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    Shane sees one too many photos of Ilya with other women and decides if he has to suffer, Ilya does too.

    Enter: thirst traps, questionable decisions, and captions written for an audience of exactly one.

    Ilya absolutely does not handle it well.

     

    Or: Shane weaponizes Twitter, and Ilya falls for it every time.

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    30 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 8

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    Shane Hollander is one of the best editors in the publishing game.

    He’s ready to make the pitch of his career, when suddenly he's suddenly sent to London to acquire the rights to a lost piece of history.

    That might have been manageable, if he didn't have to work alongside his arch rival: the handsome and talented languages expert — Ilya Rozanov.

    For those who like a slow burn, lots of cute squabbling, yearning and spice (in the end I promise)

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    30 Jun 2026

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    Ilya Rozanov wakes up from a medically induced coma, sixteen months into a mission to save the dying sun, and he can't remember a single one of his crewmates.

    He's immediately drawn to one of them, though. Too bad Hollander won't give him the time of day.

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    30 Jun 2026

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    If Ilya Rozanov was set to be branded for life in the space above his butt crack, he was damn well going to pay a premium for it.

    Booking with one of the most exclusive tattoo studios in North America was the easy bit.

    Having his brain melted into oblivion by Shane Hollander’s steady hands and even steadier voice was decidedly not part of the plan.

    Or, the one where tattoo artist Shane is very good at giving instructions.

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    27 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 27

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    It's 1870, Shane answers an advertisement to tutor 6 year old Nikolai Rozanov, but the decaying mansion of Withernsea holds more than just servants and a worryingly handsome Russian landowner...

    Think Jane Eyre and The Woman In White but with lots of slow burn Shane and Ilya falling in love.

    (Yes, it's a Victorian gothic romance trope fic!)

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    26 Jun 2026