#romantic thrillers

[marydublinauthor]

✨ Meet the Authors ✨

Hi there! We’re co-author duo Mary Dublin and Anne Kendsley. We’re lucky enough to also call each other best friends! We’ve been friends/writing together for over 10 years now (where did the time go??). Our upcoming project is a unique romantic thriller, The Restoration Program — releasing July 1, 2023!

✍🏻What we like to write about:

We love to write about strong, complex, and memorable characters. We think it’s important to write flawed protagonists and villains with a clear set of values. You’ll find the following genres and tropes in our novels: enemies to lovers, height different romance, grumpy x sunshine, forbidden love, fairies + monsters + hunters, dystopian society, science fiction, urban fantasy, diverse representation, LGBTQA+, romantic thrillers, and more!

🌸🌲When we’re not writing

We love to travel together! One of our favorite trips were hiking the Rocky oMountains in Estes Park, Colorado, and to visit the prehistoric spring, Devil’s Den in Florida. Being in nature always brings a surplus of relaxation and inspiration for both of us!

📚📖 Favorite books?

Some of Mary’s favorites:

The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, UGLIES, ACOTAR, You by Caroline Kepner, the Hunger Games

Some of Anne’s favorites:

The Giver, The Hunger Games, Six of Crows, The House in the Cerulean Sea, Defy the Night

🍿🎥 Favorite Movies:

Some of Mary’s favorites:

The Dark Knight Trilogy, Phantom of the Opera, V for Vendetta, Bullet Train, Pride and Prejudice

Some of Anne’s favorites:

Midsommar, The Cabin in the Woods, Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, Zombieland, Knives Out

🌸We welcome questions! Please feel free to email or DM us. 🌸 @kendsleyauthor @bittykimmy13

[thecatsreaderslibrary]

Happy To Share Our Award-Winning Author Elizabeth Upton's New Post of Rave Reviews For Her Novel "The Shaman and The Mafia". . .

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[lokittystuckinatree]

Out of every single relationship in the Whoniverse, whatever the Doctor and the Master have going on just hits different. Like a rock. I’m sure everyone feels this way about their fave Doctor ship, but my experience is that once you go Thoschei, you cannot go back. Given the narrative symmetry, character foiling, interwoven parallels, tragically dramatic irony, frustratingly unspeakable ambiguous romance that defies traditional ship canonization in the true chaotic spirit of Doctor Who, and a unique backstory setup that allows the characters to have history that other individuals cannot match, while fate (and the format of the show) pushes them together over and over again indefinitely, without hope of lasting reconnection lest the setup break, the Doctor and Master’s codependent anti-soulmate life or death partnership arguably (narratively) cheapens every other pairing beyond comparison. Their tragedy never leaves you. (And keeps you up at night)

[nepacala]

[katheyn]

Classic Zosan story...Except!

Personally, I like the Zosan idea of; regardless of who actually catches feelings first, Sanji, being the "love cook," is the one to become self-aware of said feelings first.

I'm thinking probably Thriller Bark/3D2Y would make it sink in for him.

But because this man has some of the worst self-esteem (excluding cooking ability) of anyone in One Piece, he just tsundre pines for the swordsman. Because he can't seem to picture anyone actually caring about him like that.

Zoro, on the other hand..... let's be real. Outside of battle, he can be one dense mosshead. I'm like 99% sure the guy doesn't really stop to think about things like romantic love. 100% that he only really turned on the platonic and familial love parts of his brain after becoming a Straw Hat. Guy was focused on being the Greatest Swordsman.

Since Zoro can be a bit slow on the uptake if he doesn't think he needs to understand something; i.e. knowing where "north" is, ocean currents, a person's past, etc. I'm pretty sure it would take awhile for him to 1) notice he felt something at all, 2) Realize it wasn't like what he feels for other crew members, 3) Figure out it isn't just annoyance/rivalry, 4) Eventually work out what it actually is(possibly with some help).

Granted there is always A LOT going on with the Straw Hat Crew, so having time to contemplate potential "feelings" especially when one may not realize there is anything to contemplate....

I'm thinking Zoro hits #3 on the way to Wano while the Sanji Retrival Team is dealing with Whole Cake Island. But only has the #4 realization with the Death Pact. Either during the call or upon waking up after battle.

TLDR: Low self-esteem romantic falls for his rival with the emotional intelligence of a mossy rock. Everyone suffers.

[moviesmoodboards]

Crimson Peak 2015 dir.Guillermo del Toro

[abyzoudev]

Heartbreaker: Episode 1 [Alpha] Teaser Trailer

Take back the girl who belonged to you... by ANY means necessary.

Heartbreaker is a dark yuri psychological-thriller visual novel made in a retro style.

In this story, you play as Tanta Aiko, a 20-year-old college student in the small town of Sanseto, Osaka, 1996. Having lived her whole life with an all-consuming depression that left her reality dark & grey, Tanta's world filled with light & colour for the first time when she met the love of her life, Yūki Sakura.

However, it seems other girls have their eyes on Tanta's beloved Kouhai too... ...and there is NOTHING she won't do to get them out of the picture.

Will you sabotage Kouhai and your rivals' budding relationships? Stalk your rivals and murder them? Befriend them to earn their trust? Something... more extreme? In Heartbreaker, it's up to you.

The game is currently on -25% sale until August 31st, only $1.50 for the uncensored alpha build! (The censored build is free.)

Download the game here: https://abyzoudev.itch.io/heartbreaker-vn

The game features pixel art gameplay, illustrated cutscenes, voice acting, an original soundtrack, and multiple endings (in this build, five).

[berry-loves-yandere]

"𝐼'𝓂 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝓎𝑜𝓊!" pt.2

Warnings: kidnapping, abuse, obsessive behaviours, possessive behaviours, unhealthy mindset, manipulation, The Grabber

(Y/N) had been saving multiple boys from the basement but was unable to help them escape because the Grabber had upped security in the house to make sure that none of the boys ever escaped.

(Y/N) managed to sneak the boys some food (mainly her own meals) and in return they told her about the world outside of the house they were all trapped in.

When she saved the most recent victim, Robin, however, the Grabber gave her a strict warning after beating her.

"If you take the next boy out of this basement, I'll fucking kill you! Do you hear me?!" Was his threat and it lingered in (Y/N)'s mind.

(Y/N) was terrified of this, even though she was almost always on the brink of death due to lack of food and the heavy amount of beatings.

But to be able to protect the other boys, she knew she couldn't hide away the next one, it would be the end of her life and in turn, the end of the rest of the boys’ lives.

But she had an idea about how to help the boy.

She found some old walkie talkies and hid one in the basement and kept the other in the secret room with the other boys so they could give the next boy advice.

Once the next boy was in the basement, the Grabber's brother came to visit, so (Y/N) was locked in her room, since she too, was a kidnapped child.

(Y/N) was becoming very weak and it took a lot of effort to move.

So while she was locked in her room, the Grabber would barely come to see her and deliver food.

He only did that early in the morning then never came back until the next morning, so that gave (Y/N) time to talk to the boys.

They were her first friends and the only connection she had to the outside world.

She had no idea what life outside of the Grabber’s house was like, so everything they told her made her so curious to what the outside world was like.

Bruce and Robin were her favourite friends since they were always nice to her and told her about everything in detail.

Bruce found it a bit funny even that she liked fairytales so much and would often tell her that she was like Rapunzel, beautiful not knowing what the outside world was like.

This made (Y/N) smile since she didn’t feel beautiful, especially with all of her bruises and scars but Rapunzel was supposed to be a beautiful princess despite being held captive.

But then (Y/N) noticed something after a few days, the Grabber came into her room more frequently with more meals, which made her think that the person downstairs left already.

But because (Y/N) was giving the boys almost all of her food, she became weaker and weaker until she could barely give the boys food anymore.

By using the walkie talkie, the boys were able to communicate with the new victim, Finney.

They gave him advice on how to escape and Finney managed to get out the door and start running but he then was captured again.

Luckily, by using the advice from the rest of the boys, after Finney was recaptured, he managed to kill the Grabber and leave the house.

The police entered the house after Finney came out and began getting checked on by professionals.

The boys had heard the snap of the Grabber's neck through the walkie talkie, so they exited the secret room, knowing it was safe to do so.

But (Y/N) wasn't able to move due to injuries and extreme hunger.

Vance carried her out as they all quickly left the house and encountered the police, who recognized them as the missing boys.

They didn't know who (Y/N) was but she was loaded into an ambulance and driven to the hospital.

She was kept there for quite some time to recover since she had severe injuries and was extremely malnourished.

The boys who she saved often came to visit and Robin brought Finney along to meet her once.

The boys, that were kidnapped before Finney, thought of (Y/N) as their saviour and soon Finney thought of her that way too because if she hadn't intervened, then all of them would be dead.

She was making a slow recovery as the police tried to locate her parents.

But they were struggling to find her parents since (Y/N) had no recollection of her last name or her parents, she didn’t even know if (Y/N) was her actual name since it was the name the Grabber called her.

Since she managed to recover before the police found her parents, Griffin’s mother, Ms.Stagg, volunteered to take care of (Y/N) in the meantime since she noticed how attached Griffin was to (Y/N).

Griffin and (Y/N) developed a strong, sibling-like bond and (Y/N) was very protective of the small boy.

But with (Y/N) living with Griffin, he did his best to make sure that (Y/N) wouldn’t hang out with the other boys she saved, and that he could brag about all the fun things he did with (Y/N).

Like building a pillow fort together, how she would read him stories, giving him piggy back rides and how when he said he had a nightmare, she would let him cuddle with her until he fell asleep.

The other boys were very pissed off by this, they wanted to be around (Y/N) so badly, they wanted to joke and laugh with her, talk to her about their stresses, make her happy but Griffin was amazing at restricting their interactions.

(Y/N) was honestly just happy to be out of the Grabber’s house and having the feeling of a family.

The other boys thought that maybe when the police found (Y/N)’s parents, they could have more interactions with her since she’d be around Griffin a lot less.

But those hopes were shattered because it turned out that when the police were looking through the Grabber’s house, they found two bodies, two adult bodies.

They managed to recently connect the dots and figure out that these were (Y/N)’s parents.

As it turns out, the Grabber had become so attached to (Y/N) that he wanted to make sure that she never had anything to go back to, therefore he killed her parents, so he could be her only parental figure, so she really would think that he was her dad.

(Y/N) would’ve been more upset had she known her parents but it was still distressing news.

Ms.Stagg took initiative to adopt (Y/N) since she was growing to love the girl like the daughter she never had.

Griffin made sure to brag about how (Y/N) was now officially his sister and basically did his best to piss off the others with how much he was bragging.

They decided to secretly find ways to meet up and hang out with (Y/N).

They set up little ‘shifts’ where one boy would distract Griffin and the others could hang out with (Y/N).

Bruce and Finney taught her how to play baseball, or at least brought her to their games.

Vance made her watch him play pinball at the Grab ‘n’ Go as he beat his records, then would buy some kind of candy for her with the pocket change he had.

Robin would take (Y/N) to the drive in movie theatre to watch horror movies, especially if she was terrified by them, because it would give Robin an excuse to cuddle (Y/N).

Billy would take her on early morning bike rides with him as he did his paper route.

But Griffin soon found out about what the boys were doing and was furious.

He didn’t want to share his older sister!

She saved him first!

She talked to him first!

No one else should be around her besides his mom and himself!

After he found out, he would throw a tantrum every time that one of the boys tried to get him away from (Y/N) then smirk at the boy as he walked away with her.

Griffin attachment to (Y/N) was like a toddler with their favourite toy, never ever wanting to it go.

This made the others frustrated but luckily for them, Finney is a genius.

He decided to approach (Y/N) and start talking to her while Griffin was around.

Griffin whined and complained but his efforts to get (Y/N) away from Finney failed.

She would instead scold Griffin, and tell him that she was talking to someone and that they would hangout later.

Once the rest of the boys witnessed this, they began using the same strategy angering Griffin to an extreme.

Griffin then began ignoring (Y/N), pretending she didn’t exist, in an attempt to get her attention back on him.

But the boys kept (Y/N) so distracted that she didn’t even notice, which made Griffin extremely upset.

The boys just loved her big and beautiful smile, something they barely saw while she was trapped in the Grabber’s house.

Eventually, Griffin's attempt of getting (Y/N)’s attention began working, causing the others to spend less time with her as she was trying to rebuild her relationship with her younger brother.

Vance eventually got the idea that instead of sneaking around behind Griffin's back or hanging out with (Y/N) in front of him, why not become allies with Griffin?

If Griffin liked him enough, then Vance would be allowed to hang out or even ask out (Y/N).

Vance never, ever told the others about this because if it worked, then he could have (Y/N) all to himself even though he did technically need to share with Griffin.

It was all a big competition for (Y/N)’s affections but who would win this contest?

The end?

[friend-or-fo]

good GOD taron

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[mes-popcorns]

DECISION TO LEAVE, Park Chan-wook

[peggy-elise]

Merle Oberon in Temptation 1946 ⚱️

[gothcsz]

what if i told you guys i might have a joel fic in the works

[revvethasmythh]

team wildemount: prancing around. frolicking in the snow. knitting cozy sweaters, eating great meals, falling in love

team issylra: trapped with the enemy, betrayed by friends, murdering angels, aiding a cult, we're running it's bad--

[sushiwrote]

¥. 1 NEW UPLOAD . ❘❘ ❙❘❚❘❙ ★   SYNOPSIS ❜ ℗   LOADING !██████ 50 % ❛ you can lie to me baby, tell me that i'm special.

they say in life, you reap what you sow... and sowing his wild oats is something desire kingsley has done very well for the last four years.

little is known about his past, but he has built quite the reputation for his magnetic charm, irresistible allure, and numerous hookups. the man, who is somewhat of a myth, has spent the last four years indulging in the pleasures that fame and fortune can offer.

as a renowned film production manager, his work ventures often take him all over the world.

his latest project, 'nothing to lose,' an action film with his best friend, superstar actor chase wilson cast as the leading male, has brought him to the vibrant yet mysterious city of lagos, nigeria, where his insatiable appetite for women and proactive fun leads him right to akua ( ah KOO uh ) adefolahan , an enticing stripper who happens to be the daughter of a powerful black axe mobster and has a more than interesting crew of friends.

the black axe, known for their ruthless control over parts of the city, is a secretive and tightly-knit brotherhood involved in various illegal activities, from extortion to smuggling. their influence runs deep, and crossing them can have deadly consequences.

unaware of the full extent of the danger he's stepping into, desire finds himself drawn into akua's world, where loyalty is everything and betrayal is met with swift retribution.

as desire's relationship with akua deepens, he inadvertently becomes entangled in the mob's affairs, making him a potential target for both the law and rival factions. the carefree lifestyle he's used to living is suddenly under threat as he navigates the murky waters of lagos's criminal underworld.

what started as a casual fling now holds the potential to unravel not just his career, but his life. when he stepped on african soil, he wasn't looking for love, but what he found was something far more dangerous.

in africa, there's a proverb as old as time. it goes, ' he who digs a grave for his enemy might as well be digging one for himself too. '

... ♡  𝙶𝙴𝙽𝚁𝙴: 𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙰𝙽𝚃𝙸𝙲 𝚃𝙷𝚁𝙸𝙻𝙻𝙴𝚁  ⠀─ 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐜  𝐱  𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 !

⠀ 困⠀⠀ ۪ 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝄒 ⸝. when desire meets danger ...

50%  LOADED...  ██████████  RETRIEVING DATA !

✷ SCANNING . . ❘❘ ❙❘❚❘❙ for sol : TRIGGERS / DISCLAIMERS ! ❜ ℗

this story is intended for mature audiences only. it contains themes and content that may not be suitable for all readers. please review the following trigger warnings before engaging:

i. drug use/addiction , ii. graphic descriptions of violence , iii. crime/organized crime , iv. sexual content/sex for hire , v. death/murder , vi. betrayal , vii. manipulation/blackmail and or coercion , viii. explicit language , ix. adult themes , x. human torture , xi. psychological trauma / mental illness and more triggers may be mentioned.

in this book, you will encounter a blend of nigerian pidgin and english. nigerian pidgin is a widely spoken creole language in nigeria, and is being used in this narrative to bring authenticity, and a unique aspect to this body of work as it aligns with the cultural settings of lagos and its people.

any pidgin use will come with a definition/meaning for your understanding throughout the story.

𝖔. 1 NEW 𝚂𝚄𝚂𝙷𝙸𝚆𝚁𝙾𝚃𝙴 UPLOAD . . ❘❘ ❙❘❚❘❙ ★ CHAPTERS ! ❜ ██████ 75% LOADED — “ there is strength in unity, and power in silence. under God’s watch, lagos is ours. “ 𝒃𝒍𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒙𝒆 _

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