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Aria Anastasia, a free-spirited young woman, works as the MD of the Storm Fashion Industry. She has the post she dreamed of, but she didn't expect to work under an annoying, quirky boss. Surviving two years after working under him, she didn't expect to unleash a secret of her handsome boss, Zaiden Storm.

Zaiden Storm is the CEO of the Storm Fashion Industry. No one can ever talk over him, and he always walks with a mysterious aura surrounding him. The only woman who doesn't hesitate to talk back to him is Aria. But he never expected her to find out his true self behind his facade.

What will happen when Aria learns about the secret of her boss? Will she keep it within herself or start exposing Zaiden's truth to everyone bit by bit?

Kayla Wilson has no memory of her childhood. Found alone and lost in the middle of the woods at the young age of eight. The Wilson’s take her in, treating her as their own.
Nightmares plague Kayla every night as she sleeps. Shopping with her best friend, her nightmares become reality sending her life out of control.
She is thrust into a new life where her nightmares become more real with each day that passes. She learns there is more to the world than she ever thought possible. Stories and legends all have some truths to them and unfortunately for Kayla she is a part of this new world whether she wants to be or not. She must adapt and fight for her life as a threat awaits her around every corner.
Can Kayla handle her new life and survive the evil of the world?
Can she uncover the secrets of her past?

Leon Sterling — the cold, calculating heir to a powerful corporate empire — doesn’t believe in love, nor does he care for marriage. In a world where everything can be measured, traded, or bought, he chooses a different path: fatherhood through science, with no strings attached.

Anna Monroe — a gentle, ordinary woman — unexpectedly becomes the surrogate chosen for Leon’s child. But beneath the layers of a sterile contract, what begins as a purely transactional relationship slowly unravels into something far more fragile… and dangerously real.

An old accident.
A handkerchief once dropped.
A forgotten memory that refuses to stay buried.

As fate tightens its grip, they find themselves caught in a game of heart and consequence — where emotions grow in the most unexpected places, and nothing goes according to plan.

When the contract ends and the lines blur, will Leon still choose solitude… or will he fight to keep Anna — not as a surrogate, but as the one woman he can’t let go?

When Evelyn Hale moves to Ashwick Falls for a quiet new beginning, she discovers a town that knows more about her than it should. Strangers greet her by name, old photographs show her face, and the cemetery holds a grave with her birthday etched into the stone. As she digs deeper, Evelyn uncovers a cycle of vanishings the town refuses to remember—and the more she searches for answers, the more she begins to question her own past. Some secrets aren’t buried. They’re waiting.

"We have reached the end of the line, Evergreen," he appeared walking with a satisfied expression as he witnessed my confinement. "If it weren't for your lineage, we would be a perfect match."

Anguish took hold of me, and tears began to well up. "Why are you doing this? I don't even know what my parents did to deserve such misfortune in my life," I lamented.

Rachel Evergreen, a brave and fearless she-wolf, saw her future crumble when her parents committed a treacherous act against the kingdom they lived in. As a result, Rachel was raised on the outskirts of society, facing hardships and being rejected by a mate chosen by the Luna. With a broken heart and without hope, she ends up surrendering to a stranger, suspecting that this relationship brought more than she expected.

Meanwhile, Eldric Wolfhart assumes the position of the new alpha of the wolfpack, carrying a deep hatred for any surviving member of the Evergreen family. He has sworn revenge and will not rest until all the Evergreens pay for what they did.

Rachel needs to protect her heirs at all costs; they are all she has in life, and if she needs to deceive the Alpha to secure her children's legacy, she will. However, as time passes, secrets are revealed, and destinies intertwine in surprising ways.

On a dark night, Rachel discovers the truth about the stranger to whom she surrendered and realizes, with a heart in pieces, that Eldric was the man she fell in love with. Hatred and the desire for revenge give way to conflicting feelings as she faces the difficult decision of protecting her family or fighting for the love she nurtures for the one who vowed to destroy her life.

Anna Brown has the ability to dream and go to the Moonland, the land of werewolves, and dark creatures. But she wished all her dreams were just like those that everybody has. Yet, her dreams were different. Her dreams weren't colors of rainbows and sunshine, her dreams became her reality, after all, she was a descendant of the Moon Goddess. The last of her bloodline. Nobody knew that she was the daughter of the Moon and Fire. However, Anna was beyond miserable, how fate played her, how she was just a pawn to an ancient war of werewolves. Her fierce visions were her grief untold, and she wished she could show it, she does. But she has to let the long-lost Golden Alpha Harry Camilton in so he can trust him yet, she doesn't know whom to trust and they shattered her hope, lies were told. Would she choose the promise of his love or choose the call of the Moon Goddess?

Considered a cursed child by her family from a young age, Katherine Lutz grew up isolated from the world, raised only by her mother and a set of extraordinary abilities—amplified hearing, prodigious memory, and an almost superhuman talent for creating medicinal fragrances. Now, years later, she returns to the city only to discover: a father who never wanted her, a half-sister who slanders her, a stepmother who despises her, and an elite class ready to trample her.
But Katherine did not return defenseless, she holds the industry's biggest secret:she is Sasha Luz, the miraculous perfumer whose work is worth millions — and whose name the whole world desires. When her path crosses with João Pedro Arbex, the second heir to the most powerful family in the country, Katherine realizes she's not the only one with secrets.


I needed to find the secret door in his bathroom, but I didn't expect him to walk in while I was on my knees. João Pedro stood in the doorway, water dripping from his wet hair, a towel barely covering his waist. His cold eyes scanned me, then the bathtub I was inspecting. “What are you doing in my private bathroom, Katherine?” My heart raced. I couldn't tell him I was a hacker looking for his illegal lab. So I lied. “I... I lost something.” He took a step closer, the scent of mint and dangerous pheromones filling the small space. He trapped me against the cold tiles, his wet skin burning against mine. “Did you lose this?” He whispered, his hand brushing my cheek, then sliding down to my neck. The tension was unbearable. He thought I was obsessed with him. “If you wanted to see me naked, you just had to ask.” He leaned in, his lips inches from mine. “But be careful... once you enter my room, I might never let you leave.”

Jasmine is a college student juggling a secret past and odd jobs through an app called HireMe. One day, she accepts a job that changes everything. She meets Elijah, the man engaged to Clara, the woman who hired her. Sparks fly and touches linger, but Clara is quick to notice the chemistry and uses it to blackmail Jasmine. With the help of her best friend, Maya, Jasmine fights back, trying to expose Clara’s hidden motives. As the tension rises, both women battle to uncover each other's secrets. And Elijah? He wants Jasmine for himself at all costs. Who will come out on top in this dangerous game?

Magnus Anderson, an impeccable and charming magnate who has built his empire from scratch, hides a dark secret that threatens to destroy everything when his trusted partner betrays him and sues him for fraud. He loses his credibility as he prepares for the trial.
Determined to face his enemies, Magnus seeks help from Miranda Reynolds, an ambitious and talented rising lawyer who works for Magnus’ now-rival, Richard. She will have to choose between doing justice or continuing her affair.
The attraction between Magnus and Miranda is undeniable since they met, however, both fear commitment.
They will have to trust each other even when betrayal seems closer to them.

On the night of her mate ceremony, Selena Frost is publicly rejected by her destined mate and betrayed by her best friend. Fleeing into the night, she collides with Damian Blackthorne, the ruthless billionaire Alpha whispered to be cursed by the moon itself.

Damian offers her a chilling bargain: become my contract bride, and I will protect you from those who want you destroyed. But the closer Selena comes to Damian’s world of wealth, power, and shadows, the more she uncovers secrets both dangerous and irresistible.

For under the velvet moonlight, a beast waits to be unleashed, and only Selena holds the power to tame it… or be consumed by it.

Dirk wakes up in a magical world with low stats and a bag full of ordinary Earth items. He completes strange quests, gains friends, and uncovers secrets, others begin to realize his hidden power is far beyond anything the realm has ever seen. While Dirk believes he's weak, the truth is—he might be the strongest of them all.

I'm screwed.

If I want to keep my dream job, my new (and way-too-attractive-for-his-own-good) boss says I have to score an interview with one of the legendary Fontaine brothers of Hollywood.

I know three things about the Fontaine brothers:

that they're Hollywood royalty,
that all four of them are ridiculously, mind-numbingly sexy,
and
that they never, ever give interviews.

My only chance is to seduce one of them. The only problem? Historically speaking, I'm way more likely to put my foot in my mouth (or generally make a fool of myself) than charm the pants off anyone.

That's where my way-too-sexy boss comes in. He might hold the fate of my job in his hands, but he's also totally willing to teach me the art of seduction. I only hope I can survive his lessons. . .

Due to explicit scenes, this steamy romantic comedy is rated 18+.

The Secret to Seduction is created by Ember Casey, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Disclaimer: 18+ (Violence Included)
Beneath the Full Moon, Desire Awakens…
Claire Hawthorne has spent her life studying the wild, drawn to the mysteries of the wolves she protects. But when she crosses paths with Devon Sinclair—a dangerously magnetic billionaire with a primal secret—her world shifts in ways she never imagined.
Devon is more than just ruthless in business—he’s the Alpha of a hidden world, one ruled by instincts, power, and an ancient curse. Claire shouldn’t crave him, shouldn’t feel the undeniable pull between them. But fate has other plans.

As their passion ignites, enemies close in. A deadly conspiracy threatens to expose Devon’s true nature, forcing Claire to choose between the world she knows and the one she’s destined for. With betrayal lurking in the shadows and the full moon rising, their love could either break the curse—or doom them both.

He’s the predator. She’s the temptation. And under the moon’s spell, nothing is safe.

Orion Fantone is the Governor of California. He's a cold, arrogant widower who constantly finds himself saving his rebellious teenage daughter from trouble, yet offers her little love or affection. Locked away in his office, he’s shut himself off from the world. Discreet and terrified of scandal, the great governor never imagined he’d become obsessed with a young woman nearly the same age as his daughter—and that he would end up getting her pregnant.

Abigail Lacoste is a sweet girl who has always fought for a better life. Studying psychology, she never imagined she’d have to transfer to California to finish her degree and begin her internship, moving into her aunt’s house. Abigail thought everything would be perfect—but fate had something else in store for her: an arrogant man who will change her life completely... and the life of the baby growing inside her.

Alexia James was one of the richest women in the world and she was married to Henry Lee.

Their marriage was just two weeks when Alexia began to get love messages from a secret admirer.

Each day when she goes to work, someone was always dropping love letters for her. Her car was always decorated with love quotes and beautiful flowers that she loved. Alexia wanted nothing more than to find the secret admirer.

But, what if this secret admirer was more than what Alexia could ever imagine.

The unexpected arrival of Emily Clark's enormous fortune from a mysterious billionaire completely disrupts her life as a teacher in a small town. However, peril, secrecy, and a man hell-bent on destroying her accompany the riches. Ethan Monroe, the handsome but resentful son of the billionaire, thinks Emily is an imposter and will do anything to prove it.

Sofia De Luca never knew that her simple life hid a big secret. She was a member of the De Luca Mafia family, which had disappeared after an internal split. Her life changes completely when she is kidnapped by Dario Moretti, a notorious young Mafia boss from the Moretti family, her family’s sworn enemy.

Initially, Dario only wants to use Sofia as a tool to bring down the De Luca family without knowing who she is. However, the situation becomes more complicated when Sofia’s origins are revealed. Sofia is confronted with a harsh reality: her family, whom she has always considered innocent, has had a hand in the great tragedy that destroyed Dario’s family in the past.

The tension peaks when the battle between the two Mafia families heats up again. In hatred, revenge, and betrayal, Dario and Sofia begin to feel something they never expected: love. However, their love may be the biggest sin they can commit, as every step closer means more blood is shed.

Sofia must now choose to side with the family she has never known or trust Dario, who is slowly showing a softer side behind his mask of cruelty. Can their love unite two divided worlds, or will they be destroyed by old grudges that never die?

Lily, a young woman from a world where vampires and werewolves are nothing but legends, finds herself drawn into a mysterious forest.

As the days go by, Lily discovers that her life is about to change forever. In the forest, she uncovers the dark world of vampires and werewolves, where nothing is as it seems. The werewolves, once thought to be nothing more than myth, are revealed as enemies of the vampires, and Lily finds herself caught in the middle of a war she doesn’t understand.

As she gets closer to Alex, the vampire who saved her life, she also begins to discover more about her own hidden abilities.

The deeper Lily delves into this supernatural world, the more she realizes that she may be connected to it in ways she never imagined. As alliances are formed and broken, Lily faces impossible choices.

Will she stay loyal to Alex, or will she be forced to choose a side?

And in the end, will she survive the battle between vampires and werewolves?

Abigail Delaney, the youngest female servant of the Williams household came with the intention to work for a period of time in order to save up enough money to pay for her mother's surgery.
Unintentionally, she fell in love with the only son and heir to the Williams empire, Liam Williams.
It took just one night to lose her virginity to him. And later discovering she was pregnant, she decided to leave and never return. Hopefully, Liam will never find out that she left with his heir.

She was his eyes in the dark.
He called her a fraud the moment the lights came on.
For three years, she hid her identity as the world's top cardiac surgeon to be his wife.
For three years, he whispered another woman's name in his sleep.
Then one day, he drops to his knees—begging the legendary Dr. Lucy to save the woman he truly loves.
He doesn't know Dr. Lucy is the wife he cast aside.
The genius he never recognized.
The woman he broke.
Now the scalpel is in her hands.
And this time, she's the one deciding who gets a second chance.
Who's the imposter now?

Christopher was born into one of the most powerful families in the country. Most of the family members are politicians. After graduation, he will become an official under his grandfather's arrangement. However, he meets a girl on his graduation trip and falls in love with her. His family disapproved of their marriage because he was engaged to a girl from a powerful family. So she eloped with him and became the daughter-in-law of his family. What's next for Christopher's story?

On the day I was supposed to get married....
I watched my fiancé, Rafael, kissing another woman on his office.
Not a stranger.
My best friend.
Right then, I knew I’d only ever been the safe option, not the one he really wanted.
I left the dress, the ring, and my family’s reputation to burn in every group chat and gossip thread.
All I took with me was a small suitcase, a silent phone, and one secret I hadn’t fully understood yet: there was a baby growing inside me.
Rafael’s baby.
Six years later, I’d built a new life in Los Angeles. By day, I designed buildings for an architecture firm, drawing sharp lines to hold back the cracks I didn’t show anyone. By night, I painted until color stained my fingers and the floor.
In my calm house by the sea, a little girl with hazel eyes called me “Mom” and sprinted between piles of rolled-up blueprints.
In this new version of my life, there was Luca.
The man who always showed up with coffee, mocked my playlist, and told me, “With me, you don’t have to act tough.”
I thought I’d finally found calm.
Until that gala night.
The voice I used to almost promise forever stopped right behind me. “Long time no see, Maya.”
When Rafael’s eyes landed on my daughter’s matching hazel gaze, the air in the room grew heavy.
He wanted answers.
I wanted the nearest exit.
And before the night was over, one sentence from him tore through everything I’d carefully rebuilt:
“You need to meet my brother. His name’s Luca.”
My lungs forgot how to work.
I stared at the man I’d been calling my boyfriend… and wondered if my life had just fallen apart all over again....

I don't remember anything. Not my name, not my life, not even what I did yesterday. The only thing that I seem to remember is my training. A training to obey my masters in every desire they have. I don't know what will happen next, but then I remember dark brown eyes. A shiver runs down my spine when I think about those dark brown eyes, and I feel moist between my thighs. A reflex that I can't stop. I do not know what it means, and I do not know whose eyes they are, but it's the only thing that I remember.

After Ava found out the truth about Levi, the CEO of Vidalio Group of Hotels being the son of her parent’s killer, wounded and impair - she flew to New York with her half brother to pursue her dreams leaving the love of his life.

She wanted to continue her journey leaving all the bad memories behind but everything turned into chaos when a scandal of her exploded like a bomb leaving her with no choice but to come back to the Island of Mar De Vena.

And when she came back, the last man that she wanted to see was the CEO of the company she was applying to be an architect. Wanting to get away from the scandal that she’s been accused of, she begged Levi to be his pretend girlfriend, and the rest of the happenings stirred their life causing them to realize that they still love each other.

Will they be able to surpass the choices that lie ahead of them? Can Ava forgive and choose Levi? Or will the CEO’s secret will be kept hidden and buried in the ground forever?

At its heart, the story follows a love triangle woven with power, ambition, and desire.

The plot begins when Chiamaka, an ordinary woman with unshakable resilience, encounters Ade Bakare, a billionaire known for his dominance in both business and society. Their first accidental meeting creates an undeniable spark, one that both terrifies and intrigues Chiamaka. For Ade, a man used to control, her resistance only fuels his obsession.

As the story develops, Ade pursues Chiamaka with intensity but never outright force, pulling her slowly into his orbit. His wealth and influence dazzle her, but his raw presence unsettles her even more. At the same time, Dapo—Ade’s ambitious protégé—enters Chiamaka’s life with charm and apparent safety, though beneath his smooth surface lies envy and manipulation. A dangerous triangle emerges: Chiamaka caught between two men, Ade fighting his own contradictions between obsession and emotion, and Dapo plotting betrayal while disguising it as friendship.

The turning points come through a series of confrontations and revelations:

Chiamaka’s entry into Ade’s private world, where attraction becomes undeniable.

Dapo’s quiet moves to exploit her vulnerability and undermine Ade.

Chiamaka’s inner conflict between desire and danger, torn between her modest reality and the storm of power circling her.

As the conflicts deepen, the love story evolves into something larger than attraction. It becomes about trust, betrayal, and survival in a world where power dictates choices. Ade must confront his humanity, Chiamaka must face the cost of desire, and Dapo must reckon with the consequences of his ambition.

The conclusion will bind together love, betrayal, and sacrifice, proving that love born in forbidden fire never leaves anyone unscathed.

I closed my eyes and announced, "I am not Anna!"
He said calmly, "Well, I knew about it already."
My eyes flared open in shock, "How - How did you know?"
He looked deeply into my eyes and replied, "I met Anna at a ball but didn't feel anything. But when I saw you for the first time in the carriage, I felt the bond between us."
Sweat beads covered my forehead as I tried to process his words. Did it mean…?
The man knew what was going on in my head and replied, "Yes, you are right! You are my mate."
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Licia’s world collapsed when her father, the previous maniac Alpha King, was killed and then she lost her identity as a prince. Yes, a prince, not a princess! She was born a girl, but her mother sealed her identity and raised her like a boy.

Until the day, her father and mother died...she was not a big person anymore.
She turned into a nobody but finally lived like a girl.

While Licia’s life was not easy, she was forced to be a substitute bride for an Alpha’s daughter and marry Enrique Collins, Alpha of the Ravenwood pack, he is the current king's right-hand man, and he was known to be cool, powerful and ruthless.

But one thing Licia didn’t know is Alpha Enrique loves his wife more than anything.

I rejected my cheating mate and fell into bed with a stranger the same night. One reckless moment to numb the pain with a man who made me feel wanted when I was shattered.

I never expected to see him again.

Three years later, I'm broke and raising a daughter with his eyes, and desperate for work.

When I walk into Cross Enterprises for an interview, Damien Cross looks up from his desk and everything inside me goes still.

He recognizes me instantly. But there's no warmth in those eyes now, only ice and something darker I can't name.

He's ruthless, demanding, keeps me working late just to watch me break.

When he forces me to attend a gala as his date, I wake up to my face plastered across every gossip blog in Silverpine as the Mystery Woman Beside the Unmated Alpha.
My ex sees the photos. Finds my daughter. Sends me a blackmail note.
Now the only person who can save her is the man who's made my life hell

All of a sudden there was a growl that ripped through the room and the band stopped playing and I heard something smash. Like it was a wooden chair or something.
Everyone looked in that direction and there was a man standing there that I had never noticed before. He would have been in his early 20's, brown hair to his shoulders, a brown goatee, 6-foot 6 at least and very defined muscles that were now tense as his intense gaze was staring directly at me and Mason.
But I didn't know who he was. I was frozen in the spot and this man was just staring at us with pure hatred in his eyes. But then I realized that the hatred was for Mason. Not me.
"Mine." He demanded.

"Sire, humans, northern border", a guard rushed into the throne room panting out,

"Father, should I take care of this?", his son asked, tired of sitting down in the castle all day,

"No, you stay here and make sure that your sister does not leave her room, she has seen enough of that human boy", he ordered, "How could she even claim to love him when his father tried to kill your mother?".


With almost twenty years gone, Alpha King Dwayne and Luna Queen Daphne had given birth to another child; a daughter, Desiree with the soul and spirit of her shrewd and merciless father.
She eventually finds love but what happens when her love is given to the wrong person of the wrong specie? Would the Luna Princess accept her father's wishes or would she allow an inevitable war to take place? Would the Alpha Prince and Luna Queen support her or go against her chase for her love?

●This is the book two of The Luna Queen.
●Mature Content.
●Womem are openly called bitches.
●Humans were extinct

（There is a lot of sexual and stimulating content， minors are not allowed to read!!!）
Everyone looked down on him, but no one knew that his true identity was the eldest young master of a top family.
After inheriting his position, those who once despised him would ultimately kneel before him, trembling with fear, and respectfully call him "Master!"

When Royal Robinson loses his brother and sister-in-law in a fatal car crash, the truth about their child comes to light. Finding out they had used a surrogate and hid the truth from the family devastated him, especially when he found out it was never made legal and the biological mother still has legal entitlement to the child.
When Famke Noor realizes the people she had considered her friends were gone and his family wants her to step in and assist in raising the child who she felt strongly she was never meant to parent, she finds herself in over her head.
Two strong and stubborn personalities with their hearts in the right place but their pride in the way will need to learn to put their differences aside to help a five year old little girl navigate a world without the only parents she ever knew. Despite nosy family, high-maintenance exes and drama she asked for Famke finds herself falling in love with the billionaire tycoon and his pint-sized charge.
Is love enough when the world is against you? Famke is about to find out.

Elena Moretti sees a murder in a dark alley.

The victim? Her brother who she thought was dead for three years.
The killer? Luca De Santis, The Blood King, the most feared mafia boss in the city.
But Elena isn't just a witness. She's an undercover FBI agent looking for The Ledger, a book that could destroy Luca's entire empire.
When Luca captures her instead of killing her, Elena must hide who she really is while living in his world. Falling for him wasn't the plan. Finding out her brother deserved to die wasn't either.
Now Elena must choose: stay loyal to the FBI, or love her brother's killer.
In a world built on blood and lies, some truths can kill. And some loves are worth dying for.

A powerful CEO will cross paths with a single mother, "a tough nut to crack," as he calls her.

She is afraid of being in a romantic relationship since she was abandoned by her boyfriend. Since then, whenever a man approaches her, she scares him off brusquely.

That man with sea-green eyes and cinnamon skin who is her new boss will be her downfall.

Their worlds are different, lies, secrets, and a love triangle; accompanied by a passion-filled romance, will lead them to the abyss.

Will Katia be able to stay with him after learning the secret that the stone-faced man holds? Will the CEO be able to reach Katia's heart?

His eyes were consumed with loss, as he stared down at my body. I allowed him to fondle my breasts and I heard small groans emitting from his lips.
He took them into his mouth, sucking them with desires. He licked my nipple and I released a moan from my lips.
His hands moved down my thighs and he began to play with pussy, while his mouth remained on my lips.


For the theme of her new work, Amelia goes to work in a nightclub, pretending to be a recent graduate who is struggling to find a job. Here she meets two different men. Amelia finds herself drawn to Williams. Who was the brooding and enigmatic son of the Almighty Taylor's family. But their relationship was so complicated because William's parents wanted him to get married to Aria, his ex-fiancée. Aria is a very cunning lady, She will try all she could to reclaim Williams as her own. Williams and Amelia didn't give up. They did all they could to make sense of their feelings for each other, they will also deal with Dorian sinister plans. Dorian, the ambitious and charismatic businessman who seems to have lots of secrets. Will Williams and Amelia be able to pass through the troubled lives?

Gaia’s life was shattered when her father, a cop, was murdered in cold blood. Sworn to avenge his death, she was later taken in and raised by another cop in a different city, who became her father figure. Determined to follow in her late father’s footsteps while secretly pursuing her vow of justice, Gaia enrolls in an elite academy that trains future detectives and FBI agents.

During her training, she gets into a fight and as punishment is assigned an unusual task: acting as the bodyguard to a professor who has reported being stalked. Gaia doesn’t want the assignment—but everything changes when she discovers that the professor, Maxim, is the same man she had a one-night stand with.

Maxim is brilliant, young, and irresistibly attractive—but he has secrets of his own. Adopted by a mafia underboss, he has been unwillingly pulled into the family’s dark world, helping his father cover his tracks as a lawyer.

As Gaia and Maxim’s relationship grows, passion sparks into something deeper. But when Gaia uncovers the horrifying truth—that Maxim’s adoptive father was responsible for her father’s murder, and that Maxim himself unknowingly helped cover it up—their romance is threatened by betrayal, vengeance, and the dangerous ties that bind them both.

Now Gaia must choose between love and justice, knowing that either decision could destroy her.

I stare at him, watching his chest expand.

How is it that someone so strong, so powerful, so dangerous to find become so small when faced with an adversary? The adversary being me.

I see him, knees on the cold tiled floor, his eyes fixated on me in equal parts disbelief. I disconnect my vision from his small form, looking briefly at what I'm wearing.

This morning when I woke up, the sun was shining, snow melting on my front lawn. My kids were sleeping, my husband gone, as usual, working, making money.

Everything was normal except when I woke up this morning, I received a message. This message contained a lot of things I've been waiting to hear but one part, in particular, stood out and made today different. This person on his knees in front of me was the big difference in my day. So when I woke up this morning and decided what I was going to wear I decided I would not wear black because black represented the sign of mourning. I wasn't going to wear white. After all, white represented a sign of new beginnings and not blue.

Blue, well blue was a sign of trust and green with a side of healing so when I woke up this morning I decided I would wear beige, it was an indifferent color something that matched any mood any desire any belief it doesn't necessarily represent anything but nor did it negate anything.

'You know what is so satisfying about killing you?"

'What?" He inquires with that tilt of his mouth and thin lips I have seen a time or two. Many women found this man handsome. sexy even. I was not different, but I knew more than many of them what made him, his colors, the layers that fell away leaving only the middle left and when you looked at it with naked eyes you'd see it was rotten.

I laugh.

'I became a player in this cat and rat game much later. I find it comical that I am the one who gets to catch you, considering there are many people who started in the beginning. What is even funnier is I am the one who would get to kill you."

'You didn't catch me Mrs. Catelli."He says my surname with a pinched face as though he can't bear the sound of it coming from his lips.

'Then what do you oppose I did?"

He smiles, but it is not a nice one. It is filled with the ugliness which has corrupted him over the years.

Copyright © 2022 Shan R.K

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First Edition.

April, 19th 2022

Written by Shan R.K

Dedication

I dedicate this book to you the reader. Please enjoy it and look out for the anthology on my website coming soon for free.

Nina Miller is a simple and easy-going girl. At 17, she gave her virginity to a stranger she met at a club. At 27 years, she met the guy who took her heart but he's engaged to her friend.
Will she break a friendship or mend the relationship?Michael Vincent Thompson, the first of the three boys in the Thompson family and the heir to the Thompson's Empire, currently the CEO of the Thompson's Empire is a ruthless billionaire who has everything that money could buy.

He engaged with an heiress of the Mason's Media Group as his fiancee. But a night with a naive virgin girl changes his view of women. Will he risk his inheritance for a naive virgin girl or Will he marry an heiress and expand the family business?READ AND FIND OUT!!!!!

"You think I hired you out of mercy, Lora?" Chard growled, trapping her against the desk. "I’ve collected every magazine cover you’ve ever graced. You’ve been my secret addiction for years—and I’m never letting you go."

After a scandal ruins her supermodel career, Lora Brown is desperate for a job. But on interview day, she catches her boyfriend cheating in the building's restroom. Enter Chard Anderson—the ruthless, ice-cold billionaire CEO who fires the cheaters on the spot and gives Lora the position.

In public, they are clashing colleagues. In private, a scorching, forbidden affair ignites. Chard worships her, losing his legendary control. But when a family-arranged engagement forces them apart, a heartbroken Lora flees—completely unaware she’s pregnant with his twins.

Chard built an empire on control, but Lora is the one thing he cannot live without. When a dangerous threat emerges, the billionaire will unleash his dark past to protect what's his.

“Stop! Stop, again. This is risky and you’re my boss and I’m just your surrogate! Nothing else. After this contract, I will leave and you will never see me again!”
“Who said that’s still fucking true? We stopped being just man and surrogate the first time our eyes met.” He walked towards me, boring into my eyes with those eyes of his. “I fucking want you, Vanessa.”
My heart stuttered.
This could not be real.
“But the rules—“
“I made them. I can destroy them. I already destroyed them when I kissed you.” He was dangerously close now, but all I kept getting was danger signals combined with the panic, alarm, lust and above all, the guilt.
It was killing me.
Vanessa Sterling who never liked men because of what her father did to her mother ended up having a drunken one night stand with a stranger and that might end up changing her life forever.
Rodri Darnell who doesn’t want to get married or have kids but is forced to give his father a grand child, decided to use a surrogate.
Vanessa Sterling was supposed to be an ordinary surrogate to Rodri Darnell of the Dolphin Emirates, but he fell in love with her.
Their only problem will be Vanessa's secret.

Elias Quinn has lived his whole life hiding behind a lie, a suppressants masking his scent, fake records declaring him an Alpha. But when he’s sent to Aurelius Academy, a place built to breed the empire’s strongest Alphas, one slip could destroy him. Because in a world where hierarchy decides everything, an unregistered Omega doesn’t survive.
Then there’s Ronan Vale, the academy’s flawless Alpha, cold as steel and dangerously controlled. No one dares challenge him… until Elias. One spark between them shatters every rule, and one stormy night exposes the secret Elias swore he’d die to protect.
Now Ronan knows. And he’s not letting go.

"I fd with a pretty bimbo all night. Her energy was unmatched!" James smirked as he walked past.
"Don't you think you should stop messing around?" I muttered. "If the media finds out, you'll be in trouble. Sleeping with a different girl every night doesn't make you a better man. You should settle down soon."
"Wow," James scoffed, his eyes glinting with amusement. "I don't remember asking for your advice. You're just my secretary—stick to that. Besides, if the media does find out, isn't it your job to deny it? Unless… you're jealous and want to sleep with me too."
Stella always knew that her boss, James, had his eyes on her and would do anything to get her in his bed. But she refused to give in to his advances and drew the line between their CEO and secretary relationship. However, when James gets involved in a scandal with a famous model, and his mother forces him to get married, he has no choice but to turn to Stella for help to be his fake girlfriend.
What started as a fake relationship and sparks of sl attraction turned into something more when they were forced to get closer. James had secrets that could haunt Stella for the rest of her life and it's up to her to choose between her sanity and her attraction towards her boss.

Ivonne, a despised werewolf with a rogue lineage, thought marrying her fated mate, Alpha Lincoln, would finally win his love. But after a tragic accident causes her to lose her pregnancy, her life spirals into despair as Lincoln abandons her for his pregnant ex, leaving Ivonne broken and betrayed.

Out of desperation, she enters a dangerous contract marriage with the ruthless Alpha Tobias, Lincoln’s powerful uncle, agreeing to bear him a child despite knowing she can’t conceive.

But what will she do when she suddenly discovers that this man she is cheating is her second chance mate?

And what will she do when she miraculously finds herself pregnant, but doesn't know who the father is.

As two powerful men battle over her, Ivonne is forced to survive her tumultuous new life, even as old wounds resurface, new enemies appear and deadly secrets emerge.

Will Ivonne find happiness with the man she’s grown to love, or will her past destroy her once and for all?

In the ruthless Frostveil Pack, Ophelia has always been the unwanted “human” charity case, adopted sister to the brooding hockey captain Kai, and constant target of mockery. When a drunken kiss with Kai ignites a dangerous attraction, she discovers he believes she is his fated mate… a secret he refuses to claim because of the forbidden bond between adopted siblings.

But Ophelia is hiding far bigger secrets. Strange pains, impossible healing, and a growing power she can’t explain suggest she may not be human at all. As Alpha Elias pushes her into an arranged marriage with Damien, the charming alpha-heir of a rival pack, Ophelia finds herself caught in a devastating love triangle.

Torn between the intense, forbidden pull toward Kai and the safe, respectful future Damien offers, Ophelia must uncover the dark truth about her past before the secrets destroy them all. In a world where bloodlines are power, loving the wrong brother could cost her everything.

Emily was about to graduate from college when her boyfriend betrayed her and her mother became seriously ill.
By accident, the super handsome billionaire Andre appeared in her life.
Emily hated Andre for being a playboy, but she had to become Andre's secret lover to cure her mother. As time flew by, Emily and Andre had silently fell in love with each other, but just when Emily was about to marry Andre, Andre's ex-wife came back from abroad...

Three years ago, Sofia Cruz kissed Luca Moretti under the stars, not knowing he was the heir to the city’s deadliest mafia family.
The next morning, she vanished—leaving him with nothing but questions and a grudge that burned hotter than desire.
Now, desperate for money, Sofia takes a job as a live-in maid at the Moretti estate… only to discover the room she’s cleaning belongs to him.
Luca hasn’t forgiven her for running. But instead of kicking her out, he keeps her close—dangerously close—teasing, cornering, and making her remember exactly what she walked away from.
As the mafia war outside the mansion turns bloodier, Sofia is pulled deeper into Luca’s world… where every touch is a threat, every kiss a warning, and every whispered promise could be a lie.
And Luca? He doesn’t just want her back—he wants her to pay.

She had a dream about him, saying his vows to her, that they would be together forever, and then her best friend woke her up. Good thing because that dream she had is a nightmare! What Sadie didn't know is that going to her new job today is the start of her real-life nightmare? Or will she realise as she spends more time with her Boss, slash husband it is a sweet reality dream after all? Let's see as we start the beginning of Sadie and Kayden's love story. No one is good enough to deserve the charming, assertive, cocky, smart and bad boy type Kayden Freniere. Almost everyone around him admires him. Kayden the CEO and Sadie his secretary. They have a cold and thrilling relationship. One moment, she feels like he is torturing her then the next thing she knew she was fascinated by him. However what could happen if, the secret about Sadie his secretary and him they were hiding the most suddenly came out? That they are married for years now. Will Kayden defend her and act like the Knight in shining armour Sadie needs or will he deny the connection they have with each other? One thing for sure, he wants his Wife back for some reason he can't name but the question is ... does she want him back too?

Scarlet Yu is a simple girl. She's willing to do everything just for her sister's sake! And one day she made a contract with the very famous business tycoon Tyron Zaires. She agreed to be the Billionaire's secret wife for a reason.

What if they fall in love with each other? What if Scarlet will suffer a lot of challenges that will come to her life, with Tyron? What if Tyron will leave her after his great love come back? Will she be happy in the end?

Let's step into Scarlet's little world and witness her contracted marriage with the billionaire Tyron Zaires.

"You have no choice, Amelia. Marry me or lose your life." He told me, smirking. I froze.
"Wha-at?" I stammered.
"You put us in this mess. The only way out is to marry me. I'll pay you off after six months." I fell silent. "Deal?" I nodded, "Yes, I'll marry you."


To Amelia Ross, one drunk night with the billionaire CEO, Hunter, was more than enough to shatter her life. To Hunter Chase , the only person who could help him fix his negative reputation was the woman he hated the most. What happens next when he forces her to marry him in order to save his business? Will they draw the line between love and hatred?