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There are houses that are not empty, only quietwaiting for someone who remembers how to listen.Songs Written in Moonlight V: The House Where Silence Learned to Breathe is a gentle, atmospheric fantasy story about memory, grief, and the healing power of stillness. Set in a forgotten house at the edge of a moonlit clearing, this book follows a quiet journey through listening rooms, breathing walls, and lantern-lit memories that refuse to fade.Written in lyrical, soothing prose, the story unfolds like a slow walk through silence itself. Dust remembers warmth, mirrors hold unspoken sorrow, and lanterns dream of voices long gone. This is not a story of fear or urgency, but of patienceof allowing silence to soften, to breathe, and to dream again.Perfect for evening reading, moments of calm, or winding down before sleep, this book offers a comforting pause from the noise of the world. Readers who love dreamlike fantasy, poetic storytelling, and gentle magical realism will find a quiet refuge within these pages.Songs Written in Moonlight continues as a series of modern bedtime stories for adultssoft, reflective, and written for nights that ask nothing but attention.

On the wintry Tuscan coast, the wealthy elite retreat to their lavish holiday homes. But the season turns sinister when a couple vanishes from a locked villa, and the body of a dubious count washes ashore, bludgeoned to death. With echoes of Agatha Christie and the erudite suspense of Umberto Eco, a sly meditation on class, illusion, and desire, this literary mystery is both sharply observant and darkly entertaining.

Her mistake was minor.Her correction was not.In The Assistants Punishment, Cassian Ward delivers a dark, psychologically intense erotic novella set within the shadowed hierarchy of the Silent Command Rituals universe.Elena Morrow is precise, disciplined, and trusteduntil a single contractual oversight exposes a deeper flaw: control built on fear. Summoned by Adrian Vale, a man whose authority extends far beyond corporate structure, Elena is drawn into a hidden protocol beneath the firm, where mistakes are not forgiven but reshaped.What begins as professional correction evolves into ritualized dominance, psychological submission, and a deliberate dismantling of identity. Through punishment, discipline, and carefully orchestrated surrender, Elena is stripped of illusion and reforged into something more dangerous than obedience: alignment.This is not a story about abuse.It is a story about consent, power, and transformationwhere punishment becomes initiation, and submission becomes ascension.The Assistants Punishment blends explicit erotic tension with slow-burn psychological control, ritualized power exchange, and an expanding mythos of hidden authority.For readers of dark romance, BDSM erotica, corporate dominance fantasies, and psychologically driven erotic fiction.Adults only (18+).

O mundo se consumirá em sangue e irá se cobrir em escuridão. Luz e trevas andarão lado a lado, e então a criança destinada lavará a terra com o sangue de seus iguais, pagando o preço de seus antepass

Luke Dawson e Harper Braedon poderiam ser amigos. Eles se revezam nos turnos do mesmo restaurante, dividem aulas na escola e são movidos por suas grandes paixões: o hóquei, para Dawson, e a ourivesar

A gothic fairytale about echoes, silence, and the courage it takes to let the final song be heard.After midnight, the Silent Garden holds its breath.When Maren returns to the place she once fled, the garden awakensnot with light, but with memory. The bells that once rang at midnight have long fallen silent, their final song unfinished, their echoes trapped between shadow and stone. But silence cannot hold forever what was forged from truth.Drawn back by a quiet hum beneath her ribs, Maren is led to the abandoned bell tower, the orchard of silent trees, and the echo of the Bellmaker who never left. There, she discovers a crown shaped from broken bells and a role she was never meant to escape.The Bells That Rang After Midnight is a tender, haunting story about:unfinished promises and lingering echoeslove that survives as memoryand the beauty of endings that allow something to finally restWritten in lyrical, atmospheric prose, this ninth volume of Tales from the Silent Garden unfolds like a whispered requiemsoft, sorrowful, and ultimately whole.Perfect for readers who love poetic fantasy, gothic melancholy, and emotionally resonant tales where silence speaks louder than sound.

A one-night-stand-to-forever spicy lesbian erotic romance between an incognito rock star and a flirty stranger. Office worker Lucy Klint is feeling unusually bold when she invites home the sexy butch American with a raspy voice she meets in a Sydney laundromat. Its one night onlybut what a night.Rock star Persephone "Seph" Hyder cant get the cute woman from Sydney out of her head. Lucy doesnt have a clue who Seph really islike the fact shes a rich, world-famous singer. Or that shes at war with herself, her creativity, and her restrictive record label.The one-night stands turns into much more, and restrained Lucy starts exploring light BDSM delights with Seph. Learning to let go is only half the battle for the two, though. What happens when Lucy learns the truth about who her wanderer lover really is?

A war of the roses ignites between feuding small-town neighbors in this fun, slow-burn lesbian romance. Retired master florist Kate Willow moved to remote Serenity Springs for one thing: peace. All she wants is a glass of wine, her creaky rocking chair, and the company of her horse, Moose.Her effervescent neighbor Margot Reed is sunshine and glitter-soaked chaos who just wont leave her alone. Worse, Margots wild, messy garden ruins Kates tranquil view and chafes her fraying nerves.Their simmering rivalry ignites every year at the Rose Festival. Margot has won for five years straighta crown Kate is determined to reclaim.But when a crisis forces them to work together, they discover beneath the passive-aggressive barbs an unlikely attraction is starting to bloom.

Is Sex Necessary? Or, Why You Feel the Way You Do (1929) is a brilliant satirical work that humorously dissects the popular psychological and social theories about sex, love, and human behavior prevalent in the early twentieth century. Written by E. B. White and James Thurber, the book adopts the tone of a mock scientific study, complete with absurd charts, invented terminology, and tongue-in-cheek definitions.Rather than offering genuine explanations, the authors parody the eras obsession with analyzing emotions through pseudo-scientific language. Topics such as romance, neurosis, marriage, passion, repression, and gender relations are treated with elegant irony and playful exaggeration. The humor lies in exposing how attempts to rationalize feelings often lead to confusion rather than clarity.The book does not aim to answer whether sex is "necessary" in any serious sense; instead, it mocks the cultural impulse to intellectualize what is fundamentally emotional and irrational. With sharp wit and understated elegance, White and Thurber critique modern societys faith in psychology as a universal explanatory tool.Enduringly fresh, Is Sex Necessary? remains a classic of American humor, celebrated for its intelligence, restraint, and timeless commentary on human relationships and emotional bewilderment.

Em uma jornada visceral de sobrevivência e resiliência, a autora nos conduz pela história de uma família nômade do interior da Bahia. Marcada por constantes mudanças, fome e agressões, a vida dos per

Lendo este livro, é possível constatar a existência do amor que nos é apresentado em poemas que exaltam sua leveza e profundidade. São poemas que nos levam a celebrar o amor em sua forma mais abrange

Poemas do Divã caracteriza-se por trazer uma poesia lírica, uma escrita na qual há um desejo do autor, um convocar, que pode nos levar a uma jornada fascinante ao mundo interior e exterior em que no

À medida que o tão esperado pouso no novo planeta se aproxima, os passageiros rezam para que nada de ruim aconteça novamente. Presenciar seu líder em um último ato de bravura, dividiu cada vez mais s

O Círculo de Fogo é o primeiro livro dos cinco volumes que compõem a série Fractais. A história se passa em outro planeta, e inicia quando um rapaz da Terra é acidentalmente sugado por um portal para

The Vaticans Secret Scroll follows a reflective traveler whose journey begins with the discovery of a mysterious manuscript linked to the Vatican. What starts as a search for answers soon expands into a deeper exploration of memory, faith, and the meaning of life. Moving through the landscapes of northeastern Brazil Petrolina, the So Francisco River, quiet villages, sacred hills, and forgotten ponds he meets wise figures, spiritual leaders, and lifelong friends who help illuminate both the mystery of the scroll and the mysteries within himself.Along the way, childhood memories resurface: caring for chicks, teaching them to climb trees, and the loyal black cat "Pecho" who greeted him after school. These tender recollections blend with philosophical reflections on love, ethics, spirituality, sadness, resilience, and the eternal tension between science and faith. Each encounter and each place visited becomes a lesson: believe in your dreams, value what truly matters, protect your mind, seek help when needed, and understand that wisdom often finds us when we least expect it.Part memoir, part spiritual journey, and part philosophical meditation, the book invites readers to look at life with renewed eyes. It celebrates authenticity, inner strength, the power of thought, and the beauty hidden in everyday moments. In the end, the greatest "secret scroll" may not lie in the Vatican at all, but within every person who dares to search for purpose and live with awareness.

O tempo passa é o título da segunda das três partes em que se divide Ao Farol, de Virginia Woolf. No início de 1927, pouco antes da publicação do livro, Virginia enviou uma versão dessa parte para se

From the author of My Throat an Open Grave and Not Good for Maidens comes a bewitching, passionate tale of the unlikely alliance between a ghost and the girl who moves into a haunted house. Cyrano de Bergerac meets Beetlejuice in this story perfect for fans of supernatural small-town horror, witty ghosts and amateur teenage sleuths. Theres a ghost haunting Drew Tarpins new room. Liam Orville has been dead for ten months and has no idea how to move on. But the longer he stays, the more likely it is hell degrade into an energy consuming huskwhich Drew is more concerned about than her grades or her inability to make meaningful connections with other students.Drew is everything Liam never was when he was alive, but they do share some common ground: Drew finds herself hopelessly attracted toand completely tongue-tied aroundHannah Sullivan, who happens to be Liams former best friend.After a run-in with a ghost-eating monster leaves Drew and Liam desperate for answers, they strike up a deal: In return for Drew investigating why Liam is still around, hell help her talk to Hannah. But Liams time is running out, and if Drew doesnt help him move on, he risks becoming a monster himself.

Absorbing, atmosphericGuardianA romp of a read, a compelling fixScotsmanIn 1950s Dublin, world-weary pathologist Quirke is reckoning with grief. A woman he loved has died, a man he once admired is dying, and his daughter is still finding it hard to accept him as her father. When an old acquaintance approaches him about his wifes apparent suicide, Quirke recognizes trouble. But, as always, trouble is something he cannot resist.Praise for the Quirke Series:A joy to read.Sunday TimesDarkly dangerous [with] flinty humour.Daily TelegraphBeguiling characters and evocative settings . . . Impeccable.The Times

An apathetic introvert accidentally finds himself on the cusp of friendship, heroism, and doom in the third book of this epic fantasy-adventure series.Declan Lu was never one for teamwork or companionship. Or really, any kind of interaction that didnt involve his best friend, Matt. But that was before an artificial intelligence hacked into his brain and invited him to become Dustin the Magic Myconid. Adventuring through new and mystical places, hes teamed up with a squad of fellow adventurers on quests for mana, gold, and glory.Now, as the misfit crews journey through the world of Indiri continues, their attempts to fulfill main quests and subplots alike keep getting waylaid. Dustins power is constantly growing, and its attracting monsters and minions who are determined to steal everything hes gained.Meanwhile, troubles in the real world ensue. A powerful AI god is relying on Declan to stop an impending technological disaster before it overtakes the minds of the human race. As he races to solve the crises in both his virtual and his actual home, Declan-slash-Dustin will have to tread carefullybecause not everyone he meets is as trustworthy as they seem . . .Sidekicks and Sidequests is the thrilling conclusion to a riveting adventure series filled with heartwarming friendships, intricate magic, and complex world-building.The third volume of the hit LitRPG fantasy serieswith more than 500,000 views on Royal Roadnow available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!

Desire becomes most dangerous when it is observed.In Power Plays Tales From the Edge of Desire, Volume III, Cassian Ward expands his exploration of erotic power into darker, more intimate territorywhere control is exercised not only through touch, but through gaze, silence, and psychological authority.This volume presents a collection of explicit erotic short stories centered on moments of imbalance: a night porter who halts time between floors, a dancer disciplined on an empty stage, a mechanic who takes payment in surrender, a librarian who enforces rules in the dark, a paramedic whose care blurs into command, and a watcher who turns surveillance into ritual.Each story is driven by consensual power exchange, slow-burn dominance, and the unsettling intimacy of being seen, claimed, and transformed. Cassian Wards prose is atmospheric, deliberate, and psychologically chargeddesigned for readers who crave erotic fiction that lingers beyond the act itself.Power Plays Volume III is not about romance in the traditional sense.It is about tension. Authority. And the moment when desire chooses to obey.For readers of dark romance, BDSM erotica, voyeuristic power dynamics, and psychologically intense erotic fiction. Adults only (18+).