Keep You Close ⛓️

There’s nothing like coming home unannounced to find a stranger living in your bedroom. Technically, Liam’s the house sitter. Practically, he’s a walking violation of Chippy’s personal space.

She wants her stuff and a quiet exit. He wants to follow the house rules to the letter. Sharing a bed (alternating shifts, thank you very much) was never part of the plan, though neither was the weirdly perfect coffee routine nor the rapidly blurring boundaries.

But it’s only temporary. What could possibly go wrong? 

Chains, blindfold, concrete floor.

That's all Philip knows when he wakes up trapped in a stranger’s basement. As a Sub, he's familiar with the implements, but this man isn’t his Dom nor is there any indication why he’s taken Philip prisoner. In fact, the man won’t utter a single word.

But the power dynamic is clear, and Philip is well versed in doing whatever he’s told. At least, he is with his jealous, demanding, Dom Koray. Even without Koray present, Philip is bound by his power, and forced to obey his will.

Which might cause a very big problem, because Philip’s new owner isn’t willing to share his affection.

Content Warning: Prior emotional abuse, dubious consent, explicit sex, kidnapping, restraints

Riley:

When I was eighteen I made a huge mistake. Part of that error was a friendship tattoo that would link him and me together. That tattoo is a symbol of the worst wrong I made. Just simply looking at it is a reminder of what not to let ever happen again. I turned my pain into something positive. I went to college for art and created my own tattoo studio Linked By Ink. I'm now famous for friendship tattoos. I used my negative to build something positive from it. Now I have my own tv show. I travel across the world meeting people who want a friendship tattoo and hearing their stories. If I like their story and feel the relationship is positive I give them a tattoo. 

Lucas:

When I was nineteen I made a huge mistake. The only part that wasn't a full failure was the time we spent together and the tattoo I got with her. The tattoo is a reminder of what I lost from my wrongs. My tattoo is a symbol of her and wanting to find her again. I want her back in my life. I've hired many private investigators and not one has found her. I turned the negative I did into something positive. I wrote all my songs about her. Every song was an award won, some Grammy's, and every award won was a new tattoo I got in honor of her. I traveled across the world meeting people whom my songs and story have inspired.

Irene, once a princess of cecilly, now forced to be the bride of Ceaser the most powerful and ruthless emperor of all the realms throughout the land. he has taken eveyerything from her in his quest of making her completely his and yet Irene is forced to play along the role of perfect wife while plotting to get her vengence. will she succeed in this game and taking everything as he has, as he has done to her? or will she fail or-- fall to deep into the act?.

The day that Kai learns that he's half-human, half-merman and that he's the key to ending a 100-year-old war, is also the day that the entire ocean learns of his existence. For years his family kept him hidden from the world, but now the strongest, most dangerous merman in all the seven seas knows about Kai, and he's coming to the surface for him. 

To ensure victory, King Marius the Conqueror must capture the half-breed prince of Astria, his nation's greatest enemy, and claim him as his Mate in order to absorb his power before he learns to use it. There's only one problem: there's nothing Marius hates more than humans, not even an Astrian, and Kai is both those things. But when Marius sees the beautiful Kai and clashes swords with him, the cold-blooded king's blood begins to boil for the very first time.

When a dark, handsome, sword-wielding stranger attacks Kai in his home, instead of running, Kai fights even though he knows he's no match. Defeated, Kai is kidnapped to a world he never knew existed and is held prisoner against his will. Thrust into a secret, dangerous aquatic world, Kai must learn to navigate swimming with a tail instead of legs and avoid a powerful, possessive king's advances if he wants to save his newly-discovered mer-people from annihilation.