Critical Mass Novels & Stories

Odette Cadell, the once-cherished heiress of the Red Moon pack, endures a heart-wrenching betrayal as her mate, Aslan, annihilates her pack and slaughters her family for power. Reborn through her grandmother's sacrifice, Odette loses her wolf but gains an unwavering resolve for revenge. Unexpectedly, Odette becomes entangled with the infamous yet mesmerizing Alphas of Doom—Liev, the cold; Axel, the crazy; and Devyn, the cruel. Cursed to be mateless, they find an unexpected salvation in Odette. As Aslan sets a war in motion, Odette and her newfound mates, initially far from friends or lovers, unite against a common foe. In this gripping tale of love, passion, and bloodshed, survival is critical as Odette navigates the possessiveness, lust, and obsession of the lethal Alphas, who claim to despise her. Amidst the impending war, will the territories emerge victorious or succumb to defeat? What fate awaits the reborn Odette and her ill-fated bonds with the Alphas of Doom? Even the moon goddess can't tell what will unfold in this riveting saga of love and war. Beware: This is a dark romance.

Liena carter is determinea to mae Adrian Blackwood pay. The arrogant billionaire ruined her father's legacy, leaving her family humiliated and struggling. So when Adrian approaches her with a shocking proposition-marry him for one year in exchange for financial security-she accepts. But only with one goal in mind: destroy him from within. Adrian has his reasons. A critical business merger depends on his marriage, and Elena is the perfect candidate. She's smart, beautiful, and desperate. He believes he can control the situation, but he never expected the fire she would bring into his cold, calculated world. As they live under the same roof, their hatred ignites into something far more dangerous-passion. Elena is torn between her need for revenge and the growing desire she can't suppress. Adrian finds himself drawn to the one woman who was supposed to be just a business deal. But when hidden truths are exposed, betrayal shatters their fragile connection. Will their love survive the wreckage of their past, or will their marriage end the way it started —with nothina but hate?

“I don’t want to hurt you, Aurora…” he said in a low whisper, his breaths hot on me. I replied softly, the tears in my eyes threatening to fall, “then don’t hurt me.” But I knew he couldn't do that. His demons wouldn't let him. ~~~ At fourteen, Aurora Turner, the first daughter of the Alpha of the Moonstone pack, shifted prematurely on a full moon. But what should’ve been a night of celebration initiated the beginning of a new nightmare when the Alpha and Luna discover who their daughter’s mate is… and what he is. Though it takes Aurora more than four years to meet her destined mate, she quickly realizes that he’s nothing she’s ever dreamed of. The Dark Alpha is a million miles away from sweet, lovable, and merciful. But when trial comes and a once defeated enemy rises again, Aurora and Adrian’s untidy love might be the only thing standing in the way of mass destruction. What unravels as the enemies join forces but the packs remain divided? Can Aurora free the Alpha from the chains of his demons and look past his unsettling history? What decision will Alpha Adrian make when he’ll have to choose between his most prized mate and his most treasured pack? ~~~ THE ALPHA TRIPLETS SERIES BOOK ONE: TRIPLETS FOR THE ALPHA TRIPLETS BOOK TWO: THE DARK ALPHA'S UNWANTED LUNA* ~ Can be read as a standalone ~

A dark, clinical neo-noir thriller, The Architect of the Shadows strips away the glamour of Hollywood to expose the brutal friction between digital consolidation and physical reality. For decades, Silas Thorne Danielson—a ruthlessly brilliant logistics coordinator with a calculated detachment from human empathy—has operated an invisible shadow utility. Using non-networked legacy hardware and shell-company registries, he has quietly absorbed independent cinematic libraries, systematically dismantling the legacy of aging action star and stunt coordinator Sebastian Sorgentone to hide multi-million-dollar maritime assets. But when an automated federal audit loop paralyzes Silas’s digital infrastructure, the conflict fractures out of the cloud and into the physical world. Trapped by a looming federal dragnet, Silas must head south to a lead-lined Cold War salt silo in Key Largo to retrieve the physical backup arrays that can reset his network. Waiting for him are Sebastian and his estranged brother Francis, mobilizing six tons of un-trackable military iron to drag the slick corporate architect into a landscape where digital logic fails, and only physical endurance and raw mass matter. Meanwhile, across the country, Sebastian’s daughters navigate the wreckage of their family’s financial collapse, shifting from targets of the system to the pragmatic components that will ultimately help seal it shut. Grounded in a grim, industrial realism, the narrative explores the heavy price of family survival, the unyielding weight of memory, and the permanent closing of a system that tried to turn human blood into data entries.

My daughter has a sudden allergic reaction, and my husband, an expert in these things, is the only one who can save her. I call him at this critical juncture, but his childhood sweetheart is the one who answers. "Clinton is busy. He wants me to tell you not to call him if it's not important." There's no time for me to get mad. I say anxiously, "Tell him to come to the hospital now. Ivy has had an allergic reaction and is waiting for him to save her." Clinton Reeves says impatiently, "Gemma and I are just watching a soccer match. Do you have to joke around with Ivy's life? I'm so disappointed in you." Later, Ivy dies in the hospital, her body covered in rashes. I wipe my tears and call Clinton once more. I say icily, "Let's get a divorce." The first thing I hear is his and Gemma Walken's laughter. After a while, he says, "Sure, but Ivy is mine."

I suffered critical injuries that left me in a persistent vegetative state when I tried to rescue my wife, Regina Livingston, from her abductors. Regina spares no expense, spending millions of dollars to bring in the best medical experts in the country to treat me. She watches over me every single night, never weary of caring for me. Four years into my coma, I overhear a conversation between Richard Sutherland—a man I don't know—and Regina. "You've done all you can, Regina," he says. "You don't owe him anything anymore." Regina remains silent. Then, a young boy, Franklin Sutherland, suddenly asks, "Mommy, why do you always visit this man? Who is he?" I'm instantly shocked. Regina and I don't have a child together. I'm completely bewildered, and just as I try to figure it out, I suddenly wake up from my coma.

Three months since my husband, Julian Moretti, disappeared. I walked into his favorite den, the grief so deep it stole the air from my lungs. I just wanted to breathe him in, to find any trace of him that was left. Then I heard it. A familiar laugh. And the soft moan of a woman. Through a crack in the door, I saw him. My husband, the man "missing" for three months, had his hand tangled in another woman's hair. "Baby, just a little longer," he said. "Soon as I siphon enough cash from the family's books, we're gone. You and me." In his arms was Bianca, from the Rosso family. "What about your wife?" she purred. "Let her play the grieving widow. She's nothing without me anyway." My fists clenched. The world went quiet, my blood turning to ice. The next day, I put the word out to the entire Family. "I'm holding a memorial mass for my husband." At the service, he stormed in, a ghost returned from the grave, roaring that he was alive and there to take back what was his. But I was standing next to his uncle, Dante Moretti, and all I did was stare him down. "Then explain," I said, my voice cutting through the silence. "Explain the woman. Explain the money. Explain your betrayal... to the Family. And to me."

"It seems you have a thing for contracts, Kitten. How about we sign one again? A Contract to be mine forever." * When Avery's life turns around in mere seconds, she is forced to make a critical decision or watch all her father's hard work go down the drain. A surrogacy contract for an unknown individual seems to be the fastest solution but she doesn't expect the drama that comes with it. Ethan Lorenzo is the country's most powerful billionaire with legal businesses and the underworld. He detests dishonest people and has only a few trusted individuals around him. Scarred from the events of the past, he hates commitment and plays around with different women;But when he can't get his surrogate out of his head even after five years and catches her stalking his children, he finds himself scheming to get her to stay by his side. His principles are shaken and it's only a matter of time before the walls built around his heart crumble.

Vada left her father's multi billion dollar mansion in Bridgeton to live alone in a developing City, Balor. She needed to take a break and try new things after the death of her mother which struck suddenly taking away her once beautiful life, she made new friends in Balor amidst her father's plea and that of her therapist amongst which is Karen Quagmire who trapped the innocent Vada in her promiscuous deadly loop. How would Vada respond to the truth that stared her right in the face but she was so absorbed in her new love life to notice? Read this short severe story and find out what happened to the duo. Suspense filled!

Elena and Holden's story is told in the novel. Two people who are destined to spend their whole lives together aside their differences. Before they are husband and wife, they meet each other. They do not even manage to impress one someone because they're lost in their own worlds.