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For years, Lira lived a simple life in the province—until a stranger came and turned her world upside down. Her grandmother. A Montenegro. Biglang nagbago ang lahat. She was offered a life of wealth and privilege, but in exchange, she had to leave everything behind and live with a family she never knew. On her way to Manila, fate played a cruel trick. Naiwan siya sa isang stopover—walang pera, walang gamit, walang paraan para makarating sa bagong buhay niya. Then she meets him. A stranger. Dark. Dangerous. Powerful. "Nothing in this world is free," he tells her. "If I help you… what will you give me in return?" She has nothing. Except herself. One night. One mistake. One secret that can never be spoken. Kinabukasan, naghiwalay silang parang estranghero. Akala niya tapos na ang bangungot. But when she finally steps inside the Montenegro estate, her world shatters. Because he is there. Xavier Montenegro. The man who stole her innocence. The man she must now call "uncle." But something feels… off. Their gazes hold too much tension. Their connection is too intense. And deep down, something tells her—something tells him—that they were never meant to be family. Their secret is dangerous. Their attraction is forbidden. Pero habang pilit nilang nilalabanan ang nararamdaman, lalo lang silang nauubos. And when the truth finally comes to light, Lira will have to ask herself: Was that night truly a mistake? Or was it only the beginning of something far more dangerous?

Vanessa never expected her life to shatter in an instant. After getting kidnapped by someone dear to her, she is thrust into a brutal underworld, kidnapped by a mafia she barely knows exists. Her impulsive acts makes her make the horrible decision ever. Amidst the chaos, another mafia steps in to help her escape. Drawn to in ways he can’t explain, he risks everything to protect her from a deadly fate. But as she finds herself free yet in constant danger, she can’t deny the growing bond between them—or the sense of debt she feels towards him. With danger at every turn and enemies closing in, They must go through a world of violence, betrayal, and desire. Can they survive long enough to confront the past and take control of their futures? Their only hope may be each other, but in the mafia world, money comes first!

Dark, frigid eyes look back into hers. She flinched and moved her eyes over the floor to avoid his stare. How could someone be so gorgeous while still having eyes that were too chilly to look into? Who the hell is this guy? Gosh! Is he a human? How come his eyes are so dark and cold? Mia couldn't stop thinking about these. Bryan Chapman, the Mafia leader and also a dancer, popularly called 'Lord' and immensely feared by his subordinates, took Mia as a slave in compensation for her father's debt. Mia had no choice except to dance to his tone to escape further agony. Find out how Mia Donald and Bryan Chapman's love tale turned out.

“I reject you because you are not even worth the dirt on the bottom of my shoe, Alpha Gwendolyn Radcliffe.” Rejected by her mate in the most humiliating way a year ago, Gwen thinks she has moved on and has accepted that she is not meant to have a mate or a happily ever after. But then she finds out that the rejection is incomplete, and Alpha Reagan Lorde is back. And he is here to stake his claim.

Jeff Pritchet isn’t much different from other teenage boys, with one exception. His monstrous, spider-like appearance and loner persona make him a target for bullying, when all he wants is a friend who sees beyond the surface.The unconventional pair find themselves marked for hatred, and when his bond to Aarav is threatened, Jeff discovers a sinister side he never knew he had, proving that, when pushed too far, emotions can be deadlier than venom.©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

"I, Alpha Theodore, leader of the Shadow Moon Pack, reject you, Evelyn, as my mate. I will never accept you. I do not accept you and I will never accept you. Leave. Now." I was supposed to be his mate. The healer destined to stand at the Alpha’s side. But the night Theodore Wales rejected me in front of the entire pack, he shattered me, humiliated and left me heartbroken, I ran to my death but was saved. Years later, fate drags me back. My cruel, untouchable Alpha is dying, and I’m the only one who can save him. His golden eyes still burn with the same hunger, his touch still sparks fire in my blood… but I swore I’d never belong to him again. Then Mason Blake walks back into my life as a rival to my alpha, hockey star during the day and biker Alpha at night. The dangerous bad boy who has never forgotten the night I healed and I had never forgotten the night he saved me… or the heat that almost consumed us both. He wants me, and he doesn’t care what he does to claim me Now I’m caught between two Alphas: One who broke me. One who tempts me. Both ready to fight to the death for the right to mark me. And when the bond snaps into place, I learn the cruelest truth of all: in this war of desire, I can’t save my heart.

"I only want you, Theia. Always have always will and this shall never change. How could I ever want another when I possess the one I solely exist for?" "Phobos," I call his name fondly a need to hug him and breathe in his calming scent surfaces. "I do not wish to treat you like you are made of glass because you aren't. Your body was made for me and it can handle everything I choose to give it. And this I will prove it to you." "When?" I ask breathlessly as he ultimately turns around to meet my curious eyes. Golden rings outline his irises his beast announcing his presence and they stand as one before me. A wicked smile paints his face with a flash of canine displayed to me. A promise he gives that I will be ruthlessly devoured. "When I fuck you senseless." ~~~ After years of excruciating loneliness, Phobos approached me. A frightening beast, my soulmate who emerged from within the bounds of a ruthless storm. The male I yearned for. He caught me off guard and I was under the spell he cast through his ocean eyes. A spell I couldn't defeat and that very moment I knew I was in trouble. The second our eyes met I knew he would bring me endless heartache. We were childhood friends, him and I. Phobos the gentle juvenile I grew up with vanished and was replaced by a cold-hearted barbarian, he terrified me as he killed many with a blink of his eyes where his beast was often in control surging forward consuming his senses. They were equals. How can I connect with a beast like him? How could I make him call me his? How can I love my childhood friend who has become a monster?

He died… and part of me still thinks it was all my fault. I kept my promise. I married her—to protect her. Even when my own pack turned against me and spat my name in shame. — Damon Duskbane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I can still feel his touch… even though he’s gone. I remember the night before he left—the way he held my neck and marked me, promising he’d return. Now, all I have is his best friend. The man I swore I’d never love. But my heart won’t stop racing when he’s near. — Elodie Vexley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friendship. Promises. A bond that was never meant to break. Elodie Vexley thought she had everything when she met Tyler Storm—the loyal, charming beta of the Golden Moon Pack. He gave her his mark and his heart. But fate had other plans. When Tyler vanishes during a mission gone wrong, Elodie’s world is shattered. Left vulnerable, she’s forced into a bond with the last man she ever expected to be tied to: Damon Duskbane, Tyler’s best friend… and the man she blames for his death. But not everything is as it seems. *What happens when the past returns—and her heart is caught between two mates?* 🔥 *THE ALPHA’S FORBIDDEN CLAIM* 🔥 A story of betrayal, loyalty, forbidden love… and second chances.

Werewolf. Carlene had never believed such creatures existed in this world, living side by side with humans. But, after she met Jacob, who claimed her as his mate, had opened her eyes to a whole new world. Furthermore, it turned out that he was an Alpha and automatically made her a Luna. It was a remarkable turnaround in her life--from just an ordinary human being into a werewolf's mate. Destiny would change her entire life abruptly and unexpectedly and teach her a new meaning of love.

Her life had been perfect once—a child on the way, the loving husband she thought she had, and being the Luna of the powerful Northern Range Pack. Then the cruel deception: finding husband and sister together and then the child taken from them. Shattered and banished to the edge of pack territory, Elena waits out a languid death. Fate, though, plays different hands when the infamous Alpha Lykan Blackwood knocks on the door and presents an old blood debt. Learning of the betrayal of Elena's husband James, Lykan takes Elena as payment instead of Elena's treacherous sister—the woman she was pledged to. Pressed into the harsh life of the Black Mountain Pack as their reluctant Luna, Elena is shocked to learn surprising secrets about her past and why she is childless. As dangers to his position multiply and Elena faces demons of the past, they create an uneasy partnership and then something more as their connection takes hold. In a world where loyalty is paid dearly and love more dearly, can traumatized souls heal one another? Or will the promise of treachery destroy their happiness when Elena's former pack returns to take back what they once relinquished?