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    What happens when you’re forced to become the very thing you despise?

    Ex-Auror Harry Potter, tossed out of the Ministry for something he had no control over, has been looking for a way back to his former life. When he comes across Draco Malfoy in the criminal underbelly of Wizarding London and in need of protection, Harry figures bringing him in to face the Ministry's justice is his ticket back to everything he's lost.

    But nothing is exactly as it seems. Not even Harry himself. And as he gets drawn further and further into Malfoy's world of honour and deception he finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew—about his childhood nemesis, the Ministry job he misses so much, and most of all, about himself.

    What happens when you’re forced to see that you were wrong?

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    18 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 4

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    Hermione Granger arrives in a small seaside town with two suitcases, a cat, a burnout she can't seem to shake, and absolutely no intention of staying.
    Ron Weasley has lived there his whole life. Well. Almost.
    Between the fishing boat he inherited, the grief he never quite unpacked, and the future he stopped planning for years ago, staying has always seemed easier than leaving.
    Then Hermione shows up.

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    17 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 12

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    “I do nothing out of the goodness of my heart. Every dress I have purchased, every galleon that has slipped from my fingers, every man I have ruined for you, I have not done for something so asinine as kindness.”

    Lucius leans over her. His hand is against her back, keeping her close as he murmurs in her ear.

    “My care is a loan I grant you, mon trésor. And your payment has come due.”

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    16 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 22

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    Hermione Granger’s life five years post war was one of simplicity. She had her bookshop in the little village where her flat resided just upstairs. Her friends were all happy and healthy, living the lives they’d always dreamed of. She’d come to peace with the death of her parents. It was all going well.

    That is, until threats made against her life bring the one wizard she had tried so hard to forget crashing back into her life.

    Greg Goyle was not meant to be a part of her life, not anymore. However, his orders to head her protection detail couldn’t care less what the stubborn witch wants.

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    16 Jun 2026

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    A stubborn lock of hair gets tucked behind Malfoy's ear twenty-six times. Harry only counts because what else has he got to do.

    Homework, Hermione's shrill voice sounds in his head. Oh, Harry, you have so much homework, you're behind on everything, what are you doing? Did you really come back for eighth year just to spy on Draco Malfoy again?

    It's a good question. Twenty-seven, now.

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    14 Jun 2026