shot in the dark

Avani is the last earth dragon in the world. Not only that, but he is also the last male dragon. The other three remaining elemental dragons, air, water and fire, are all females. Unless he mates with one of the other three dragons, the race of pure dragons will die out. Since he snubs the idea of finding a mate, refusing to allow anyone to claim him and therefore control him, he has taken over as protector of the forest. The hunters are always searching for supernaturals to force into their Arenas, a modern-day gladiator fighting ring. And now, they are capturing supernaturals to experiment on, creating a new race of hybrid creatures. Because Avani can shift his emerald-green scales into the black of onyx, those he saves have started to call him The Dark Protector. Merethyl is an elven princess. She and her brother, Yhendorn, are captured by hunters when her family is attacked, her parents slaughtered in front of her. She and Yhendorn are held captive, experimented on, until one day they find a way to escape. As they flee, Yhendorn is re-captured sacrificing himself to make sure Merethyl gets away. As she runs, the hunters chase her, trying to run her down. Avani hears her and flies to her rescue, killing the hunters that are after her. When he realizes that she smells better than anyone he’s ever smelled before, he knows he must get away from her. He cannot allow her to have the total control over him that claiming him would give her. But Merethyl has nowhere else to go and she needs Avani’s help to rescue her brother. Will Avani be able to resist the charms of the elven princess, or will he fall to her, claimed, making her his dragonrider?

ೋღ🌹ღೋ Rose has gone her whole life being shadowed by three very protective brothers who have rules she must follow. And she did... until one night when she finds herself alone in the streets and she's attacked by a man with fangs. She barely manages to escape but even so, soon after her life becomes a living nightmare.

In the conflicting and contradicting world of the Royals lie misunderstandings and unforeseen fates. The battle for the throne and love thrives amongst The true blood of Royalty. What would happen when the normal life of a nerd mixes up with the world of the wealthy and powerful? Carolyn herdes is an unfortunate lady unlucky with love and an average citizen who accidentally fell into the hands of the hottest and rudest stranger she had ever met her entire life which made her question her entire being. (Nolan Armstrong). Infuriated by his arrogance, she fled but was brought back when her life was somehow intertwined with his. What will happen when she finds out that the man her body craved was the imperial ruler of the East? Will he accept this weird woman? Would she belong in his world?

What happens when a cold and ruthless billionaire notices a sweet timid girl who is working her ass off to climb the top, and gets infatuated by her.. But slowly as he goes beneath the surface, he realized that she is not shy at all. The girl is strong and beautiful, she carried her fears on her shoulder and make it look like a pair wings. That very moment he decides he wants her. Avery would have never thought that she will meet someone like Riccardo, who will mess up her straight life and end up in her heart. But what was even more tempting being that he was no ordinary CEO, with the infatuating dark aura, he was the son of the God of the sky himself -Zeus. Would Avery still accept him knowing the dark secret of his birth and will Riccardo still be able to hold on to the only light he found in the form of a woman in his dark life. Will both of them hold their ground or fall in to the dark temptation? A story of two people driven with the passion for love, power and respect and enveloped with just a bit of dark Greek magic.

Book 1 - You'd better watch out. The danger is not just lurking in the dark. accompanies each of our steps. Instinct drives them.In a world full of monsters, there are those who are willing to risk their lives to save humanity from ruin. The hunters.After the trauma of her childhood, the ambitious young Grace decides that she will be one of those who hunt down the monsters and does everything she can to achieve this goal. She only wants one thing, to take revenge on the beings that her parents once snatched from her. But when Grace is forced to meet the grouchy Reese and his troubled brother Nick, she has to admit that the monsters of this world not only lurk in the dark shadows of the night. She is drawn into a vortex of intrigue, power struggles and greed for money and soon finds herself confronted with a creature that is more dangerous than anything known before.-------Book 2 - You'd better watch out. The danger is not just lurking in the dark. accompanies each of our steps. Instinct drives them.In a world full of monsters there are those who are willing to risk their lives to save humanity from perdition. The hunters.Finally, the years of hard work are paying off, Grace is officially a Venator and with Reese at her side she believes she can cope with anything that fate throws at her. But an unbelievable message from Jilin pulls the shadows from the past and stirs her thirst for revenge. Grace takes on this challenge and gets a stone rolling that cannot be stopped and slowly not only she begins to doubt her sanity.

Every person is unique. We might not have control over the things that distinguish us, DNA and all, but we are also formed by personal experience and the environment that grooms us. Lina, a girl who is extraordinary, meets Ashton who is astounding and they have a connection. Although there are some puzzles that have to be solved and obstacles they need to clear, they get together to fight all those and still come out on top. They manage to restore some things that were changed in the past, took down a stumbling block that proved to be a big obstacle in their interaction. Facing all these troubles brought them closer and formed a formidable bond that proved hard to break through difficult situations. A love that managed to withstand the differences between them.

This is the fourth book to the Bloodstone series. It can be read as a standalone, but it will have cross-over characters from the series. The dark realm is heavily guarded for a reason. Nothing good lurks beyond the border. Nothing good ever happens in a world full of darkness and evil intentions. But sometimes, you have to tempt fate to save your soul. Nesrin should know by now that tempting fate only leads to sorrow, poor decisions, and potentially deadly situations. But sometimes, the need to save someone else from their own fate clouds your judgement. What will Nesrin do when she goes too far down the rabbit hole? What will happen when she is on the brink of death, and the only thing that can save her is losing a piece of her own soul too? The clock is ticking, and the creatures lurking in the shadows can't help themselves when the chance to taste royal blood is on the line.

The eighteen-year-old boy who happens to be blind, caused by an unexpected incident is destined to live in a unit with two persons; one is older than him and the other one is a year younger than him, who happens to be his childhood best friends. It's supposed to be four of them but his best friends' youngest brother was stated missing.Their lives were such a peaceful kind that anyone would dream of having it. However, every single day has its ending. Neither any of them noticed that they had stepped on a dangerous side of the world where guns and human trafficking were living their existence when they decided to find their missing brother.Revelations and blood flow when one of them has fought the mysterious guy behind the dark suit with a dark mask covering his shady identity. Regrets and guilt were followed by vengeance. Blood needs blood. Find the lost pieces. Find the missing one.

All Seo-yeon ever wanted was to live freely. Away from the fear that stayed buried deep inside her. She hated being called the monster she was and yearned to live away from reality, no matter how much ignorant it'd make her. She believed that she could make a present that allowed her to cherish the various aspects of life. She was lost in her world and never wished to step out of it until the day she meets the guy of her fate. An unalarmed turn takes place and leaves a deep scar on her chest. Does his presence help her face off the brutal past that she's been trying to run away from? Or does it lead her to a door that directs her to an event that she could have never imagined of?

Nathaniel Hemlock was once one of the most feared pirates to ever sail the seas. His endless quest for gold and power claimed many lives but never concerned him since his heart had long hardened. That is until one day that desire took a dark turn. For power and gold he traded not only his own soul but that of his crew. Now he is cursed to sail the seas until the end of time, unless 1000 more souls are given, one a year...all must be children which was one of the only things he would never do. Present day. Lloyd has always scoffed at the legends that bring visitors to his town near the sea, and with the arrival of a movie crew it's gotten worse. Returning home one evening he sees a strange, old fashioned boat docked and curiously decides to board it. A decision he soon regrets. Once onboard he cannot leave. Nathaniel is not best pleased but there is little he can do and decides to use Lloyd as a cabin boy to make himself useful while he continues to search for another way of breaking his curse and freeing his crew. Their lives will soon become more entwined and perhaps Lloyd is the one who can warm the frozen heart.