Loyalty Lisa Scottoline

Arielle's life turns upside down when her mother marries Charles Salvatore, a wealthy businessman with a dark past. At the wedding, she meets Ian, Charles's handsome but troubled son, with whom she shares a passionate and forbidden night. Unbeknownst to Arielle, Ian is engaged to Savannah Lytehall, a stunning socialite and heiress. As Arielle navigates her complicated feelings for Ian, she uncovers a web of secrets and lies within the Salvatore family. Charles's ruthless ambition and Ian's tortured past threaten to destroy their lives. Torn between loyalty to her mother and her growing attraction to Ian, Arielle must confront the darkness that surrounds them. With its twists and turns, this story explores themes of family, power, and forbidden love. As Arielle and Ian struggle to resist their attraction, they must confront the consequences of their desires and the secrets that bind them.

Grace has a secret—one that could shatter her family. She is in love with Hunter, her sister Helena’s husband, and the guilt is suffocating. So when their mother and Helena ask her to be Helena’s surrogate, Grace agrees, hoping this sacrifice will atone for her forbidden feelings. But carrying their baby might be the very thing that destroys her. If she is pregnant, once the baby is born, she knows she must leave—escape the torment of watching the man she loves build a life with someone else. But before she even finds out if she’s carrying their child, tragedy strikes, leaving Grace to pick up the broken pieces of their family. As grief and secrets collide, she is forced to navigate a path where love, loyalty, and betrayal blur, leading her toward an impossible choice.

Supreme Delta Toffe Cloudwater has had a rough start after being released from prison, he tried to kill his brother's murderer which is what landed him in prison, he was imprisoned for over a thousand years since his brother's demised along with King Aidan and Drax in a coup by their best friend and blood-brother. These events made him more determined to prove his loyalty to his family as he felt like he had let them down when they died. The Supremes are known to be mated to two mates to appease their wolf and vampire but Toffe is still without his second destined mate years later. After a brief fling and one night in the heat of passion with a warrior he cared about, he ended up with a son but certain circumstances made her runaway unknown to him.

One mark. One male omega. Alpha Kael doesn’t want anyone to find out his shameful little secret. He would mate with the she wolf provided for him. Alpha Kael Blackthorn was born to lead the Blackthorn pack. A powerful, cold, and vicious leader bound by traditions he would never question… especially the one that demands he marry the beautiful Lyria and continue the Blackthorn legacy. “Mate.” “My mate could never be a male. The moon goddess has to be mistaken or something.” One accidental mark triggered a forbidden bond. And now Kael is fighting more than just tradition. He’s battling his own desires, the fury of his council, and that growing rebellion inside him. Loyalty or love? Legacy or truth? Alpha or Mate? Just one choice.

Ava Stone's summer camp experience took a turn for the worse when a wild animal attacked her. But what happened next was even more terrifying. Her body now craves raw flesh, and her anger is spiralling out of control. The animals, they fear her. Desperate for a cure, Ava meets Lucas Greyson, a man with knowledge of werewolves. But their connection goes beyond mere research. As they fall deeper in love, Ava discovers that Lucas is actually a werewolf hunter. Will their love be strong enough to overcome the centuries-old feud between werewolves and hunters? As Ava battles with her inner wolf and Lucas grapples with his loyalty to his family, they face ravenous werewolf packs and a bloodthirsty clan of hunters. The odds are stacked against them. But will Lucas choose love over everything else, even if it means turning his back on his family?

Daciana's life is anything but ordinary. Believed to be the reincarnation of the most powerful primordial werewolf in history, she is being hunted by both werewolves and werewolf hunters. After her mother's death, she is forced to live with her biological father, who despises werewolves and trains her to become a hunter. But when Daciana meets the Donovan family, a powerful werewolf clan, she finds herself caught in a web of secrets and lies. As she grows closer to Elan, the black sheep of the Donovan family, she discovers a heartbreaking truth. As Daciana's 18th birthday approaches, her full powers as Azrael are set to awaken, and she must choose where her true loyalty lies. With her family, her kind or with the man she's falling in love with? But when her own father betrays her, Daciana must fight for her life and everything she holds dear. In this thrilling tale of love and betrayal, the stakes are high, and the cost of failure could mean the end of everything.

Sky never wanted to return to the packhouse, but her brother Neo, the new Alpha, left her no choice. Dragged back home after a wild spree of parties and bad relationships, Sky faces the ghosts of her past. It's not just Neo she resents; Zeke, her once-bonded mate and now her brother's Beta, is a thorn in her side. Zeke chose loyalty to her brother over their goddess given bond, a betrayal she cannot forgive. Determined to make Zeke pay for his choice, Sky embarks on a relentless game of teasing and torment. As tensions rise and old flames ignite, Sky finds herself entangled in a web of love, hate, and power struggles. Can she navigate the treacherous path back to her true self, or will her quest for revenge destroy them all? In this gripping werewolf romance, passion and pain collide as Sky fights to reclaim her heart and her place within the pack.

Emily never thought her crown would come with a gun to her head. Forced into a marriage with Jason, the ruthless heir of the mafia empire, she is torn between the innocence of her royal upbringing and the violent world he drags her into. But the deeper she’s pulled into Jason’s life, the harder it becomes to tell whether he is her captor… or her protector. When her cousin Adriana begins whispering warnings about Jason, Emily struggles to listen until betrayal slices through her world. Adriana, the cousin she trusts most, becomes Jason’s secret lover. And while Jason’s loyalty is tested between blood, power, and love, danger brews in the shadows of their enemies. In a world where alliances shift like loaded dice and passion burns as hot as bullets, Emily must decide: will she fight for her freedom, or surrender to the man who was never supposed to have her heart?

Born to a human but raised by wolves. Calantha's world shattered when she learned that the wolf family she had always loved was not hers. She was shocked to see how quickly they banished and turned against her. As she set off to find her kind, the intense loyalty to wolves led to her scandal after she was betrayed by an imprisoned Alpha she loved. Prisoner Alpha Razor, brute and tough, had selfishly used Calantha's kindness to set himself free. But his bond with her didn't end there as the past had its way of revealing its truth. Calantha realized Razor was no angel and she would do anything to destroy his entire wolf pack. But Razor wasn't one to surrender either and Calantha wasn't one to give up. When sword clashes, hearts shatter. When ribs break, bonds repair. When a woman loves, the world pauses. When a man loves, the world ends.

When Eliza takes a position as a healer in the Red Timber Wolves Pack, she has no idea that she is close to the man who once stole her heart. James, the devoted Alpha, is shocked to see Eliza, the simple country woman who broke his heart three years be-fore. James still loves her, and is shocked to discover that Eliza does not remember him, their engagement…or their passionate love affair.***James thought of jealousy at the persona he had created in her mind . . . A wolf that now commanded Elizabeth’s loyalty even after years of absence.A wolf that, apparently, no longer looked like him.James felt a rush of irrational jealousy for his past self, his self that could act without consequence, that could love his mate without fear.James stopped Elizabeth’s path, turned her to him and pulled her into his arms, kissing her deeply.Her Forgotten Mate is created by Hannah Tatum Reading, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.