation. The co-founder of Scarlet Garden, a famous underground syndicate. The illegitimate son of one of the famous richest families in the world who paved his way to success by plotting the deaths of all his family members in gruesome ways.]
Dwayne: …. Can I request a fated partner change?