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It starts in a hotel bar with dim lighting, a glass of wine, and a mutual agreement: no names. For Hermione Granger, a PhD student exhausted by her doctoral studies, it was supposed to be a single night of uncharacteristic recklessness.
But the anonymous woman from the bar isn't just a stranger; She's the sharp, formidable power behind Black Industries and her roommate's mother. Narcissa Black is everything Hermione should to avoid: distant, controlling, insistent that she has no time for an affair, and dangerously entangled in the company supporting her research. None of that seems to matter to Hermione, who convinces her to enter into a casual sexual arrangement. Unsurprisingly, there's nothing casual about these two once anonymous lovers.
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15 Jul 2026
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Hermione Granger is a Veritas journalist assigned to profile Narcissa Black, the feared chief executive of House of Black. The assignment begins with a warning left on Hermione's desk, a folder full of redacted company history, and a reputation that has followed Narcissa for years: The Devil in Black. Hermione learns quickly that the public story has been arranged by people with money, grudges, and legal power. The old headlines name Narcissa as cruel, but the documents point toward supplier abuse, board coverups, Lucius Malfoy's manipulation, and family choices that left Narcissa carrying blame in public while protecting people in private. As the interviews continue, Hermione and Narcissa develop trust, conflict, and desire. Narcissa wants Hermione, but she refuses to let desire endanger Draco, the company, or Hermione's career.
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14 Jul 2026
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This is the sequel to 'Without You (my world collapses)' and focuses on the aftermath of that devastating kiss Hermione and Narcissa shared while fighting for their lives in the rubble of Diagon Alley. Narcissa feels guilty. Hermione feels a lot of things. But mostly, they feel the magic that thrums between them
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23 Jun 2026
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The room allocation issue should, realistically, have been manageable.
Instead, it becomes the beginning of several months of mutual avoidance,
emotional repression, and increasingly obvious feelings.Bookmarked by austejad
14 Jun 2026
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It is in the depths of night that the real questions are asked.
“Do you consider yourself evil,” asks the younger witch.
Narcissa only laughs.
“You Gryffindors and your black and white thinking. Nothing is that simple.”
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Two women and a curse left on their skins by Bellatrix Lestrange. While at St Mungo’s, being treated, they start talking.
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04 Jun 2026