Chinese Northern Expedition

* The fourth book in the Love and Other Sorcery Series - Book One, The Mage's Heart, Book Two, The Golden Dragon's Princess, Book Three, Akyran's Folly * Love's Sacrifice Will Make You Stronger Tarragon, the first-born child of Queen Diandreliera of Uyan Taesil and her dragon husband, Aurien, is the child of prophecy in every way. She is beautiful, talented, well-learned, and a master of the sword she was born to wield. She is also as magnificent a golden dragon as her father when in dragon-form. Daethie loves and adores her older sister and envies her for all that Tarragon is and Daethie isn't. Short, small, dark haired, and unable to shift into a dragon, Daethie is fondly known as "the runt of the dragon litter." Whilst her siblings excel at Prince Akyran and Princess Ecaeris' Monster Hunting training, Daethie is a disaster more likely to harm herself than any monster that she encounters. When Prince Akyran brings Aien, the son of a local warlock who is well known for his villainy, to the castle as his hostage, Aien singles out Daethie to befriend, and Daethie falls hard and fast for the enigmatic warlock's son. With the increasing danger of monsters roaming their land, Tarragon leads an expedition to locate the portal that is allowing the creatures to cross from their world, but it is a dangerous, testing journey and one that not all will complete alive. What sacrifice will be made for love and the rescue of their world?

In the third year of my engagement to Jack, he found himself a pureblooded, sharp-fanged huntress up in the Northern Territory. The night before my birthday, he brought her to me—just to call off the bond. He looked at me, cold and distant. “Bethel and I both live for the thrill of the night hunt. You're just a greenhouse wolf—soft and sheltered. You’ll never get what makes it all so addictive.” I asked, holding back the hurt, “Did it really have to be today?” He chuckled, “Did breaking a bond require a date on the calendar?” I nodded without arguing. But the next month, we ended up in the same Blood Moon Trial up north. What he didn’t know was—I tasted the rush of the hunt, the heat of blood, and got the champion long before he even came of age. Later, on his birthday, I sealed a life bond with another powerful wolf. He looked at me, red-eyed and hoarse, voice barely his, “Did it have to be today?” I smiled back, “Life bonds need good omens. The moon’s just right tonight.”

What happens when it's time to come together with your long-time crush but something happens pulling you far apart from him? Ellie becoming winner of the Miss Wolf World International pulls the interest of her Alpha to her who had been treating her like scum before despite her crushing on him. He proposes a very expensive marriage to her because he needs a girl to sustain his reign as Alpha of the Southern Crescent Pack. Before he could get to claim her, his twin brother, the Alpha of the Northern Crescent Pack had already did and when Ellie discovered they were mates, she was delighted thinking it was Brian. When the real Brian later returned, her illusion was gone. Now trapped between this twin who wants her more than anything in the world. Will she go for her fated mate or the one she has been dying hard to be with for many years and who finally responded to her call?

Before our marking ceremony, my fiancé, Adrian Conner, insists on bringing his childhood sweetheart along on our trip—all because Flora Wooledge says she also wants to see the northern lights. He switches my first-class ticket to Flora's name. He says, "I'll fly first class with Flora. You can take connecting flights by land. The doctor said it's not good for a pregnant woman to stay at high altitude for too long." I don't cry or argue. Instead, I calmly push him toward Flora. He snorts. "You've finally learned to behave. You're not as clingy and troublesome as before." After he leaves, I quietly sign the abortion consent form at the hospital. Then, I book a ticket to the southern hemisphere. In my past life, I begged and clung to him, hoping to keep him with our pup. But on that trip, Flora was attacked by rogue wolves and torn apart in the snow. Adrian kept a calm facade. Yet on the night I was about to give birth, he dragged me back home and cut open my belly with his own hands. He stood there and listened as our pup's cries slowly faded away. He poured all his hatred onto me. He believed I caused Flora's death and that I ruined his chance to become the Conner family's heir. To him, I was nothing more than a sacrificial pawn. In this new life, when I step off the private jet, I see Adrian standing there with his eyes bloodshot. He stares at my belly and asks, "Where's the pup?" Before I can answer, his half-brother wraps an arm around my waist. "Adrian, show some respect to your sister-in-law."

Meet Safiya, Princess of Herakleopolis city in northern Egypt. People call her gem of Herak. Kings and Princes travel from far to behold her beauty, queens and princesses are jealous of beauty, her elegance. Princess Safiya isn't just a princess, she has other attributes aside from her beauty. She's a deadly weapon, an assassin. Her father, king Nitokris, uses her to take out anyone that stands as a treat to his throne, to take the person out of existence but who would ever suspect a gorgeous princess like Safiya? As the king's belove daughter, she would do anything to please her dad, she doesn't hesitate to do her Father's bidding. But then a day came, king Nitokris sent her to Aris Micah, a very wealthy CEO..... What happens when her heart beats for the one man she's supposed to take out of existence? What happens when she falls in love with the man she's to ? Aris Micah being a very famous business man, is really feared by his enemies and his business rivals. He is also respected in the business world. He's handsome, grumpy and of course, a flirt. What happens when his parents calls him to come back home so he could find a wife, In order to inherit his father wealth. What happens when he brings the princess back home as his bride...

Johanna Thorne and her sister, Allison Thorne, marry into the Silverplume family, the most prestigious werewolf family in the Northern Wolflands, on the same day. Their husbands are the only pair of pureblood Alpha twins in the family—Carlin Silverplume and Uriel Silverplume. Throughout the continent's long history, fewer than ten such twin pairs have ever been born. They are seen as blessings from the Moon Goddess herself, a source of pride for the entire family. Johanna is wed to the calm and stoic younger brother, Carlin. Her sister becomes the mate of the elder twin, Uriel, the family's strongest warrior Alpha. But during a mission to hunt down rebel wolves, Uriel is tragically killed. His body is never recovered. With his death, his bloodline ends. The news devastates the matriarch. She weeps before the altar, crying that this is punishment for the Silverplume family. With Uriel gone and no heir left behind, one of the family's two remaining pureblood lines is now severed. The future of their legacy hangs by a thread. Three days later, the matriarch summons Carlin and Johanna to the council hall. Before the gathered elders and priests, she solemnly proposes a solution. "Carlin shares the same blood and bone as Uriel... In the name of our ancestral spirits, I ask that Carlin form a breeding pact with Allison to fulfill Uriel's unfinished duty." Johanna's hands clench tightly. She turns to look at Carlin. In that moment, she doesn't know whether she's still his Luna or just a sacrifice offered up to preserve the family's bloodline.

"Sorry, Chloe. I really have an emergency!" After ten years of dating, my Alpha mate, Aiden Rothschild, made yet another excuse about handling pack affairs and left halfway through our candlelit dinner. Then, I saw a post by Aiden’s childhood sweetheart, Lana, on social media. In the photo, Aiden was gently holding her foot. [Twisted my ankle a little while cleaning the roof. It got better quickly, but Aiden still rushed over the moment he heard. No matter when I need you, you're always there. That's the reason I feel more blessed than any other woman!] In the past, I would’ve definitely confronted Aiden in anger, only to be scolded for being unreasonable. This time, though, I numbly finished my own meal in silence. I had promised my mentor I would soon leave for a secluded healing assignment in the Northern Territory. It wasn’t until I got in the car to leave the pack and tried to say goodbye to Aiden one last time that I received a video from Lana. It was her and Aiden playing Truth or Dare, calling each other "baby". I wiped away my tears and simply replied, "As long as you’re having fun." However, Aiden panicked. His eyes were red as he messaged me: [Chloe, why aren’t you even mad after seeing that? Do you even love me anymore?!] He tried to confront me in person, only to realize he couldn’t find me anywhere. That day, he completely broke down.

Para takasan ang nakatakda niyang kasal sa isang matandang lalaki ay lumuwas si Bethany Gayle Chavez sa isang malayong probinsiya. Ipakakasal kasi siya ng mommy niya sa isang Chinese business tycoon. Bagay na never niyang sinang-ayunan. Bilang heiress, alam na niya na kapalit ng pagiging marangya ng buhay niya ay ang pagpapalakas at pagpapalawak ng impluwensya ng bawat pamilya kaya naman kailangan niyang maikasal sa isang taong kaparehas o higit pa sa estado nila sa buhay. Kaya naman para makatakas sa kasunduang hindi niya gusto. . .nagpaka-layo kayo siya at nagpanggap siya bilang isang simpleng babae. Namasukan siya sa isang mayamang haciendero bilang house maid at doon ay nakilala niya si Simon Clarke Silvestre. Nagmamay-ari ito ng heka-hektaryang lupain sa probinsya at may malaking hacienda. Naging maganda at kaswal lang naman ang pagtanggap sa kanya ng binata. Pero naging mahirap para sa kanya ang pagsisilbi rito dahil kagagaling lang nito sa isang aksidente. Iritable si Simon at mabilis na magalit. Hindi naman siya ganito noon. Nagsimula lang ang pagbabago niya simula noong maaksidente siya. Hindi nila alam na si Bethany ay isang tagapagmana at nagpapanggap lamang bilang kasambahay. Bagay na sinesekreto niya sa lahat dahil ayaw niyang mahuli at ibalik sa mga magulang niya kundi ay malilintikan siya at ipapakasal sa matandang instik na iyon. Pero paano kung sa isang pagkakamali ay magbabago ang buhay ni Bethany? Si Simon ba ang magliligtas sa kanya sa masalimuot niyang magiging kapalaran sa matandang intsik na iyon, o mas lalo lang nitong sisirain ang buhay at mga pangarap niya?

At the full moon gathering, I learned that my mate Carrick was forced to bond with the Omega daughter of our rival pack. He rushed to complete a mating ritual with her regardless of the consequences. They fled to the Northern Territories that very night. Their childhood bond story went viral among the packs, but I became the shameful third wheel who interfered with their "true pairing" and was shunned so severely that I couldn't even leave my den. Unexpectedly, Alex, the blind Alpha of the Silver Crest Pack—Carrick's sworn enemy—appeared at my door. "I've always been a vengeful wolf. Carrick stole my intended mate through deception, so I will claim his rightful Luna." His unseeing eyes somehow found mine with uncanny precision. "Alliances require balance, Jenna. Are you willing to complete the mating bond with me?" I looked at the image of their moonlight ceremony being shared through pack links, and without hesitation, I handed him my wrist, exposing my scent gland for the claiming bite.

Lissa is a beautiful, innocent eighteen-year-old.She is the youngest of four. Abandoned by her three older brothers when their parents died.Thrown into the world of the Russian Mafia by chance.Luca is the Bratva Pakhan, handsome and deadly.Used to getting whatever he wanted.Luca wants Lissa.Can Lissa live in the Mafia World?Can Luca tame this wild independent beauty?Others are watching.Columbian Cartels, Italian Mafia. Chinese BaronsLissa needs to learn fast.Luca needs to compromise.Will their love survive?