Adrian Mckinty Books

*Book 2* Mei Liu learned suffering from an early age. After experiencing great loss, she spent years enduring abuse at the hands of a sadistic pack of wolves, while hiding her identity. All until the day she was saved by her fated soulmate arriving at her doorstep. Mei was finally free, loved and accepted, with her happily ever after on the horizon. But an unknown enemy has been searching for her and once he finds her he has no intentions of letting her go. Dark secrets will be revealed, and she will be pushed beyond her limits. Can she rise up and fight back and become the strong woman she was destined to be? Or will it all be too much for her to handle? A Queen Among Snakes is the second book in the Queen Among series. Each story is set up in the previous book, so reading the books in order is recommended. Here are the books in the series: A Queen Among Alphas - Book 1 Bite-Size Luna - A Queen Among Alphas Prequel A Queen Among Snakes - Book 2 Runaway Empress - A Queen Among Snakes Prequel A Queen Among Blood - Book 3 Whole Again - A Queen Among Alpha's spin-off A Queen Among Darkness - Book 4 Dark Invocation - A Queen Among Darkness spin-off A Queen Among Tides - Book 5 Valor, Virtue, and Verve - A Queen Among Tides Prequel Spin-off A Queen Among Gods - Book 6 A Queen Among Tempests - Book 7

Even though it's been three years since we held our weddings, Adrian Johnson refuses to get our marriage registered. I overhear him venting to his best friend after he gets drunk. "Colleen got kidnapped before. I keep thinking of her as a tainted woman. Plus, her family has already gone into bankruptcy. She has no idea that my company is about to get listed." I feel my blood turn into ice in my veins. His confession leaves my feet rooted to the spot. Then, Adrian pulls a woman into his arms before kissing her belly. That woman is Rosalind Muller, the young and beautiful bar singer. I'm still dazed when I receive a text on my phone. It's a photo of Rosalind's pregnancy bump. The caption writes, "You're just a tainted woman. How can you ever compare to me?" What Adrian doesn't know is that I never got kidnapped three years ago. At that time, I had carried out a top-secret rescue mission as a secret agent. Soon, I text my dad. "Dad, where's your island? Can you send a helicopter over to pick me up?" On the day I leave Adrian once and for all, it's time for my mysterious identity and the truth from three years ago to be revealed.

Blurb: Setelah bertahun-tahun mengorbankan segalanya demi suaminya, Rania terpaksa menerima kenyataan pahit: hasil tes pack yang negatif membawa tekanan besar dari keluarga suaminya, dan lebih dari itu, pengkhianatan Danu, suami yang selama ini ia percayai. Hatinya hancur saat ia melihat Danu dengan wanita lain, membuatnya pergi dari rumah tanpa membawa apa-apa. Di tengah kebingungannya, Rania bertemu kembali dengan Adrian, teman lama dari masa kuliahnya, yang kini seorang ayah tunggal. Adrian yang pernah mencintainya menawarkan tempat tinggal sementara, memberi Rania kesempatan untuk pulih dari rasa sakitnya. Namun, bukan hanya kenangan masa lalu yang kembali mengganggu. Saat Rania mulai bangkit dan menunjukkan kekuatannya di dunia kerja, dia mendapati dirinya harus bersaing dengan Danu, suami yang telah mengkhianatinya. Di sisi lain, mantan istri Adrian muncul kembali, membawa ancaman baru bagi hidupnya. Di tengah berbagai konflik, Rania harus menghadapi dilema: apakah dia berani membuka hati pada cinta yang baru bersama Adrian, atau kembali terjebak dalam bayang-bayang masa lalunya? Terlebih lagi, ketika penyesalan menghampiri Danu dan keluarganya setelah mengetahui kebenaran yang selama ini mereka abaikan. Mampukah Rania bertahan dan meraih kebahagiaan yang selama ini ia cari?

Setelah menikah dengan Reno, seorang pria sederhana namun penuh cinta, Alena menjalani kehidupan pernikahan yang damai. Namun, krisis ekonomi menghantam keluarga kecil mereka, membuat Reno kehilangan pekerjaannya. Dalam keputusasaan untuk membantu suaminya dan membayar utang-utang mereka, Alena menerima tawaran bekerja sebagai asisten pribadi Adrian, seorang CEO muda, ambisius, dan penuh karisma. Di balik kesuksesan dan kekayaannya, Adrian memiliki sisi gelap: sifatnya yang dingin, egois, dan obsesif. Dalam perjalanan waktu, Alena tak hanya menjadi asistennya, tetapi juga terjebak dalam hubungan terlarang sebagai istri simpanannya. Kehidupannya yang awalnya penuh cinta berubah menjadi labirin rasa bersalah, gairah terlarang, dan rahasia kelam. Di sisi lain, Reno yang mencurigai perubahan sikap Alena mulai mencari tahu kebenaran. Dalam perjalanan mengungkap rahasia, Reno harus menghadapi dilema: mempertahankan cinta sejatinya atau membiarkan Alena memilih jalannya sendiri. Sementara itu, Adrian, yang perlahan mulai menunjukkan sisi manusiawinya, dihadapkan pada konflik antara ambisi, keinginan, dan cinta yang sebenarnya. Alena berada di persimpangan besar dalam hidupnya—memilih untuk kembali ke cinta yang sederhana bersama Reno atau terus terjebak dalam pesona dunia Adrian yang penuh gairah dan ketidakpastian.

Amelia, a spirited and fiercely independent young werewolf, despises the new Alpha of her pack, Adrian. Since her parents' tragic demise years ago, Amelia has harbored a deep-seated resentment toward Adrian, blaming him for their untimely deaths. Her heart yearns for justice, and she longs to see him pay for the pain he has inflicted upon her family. The narrative unfolds at a grand werewolf summit, a pivotal event where all the packs converge to discuss territories and boundary issues. It is a gathering that brings together werewolves from far and wide, their hopes and dreams interwoven beneath the moonlit sky. Amidst this charged atmosphere, Amelia's world is about to be turned upside down. Fate takes an unexpected turn when Amelia, now of age finds her mate, discovers that Adrian, the Alpha she loathes, is her destined partner. The revelation shatters her preconceived notions and forces her to confront her deepest fears and darkest secrets. Conflicted by an intense attraction and a burning desire to protect her pack, Amelia must reconcile her animosity toward Adrian with the undeniable bond they share. As the two reluctantly come together, their journey becomes a turbulent dance of conflicting emotions. Bound by duty and the pull of an ancient bond, Amelia and Adrian must navigate treacherous paths filled with external threats and internal struggles. Through countless trials and tribulations, they will confront their own demons, learn to trust, and ultimately discover that love has the power to heal even the deepest wounds.

Adrian Foster once walked away from a life most men would kill to possess—a life of privilege, prestige, and unchallenged influence. He moved within elite circles where power whispered his name, where security convoys shadowed his every step, and where surveillance was the price of importance. But the weight of status became suffocating. The constant scrutiny, the political entanglements, the invisible chains disguised as honor—he grew tired of them all. So he chose disappearance over dominance. Simplicity over spectacle. He stepped away from the throne of influence and allowed the world to believe he had fallen. He married into the Lane family seeking nothing more than quiet peace. Instead, he found humiliation. For three long years, he endured their scorn. He was treated as a burden, a useless son-in-law with no ambition, no backbone, no worth. He was slapped, insulted, dismissed—reduced to something small in a house that never saw his true height. But the Adrian they discarded is not the Adrian who exists. What they saw was a mask. Adrian is operating under a hidden mandate—one far greater than pride or marriage. He left his homeland not out of weakness, but strategy. He buried his name, his power, and his legacy to move unseen. There is an enemy rising in the shadows, a calculated plot designed to destabilize his nation to dust. And to uncover it, he had to disappear. He had to lose himself. Because he will be the man who stands between his homeland and the darkness threatening to consume it.

"Mau sampai kapan seperti ini, Ad? Papa tidak menuntut banyak kok. Jadilah anak yang BERGUNAAA! Kamu seharusnya malu sudah 25 tahun, hidup masih menjadi benalu di keluarga!" Kilasan ucapan itu terus muncul dibenak pria berusia 25 tahun bernama Adrian. Kehidupan penuh kegagalan harus ia lewati dengan berbagai tekanan. Hidupnya bagai bertopang pada ranting rapuh yang kapanpun siap terjatuh. “Ya Tuhan, pintaku hanya satu, hidupkan aku saat kehidupanku memiliki takdir yang bahagia.” Ucapan konyol yang Adrian katakan nyatanya bukan bualan semata. Akibat kecelakaan yang hampir merenggut nyawanya, jiwanya tiba-tiba terbangun di kehidupan yang jauh dari apa yang ia bayangkan. “Hahaha.. ini GILA!!! Bagaimana bisa aku terjebak di sini?!” Transmigrasi jiwa? ini memang gila, tapi itulah kenyataannya. Lebih parahnya lagi, Adrian bertransmigrasi ke tubuh seorang anak berusia 18 tahun. Tak jauh berbeda dengan takdirnya dahulu, sosok ini juga memiliki takdir buruk bahkan terancam berakhir dengan kematian tragis. "Jangan bermimpi untuk mendapat penghormatan, Ad. Harusnya kamu sadar mengapa orang diistana membencimu. Seorang pangeran tak seharusnya terlahir dari rahim seorang selir. Kedudukanmu dimata mereka tak lebih seperti rakyat jelata. Kau harus ingat ini, kau hanyalah aib istana!!" Dengan segala ketidakadilan dan bayang-bayang kematian, mampukah Adrian merebut tahta dan membawa akhir bahagia untuk sang protagonis sengsara? “Tak kusangka menjadi Adrian si pangeran terbuang lebih melelahkan dibanding Adrian si pengangguran. Sial! Kalau aku sudah kembali nanti, akan kupatahkan jari-jari laknat milik Kimberly itu. Teganya ia menggunakan namaku untuk novel setragis ini.”

At her graduation ceremony, Claire White eagerly awaited Adrian to finally make their relationship public. But to her horror, she watched as he got down on one knee and proposed to Nicole, the esteemed daughter of a powerful Alpha. Heartbroken, Claire drowned her sorrows at a bar, where she met a dangerously alluring man, Theo. Sparks flew between them, but just before they crossed the line, fate intervened desperate phone call about her father's sudden illness pulled her back to reality. With her father's life on the line and medical bills piling up, Adrian offered financial help on the condition that she became his mistress. Furious, Claire refused, only to find herself blacklisted and unable to secure a job. Just when she was at her lowest, an unexpected opportunity arose a high-paying position as the secretary to the CEO of a prestigious company. But upon stepping into her new workplace, she discovered a shocking truth her new boss was Theo. And worse still, he was Adrian' s father.

He was a king in a world of blood and power. She was the secret he couldn’t see coming. Adrian Moretti never believed in love—until Isabella walked into his life, soft and deadly, making his cold heart burn for the first time. But on their wedding day, the world he thought he knew crumbles in an instant. His father is murdered. Gunfire tears through the Moretti Villa. Trust is shattered, and vengeance becomes his only path. As Adrian rises to claim his place as the next Moretti king, he faces enemies everywhere—some he can see, and some hiding behind the people he loves most. And Isabella… she is more than she seems. Loyal? Innocent? Or the very threat that could destroy everything he holds dear? In a world where love is dangerous and betrayal is deadly, Adrian must navigate passion, power, and a web of lies that could consume him—or make him unstoppable. The day love lied to him, everything changed. And now, nothing will ever be the same.

“I am not your dead wife!” I scream at him, for the hundredth time but like always, he stares blankly. “Of course you are, Farfalla.” he grins widely. “And until you stop pretending I'm not letting you go.” He's crazy. Adrian Moretti is insane, the red flags were so bright since the beginning but would I not know if I was his wife? I jumped into this mess a little too fast, now how do I convince him I'm not his late wife so he finally let me go? . . . . Three years ago, Adrian’s wife Tatiana died in a plane crash so imagine his surprise when he walks into a strip club and he is allocated a woman identical to Tatiana. Convinced she's his wife, Adrian decides to hold Starlia hostage until she accepts her identity. But is Starlia truly Tatiana? Or he is starting to fall for a stranger that looks exactly like his darling wife?