June 6 1944

"Sino ba sa dalawang Tarvande ang mamahalin ko? Ang ama o ang anak?" Isang simple at mahinhing babae si Mercedes Abeleda. Sa kahirapan ng buhay ay nais niyang tulungan ang kaniyang mga magulang upang may pangtustos at pampaaral sa kaniyang tatlong nakababatang kapatid. Dahil grade 6 lamang ang natapos ay hirap si Mercedes na makahanap ng trabaho, hanggang dumating ang pagkakataon at isang oportunidad ang naghihintay sa kaniya sa Maynila; ang maging tagapagalaga sa isang senior citizen na malakas ang karisma na si Fiandro Tarvande. Si Fiandro ay madalas suminghal at magalit kaya't suhestyon ng kaniyang anak na kailangan nito ng tagapagbantay. Kahit labag sa loob niya ay wala siyang nagawa, sa halip, nahulog pa ang kaniyang kalooban sa pagiging mabait at maalagain ng dalaga. Nagmahalan at in-offer-an ng kasal ni Fiandro si Mercedes. Ang inaakala niyang magiging masayang pagsasama nila ay tila mauudlot nang dumating ang anak ni Fiandro na si Alfred—Ang lalaking magiging hadlang at handang gawin ang lahat upang mapasakaniya ang pag-ibig ni Mercedes. Ano nga ba ang magiging kahihinatnan sa pag-aagawan ng mag-ama para sa nag-iisa nilang minamahal na dalaga?

She is in Law school. He breaks the Law every day. Her father calls her sunshine. He is called the Overlord of the Bravta. She is pure. He is tainted. They are a match made in hell. *** “There is no going back after you sign this contract,” he tilted my head so I met his sinful smirk and distracting eyes. “After this, you are mine, Sweet little thing. You’ll not be able to run or escape me. Because no matter where you run to, even though I have to turn this world upside down, I will find you and bring you right back to my side because you are bound to me.” I laughed. “Trying to scare me?” I took the pen from him and signed a contract with the Devil. ***** When Julia found out she was dying soon, she decided to do the one thing she had been scared to do all her life before she died. Fall in love. She had her bucket list planned out and all she needed was a heartless man who wouldn’t lose his heart to her in the 6 months she had to live. And Valentino Damon was the right man for the job since she was more than convinced he didn’t own a heart. He was the devil and he might be the most significant risk she might ever take but what does one have to lose if they were going to die soon anyway?

결혼생활 6년 차, 윤슬은 가정부와 다름없으며 자신을 잃어가고 있다. 부시혁의 말 한마디가 윤슬이 정신 차리게 했다. “내일 유나 오니까 이 집에서 나가줘.”“알겠어요. 우리 이혼합시다.” 윤슬은 그대로 부시혁의 집에서 나왔다. 두 사람이 다시 만났을 때 윤슬은 다른 남자의 품에 안겨 있었다. 부시혁의 얼굴이 어두워졌다.“이혼하자마자 다른 남자를 만나?”“제 사생활이에요. 부시혁 씨랑은 상관없는 것 같은데요.” 윤슬의 보조개가 마치 꽃처럼 아름다웠다.

6년 전 온이서는 법대의 킹카라 불리던 하은후에게 열렬히 구애했었다. 3개월간의 연애 끝에 그녀는 그에게 잠자리가 질렸다는 말 한마디를 가볍게 던지고는 매정하게 차버렸다. 그렇게 헤어지고 6년 후, 두 사람이 다시 마주쳤다. 당시 재벌가 아가씨와 가난한 학생이었던 두 사람의 신분이 완전히 뒤바뀌어 있었다. 하은후는 최고 로펌을 이끄는 대표가 되었지만 온이서는 남편에게 가정폭력을 당했을 뿐만 아니라 빚도 있었다. 그리고 키워야 하는 딸도 있었다. 그녀가 이혼을 준비하던 그때 하은후가 그녀의 이혼 대리 변호사로 나타났다. 온이서를 쳐다보는 그의 눈빛에 비웃음이 가득했다. “이 모든 건 다 네가 자초한 일이야.” 온이서는 하은후가 그녀를 뼛속 깊이 증오하고 있다는 걸 알고 있었기에 더는 하은후와 엮이려 하지 않았다. 떠나던 날 온이서가 하은후에게 웃으며 말했다. “결혼 축하해.” 그런데 얼마 후 하은후가 산을 넘고 강을 건너 그녀를 찾아왔다. 마을의 민박집, 그는 어둑한 방에서 온이서를 구석으로 몰아붙였다가 두 눈이 시뻘게진 채 와락 끌어안았다. “날 또 버릴 거야?”

Alice thought she was the daughter of the fearsome Alpha of Silver Crescent. Maybe not, as he killed her mother and began hunting her. She couldn’t be sure as he’s gotten a little crazy over the years. Why would he suddenly want her dead? After a year of running, she stumbled into the territory of Snow Mountain pack. There she met her mate, but she was torn inside. She couldn’t bear to bring them trouble and death. Her father was known to be ruthless and merciless. Conrad was the next Alpha of Snow Mountain. He’s nearly twenty-eight but has no mate yet. She finally stumbled into their territory but with a bunch of rogues and being pursued by hostile wolves. Alice was not keen on dealing with a mate at the moment. She has other problems to attend to. He convinced her to stay but a terrible thing happened, causing a misunderstanding. Alice left but Conrad couldn’t simply leave the pack to get her back. He had to ensure the pack is well-protected before he leaves to find her. He messed up, but he knew he would beg her to give him another chance. ******* Each book in the Snow Mountain Pack Series can be read as a stand-alone. If you'd rather not have any spoiler, the sequence is as follows: Book 1 - Begging His Luna (completed) Book 2 - Fated to a Human (unavailable on GN) Book 3 - His Unknown Mate (completed) Book 4 - Marked Against Her Will (ongoing) Book 5 - Alpha King's Mysterious Mate (ongoing) Book 6 - Rejecting Her Rejection Book 7 - The Vampire's Lone Wolf

Does no one want him? Is he so undesirable his mate rejected him and chose someone else? Is he so despicable even his second chance mate doesn’t want to be with him? What’s more, he realized that members of his pack don’t actually like him. They fear him. They don’t like his methods. They prefer his younger brother to become the next Alpha of Blood Moon Pack. His father made the decision to strip him of his position after he made a number of unconscionable acts. Jared smirked, scoffing to himself as he drove off the territory. Where is he supposed to go? Would anyone still welcome him? He thought of Polly and how he hurt her many times. He would consider it a miracle if she still accepts him even after being marked against her will. ******* Each book in the Snow Mountain Pack Series can be read as a stand-alone. If you'd rather not have any spoiler, the sequence is as follows: Book 1 - Begging His Luna (completed) Book 2 - Found by Her (completed) Book 3 - His Unknown Mate (completed) Book 4 - Marked Against Her Will (ongoing) Book 5 - Alpha King's Mysterious Mate (completed) Book 6 - The Last Lycan's Fate (2024) Book 7 - Rejecting Her Rejection (2024) Book 8 - The First Alpha Queen (2025) Book 9 - The Vampire's Lone Wolf (2025) Update Schedule: Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday

*Book 5* One mistake centuries ago left Lemuel cursed by the Goddess Merlos and forced to wander the earth granting the wishes of those who touch him. Lemuel was looking at an eternity of loneliness until his unexpected soulmate plucked him right out of the sea. Shocked to find he's been bound in more ways than one to Sebastian, the future King to the Kingdom of Atlesper, Lemuel resists Sebastian's advances at every turn, believing this may be one pairing Goddess Zarseti got wrong. Lemuel will have to face his past in hopes of starting a new future, but an overly flirtatious King is the least of his worries when he learns Sebastian's parents are convinced that a conniving usurper disguised as a curvy blonde, is the future king's true soulmate. A Queen Among Tides is the fifth book in the Queen Among series. Each story is set up in the previous book, so reading the books in order is recommended. Here are the books in the series: A Queen Among Alphas - Book 1 Bite-Size Luna - A Queen Among Alphas Prequel A Queen Among Snakes - Book 2 Runaway Empress - A Queen Among Snakes Prequel A Queen Among Blood - Book 3 Whole Again - A Queen Among Alpha's spin-off A Queen Among Darkness - Book 4 Dark Invocation - A Queen Among Darkness spin-off A Queen Among Tides - Book 5 Valor, Virtue, and Verve - A Queen Among Tides Prequel Spin-off A Queen Among Gods - Book 6 A Queen Among Tempests - Book 7

The Falcon Ridge Series Book 6 Her Choice To Make This book runs parallel and in the background of the year between book 4 and book 5. Set in Falcon Ridge and the Old Growth Forest. Grey Andrews: I’m a catch, right? I’m easy on the eyes. I’m fun and love life. I wasn’t looking for my fated, but when I found her I was so stunned by her, I could barely think. I thought, this will be the best mate story, finding my fated during a pack war. I can brag like all these other guys do about their mates. But then she does something I never expected. She ran away. Leaving me with an unfulfilled mate bond. I’m a ticking time bomb. I have to find her soon before I literally go insane and die. Mia Masters: I was just fulfilling my duties to my Alpha when the fighter stood in front of me. I didn’t know what he wanted or why I was feeling the way did. So I ran away. I can’t bring Grey into my world. I’m an obligation to the Alpha and if he ever found Grey, he’d kill him. I want Grey safe in my dreams where I can feel him while outside my mind is being broken and tortured for the Alphas amusement. I know Grey could possibly save me from my nightmare, but I’m doing this for my pack. The pack comes first before my happiness.

He was supposed to be a stranger. A bruised, scarred, filthy-mouthed stranger who pinned me against a bathroom wall and made me forget the boy who broke my heart 20 minutes earlier. I walked away first without his name or number, and I didn't look back. Then I found out my mom was engaged. To his dad. Rhys Maddox. Number seventeen. 6'3" of tattoos, bruised knuckles, and the kind of jaw that makes good girls do stupid things. The most dangerous player to ever step on our ice. My one-night stand. My new stepbrother. He doesn't follow rules - he breaks them. On the ice. In my bed. Against every surface in our parents' house while they eat twenty feet away. He calls me "sis" just to watch me squirm. He watches me like he already owns me. And the worst part? He does. Publicly, we're fake dating - a deal to keep my ex-bestfriend away. Privately, we're a stepbrother and stepsister who can't keep our clothes on the second we're alone. It's our biggest secret. Now the boy who I once considered my best friend suddenly wants me back. And the stepbrother who wasn't supposed to mean anything won't let me go. One wants to protect me. One wants to destroy me. And I can't tell which is which anymore. --- For readers 18+ who like their men possessive, their romances FORBIDDEN, and their chapters dripping with filthy, unapologetic spice.

“This….this is not right,” she whispered, closing her eyes as let her head fall back as he kissed her neck. Pleasure engulfing her, her mind hazy but at the same time working. “What isn’t?” He asked, in that rich, smooth, velvet voice that was quite enough to make her drop to her knees. She opened her eyes, staring right into his hunger filled ones. “It’s forbidden.” She whispered. “It won’t be nice if we get caught,” His lips twitched and he rubbed the back of his palm down her face, a mischievous glint in his eyes. “Who said anything about getting caught, Rivers?” •••• If there was one thing Sloane Rivers loved most, it was Christmas. After working her ass off all year as an attorney, she was disappointed when she was nominated to go on the mandatory firm retreat. A day after she arrived, she found herself sharing the lodge with an unexpected “roomie” Ethan Hale. An arrogant, 6’2”, ridiculously wealthy CEO due to a storm. Their cohabitating came with plenty of back-and-forth bickering and arguments that slowly turned into something she looked forward to even after he moved out of her lodge. After the retreat ended, Sloane returned to her normal life. What she didn’t expect was for Ethan to crash into her world again, challenging every principle she’d lived by. The man she’d met a week before Christmas might just be her undoing, because mixing business with pleasure was strictly forbidden.