dark books to read

When three years ago, Maggie's wallet was stolen, she thought that it was just a simple robbery, one amongst many others happening every day. But when one day a guy shows up at her door claiming to be her husband, her whole life turns upside down. Jackson Peters, a well-known businessman from Chicago, finds himself in the middle of a scandal when his just wedded bride is found dead in a hotel room in Las Vegas. Influence and strings he had helped him to keep his name out of the press, but when he found that she was not who she said she was, Jack sets off on a journey that will take him right into the arms of destiny.Maggie agreed to help him avoid the scandal by pretending to be the girl that he married, and in return, Jack will pay her mother's hospital bill she's been struggling with.But what will happen when life throws more surprises their way? Will they bring them closer together or drive them even further apart?

Laila is just one of the many Omegas of the Grey Marsh pack, a werewolf pack widely renowned for their savage brutality. A brutality that - for some members at least - isn't only aimed at outsiders. But as fierce as Grey Marsh are among werewolves, even they tread carefully when it comes to the Lycans that inhabit the mountains to their west. They, too, are feared and avoided by others of their kind, and a werewolf is no match for the raw, brutal power of a Lycan. Or are they? She's about to find out..

Kataya Duponte is the shifterless daughter of the Primate King. She's been fated to four mates: Twins Ari King and Rei Kang of the tiger clan, Hiru Treeson of the snake clan, and Samuel Jones of the wolf clan. Hiru hates the idea of her as his mate. When the opportunity arises for him to reject her on all of their behalf, he takes it. Only Ari King and Rei Kang know the true reason of her shifterless nature. They WANT to be fated to her. Samuel didn't like his choice stolen from him. Now mateless and forced out of her home after word spread of her rejection she has nowhere else to go but up, right? TRIGGER WARNINGS: ABUSE, VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT

Aurora St. Claire expected the worst when she was forced to move across country in the middle of her junior year. Desperate to leave her shattered home the moment she turns eighteen, her plans are disrupted by the god-like Maddox twins. Aurora doesn't understand the deep attraction she holds for the twin's, and ignores them at every turn. Thrown into a world she knows nothing about, Aurora's demons come back to haunt her, making her question who or what she truly is. Will Aurora run from the secrets of the past? Or will she accept her role and take control of her destiny.

The prophecy was that whoever will mate Sabrina, would emerge as the most powerful man in the universe. She was a direct descendent of the moon goddess. A blessing for wolves to overpower the dragons. Sabrina was 8 when she got promised to the future Alpha King. She had accepted her fate, believing she had no mate. Years passed and as decided, the Alpha king sent a group of people to bring her to the kingdom when she turned 18. But life throws her a curveball when she finds her mate in that group. What's worse, he fails to recognize her as he is wolfless. Her mate is devotedly loyal to his younger brother and the future Alpha King. Sabrina has only 7 days to make him believe that she is his mate as on the 8th day she would be mated to the future Alpha King. Would she be able to convince him that she is his to claim before the Alpha King stakes his claim on her and unleash bloodshed on dragons?

"You're going to be my wife and that's final." The man Karina had never seen before kidnapped her and forced her to be his wife. Confused, she found out she had been sold by her former boyfriend to cover his debt.After the wedding was finalized, he did everything in his power to ensure she fell in love with him. As time passed by, the truth and the secrets behind their marriage and the past were revealed. "I don't want you." She resisted. "Oh, you will." He promised.

Her life was barely a life at all. He got everything he dreamed of. Under the circumstances that they meet will they be able to push past there differences and learn to accept each other or will they go there separate ways as rejected wolves?Zaraphine Knight is the second daughter to Alpha Jasper Knight of Blue Moon pack. Atticus Black took over as Alpha when he turned 18 of Blood Moon pack. *second book coming soon*

She heard the door click open but it wasn't Nicolai. It was lucifer. Her eyes widened in fear as she got up from the bed. Lucifer walked towards her and she stepped back, her eyes started watering recollecting the event of this morning. She tried to run out of the room but lucifer catched her and locked her in his arms. "Shh... I am not going to hurt you, stop struggling..." She stilled hearing his angry voice. Even if he didn't wanted to hurt her, She wasn't ready to trust him. Lucifer let her go and started stripping, her heart started racing seeing that and she ran towards the door but it was locked. She tried to open it but couldn't. Her lips trembled as she felt his breath on her neck. "You can't escape from us, baby... Never..." He lifted her up walking towards the bed and she started struggling. Lucifer gently placed her on the bed and by now she was a crying mess. He was only in his trousers and that was not helping her either. ******** Three evil hybrids and one innocent mate. How is it going to work? But they clearly know that she is innocent but not weak...

"I can't do this anymore!" Easton cried, trying to break free from the man who had him pinned to the bed by his throat. ''It's been six years, Ilya! Six fucking years of abuse. When am I going to be free from you?" "Does it look like you have any choice?" Ilay smirked coldly. He produced his knife, wanting to carve his name into Easton's heart, so that every time Easton looked in the mirror, he'd know who he belonged to. "You either obey my every command, or watch as I ruin every last bit of the reputation you've toiled tirelessly to build. Don't push me too hard, East, or I'll unleash a storm that will render you breathless and begging for mercy and it won't be cute." As a pop star, Easton Reese had everything he had always hoped for: money, luxurious lifestyle, fame, and fans all across the globe who worshipped him like the idol that he was. But despite all this, Easton felt empty inside. Behind the happy smile he always wore on his face during the day, there was an excess of pain that he had to endure every night, in secret, where no one must know. Being punished for the crime his father had committed wasn't exactly what hurt him most; it was the fact that he was being punished by his childhood sweetheart, the same man he had once loved with all his heart.

“You have been promised to the grandson of a business partner. There’s no need for college. You’ve already wasted enough time fooling around at school” My brother's face pulled into a twisted grin. “You are part of the business deal. You wouldn’t want all of the employees who depend on us for their jobs to suffer would you?” That was it, the day my life changed. I couldn’t be selfish, I had to take care of these people, my family, in every way possible. My brother has seen fit to run our late parents' company into the ground, living a lifestyle he didn’t earn. Now I have to marry a complete stranger as part of some twisted business contract. I’m only 18. I just graduated high school. I’ve only had one semi-serious relationship that went up in flames. How was I supposed to be the wife of a very publicized, womanizing billionaire?