Chapter Two Bookstore Novels & Stories

Harry DuBois is the name everyone knows. At 6'4", sharply dressed, with silver at his temples and a velvet voice, he commands attention the moment he enters a room. Owner of DuBois Fine Arts & Jazz Lounge, the town’s cultural heartbeat, he offers a haven for music, poetry, and taste. Women adore him, men envy him, and all assume he’s living the dream. But Harry is haunted. Beneath success lies a past that won’t let him go, a tragedy he never speaks of. For Harry, love isn’t just risky, it’s dangerous. He’s a single father to Naomi, his teenage daughter, the only light he’s allowed to stay. Yet even with her, there are walls. When new art curator Elena Rivera arrives from New York to partner with his lounge on a revival series, a celebration of Black art, music, and history. Harry is drawn to someone he hasn’t been with in decades. But Elena has secrets, and she’s starting to notice cracks in Harry’s perfect image. As past and present collide, Harry is forced to confront the pain he has buried for over 25 years. A love lost, a betrayal unforgiving, and a night that changed everything. The question is: can Harry finally allow himself to feel again, or will the past claim him once and for all?

Colleen Caddell is broke, jobless, and at the verge of being thrown out of her house. Desperate as she was, she conned her way into a program run by the infamous Andre Lourdes. But when she becomes the number one suspect in the murder case of his mother, Colleen has to explain to Andre, and the whole world, what she was doing in the room minutes after Camilla Lourdes was shot dead.

Leaving my birth home seemed like the most difficult decision until I have to adapt as the Alpha of a Pack I know nothing about. When erroneous and jeopardizing choices streaks into the Pack, it seems as if a mass of perilous bombs revolves around the Sphere. My life is taking a bad turn and Phyllis does not give me a moment of slack. She wants to groom a strong, defensive Alpha and I see all her effort crashing when my Mate dies. Yet in the heart of these inevitable occurrences, not only do I find myself flanked by my mating bond and the gripping snare of a furtive woman. I also realize that I am wedged between the plights of a reincarnated Mephistophelean searching for his rebirthed lover and a savage witch striving to rouse her Queen from an infinity curse. Caveat: Detailed smut scene, flecks of same-sex smut~

My younger brother, Sean, and I were both critically ill and needed kidney transplants. When the hospital finally found two matching donors, my mother didn't hesitate for a second and gave both kidneys to Sean. She said to me, "Ivan, Sean has been frail since he was little. Having two kidneys will make him healthier. He isn't like you. You've gone through dialysis so many times. I'm sure you're used to it." In the end, I didn't receive the kidney transplant. Tormented by illness, I suffered unbearably until I finally closed my eyes forever. Yet, she couldn't accept it. Her eyes turned red from crying.

As a result of a dispute of two packs, two best friends, heirs to the alpha positions, turn to great foes. Kathrina Salvador is a seventeen year old girl who turns out to be the human mate of both the alphas of different packs. Alpha Hayden is the alpha of the Ruby Blood Pack. However, due to a one-side misunderstanding, his friend Rylan becomes his enemy. Alpha Rylan is the crowned alpha of the Black Moon Pack, who seeks to have revenge on Hayden and uses Kathrina who loathes him. On a night, Kathrina's soul gets tampered with by some nomadic vampire, but what is the truth? What is this misunderstanding that would later breed war? What would happen when both Alphas get to know that they are fated to one mate? Who would Kathrina be with? These questions need you to follow up, so follow through their lives, as they encounter war. With an enmity filled with grief, sorrow, bloodshed and mixed with romance.

Our grandfather had always been a strange man, but what he did before his death shook my brother’s and my world to its core. Stas had already come to terms with the fact that the entire inheritance would go to me as the older one. But the will changed everything—our lives, our bond, our closeness as brothers. The family business and property would go to the one of us who married the granddaughter of our grandfather’s best friend—the small, awkward, unattractive girl who had been pushed on us our entire lives. The old men had long dreamed of becoming family, and when they failed to earn our sympathy, they chose a far more twisted solution. Back then, we couldn’t even imagine that the ugly duckling would one day turn into a swan… or that our rivalry for the business would fade into the background.

Ruby, a beauty with a fragile heart, the only daughter of the Cole family, loved and protected by her family and her two best friends, but not being able to shift caused her to be mocked and insulted. her mate,the Alpha of her pack Rejects her. Feeling depressed, she decides to leave her pack. She returns 5 years later to attend her brother's birthday,as a well-known medical doctor, with her wolf and her a new man, he was Alpha Logan. Logan: an Alpha, very intelligent, calm, and loving. He was invited by his friend and business partner Mason Cole to his birthday party, he met ruby. Dancing with her he found out about her past but that didn't stop him from loving her and asking her out. Alpha_discovering he was mated to a nerd who doesn't have a wolf, he rejected her. 5 years later he saw her again but this time she doesn't look like the Ruby he rejected,she looked beautiful and seductive in the red gown and when he saw her dancing with another man he felt his heart going gags. their newfound connection faces a formidable adversary—when Ruby's mate comes back into the picture. Face with Ruby's cunning mate whose thirst for his mate threatens to shatter the fragile love blossoming between Ruby and Alpha Logan. "The Alphas want me" is an enthralling werewolf romance that delves into the complexities of the human heart. Will, Ruby and Alpha Logan's love continue to blossom when Ruby's mate who rejected her comes back for her, Will Ruby's hidden powers be enough to withstand the storm coming. Prepare to be captivated by a tale of rejection, regrets, redemption, and the resilience of love war between two great Alphas over a lady they both love.

"How can I be mated to two creatures? Not just any, both a vampire and a wolf?." Alpha Muriel screamed at heedah in a bid to vent her pain and anger. "It's not about screaming now Riel, it's about chosing. The priestess has giving you two options, be quick to grab the best." Heedah admonished nonchalantly but there was still that hint of worry and sadness. "I feel so cursed right now. Why does it have to be me? Why does the cruelest things always befall me? I try my best to be a good leader and Alpha but all I got in return is pain." Alpha Muriel cried out.

Elena Carter’s world is turned upside down when her divorce is finalized, only to discover that she’s pregnant—and the father could be either her ex-husband, Ethan, or Daniel, the stranger she shared one unforgettable night with. Torn between the two men, Elena is forced to confront a past filled with betrayal and a future she never expected. As Ethan grows determined to fight for his unborn child, his jealousy and obsession threaten to destroy everything, while Daniel remains an elusive presence, caught up in his own life. With emotions running high and the truth slipping further out of reach, Elena must navigate a web of love, lies, and heartache. Will she ever know who the father is? Or will the consequences of her choices haunt her forever?

Vanessa's knowledge of him was limited to his identity as an archenemy and a bitter rival who suddenly launched an attack on her pack. However, this same man happens to be her fated mate, and Vanessa was faced with two options from him: Either she mate with him, or watch him destroy her family and demolish her pack. His name… Lynx Vance. ********************** She doesn't know who he was, she doesn't know where he come from, but she felt an instant connection to him. His commanding presence, his tender touch and his charming looks made her wonder if he is a being or a god. That was the first time she saw him. The second time she saw him, she was left in shock and bewilderment. His name… Alexander Kroos ********************* Who will Vanessa choose between the two Alphas? If she chooses one, will the other accept to be mateless? What happens when two Alphas face off? What happens when a sudden pregnancy comes into the picture?