en-US Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:40:56 -0700 60 144 41 https://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 249809554 To save her brother, a magicless librarian must infiltrate a magic school and trust a Dark Lord, in this spellbinding and enchanting new tale from the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Year Slip.

Thirty-eight-year-old Elodie Kess is content in her quiet life as her village’s librarian. Perhaps not happy – but she has come to terms with that. After all, a scholar of magic with no magical talent of her own is quite useless in the kingdom of Abrea.

By contrast, her younger brother is a rare talent in magic on the verge of a breakthrough. And when he disappears in the High Arcanum Conservatory – along with his research notes – Elodie believes she may be the only one who can rescue him.

She and the headmaster come up with a glamour Elodie as a first-year graduate student to infiltrate the institution. She doesn’t intend for her ineptitude for magic accidentally undoing the curse on the Conservatory’s least favorite professor – a centuries-old Dark Lord, now defanged and de-magicked, cursed forever as a cat.

The Dark Lord is surprisingly charming and disarmingly handsome (when he’s not a cat), and seemingly her best ally. Elodie knows it would be dangerous to give him her heart. Especially when, rumor is, he used to eat them.]]> Ashley Poston 0008797455 Silas 0 to-read 4.56 2027
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]]> 254598271 Winter has come to Blackwood Island, and with it, absolute isolation.

When a massive storm freezes the harbor, the research fellows of the Blackwood Institute are cut off from the mainland. No supplies. No communication. And for Dr. Julian Vance and Evangeline Rossi, no escape.

Trapped in the sprawling, gothic manor and forced into the subterranean Veritas Labs for warmth, the professional boundaries between Julian and Eva begin to crack. As supplies dwindle, their colleague Maya Lin begins to show signs of severe cognitive regression—a terrifying echo of the very subjects they are studying.

When Subject 7 escapes his observation cell, plunging the manor into darkness, Julian and Eva must navigate a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. But the most dangerous thing in the dark isn't the rogue patient. It's the inescapable, hypnotic pull drawing Julian and Eva together. In the shadows of the Great Library, shared hallucinations blur the line between reality and madness.

Are their feelings genuine? Or are they just another variable in Dr. Sterling's grand, terrifying experiment?]]> 398 Silas Vale Silas 5 5.00
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]]> 254542336 Blackwood Institute. Where the mind is the ultimate weapon, and your memories belong to them.

Dr. Julian Vance is a machine of pure logic—a brilliant neuro-biophysicist who has buried his past beneath cold, unyielding precision. Evangeline "Eva" Rossi is a master behavioral profiler, a human polygraph who reads lies in the blink of an eye. Forced together as research fellows at the secretive, gothic Blackwood Institute on a sovereign maritime island, their friction is instantaneous and volatile.

Their assignment: the Veritas Protocol. A groundbreaking research project analyzing cognitive baselines. But when their primary test subject—a deeply fractured man known only as Subject 7—reveals intimate, impossible secrets about Julian and Eva's private lives, the academic facade cracks.

The Institute is hiding something in the green-phosphorus glow of its subterranean labs. Someone is watching them. And the terrifying, magnetic attraction pulling Julian and Eva together might not be chemistry at all—it might be engineered.

In a world where every touch carries the weight of betrayal, who can you trust when you can't even trust your own mind?]]> 269 Silas Vale Silas 5 5.00
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]]> 252178619 Damien Vale’s shocking revelation and accepting his eternal claim, Lila Voss moves fully into his luxurious penthouse and the shadowed world of The Veil. What begins as passionate acceptance quickly spirals into a darker, more addictive descent.

Damien’s volcanic obsession intensifies with relentless morning breedings, risky public play in elite Veil clubs, possessive punishments that leave her trembling and squirting, and filthy impregnation talk that consumes her every waking moment. Lila’s innocence is completely corrupted as she becomes addicted to being his breeding queen craving the constant creampies, the public risk of his fingers under the table, and the dark romantic possession that makes her womb feel claimed forever.

Yet as their twisted romance deepens with raw emotional vulnerability and explosive semi-public scenes, a dangerous rival resurfaces and betrayal strikes from within The Veil itself. Their bond is tested in the most devastating way, leading to a heart-stopping cliffhanger that threatens to tear them apart forever.

Bound in Shadows is the scorching second book in the Eternal Claim trilogy. Expect even filthier breeding kink, heightened public exhibitions, forced multiple orgasms, extremely graphic dirty talk, darker possessive love, and a pregnancy scare that pushes their obsession to explosive new heights.

For readers who loved the slow-burn tension of Book 1 and now crave deeper public corruption, addictive squirting ecstasy, and a hero whose romantic obsession grows more unhinged with every chapter.]]> 107 Silas Vale Silas 4 2.50
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]]> 252176608 Lila Voss an aspiring writer sneaks into an exclusive gala seeking inspiration for her stories. But one charged glance from billionaire Damien Vale ignites a slow burn obsession that will consume them both.

Damien is tall muscular and tattooed with an ice cold exterior hiding a volcanic hunger. From the moment he sees her curvy form he knows she is his to claim. He will chase her with dark luxury teasing touches and filthy promises of filling her womb knocking her up and owning her through pregnancy.

As tension builds through charged encounters and escalating public risks Lila finds herself surrendering to his possessive darkness becoming addicted to the way he worships and degrades her.

But when their first explosive claiming shatters her innocence a shocking revelation about his secret elite society The Veil forces an impossible choice. Will she fully submit to his eternal claim or walk away from the man who has ruined her for anyone else?

Veiled Obsession is the scorching start to the Eternal Claim trilogy. Pure filthy dark romance with heavy breeding kink squirting ecstasy extremely graphic dirty talk public play and a hero whose romantic obsession knows no bounds.

For readers who crave twisted possessive love and addictive smut with a satisfying slow burn that explodes into raw passion.]]> 101 Silas Vale Silas 4 2.25
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In the sticky monsoon heat of Kolkata, Aish has everything a “good girl” should want: a controlling boyfriend who tracks her phone, polishes her routines, and fucks her like it’s a chore. Green smoothies. Blue silk dresses. Dry, scheduled nights where she closes her eyes and pretends.

Until one text from the man she ghosted two years ago cracks her cage wide open.

Forty-eight hours. One hidden 1BHK. No rules. No protection. No mercy.

He doesn’t ask permission. He takes—raw, relentless, and filthy. He makes her drip down her thighs while she lies to the man waiting at home. He paints her tits with melting ice cream and licks her clean like she’s dessert. He face-fucks her until tears run down her cheeks and she begs for more. He fills her mouth, marks her skin, and leaves a thin silver chain biting into her waist so every step she takes back in that “perfect” apartment reminds her exactly whose whore she really is.

She pukes from too much rum and too much him. He holds her hair, wipes her face, then fucks her harder because the mess only makes him hungrier.

This isn’t love. This isn’t romance. This is the kind of dirty, dangerous surrender that ruins you for safe sex forever.

Welcome to her Staycation.

One weekend. One man. Zero limits.

And when it’s over… she still has to go home and smile like nothing happened.]]> 202 Silas Vale Silas 5 5.00
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His voice, low and certain, slips through her speaker and coils around her "Good girl." Two words, and she’s already coming undone.

Two weeks of escalating whispers—unbutton your dress, let me hear your breath hitch, show me how much you want this—and Aish is addicted to the way he unravels her without ever laying a finger on her.

Until the night he does.

When Navi appears at her door, the virtual boundaries shatter. He claims her space and her breath, turning every whispered fantasy into a raw, breathless reality. From the tension in her kitchen to the dark sanctuary of his private quarters, Navi demands her total surrender. Between the bite of silk restraints, the searing heat of his touch, and the chilling thrill of his commands, he pushes Aish to the very edge of her endurance.

Each lesson strips away another trust earned in the shadows, pleasure sharpened by the intensity of his possession, and the overwhelming weight of his praise. The deeper he pushes, the more Aish craves until the line between submission and soul-deep connection finally blurs.

In every world digital and flesh, Navi owns her. And she never wants him to stop.



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'Give me Harry Potter,' said Voldemort's voice, 'and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded.'

As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until now is broken, but he cannot keep hiding. The Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything Harry loves, and to stop him Harry will have to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes. The final battle must begin—Harry must stand and face his enemy...

Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter stories never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new listeners.

Starring Jaxon Knopf as Harry Potter, Rhys Mulligan as Ron Weasley, Nina Barker-Francis as Hermione Granger, Hugh Laurie as Albus Dumbledore, Riz Ahmed as Professor Snape, Michelle Gomez as Professor McGonagall, Matthew Macfadyen as Lord Voldemort, Ruth Wilson as Bellatrix Lestrange, Alex Hassell as Lucius Malfoy, James McAvoy as ‘Mad-Eye Moody,’ Simon Pegg as Arthur Weasley, Bill Nighy as Horace Slughhorn, Ambika Mod as Nymphadora Tonks, Cush Jumbo as Narrator, and a full cast.]]> 21 J.K. Rowling Silas 5 4.91 2007
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There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building... wherever they had murdered...

When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shriveled, but he does not reveal why. Secrets and suspicion are spreading through the wizarding world, and Hogwarts itself is not safe. Harry is convinced that Malfoy bears the Dark Mark: there is a Death Eater amongst them. Harry will need powerful magic and true friends as he explores Voldemort's darkest secrets, and Dumbledore prepares him to face his destiny...

Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter stories never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new listeners.

Starring Jaxon Knopf as Harry Potter, Rhys Mulligan as Ron Weasley, Nina Barker-Francis as Hermione Granger, Hugh Laurie as Albus Dumbledore, Riz Ahmed as Professor Snape, Michelle Gomez as Professor McGonagall, Matthew Macfadyen as Lord Voldemort, Bill Nighy as Horace Slughorn, Ruth Wilson as Bellatrix Lestrange, Simon Pegg as Arthur Weasley, Leo Woodall as Bill Weasley, Ambika Mod as Nymphadora Tonks, Cush Jumbo as Narrator, and a full cast.]]> J.K. Rowling Silas 5 4.88 2005
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'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.'

When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run—and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves... But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss...

Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter stories never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new listeners.

Available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.]]> 12 J.K. Rowling Silas 5 4.86 1999
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'You are sharing the Dark Lord's thoughts and emotions. The Headmaster thinks it inadvisable for this to continue. He wishes me to teach you how to close your mind to the Dark Lord.'

Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone: a secret order gathers at Grimmauld Place to fight against the Dark forces. Harry must allow Professor Snape to teach him how to protect himself from Voldemort's savage assaults on his mind. But they are growing stronger by the day and Harry is running out of time...

Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter stories never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new listeners.

Starring Jaxon Knopf as Harry Potter, Rhys Mulligan as Ron Weasley, Nina Barker-Francis as Hermione Granger, Hugh Laurie as Albus Dumbledore, Riz Ahmed as Professor Snape, Michelle Gomez as Professor McGonagall, Matthew Macfadyen as Lord Voldemort, James McAvoy as Alastor ‘Mad Eye’ Moody, Keira Knightley as Dolores Umbridge, Kit Harington as Gilderoy Lockhart, Ruth Wilson as Bellatrix Lestrange, Simon Pegg as Arthur Weasley, Leo Woodall as Bill Weasley, Ambika Mod as Nymphadora Tonks, Alex Hassell as Lucius Malfoy, David Holmes as Stan Shunpike, Cush Jumbo as Narrator, and a full cast.]]> 27 J.K. Rowling Silas 5 4.82 2003
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'There will be three tasks, spaced throughout the school year, and they will test the champions in many different ways ... their magical prowess - their daring - their powers of deduction - and, of course, their ability to cope with danger.'

The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter—but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Hallowe'en, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harry is amazed to find his name is one of those that the magical cup picks out. He will face death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends, Ron and Hermione, he might just make it through—alive!

Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter stories never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new listeners.

Starring Jaxon Knopf as Harry Potter, Rhys Mulligan as Ron Weasley, Nina Barker-Francis as Hermione Granger, Hugh Laurie as Albus Dumbledore, Riz Ahmed as Professor Snape, Michelle Gomez as Professor McGonagall, Matthew Macfadyen as Lord Voldemort, James McAvoy as Alastor ‘Mad Eye’ Moody, Ruth Wilson as Bellatrix Lestrange, Simon Pegg as Arthur Weasley, Leo Woodall as Bill Weasley, Alex Hassell as Lucius Malfoy, David Holmes as Stan Shunpike, Cush Jumbo as Narrator, and a full cast.

Available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.

©1997 J.K. Rowling (P)2025 Pottermore Limited]]> 21 J.K. Rowling Silas 5 4.86 2000
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Series Information: Eleven-year-old Harry Potter is an orphan living with his cruel aunt and uncle when he makes a discovery that will change his life forever: he is a wizard. He is whisked away to the mystical Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to learn magical skills, from potions to spells to flying on broomsticks. But an evil power is rising, the same one that threatened to destroy the entire world when Harry was only a baby. As Harry learns the truth about his family, his childhood, and his mysterious lightning-bolt-shaped scar, he finds unforgettable friendship, a loving surrogate family, and the courage to face the darkest force ever to menace the wizarding world. These charming and engrossing books bring an intensely detailed and captivating world to life and are perfect for enjoying individually or reading aloud.]]> 784 J.K. Rowling 0545010225 Silas 4 4.62 2007
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As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate, and lose a few eyebrows in the process. The Weasley twins expand their business. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are never straightforward, though Harry receives some extraordinary help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince.

So it's the home front that takes center stage in the multilayered sixth installment of the story of Harry Potter. Harry struggles to uncover the identity of the Half-Blood Prince, the past owner of a potions textbook he now possesses that is filled with ingenious, potentially deadly, spells. But Harry's life is suddenly changed forever when someone close to him is heinously murdered right before his eyes.

With Dumbledore's guidance, he seeks out the full, complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort, and thereby attempts to find what may be his only vulnerability.]]> 672 J.K. Rowling Silas 4 4.57 2005
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And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls’ bathroom. But then the real trouble begins – someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects… Harry Potter himself!]]> 341 J.K. Rowling Silas 4 4.42 1998
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]]> 42844155 An alternative cover for this ASIN can be found here

"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!]]> 333 J.K. Rowling Silas 5 4.45 1997
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]]> 208503280 She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.

Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She’s seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot.

Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet.

Then the brutal murder of a young woman―the latest in a string of deaths across the coast―confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them.

Sydney should feel safe. After all, she is dating the guy of her dreams. But she can’t shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn’t get to the truth, she’ll be the killer’s next victim...

A dark story about obsession and the things we’ll do for love, #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden proves that crimes of passion are often the bloodiest…]]> 368 Freida McFadden 1728296226 Silas 0 to-read 3.96 2024
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In the sticky monsoon heat of Kolkata, Aish has everything a “good girl” should want: a controlling boyfriend who tracks her phone, polishes her routines, and fucks her like it’s a chore. Green smoothies. Blue silk dresses. Dry, scheduled nights where she closes her eyes and pretends.

Until one text from the man she ghosted two years ago cracks her cage wide open.

Forty-eight hours. One hidden 1BHK. No rules. No protection. No mercy.

He doesn’t ask permission. He takes—raw, relentless, and filthy. He makes her drip down her thighs while she lies to the man waiting at home. He paints her tits with melting ice cream and licks her clean like she’s dessert. He face-fucks her until tears run down her cheeks and she begs for more. He fills her mouth, marks her skin, and leaves a thin silver chain biting into her waist so every step she takes back in that “perfect” apartment reminds her exactly whose whore she really is.

She pukes from too much rum and too much him. He holds her hair, wipes her face, then fucks her harder because the mess only makes him hungrier.

This isn’t love. This isn’t romance. This is the kind of dirty, dangerous surrender that ruins you for safe sex forever.

Welcome to her Staycation.

One weekend. One man. Zero limits.

And when it’s over… she still has to go home and smile like nothing happened.]]> 202 Silas Vale Silas 0 0.0
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