Better Than Before Lynn Painter Novels & Stories

When Esme Ames, a 22-Year-old virgin ends up on a nightstand, with a stranger, after seeing her step-sister Raina in bed with her boyfriend of three years Titus. Her life takes a turn for worse when her one-night stand partner turns out to be Cassian Van, the biggest controller of all corporate business, and the biggest don in the underworld. He takes her to be nothing and sends her away with a billion dollars, asking her to never appear in front of him. What happens when Esme gets pregnant with Cassian Van's child and when Cassian finds out that Esme is not like the other women he's met?

After being away for five years, and after the contract was renounced between her and the future Alpha, Kit returns home, at her father’s request, and finds herself not able to resist the feelings between her and her once intended mate. She tries her best to make him pay for what he had done to her all those years ago, but fate has other plans for her. Even in the world the Alpha had created of wealth, status, and contract mating, will the Moon Goddess prevail with her fate for Kit, or will the cruel world that the Alpha has demised, win in the end.

In a sleepy town in the outskirts of Massachusetts, a young woman is suspected of murder. When handsome young men begin to disappear and their mutilated bodies discovered, they all had one thing in common: she was the last one who saw them alive. Could the seemingly innocent and beautiful woman be capable of murder? Or do her scarlet lips and seductive gaze know more than they let on?

Eric’s wolf is pushing him to his limit, night after night volunteering for patrols. Waking to find his sheets covered in mud, his entire body aching and patches of dried blood Eric decided he’s had enough. If his wolf Braxton wouldn’t tell him what is going on he would have his father, the Alpha, force it out of him.

Alexis Wood was dismissed in her last teaching position in California due to a scandal. Now, she goes back to London where she gets the chance to redeem herself. She gets a job at Auburn University, a prestigious school in London known for its excellence and academic virtues. She works under Ashton Thomas, a strict Algebra Professor who has his own story to tell. Will Alexis survive the next chapter of her life without running into trouble?

After her family and pack were brutally murdered by Red Moon, Mila finds herself being spared only to be auctioned off to the highest bidder for a life of slavery, at least that is what she thought. But when the auctioneer exposes her Beta’s blood and purity, it turns out that her life had been spared only to be sold to the highest bidder to become a breeder. As the auction ended, Mila was in for an unexpected surprise, as she realized who had just purchased her innocence. The Alpha that had been responsible for turning everything she ever knew into ashes, wasn’t finished with her just yet, as he now owned her soul.

After a year on the run, Quinn finds herself in the small town of Beaver Falls, working as a bartender, the only skill she knows. But Beaver Falls isn’t exactly your normal small town, and Quinn is about to learn that she has stumbled onto the only place that can save her from her ex. Not only will it provide her with the protection she needs, but it also holds the key to who she really is, and the man that she is destined to be with.

"Please help me, Kyle. I think a flea got under my dress while I was walking the dog. It itches so badly." My goddaughter came to me in distress after being bitten by fleas in an unfortunate spot during her evening walk. What started as an innocent request for help with the itching soon became more complicated when she insisted I needed to help her with the problem more directly.

My boyfriend, Jacob Torrance, claimed he hated being touched. Five years together, and all I got were stiff hand-holds and the rare side-hug. Even in bed, he kept his distance. I figured he was just emotionally shut off. Then he dropped this: he wanted a kid—with his mentor's daughter. "Take it as a sperm donation," he said. "Dr. Lynn asked me before he died. Wendy's got no one else." I smiled. "You don't have to explain. I support you." When you're over someone, there's no point fighting about what's right or wrong.

On the day of my seventh wedding anniversary, my husband's lover gave my son a pet cat. My pregnancy made me allergic to cat fur, and rashes appeared all over my body. Sensing that it might lead to a miscarriage, I told my son to return the cat. "I'm keeping it!" my five-year-old son, Zachary, protested. He pushed me and said, "I hate having you as my mom! I want Aunt Lynn to be my mom!" My husband, Quinton Locke, tore into me. "Why did you have to develop an allergy now, out of all times? Is your jealousy blinding you to the point where you won't even consider your son 's feelings? You're being unreasonable!" He carried Zachary up and left with the cat. They had eschewed me in favor of Lynn Shelbert, Quinton's lover and the 'apple of his eye'. I collapsed on the ground, watching as blood began to soak my pants. At that moment, I knew I had suffered a miscarriage. I felt an unimaginable pain while I was in the hospital. My husband and son went traveling with Lynn, resembling a happy family of three. Lynn sent me a message. [Do you know why Quinton married you even though he's hopelessly in love with me? Well, I wanted a son and a daughter, but I didn't want to bear the risks that come with pregnancy. It's a shame you had a miscarriage.] Despair engulfed me that very instant. I hired a lawyer to prepare the divorce papers and took a flight back to my hometown. My sole wish was to never see Quinton and Zachary again.