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“I don’t share what’s mine, Dove,” he warned. “And who said I’m yours?” Even as I was rejecting the notion of 'belonging' to another person, heat stole my body and mind in the predatorial claim, with the dark warning of the stranger's body and eyes. “You,” a dark and still warm grin steals his gorgeous features as every inch of me rose to his hands, silently begging for his continued attention....“You were made for me Dove and I want you to be mine this week..... Forget the cheating ex on a once in a lifetime vacation to the keys..... Ellie has no idea what fate, or her childhood friend have in store. Find out in Part One of DJ and Ellie's Second Chance BDSM Romance.

Imprisoned and tortured, Esme had only known one thing her entire life - pain, but when the most fearsome Alpha, AKA the bloody conqueror shows up to claim her as his mate, she's not sure if to rejoice or lament about her fate. She soon receives a huge surprise when she finds out that her mate has a strange illness, a curse. The touch of a woman is lethal to him, akin to the burn of a flame. She is the only one capable of touching him but he's been betrayed before and sworn to feel no emotion. Now it's up to Esme to prove that she's worthy of being by his side and fight for their love despite the odds.

I have been a keeper of many secrets since I was old enough to know what secrets were. No one knows the truth or the real me. No one knows about the abuse I suffer from my father behind closed doors. No one knows about the cuts and scars I hide from the world. To the outside world, I am your average teenager, but the truth is, I am a broken girl with no one to love her, to see the real sadness in my eyes. I keep it to myself because I want to. It is things I have hidden for years, and no one seems to notice. Until him, Ryland. The new boy in the town. The stranger who sees right through me from the second we meet. We are drawn to one another like a moth to the flame. The more I get to know him, the more I see I am not the only one fighting demons. To start with, he is a pain in my ass, but every day we grow closer, and we become what the other needs. A bond develops between us, one that becomes unbreakable. Neither of us realised that when two broken souls come together, it would be exactly what we needed to help one another heal. He shows me love, something I haven’t had since I lost my mother. I soon learn that just because you are broken doesn’t mean it needs to stay that way. Your past doesn’t need to define you. Possible Trigger Warnings: Physical abuse (It does happen, not often and not in too much detail). Rape, suicide, and self-harm are also mentioned. It doesn’t happen in the book, but it's discussed.

She survived the scars. Now she’s learning how to love. Elena Grey once believed love meant sacrifice, silence, and surviving the storm. After escaping an abusive marriage with her daughter Lila, she’s starting over—but healing isn’t linear, and trust isn’t easy. Then Jack walks into her life. Patient, kind, and carrying his own hidden wounds, he offers her something she never imagined: safety, choice, and the space to rediscover herself.

You ever notice how love can feel more like a curse than a blessing? Or maybe that’s just her.She thought love was a weapon. He thought it was a weakness. When fate traps them in a marriage neither wanted, will pain tear them apart—or finally teach them what love really means?

A drunken mistake binds arrogant playboy Jake to shy, invisible Natalie. Betrayal, tragedy, and a broken engagement drive them apart-until years later when they are thrown together by Fate. She comes back as the doctor who can save his life, and the secret she carries may build or destroy everything for him all over again.