Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

Kayla Peterson était une rat de bibliothèque discrète et rondelette que personne ne remarquait, sauf pour rire. Timide, brillante et cachée derrière d'épaisses lunettes, elle passa ses années lycée invisible aux yeux de la foule scintillante des adolescents de l'élite française. Jusqu'à la nuit qui changea tout. Une invitation anonyme à la fête d'anniversaire de Jason Lawson lui semblait un rêve. Jason, grand, musclé et dangereusement beau, était le tombeur du lycée et le béguin de longue date de Kayla. Mais la nuit tourna au cauchemar. Attirée dans sa chambre, elle crut au destin. Il la prit pour une surprise consentante. Ses amis crurent à une blague. Et le lendemain matin, la « nerd » était la commère la plus brûlante, moquée comme la pire histoire de l'histoire par le garçon même qu'elle avait secrètement aimé. Humiliée et brisée, Kayla partit pour la Floride, jurant de ne plus jamais être la même. Deux ans plus tard, elle est de retour, méconnaissable.  Les lunettes ont disparu, les courbes ont été sculptées, la confiance en soi est inébranlable. De retour au Canada pour un échange universitaire, elle se retrouve face à Jason… et cette fois, c'est elle qui détient le pouvoir.

After dating him for five years, my boyfriend, Jayden Porter, sends me 10 dollars. He asks me to buy our future matrimonial home with that money. That same day, he transfers 3 million dollars to his dream girl, Lina Doux, to buy her a grand detached villa in Centralis. I decided to break up with him out of frustration, but he accuses me of being greedy for money. "Your house is still livable, so why buy another one? When did you become such a gold digger?" "Lina and I are childhood friends, so what's wrong with me giving her money? "On the other hand, you're scheming to get your hands on my wealth despite us not being married yet. I'm so disappointed in you!" He turns around and proposes to Lina. Six years later, we encounter each other again in the werewolf kingdom based in Centralis—the Darkmoon Kingdom. He's about to become Centralis' Beta. Lina is by his side, wearing a haute couture dress. When he sees me covered in mud and rummaging through trash, he mocks me with disgust, "You looked down on 10 dollars back then, Emily Everhart, but now you're digging through trash cans like a beggar. "Do you think you'll be able to earn money by selling scraps? Even if you put on a sorry act in front of me, I won't show you any pity!" I glance coldly at him and continue to search for my pup's favorite ring. I had unknowingly discarded it like common trash. My pup, Cassidy Holstrom, is incredibly upset about it. As such, I have to find it quickly to cheer her up.

**Hunger Games Meet Werewolves. One Mate. One Chance. No Mercy.** "Good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us for the Luna Games. I feel immense honor that you all would sacrifice your lives to have a chance to stand by my side. The White Crescent Pack is forever growing and progressing, and we're in dire need of a Luna and an heir. One of you will lead beside me, and we'll create a better tomorrow. May the Moon Goddess watch over you, and keep you safe." *** Alpha Noah Harvey—my godfather, my protector, the man who’s loved me in every way but the one I’ve always wanted. He’s fifty. I’m turning eighteen. And I’ve been keeping a secret for years… one that ignited the moment I learned the truth: He entered the Luna Games. Not as a spectator. As the grand prize. Centuries-old and brutal, the Games are a savage tradition where unmated she-wolves fight in deadly trials for the right to claim an Alpha. I should’ve run. I should’ve looked away. Instead, I signed up the night before my birthday, without my parents’ blessing and with only one goal: Survive. Win Him. Prove I belong beside him. When our eyes locked at the ceremony, everything stilled. One whispered word cracked through the silence: “Mate.” Now I’ll have to bleed and battle my best friends to earn what fate has already declared mine. Because love isn’t a choice anymore...it's war. Read The Luna Games now if you love forbidden desire, deadly trials, and a heart-stopping age gap romance that breaks all the rules. "The Luna Games" is the sequel to "The Accused Mate" but can be read as a standalone!

Lassée de son mari violent, Cara Hellington, 23 ans, s'enfuit de chez elle et se retrouve dans un bar notoire, démunie, triste, mais soulagée et libre. Lorsqu'elle se retrouve impliquée dans une altercation verbale avec le barman arrogant au sujet de la propriété de ses cartes de crédit, un sauveur improbable vient à son secours. Eros Kazan Alfred. Il est grand, massif, ondulant de muscles et couvert de tatouages ​​sombres. Tout ce à quoi Cara n'est pas habituée. Tout ce qui attire Cara. Lorsqu'il lui offre un dîner et qu'elle lui raconte son calvaire, Eros lui propose de l'épouser, et il s'assurera que son ex violent ne la revoit plus jamais ni ne s'approche d'elle. Mais Cara hésite. Eros est un étranger. Et à en juger par son apparence, il a l'air d'être un problème. Le genre boueux. Elle devrait courir dans la direction opposée, loin de lui. Mais elle court droit sur son lit. Après une nuit torride ensemble, Cara se sent à l'aise et confiante qu'il prendra bien soin d'elle. Mais les tensions montent tout autour d'eux, car des personnages importants de leur passé ne reculeront devant rien pour les faire tomber tous les deux. Vont-ils succomber aux circonstances terriblement tordues que le destin semble leur réserver ?

When I opened my eyes, I found myself supposedly transmigrated to some ancient era. Every morning, before light touched the sky, someone would yank me out of bed to haul trash, chop wood, and do whatever filthiest job needed doing. Somehow, I'd become the lowest-ranked servant in the entire estate. The estate lord's son would climb onto my back and ride me around the courtyard like some pet he was proud to show off. Anyone in the household could hit me, kick me, or shove me aside, and not a single soul would speak up. Five years passed like that, so awful that I almost lost my mind, as if I were living in hell. Then one day, a group of servants cornered me. They didn't bother hiding their intention. The moment I saw their faces, I knew I was in trouble. Fists flew, boots landed, and everything blurred. Just before I passed out, I heard them whispering, "We're going to kill him if we keep this up." "Come on. This place only looks like some old noble estate. It's not an actual one. If he dies here, we're the ones who'll get dragged to court!" "Relax. Ms. Shaw will handle it. The idiot pissed off her childhood sweetheart. Getting tricked into this place is exactly what he deserves." Fear swallowed everything, and the world went dark. When I woke again, the lady of the house had conveniently "returned from visiting her family." The lord threw a grand celebration with tables full of food, wine flowing, and musicians playing like nothing had happened. I carried dishes into the banquet hall and lifted my head. Her face was the same as my wife's, Melissa Shaw. I set the final dish down, stepped closer, and in a voice only she could hear, asked, "Ma'am… are you enjoying your little game?"

New York. Cassandre Read est journaliste et mène une vie ordinaire. Mais tout bascule lorsqu’elle reçoit une lettre l’encourageant à régler la succession de son tuteur, Henry Black en se rendant à l'autre bout du pays. Propulsée dans une petite ville de Californie du nord, elle découvre un monde dont elle ignorait jusqu’à l’existence : des loups-garous vivant dans l’ombre des hommes, une prophétie oubliée et un Alpha puissant, Logan Black, qui prétend être lié à elle par un destin qu’elle refuse de croire. Mais Cassy n’est pas qu’une étrangère débarquée par hasard dans cet univers surnaturel. Elle est la clé d’une ancienne légende qui pourrait sceller le retour d’un dieu déchu ou l’anéantir à jamais. Entre les griffes d’une meute qui l’attire autant qu’elle l’effraie et les murmures d’un inconnu qui l’obsède, elle comprend vite que sa simple existence est une menace. Convoitée par des forces dont elle ignore tout, poursuivie par des ennemis tapis dans l’ombre, elle devra faire un choix : fuir, ou embrasser l’héritage qui coule dans ses veines. Mais le danger ne vient pas toujours de là où on l’attend, et dans cette guerre où le désir se mêle au sang, il se pourrait bien que son cœur soit son plus grand ennemi…

At twenty-eight, I held the dubious honor of being the last unmarried socialite on New York's Upper East Side. Everyone around me was growing increasingly anxious about my single status. In my previous life, my mother arranged a matchmaking cocktail party, where I was told to choose a husband from ten handpicked elite bachelors. I bribed the event planner to place Mark West's profile at the very top—and as I had hoped, I chose him. After we married, Mark treated me with what seemed like tender affection. He even bought me an oceanfront villa in the Hamptons, making me believe I had finally found true love. But that illusion shattered the day I was nine months pregnant, just hours away from giving birth. Mark drove a scalpel straight into my abdomen—then, right in front of me, hurled our newborn onto the floor. "If you hadn't forced me into this marriage with your family's power, Sofia wouldn't have been heartbroken enough to go drinking and get drugged and assaulted. This… this is what you owe her!" He tossed the scalpel aside, then calmly let his private doctor pin down my blood-soaked body. I fought through excruciating pain for six agonizing hours, until I finally bled to death. Afterward, Mark dumped my corpse into the Hudson River. But for Sofia, he hosted a grand funeral—funded with my money, under my name—and paraded himself to the world as a grieving, devoted widower. Given a second chance at life, I refused to step foot in that cursed matchmaking event. Instead, I went straight to my mother with a demand: marry me to Robert Black—the most ruthless, cold-blooded titan of Wall Street, whose scarred face was feared by all. In the end, stripped of my financial backing, Mark's hedge fund collapsed. He became a disgraced fraudster, spat on by everyone on Wall Street.

In the fifth year of my mating to Alpha Tom, his childhood sweetheart, Becky Bell, was splashed across every tabloid in the territory. Pregnant. Unmated. And accused of shattering another couple’s bond. The rumors hit like a rogue’s ambush. But it was his reaction that truly gutted me. “Becky’s father once saved me, she has no pack, no family left. Everything she’s accomplished… she clawed her way to it. Alone.” My fingers clenched tighter around the pregnancy test tucked away in my purse. “And the only way to protect her now,” he continued, not even looking me in the eye, “is for me to marry her. To claim the pup as mine.” “And what about me?” I asked, barely more than a whisper. My voice cracked. The Sunfire Pack and the Golden Fang Pack—my pack—had been allies for over a century. “How do I explain this sudScott rejection to my parents? To my pack? To the elders? They know we're mate bond.” Alpha Tom inhaled sharply. “Just tell them it was always a business arrangement. That there was no real love between us.” My wolf bared her teeth at that. He had the audacity to look away. “Once the media frenzy dies down, I’ll come for you. I’ll bring you back to Sunfire Pack and give you the grand wedding you deserve.” I stared at him. This Alpha—was seriously telling me he was going to marry another she-wolf, claim her pup, let me get torn apart by pack gossip and speculation, and then what? he's offering me his marriage like it’s some kind of charity? My fingers twitched, aching to throw the pregnancy test at him. But I didn’t. I laughed. For three years, I had been the one he discarded—over and over. And now, even my marriage was to be sacrificed for her sake. It hit me then, sharp and cold: It's time for me to leave him

Une semaine avant notre mariage, mon fiancé, Julien Valette, m’a laissée sans voix en m’annonçant qu’il devait d’abord épouser son premier amour avant de pouvoir m’épouser. « C’est parce que la mère de Manon est décédée », m’a-t-il expliqué d’un ton presque glacial, comme s’il s’agissait d’une simple formalité, « et elle souhaitait que je sois celui qui l’épouse… Sa mère a toujours rêvé qu’elle trouve un homme bien, et moi, je suis censé accomplir sa dernière volonté. Ne prends pas cela trop au sérieux. » Mais de mon côté, ma société avait déjà tout organisé pour notre grand jour, un événement qu’il avait qualifié de « mariage du siècle ». Elle avait même prévu de nous offrir un bijou exclusif de la collection True Love. D’un ton presque imperceptible d’impatience, il a ajouté : « Ce n’est qu’un milliard d’euros. Vraiment, qu’est-ce que c’est face à la piété filiale de Manon ? Si tu tiens vraiment à cette somme, trouve-toi un autre mari, je t’en prie. » Sous la froideur de ses paroles, mon cœur, lourd de déception, s’est serré. D’un geste mécanique, j’ai saisi mon téléphone pour appeler mon frère : « Noé, il faut que tu me trouves un autre futur époux. »

Caitlin Paine wakes to discover herself back in time. There, she learns of her destiny and her mission: to find her father and the ancient vampire Shield needed to save mankind.

But Caitlin’s heart still pines for her lost love: Caleb. She desperately needs to know if he has survived their trip back in time. She learns that her mission requires her to go to Florence, but if she wants to pursue matters of the heart, she must go to Venice. She chooses Venice.

Caitlin is overwhelmed at what she finds. Venice of the eighteenth century is a surreal place, men and women dressed in elaborate costumes and masks, celebrating an endless, lavish party. She is thrilled to discover and reunite with some of her close friends, and to be welcomed back into their coven. And she is excited to join them in Venice’s Grand Ball, the most important costume dance of the year, where she hopes, once again, to find Caleb.

But Caitlin is not the only one who can travel back in time: Kyle soon arrives, too, and is determined to hunt her down and kill her once and for all. Sam, too, arrives, determined to save his sister before it is too late.

At the Ball, Caitlin searches everywhere, and finds no sign of Caleb. That is, until the very last dance. She dances with a masked man who takes her heart away, and she feels certain that it is him. But as the partners change, she loses him again. Or does she?

Caitlin soon finds herself torn between the two loves of her life, and discovers that she has to be careful what she wishes for. Her joy at finding what she wants might just come mixed with tragedy and heartbreak.

In a climactic, action-packed ending, Caitlin finds herself up against true evil, Rome’s ancient vampire coven, and the most powerful vampire coven that ever existed. Surviving will demand all her skills, as she finds herself battling for her very life. She will have to sacrifice more than ever, if she is to save the one she loves….