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"Part One: TakenJessie Coford had a plan: work hard, save money, open her own restaurant. She sacrificed her relationship with the man of her dreams to get it. Then, in the blink of an eye, she lost her job and her apartment and her life crashed around her. Until a letter taking her to Fort Mavis, Texas, and an unexpected windfall.Part Two: TamedShea Prescott was astonished when million Cruz Castillo chose her to design his new home on his ranch. They hardly traveled in the same circles. But Cruz had been hot for Shea since he first saw her and at their first meeting the chemistry between them ignited. Cruz coaxed her deeper and deeper into a whirlpool of erotic sex, awakening latent sexual desires and bringing her orgasms beyond her wildest imaginings. Her body screamed yes at his every touch, but will she say yes to the most important question?USA Today best-selling and award-winning author Desiree Holt writes everything from romantic suspense and paranormal to erotic. and has been referred to by USA Today as the Nora Roberts of erotic romance, and is a winner of the EPIC E-Book Award, the Holt Medallion and a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice nominee. She has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning and in The Village Voice, The Daily Beast, USA Today, The (London) Daily Mail, The New Delhi Times and numerous other national and international publications.Taken by Surprise is created by Desiree Holt, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author."

I set fire to my painting in front of the entire academy. Thunderous applause erupts from the crowd as everyone thinks it's some kind of performance art. Unlike them, Willow Laurent is distraught. She rushes up and grabs my hand, questioning in a shrill voice, "Cassidy Seymour, have you gone mad? This is your only chance to prove yourself!" I shake her hand off me coldly. My only chance? No… What she means is that it's her chance. In my past life, I created this masterpiece with all my heart and soul. But she stole it from me and submitted it as her entry first. Whether it was the composition, the colors, or even my original dot-stippling technique… She replicated every detail flawlessly. Then, she won the National Young Artists Gold Award, signed with a top gallery, and became a rising star. And what about me? I was condemned as a shameless plagiarist. Insults and curses gradually drowned me. "You shouldn't be an artist!" "Plagiarists are scum! They should just die!" Her fans stormed into my studio, smashed my art supplies, and broke my right hand. As I saw no end to the hell that I was living in, I jumped down from the top floor of my studio. When I open my eyes again, I'm back to the very day she first accuses me of plagiarism.

Melvin Parker is a natural-born werewolf who worked as a werewolf guardian whose job is to maintain peace and order in the city he is assigned to. Karen Stanford is a natural-born rebellious human who lives on a bed of roses and a silver spoon in her mouth. She gets everything she wants. But their lives began to mess up by a prank that had gone wrong, turning Karen into a monster the wolf world could barely imagine.

Herlo, who is everything considered a freak goes to a gala in a heavy uncontrollable heat under the guise of a suppressants, hoping the night goes with not one soul noticing. But when the Alpha’s son Romare Vitale ends up marking her against his own will, chaos befell that night. Herlo becomes the center of the attention, the woman Romare Vitale suddenly hates with every fiber in him. She’d trapped him came there with a motive and there was intention of letting her go scot-free. Herlo will have to die, but there is one problem… She Is His Mate.

Under the full moon, Lyra Cynthion watched her entire pack slaughtered by a tyrant alpha. The sole survivor, she was chained in silver and enslaved for years, scarred by abuse that never extinguished her rage. Captured by Alpha Viktor Alistair, the fated bond sparked hope—until he spat in her face before the entire court: “I, Viktor Alistair, reject you, Lyra Cynthion, slave, as my fated mate.” Sentenced to the Ceremonial Hunt, Lyra bleeds, kills, and escapes into the human world. She dyes her silver hair black, hides in Mateo’s bar, and swears to make Viktor beg. Two years of silence shatter when Dean Valerius walks through the door: rising bastard alpha, storm-blue eyes starving, scent of forbidden forest. “I am Dean Valerius… your future alpha,” he growls, awakening the wolf she buried. The same rare blood binds them. Now she has a choice: use the bastard to destroy Viktor… or let him destroy her. Brutal enemies-to-lovers • Soul-crushing rejection • Merciless revenge • Rising alpha • Forbidden mate bond The rejected wolf is back. And this time, she hunts.

Cade, the strong and respected Alpha of the Silver Moon Pack, discovers that Lisa, a fierce and independent pack member, is his destined mate. However, instead of embracing this bond, he publicly rejects her, causing immense pain. Lisa, hurt and humiliated, distances herself from Cade, and for two agonizing years, they live in separate worlds within the same pack. Will their destiny prevail or is it the end of a love story that's yet to begin?

The unnatural heat flooding my veins, the unfamiliar ache low in my belly - I was in heat for the very first time. And Kai had sensed it instantly. "Please..." The whispered plea fell unbidden from my lips. A pleased rumble reverberated in Kai's broad chest. "What do you want?" His voice was guttural, laced with desire and command. "Say it." My throat constricted around the shameful words. But my wolf, Crystal, shoved them out. "I... I want you. Please!" Kai's hungry look intensified. "Please what?" "Take me..." It was part sob, part moan. "Make me yours!" ... Betrayed... Sold... And Rejected... Tracy finally ran away from the cold alpha who despised her for being his mate when she realized she was carrying his child. Three years later, Tracy had built her dream life, better and stronger. But what would happen to her little perfect world when Alpha Kai finally found her? ... Only after Tracy left did Alpha Kai realizes she was his true mate and not some gold digger planted by the elders after his throne. Regretting his coldness towards her, Kai chased her back. But Tracy was now a sophisticated single mother who had lots of men groveling for her attention. Would she forgive and accept him back?

" I only need your body and your embryo. No, Just pretend that you are my human incubator " Giselle Hidalgo, A beautiful seductive exotic dancer. Dancing to the beat of the heat that made everyone suffocated by her seductive charm. She is content in her life, She has a plan for herself but everything will turn to Chaos when she meets Xander Mondeverde, A hot tempered billionaire who is allergic to women. Giving her an unexpected proposal. She will have anything she likes, money and luxuries but the catch is she needs to carry his baby without falling in love with him. 

The famous Alpha Harold raided the Silver Moon Pack and killed everyone except Aiden. Whose parents, the alpha and Luna of the pack, hid in a small compartment under their dining room table. Aiden was only ten years old back then. He trained all his life to get his revenge on alpha Harold and his pack. Was being mated to his daughter going to change his mind about revenge?

Lily Thornstun, a 24 year writer who escaped from a toxic and abusive relationship to a Werewolf Community where she meets Jayce Ryder, the 29 year Werewolf King and her new roommate. While taking therapy to bounce back from her traumatic experience from her previous relationship, a bond begins to form between them as the Mate bond soul links the pair. Between the fear of her past coming back to hunt her and the overwhelming heat building up between them, Lily and Jayce face off against the obstacles that puts their love to the test in order to achieve their happy ending.