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    The heatwave of 1955 didn't just bring cracked roads and heavy air to Maple Hill, it brought Kitty O'Callaghan. Instead of the quiet start she hoped for with her mother, Kitty finds herself trapped under the roof of her stepbrother Johnny - a brooding mechanic who sees in her every trace of the woman he resents.

    What begins as aggression soon turns to desire. Johnny soon wants more than her fear. He wants her softness, her trust, her heart. And nothing will stand in his way. Not her tears. Not her defiance. Not even her hate.

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    26 Jul 2026

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    “I hate and I love. Why do I do this, perhaps you ask.
    I don’t know, but I feel it happening, and I’m tortured.”

    Coming of age during the Great Depression, Catarina has tried to be good girl her whole life. A good daughter, a good Catholic, a good friend, all while she dreams of beautiful things that she should not want.

    When a certain stranger offers her all the pleasures of a wordly life in exchange for one thing in return, she learns that rules exist for good reason, and there lies an underbelly in her city that she never could have imagined.

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    08 Jul 2026

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    Working at a top law firm in New York isn’t all that’s cracked out to be, at least, not for Penelope Coleman. It certainly doesn’t help when the partners of the firm makes a bet amongst themselves regarding her employment. Unbeknownst to her, Penelope’s life has just became a game, one that will change her forever.

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    01 Jul 2026

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    The thing is, she remembers him.

    This hulking shadow in the frame of the doorway. A big, dusty duffle bag next to big, dusty, heavy boots.

    A thick, silver ring, clinking against the neck of a beer bottle.

    That’s all she can think about when they say his name the first time in the warm office of the group home. Just that clink of his ring against a brown bottle in the hazy blue glow of the TV. A droning laugh-track and her parents' laughter mixing in. His eyes sometimes, sliding to her, sitting in the hallway and peeking in.

    She can’t remember him ever laughing.

    Your father’s brother, Miss Andrea said. Logan.

    Did you know about him?

     

    Clink clink.


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    24 Jun 2026

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    The windows darken as Vivaldi plays. Through the glass, Isabelle watches something terrifying she can never unsee. Her husband's hand finds hers in the darkness.

    "Happy Valentine's Day, darling."
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    Jude Larssen is a legend in London - devastatingly handsome, brilliant, ruthless, untouchable. The man who built an empire through means no one questions too closely. Isabelle thought she knew what loving him meant. The surveillance exerted for his thrill. The cold distance and absent-minded, rough fucking otherwise.

    Three years into a marriage she thought was dead, he shows her exactly how far his devotion extends. How deep his resources run. How creative his methods. The lengths he will reach to keep her compliant. Subservient. His.

    But Isabelle Hann has never been easy to break. Even after everything- there is still fight in her. Still defiance in how she questions him, challenges him, seeks warmth elsewhere.

    Jude doesn't just want to keep her. He wants her to yield. And he has all the money and patience to make it happen.
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    This is an emotionally discomforting work of fiction with no immediate catharsis. Enter at own risk

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    17 Jun 2026