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Healer's Touch (Deadly Touch book 1)

Llew’s father disappeared when she was eleven, leaving her orphaned, as far as she knew. Since then, Llew has learned to survive the streets of the gold-mining town of Cheer – full of opportunistic men and desperation. It’s a hard existence made tougher when Llew's so-called friend accuses her of murder, sending her to the gallows. Llew’s Aenuk ability to absorb life means she doesn’t stay dead for long, but she does leave a trail of death behind her. Escaping the hangman’s noose sees Llew fall into the hands of Jonas: the man with the knife and the Karan power to kill Llew’s kind. If Llew can nurture the attraction he develops for her, maybe she can keep that knife from her heart. But lurking in the shadows is Jonas’s half-brother, Braph: the man who has learned to combine Aenuk and Karan powers into infinite and addictive magical potential. Healer's Touch is a fantasy novel flavoured with a wild west setting, steampunk-like technology, enough romance to draw you in, horror to keep you hooked, and just enough sex to keep things spicy. The Deadly Touch Series: Healer's Touch Warrior's Touch Magician's Touch *May count as Romantasy, but the spice is pretty middling. Goes into dark themes, including torture & rape, but never between the main couple. The first chapters are brutal, but I had to start Llew off somewhere …

Deb E Howell · Fantasy · 26 ch

Keepers Of The Occult (NaNoWriMo 2024)

If mythical creatures only exist in folklore, are they truly fictional? Or just kept under very tight wraps? Hazel Adams is a timid high school student who spends all her time hiding from people and reading about Japanese urban legends. Those tales are far more interesting than her boring life, after all. But monsters don't just live in stories. Not only are these creatures very real, but a secret society of wizards also monitors and polices supernatural activity all around the world. To make matters worse, they just accidentally let four Japanese monsters- also known as Yokai- loose in Hazel's city. Now, Hazel must work alongside these wizards to track them down before the unleashed Yokai threaten the balance between the natural and supernatural worlds.

Mercynarie · Urban Fantasy · 23 ch

Immortal Healer: Immortal Stonekeeper Prequel (2025)

Not many people can claim to have served in eight wars, and even fewer can claim to have conquered death itself. Duncan Ward has done both. After seeing the horrors of World War I, Duncan, an eternally youthful witch doctor, has given up completely on humanity and sworn never to intervene in their matters again. But when he is abruptly invited to the funeral of an old war comrade he once saved, Duncan finds himself dragged back into the affairs of men… and the supernatural. Joining hands with the late veteran’s daughter, they race against time to uncover a plot that could drastically change the course of history.

Mercynarie · Urban Fantasy · 26 ch

Ghost of Glasgow: Immortal Stonekeeper Case Files #2 (2023)

Jonathan Warner is back. This time, he is a Paranormal Investigator under the jurisdiction of the Paranormal Bureau, working peacefully alongside his lover and partner, Anya Sechina. However, the two of them are thrust back into danger when Jonathan’s close ones die one by one after being marked by an eight-hundred-year-old branding. Who is behind this series of murders? What does the branding mean? And will they solve the case in time, or will Jonathan lose everything in his life once more?

Mercynarie · Mystery · 18 ch

Immortal Stonekeeper (2022)

Living your life on the edge is all fun and games, until the ground shifts before your feet and you wind up dead on the streets with a hole in your head. Informant Jonathan Warner is perfectly content with living his life one exciting night at a time. But when his cop friend asks him for help regarding a dead auctioneer and a missing jewel, he finds himself suddenly dragged into the hidden world of vampires and immortals. What do immortals want from him? Who killed the auctioneer? Why is this jewel so important? And will his life ever be the same again? This is the tale of the Immortal Stonekeeper.

Mercynarie · Urban Fantasy · 24 ch

Sulphur & Lightning

Osu. The word meant outcast. A creature lower than all his peers and set apart by the gods. The world of Reigina, disparate in its races and traditions, still maintained a universal treatment for such souls. Born into this world as one such creature, Elijah Brimstone must navigate the muddy waters of a society that despises him and unravel the tangled threads of his past that shaped who—and what—he is. Secret beings. Arcane texts. Mysterious metals. Who could sound the depths of such a world? Was he on a fool's errand or on the stairway to Heaven? WHAT TO EXPECT: Well-researched cultivation. Western alchemy. Authentic African folklore and culture. Cosmic horror Competent main character with clear limitations. Lots of action. Unique array system. Industrial age fiction. Sulphur & Lightning combines Eastern and Western Alchemy traditions with Nigerian and African folklore to present a story that's both familiar and foreign. Lycans. Elves. Cultivation. Sorcery. Clans. Castes. Everything you're used to in fantasy, and more.

anaugustauthor · Fantasy · 38 ch

Chronicle of a Cursed Reincarnation

It is the story of an ordinary middle school student who is suddenly cursed by a powerful Demon Lord from another world. Despite this, he gradually awakens his magical powers, surpassing all creatures that have ever existed (except the gods), and begins his journey to take revenge on demonkind.

mrjapturk · Fantasy · 20 ch

Dark in the Dollhouse

In a time under the reign of the 8th King of Anarchy, this story unfolds. Yuliana blazed as her whole body was engulfed in flames. With just a withering mind left, her final option was to force her own death. So she attempts to end her life in an ultimate act of jumping off, only to get caught by a suited and eccentric dollmaker. Evander, who wields a mystical power known as Artistry, finds her fate to be an amusing one and decides to revive her from the clutches of death. Using the Codex of Life, he builds her a new body and identity, allowing her to have a fresh start at life. But the past still lingers. The flames that once burned her, and the mysterious Supreme Oracle rooted deep within her, Yuliana's fate is not yet resolved. She must deduce it, the reason that put her into such a predicament in the first place. Thus begins the tale of Evander and Yuliana, the dollmaker and his doll, the burning girl and her 'saviour'. To what end will they see their fate? What to expect: •🧠🔍 A brain churning mystery that makes the reader think and a plot that keeps on expanding. •🧐🎭 Thoughtful and expressive characters with complex emotions and actions. •🌍📜 A rich world with a long standing history and lore, spanning across 8 Anarchy Eras. •🩸🔪 A dark fantasy with intense imagery and a prose that doesn't cut in the descriptions. •🔮📖 A complex power system known as Artistry which revolves around using ichor to draw archaic sigils in the mind.

Haspberry · Fantasy · 41 ch

Prince of All Creation

Codex is absolute. Each tome, a shard of the creator's will. A sacred archive that chronicles the fates of all who belong to a specific dynasty—those who have passed, and those yet to be born—each word penned by the creator's own hand. What does a prince do when, upon stepping into adulthood and unlocking the truth of his destiny, he discovers that his very existence is the harbinger of doom for the homeland he loves? One cannot escape fate. History has etched in blood the names of those who tried. Yet, in this once-mighty empire, now reduced to a hollow shell of its former glory, even a fated catastrophe can be transformed into an opportunity. After all, the codex may be absolute, but a man's word... is not.

AuthorOfAllCreation · Magical Realism · 5 ch

Rifts Chronicles: Arthur's Journey( Rifts x Harry Potter Crossover)

A few months after Voldemort’s first defeat, the entire magical world faces its greatest crisis. The Ley Lines, the magical conduits that span the entire planet, awaken, transporting almost half of the world’s population to the Land of the Rifts—a post-apocalyptic world where dangers lurk around every corner, and various nations fight to reestablish themselves by battling each other or facing creatures that see mortals as nothing more than pawns. Twenty years later, a man walks alongside his companions, hoping to find his loved ones before their lives are claimed by yet another battle. For those that are noticing this from Reddit, I' m not accepting comment on this story and the rest of the saga for an exchange. I politely ask you to accept that( if you noticed the series just by lurking in the Harry Potter or Rifts sections and want to give your opinion of course you' re welcome to do so) https://discord.gg/bUk7MtxSJE https://www.tumblr.com/rjkingofdirewolwes?source=share

Vulcanrider · Adventure · 10 ch

Echo of the Shapers(Draft phase )

In the Astrum Imperium, power follows a single law: ascend or be crushed beneath those who do. Humanity rules the Solar System through the Paths of power-an ancient Ascension system that allows the Awakened to wield fragments of divine Authority. The Imperium recognizes eight ranks, from the first Spark to the legendary Divine. Those who rise become rulers, generals, and living weapons. Those who fail vanish inside the deadly trials known as Domain Echoes. Darien Halcrest is sixteen and born on the frozen moon of Callisto, far from the shining capitals of the Inner Worlds. The son of a disgraced noble family, his future depends on one thing: surviving the brutal Crucible Academy on Terra and mastering his Ice Affinity. If he succeeds, he can restore his family's honor. If he fails, he becomes another forgotten cadet swallowed by the Imperium's ruthless hierarchy. But the system humanity depends on is not as perfect as it seems. Deep inside an Imperial transport ship, an ancient artifact that has slept for ten thousand years begins to awaken. When it does, the fragile structure holding the Imperium together will start to fracture. And somewhere in the darkness between worlds, something unwritten is waiting. Darien Halcrest only wanted to climb the Path. Instead, he may become the one who breaks it.

TheNoGod · Fantasy · 1 ch

What did I leave behind?

After surviving the greatest school massacre of the century, a young man awakens with no memory of who he is. No past. No memories. No identity. He tries to move forward, leaving behind the scars he cannot even remember. However, the more he distances himself, the more fate insists on pulling him back. Encounters with people who seem to know him reveal fragments of a story he never knew was buried… or perhaps one he wanted to forget. Between what was lost and what still lingers in the shadows, submerged beneath the underground of his own truth, a question haunts him like a constant whisper… What did I leave behind?

NovelsEmFragmentos · Urban Fantasy · 1 ch

The Builder of the Void( Familiar of Zero x Build King

During the summoning ritual at the Academy, Louise believes she had completely hit rock bottom.... only to realize she hit the jackpot, gaining powers beyond her comprension, an immense legacy and an amazing friend and protector. https://discord.gg/bUk7MtxSJE https://www.tumblr.com/rjkingofdirewolwes?source=share

Vulcanrider · Comedy · 1 ch

The Reason For Existence

An unfeeling young man bored of his stable yet monotone life has his entire reality changed after a strange power is given to him by a place that doesn't exist. He now must decide what to do with it and if he should carry out his plans for the world while also maintaining his dying relationship with the people around him.

The4th · Psychological · 3 ch

The doctor didn't bring the plague

“You’ve brought famine to the kingdom.” “You’re the reason our valuable ore mines collapsed.” “The World Tree is dying because of you.” “You’re the reason my wife divorced me.” "who the hell said the last one- oh jerry not again " Faced with an endless storm of accusations, the lonely figure could only ask a single bewildered question “…I did?”

Remedy · Fantasy · 4 ch

BACKROOM: The Wanderer's note.

After falling into the backroom, Owen--a northern hunter, has to quickly find an exit, he wants to return... Later, he finds a note. It's help! but, he's still alone.. no..  he isn't.. He was never alone.. They are always here for him... Something's watching.. He's safe. . ?

SuVeryLong · Adventure · 5 ch

The Silver Tongued Devil

Matas is a roofer, not a hero. When a highway wreck and a red curve in the sky drop him onto the side of a forgotten mountain, there's no prophecy waiting for him—only stone, hunger, and a System that records his every choice instead of explaining any of them . Samhal survives because a buried crystal Heart keeps the worst luck off its people, quietly paying out Probability Debt so roofs don't fall and dungeon doors don't explode. Now that Heart is humming off‑beat, debt is coming due—and every "near miss" the System forgives has to be paid in blood or stone, somewhere, by someone. Drafted as a wall scout, Matas earns his bunk the only way he knows how: reading bad load paths before they kill someone and letting a hostile System wire more omen into his bones every time the village needs an "active participant." To get anyone out before the Heart fails and the rust‑choir of ten thousand trapped souls wakes, Matas will have to become exactly what this world fears—an honor‑bound Omen‑Step engineer who decides which debts get paid, and whose names get written on the ledger. Chapters post Mon/Wed/Fri Comments, follows, and saves help the story be found. If you like the direction, interact—I read and reply to all comments within 24 hours. [ Patreon ]

The Vilkas · Litrpg · 10 ch

BLOOD AND SHADOWS

His name is Damien Voss Callahan. Lord of the Nightfall Court — the most feared vampire clan in the immortal world. Cold. Calculating. Ruthless beyond measure. He commands armies with a glance and ends centuries-old feuds with a whisper. He has lived five hundred years without once feeling something as fragile as need. But the ancient prophecy carved into the walls of his castle speaks of a fated bond — a mortal woman who will either complete him or destroy him. He wants neither. Her name is Nora Delacroix. On paper, she is unremarkable. A freelance archivist with a secondhand coat, ink-stained fingers, and a talent for disappearing into crowds. She takes temp jobs to pay her bills, keeps no close friends, and prefers the company of old books to people. She smiles at strangers and never lets them see past it. But Nora has a secret identity — one she has guarded since the age of seventeen. A ghost name. A blade in the dark. What happens when the Lord of the Nightfall Court crosses paths with the one mortal the shadow world has been hunting for years? What will Damien do when the universe names a quiet, glasses-wearing archivist as his fated bond? And what will Nora do when her new assignment — cataloguing the private library of one Damien Voss Callahan — puts her directly inside the most dangerous court in existence?

Emily · Romance · 2 ch