Adoptive Synonym

He paused and kissed her neck, turning the pale skin to red before retracting his move to fix his eyes on her, and leisurely replied. "Unfortunately, you cant wear the dress over there." He chuckled and passed a box over to her hand. "And the fortunate news is I prepared a dress for you." Ariana was a cursed little girl who could see ghosts. Her family hated her and threw her from one adoptive family to another. However, misfortune didn't act alone. When she was brought up by her aunt, she was sold as a slave. When she had thought she would become nothing but a sacrifice to the sorcerer, she was saved by a man whose identity was far different than a normal mythical being, but never knew that the man who saved her will indeed be her worst nightmare.

SOPHIE HUNTSBERGER found her way to a new life and new family when she ran from the physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her father. She has blossomed, healed in ways she never imagined she would or could within the safe arms of her adoptive family. ARRICK CARRERO has been her rock, her best friend and her protector for years, but even he cannot get to the root of her growing emptiness. Sophie is lost. And she's reaching out for anything to fill the void and cure whatever ails her. When Sophie realises the answer has been within arms reach all along, she’s unable to prepare herself for Arrick’s spiralling emotions. What was once innocent now comes into question - and life does not always let the heart prevail. Characters that will break your heart, as well as each other’s.

Arabelle Virgata an adoptive daughter of a rich couple who has been slaughtered by the thieves who looted their mansion. She has been chased by one of them and almost got hit by a truck but unexpectedly a Magical Portal appears and absorbs her. She was teleported in the other dimension and there she met the most distant, vigilant and introverted Prince Aegolus Flammeus who had been cursed and turned into a huge predatory bird called "Owl" by a wicked Guardian Mirabela. Arabelle was declared as Priestess, to be able to go back to her world she must complete her task; break the curse and defeat the evil guardian. The two joined hands, together with their new found friends. But… After facing lots of difficulties they've been through and possibilities of prospering romantic feelings, will Arabelle choose to go back home and leave everything including her friends and Prince Aegolus?

When Helena is removed from her adoptive pack and sent back to the feared White Forest, an intimidating, cloaked stranger saves her life. As her intended role for White Forest Pack is revealed so is murder, lust and longing. An aging Alpha with two sons, one banished and one savage are interested in her future. Helena is falling for the one the pack wants dead, has he been banished for the right reason? She needs to make the right decisions because in the pack she leaves behind, two men are determined to seek revenge on her.White Forest Pack Series (Can all be read standalone)*Book 1 - A Banished Alpha*Book 2 - The Luna's Rejected Assassin*Book 3 - The Beta's PrizeShadowlands Series (Can all be read standalone)*Book 1 - A Damaged Alpha*Book 2 - The Luna Who Wants Everything (2023)

Blurb Born in a pack that rejected her for being wolfless,Lea’s life had been one of humiliation and quiet endurance. But when her connection to the lycan king, Alexander resurfaces,her life turns to chaos. Alexander was bound to his mountain by a deadly curse,but he knows Lea is his fated mate,the key to his salvation and survival. But Lea is trapped in a web of betrayal,her manipulative boyfriend,Ethan seeks to secure power,her adoptive family hides dark truth about her heritage,her sister framed her for an offence she didnt commit,and the pack’s ruling Alpha sees her as a threat to their rule. As enemies closes in,Lea must unmask the secret about her past,unleash her hidden strength,and decide if she can trust the lycan king who holds the key to her future. Love, betrayal,and prophecy collides,where true strengths is found in the heart,and nothing is as it seems.

Ximena, a Colombian, 22-year-old student majoring in psychology, beautiful, passionate, brave, strong-minded and independent. She was forced to marry due to commitments from her adoptive parents, with a young millionaire named Angelo, who was secretly the heir to a powerful Sicilian mafia, who despises her, stating that she was a profiteer. This situation of tension caused her to ask him divorce and return to her native country to recover the businesses of her biological parents who died in an apparent accident, she finds a lot of opposition from her uncle who appropriated the companies and can't bear to hand them over, coincidentally she meets her ex-husband without recognizing each other , falling madly in love, leaning on their problems and fighting together against their enemies until they discover their secrets, breaking up again, hating each other, but wanting to be together, only a miracle can bring them together again, will it happen?, immerse yourself in this exciting story where you will discover this and other secrets.

This is book 2 in the Royal Wolf Of Zidiah series. This book can be read as part of the series or as a standalone. Sara believed she was human until one night five months ago when she transformed into a wolf. Sara kept the secret from her adoptive parents until one night, she shifted in front of them. After being thrown out of the family home, with no friends and nowhere to go, in Sara's mind there is only one option, to end it all. Leander is a powerful Romerian Alpha Prince, with abilities some would shy away from. Having known Sara was his mate for the past five months, he's yet to retrieve the girl. With all that went on with his sister Lilly, Leander had no choice but to stay away. However, Leander isn't about to let his mate get away from him. With secrets unfolding, will Sara be able to cope with this new life as a shifter? Will life with an Alpha Prince be all it's cracked up to be?

In Elena’s past life, she was the hated Luna who did everything she could to please others, desperately chasing a love that was never returned. But in the end, it was her own fated mate, Alpha Killian, who betrayed her and sent her to her death. Blinded by lies, Killian believed she was trying to harm the woman he truly loved—Elena’s adoptive sister. What he never knew was that Elena died carrying his child. Fortunately, fate gave her a second chance. Reborn to a time before everything fell apart, Elena's love for Killian has turned into burning hatred. Now, all she wants is to escape him and make everyone who hurt her pay. But this time, the Alpha who once cast her aside refuses to let her go. Killian, once too proud to even look at her, now bows his head and begs her to stay by his side...

Growing up on a diary farm, Araknee disscovers she's the lost princess of Hartland on her seventeenth birthday and that's not all; she has the ability to control water, a power only Hartland royals possess. Instead of giving her answers, her adoptive parents send her on a journey through the Midlands to find Granark; an old wizard who once befriended her biological parents and is the only one available to train her. With the help of two new friends, Araknee begins her quest to find the wizard by battling her way through the many obstacles set in her path. Meanwhile, back in Hartland, Adrian, Araknee's half brother, isn't too happy with the existence of another heir. Secretly, he plans to kill her and claim the throne for himself. Join the Lost Princess on her journey through the Midlands, fighting bounty hunters, thugs and encountering strange beings in this fantasy world of love, magic and power.

Edna vows to destroy the man who has crushed her life into dust. Edna would make Acelon Grishold regret picking her up from the orphanage, and then making her as his sex slave. Even though in the past she loved her adoptive father like she loves a man, Edna will no longer let that stupid feeling control her heart again. She has to get Acelonlon Grishold under her feet! Edna made a plan, Edna created many lies to destroy Acelonlon slowly. But Edna's plans are in danger of falling apart when she learns that she is pregnant. Acelonlon immediately claimed the baby as his own and desperately wanted the baby. On the other hand, Edna didn't want the baby. She was angry and repeatedly tried to kill the baby, but was always thwarted by Acelonlon. One day Edna had a plan. She will use her baby to slowly destroy Acelonlon and after that she will leave Acelonlon forever.