Balto Steele

PLEASE DON'T READ (Under major editing*) He stepped closer if that was even possible at this point. "I want you, Melanie." He rasped beneath his breath, his gaze falling to mouth. I hated the way I shivered visibly at his words. "So much." He ran his thumb along the inside of my elbow, closing his lips over mine again. One minute we were trying to kiss slowly. The next he was parting my lips and we were back to devouring each other. Our lips stayed locked even as he moved his fingers higher and higher. **** Melanie Steele and Damon Trent were practically the two opposite poles of a magnet. They had almost nothing in common. She liked her solitude, he liked being in the spotlight. She loved living for herself and being comfortable. He was in a constant competition with nobody. She hated attention, he craved it like the oxygen he breathed. They could never work... Or could they? When Damon finds out that he had to be married to get possession of his late father's properties, he let his friends talk him into putting up an ad in the News Paper and making a public spectacle to look for his future wife. What he didn't see coming was Melanie signing up for the competition. Somehow along the way, lines are not just crossed they're being completely erased. He's broken all his rules with her and she's thrown way her sanity when it comes to him. They find themselves battling an attraction that was slowly becoming something more. What happens when Damon's secret gets out? Would Melanie be able to forgive him? Or will their story end before it even has a chance to begin?

“Ils m'ont tuée une fois, je ne les laisserai plus me tuer.” Olivia Steele avait tout pour elle : la beauté, la richesse et un fiancé aimant, Adrian Cross. Mais le soir de ses fiançailles, elle découvre sa trahison ; il la poignarde à mort sous le regard ravi de sa demi-sœur. Olivia se réveille deux semaines jour pour jour après ses fiançailles, pleine de souvenirs de la trahison qu'elle a subie. Cette fois, Olivia ne sera plus la naïve qu'elle était dans sa vie passée. Elle compte bien détruire Adrian avant qu'il ne la détruise. Elle ruine sa réputation et son entreprise, révélant ses crimes. Mais lorsqu'Adrian s'en aperçoit et riposte, Olivia se retrouve acculé au pied du mur. Sa seule échappatoire ? Un contrat de mariage avec l'homme le plus dangereux de la ville : Cassian Blackwood, un milliardaire impitoyable qui nourrit lui aussi une haine pour Adrian. Cassian lui offre protection, pouvoir et une chance de vengeance. En échange ? Elle ne devient son épouse que de nom. Mais alors que leur proximité allume un feu qu'aucun des deux ne peut contrôler, Olivia réalise trop tard que Cassian est tout aussi dangereux que l'homme qui l'a tuée. Et cette fois, elle pourrait ne pas survivre…

In a world where being strong is everything and omegas are scorned, Freya’s miserable life worsens when she clocks 18 and discovers she's an omega without a wolf. Her mate, family and entire pack in general, never missed an opportunity to make her life a living hell afterwards. "An omega like you is a burden to our pack." "You're a disgrace to our kind!" "Even the smallest pup has more value than you, omega scum!" Their comments made her suicidal and just when she was about to act on her feelings, three enigmatic alphas appeared in her pack claiming she was their mate! "An enemy of my mate is my enemy!" Knight Sterling declared icily as he stared down at her tormentors. A hushed silence fell as Steele Lockwood also growled, "Bow to you? Asking my mate to bow to you is equivalent to asking me to bow to you!" Hunter Caldwell chimed in. "You speak ill of her and I won't hesitate to rip out your blasphemous tongue!" However, after years of enduring torments and abuse by her pack and everyone she ever knew, Freya doesn't believe these men really care about her. But with their cruel past of executing omegas, she fears she'd just be one of the many omegas who'd eventually end up dead in their sick game. So she runs as far away from them as possible. But running away from one's fate isn't that easy. No matter how far away from them she gets, she always ends up entangled with one person or another. When she starts getting close to them, she discovers these men aren't what they seem. And when a mysterious face from her past resurfaces, she must make a decision that'd forever make or scar her for the rest of her life.

I had loved my best friend's Alpha heir brother Marcus Steele for ten years. After my first shift, I was thrilled to discover he was actually my mate. Without hesitation, I gave up my position as Alpha heiress of the Crimson Pack and joined the Moonridge Pack. I spent three years doing everything I could think of to win him over. Finally, he agreed to our binding. Just as I was happily preparing to discuss our mating ceremony with him, I overheard his conversation with his Beta. "Alpha, are you really planning to hold a mating ceremony with Aria Blackwood? Serena is still carrying your child..." The man's eyes were dark and unreadable. "That's right. Even though Serena is pregnant with my child, my father has been dissatisfied with me. This time I have no choice but to marry Aria to appease him. After all, she's the Alpha heiress of the most powerful Crimson Pack. If I marry her, father will definitely let me inherit the Alpha position." "Aren't you afraid Aria will find out about Serena and cause trouble for her?" "No way. After all these years, I know exactly what kind of person she is. I'll just sweet-talk her a bit and she'll obediently listen to me. Besides, that's my bloodline. She'll have to accept it." I felt like I'd been struck by lightning. I stumbled outside in a daze, only to be ambushed by enemy rogue wolves. I was poisoned with silver, and because help didn't arrive in time, the silver toxin spread through my bloodstream to my brain. After three days and nights in a coma, I woke up having forgotten all memories of the man I had once loved with all my heart. Ever since I came to the Moonridge Pack, my parents called every month asking me to come home. This time I dialed my father's number and told him: "I don't want to be the Moonridge Pack's Luna anymore. I want to be Crimson's Alpha."

Zusammenfassung Eleanor Hayes hatte alles – Reichtum, Eleganz und eine perfekte Ehe. Oder so schien es zumindest. An ihrem sechsten Hochzeitstag demütigt ihr Ehemann Marcus Hayes sie öffentlich, lässt sich vor der Elite von New York von ihr scheiden und stellt dabei seine Geliebte Cassandra Steele zur Schau. Als „verstoßene Ehefrau“ gebrandmarkt, verschwindet Eleanor aus der Öffentlichkeit – doch sie ist alles andere als besiegt. Was Marcus nicht weiß: Eleanor ist die Tochter von Alexander Hartwell, dem reichsten Mann Amerikas, und sein Imperium wurde durch die stille Unterstützung ihres Vaters aufgebaut. Entschlossen, ihre Macht zurückzuerlangen, kehrt Eleanor als eine ernstzunehmende Kraft zurück und nutzt ihre verborgene Expertise in der Cybersicherheit, um Marcus’ Leben Stück für Stück zu zerstören. Ihr Weg der Rache nimmt eine unerwartete Wendung, als sie Damien Blackwood begegnet, einem zurückgezogen lebenden Milliardär mit einem gefährlichen Ruf. Gezwungen, eine Scheinehe einzugehen, um einen riskanten Geschäftsdeal zu sichern, bewegen sich Eleanor und Damien durch ein Geflecht aus Täuschung, Verführung und Geheimnissen. Doch Damien ist mehr, als er zu sein scheint. Er steht in Verbindung mit Der Schleier, einer geheimnisvollen globalen Organisation, von der Eleanors Vater enthüllt, dass sie dazu bestimmt ist, sie eines Tages zu führen. Während Eleanor Marcus’ Verbrechen und Cassandras Intrigen aufdeckt, entdeckt sie ihre eigene verborgene Identität und die Macht, die sie schon immer in sich trug. Während Marcus ihren Untergang plant, Cassandra giftige Angriffe startet und die Feinde von Der Schleier näher rücken, muss Eleanor eine Entscheidung treffen: Damien vertrauen und ihr Schicksal annehmen – oder sich abwenden und ihren eigenen Weg gehen. In einem Strudel aus Verrat, Rache und Erlösung erhebt sich Eleanor aus den Trümmern ihres zerstörten Lebens, um ihren rechtmäßigen Platz einzunehmen – nicht als verstoßene Ehefrau, sondern als Königin aus eigener Kraft.