Best Independent Stories & Novels Collection

Alora Dennison is an orphaned child from a shamed bloodline, surviving in her family's old pack.On the dawn of her transition pushing her into adulthood, in an unexpected turn of fate, she imprints on the mate she will be bonded to for eternity. Only he isn't the man of her dreams. He is the only one in the entire state she would never have wanted to bond to. Colton Santo is the arrogant, dominant...

Hello, My name is Spare, yes as in a spare tire kinda thing. I'm not allowed to interact with the family unless they want to teach me a lesson. I know all the secrets of this pack.I don't think they are going to let me just leave either, I don't want to go missing like a lot of girls have been lately. It doesn't matter though because I have a plan to get out of here. That is until one night at...

"Step away from the cat, Little Mate. You belong to me."

He had finally found the mate he had spent a decade of his life looking for, he wouldn't lose her.

"I am no man's mate Mr Lupus, least of all yours."

She was a woman with her own dreams, fiercely independent and not one to bow down to any man's demands.

"Yes, your reputation preceeds you, the most powerful alpha in the country. But h...

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 ...

When Thane Kago took over the position of Alpha in Harper Rae's pack, he had only one thing on his mind, more power and the beautiful Harper Rae. Harper had no idea that an old folklore would have Thane's bloodthirsty eyes trained solely on her.

Thane was Intent on making the beautiful Harper his chosen mate and Luna, but when she refused his advances, Thane decided to break her into submission...

Daisy was lost in a sea of pain. Her only family Aunt Clara was murdered and drained of all her blood. She returned to the town for the funeral, only to find she was the real target. A Ghost whose only pleasure was killing the innocent and being feared as a God of death; a vampire ready to sacrifice everyone else to gain him a place on the council of the seven leaders; A weretiger is hiding in the...

I thought my high school bullies were behind me...
How wrong I was.
Now they've become scandalous temptations…
And they're willing to share.

Matt, Jake, and Aaron ensured my high school experience was hell. They pushed me to the edge until I had no choice but to run. After transferring and completing high school far away from the cruel trio, I'm on my way to becoming the best person and nurse I c...

Aurelia Henley has been trained by her Father to take over his title as Alpha since she was younger, even though that is completely unheard of. All of that comes crashing down around her though, after it's revealed on her 18th Birthday that he's just been letting her think that. Instead he's turned her into a weapon, and the most powerful Luna shifters have ever known... all in the name of a polit...

"Step away from the cat, Little Mate. You belong to me."

He had finally found the mate he had spent a decade of his life looking for, he wouldn't lose her.

"I am no man's mate Mr Lupus, least of all yours."

She was a woman with her own dreams, fiercely independent and not one to bow down to any man's demands.

"Yes, your reputation preceeds you, the most powerful alpha in the country. But h...

As the knight entered the room, the sun’s rays finally had a chance to penetrate the dim storage room, filling the room with its sparkling orange light. With great wonder, Leila saw the prince’s shadow cast clearly on the floor; Instead of a man, his shadow was shaped like a fierce dragon.

Leila was gently pulled up by the dark knight. She blinked and shook her head, thinking she had witnessed so...

I wake up with the sun in my eyes and that makes me confused. I do not remember my bed right in front of my window.

I try getting up but a hand around my waist. I freeze in fear with the knowledge of what happened.

I look over my shoulder and I am shocked at what I saw.

I expected to see Jason behind me, but it was Mason in bed with me.

I was in bed with Jason's brother.
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WARNING:
Adult content, recommended for readers 18 and older only.
Contains BDSM relationship, erotic content, violence.
The book excerpt:
"Here, I have a key to your heart," she left the key in her palm, metal and skin together. Ocean stumbled upon the ancient artwork in the locker rooms. It caught her attention because of its resemblance to a dagger, so she took it and waited for the perfect o...

It's the start of a new school year for Scarlett and a lot has changed... On the top of her list are: newfound freedom, the relationship between her and her mate, and the craving for blood. But she's not about to let any of that stop her from trying to figure out what she's going to do with the rest of her life. And certainly not the summons from the Queen of the US branch of the royal Coven. Or t...

Trigger and Content Warning

This story contains mature themes and explicit content intended for adult audiences (18+). Reader discretion is advised.
It includes cheating, revenge sex, explicit BDSM dynamics, toxic family relationships, possessive and obsessive behavior, strong language, and occasional violence.
This is not a fluffy romance. It is filthy, messy, and deliciously dark.

Freya thou...

I was the most miserable pregnant woman on earth, left by my husband on the side of the road in the middle of a storm, as if I were nothing.
All for her. His secretary. The clever, stunning, powerful heiress.
I was everything she wasn't—swollen from pregnancy, my features coarse, my presence unwelcome. That truth became painfully clear when I saw her embrace my husband... and she looked...

Nyra Vale was born without a wolf, and rejected by the one man fate chose for her.

When her Alpha mate turns his back on her, Nyra leaves her pack with nothing but a broken heart and the gift of healing she was never allowed to be proud of. She disappears into the wild, determined to survive on her own.

But fate is not done with her yet.

Wounded and close to death, Nyra is saved by Rowan, a pow...

Hazel Rowan has spent her entire life skating away from poverty.
Gifted, relentless, and hungry for more, she claws her way out of her poor hometown when a prestigious scholarship carries her into the glittering city of Westbourne; where wealth gleams, ambition is rewarded, and dreams feel permanent.

Then, in a single brutal moment on the ice, everything collapses. A devastating fall during a per...

Nova Lane is an excellent brand strategist whose life shatters the day she catches her boyfriend cheating, on the very day she believed he was about to propose. Furious and unapologetic, she exposes every one of his secrets to the media, destroying both his reputation and his company.

Two weeks later, she decided to take a three month healing trip, but fate takes a dark turn when a wrong turn lea...

“I want you to have sex with Nicklaus.”

It was the most unthinkable sentence I’d ever heard a wife say to another woman. Not because she wanted to share her husband — but because she was certain he’d already betrayed her.

What stunned me more than the request itself was my response.

I said yes!


Andrea McCain’s life unravels after the sudden death of her parents leaves her drowning in debt...

On my eighteenth birthday, I didn't get a cake. I got a slap from my mother and my MIT acceptance letter crushed under her heel.

In their eyes, I wasn't a daughter—I was a walking blood bank, a spare part for my cousin Jennifer.

They took my blood, made me take the blame, even sent me to prison in her place.

In that car accident, my mother saved my cousin without hesitation and left me to bleed...

Ten million dollars. Her price tag. An open marriage contract deal.
"The credit limit increase is generous," the lawyer said. "From one million to ten million annually."
"What if I change my mind?"
"Then you lose the children," the lawyer said, matter-of-factly. "Without family money or independent income, custody battles become very difficult."
After eighteen years as the devoted wife of bill...

When Mafia underboss, Vincent DiCassio, marries Lily—a woman he’s been forced to wed as part of a truce between crime families—he never expected her to challenge his control. But Lily isn’t just the naive bride he thought she’d be. A contract marriage turned battleground for power, Vincent pushes her to her limits, testing not only her resolve but her darkest desires. As their relationship evolve...

Every night, a man slips through my window.

He never gives me his name.
Never lets me touch him.
He controls me in the dark—and vanishes before dawn.

For two years, he’s owned my nights.

Then daylight brings him back to me.

Natte Johnson.
Global hotel tycoon. Rock legend.
The man I grew up loving… and losing.

Now I’m sent to interview him.

The moment our eyes meet, my body reacts before my m...

His empire was under siege. Her life was the price of saving it.

Billionaire Kieran D'Angelo needs the best lawyer in the city to fight false charges that threaten his family's legacy. He finds Elysia Castello— undefeated, principled, and unwilling to be anyone's pawn.

When a sinister threat from Kieran's rival leaves Elysia's family vulnerable, Kieran offers a ruthless bargain: her mother's s...

I woke up, and my world collapsed.

Lying next to me was Sebastian—the golden boy, the heir to the Rhodes empire, and the nemesis who has tormented me for twenty years.

I fled. I swore to take that night to my grave. If I kept my mouth shut, no one would know.

But Fate has a twisted sense of humor. Five weeks later, two red lines on a pregnancy test slapped me in the face. I’m pregnant. And the ...

As the only daughter of a mafia family, I learned early that trust doesn't come cheap. When my father got sick, he gave me an ultimatum: if I want to take over the family, I have to get married first.

Everyone assumed I'd pick my childhood friend, Vincent Moretti—son of my father's right-hand man. Hell, even I thought so. Until my last life, when he left me to burn.

Father died in an ambush. I w...

I thought I was the perfect wife and mother, until I heard my husband outside his office, laughing, calling me a "prison warden" and planning to use our daughter as cover while he ran off to Tuscany with his grad student.

Everything fell apart. Then my daughter, in front of everyone: "That's just our annoying nanny."

I tried to hold on to what was left of our family, but my daughter shoved me do...

"We can't keep doing this," he muttered, glancing around like someone might catch them any second.
She cupped his face, her thumbs brushing his stubbled jaw. "Tell me you don't feel this fire between us.”
"I don't!" he retorted, but his body betrayed him; his hard length strained against his pants.
"Liar,” she smiled coyly. “Your mouth says one thing, but this…” Her eyes dropped deliberately. “......

I had a voice once. A twin who shared my breath, my heartbeat, my soul. The night our mother pushed us into the river, she stole our voices to save our lives.
The river took him anyway.
He was found by a powerful family and raised to be an Alpha. I was found by no one who mattered.
For years, I lived in silence. Invisible. Broken. Like half a soul trying to exist in a world that never wanted me. T...

My daughter died on her seventh birthday.
I held her in the cold ward as her body slowly lost all warmth.
Meanwhile, her father—my husband Vincent—was on a mountain top with his mistress, making love to her all night long.
He said, "She’s just a child. There’ll be better ones sooner or later."
He said, "Camila, you’re the only one I love."
He has no idea that he’s killed the only soul in this worl...

What if Cinderella absolutely hated Prince Charming?

Several years and a handful of scandals were enough to make Taliana Avilla forget all about her sworn enemy, Sebastian Phillips. Too bad a one-night stand and a lost diamond ring made her remember all over again.

"I want her as my new mate, not like the 99 temporary mates who ran away after failing the bond; I want to have her as my real mate."
The Hollow King’s demand echoed through the Moonstone Pack’s hall. For years, Demon Deacons had been a man of steel and shadows, a ruler who discarded women as easily as he won wars. But when his gaze locked onto the masked, red-haired woman dancing in chains, the a...

Everyone knew Ethan Blackwood and I were Professor Richard Hartwell's two proudest students. From childhood easels to Columbia studios, inseparable for over a decade.

Everyone assumed we'd get married, stand together on the Pritzker stage someday. Until he fell in love with Sophia Crane, daughter of our mentor's academic rival.

I let him go. Love isn't something I can design.

But I never though...

Lia Sterling works for Caius Vane, a powerful and unapproachable businessman who keeps everyone at arm's length. When Caius desperately needs help keeping custody of his nine-year-old nephew Leo, a boy who hasn't spoken a word since the accident that killed his parents, he makes Lia an offer.

Move into his penthouse.

Pretend to be his fiancée.

Act as Leo's mother for six months.
Two million dol...

Fiona,a hardworking and career oriented woman, swears off love or any romantic relationship, due to a severe heart break she faced back in college. One that left her traumatized, and paranoid, which she still struggles to heal from.

She couldn’t decline a three-week Christmas reunion set by her childhood friends, which required everyone to come with their partners. Not wanting to be the only one...

Forced into a marriage she never agreed to, Evelyn Voss becomes the wife of billionaire Adrian Kane—a man whose power commands obedience and whose secrets refuse to stay buried.

What begins as a desperate sacrifice to save her family quickly turns dangerous when Evelyn learns she may not be Adrian’s first choice… or his last.

His ex-fiancée still claims him. His brother knows the truth. And whis...

Olivia had lived in pain for most of her life. Because of her unusually large body, people spat at her wherever she went, tripped her in front of hallway lockers, humiliated her openly.
The only light in her life was the man she had secretly loved.
He was the golden boy of campus, never short of girls to dance with. They had a one-night stand—but later, at a fraternity gathering, he mocked her, la...

‘PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE.’
“And where exactly would you go after the divorce?” Felix scorned.
“Have you forgotten you had nothing when grandma took you in?” He added, giving her a dismissive once-over.
There was no hint of surprise on his face regarding the divorce news, which all the more showed how much he disliked her.
Wren has spent three years of her life trying to be the perfect...

Zoe is running for her life. After a harrowing escape from a near-fatal accident, she knows leaving Seattle is her only chance to survive. When a mysterious biker comes to her aid and offers refuge in his hometown in Alabama, she has no choice but to trust him. Cole has spent years distancing himself from his past, only to be pulled back when he rescues Zoe. Protecting her means returning to a wo...

Ivy is the lost daughter of the British Mafia. She was stolen by the Finnish Mafia. Her parents adopted a girl after they lost her, but her parents and brothers never stopped looking for her. One day they finally find her, and her parents bring her back with open arms. She fell in love with the Don of the Italian mob, no matter how much her parents try to deter her. They want her happy so arranges...

She loved him when he had nothing.
She married him before he became untouchable.

Yet overnight, she was branded a mistress—cast out by the man she called her husband and condemned by a family that wanted her erased. With no proof, no voice, and no one on her side, she vanished from his world in disgrace.

Years later, she returns. The woman they destroyed is gone. In her place stands someone far ...

In a world where gods are worshipped, feared, and quietly doubted, legends still walk among mortals.

Xyra is a thief of the backstreets, living by speed, instinct, and hunger. When she steals a purse from a solitary traveler, she believes fate has finally smiled on her. But the man she robs is no ordinary wanderer. His name is Magnus Coleman, a demon hunter and sorcerer whose name is spoken only ...

Vampires are her worst fear, but what if one of them turns out to be her soulmate?
Elena is a witch who adores flowers and plants, possessing a gentle kind of magic that is tied to nature. She leads a quiet life with her family—until one day, the peace is shattered. After a ruthless vampire kills her parents to obtain their magic, she barely escapes and is forced to go into hiding.
From that momen...

I put up with my husband's cheating because I needed money for my brother's medical bills.

Until I found the heart donor report he'd been hiding in his study for three months. 98% match. He'd signed it "postpone."

That night, fireworks filled the London sky, his mistress laughing in the background. Standing over my brother's body, I finally got it—he'd been killing my brother all along.

I rippe...

In a world where power, wealth, and betrayal intertwine, Isabel reclaims her place among the elite after years of being forced into the shadows. Once discarded and humiliated, she returns as the long-lost daughter of the prestigious Montgomery family—stronger, wealthier, and no longer willing to be silent.

The people who believed they had erased Isabel from their lives are unprepared for her retu...

To save her sick mother, Emily Johnson begs her fiancé, James Smith, for help, only to be cruelly humiliated by him and her stepsister, Sophia. Labeled as carrying a "bastard child," Emily's life spirals into despair.

Five years later, she returns, stronger than ever, with her brilliant twin children. In a twist of fate, she saves a mysterious man, William Brown, who is injured and has lost his m...

"Say it again," His hand travelled down to my belly, deliberate and sinful, threatening to touch places he shouldn't. "Tell me you still hate me."

"I hate you," my voice turned out weak, drowning by the desire that only him can give. "After tonight, I'll drag you to hell with me."

A sexy chuckle escaped from him as his tongue ran through my jaw. "Hell will be heaven as long as I'm with you."

Ma...

Sloane Hartford spent years building herself from nothing after her ex, Cade Whitmore, chose his father's approval over her. Her grandmother has passed, and her will drops a bomb: marry Cade within six months or the hotel empire goes to a cousin who'll gut it for profit, destroying the legacy and the thousand families who depend on those jobs.
Cade has his own agenda. His sister Lily died six mont...

'One morning I am dreaming of a perfect ending with Talon Sinclair and the next morning I am walking down the aisle with his older brother, Jaxon Sinclair. A man who is not only 12 years older than me but promised to break me,'

Elizabeth Mitchell lost her parents at an early age in a tragic accident and was left homeless when her uncle seized their property and threw her out. Fortunately, her fat...

At a late-night party, when the bottle spins to my boyfriend Tyler, he picks dare.

"Kiss anyone here except your girlfriend," the host announces with a smirk.

Tyler barely hesitates. He walks straight to my best friend Sienna and kisses her for a full seven seconds in front of everyone.

When he comes back, he leans close to my ear. "Don't sweat it, we'll have fun when we get home."

When it's m...