Gambling Stone

“No, no, no!” She cried out, bending over to savage the little she could, but every attempt seemed fruitless because the food kept soaking into the wet ground. Unfortunately, it had rained that morning. This made her furious. With frantic wide eyes and a rage-fueled strength, she grabbed the nearest huge stone she could carry and ran like a wild beast, screaming at the top of her lungs after the car that had deprived her siblings’ food.

Ethan Stone is itching to be crowned King. But before he is passed the throne, his parents want him to find his mate. With the clock ticking down for Ethan's mother, he feels more and more doubtful about ever meeting his mate. When Ethan's parents organize yet another mating ball, he ditches the event. Will the decision cost him his mate, or will it be the best decision he has ever made?

When seventeen-year-old Alora Mitchell's first shift reveals a blood-red wolf, she discovers she's inherited an ancient curse. Blood wolves are feared creatures, said to bring death to their mates and destruction to their packs. Worse, her transformation triggers unprecedented heat cycles that threaten to expose her true nature. To protect her from the approaching Seekers – wolves who hunt anomalies within their kind – her parents make an impossible choice: giving her to the notorious Alpha Alexander Stone as a "wolf less" slave. Known as the Beast of the Northwest, Stone has a reputation for breaking even the strongest wolves. But as Alora struggles to hide both her true nature and her growing heat cycles within his territory, she discovers the Alpha's own secret: he's been searching for something – or someone – among his personal slaves. When rival packs threaten war over rumors of a blood wolf's existence, Alora must choose between keeping her deadly secret and saving the ruthless Alpha who's unknowingly claimed not just her body, but her wolf's submission. Her curse could save him, but his love could destroy them both

After a devastating heartbreak, Elena Grey escapes to Santorini, hoping to forget the pain. But one night with a mysterious stranger, Julian Stone, feels like the cure she’s been searching for. Until she returns home and discovers he’s her new boss. Her sister’s fiancé. What began as healing turns into a forbidden obsession that could destroy them both. Because the man who made her feel whole again might be the one who breaks her completely.

Sasha Stone has been sheltered her entire life. At the age of 18, Sasha has seen very little of the world. After convincing her overprotective parents that she needs some royal duties, she is finally allowed to leave pack lands. Sasha's tour of America's pack begins in White Crest, where her parents feel she will be the safest. Sasha soon realizes her parents were wrong. She isn't safe; her heart isn't.

Raya is the daughter of the town’s drunkard, her father had a dirty habit of gambling and losing money. He blames her for everything miserable that has happened to him, including her mother abandoning them. Raya wanted to see her mother again and ask her why she left her at the mercy of her father. When she got mated forcefully to Alpha Toph, her father saw it as a way to pay off his debts and start afresh, even when the psycho alpha didn’t love his daughter. Alpha Toph treated Raya worse than anything she has ever seen and Raya made up her mind, she was going to run away. Her escape attempt led her straight into the hands of her second mate, Alpha Toph’s half-brother and worst enemy. Alpha Nikolai. Alpha Toph would do anything to have her back and Alpha Nikolai isn’t ready to let her go.

Logan DeAngelo, one of the top ruthless and feared Italian Mafia boss in the country is reeling from a painful loss in his business inflicted by a peasant family whom he swears to make pay in blood. Everything is about to be upturned when he gets a beauty as collateral. Nothing seemed to matter more until the night he was given Layla Quins, thrown into his arms Layla is suffering from a painful heartbreak from her first ever love and pain from not being able to get into college like her few friends, but life is about to get ten times worse when her parents sold her to a mafia lord without looking at her. Layla thought living with a psycho had to be the worst thing. But the longer she stayed, the more sh found reasons to stop trying to escape and getting punished. But she was gambling with her life and sanity, but she knew it was too late. Because she was getting drawn into this man's darkness and it was bound to consume her.

Taphney Louins Vergara, a 23-year-old woman, has always lived a privileged life as the daughter of Danilo Vergara, the owner of Vergara Airlines. However, her world crumbles when she discovers that her father is deeply in debt due to his gambling addiction. Despite her efforts to avoid being dragged down by her family's troubles, Taphney finds herself in a bind when she is forced to pay off her father's debt to Ashton Mikael Santocildez, the owner of the casino where her father lost all his money. Desperate to escape her predicament, Taphney attempts to run and hide, but Ashton always manages to track her down. He presents her with a proposal: become his wife for three months, only for show, to fulfill the contract. Reluctantly, Taphney agrees, but as they spend more time together, she begins to develop feelings for Ashton. Will they end up together? Or stick to each other's arms for three months because it's Just A Contract?

What happens when Zara Howard's cruel stepfather is held at gunpoint because of the massive gambling debts he owes to the Mafia? To make the situation further twisted, he offers either of his two stepdaughters as compensation, without even skipping a beat. Fortunately, Asher Lancaster has his morals in place and refuses to let the two girls suffer for their stepfather's selfishness. From that day onwards, Zara has felt an undeniable tug towards Asher. Over the course of time, she developed some 'innocent stalking' skills just to find any excuse to feel closer to him. His forest green eyes, coffee brown hair, and deep commanding voice had bewitched her. Zara was a daydreamer and her mind lured her into making everything about Asher Lancaster. But given her not-so-sneaky stalking skills, Asher Lancaster catches up. But it doesn't just end there, he decides to have fun with this little game Zara is trying to play with him.

Logan DeAngelo, one of the top ruthless and feared Italian Mafia boss in the country is reeling from a painful loss in his business inflicted by a peasant family whom he swears to make pay in blood. Everything is about to be upturned when he gets a beauty as collateral. Nothing seemed to matter more until the night he was given Layla Quins, thrown into his arms Layla is suffering from a painful heartbreak from her first ever love and pain from not being able to get into college like her few friends, but life is about to get ten times worse when her parents sold her to a mafia lord without looking at her. Layla thought living with a psycho had to be the worst thing. But the longer she stayed, the more sh found reasons to stop trying to escape and getting punished. But she was gambling with her life and sanity, but she knew it was too late. Because she was getting drawn into this man's darkness and it was bound to consume her.