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With her career in jeopardy, desperate ballerina Cassie accepts a job teaching up-and-coming boxer Daniel Knight the art of ballet, only to find herself fighting temptation at every turn - including with Daniel's fiercest rival, Xander Kane.Season 1 of Knockout.***Cassandra Rose's perfect life is in ruins. Homeless and with piling medical costs, she turns to the last person she'd want help from - her estranged father and former boxer, Frank Rose. His help will come at a cost, though: training his hard-hitting but slow-footed protégé Daniel Knight ballet to give him an edge in his upcoming rematch against Xander Kane, his biggest competitor.Daniel isn't the only person feuding with Xander; as the son of the fighter who destroyed Frank's career, there's more than a little bad blood between them. Xander should be completely off limits, but resisting his magnetic pull quickly becomes Cassie's hardest challenge yet. And of course, there's the charming, seductive Daniel... Can Cassie navigate the ruthless world of boxing and rebuild her shattered life and career? Or will her attraction to two different men be too tempting to stay on course? One way or another, there can be only one winner in the ring, and only one winner for Cassie's heart.***Everything, from the tips of my toes to my fingertips, sizzles with want. Not just desire, though I have never looked at this man and not wanted to rip his clothes off and trace those tattoos with my tongue. It's something else too, something softer, but something that burns just as bright.***Weekly updates on Fridays. Wait & read for free, or unlock with coins-the choice is yours!…

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He was the last warrior of the old gods, she was born with the power of the new. In a war for the soul of a kingdom, two enemies will find their biggest battle is resisting the other.🐺🦊🔥🏹Trigger warnings - strong language, violence, sex and references to abuse.…

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Each day, Calla and her fragile heart are that little bit closer to death... but before she goes she'll prove to the world the boy she loves is no murderer. 🖤🖤🖤With a life steeped in wealth and privilege, Calla Pierce should be protected from the horrors of the world. But she's not - because if Calla doesn't get a heart transplant she won't make it till her eighteenth birthday. As her family painfully wait for a miracle that may never come, another tragedy strikes and her sister's boyfriend is brutally murdered. Calla's dad, the chief of police is aggressively pursuing the main suspect, troubled Owen Kincaid from the notorious Lazarus Heights.As the crime grips the community Calla holds on to a deep secret, she and Owen have a tangled history and she's determined to prove he's innocent no matter the cost. Despite her failing body, Calla will face criminal gangs, and her family's dark past to delve into the sinister and bloody secrets that led to a murder.A dark and sensual Romeo and Juliet-inspired mystery thriller, with murder at its bloody, beating heart.…

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When witch Bella's visions of blood and horror reveal a dark secret in her coven's past, she is torn between saving those who have scorned her and sacrificing the enticing werewolf who accepts her. ***As a descendent of the cursed Black family, Belladonna is the scourge of her coven. And after jilting the Elder's son at the altar her place as the lowest of the low is secured. But when her desperate coven makes a deal to share their land with the infamous BloodFrost pack, Bella is thrown into the path of notorious alpha Cain. Bella discovers he may be the key to breaking the curse that has stripped her coven of their powers for centuries. And when she catches his eye, may finally have found a way of pleasing those who have rejected her.But as Bella finds passion and solace in the arms of the man she is betraying, she is plagued by violent visions of the past, forcing her to confront the dark truth about her nature and the devastating origins of the curse.…

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Prom, exams, turning your longtime crush into a zombie... life's tough when you're a teenage necromancer.***Willow has had a crush on Jensen Peters FOREVER. And with prom days away Jensen seems to be finally feeling the same... then a terrible accident leaves him dead in her arms.But Willow's family have hidden a terrible secret. There's dark power in her blood... and it's brought Jensen back. He's now a red-eyed, flesh-eating member of the undead and his insatiable hunger means he's not the only one for long.Along with Jensen's cranky best friend Henry, Willow will now have to stop the zombie apocalypse she's accidentally started. Can she battle the undead, learn the truth of her family's past, save the world and still get to prom on time?Trigger warnings - mild violence, mild gore and references to body image.…

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✨️ONC 2023 Shortlisted✨️'And I knew then, with an earth-shattering certainty, that everything I'd worked for, strived for, suffered for, had just turned to dust. My life as I knew it, scattered along the pavement with shards of windscreen and the contents of my stomach.'As the ruling queen of her elite private school, Annabel Sinclair has the brains and ruthlessness to go far. But an unexpected pregnancy and an 'incident' with a golf club and her ex-boyfriend's car leaves her expelled and disowned by her friends. Suddenly she's shipped off to the wrong side of town and forced to live with her estranged dad. If that isn't enough drama to deal with, his eccentric neighbours, the Grady's come into her life. Annabel doesn't need their unique blend of chaos as she's desperately trying to cling onto her old life. And she definitely doesn't need the spark that's growing between her and Connor Grady...✨️Open Novella Contest 2023 entry✨️Prompts -69. I had a marvellous time ruining everything - Taylor Swift44. Music is the bridge that can join together people regardless of their differences. Connect your diverse characters through their love of music.Trigger warning - references and detailed descriptions of pregnancy.…

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Roll up, roll up. Welcome to the Circus of Thorns...🎪🎪🎪To punish the gods of old, the rising religion known as the Church of the Golden Goddess, imprisons them in the legendary Circus of Thorns. Bound by dark magic they're forced to entertain the restless masses as the circus makes it way across the land.As war brews and allegiances are formed, the circus strongman River, with a soul as beautiful as it is sad, slowly forms a friendship with the newest performer, a mysterious creature known only as the Beast.A Beauty and the Beast retelling with mythological gods, monsters and a Big Top...…

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✨AVAILABLE NOW ON KU, EBOOK AND PAPERBACK! FIRST CHAPTER AVAILABLE TO PREVIEW✨A human girl. A merman. There's more than an ocean between them.Last summer, the world changed forever. It was the summer the world discovered that the Fae walked among them, but for eighteen-year-old Lexi Taylor, it will always be the summer Orion Richards broke her heart.A year later, tensions between humans and Fae are growing by the day. But the creation of FAEted - an app that matches humans with magical beings hopes to unify the groups.Focused on getting into university, the last thing Lexi needs is some app promising her true love, especially when she's matched with Orion. Which is more than a little weird considering he's human... right? Astonished, Lexi discovers that Orion is a Triton, a descendent of the legendary sea god and a member of the Ocean Court.Under the night sky, amongst the waves, buried secrets and long-forgotten feelings come to the surface. Can Lexi and Orion rekindle their love as the tension between humans and Fae turns to violence?…

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Cursed to invisibility, sixteen-year-old Lola lives her life by watching others, but when she gets a chance at love, she must face her biggest fears to finally be seen.******************************************Lola is the girl who watches. She watches the luminous Cherry, her enigmatic boyfriend Billy and his cruel brother Lachlan. She watches their days pass in a blur of love, friendship and laughter. All the things she longs for but cannot experience for herself. Because Lola is the girl unseen. Cursed to invisibility by an unbreakable spell.But when Lola is forced to do more than watch, forced to intervene it starts a chain reaction that makes her question everything she believes about the people she watches and most of all about herself.What if the girl who watches could do more than just watch? And what if she could finally have a love and a life of her own?…

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Lola thought she was all out of miracles, but life might have some magic for the invisible girl yet... ***It's been fifteen years since a wayward spell turned Lola Lawrence invisible. She might have learnt to control the magic but life isn't any easier. A single mum with a sick daughter, she's struggling to pay off the debts left by her missing ex and pay for the treatment her daughter needs. But at least Lola has found a use for her power - she's bringing to light the darkest secrets of the rich, famous and corrupt. And if the money she makes helps to save her daughter's life, it's more than worth it.But when she's hired by the wife of one of the world's most famous athletes, her first love Lachlan Thomas, she finds herself conflicted. Because Lachlan has a secret, a secret only the invisible girl can uncover, but is she willing to destroy the only man she's ever really loved? Even if it might be the last chance to save the life of her daughter?TW - bad language, references to cancer, illness and related adult issues. Please note this is set 10 years after the previous book and is an ADULT novel. *******************************************The complete LOVE & MAGIC Series in chronological order*Confessions of an Invisible Girl (Love & Magic Book 1)Secrets of an Invisible Girl (Love & Magic Book 2)Prom Night of the Living Dead (A Love & Magic Novella)Scandals of an Invisible Girl (Love & Magic Book 3)…

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