Authors Last Names Starting With "b"

Mara Stein verlor ihr ungeborenes Kind. Zehn Jahre lang hatte sie Leonard Voss geliebt. Sie brach ihr Studium ab, heiratete ihn und war drei Jahre lang seine Ehefrau – pflichtbewusst, still und ohne sich je zu beklagen. Bis ein verborgenes Dokument auftauchte. Erst da erkannte sie die Wahrheit: Sie war nie seine Wahl gewesen, sondern nur ein Teil eines Spiels – eines grausamen Rollenspiels zwischen ihm und seiner ersten Liebe. Im Krankenzimmer erfuhr Mara, dass Leonard mit seiner ersten Liebe beim Hochseefischen war. Noch am selben Tag reichte sie die Scheidung ein. Die Frau, auf die man einst herabgesehen hatte, verschwand – und kehrte als jemand völlig Neues zurück: als gefeierte Designerin eines internationalen Luxus-Schmucklabels, als Lehrerin eines weltberühmten Pianisten, als Rennsport-Ikone, als Tochter des Außenministers, als Vorstandsvorsitzende eines börsennotierten Milliardenunternehmens … Während immer mehr Männer um Mara warben, verlor Leonard die Kontrolle. Er klammerte sich an sie und ließ nicht mehr los. Mara jedoch hatte genug. Sie inszenierte ihren Tod und verschwand – spurlos. Vor einem leeren Grab kniete Leonard Nacht für Nacht, bis er kaum noch stehen konnte. Und eines Tages stand sie plötzlich vor ihm. Lebendig. Unnahbar. „Meine Frau, komm mit mir nach Hause, bitte“, flüsterte er mit geröteten Augen. Mara lächelte ruhig. „Nennen Sie mich nicht so, Herr Voss. Wir sind geschieden. Und ich bin jetzt Single.“

One girl. Two rivals. A challenge that was never supposed to become real. Now the Rogue and the King are both playing to win—and Maya’s heart is the prize. Maya Bennet has one rule when it comes to men. Never date a jock. She learned that lesson the hard way after a football player took her heart—and her virginity—only to dump her the next day because of a locker-room bet. Since then, Maya has focused on her future: her scholarship, her job, and the quiet life she’s built in the small off-campus house she shares with friends. No athletes. No drama. No heartbreak. Then Logan Hayes moves in. Logan is the university’s hockey star, known across campus as The King—confident, charming, and used to getting what he wants. Suddenly Maya’s peaceful home turns into a revolving door of hockey players, loud parties, and the kind of attention she’s spent years avoiding. But Logan isn’t the one she should be worried about. Next door lives Cole Ryder. Quarterback. Campus legend. The football captain everyone calls The Rogue. Cole Ryder doesn’t lose—on the field or with women. So when Maya refuses to fall for his reputation, Cole does what he does best. He accepts the challenge. What starts as rivalry turns into late-night conversations, stolen kisses, and a connection neither of them expected. But Cole doesn’t do relationships. And Logan is starting to realize the quiet girl next door might be worth fighting for. Because when two powerful men decide they want the same woman… someone is bound to lose. ⸻ Tropes you’ll love • College Romance • Love Triangle • Enemies to Lovers • Forced Proximity • Slow Burn

Crystina is the pack's outcast. This is because her father was the murderer of their last Alpha. She was brought into their pack as retribution. She was to pay for the sins of her father and despite their Alpha's hatred for her, he couldn't stop noticing her tiny smiles, and her pretty face. When Luka thought he would get over it, he realized she was his mate. How is he supposed to love the daughter of his father's murderer? How is he supposed to accept this fate? When he couldn't find an answer, he left just to avoid her. Now, Luka was done running. He's ready to claim Crystina as his mate but unfortunately, her heart already belonged to another.

Angel couldn't believe that she had just fallen in love at first sight. She is just a girl who owns a flower shop while the guy she likes is the owner of a famous company, Dave. However, to Angel, Dave was such a loving person and so gentle, so understanding... until that moment came. At the restaurant Dave proposed to her and she agreed with tears of joy in her eyes. They got married after previously dating for only a few months, so short. Angel thought marriage was such an amazingly happy thing... but, the opposite happened. Winter suddenly came among the mortal warmth. Everything changed and Angel became a woman who could never be happy again.

Scarlet has returned to her old pack, broken, haunted by nightmares, and desperate to rebuild her life. Alpha Roman has also returned to the pack for revenge and retribution for the murder of his sister. Scarlet had to deal with a lot of terrible things happening in and around her life, but the last thing she could deal with was a matebond that wasn't properly severed. Alpha Roman wanted to be a part of her life, but first, he had to get rid of the man who tried to claim Scarlet as his and also wanted her dead. Roman had just one promise for the woman whose heart he broke. “From tonight, I’ll unbreak you.” He said, his eyes holding a promise he vowed to keep for eternity.

Annalise is 21 and in college with her two best friends and her sister. She is starting her last year off on a good start. She is one grade ahead of her average age. She is studying art and wants to be the best she can be. She is assigned a partner for her last big assignment, Theo Hyde. He is the guy she has had a crush on for years, but he is also her best friend's ex-boyfriend. She tries to focus on the project, but her feelings keep getting in the way.

Warning: 21+ Renee's family used to be a wealthy family. For Renee, their family is a happy family, even though her mother is a weak woman who is sickly, but apart from that she is the perfect mother. Until then Sean Bramasta came into their life. Sean literally destroyed her family, somehow her father's ownership of the business was just countered, everything was taken by Sean and controlled under his hands. Her father had nothing more than a monthly allowance for him and his family. Renee's family fell into poverty instantly. Renee was strong enough to endure it all, but not her mother. She broke down more the poorer they got, the more she suffered. Then one morning, her mother just died. After the death of her mother, her father was devastated. One day, her father drove their car, the only thing they had left. He crashed into the parapet until the car rolled over several times and her father died instantly on the spot. Because of that, the resentment that was buried deep in Renee's heart became even more intense after the death of her parents. All of this has its roots in Sean Bramasta. What will she do next? Will the plan work or is it futile?

After three years of living with my wife’s family, everyone thought they could treat me like a pushover. Me? I’m just waiting for her to hold my hand before I can give her the world.

Olivia and Carl establish a pattern of behavior at the dinner table, and one more powerful in bed since the same night they met. Meeting at the usual restaurant every Friday night, they don't know each other's lives, what they do for a living, they don't know last names, or if they have someone waiting for them at home. They don't send text messages or calls either, just throw a new proposal on the mattress to be lovers once again and again. Everything is perfect between them, what could go wrong?

What was the right way to fight an enemy? As a mate or as a best friend? And in the end, I found my answer. "Mate!" I called to Arden and I waited for him to answer it. My mind began to plot how I would silently and quietly take down his father, his mistress, and himself to the grave. I would be the one to drive a sword through their hearts. I would become their worst nightmare. I would make them beg for daring to destroy my family. I felt my eyes moisten as I glared at him. I would be the last thing that they saw before they breathed their last. "Mate!" Arden answered. And in my mind, I knew that Arden had just signed his death warrant by accepting me as his mate. ********* On the night of Zira's mating ceremony, she is killed by her childhood bestfriend and mate, Arden Blackstone —a man whose family has done nothing but hate the Alpha's Household. After murdering the entire family, Zira is left for last. Zira finds herself in the void between life and death. The man who she had thought loved her, had only been using her to get to the throne and her parents —while the one whom she considered her enemy was the one who wanted to help her. The moon goddess appears to her and she gives her two options; To remain in the void to cry her eyes out or return to her old life and protect the moon crest from getting into the wrong hands. In the end she chooses revenge and Zira will stop at nothing until they are all destroyed.