67 Steps Tai

Life isn't all roses, but it's also not all thorns; it's what you make it and the result of some decisions and steps you take along the way. Thorns & Roses is a coming-of-age story about Leila Adams, a high school student who experiences true friendship, terror, first love, abuse, betrayal and heartbreak while trying to find herself. Verbally abused constantly by her father, her self-esteem plummets drastically and she consequently puts up with a toxic relationship with her crush, Ackleth, and makes some poor decisions about her future. With the help of her best friend, Ella, she is able to fight her demons, dump her toxic boyfriend, get her self-esteem back on track and find true love again.

Zara wanted a new beginning. A place to forget the betrayal, the lies, the grief. The mate who broke her, and the best friend who ruined her. But Blackwood Academy isn’t salvation, it’s a nightmare and it’s definitely not what she expected… The moment she steps through those gates, every Alpha notices her. Their hungry eyes follow her. Their possessive stares burn into her skin. But it’s him, Atlas Black, the one they call the top boy, the untouchable Alpha who makes her blood run cold. He claims to hate her….So why do his eyes darken every time she’s near? Why does her wolf ache for the one who wants her gone?

In the middle of Tokyo’s relentless rush, two strangers cross paths—by accident, in the most ridiculous way, and at the most unexpected moment—yet it feels as if the universe had quietly arranged it all. What follows are hesitant steps, faltering words, and small messages that slowly create a warm, quiet space between them. Tokyo Love Letter: Hibiki is a story where silence speaks, where ordinary days suddenly begin to matter, and where someone appears out of nowhere… only to become a place to return to, and a space to simply be oneself. This isn’t a story about falling in love quickly, but about feeling it grow—quietly, unexpectedly—through coincidences, through distance, and through the little things we never meant to hold on to.

My father sold me. My boyfriend betrayed me. And now I belong to the Alpha Prince in a coma. Lillian is sent to the royal palace as a surrogate candidate for Prince Grayson, the kingdom’s unconscious heir. Every other girl is rejected by his deadly inner wolf — until Lillian steps forward, and the beast chooses her. Overnight, she goes from discarded pack girl to Luna Princess. But her new title comes with a dangerous price. Her ex wants to use her to steal the throne. The palace is crawling with enemies. And the prince everyone thinks is sleeping may be hiding a secret powerful enough to destroy them all. He is dangerous. He is watching. And he may be the only one who can save her.

Blurb “No Father, you can't force me! I would rather be a wild wolf than to go ahead with the mating ceremony!” As the unwanted daughter of the Beta, Leila,the so called black sheep of the pack, has always known her place in the Black Pool Pack. She is used to been abused and always flying under the radar, but all of that changes when she found out about her fiancé's betrayal with her best friend. Suddenly, Leila becomes the target of bullying and vicious attacks that almost took her life, not until the pack's hottest and ruthless, Alpha, Xander steps in to save her. Will she find joy, peace and comfort with the Alpha or will her past come lurking in the shadows? Find out....…

I lapse into unconsciousness for a few days after a high fever. When I wake up, I see my boyfriend and his best friend standing by my bed. I want to enliven the atmosphere, so I joke, "Who are you?" Eric Cobb, my boyfriend, is taken aback. I almost laugh at the look on his face. Then, he points at his friend, Jonah Mullen. "Don't you remember? Your boyfriend's been panicking over you. As his best friend, I have to be here with him." This time, I'm the one who's taken aback. Unexpectedly, Jonah steps forward and says, "That's right. I'm your boyfriend, Jonah Mullen."

Burned alive and abandoned, Sheraphina died believing she had nothing left. Then she woke up at fifteen. With her memories intact and her enemies still smiling, Sheraphina chooses silence over screams and patience over pity. Her stepsister—sweet, fragile, adored—has no memory of the fire yet, only a growing hunger for everything Sheraphina owns. Her father still turns a blind eye. Her stepmother still whispers poison into willing ears. This time, Sheraphina won’t fight openly. She will take back her name, her inheritance, and her future—piece by piece. And when a powerful billionaire steps into her path, drawn by her calm defiance and hidden sharpness, Sheraphina learns that revenge doesn’t have to be lonely.

On the night of her fifth anniversary, Maya Voss waits for her husband who never comes home, and discovers instead that Alpha Declan’s heart has always belonged to another woman. What begins as a marriage built on convenience and debt spirals into betrayal when Maya is reduced to nothing more than a political asset, offered up as a concubine in exchange for loyalty she no longer owes. When she walks away, she unknowingly steps into a far more dangerous fate, one tied to the rise of the feared Night Reaper, Cassian, a ruthless ruler who everyone fears but he is the only man who has ever truly loved her, and he has loved her long before she even knew his name.

Betrayal is the most terrific thing that could happen to a human. Kelly Herbert never thought she would ever have a reason to face such a cruel fate, but she did in the hardest way possible. Her best friend did not only betray her, she wanted her gone from the face of the earth. With every end, there's a new beginning. What happened when she caught the eyes of the most ruthless mafia in Brooklyn who is fifteen years older than her? After having an accidental one-night stand with an unknown man, she finds herself caught in a web of betrayal and cruelty. Her mystery one night stand steps in to save her and claims her as his forever. But love comes with a heavy cost, will they be prepared for what is to come? Or will their love be the end of them?

She was the wolf no one wanted. He was the heir no one expected. Sera has spent her life being invisible. She is cursed with a repulsive scent that makes her an outcast. When her fated mate publicly rejects her in a humiliating way, Aeron steps forward and claims her before the entire pack. It should be her rescue but nothing about Aeron is simple. Aeron's obsession with Sera runs deeper than anyone knows. He's been watching her. Waiting for her. And he planned her rejection from the very beginning. Why would the most powerful heir in the pack choose the one wolf everyone despises? Some love stories begin with fate. This one begins with obsession.