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A psychological horror following the first weeks of Marie Antoinette's arrival at Versailles, where the glittering façade of royalty gives way to death and decay. Marie faces the horror of her new life, stumbling upon lifeless bodies, contorting herself to fit expectations, and facing herself and others from the blade of a knife. The story magnifies the atrocities against women throughout our history, leaning into Good For Her horror.

A steampunk Romantasy set in 1800's Poland, where the nobility are given amazing powers. Jafra Sobieski is given the strongest power in a generation and she'll need it as her country is being invaded the Rus Empire. Her parents are trying to find the best match for her, and she finds herself torn between two princes who want to claim her for themselves, though for different reasons.

2744 CE. In a city guarded by unseen hands, every disaster is prevented before it happens, but every life is quietly steered. When Hanna uncovers the hidden machinery of mercy, she must decide whether safety without freedom is worth the price, and whether she dares to cut the threads that bind them all.

New Athens, Greece. 2744 CE. The Moirai expect obedience; humanity has chosen defiance. In the shadow of collapse, Hanna confronts the nexus once more, wielding the forbidden Crown that links human mind to cosmic thread. The final cut will decide whether civilization inherits true freedom, or unravels into silence.

In 2744 CE, as the Moirai tighten their grip, Pelia and her allies weave a counter-system from cosmic randomness itself, a chorus meant to drown the voices of gods. But the new machine hums with its own logic, and each safeguard carries a cost. When the Moirai push back, the rebels must ask: Is blinding fate freedom, or just another cage?

If you've ever felt like you had to earn your worth, hide your truth, or keep pushing through, this book is for you. In The Edge of Enough, Anne Webb shares a deeply personal and grounded journey from self-abandonment to self-trust. Drawing from both her lived experience and her work as a therapist and mentor, she invites you to stop performing, begin listening inward, and live like you matter.

The Lýsa Crystal has granted the goblins incredible gifts of strength, endurance, and healing, among other things, for centuries. It is said that the Crystal will continue providing these gifts so long as the goblins protect it from outside harm and that a royal couple remains on the throne. The King and Queen have raised their daughter, Strelitzia, in all ways goblin, instilling in her the importance of finding a suitable mate before her eighteenth birthday. Strelitzia, though, has other plans.

Before humanity learned the price of power, it learned how easily it could be taken. Volume I – The Loom & The Knife begins a sweeping science-fiction saga inspired by Greek mythology, where ancient ideas of fate, punishment, and hubris are reborn as machines, networks, and cosmic systems beyond human control. In The Mercy Engine, humanity opens a door it was never meant to unlock, unleashing power without understanding consent.