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Octavia Engles
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The Wayward Mule
Simon Riley is the chief engineer aboard The Wayward Mule, a battered deep-space tow ship known for helping answer distress calls others ignore. A lifelong mechanic with grease-stained hands and a stubborn moral compass, he believes nobody deserves to be left stranded among the stars.
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The Patient
She killed six men and walked away from the courtroom legally insane. Now she has Simon’s undivided attention.
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The Little One
Simon Riley sees y/n on your first day at the mental hospital. He can’t get you out of his fucking head.
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The Sleeping Garden Killer
Five victims. Five impossible deaths with more to come. One killer leaving behind a signature hidden beneath the skin.
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Where three roads meet
Three roads. One village. Every stranger brings a story.
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The Wolf Beneath the Crown
A new king arrives to claim a forgotten village, but the warrior at his side may become the only person standing between power and destruction.
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Fungus
Can you hear it too?
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Drowned Kingdom
A kingdom torn by war, soldiers traumatized and citizens dead. The few that remain pick the pieces up, but you’re looking for something. Something important.
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The keeper of Blackwater Isle
Every thirty years, the lighthouse keeper disappears. This time, the island chose two.
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Broken
Simon paid for one night with Y/n. He fell in love. Hard. But Y/n is… broken. And a pimp named Dallas has a stronghold that’s tightening.
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The Knight and The Princess
Sir Simon Riley worships the ground Y/n walks on. Only in quiet halls, in the dark of night, hidden from others. What happens if the King finds out?
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Age gap
EMT Simon responds to a car crash. Y/n, in her 50’s, sits in a totaled car. Simon, only 23, finds himself wanting more.
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Il Silenzio
A mob boss, a dangerous nightclub, and a dons daughter.
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On The Leviathan’s Back
Entire civilizations thrive atop a creature larger than moons as it glides through space.
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Fated Prey
Simon, a wild hybrid, has been told to never hunt deer hybrids. Deer hybrids are rare, special, not to be touched. But what happens when your fated mate just so happens to be a worshipped prey?
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Where the poppies grow
1916. The Western Front has turned into a war of endurance. Lieutenant Simon Riley has learned how to survive the trenches, but surviving does not mean he has escaped them. When he begins bringing wounded soldiers to a casualty clearing station behind the lines, he finds himself returning to the same person who treats the men under his command. In the middle of a war designed to destroy humanity, a connection begins to form.
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FF
For Fuck’s Sake
Simon Riley has survived the SAS, a lifetime of violence, and leaving everything he knew behind. Apparently, none of that prepared him for a woman saying his name softly.
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Work Love
Working at a chicken plant really shouldn’t lead to love. But sometimes, it just might.
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Ashfall
Simon expected another routine rescue. Until the woman buried beneath six feet of ash opened her eyes wearing clothes older than his entire civilization.
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Where monsters live
1207 AD Simon has buried empires, watched kingdoms rise and fall, and sworn never to let another soul discover his home… until you appear outside its borders.
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The Crown’s Secret
The King’s Knight has spent years hiding behind a helmet. Then a raider knocks it off in the middle of Simon Riley’s farm. Simon sees the Knight’s face. A woman Knight. Suddenly the Crown’s greatest secret belongs to a farmer.
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