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Wellard Asylum
Series · 7 books · 2025

Books in series

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#2

Writhe

2025

They call it therapy. I call it torment. The Doctor says I’m sick, that the nightmares in my head must be untangled with his help. He’s the one who introduced me to Theo, my protector, my tormentor, my everything. Together, they pushed me past my limits, shattering every boundary I thought I had. But something feels wrong. In this asylum, there’s no escape—from the pain, the desire, or the madness. And when the truth comes to light, I’ll either break completely…or burn it all down. This book has dark themes with a heavy dose of mental health representation. It also will depict MM, MF, and MFM scenes. Please check the contents in the beginning in the book before reading.
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#4

Lonely

2025

There’s no place darker than the mind. They say the asylum is meant to cure the broken. I disagree. Some minds aren’t meant to be healed. The thoughts of certain souls are too tempting, meant to be harvested, studied, and consumed. Like my patient, Weston Carter. From the moment he walked through my doors, young and strong, the devil’s Trojan horse in human skin, I knew he was special. There’s beauty in destruction. The devil has good taste. Carter doesn’t trust me. That’s good. It means he’s wiser than the others. He thinks he can escape this place. Escape me. But no one leaves without paying the ultimate price. “You’re my favorite patient. I’m not going to hurt you.” Author’s Lonely is a horror story with sexually explicit content and adult themes. It contains both MF and MM scenes. Intended for mature audiences only (18+). Reader discretion is strongly advised.
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#6

Ravage

2025

𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞 When my parents died, they buried me under a mountain of debt with no safety net. I had no choice but to figure it out on my own. Accepting Kole’s ad for a new roommate seemed like a no brainer. Everything was going great, until it wasn’t. Kole’s charming nature turned deadly so fast it made my head spin. Can I make it out alive? Or will I end up in the ground next to my parents? 𝐊𝐨𝐥𝐞 The moment I set eyes on my Sweet Obsession my world upends. The overwhelming need to fix every one of her faults makes my skin itch. Will this obsession completely ravage her like the last one? Or will I finally be able to rewrite my past?
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#7

Asylum

2025

In a world full of monsters, I’m the insane one. A simmering rage lies just beneath the surface, one that can’t be controlled. The voice in my head protects me, unleashing quick death, unhinged brutality. One fateful night three years ago, I became the judge, jury, and executioner. Losing my freedom when all I wanted was to escape. Now, I’m locked away. Imprisoned in a hell so torturous, my nightmares have become a reprieve. Nothing could’ve prepared me for my doctor. My tormentor. Dr. Atlas Stone. He says all the right things, the one person who truly understands me. I gave him what little trust I have left. The sadist who causes me more pain than I could’ve fathomed. The unpredictable psychopath who thrives on controlling my mind, and my body. I’ve become nothing more than a pawn in his wicked game of obsession and experimentation. Welcome to Wellard Asylum. Where the darkness swallows you whole and frees your inner monster.
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#9

YellowJacket

2025

There are bees in my blood. I feel them buzzing, stinging, filling me with nectar until I can’t stop laughing. Dylan Marrow says she’s my doctor, but she straps me down, cuts me open, and licks me clean. She feeds me honey and blood, calls me sunshine, and makes me drip until I’m nothing but her hive. Every sting makes me wetter. Every cut makes me hers. And I love it. We fuck in restraints. We carve bees into skin. We burn everything behind us. I’m her Yellowjacket. Her honeyrot. Her little stinger. And together we’ll swarm this asylum until it screams. A sapphic dark erotic horror novella. Buzzing, bloody, and not for the faint of heart.
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#11

Unwell

2025

Two women. One asylum. Deadly secrets. When nineteen-year-old Ginny’s mother abandons her at Wellard Asylum, she isn’t sick. She’s pregnant. Behind the iron gates patients cower, the rules are broken, and the basement hides evils that would make monsters squirm. Ginny only has one keep her baby safe, no matter what. Nurse Nancy once believed hospitals were for healing the vulnerable. At Wellard, she’s learned to keep her head down while the powerful play god. That is, until Ginny shows up. Young, scared, and pretty, Ginny gets under Nancy’s skin fast. Protecting a patient means stepping out of orchestrated lines, and Nancy will be forced to choose where her loyalty lies. As storms gather, Ginny and Nancy are pulled into a tightening spiral of control, lust, and institutional cruelty. And sometimes, the only way out is to become the worst thing you can imagine. Dark, visceral and relentless, UNWELL is a psychological horror novel exploring the descent into the places we lock people, and the stories we tell ourselves to justify holding the key. Open the gates to Wellard, but be careful, few ever escape.
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#12

Damaged

2025

BETRAYAL. REVENGE. OBSESSION. I tried to kill the woman who seduced my boyfriend. Turns out, she didn't seduce anyone. Ethan chose her. And the courts? They chose to call me insane. Now I’m being locked away in Wellard Asylum—an unsanctioned, brutal facility where the staff are worse than the inmates, and rules don’t exist. But that’s fine. I’ve never met a place that could hold me. Inside, I learn to sharpen my rage into something useful. Into violence, manipulation, seduction, and pain. I make friends with monsters. I become one. When I finally get out, I don’t just want revenge. I am revenge. With a growing list of names carved into my mind, I begin my hunt—one betrayal at a time. Until I cross paths with Sullivan. Dark. Vicious. Addictive. A man who sees the same hunger in me that he wears like a second skin. Maybe he’ll kill me. Maybe I’ll kill him. Or maybe we’ll burn this whole fucking world down together.

Authors

Melissa McSherry
Melissa McSherry
Author · 11 books
Melissa is a stay-at-home mom to seven minions and is happily married to a very patient man! When she isn't writing or reading, she is chasing kids, cleaning, or downing her fifth coffee of the day. She loves dark romance, especially dark fantasy romance, with possessive men and the right balance of 'WTF' moments and spice!
J.S. Cannon
J.S. Cannon
Author · 9 books

J. S. Cannon is a self-published Indie Author. She enjoys life with her small family which includes a husband, a great pyrenees, a boxador and a snowshoe siamese cat. Her favorite time of year is fall and winter. Halloween decorations are present in her household year-round. In December, her Christmas tree stands proudly next to the three-foot coffin hanging in her living room. She enjoys all genres of books, particularly dark romance and horror. She has a special love for novellas and enjoys writing them. Her writing journey began with sweet and spicy shorts, but she found her happiness in writing dark romance. Beginning with Rage, she found her enjoyment in exploring the darker side of fiction with strong, morally gray characters and humorous banter. Lighter to darker, there's something for all spicy readers in her back log. Please read responsibly. All her books are available in Kindle Unlimited.

K.T. Maddan
K.T. Maddan
Author · 10 books
Katie has always possessed a talent for crafting captivating stories. She loves crafting characters with profound depth and is passionate about narrating their stories. When she's not busy creating your next literary delight, she enjoys indulging in PC gaming sessions with her partner or showering affection on her beloved fur babies.
Loralai Blake
Author · 5 books
Loralai Blake lives in a small town in the midwest. She spends her free time reading dark romances, but her favorite genre is horror eroitca. Loralai has been an avid reader since she was little and a writer since she was in high school. Loralai started out writing poetry to cope with her depression and it slowly turned into something so much more. She has many more dark and depraved works coming that will make you question your own sanity and morals while reading them.
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