Dark Romance Death Countdown Web Novels & Stories

Anastasia has three months left to live. So she makes a simple plan. Stay away from the heroine. Stay away from the heir. Stay away from every event that ends with a gun at her head. But the heir suddenly cannot look away from the woman who stopped chasing him. And the one man who was never meant to matter, the cold CEO Cassian Wolfe, walks into her life and asks for her hand in marriage. In the book, he was supposed to die tomorrow. Now he is watching her too closely. He knows things about Genevieve that Anastasia cannot explain. And someone in Parker Tower is working very hard to make sure she never lives to see the end of the year.

Everyone fears Kael Thorne. He is the Lethal Alpha. 6'5 of scarred muscle, ice-blue eyes, and he has never lost a war. He doesn't fall in love. He kills. I am Elyra Vex, a wolfless Omega slave who talks too much when scared. On the night of the Alpha Conclave, I spilled sacred blood-wine on his shirt. I should have died. Instead, the high priestess screamed, "You can't kill her! She is marked for sacrifice in 72 hours!" Now I am locked in HIS bedroom. The sacrifice that must remain pure. The Omega everyone wants me dead for peace. But the Lethal Alpha doesn't look at me like I am a sacrifice. He looks at me like I am his. And when his hand closed around my throat, his eyes turned gold and his wolf growled one word that changed everything: MINE. I have 72 hours to live. He has 72 hours to decide if he will save me or sacrifice me.

I always thought the end of the world was supposed to be fiction. At least until I woke up inside the movie. Now, the city is drowning in a sea of deadly green vines, the rain can kill, the sun is dark and the man I was supposed to marry is the last person I can trust. I know how this story was meant to go.But the Green Tide has arrived too early, the plot is already falling apart, and survival is about to become a very different kind of game. This time, I'm not playing the helpless villainess.I've never been good at taking orders, and I'm certainly not dying for a plot that was never written in my favor. If the world wants to take everything from me, it can get in line. If this world wants a monster, it can have one.

Excerpt from "Escapades with the Fake Maid," Chapter ?? ~ Layla scrutinized the "maid" standing before her, whose eyes were rimmed with tears. "The job posting was for a woman. And... you are not one." Ignoring the maid’s pale face, Layla continued, "So, what is your real name, and how old are you?" "M-my name is Carle," the maid revealed in a trembling voice, "Carle McCarthy. I am... actually... 29." "Why are you, a man, dressing up as a maid in my household?" Layla asked, one eyebrow raised in curiosity. "My late father... he was a drunkard, a gambler, and chronically in debt. He even tried to use me as payment for one of his many creditors. But the man decided I wasn't even worth a single dollar and sent me back. By chance, I..." ~ Want to know how it ends? Simply turn the page and keep reading until the very end. This book is a collection of over twenty delightful stories of varying lengths—and they aren't limited to just one genre. One moment, you might be reading a werewolf or mermaid tale; the next, a campus romance, a vampire romance, or a sports romance. And before you know it, you’ll be reading about a perverted Demon King and a spirited human warrior (BL)! Exciting, right? You never know what genre—or just how deliciously captivating—the next story will be! But... three things are guaranteed: Breathtaking plot twists, satisfyingly executed revenge plots, and—most importantly—scenes that will make you blush! So, what are you waiting for?

Camille Vance was supposed to die that night. After a mission gone horribly wrong, the Shadow Organisation gives its failed agent two choices: disappear forever or accept one final mission. Camille chooses the mission. A new identity. A dangerous family. Three mafia brothers who trust no one. Her orders are simple—enter their world, earn their trust, uncover their secrets, and get out alive. But the deeper Camille goes, the more complicated the game becomes. Every smile could be a lie. Every secret could get her killed. And every move she makes puts another chess piece exactly where she wants it. She thought she was the one playing the game. Until one of the brothers discovers who she really is. And instead of exposing her, he whispers— "How long were you planning to fool us?"

For three years, my husband poisoned me while pretending to love my curves — all so he could steal my family’s multi-billion-dollar empire. I died outside his office floor listening to him and my best friend laugh about how easy I was to control. Then I woke up one year earlier… staring at the same deadly pill in his hand. This time, I lock my entire fortune into a bloodline trust that only protects me and my younger sister. If anything happens to me, everything goes to her — not to my husband, and not to the greedy relatives who have always wanted what’s mine. I divorce him in public and start taking my life back. But Philip won’t stay down. He’s desperate to get me back. My family is still plotting. And the powerful billionaire CEO watching from the shadows is far more dangerous than my ex ever was. Now I’m fighting to protect my sister, my company… and a secret that could destroy everything if it falls into the wrong hands.

Ann gave up everything for Jake, the man she loved most. So when she discovers he’s cheating and asking for divorce, her world shatters.His cold silence after she leaves breaks her even more. Determined to make him regret it, Ann turn to Louis , her svelte and wealthy childhood friend. His business rival. She proposes a plan with panache: A contract marriage to provoke Jake.Loius agrees,hiding the fact that he’s secretly loved Ann. But Jake isn’t indifferent. He’s dying, and his self destructive affair was his way of facing it. The illusion that he’d moved on crumbles when he sees Ann marrying Louis. Jealousy and regret consume him. In a desperate move, Jake kidnaps Ann and reveals the truth. He gives her an ultimatum: Stay with him for 30 days. If she still doesn’t love him after that,he’ll let her go. Cut off from the world,Ann is forced into close proximity with the ex who betrayed her. As Jake cooks,cares for her and slowly shows the man she fell in love with,Ann’s anger begins to crack. By day 21, she’s ready to admit she still loves him. Outside,chaos brews. Louis goes to the media searching for his “missing wife”. Ann’s friend, Claire has been orchestrating everything. Consumed by envy,Claire manipulates her estranged twin sister,Clarissa- the sister who once scarred her in a fire and was left in poverty while Claire was adopted into wealth. On day 22,Clarissa arrives at the retreat with a bombshell, she is pregnant with Jake’s child. But Ann senses something is wrong. The woman looks identical to Claire,yet something doesn’t add up. With secrets, lies and a second chance on the line Ann must decide