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Faye was never supposed to matter. Raised in the shadow of a stepmother's cruelty, rejected by the Alpha she secretly loved, and tossed aside like a bargaining chip, she decides that if no one would fight for her, she would become the kind of woman no one dared fight against. So she did the impossible. She hunted the most feared Alpha in the region, slipped past his legendary defenses, and shot him where he stood. She thought she had won, But fate has other plans. Faye wakes up in his bed with no memories of who she is, and Alpha Asher is everything dangerous, dark, powerful, and burning with a revenge she can't see coming. He tells her she's his fated mate. He tells her she's safe. He tells her she belongs with him. But he's lying about everything. He plans to use her to destroy his enemies before casting her aside. But the truth is closing in. And when Faye finally remembers who she is, who he is, and exactly what he planned to do with her — Will what they've built survive what they've done to each other?

“We shouldn’t be doing this,” Imani whispered, her voice trembling more from want than from fear of her brother barging in and catching her leaning in to kiss his ex-best-friend now turned enemy. “Then stop me,” he murmured back, his fingers brushing her jaw, his breath hot against her skin. But neither of them moved. The distance between them had already disappeared, along with every rule she’d promised not to break. *** When Imani Grayson, a quiet psychology major, is assigned to mentor the university’s star hockey captain, Nicolas Jameson, she expects arrogance not the kind of chemistry that keeps her up at night. What begins as a simple assignment spirals into late-night tutoring sessions, stolen glances, and kisses that blur every boundary she’s ever set. But with jealous teammates watching, old wounds resurfacing, and a love too intense to hide, the game they started might be the one that shatters them both. Imani will soon learn that some games can’t be won without losing everything, and Nicolas, that even in the game of hearts, the strongest player can fall to his knees.

"Stop running from the truth and your fate, Lia. If you do, we won't rest till we find you again.” “Tell me, who in the world gets mated to two Alpha's, doesn't it sound abnormal to you.” —-- Andalia Finley’s life fell apart the day her mate rejected her. Things only got worse when she was tied to someone else, a man who treated her like a replacement. Alongside him was his friend, another Alpha, who made her life even harder. Just when the pain became too much to carry, an accident took away a few of her memories, leaving her with a painful reminder that the thing about soulmate was a lie. After that, she and her mother spent months moving from pack to pack, always hiding, always looking for a place to feel safe. Her mother did everything she could to protect her, especially from the people who had hurt her before. One day, after surviving an accident, her mother made a risky choice, to let Andalia hide under a new name in a powerful enemy’s pack. She worked quietly as a maid in the Alpha’s mansion, thinking she could stay unnoticed. But fate had other plans. There, she met two Alphas. They were strong, feared, and painfully familiar. What happens when the moon goddess hits her in the face with, “Don't you underestimate me, I make things happen for a reason child.”

Astrid Lancetii is known as a multi billionaire CEO in London. As a vampire who saw her mother destroyed by a blood-bond, Astrid’s life is governed by one rule: Never depend on a single source. She keeps her hunger satisfied through casual, fleeting encounters, ensuring no one ever gets close enough to own her. Until she picks the wrong man for a snack. William Winchester isn’t just another high-society playboy. He is the Alpha of the disgraced Winchester Pack, a man who has spent years in the shadows planning to reclaim the legacy Astrid’s father stole from him. After a night of calculated passion, William reveals his trap: a high-definition recording of Astrid’s true nature. With the Anti-Supernatural Agency (A.S.A.) breathing down her neck, Astrid is faced with an impossible choice: be killed, or sign a marriage contract that binds her wealth, her influence, and her very blood to the man who wants to destroy her family. Astrid must play the role of the doting wife to a man she loathes. William is the perfect gentleman in public, but in private, he is a manipulative predator who intends to use any means to keep Astrid in line. But as they navigate a landscape of corporate sabotage and supernatural warfare, the line between hatred and hunger begins to blur. Astrid wants her freedom, and William wants his revenge but the more they fight, the more they realize that in a world of monsters, the only thing more dangerous than their enemies is the bond growing between them.

We had a plan. It wasn't as far-fetched as plans to end world hunger or as extreme as plans for world domination. It was a simple plan, wasn't foolproof but it was going to work, it had to work. We were gonna prove that I wasn't a boy-crazed stalker who caused her parents death. We just had to make Kingston confess that the accusations against me were false. Infuriating Jeremy Vongov wasn't a part of the plan we'd anticipated. Yes, we sought out him as an ally but he declared war on us. This bastard heir with criminal ties thinks to make me his toy but I'll show him that I'm not the cowering and weak Dian Fibarthorn of four years ago. My name is Josephine Dukes and I get what I want. Or what I think I want. And right now, what I want is to repeatedly stab that irritating smirk off his chiseled face or make a few babies with him… And I might do both if he keeps staring at me like that.

I was trying to escape my abusive Alpha ex when I hit something with my truck. It was not a deer, but a zareth. Seven feet of muscle, claws, and a growl that can split open the sky. His kind are our sworn enemies from another realm with a screech that can make a werewolf’s brain explode. I should have killed him. Instead, I looked into his yellow eyes… and the mate bond snapped into place. Now I’ve dragged him home to hide him from my pack. He doesn’t speak. He doesn’t follow rules and he definitely doesn’t care that my bed is mine. My new "friend" doesn't care about personal space, but I am NOT going to be making babies with a monster. Fighting the mate bond can't be that hard, right?

Unable to stop it now, he thrust up into her mouth, holding her right where he needed her. She stayed with him, thank Christ, just sucked him harder and stronger, her throat open and waiting. When he shuddered and called her name, dancing on the knife-edge of orgasm, she swallowed, hard. And Mark damn near blacked out from the force of coming in her amazing little mouth. **** Five years ago, Dr. Francine Cabot fled Canada for a clean start in Denver. Now she devotes her life to helping women and children survive male violence, and refuses to be defined by fear. She’s brilliant, strong, and impossible to ignore. Especially by two men: one safe, steady, and watching her back… and one who wants her destroyed. Mark Hayden is a former trauma surgeon turned bodyguard, the second-in-command at Solid Security. Protecting people is his calling, and Francine is already under his skin. But danger has marked her before, and this time it’s personal. When Francine vanishes into a blizzard, abducted by a man she once helped put behind bars, Mark goes after her without hesitation. The rescue will demand blood, fury, and choices he can’t undo. If he crosses the line to save her, will he still recognize himself afterward? And if he loses her on that frozen mountain, will there be anything left worth coming back to?

Elariana is nothing more than a broken, white-haired servant in the very pack that condemned her parents. Her power is bound, her spirit crushed into the lowest Omega rank, while Kian—the son of the current Alpha—treats her with merciless cruelty. She’s wasting away before everyone’s eyes, kept alive only by the faint growl of her inner wolf. No one knows that the fragile, submissive girl is in truth the last descendant of the Ancient and Most Powerful Wolf Bloodline. Zander—known as Zane—is the Alpha of a rival pack. A furious, possessive man ruled by primal instincts. The world fears him as the strongest Alpha alive, whispered to have even killed his own brother. Yet through the dark haze of his rage, an unexpected encounter breaks through. When Zane senses the fated bond, his wild, protective instinct surges to the surface. With a single, brutal look, he claims the abused girl as his own, declaring that his Little One is now the Mate of the great Alpha. But trust cannot be bought. Zane battles the shadows of his past, while Elariana fears the dominance that the Alpha embodies. And when a vicious rumor spreads—that Elariana is a spy planted by his enemies—will Zane’s raging wolf see through the crimson haze before he shatters the heart of the last heir to the Ancient Bloodline?

But for Alpha Randall, I would have been married to Winston, Prince of the Riverton Pack, strengthening the bond between our Packs. But I chose to elope with him, my fated mate, the man I had prayed to the Moon Goddess for. Together, we went to his Pack for our fairy tale ending, the kind of love that has its story told for centuries. But life always has different plans… “I, Alpha Randall, reject you, Lyra, as my fated mate.” Betrayed, Rejected, and locked up in his Pack, my entire world shattered before my eyes, the consequences of my actions weighing down on my shoulders. But what am I to do when the ghosts of my past return? Will there ever be a second chance?

You didn't buy a wife, Silas. You bought a hostage.”“Correct, Little Bird. And if you make a sound, the cage gets smaller.” Vienne Caelthorne was raised under one strict rule: master your emotions, or they will master you. She thought she knew how to play the high-society game. She thought she was safe. She was dead wrong.When a faceless debt threatens her aunts empire, her practical aunt sells her to the most feared shadow in the corporate elite—Silas Vane. To the press, he is the icy billionaire savior. To Vienne, he is a ruthless predator. That was the believe she had. The contract is brutal, binding, and absolute: No intimacy. Total submission. Never enter the “Estate’s West Wing.” But Vienne didn't survive a cutthroat upbringing just to be a submissive pawn. She intends to play the perfect wife by day, while digging up the secrets to destroy Silas by night unbeknownst to her that she was cracking her own hidden past. There are no corporate ledgers waiting for her in the dark. There is only a blood-stained folder detailing the childhood accident she was forced to forget and the terrifying realization that her contract isn't an execution. It is a legal shield. As the invisible enemies hunting her real identity step out from the shadows, Vienne realizes the most terrifying truth of all: the monster she vowed to destroy is the only thing keeping her breathing. When the smoke clears and the lies are stripped away, can she trust the enemy who owns her, or will the truth destroy them both?