Readers' Arcades

Rossana Florissant

Shell’s Eternal Song

Widows/Widowers, Impossible Love, Fated Mates, Soulmates, Star-Crossed Lovers, Marriage of Convenience, Angst with HEA, Forbidden Love, Second Chance

Calista and Jeremie share a brief spark before tragedy and duty tear them apart, sending her into a marriage of convenience and him into a cursed life at sea. Years later, their reunion reignites a love made impossible by vows, magic, and the dangerous consequences of breaking either. As ancient forces rise and their worlds collide, they must decide whether a second chance is worth defying fate itself.

Angela Elyon

Obsidian Slasher: A Burnished Wings Novella

Guardian / Protected, Opposites Attract, Redemption Romance, Hurt/Comfort

In Hell’s rain‑soaked streets, gentle angel Luna is assigned a guardian she fears and craves—the infamous Obsidian Slasher, Machlon. As he protects her from predators, syndicate traps, and her vengeful ex, their forbidden chemistry ignites. But when their enemies strike, Machlon must choose: save her soul… or damn his own forever.

Varenne Schwarz

My Salad Vampire

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Casilda returns to her quiet German hometown seeking authenticity, only to feel an unsettling pull toward Konstantin, the silent stranger she meets during a neon‑lit midnight swim. As sleepless nights, psychic echoes, and a growing supernatural threat close in, she discovers he’s a vampire fighting instincts that both terrify and draw her. When danger forces his true nature into the open, Casilda must choose between the safe life she rebuilt or the dark, consuming bond that could change reality itself.

Tina Isabel Leung

Against All Odds

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“Against All Odds” follows Lasse and Elmo, two men trapped in constant conflict yet forced to share a home they can’t afford to leave. When Lasse plans a year in Japan and a shared covid quarantine forces them to confront the truth of their tangled past, buried desire resurfaces—and a long‑forgotten commitment comes back into focus.

Uva Thornstein

Blood Depot

Forced Proximity, Boss/Employee, Workplace Romance

“Blood Depot” ignites a forbidden romance in a WWI field hospital, where brilliant, icy Captain Trenholm hides a vampiric secret and Nurse Josie is the only one who sees the man beneath the monster. As gossip, rank, and an investigation close in, she must choose: protect her duty—or the vampire she’s fallen for.

Sheila McLaren

Milkshake Blush

Forced Proximity, Mutual Pining, Coworkers

Mabel and Percy serve milkshakes at a diner. Both are plus-size, touch-starved, and carrying old wounds from people who left before the coffee finished cooling. When their boss fires them for how they look, they have to decide if the soft thing growing between them is worth fighting for. He sits across the street watching her window. She waits for him to knock. His hand hovers over the door. She presses her palm to the cold glass. They are both terrified. That's the point.