Novels by LORA ASHLEY

„Ich will, dass du mich liebst, Layla Kavros. Ich will, dass du mir gehörst. Ich will DICH und NUR DICH.“ Layla Kavros kennt nur eine Wahrheit: Zuhause ist kein Ort – es ist eine ferne Erinnerung, begraben unter Narben, Fesseln und einem gefrorenen Herzen, das sich fürchtet, jemals wieder zu vertrauen oder zu lieben. Nachdem sie der lebendigen Hölle entkommen ist, erwacht Layla an dem letzten Ort, an dem eine flüchtige Einzelgängerin jemals sein sollte – im Kerker des BloodHounds-Rudels. Dort erwartet sie Folter und Tod, doch ihr Gefangenenwärter ist kein gewöhnlicher Wolf. Er ist Alpha Raelin Michaelson. Tödlich. Besitzergreifend. Und ihr schicksalhafter Gefährte. Raelin hat Jahre darauf gewartet, seine Gefährtin zu finden, doch nun steht er dem einen Band gegenüber, das er nicht leugnen kann. Er will die widerspenstige Einzelgängerin vor ihm hassen, doch der Hunger, sie zu beanspruchen, ist unwiderstehlich. Gefangen zwischen einem Gefährten, den sie nicht will, und einer Hölle, in die sie nicht zurückkehren kann, bleibt Layla keine andere Wahl, als einen gefährlichen Deal einzugehen: Sie wird unter seinem Dach leben – im Austausch für seinen Schutz. Doch Frieden ist eine Illusion für eine Einzelgängerin im BloodHounds-Rudel, besonders für eine, die die Gefährtin des Alphas ist. Eingeschlossen in die Eifersucht einer Rivalin und einen dunklen Feind aus ihrer Vergangenheit, der alles zerstören könnte, wird Layla zu einem grausamen Dilemma gezwungen – den Alpha wählen, der langsam ihr gefrorenes Herz schmelzen lässt, oder die Familie retten, von der sie glaubte, sie für immer verloren zu haben. Können am Ende zwei Seelen eine Liebe überleben, für die es sich zu sterben lohnt? Oder werden sie von Geheimnissen und jenen zerrissen, die nichts sehnlicher wollen, als sie vernichtet zu sehen?

"Say something,” I whisper to Caspian, my voice breaking. “Look me in the eyes and tell me this isn’t a mistake.” “I, Alpha Caspian King of the Nightfall Pack, reject you, Jocelyn Valdez, as my mate and Luna.” He says, staring down at me with a look of pity in his eyes. That… that wasn't what I was expecting him to say. However, I don't need his pity, but I think my ears must have heard wrong. “Accept my rejection, Jocelyn,” he says quietly. “Let’s end this.” “You mean let's end us?” I chuckle a sad laugh, looking up at him. “Yes.” His response is cold. I bite down on my bottom lip until I taste blood. I want to stop crying, but I can't. Why reject me? Why now? Why Lycena? I don't want to accept his rejection, but he is leaving me no other choice. “Well,” I gather all my strength, “I, Jocelyn Valdez, accept your rejection, Alpha Caspian King.” As soon as the words leave my lips, I feel like a knife is butchering my heart into pieces. The pain of accepting his rejection is so intense and so merciless that I can't breathe properly. I feel like I am dying. ~ Humiliated and heartbroken, Jocelyn Valdez fled the Nightfall Pack after being rejected by Alpha Caspian King at her Luna Ceremony before he chose a power-hungry she-wolf to be her replacement. Jocelyn vanished into the night with nothing; no pack, no powers, no future. But what no one knows in her previous pack is that Jocelyn is the Chosen one of the Moon Goddess. Now, five years later, she returns. No longer the weak rejected she-wolf they tossed away. And her ex-mate? He is on his knees begging for the woman he threw away.

They say I killed my father. They say I ordered my maid, my dearest friend, to poison him. They say she confessed before taking her own life. Lies. The real murderer stands before me, weaving her web of deception and has the entire Royal court in her grasp. Queen Andessa, my wicked stepmother. My father’s killer. She has stripped me of my title, my crown, my very birthright, and has offered me up as a tribute to the Dragon King of Drakarith. A mercy punishment, she calls it. But I am not broken. She thinks she has won. That I will succumb to defeat and forget who I am. But she's wrong. I am Dahlia Rhadaya Balerion, the rightful Queen of Velmira. And I will return to reclaim what is mine and rip out Velmira's corruption by its roots. Starting with Andessa's rotten fertilized eggs. My callous step-siblings. Velmira is my home, my kingdom, and I will not let it rot under the rule of vipers. But reclaiming what is mine will not be easy, especially trying to achieve that from the dragon lands of Drakarith, under the watchful vigilance of Azraelyrs, a dragon king I have heard rumors about his cold-heartedness and rules with an iron fist. To survive, I must play the game of seduction and manipulation against my enemies. To win, I must be sharper, stronger, and more ruthless than I have never been before in my life. Let the games begin.

"I want you to love me, Layla Kavros. I want you to be mine. I want YOU and ONLY YOU." Layla Kavros knows one truth: ‎Home isn't a place—it's a distant memory buried under scars, shackles, and a frozen heart that is afraid to trust or love again. ‎After escaping a living hell, Layla wakes up in the last place a fugitive rogue should ever be—the dungeon of the BloodHounds Pack. There, she expects torture and death, but her captor is no ordinary wolf. He is Alpha Raelin Michaelson. Lethal. Possessive. And her fated mate. ‎Raelin has spent years waiting for his mate, but now he is faced with the one bond he cannot deny. He wants to hate the stubborn rogue before him, but the hunger to claim her is irresistible. Trapped between a mate she doesn't want and a hell she can't afford to go back to, Layla has no choice but to strike a dangerous deal: she will live under his roof in exchange for his protection. However, peace is an illusion for a rogue living in the BloodHounds Pack, especially a rogue who is the Alpha's mate. Caught in the jealousy of a rival and a dark enemy from her past that could shatter everything, Layla is forced into a cruel dilemma—‎choose the Alpha who is slowly melting her frozen heart, or save the family she thought she lost forever. In the end, can two souls survive for a love worth dying for? Or will they be torn apart by secrets and those who would love to see them destroyed?

[Kelahiran Kembali + Dendam + Pengkhianatan + Kesempatan Kedua + Pasangan Takdir + Tokoh Utama Wanita yang Kuat + Keadilan Keras] Daisy Caldwell memiliki segalanya: cinta ayahnya, gelar putri dari Kawanan Brimstone, dan segala macam kemewahan yang bisa ia bayangkan. Hingga ia kehilangan semuanya. Lumpuh, tanpa serigala, dan dikhianati oleh orang-orang yang paling ia percayai, ia mati tak berdaya dengan wajah-wajah musuhnya yang terbakar dalam ingatannya. Namun kematian bukanlah akhir. Pada malam menjelang ulang tahunnya yang kedelapan belas, Daisy terbangun di masa lalu. Ayahnya masih hidup, kakinya kuat, dan musuh-musuhnya sudah mengitari seperti burung nasar. Namun, musuh-musuh itu tidak tahu bahwa ia sudah mengetahui setiap rahasia, setiap kebohongan, dan setiap bilah pedang yang diarahkan ke punggungnya. Kali ini, ia tidak akan memohon. Kali ini, ia tidak akan dikalahkan. Kali ini, ia tidak akan menjadi gadis naif yang mempercayai orang yang salah. Ia akan licik dan selalu selangkah lebih maju. Ia akan memainkan permainan dengan lebih pintar dan lebih kejam daripada ular berbisa yang menghancurkannya. Ia akan membuat mereka memohon belas kasihan yang tak pernah mereka berikan kepadanya. Dan di tengah semuanya, ia akan bersatu kembali dengan Pangeran Lycan yang telah mencari satu-satunya wanita yang ditakdirkan untuk mengubah nasib terkutuknya.

Ava Hudson has no voice, but she has plenty to say. Smart, stubborn, and impossible to intimidate, Ava has learned to communicate through her phone, notebook, and hands despite being born with congenital mutism. She is the top student in her class, brilliant, witty, and fiercely independent. She doesn't need a voice to make herself heard, and she definitely doesn't need pity—especially not from the cockiest hockey captain on campus. Kevin Carter is the school's star hockey player, a.k.a the notorious bad boy with the reputation of breaking hearts and getting away with almost anything he wants. However, his grades are falling fast and the dean has finally had enough. His punishment? Ava Hudson, his assigned tutor and sworn enemy. Neither of them is happy about this new arrangement. Kevin thinks Ava is heartless. Ava thinks Kevin is an arrogant idiot. They both want to escape each other. But there is no way out. Determined to make the best use of his punishment, Kevin decides to turn their tutoring sessions into his favorite game. However, what he doesn't know is that Ava has no intention of playing by his rules. In the end, what happens when the player becomes the played? READ TO FIND OUT!

Book 1: My Badboy Knight Tasha: I should know better than to fall for another guy who might break my heart again. But Nate Adams stormed into my life, crumbling down the walls I began building around my heart. He makes me want to fall in love again. This time, with him. Nate: Tasha Quinn is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. Everything about her is beautiful. Hot. Sexy. Perfect. I am fucking in love with her. I have always been in love with her. She is my sweetest addiction. Book 2: The Playboy King Diane: Leo King doesn't give a fuck about love, dating, or any other cupid shit like that. He never lacks enough women to fuck in bed, is annoyingly attractive, and constantly oversteps his boundaries around me. Just because he's the heir to the generational wealth of the King Family doesn't mean he can have any woman at his beck and call. College was supposed to be my chance to start my life afresh, away from my past traumas. But Leo King is making things very hard for me. And living with him is also not helping me at all. Leo: Diane Brandon is the pain in my ass. Ever since she started living with me after my sister Marissa relocated to France, she's been dictating to me how I should live my life in my own house. I hate how she also acts like she is some quiet angel with no demons. But everyone has a skeleton in their closet, whether big or small, and I can feel down to my bones that Diane is hiding something truly dark beneath that cheerful, seductive mask of hers. She is making my life miserable. A little dig-up for payback wouldn't hurt.

"You know you are a bad girl huh?" He whispers, his hands caressing all over my back. I lean back from his ear, meeting his mischievous smirk. "You are a bad boy too Kayden. Maybe that is why we get along." ~ Falling for your best friend is a dangerous gamble, but when desire refuses to obey the rules, the heart plays recklessly. ‎ ‎Lisa and Kayden have been best friends since college—two inseparable souls bound by loyalty, trust, and a hidden desire too deep to name. Kayden has always been every woman's dream—charming, wealthy, devastatingly handsome, and yet, for all his perfection, Lisa is the only woman he has ever wanted, and the only woman he is ever willing to sacrifice anything for her happiness, even if it costs him his own. ‎ ‎And for Lisa, no one has ever measured up to Kayden, the only man who knows all her secrets, except one. ‎ ‎That she's helplessly in love with him. ‎ ‎Their hearts are burning with a hunger they’ve both denied for far too long, but when another man steps into the picture, determined to claim Lisa for himself, desire turns into an undeniable war of hearts. Passion collides with fear, and the truth becomes a ticking clock neither can ignore. ‎ ‎Will Lisa and Kayden risk everything—their friendship, their hearts, their safety—to finally surrender to the fire burning between them before it's too late? Or will fate snatch away their chance at love before it ever truly begins?

[Rebirth + Revenge + Betrayal + Second Chance + Fated Mates + Strong Female Lead + Hardcore Justice ] Daisy Caldwell had everything: her father's love, the princess title of the Brimstone Pack, and every kind of luxury she could ever imagine. Until she lost it all. Crippled, wolfless, and betrayed by the people she trusted most, she died helplessly with the faces of her enemies burned into her memory. But death was not the end. On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Daisy wakes up in the past. Her father is alive, her legs are strong, and her enemies are already circling like vultures. However, those enemies have no idea that she already knows every secret, every lie, and every blade aimed at her back. This time, she won't beg. This time, she won't be defeated. This time, she won't be the naive girl who trusted the wrong people. She will be cunning and always one step ahead. She will play the game smarter and more ruthless than the vipers who ruined her. She will make them beg for the mercy they never showed her. And in the midst of it all, she will reunite with the Lycan Prince who has been searching for the one woman destined to change his cursed fate.

🥀🖤🥀 ‎"You're mine, Judy. No one else gets to touch you like this. I will ruin you for anyone else."‎ This is wrong, so wrong. He is married to Eliza, my sister, but the taboo only fuels the fire, the guilt twisting into a dark thrill that coils tighter in my core. ~ "Tell me, Judy," he demands, his grip on my wrists tightening just enough to send a delicious jolt of pain through my arms. "Tell me what you meant back there in the conference room. What bond were you talking about?" The absolute desperation in his eyes shatters my defenses. For two fucking years, I have suffered the agonizing loneliness of writhing in pain on my bed and hiding my true nature. Tears prick the corners of my eyes, the truth clawing its way up to my throat. I can't hold it back anymore. “The bond… I…” “Say it.” He pushes. “You stupid, blind Alpha," I sob, my next words ripping out of me. "The bond is my mate bond with you, Kieran. I am your fated mate." ~ 🖤🥀🖤‎ Warning: 🔞 Reader's discretion is advised. This story is a DARK ROMANCE dripping with the forbidden 🥀🖤🥀, so tread carefully. If you love a weak to strong sassy FMC who finally grabs her power back and an equally possessive filthy talker ML who will burn the world to keep her, then you are in the right place. This is not just a story, this is a dedication to every 'JUDY' out there who has been casted aside for being 'UNWORTHY'. Grab your power back. Also, don't forget to grab your seatbelts too because this ride is not for the strapless. See you on the darker side 🔞🥀🖤🥀

‎WARNING: RATED 18+ MATURE AUDIENCE ONLY ‎‎In a world shrouded in night and darkness, some forbidden desires can't be tamed. Each story in this collection explores passion in some of its darkest forms. Love is a beautiful thing, but it can also be twisted and cruel sometimes, especially when it involves twisted, morally gray men and women who are willing to do anything in order to get what they want. In the end, all RULES will be BROKEN. ‎ ‎So dive in, little sinner. The world of Nyxris is waiting for you. ‎

My eyes linger on her mouth, and the desperate urge to kiss away the pain she is going through begins to twist deep inside me. "Dane… " I watch her enticing lips whisper my name quietly, like a plea for me to fucking say or do something. Not able to deny the urge any longer, I lean down, pressing my mouth to hers in a passionate kiss that instantly erupts pleasurable sparks inside me. Goddess…. the taste and softness of her lips against mine is fucking more than exquisite. Always more than exquisite. The instant she fully parts her lips and begins to kiss me back, I lose all control. This is everything I have ever wanted, but everything I know I should not fucking want. ☆☆☆☆☆ Tempting fate can be a cruel game, and Dane knows better than to fall for Cara, his bestfriend's little sister who is likely going to be mated to another. What they currently share is an addictive, 'no strings attached relationship', but Dane is beginning to lose control, and he knows the only way out is to break things off between them. So, under the moonlight night sky, he ends his 'no strings attached' relationship with Cara, ignoring her true love confession to him. Haunted with shame, fear, guilt and brokenheartedness, he flees his pack, leaving behind a broken soul to pick up the pieces he painfully shattered. However, no one can run away from fate forever. When duty calls, Dane is plunged back to his pack, crossing paths again with the one girl who still owns every bit of his heart. With the shadows of an evil omen hovering over their pack, Dane and Cara must set their conflicts aside to protect the people they love, or they risk losing everything they hold dear.

When you find yourself paired up with the school's infamous badboy for a class project that has the power to crush or elevate your grades, will you whine and make a request to be unpaired from him? Or will you swallow your fear and work with him despite the odds? Well, Alicia Smith chose to whine and make a request to be unpaired from Luke Evans, her nemesis and the infamous badboy of Riverdale High, but after an outright non-partiality declaration by the project teacher, Alicia finds herself with no other option than to work with him. Tensions will rise, but feelings will also be caught. Especially when Alicia begins to unravel the facade that Luke is putting on to hide his true self and feelings from everyone else.