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Blake Landon, he's the hot, serious guy that all the girls drool over in our pack, and the next in line to become our pack's alpha. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would end up being his mate.

He's arrogant, short-tempered, and no one- I mean no one dares to defy him. So how in the world did I end up being his mate?

When things turn, and we go face to face with a powerful vampire clan, he and I get thrown into having to choose to fight together, or sacrifice one or another. One thing is for sure, things will not end well, and will be up to us to sacrifice our love for each other, or our pack.

Rowan Vance is good at her job, organizing chaos, managing vendors, and keeping everything running on schedule. It’s a life built on logic, structure, and control.
Until the emails start.
Requests she never sent. Orders she doesn’t remember approving. Materials that shouldn’t exist, let alone be sourced. Every time she pushes back, systems fail, records disappear, and something unseen tightens its grip.
Someone is using her.
And worse erasing every trace.
As Rowan prepares for a high-stakes industry expo, the pressure builds. The same company name keeps appearing at the center of it all: Blacke Industries: a firm with no clear history, no visible leadership, and far too much influence behind the scenes.
Corvin Blacke has spent centuries building his empire on control. His company operates in both worlds, human and otherwise, and nothing moves through his system without his knowledge.
Until now.
Something has breached his network. Something powerful. Something reckless.
And somehow… it’s tied to Rowan.
She doesn’t know the rules.
She doesn’t understand the danger.
But she did something no one else has ever done.
She refused.
Now caught between a force that won’t let her go and a man who deals in binding agreements, Rowan is about to learn that in Corvin’s world, everything comes with a cost.
And the only way out…
is a contract.

"Blake, she is not good enough to be with you. You need to reject her and make me your Luna!"
“She was my Mate, and I would kill anyone that tried to hurt her.”

****Aurora is a seventeen-year-old human who doesn't know that werewolves exist. After her mother's death, she moves to a small town with her older brother. Her whole life changes when she meets a guy in the girl's bathroom with another female and finds herself attracted to him. She tries to stay away from him but finds something pulling her toward him.

Alpha Blake is the Alpha of Blue Moon Pack and a player. He never wanted a Mate and said that he wouldn't change his playboy ways for her. However, when he meets his Mate while having sex with his girlfriend in the bathroom at school, he regrets his actions and wants nothing more than to make her his.

Will Aurora give Blake a chance？

Damon Delgado is a mafia lord who is as feared as death, he never hurts women though, but what happens suddenly is that he forces a widow woman to marry him.

Was he in love? No! He was in hate and the marriage is Punishment for her.
What did the poor woman do to him to deserve that?

Mira Thakur, the hot headed and short tempered girl. How is she going to handle the torture of her mafia husband?

When the two different worlds collide, the darkness blazes.

If Damon is ice then Mira is a fire!

I never wanted to be his.
Damian Wolfe is cold, ruthless, and dangerous in ways I should fear. But when my father sold me to him to settle his debts, I had no choice but to walk into his world. I expected cruelty. I expected indifference.
I didn’t expect the way he fucks me—like he owns me, like he’s claiming every breath, every moan, every desperate gasp.
His touch is fire, his kiss is a brand, and when he whispers my name in the dark, I forget I ever wanted to fight him. I should hate him. I should run. But when he’s inside me, when his hands are gripping my hips, when his lips are murmuring wicked things against my skin, I fucking crave him.
I swore I wouldn’t fall. But every night, he makes me his. Whenever he touches me, he reminds me that I belong to him.
And just when I think I understand the man behind the monster… I learn the truth.
Damian Wolfe didn’t just take me.
He’s always wanted me.
And now that I’m his… he’s never letting me go.

In a city carved by loyalty and lies, one love dares to defy the odds.
Nico Valenti thrives in the shadows of Chicago’s mafia, a 29-year-old enforcer who knows the cost of weakness. Enter Luca Moretti, a 25-year-old barman with an innocent glow that Nico can’t resist—a forbidden flame flickering in a world that crushes softness. Their secret romance unfolds in stolen whispers and desperate touches, a lifeline neither expected to find.
But secrets have a price in the Valenti family. When cash disappears and rival families linger at the gates, Nico’s love becomes his weak point. His sister Gia watches too closely, her sharp edges hiding a threat he can’t yet see. A chilling message cuts through the night, promising blood if their bond doesn’t break. Caught between the family he serves and the man he’d die for, Nico’s world teeters on a razor’s edge.
Will their love outlast the storm—or shatter under its weight?

He wanted a puppet. He got a queen instead.

Elora Frost is used to being the punchline. To her wealthy father and evil stepsister, she's a broken charity case. To the school, she's the weird girl in thrift-store sweaters. The ice rink is her only sanctuary—the only place she isn't hiding.

Enter Cade Rhodes. Arrogant. Dangerous. Elite.

On his first day at Winterbourne, the hockey prodigy completely dismantles the school's social hierarchy—and for some twisted reason, he decides Elora is his new favorite project.

He offers her a terrifying proposition: submit to his complete control for one year as his fake girlfriend, and he'll make her untouchable.

She accepts—because for the freedom to skate, she'd make any deal.

Overnight, the prey becomes the predator. The bullies who tortured her are suddenly terrified. Her family is begging for her favor.

And Cade is about to learn a dangerous lesson.

When you dress a figure skater in armor and give her the power to fight back... she doesn't just survive.

She conquers. And the fake feelings brewing between them might be the most dangerous battle of all.

Elizabeth is fresh out of college, and starting her new life. But her new life comes with betrayal, and her very wrong reaction to it.

Twenty-two-year-old Zara Calloway is standing in a hospital room watching her mother die when it happens. Her mother — comatose for forty-seven days, declared beyond recovery — opens her eyes. Grabs Zara's wrist. Delivers a warning: Don't let them hollow you out. Then flatlines. For real this time. Before Zara can process a single second of grief, text materializes in her vision — clean, cold, and impossible: PLAYER DESIGNATION: NULL-001. YOU HAVE BEEN DRAFTED. Zara is now a Player in the Verdict Protocol — an invisible, deadly game run by a god-like entity called the Summoner who conscripts human beings and forces them to complete missions: survival trials, dungeon dives, battle royales, and worse. Players who refuse are voided. Players who fail are killed. No one has ever broken their contract. She has twenty-four hours to complete her first mission or cease to exist. Armed with nothing but a Tier F ability called RECALL — the power to replay anything she's witnessed with perfect clarity — and a mind that never stops looking for the exit, Zara fights her way up from the lowest designation ever recorded in the history of the Protocol. But the deeper she gets, the more wrong it all feels. Her drafting wasn't random. Her mother's warning wasn't an accident. And Dorian Voss — cold, brilliant, infuriating Dorian Voss — keeps appearing at the exact intersection of every secret she's trying to uncover. She was drafted to play the game. The Summoner intends for her to replace him

Five years ago, a servant from her father's house sold Rowena into slavery. Now, a stranger at her master's table will change her destiny once more. Christophe knew that taking a woman across the desert would be dangerous, what he didn't know was that the journey could change the very heart of him. Back in England, Rowena is faced with malicious rumors and family members who wish to decide her future for her. A chance encounter with the man who rescued her gives her another chance at happiness, but does she have the courage to take it?

On our first meeting, the crazy man almost ran me over, I was lucky it was just a splash of water, but still, I had to pay him back, he ruined my work clothes with muddy water. I threw a stone at his car, hoping to gain his attention because he had to apologize, but it broke the glass.

"You know you're paying for that right? don't worry I'll come to find you" he said. He drove away In a hurry, promising to find me soon.

Ashlyn Shor, a young girl with the most troublesome personality, how can she live as a personal assistant to the person she hates most?
Her troublesome and crazy Boss Is the CEO himself.

I used to be the Blackwells' best killer. For him, I walked away from that life and became his wife. I even gave him a daughter.

I thought it was redemption. Turns out, it was the start of something worse.

Three years ago, during that shootout at the docks, his first love showed up with his bastard son. When the rival family put guns to both kids' heads, he didn't hesitate. He chose to save her son.

My daughter burned in the explosion.

That was the day the man I loved for ten years died. What's left is just my sworn enemy.

Players will play.  Flynn Taylor, rock ‘n roll heartthrob, plays fast and loose. He’s with different girls every night. Yes, girls plural. On the brink of becoming not just a Chicago sensation but an American icon,  he’s everything I should avoid. Then again, maybe it doesn’t matter. I’m so damaged, I’m not even capable of a relationship. He might be the perfect antidote.  The temptation I need to lure me back to the side of the living. He could help me get over my trauma. Attempt physical intimacy.  If it goes wrong–no harm, no foul, right? If only I can keep my overprotective bratva brother from threatening to kill him if he even touches me…

Evan Hale had spent three years being invisible.

In the port city of Grayhaven, that meant midnight towing calls, grease under his nails, a cheap apartment above a closed pawnshop, and a daughter who still believed the world could be repaired with pancakes and tape. He let people call him broke. He let his ex-wife call him a failure. He let rich men look through him as if poverty had made him harmless.

Then Lily came to the tow yard with a hospital bracelet on her wrist and terror in her eyes.

The paperwork said Evan had lost his rights. The doctors said it was an emergency. The heir to Grayhaven's largest medical charity smiled like the city already belonged to him.

They were all wrong.

Because before Evan became a night-shift tow driver, he had been the man federal teams called when protected witnesses vanished, sealed evidence moved, and dangerous people needed to be found before sunrise. He had buried that life to keep his daughter safe.

Now the people hunting Lily had put her name on a list he recognized.

And Evan Hale was done hiding.

“Was she the one who sent you?” he growled “Did she pay you to whore yourself to me?”
“Please… Nick, wait.” He pulled out, thrusted back in. “How much? Twenty thousand? Fifty? Hundred?” With every question, he thrust harder and harder. My neurons are frying with the confusing feeling in my brain. Torn between pleasure, fear, and panic. I couldn't utter a single sentence to save my life.

His cold eyes pinned me in place while he plundered my body with deep thrusts, which only added to my confusion. My dumb body mistook the mixed signals, my pussy becoming even wetter than before.

“I hope she'd paid you well, because I'm going to fuck you all night long, hard,” he growled. “Sleep, then do it all over again. I want to feel you come for me, Andrea, want to feel you squeeze my cock, milking me.

Begging for me to give you the high only I can, I'm going to fucked you until I fuck all my wife's money's worth, I want you to remember how hard I took you while you're meeting her.” I sobbed, moaned, and tried to scramble out under him.

“No, please…Nick, let….let me explain.” Nick abruptly pulled out. His eyes were cold but hooded.


Andrea was sent to take down billionaire magnate Nicklaus Montgomery.
Her mission was simple: get close, seduce him, find the proof, and disappear. Instead Andrea finds herself exposed—cornered into signing a contract that binds her to Nicklaus's side as his lover. Now she’s living in his world of wealth, danger, and secrets… and the deeper she falls into his bed, the harder it becomes to remember what side she's on.

One night with an NBA player, and now I'm carrying his child.
We met at a bar, where his presence made the hairs on my neck stand on end. He was
stunning, with a physique that could make any woman melt. His intense, dreamy gaze left me
amazed that I didn't strip right there on the bar countertop. Our encounter began with a mix-up,
my lips finding his drink instead of mine. Before long, I was at his place. The passion in our
kisses sparked a fire that grew with every touch. His strong arms lifted and tossed me
effortlessly, sending my heart racing. His tall frame enveloping me completely fueled my endless
desire. After that night, we parted ways.
Two years later, James Baltimore is the NBA's breakout star, and I'm his assigned physical
therapist. Can I maintain my professionalism? Memories of that night flood my mind, tempting
me to give in. But now, it's time to reveal the secret I've been keeping. I have a child, and he's
the father.

Xavier didn’t ask to be chosen. He didn’t even know he was being watched.
When a global simulation system called ARES silently activated across every human mind on earth, billions of people woke up with classes, stats, and a rank. Warriors. Strategists. Architects. Everyone got something.
Xavier got nothing.
No class. No attributes. No rank. Just a single blinking error message where his player profile should be: NULL.
The system flagged him as a glitch. His government labeled him a liability. The powerful players who rose overnight looked at him the way people look at something they want to erase. He was given 30 days to either manifest a class or be permanently expelled from the simulation which everyone already knew meant brain death in the real world.
What nobody bothered to tell Xavier was that NULL wasn’t an error.
It was the rarest player designation in ARES history. A blank slate that could absorb, copy, and evolve any ability from any class with no ceiling, no restriction, and no rules. The system didn’t fail to assign him a class. It couldn’t. He was incompatible with limitations.
Now Xavier has 30 days, zero allies, and a target on his back from every top-ranked player who just realized what a NULL can become.
They should have just left him alone.

My name is Helen, and I've been fighting for what's rightfully mine my entire life. In Chicago's ruthless business world, I should be heir to my father's financial empire. Instead, I'm stuck watching from the sidelines because he believes "it's a man's world." Meanwhile, my sister Antoinette—who couldn't care less about business—is marrying a man who's been circling our family fortune like a vulture for years. But the real nightmare? Her wedding day. On the wedding day I see my first ever crush standing next to the groom. Johnny—my first love, my deepest wound, the man I caught in bed with my sister ten years ago. I should run. I should hate him. Instead, I can't look away. That night Johnny and I spend a very steamy night together, but according to Johnny it should all be in secret if my sister and her new husband finds out they will try to rip us apart but Johnny never told me why he thought they will.
Now I'm caught between three forces trying to destroy me: the sister who stole my first love, the brother-in-law who wants my inheritance, and my obsessive boss who'll stop at nothing to control me.

I was just a young girl who fell in love at the age of thirteen. My name is Sharon Jules. Everything happened so soon but isn't it normal to have a crush on someone? It was the first time I realized that I couldn't concentrate. I always thought about him. Is this how it really is?  I really liked him. His name is Eric. We were really close. My older sister, Carly, knew I liked him. I have a younger sister. Her name is Tori. My elder brother Matt lives in London.

In my previous life, I gave the SS-class Furnace Fortress to my sister, and she turned around and stabbed me in the back.
After being reborn, she wanted to take my forest . I smiled and said, "Fine, it's all yours."
This time, I chose the SS-class Forge Fortress.
And I want her to die crying in the yellow sand.

What do you owe the people who saved your life—even if they're slowly destroying it?

Kira Vance has no past. No family. No name that's truly hers. Adopted at twelve by tennis royalty, she's spent five years as the invisible girl behind their golden boy, Ethan—the practice partner who makes him shine, the adopted daughter who never complains.

She's so good at disappearing, even she's forgotten who she used to be.

Then Adrian Cole walks into her life—a fallen legend who sees the player she's buried beneath years of obedience. He offers her something dangerous: choice. The choice to stop serving others and start fighting for herself.

But every serve she hits in her own name is an act of rebellion. Every win pulls her further from the only family she's known—and closer to Ethan, whose sudden confession forces her to confront feelings she's spent years avoiding.

In a game where love and loyalty are weapons, Kira must decide: Is freedom worth the price of everything she's ever known?

Camilla is a decent girl by the books — The greatest bad thing she did was burn her own home.
The other complication in her life is a secret that includes Dylan Emerton.
What's absurd is that Camilla is compelled to move into Dylan's house, the alternative is being homeless.
Being this close to him is futile; Camilla thinks back to her past. His touch. The pain that ensued. But Dylan doesn't. Not even in the slightest.

How long will it take before their past traps them? And of what good is the undeniable attraction to each other.

WARNING: MATURE CONTENT

Jack Grant is a self-absorbed billionaire CEO who can't keep it in his pants. He believes he can buy any woman with just the right amount and treats them like trash.

Cindy Banks is a sexy and beautiful young lady with a strong dislike for arrogant and unfaithful men. She has just one goal: to give her little brother a better chance at life.

Cindy crosses paths with Jack in her quest for a good job and suddenly he wants her beneath him, begging for more. However, she puts him in his place and shoves his job in his face.

Jack is upset by Cindy's rejection but she also successfully piques his interest. He sees her as a challenge and goes all out to conquer her with the intention of humiliating her when he finally gets in-between her legs.

What Jack did not count on though, was falling head over heels in love with his secretary but, is it too late for him?

How far would he go in order to prove to Cindy that what he feels for her is true?

You can’t hide from Justice when Justice has your scent.

Jia and Erik are following up on crimes they run across, providing Erik with more hints that he needs to help track down the killers of his people.

Can Jia provide more support for Erik as he works to uncover secrets the powerful don't want revealed? Or will Erik make a mistake and go too far?

Both want the truth – but is revealing the truth good for society?


Two years ago, a small moon in a far off system was set to be the location of the first intergalactic war between humans and an alien race.

It never happened. However, something was found many are willing to kill to keep a secret.

Now, they have killed the wrong people.

How many will need to die to keep the truth hidden? 

As many as is needed.

He will have vengeance no matter the cost. She will dig for the truth. No matter how risky the truth is to reveal.

"An incredibly good fictionalized accounting of humanities future, and what Lin and Blackwell uncovered that shook the foundations of both the powerful and the elite." - UFE Interstellar News.

Alana, a werewolf fleeing her haunted past, sought solace within the "Ionia" pack, only to be met with cold rejection. After two years of aimless wandering, she finally stumbled upon her destined mate. However, what she believed would bring her peace transformed into her darkest nightmare. Despite her escape, she soon discovered she carried the offspring of her mate, Damien, a dominant alpha.

Despite his initial refusal, they join forces to track down their abducted triplets. Complicating matters, Damien was betrothed to another, leading to a tumultuous dance of love and hate between him and Alana. Their fragile bond faces a new threat when a mysterious werewolf claims to be Alana's second chance at love. Meanwhile, Damien's arranged mate looms as a menacing presence. Can the couple protect their triplets and rebuild their complicated past? The looming decision between past affections and fresh opportunities hangs heavy in the air.

Leslie’s hand clamped around Ruby’s jaw, forcing her to look up at him, his light brown eyes glinting.

“How dare you think you can make me jealous, huh? You’re mine, Ruby. My woman,” he growled, his voice low, vibrating against her chest as he pushed her back against the wall.

Ruby’s lips parted, a shaky breath leaving her as his body caged hers in. “I—I wasn’t. We are still at school."

His thumb slid across her bottom lip, pressing until she gasped. “You wanted my attention, didn’t you? Well, now you’ve got it.”

Before she could respond, his mouth was on hers. His other hand trailed down, gripping her thigh hard enough to bruise, hitching it around his waist.

Ruby whimpered into his mouth, the sound only making him growl deeper, his teeth catching her lip.

Leslie rasped. “When I say you belong to me, I mean it. I’ll remind you until it’s etched into your pretty little body.”

Her head tilted back as his mouth trailed hot, biting kisses along her throat, his hand slipping beneath her skirt with no hesitation.

“Say it,” he ordered, his fingers teasing at her entrance, making her writhe helplessly against the wall. “Say who you belong to, Ruby.”

Her nails dug into his shoulders as pleasure and frustration tangled in her voice. “You. Leslie... I’m yours.”

He pushed inside her with a rough thrust of his fingers, swallowing her cry with another searing kiss. "You want to know what it's like to tempt me, Ms Allaire?" 


Ruby Allaire is the newest lecturer on campus, where her younger sister, Zahra Allaire, goes. Ruby has been like a mother to her ever since their parents passed. Her only goal is to ensure Zahra graduates without distractions, just like she once did.

He was my new neighbor and I hated him instantly. Some fall in love at first sight but for us, it was pure hatred at first sight. We should have stayed enemies forever but life was unpredictable. In the end, one kiss was it all it took to turn us into something more.

It was unclear what we were but I could tell that something had changed; the player next door had become something more to me...


Rylie Myers never thought it would be possible to hate someone with every fibre of your body but meeting Blake Weston changed that.

Blake was Rylie's new next door neighbor and Rylie couldn't help but dislike him from the moment she saw him and the series of disastrous encounters that followed didn't help.

Their enmity was mutual and should've stayed that way... but one accidental kiss changes everything.

And before they realized it, they were stuck with each other, forced to keep up a charade that involved them being something more than enemies.

The only question now is what happens when fake feelings start getting a little too real?

The third installment of the Hunting series, following Hunting Her Hunters and Hunting Their Enemies. This is Gerry's light version, (Hunting My Sister is the Dark Version). Gerry finds his fated mate, Giselda, while he is out on a peace mission for another sleuth, only to find out that her sleuth is in an even more unstable situation. He goes to Havana to help them, with the help of his parents, can he fix the problem before he loses Giselda, or is he doomed to be live the rest of his life alone, grieving over his once beloved mate?

"I hope you're not a minor, baby girl? I don't wish to make two sins together."
"His presence is intoxicating, a dangerous invitation, but I can't help craving more."
When 18-year-old Angela Iris moves to New Jersey with her mother and new stepfather, she's expecting a fresh start. But her new life takes an unexpected turn when she meets Edmund Brown, her wealthy and powerful stepfather, a man of commanding presence, stirs a dangerous fascination in her that she can't ignore. Angela found herself drawn into a world more dangerous and forbidden than she could have ever imagined, the magnetic pull between them is undeniable..
Edmund, 30 years old, a powerful CEO with a mysterious past and commanding presence, is used to having control—in his business, his life, and his relationships. He knows it's forbidden to crave Angela, yet can't resist his sexy new stepdaughter. The more he tries to fight his feelings, the harder they become to ignore. He tries hard to resist the sinful desires that Angela brings out in him. What begins as an innocent flirtation soon spirals into a passionate, secret affair that defies all boundaries.
In this dangerous game of seduction, the stakes grow higher with every touch, every whispered command. Angela is drawn to Edmund's dominant personality and the thrill of their forbidden romance. As Angela explores her darkest desires, she must decide how far she's willing to go to keep the man she can't have, and whether she's willing to sacrifice everything for him. But as they grow closer, the risk of their secret being exposed grows too. As their bond strengthens, they both have to handle the risk of secrecy and obsession, all while maintaining the facade of a perfect family.
Will the passion that burns deep within them ruin everything they've come to cherish or will it finally be possible for them to accept the forbidden?
Their love is full of passion, lust and heart pounding moments. But how long can they keep it hidden? And what will happen when their dirty little secret will be exposed?

Trying to escape her past, Kayla moved to a new city to start over. Over the course of six years, she worked her way to becoming a top interior designer.

Everything seemed to be going well for her as a single mother- until Tristian Ravenford, the man she had a one-night stand with six years ago, reappeared in her life, determined to win her back.
Now, the threats from his enemies and her own will put their love to the ultimate test. Will their shared love for their son be enough to keep them together, or will their love for each other prove strong enough to overcome it all?

"Ow! Shit!" Standing before me was a man with a statuesque body adorned with tattoos. Shirtless and drenched in sweat, he exuded an irresistible allure that left me breathless. His mischievous smile and confident demeanor only heightened his appeal.

He gave me a breathtaking smile. I was glad I was kneeling because my legs were shaking just looking at him. He knew the power he had and smiled when he realized that I was totally hypnotized by him.

"Well, since you won't talk, I will. Jane, right?" He asked. I nodded and was breathless as his eyes went from my face to my cleavage.

I'm sorry auntie, but if that's Mr. Park. I don't know if I can keep it up.


A young woman from the Brazilian countryside wins a coveted arts scholarship to South Korea, and finds herself immersed in a world of contrasts and intrigue.

Determined to stay in the foreign country, she enlists the help of her aunt, who has been a governess for the influential Park family for years. Under her aunt's tutelage, she starts working at the home of the eldest Park heir, she finds herself involved in a dangerous game, where the businessman's wife, Jennie, devises Machiavellian plans to get rid of an arranged marriage.

However, fate has unexpected surprises in store when the young country girl's heart falls in love with the married businessman. In the midst of age-old traditions and burning emotions, she will have to face the dilemma between following her feelings or the duties imposed by society. A gripping story that explores the limits of love, loyalty and the challenges of finding oneself in unknown lands.

Jeonghan pulled me as he sat on top of my bed and I stumbled on his lap facing him. I felt my heart beating so fast inside my chest, blood rushing to every vein in my body.
He touched my chin with his two fingers and I had no choice but to look at him straight in the eyes. Those intense and attractive eyes that melts my heart everytime he looks at me.
And before I can even think of something to say, he locked his lips with mine. I closed my eyes and kissed him back trying to mirror what he's doing.
He put his hands on my back and nape. "Yoo-mi, I've been longing to do this." He pulled me into another kiss and I circled my arms around his neck. The kiss sent me all kinds of sparks through my body and I could no longer hold my moan.
"Don't hold it babe. Moan for my name. I want you to moan for my name over and over again."


In which a guy asked his neighbour for her wifi password in return for a kiss. Will she be able to resist his charm when in fact, she's been in love with his neighbour since they moved into that house. What if he found out that her wifi password was his name?

She was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Her life will change forever after encountering them in an alley at a crime scene. "If you run, the beast will catch you; if you stay, the beast will eat you." Will she have any choice?!

When Alpha James of the Ironfang Pack proposed an alliance with Alpha John of the Bloodmoon Pack, it came with a condition, their children must marry. For Arthur, heir to Bloodmoon, the match promised power and stability. For Angelica, the sheltered daughter of Ironfang, it’s a leap into a dangerous world she barely understood.

But as the wedding night approaches, old rivalries, unspoken truths, and the awakening of primal instincts threatened to shatter the fragile peace. And when the moon rises, passion and power may prove more dangerous than any enemy.

Stephanie, a high-powered executive with a mysterious past, is forced into an arranged marriage with Ethan Sinclair, a duty-bound architect who warns her not to expect love. As they share a home, Ethan discovers Stephanie's hidden talents and fierce spirit, but her pain from his coldness leads her to a passionate one-night stand with a stranger, resulting in pregnancy. As Ethan's charming friend Nate sets his sights on Stephanie, a tense love triangle emerges. When the truth about Stephanie's wealth is revealed, will their marriage crumble? Can duty evolve into love, or will hidden desires tear them apart? And who will claim the baby? Will the secrets of their past forever change the course of their future?

"When love turns to despair, can a replacement fill the void?

Evan Hart's heart aches as he watches the man he secretly loves suffer from the disappearance of his fiancée who is also his older brother. It's even more painful because Evan knows the truth—His elder brother wasn't kidnapped; he ran off with someone else, abandoning everything.

Unable to bear the sight of Nathan Collins, the man he loves, falling apart, Evan makes a desperate and unthinkable decision: to become a substitute for his brother. What starts as an attempt to be close to Nathan quickly spirals into a tangled web of passion, possessiveness, and deception.

As Evan and Nathan's tabooed relationship strengthens, Evan's feelings are always in question. Will their love collapse under lies? What happens when his elder brother returns, and the truth comes to light? Who will Nathan choose? the man he felt he loved or the one who was there for him all along?

Come find out in The Substitute Desire."

The weather was cool yet windy with little rain drops falling from the sky. Gemini walked through the mall with her mother on her right side picking every item that caught her eyes.

'Sweetie you haven't told me what you wanted for your birthday.' Her mother said as she a cloth off the hanger.

'I don't known, anything I guess." Gemini was not really excited about her 18th birthday than she should be, her upcoming birthday as a werewolve was the most important year of her life giving her the exception to join the pack and even more. Her mother was yet the reason why she was neither excited nor happy for her birthday as she wanted her to act more human like than her supernatural self.

'At least tell me your friends are coming over.' Her mother said breaking the silence. Gemini shrugged.

'I guess, I wouldn't blame them if they didn't it's not like anything special is gonna happen." Gemini's bored attitude annoyed her mother, her mother knew what triggered her daughters attitude before they knew it they where out of the store and into the open road.

'Look Gemini I just want the best and only the best for you but your making this difficult!!" Her mother yelled. Gemini thought it was great that she sat at the back seat and away from her mother.

'Mom am not human like you!! If only dad was still here he would understand!!Gemini yelled back creating an intense atmosphere.

'I known your not that's why am doing this!! This world is cruel Gemini what do you think would happen if they knew what you really are!!" Gemini felt her mother's anger and her wolf woke, knowing this Gemini tried her best to keep her and her wolf calm.

' I'll be with them, they'll protect me mom. I have to do this it's my responsibility.'Gemini said with a calm voice. Her mother grew more tense.

"Is marrying a complete stranger your responsibility!! I want you to be something big and not a house wife!!" Her mother was someone who didn't want to lose an argument so Gemini knew it was best if she didn't answer back.No matter how much she tried her mother would never understand her.

Alice Holloway has always been an outsider—a wolfless girl shunned by her powerful pack. But when a rare lunar eclipse awakens her true identity as the reincarnation of Selene, the moon goddess, everything changes. Her blood holds the power to heal, destroy, or alter the future of the werewolf race—and two rival Alphas will stop at nothing to claim her.Kael Black, the cold and ruthless Alpha of the Pentagon Pack, who seeks vengeance for a betrayal that happened a long time ago.Darius Storm, the untamed leader of the Wild Moon Pack, believes Alice is his fated mate and the key to breaking his curse.Caught in a deadly prophecy and hunted by a fanatical cult, Alice must uncover the truth of her divine powers and make an impossible choice: surrender her fate or find her own path.Reincarnation of The Moon Goddess is a spellbinding tale of love, power, and self-discovery where passion and destiny collide. For fans of gripping werewolf romances and fierce heroines, Alice’s story will leave you breathless.

When Isabella Moretti’s father gambles away everything—including her—to the most feared mafia boss in New Orleans, she expects a fate worse than death. But Luca Devereaux is no ordinary crime lord. He is a vampire, a creature of lethal power and insatiable hunger. And now, she belongs to him.
Luca doesn’t just demand her obedience—he demands everything. Her blood. Her body. Her surrender. His bite is an addiction, his touch a curse, and his obsession with her… deadly. But when a rival vampire syndicate targets Isabella to break him, she must decide: fight against the monster who owns her, or give in to the dark pleasure of his savage desire.
Her heart says run.
Her body begs to stay.
And Luca always takes what he wants.
In his world, love is power. And he will kill to keep her.
But can she survive being loved by a monster?

Back then, he was everything. He was my childhood friend, my neighbor, and my teenage dream. I used my chance to confess my love to him on prom night, in front of everyone! But he rejected me just because his type of girl was a supermodel. It was a ridiculous excuse.

Seven years passed, and I still had not become what he wanted. My life had become even harder. I was getting too old to remain a model, and my boyfriend cheated on me. Until one night, I met him again, my ex-crush. It was time to take revenge and make him beg for my love.

A golden opportunity came when my new boss at the agency promised me the title of supermodel as long as I obeyed him. Unfortunately, there was no such thing as a free lunch. There was something I could not control in this dazzling fashion world.

Did I really have to give up everything to achieve success? Could I have a brilliant career without sacrificing my romance?

What if the irritating man that Eve liked but also hated because of his arrogancy turned out to be her new boss at work?
Could Eve endure her internship there when Gery, the boss, kept looking for her mistakes to make her get fired?
Then, what if life's twists led them to an arranged marriage? Would they be able to come together or there would endless conflicts arise?

After having her heart broken by her childhood friend turned boyfriend, Rylie Myers was convinced that love wasn't for her. The arrival of Blake Weston, a hot teen model and playboy who coincidentally turned out to be her new next door neighbor only added to her conviction that all boys were the same.
After getting off on a bad foot, a feud ensued between the two with no particular end in sight. Things however took a turn when they accidentally shared a kiss. Both Rylie and Blake were determined to put the incident behind them until circumstances forced them to keep up a charade that involved them being something more than enemies. As fake feelings gradually become real, will Rylie fall for the player next door? Or is she just in for another heartbreak?

Caspian was a gaming genius with a bright future—until he got stuck inside one. Now, in a world where your destiny is a weapon, he’s been given a wooden stick. Mocked and hopeless, he joins the worst guild alive. But Caspian has a secret: he knows this is a game. And his joke of a weapon levels up.

Twenty years ago, a god promised to return and wipe this world out. Time’s up. And the only player who knows how to win… is the guy holding a stick.

Five years after graduating from one of New York’s top modelling schools, Amy Walters is still waiting for her big breakthrough in the fashion world. Desperation leads her straight into the arms of Liam Carter, the powerful CEO of a top fashion empire, who offers her the deal of a lifetime—with a condition.


"If I agree to do it…" I forced out, "Will you sign me as your model?"

Liam's cheeks flushed, and he leaned forward, elbows on knees. "Depends."

I stiffened. "On what?"

He got up from the couch and headed towards me.

I did not step back, even as he circled around me slowly, staring like a predator, inspecting his prey.

He was standing behind me, his face against mine so that the air breathed down my ear. "On how well you please me tonight.”

"Do you think I will ever walk hand in hand with a girl three times my size?
I only dated you because I wanted to know what it feels like, being with a plus size".

That statement got her speechless,her heartbreaking so hard it hurts.

"Look ,shit happens sometimes".

"Tim.... it's... my first time".

She sobbed loudly.

"Get over it, not like I forced you to give me your virginity,I had to go, clean up the red stains before leaving".

He snarled.

Beauty's heart pounding, and her tears flow endlessly.

He left and slammed the door after him.


Bullied for being a plus size since her childhood.

Beauty Hills had to deal with insecurity ,trauma and depression, most especially self hate.

Her name( Beauty) was said to be the exact opposite of her appearance.

After many failed toxic relationships, she moved on and got a job in a fashion company.

There she had a one sided crush on her terribly handsome and reserved boss,but

Who wouldn't!

Not every day you get to see a terribly good looking billionaire who isn't arrogant or proud of his looks,a top green flag!

Every single beauty queen in the company is head over heels!

Beauty knows she got no chance to compete with them

It's useless to dream that big!

Maybe not...

I was sixteen when my biological father dragged me from our Montana ranch back to his East Coast mansion. Welcome party? My half-brother Brandon pointed at my face in the cafeteria and sneered, "Trash from the farm!"

I slapped him. Hard. His cheek bloomed red.

"Girls can't possibly understand baseball tactics," he spat, trying to save face. "If you can even make the team, I'll do whatever you say."

Deal.

The day those thugs cornered me in the alley, I took down twenty-something of them solo. Lucas Winston—team captain, heir to a financial empire, top of our class—just stood there watching, eyes gleaming with something dangerous. "Would you come save me? Even in another state?"

"I would. But not because you're asking like this."

Grandpa Jack's voice crackled over the phone: "Your combat skills, your tactical mind—they can all translate to baseball. It's your only way out."

With my grades scraping the bottom, athletic recruitment was my only shot at college. That bet? My burning bridge.

But Lucas became a problem. He got too close, his control issues suffocating. After graduation, I ran. Thought I could escape him.

One semester later, he showed up at my club entrance: "I turned down Yale."

I swept his legs and pinned him to the mat, lips brushing his ear: "You're my prey now."

Will I win the bet? Will that empire heir learn to let go?
And when some fool insults me on a Thai island, Lucas's eyes turn ice-cold:
"Yacht wager. Loser jumps and feeds the sharks."

While in school, Hillary Futon was dared by her friends to kiss her childhood crush, Nathan Trent. He’s the cutest boy in school and it’s rumored that he is the only heir of the Trents group of companies.
She kept shying away from it because everyone knows how much Nathan hates to be with a woman. But on their graduation day, she decided to just take the challenge and do it just for fun…
She never knew that her life is going to change after that one kiss. She never knew that her presence would melt the ice around Nathans's heart.