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When Violet and Xaden find themselves in a rather compromising situation at 35,000 feet, their impulsive mile high lie lands them in London for a wedding week full of fancy events, suspicious relatives, and a story they have to keep straight. But as the line between real and pretend begins to blur, the consequences of their one little lie grow harder to ignore.
AKA : The fic where Xaden and Violet meet on a plane and get caught joining the mile high club. They impulsively claim they just got engaged in an effort to get out of trouble, locking them into living their lie as they head to London for a wedding in a story that celebrates some of our favorite tropes: Fake Relationships, Only One Bed, Forced Proximity and jealous Xaden's Touch Her and Die vibes.
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01 Sep 2025
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Violet Sorrengail is a forensic anthropologist good with only one thing: dead people. Their bones speak a language only she can hear, but the living aren't quite so easy to understand - particularly one FBI Agent Xaden Riorson, who does everything possible to get under her skin. When an unexpected murder victim washes up in DC, the ensuing investigation brings them closer together despite her every effort to stay away, and she's forced to decide if the careful distance she keeps around her heart is really worth it.
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12 Jul 2025
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Violet Sorrengail is on thin ice with her publishing company. One year after a devastating breakup, writer's block grips her. The blank page taunts. Her series finale languishes, unwritten and overdue. In a Hail Mary to preserve Violet's career and reputation, her literary agent offers his unoccupied winter home in the mountains. Suddenly, Violet is saying goodbye to her life in Philadelphia and is heading to Chattanooga to find inspiration and write her book. But when she runs into her ex-boyfriend and learns he also lives in Chattanooga, Violet is forced into a whirlwind of self-reflection and flashbacks from her love story with Xaden Riorson. Try as they might, they can't seem to stay away from each other. But maybe, just maybe, they can keep each other as friends.
Title inspired by "The Scientist" by Coldplay.
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12 Jul 2025
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When Bodhi and Ridoc plan their elaborate wedding down in Mexico and inform Violet that her ex is coming, she comes up with a fake boyfriend to avoid dealing with it all. But instead she finds herself in an even bigger mess when she accidentally tells them that she's dating Xaden Riorson, the bane of her existence and someone she has claimed to hate for years. When he accepts her request to play along she's shocked, but he has reasons of his own to go along with the lie. As the week goes on the line between love and hate gets blurred and Violet can't help but forget the reasons she hated him in the first place. And memories of a night from years ago slip back into her mind and remind her of time she didn't hate him...not at all.
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- Part 1 of Playing Pretend
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12 Jul 2025
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To save Xaden, Violet Sorrengail turns to the Goddess of Love, Loial, pleading for a miracle. The goddess agrees, but at a price. Xaden’s soul will be restored, for love itself was what shattered him. Yet the cost is devastating: not only will Xaden forget Violet, but so will everyone who has ever known her. She will become a ghost in their lives, an unseen warrior, stripped of her place as friend, sister, or wife.
For his life and for the protection of those she loves, Violet makes the ultimate sacrifice. She accepts to becoming erased and thus this tale begins.
Next update: no idea (new details in chapter 11 as of 15.08.25)
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12 Jul 2025