#morallygray

[joyffree]

𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒔, 𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚, 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚.

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕..

🖤Enemies-to-lovers 🤍Shifter Romance 🖤Faerie Realm 🤍Faerie Bargain 🖤K! dnapping 🤍Dueling 🖤Star-Crossed Lovers 🤍Secret Identity 🖤Forbidden Love 🤍Touch Her & D*e 🖤Sweet Romance 🤍Strong FMC 🖤Morally Gray Characters 🤍Villain Romance

[bianca-alexander88]

Black and white narratives exist at the cost of the truth; we don’t live in a Disney world universe where there’s the good guy and the bad guy and nothing in between; that’s not the truth of the human experience. 

[dehartfoto]

Oh hello! 📚❤️ I haven’t introduced myself! Let me rectify that. (Fun fact #1 - “rectify” is one of my favorite words. Another is “shenanigans.”) I’m Leslie! I’m from #Oklahoma and almost always have been. I’m 42, married more than half my life and mom to a 15 year old hooligan (also a good word). 📕 I have 3 #dogs (one is new as of this week and I’ve included #puppy tax in the photo lineup!) 📕 At one point in time I owned every @norarobertsauthor first edition including a signed copy of her first novel. Then I was stupid and sold them to downsize. 📕 A used bookseller introduced me to @mysherrilyn and the Dark Hunters and I never looked back. Give me #morallygray all day! 📕 I drink too much #icedcoffee (that’s my husband’s opinion and is arguable). 📕 I am often listening to an audiobook so I can #crochet or #knit because I’m also a #yarnaddict. 📕 Aside from #books and #yarn, #chipsandqueso fix everything. 🧀 I have never met a #taco I didn’t love (mmm #quesabirria 🌮). 📕 I love #truecrime #documentaries and have turned my child into a true crime junkie as well. Lordy, the conversations at our dinner table. 📕 I spent a couple of years thinking I had to read a particular type of book and none of those made me happy (though they promised to make me a better person) and as a result I just didn’t read for awhile. In September of 2022, I dove back into some #spicybooks and never looked back. 📕 I certainly read any format I can get my hands on but LOVE my @amazonkindle and read #ebooks obsessively. I’d love to meet you as well! Come say hello! 💋💋 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #bookish #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #readwhatyoulove https://www.instagram.com/p/CnSbuMKPOwI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lunasquidd]

The Rest of my artfight stuff!

Part 1 below!

SwagPanda - https://artfight.net/~DaEvilPanda (@daevilpanda71 )

2. Breanne - https://artfight.net/~giftreceipt

3. Mass attack! Features:

Rooke - https://artfight.net/~Komoroshi

Clover - https://artfight.net/~Quish

Jordbær - https://artfight.net/~MorallyGrayed

Chepi, Deema, Clementine - https://artfight.net/~artfromegg (@art-from-egg )

Asagao - https://artfight.net/~pygmypear

Ms. Bee - https://artfight.net/~TaxiBirds (@taxibirds )

Little Bee - https://artfight.net/~Littledc

Basil - https://artfight.net/~StoatallyBored (@stoatallybored )

Fuzzy - https://artfight.net/~ImazArtz

YAYYYY THATS ALL OF EM!!

I had a lot of fun this artfight! :D

[jossyreadssmut]

𝓑𝓮 𝓜𝔂 𝓢𝓪𝓬𝓻𝓲𝓯𝓲𝓬𝓮

https://books2read.com/Be-My-Sacrifice

𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡

Death called to me like a sweet 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇, embracing me in its cold hands, and just when I was about to 𝕤𝕦𝕓𝕞𝕚𝕥. To give into the darkness that welcomed me home, his voice called out to me, begging me not to leave him. 𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒎𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.

Betrayal almost took my life from me. Now, my purpose has once again changed from 🅅🄴🄽🄶🄴🄰🄽🄲🄴 on those who once trapped me in a world not of my making, to ⓓⓔⓢⓣⓡⓤⓒⓣⓘⓞⓝ of all that was once holy.

𝓑𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓶𝓮, 𝓕𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻, 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓭. I am about to lay waste to your kingdom and take what is mine back by 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕕𝕖 and 🅱🅻🅾🅾🅳. The Brotherhood will fall at my feet, and all three of them will be mine forever, or at least until I deem them unworthy to breathe.

I am the 𝚄𝚗𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚢 𝙶𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝, and I will have my 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆.

𝐁𝐞 𝐌𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 is the 2nd book in the 𝐵𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝒽𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝒶𝒸𝓇𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 series. This book has over 45 TW and may not be suitable for all readers.

Ⓣⓡⓞⓟⓔⓢ:

🖤 Enemies to lovers

🔥 Stalker/serial unaliver

⚔️ Age Gap - 10+

☠️ Gothic Romance Aesthetics

🎭 Secret Society

♝ Religious undertones

🔪 Revenge

🖤 Villain Romance

🥵 MMFM

🚹 He falls first

🔥 Unhinged MMcs.

🤺 Protector/bodyguard

😈 45+ TWs

۞ Start with Be My Sinner: https://books2read.com/Be-My-Sinner

𐕣 Preorder Be My Salvation: https://books2read.com/Bemysalvation

۞ Please see the author’s website for a list of 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔. This book is for adult readers only.

#gothicromance #darkromance #enemiestolovers #enemiestoloversbooks #darkreads #antihero #whychoose #whychooseseries #whychoosebooks #bemysinner #almaruga #stalker #stalkerromance #bemysacrifice #stalkerromancebooks #bemysalvation #spicyromanace #spicybooks #booktok #morallygray

[lakecountrypress]

🖤PREORDER LINK ALERT🖤

The Blood That Binds Us by Erin Mainord order link is finally here!

This enemies to lovers, slow burner will have you on the edge of your seat🔥🔥

Blurb:

She is the wielder of blood magic,

and she may end them all.

"Monster..."

Wren has never stolen a life, but that doesn't stop her from believing her darkness makes her a walking nightmare. Harboring a power so lethal, unpredictable, and entirely forbidden by kingdom law, Wren's spent her whole life hiding what she is-who she is. A bloodwitch.

Meanwhile, a war is looming, and Wren's feral magic may be the only thing that can stop the uprising from destroying the kingdom, her home, and everyone that stands in their way. After her sister is captured by the rebellion, Wren must seek help from the kingdom's ruler who would sooner imprison her than offer aid. Except... Singard needs her, and when she volunteers the use of her power in exchange for his help finding her sister, an unlikely alliance is born.

Forced into a reluctant compromise with the "white-haired witch," Sin finds himself protecting Wren for his kingdom's survival, but their star-crossed relationship quickly spirals into one straddling the precipice of hate and passion. As secrets are unveiled and loyalties are tested, neither are sure who they can trust.

When hostilities deepen and war draws near, Wren is determined to rein in her wild magic and bind it to her will. With the lives of everyone she loves at stake, Wren must look within and decide if she is the monster she fears, or if there is light to be found in the darkest parts of herself.

We have some exciting and slightly sad news this morning…

However, since Amazon has decided to hinder indies—it can only be preordered in paperback on Barnes & Noble.

If you love dark fantasy romance and want to support an indie–preorder from Barnes today!

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[deliciouskeys]

001 for Maevelander :)

* when I started shipping it if I did:

Episode 3 of season 1! They had so many good interactions. I was really intrigued by what kind of person Maeve was to be able to not only date HL, and also somehow manage to extricate herself out of a relationship with him, still be alive, and still have him clearly pining to get back together.

“See that’s what I like about you. You always tell me the truth”. And then in episode 4… the harrowing plane scene. The Boys writers say it sets up a contrast between HL and Maeve’s moralities, of course, but I thought it was also a fascinating example of someone staying silent about a serious crime because it’s their ex-partner who did it. Her evolving and increasing disgust and self-judgement as events spiral out afterwards was very interesting to watch.

* my thoughts:

I do think with each season their interactions got less satisfying 😕 But I adored morallygray!Maeve walking with the devil side by side in season 1 ❤️❤️❤️

* What makes me happy about them:

I thought Maeve was a badass female character, and I really like to think/read about how she first discovered and tapped into HL’s mental subbiness.

* What makes me sad about them:

Well, the fact that they were never really on the same page at all about the relationship is pretty sad. The scene in S3 where she tells HL that she hated him from the start makes her yet another person gaslighting him (don’t think the writers intended this scene to be tragic but it was)

* things done in fanfic that annoys me:

I have to say none of the Maevlander fics I’ve come across have annoyed me. Hypothetically, I’d be annoyed by a fic where HL was cruel and abusive to Maeve and she was meek and long-suffering.

* things I look for in fanfic:

Maeve being dominant in bed, but also Maeve being afraid of HL. The fics that pull off both of those aspects really rev me up. Also, it’s not a requirement but I’ve been delighted by the percentage of fics for this pairing that involve a pegging element— not a necessity by any means, but makes me feral.

* Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: 

Maeve can be with Elena if that makes her happy (maybe this is my own problem but I wish Elena were written as a more interesting character. I didn’t quite feel the chemistry.) I loved Maeve with Butcher, even though it came out of left field— but it would have been an interesting endgame, imo. For HL… he probably needs to end up with someone who genuinely loves him. Which might be impossible if he doesn’t get depowered. He’s going to have to be single dad parenting Ryan :/

* My happily ever after for them:

Homelander harvests her eggs and makes super babies via surrogate…. Juuuuust kiddingggg. I would have loved if Maeve never broke up with him but stayed on as the jaded, cool kid vaping in the bathroom while HL tries to reason with her and please her with romantic gestures, and never dumps her even though she’s undermining his clean cut earnest image and costing him points.

* who is the big spoon/little spoon:

I love HL being possessive of her, hovering around her, coming up behind her, trying to get into her space (Clarification: don’t condone irl, just compelling dynamic). He’s the big dumb eager spoon that her little spoon has to stave off periodically.

* what is their favorite non-sexual activity:

Apparently he liked weekend getaways to Europe with her. I think HL is into the glitz and PR of the relationship. But Maeve didn’t really enjoy any of that. I’d love to have had a glimpse into what HL references as understanding what it’s like for one another, being lonely at the top of the fame pyramid. Did they have quiet nights in where they watched movies and ate ice cream straight out of the pint container? We’ll probably never know from canon.

[belindaclemons]

Ruthless Beauty is now available in ebook and paperback on Amazon! This dark contemporary romance is a standalone with a HEA.

Available in Kindle Unlimited: https://books2read.com/ruthlessbeauty

 Why choose romance

 Mafia

 Enemies to lovers

 Friends to lovers

 Off limits / bodyguard romance

 Spice!

 A strong FMC

 Check your tr!ggers!

 Blurb:  

Eleven years ago, my entire family was massacred.

Only my brother and I survived that fateful night.

Now someone has returned to finish what they started.

My notorious gang leader brother keeps me in a gilded cage, out of his business and away from the sinister underworld of Reaper Falls.

When a threat too great for him to handle throws my perfectly orchestrated life into chaos, I’m finally set free. Free from not only him, but from myself. Because I’m not the girl everyone thinks I am.

Those who crossed my family will pay a hefty price. I’ll make sure of it.

The only complication? Three men who refuse to let me out of their sight.

Emilio, my newly appointed, grumpy bodyguard.

My best friend, Rhys, who turned me down when I confessed my feelings for him.

And Torsten, the assassin who I want to k!ll as much as I want to f*ck.

Not only is my entire future on the line. We’re risking our lives, and hearts, as we try to uncover the true enemy before it’s too late.

Read in KU:  https://books2read.com/ruthlessbeauty

#whychooseromance #reverseharem #reverseharemromance #mafiaromance #mafiabooks #darkromance #enemiestolovers #friendstolovers #forbiddenromance #bodyguardromance #mafiawhychoose #darkreverseharem #mafiaromancerecs #spicybook #spicyromance #steamybook #newrelease #ku #kindleunlimited #kindleunlimitedromance #cassiabriar #morallygrey #mornallygreymen #morallygray

[shiroselia]

I know going onto the “We like Sabine” site and going “Wow I really dislike everything about the Eq festival and what it’s doing with MC and Sabine” is brave at absolute best, but alas

Like here’s the thing, it reeks of fanservice for the detriment of the actual main plot, which I have way too much familiarity with from other franchises, and it’s Really obvious that this is a thing only because SSE knows that people a) want a morally ambiguous MC and often headcanon theirs as such (nothing wrong with this at all, y’all do y’all you’re doing great) and b) that people find Sabine Really Fucking Hot (if they know people thirst for Ydris, they know people thirst for Sabine, and once again nothing bad about this, y’all do y’all)

But it makes Absolutely no sense to the current narrative that SSE are writing in the main story quests that MC would actually be morally ambiguous, the only instance of that we’ve seen comes from Mr fucking Sands of all people, so MC suddenly being all #Bad and #MorallyGray just doesn’t make sense in the current place where the main story is, and therefore it just makes me go “Oh y’all only did this for fandom cookie points” (which is fine for the fans, but it always feels very dumb for a company to go against their own established canon to appeal to fans because it makes their story and narrative look weaker if they have to literally go against it to do something like this)

It’s just a huge case of having your cake and eating it too, either MC is ambiguous and then you fucking commit SSE, or they aren’t and then you don’t pretend they are for an event which you Really can’t decide if it is actually canon or not

(It also makes Sabine looks less threatening by comparison, very similar to what happened with Jessica and the Beeper plot, where she just looks silly because she can’t even sabotage One Event with fucking Fireworks, so much for being a part of the big bad squad)

[joyffree]

Filthy, ruined, and left for dead. What a perfect birthday gift…

Don't Touch, a fated mates paranormal why choose from Letty Frame is Live!

Don’t Touch is the first book in the Not All Men trilogy. It’s a glacial-burn paranormal Why choose romance that contains possessive men, a snarky, heroine, and a familiar world full of shifters, danger, and excitement

✨Abused FMC ❤️‍🩹Alphahole Hero ✨Disability Rep ❤️‍🩹Emotional Scars ✨Fated Mates ❤️‍🩹Heats ✨Jealous/Possessive ❤️‍🩹Mental Health Rep ✨Morally Gray ❤️‍🩹Second Chance ✨Shifter ❤️‍🩹Slow Burn ✨Soulmate ❤️‍🩹Stalker ✨Touch Her & Die ❤️‍🩹Tragic Past ✨Traumatized FMC ❤️‍🩹Rejected Mates

[cocktailsfairytales]

══ . •🤍 RELEASE TOUR 🤍•. ══

Romantic Realms

Hearts at War

An Enemies to Lovers Fantasy Romance Anthology

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215965272/

𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒔, 𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚, 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚.

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕..

🖤Enemies-to-lovers

🤍Shifter Romance

🖤Faerie Realm

🤍Faerie Bargain

🖤K! dnapping

🤍Dueling

🖤Star-Crossed Lovers

🤍Secret Identity

🖤Forb!dden Love

🤍Touch Her & D!e

🖤Sweet Romance

🤍Strong FMC

🖤Morally Gray Characters

🤍Villain Romance

.

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Featuring heart-stirring stories from:

Brandi Elledge

Brooke Clonts

Evelina Griggs

Harper Lynn

Jacqueline Pawl

Michelle Helen Fritz

Nicole Zoltack

Shae Merritt

Sophea Chan

T. S. Devon

The clash of swords, the spark of magic, and the heat of forbidden love. Enter a world where enemies become lovers in Romantic Realms Volume 1: Hearts at War, a closed-door fantasy romance anthology that will sweep you off your feet. These stories are enchanting, heartfelt, and utterly captivating.

Step into a realm of magic and romance, and see if love can truly conquer all in Hearts at War...

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@T.S. Devon @DS_Promotions

[rethar-quips]

Under article 137a subsection ii of Alliance Law, you cannot throw a party, function, gathering, or celebration for the purpose of “having fun”.

The rest of the article proceeds to outline all other prohibited forms of fun which all denizens of Azeroth are expected to not do.

[israsravenheartfantasywriter]

Right though?? ✅️ #darkspellseries #witch #witches #book #books #villainous #darkfantasy #warlock #MorallyGray #fantasynovel #fantasyreads #witchyreads #witchbook #darkhumour #funny #funnyvideo #witchesofinstagram #bookstagram #fantasy #kindlereads #kindleunlimitedreads #kindleunlimited #darkside #witchaesthetic #raven #story #darkaesthetic #magic #witchywoman #sorcery https://www.instagram.com/p/CcTTtzHrUk_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[puzzlepaws]

Today's #BlogTour is #MissingForGood I've been waiting for this book since April! Hold on, Alex Coombs is back with a new Hanlon book! bit.ly/2S5J5h3 @rararesources @AlexHowardCrime @BoldwoodBooks #crimefiction #strongwomen #BookReview #GreatReads #MYSTERY #fiction #morallygray #bisexualcharacter #gaycharacters #femaleprivateinvestigator https://www.instagram.com/p/CFpKHLXhNq_/?igshid=1khdebj49o1l2

[jossyreadssmut]

Do you enjoy Super Dark Romance and Erotic Horror with tons of Triggers?

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🔥OTT/JP MMC

😈Step Siblings

🔥Cult

😈Gore

🔥Horror

😈Kidnapping

🔥Degradation

😈Masks

🔥Captive

😈Psychopath MMC

🔥Praise

😈D3vil Worshipping

🔥Extreme Viol3nc3

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[taylorfennersbookishworld]

“Waiting. Not waiting. One lover. A hundred lovers. There should be no judgement either way. A woman is not defined by what she does or doesn‘t do in the bedroom.” ― Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us • • Happy Friday Bookdragons! Who else is ready for some relaxing time this weekend? I’m going to watch some movies, catch up on some sleep, and do some self-care. • • #gothandliterature day 3: Hades | Stole Your Heart • • I love Alessandra and Kallias in The Shadows Between Us! • • Q: Who is your favorite morally gray character? • • #astrangerdream #theshadowsbetweenus #tricialevenseller #slytherinromance #owlcrate #owlcrateexclusivecover #youngadultbooks #fantasybooks #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #2020reads #charactersilove #bookstagrammer #bookish #bookmarks #bookbloggersofig #readersofinstagram #amreading #morallygray #bookdragon (at Clintonville, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-h7h95A2aH/?igshid=skt7wd0ckif3