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Maera thought turning eighteen would mean acceptance, love, and the mate she had always longed for. Instead, her world shatters when Alpha Kael Draven, the most feared Alpha of their generation, rejects her in front of the entire pack, branding her weak and unworthy of bearing his bloodline. Stripped of her dignity and cursed by a wolf who refuses to shift, Maera becomes the pack’s shame. Mocked, abandoned even by her own family, she is cast into exile and left to die. But fate is not so easily silenced. On the brink of death, Maera is saved by Ronan Valeblood, the Lycan King feared across all realms. He should see her as an enemy. Instead, his wolf stirs restlessly around her, and Maera’s dormant power begins to awaken in his presence. Hunted by the Alpha who scorned her and bound by a growing bond with the Lycan who might claim her.

Arranged to marry the king of hell, Lycan Mikhail Lenovo, in exchange for her older brother's freedom. Would you accept such a fate and let everything you had worked hard for crumble before your eyes, or would you rebel? Those were the questions that stood as a force to reckon with for Rosanne when she was forced to get married to the most feared Lycan King of the Dark Moon pack. All hope of becoming an Alpha, a position she had trained for all her life, taken from her grasp and she had to accept her fate as a breeder. Locked and confined in a room like a prisoner, would hope arise from the ashes for Rosanne, or would she be forced to continue producing pups for the Lycan King?

She was supposed to marry for love and lose everything to her mate and best friend in a cruel betrayal. But this time, she’ll rewrite her fate and burn everything first. Aria’s second chance was never about love — until the Lycan King shows up, claiming her as his mate. He wants to protect her. She wants blood. Only one of them is ready for what comes next.

My father died, leaving me a shattered empire and a death sentence. To save my family, I offered myself to the one man powerful enough to protect us. Luca Marino. The Mafia king everyone fears. Our marriage is a contract, not a love story. Power for him. Protection for me. But Luca doesn’t play fair. He kisses like a threat and touches like a promise. And every time I think I’ve figured him out, he ruins me all over again. I'm playing a dangerous game. And I’m falling for the most dangerous man alive.

The death of Abigail Russell was the heaviest blow to Kinsley Rodriguez de Castillo—King of the Kingdom of Willesden. Kinsley, who has an identity as a pure-blood vampire, believes in reviving Abigail from the dead using her blood and powers. The Blood Full Moon Ritual. With the condition of sacrificing the soul that has been reincarnated, Kinsley also searches for Abigail's soul for 300 years. At the end of his despair at the ritual of the full moon of blood that will soon arrive, Kinsley meets with Alesha Robinson, who has Abigail's soul in it. For no reason, Kinsley pulled Alesha to his side and kept the woman alive in his care until the appointed time for the ritual arrived. However, as time passes, they are always together and living together, and Kinsley loses his resolve. He felt he should not give to a woman who would become a victim in his plans. "Let go of me. Don't you have the woman you've been in love with? Then why don't you still want to let me go?" "Because you are her--Abigail. Your soul is one. Even though I want her to come back to me, if I remember having to sacrifice you, I can't. If only I could choose, I would choose to keep you without sacrificing anyone."

Grace Summers had always been the ‘Mrs. Goody Two Shoes’ always doing what’s right or what’s expected of her by her family and high maintenance friends. She’s now 21 and had just graduated yet another special school her father had sent her to, she’s fed up with her ‘angel’ persona. She hops on a bus, rides to the furthest stop available and lands a job at the most popular place in the city of Bakersfield, California: Dale’s Ladies, a gentlemen's club, or at least that’s just the front it uses, people from all over come to use this club for their addictions or to take care of unfinished business. You can do anything in this club: murder, sex, drugs, you name it you can do it. With only one rule, you have to do it within the walls of the club. Jett Lynch is the oldest of the twins, his younger twin Dale Lynch, owns a club and helps bring in some heavy cash from the ladies he has, the drugs he sells and the gruesome murders that he’s allowed to happen and not say a word about to ANYONE. Jett is popular in a bad way with the media, and the police; he’s the head of the mafia in the city of Bakersfield. He does things to people the police won’t when it’s deserved. What happens when someone who wants to overthrow Jett, gets wind of his new prize? Will Grace be caught in the crossfire or will she be taking the heat of it?

Tana thought her wedding day would be the start of forever. Instead, it became the day her world fell apart. Standing at the altar, she watched as her mate, the alpha of the Middle Forest, rejected her in front of everyone. He didn’t just break her heart; he chose her stepsister instead. The betrayal cut deep, but the punishment that followed was even worse. Stripped of her title, exiled from her pack, and forced to drink a potion that severed her mate bond, she lost everything including her connection to her wolf, Phoenix. Alone and abandoned, Tana was thrown into the brutal world of rogues, where survival meant blood, pain, and a heart that refused to break. She learned to fight, to endure, to bury the girl she once was. Then she met Jackson. The ruthless Alpha of the HellGuard pack, Jackson was a ghost from her past, the boy who once had feelings for her. But now, he looks at her like a stranger. The potion changed her face, her scent, her everything. He doesn’t recognize her, and she isn’t sure if that’s a blessing or a curse. Fate may have torn her apart once, but this time, she won’t be the one left bleeding. With revenge burning in her veins and two powerful alphas standing in her way, Tana must decide: Will she destroy the mate who betrayed her,or risk everything for the one who might truly see her? Because love is cruel. And fate? Even crueler.

This is a sequel to The book 'Fated To The Evil Viking' but can be read as a standalone. Nikolai Kuznetsov spent half his life in his father’s dungeon, with only darkness, pain, and hatred for company. They murdered his mother and chained him like an animal. Now, the family that broke him needs him to save them. But Nikolai isn't looking for redemption—he wants their blood. He’ll see them burn, even if he has to go through the mate he never wanted. Victoria Hampton is a "sweet" girl with a spine of steel. To save her people, she must bind herself to a man who has forgotten how to be human. Nikolai thinks she’s a pawn to be used; Victoria is about to prove she’s the queen. She’s never met a more ruthless man. He’s never met a woman who refuses to break.

My wolf told me Alpha Zeus is my mate. Of course, I didn't buy it. Because I'm a weak, disgusting she-wolf who was regarded as the murdered of my mother by my pack. Even if I didn't do it! Finally, that day, I decided to rebel. Fed up with the life full of suffering, I left my pack. I met Alpha Zeus and he said he's my mate, but he rejected me to be his Luna. I loved him with all my heart, but he just broke it all! I thought staying with him was my another misfortune, so I ran away. However, he did his best to catch me and keep me by his side. I prayed to the Moon Goddess to punish and destroy him! But at the day his 'punishment' did come, I suddenly realized, he loved me all this time...

Marsai was the only werewolf that can’t shift. After the death of her parents, she is taken to the pack house as a servant where she is tortured and used as a punching bag. During the annual Omega auction in her pack, she is being auctioned off to a group of Alphas. She didn’t expect Alpha Asher, the evil and sick lycan king who is said to have a harem, to bid the highest and buy her. When Alpha Asher finds out she is his mate, will be be able to resist the mate bond even though she didn’t have a wolf, or will he reject her like he did to his past mates? Read to find out.