TheAmaraChronicles
Deadly Devotion

Deadly Devotion

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Happy ever afters rarely last forever. Nico Desantis and Chiara Russo defied all odds to find love in the heart of Chicago's criminal underworld. Now they're married, and fate seems to be smiling down on them. But their happy union is the flame that threatens to ignite a war. A deadly game of cat and mouse commences once they land back home, Chiara becoming the target of an obsessed stalker. Nico's empire is hanging by a thread, his life long work and family legacy are on shaky ground as old friends turned enemies come out of the woodwork to take it all away from him. The clock is ticking, and danger lurks in every corner. Their devotion to each other is tested as the web of deceit around them thickens, threatening to swallow them whole. They must find the stalker before he keeps his deadly promises, and save whatever is left of their business, or else they risk losing everything, including each other.Will they be able to save one another like they did last time? Or will the pressure create a divide in their relationship? Are these events truly unrelated as they have been thinking? Or is their enemy one disguised as many?…

Sweet Temptation

Sweet Temptation

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Nico Desantis and Chiara Russo are sworn enemies. When three bullets meant for Nico find their mark, it's Chiara, his fiery rival, who defies everything to save him. The act sparks an unwanted obsession in Nico, a hunger not just for power, but for the woman who cheated death for him. To secure a fragile peace, a ruthless bargain is struck - an arranged marriage. Chiara, bound to the man who once threatened everything she and her family ever worked for, vows to make him regret the day their lives became entangled. But Nico, consumed by a possessive desire, will stop at nothing to claim her heart, even if it means setting their warring empires ablaze. In a world where love and loyalty are luxuries, this marriage of convenience might just become a brutal battle for control or a twisted path to a love as fierce as the city's underbelly.…

Unholy Defiance: Part One Of The Unholy Saga

Unholy Defiance: Part One Of The Unholy Saga

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Yasmine's life was meant to be an ordinary one. Drawn to the small town she spent endless summers in as a child, she returned to SilverPeak to care for her sick grandmother. But even after her granny died, she refused to leave, succumbing to the mysterious pull the town had on her.The peace and quiet, however, was soon shattered with the arrival of the Ravencourts. The mansion on the hill was shrouded in secrets, its occupants shunned as soon as they returned to their home town.Bodies littered the forest that lay beneath the mansion, throats clawed out and flesh torn to shreds, and everyone in town was dead set on blaming them.Yet as Yasmine started investigating, she soon found herself tangled in a web of forbidden knowledge. Her feelings for Marcus, the owner of the Ravencourt manor, were clouding her judgement, and her bouts of memory loss were leading her to question her own sanity.Murder, mysteries, and betrayal all came wrapped in the most tantalizing of packages, the happy ending she was never meant to have.…

The Fallen

The Fallen

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At 24, Sienna's life revolved around takeout and deadlines. That is, until a night like any other is shattered by a booming crash. A magnificent being with wings of gold tumbles through her window, pursued by a relentless hoard of his brethren. This fallen angel, desperate and defiant, whisks Sienna away to the fiery depths of Hell.There, amidst the brimstone and despair, a monstrous demon lunges for her. Now hunted by both Heaven and Hell, a horrifying truth dawns on Sienna: these aren't random attacks. The angels, once celestial guardians, are here to erase her memories of the fallen angel - Lucifer.Lucifer himself is keeping a terrifying secret. Sienna is not who she thinks she is. Now, defying the celestial order, he's determined to reignite the spark in her heart.Fighting for her life, Sienna stumbles upon fragments of a forgotten past - memories of a love that defied the heavens, a love that triggered a celestial war.Torn between the whispers of her past and the terrifying present, Sienna embarks on a desperate quest. Can she break the curse of oblivion, reclaim her lost love, and challenge the divine decree? Or will she be condemned to wander the Earth, forever a pawn in a celestial game of love and punishment?…

The Queen Of Death and Ruins

The Queen Of Death and Ruins

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At 18, Nyx's life was starting to unravel.With no memories before her 16th birthday, a shadow loomed larger than her amnesia - the one she inexplicably conjured out of thin air.Thrust into a magical academy teeming with Mystics, Nyx discovers a truth as dark as her newfound powers - she's a descendant of Umbra, the kingdom of shadows and moonlight. Surrounded by powerful Mystics from all four kingdoms, she struggles to weild powers she never knew she had in the first place. Torn between pushing through and running back to the human world in which she spent the last two years of her life, her heart seems to be split in half as well. Caelum is everything any girl would want, kind, helpful, caring and understanding. But he has a girlfriend who is determined to ruin Nyx's life. Sin on the other hand, is the embodiment of his name; tall, dark and very dangerous, he is the storm that shakes Nyx's quiet existence.Now, with cryptic dreams, deadly threats and assassination attempts from the Outliers hunting her, Nyx has to unlock her past and control her volatile magic, all before the shadows consume her future.Will she be able to find the missing pieces of her life? Can she trust the friends she made along the way, or are they all a part of a big plan to annihilate her bloodline?…

The Love We Left Behind

The Love We Left Behind

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"I could never get her out of my head, no matter how hard I tried. I could never move on with my life. I fought, and I fought, but it was pointless. She was ingrained in my mind and soul, and I despised her for it.Lexi Black was the bane of my existence, and I wasn't going to rest until I ruined hers."After a tragic accident tears them apart, Lexi and Carson become estranged. Having been best friends for almost all their lives doesn't seem to matter to Carson as he leaves her behind without looking back.Struggling with her new reality and unable to move on from the loss that shook her to her core, Lexi turns back to her small town. Caring for a sick mother and working a dead-end job seems to be all that life has in store for her until he reappears.7 years later, Carson is back in town, determined to ruin Lexi's life like she destroyed his.Secrets come to light, and confessions threaten to decimate whatever is left or their relationship when Lexi decides that there is no going back.Some mistakes can not be fixed, and hearts can not be unbroken.*A small town, friends to enemies to lovers love story that paints grief through love in a whole different light.*…

Fated

Fated

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"Lucien kissed me as if he was starving, as if he was desperate, as if he was a sinner, and my lips held the keys to his salvation. His hands snaked under his coat, exploring my body like he was on a mission, like my skin had the answer to all of his questions, his desires, his prayers."Obsessed with her neighbour across the hall, Nova spends close to three months watching his every move. Incredibly attractive, dark, and mysterious, Lucien is the perfect man for a harmless crush.It isn't until Nova is attacked one day that she discovers that there is so much more to her neighbour and that maybe, she was right about him all along.Lucien has been watching her for just as long, obsessing over her every move, scaring away every guy that even breathed the same air as her.In this mutual obsession, dark romantacy short story, both Nova and Lucien have to decide: surrender to their fate or fight it every step of the way.…

The Bet : A Rosewood High short story

The Bet : A Rosewood High short story

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"Here is your first thousand." "The bet was for two thousand dollars."True, but you get the rest when you break up with her.""And it has to be public. I want Ivy humiliated in front of the entire school. That'll teach her where she belongs.""The trash?" "Of course, with the rest of the filth."When she started dating the heartthrob of New York City's most exclusive boarding school, Ivy's social life had taken a turn. Invited to parties she never had access to before, sitting at tables she could only gaze at from afar, and making friends with Rosewood high's richest elite. But one conversation she wasn't supposed to hear brought the dream crashing down around her. Now, as she struggles to avoid humiliation and plots to turn the tables on her ex and his clique of backstabbing snakes, she finds herself in the middle of an unexpected whirlwind romance.Kieran is the richest, hottest, and most desirable of all of Rosewood's students, and he has had his eye on Ivy for years. But his rivalry with her ex Theo leaves Ivy in a worse predicament that she started with. Will she focus on her revenge and finish her senior year unscathed? or will Kieran's persistence finally break down her walls?…