Marcus Lopez Arguello

They called him Father. She called him forbidden. Ayana Marcus thought coming home for Christmas would be simple—a few weeks of family dinners, church services, and small-town nostalgia before returning to her real life in Boston. She didn't expect him. Father Nelson has been her father's best friend for two decades. A priest. A pillar of their tight-knit community. A man who's supposed to be untouchable, unshakeable, holy. But when Ayana returns after four years away—no longer the sheltered girl who left, but a woman who knows her own mind—everything changes. One look across her family's dinner table, and she sees it: the way his dark eyes linger a second too long, the tension in his jaw when she speaks, the white-knuckled grip on his glass when she laughs. Father Nelson isn't just her father's friend anymore. He's a man on the edge of breaking. One stolen kiss beneath the mistletoe shatters two decades of self-control. What begins as a single moment of weakness spirals into a secret affair that threatens to destroy everything—his priesthood, her family, their souls. He tells himself he's corrupting her. She knows she's awakening him. In the cold December nights, between whispered prayers and desperate touches, they discover that some sins taste like salvation. That the line between worship and desire is thinner than either imagined. That love—even forbidden, impossible, unholy love—can be the most sacred thing of all. But in a town where secrets don't stay buried and the church sees everything, their passion will cost them more than they ever imagined. He's twice her age. Her father's best friend. A man of God. She's everything he's denied himself for twenty years. And this December, they'll learn that some gifts are too dangerous to unwrap… But impossible to resist.

They said a wolfless omega like me should be grateful for any mate. They didn't mention he'd reject me in front of three hundred wolves on my twenty-second birthday. For fourteen years, I survived as Silverpine Pack's punching bag, always starved, beaten, and told I was worthless. Tonight was supposed to change everything. My fated mate, Beta Marcus Kane, was supposed to claim me. Instead, he chose my cruel stepsister and condemned me to the silver chamber. So I ran. Straight into rogue territory. Straight into them. Kael, Damon, and Reece Blackthorn: three exiled alpha bikers with reputations as dark as their wolves. Dangerous and deadly. And somehow... all three are my fated mates. They say shared mates only occur in the most powerful bloodlines. They say it's a gift from the moon goddess herself. But I'm nobody. I'm broken. I don't even have a wolf. Except I do. And she's not just any wolf. She's a White Wolf, a bloodline extinct for two centuries. The kind of power that alphas kill for. The kind of power my stepfather has been suppressing with poison and dark magic since I was eight years old. Now my wolf is awakening, the Blackthorn brothers are falling for me despite their blood curse counting down to destruction, and the corrupt Wolf Council wants me dead or controlled before I become unstoppable. The stepfather who tortured me is coming to finish what he started. My ex-mate is dying from our severed bond and is desperate to reclaim me. And three devastatingly possessive alphas have made it clear: anyone who wants me goes through them first. I'm done being the victim. Done being weak. Done apologizing for existing. They wanted a monster? The White Wolf has awakened. She's coming for everyone who tried to break her.

*Smut After her mate's brutal rejection, healing prodigy Sandra surrenders to a dangerously seductive stranger in a dark alley, only to discover he's her uncle Marcus. Trapped by blackmail in his isolated house, forbidden desire ignites between lessons. But Marcus harbors a deadly secret about her father's death. ----------------- “Fuck, Sandra,” he growled, thumb brushing over my nipple through the fabric until it stiffened, aching. “Vanessa’s right upstairs. If she hears us—” “I don’t care,” I panted, rocking up against him, chasing that thick pressure. “Make me forget today. Just tonight. Please.” I’m going straight to hell,” he muttered, then closed the gap. His mouth took mine slow this time, deliberate, like he was memorizing the taste of me. I sighed into it, hands sliding up his chest to grip his shoulders. He tasted like black coffee and smoke and sin, and I wanted more. He tugged me closer, one hand fisting in my hair, the other splayed low on my back, pressing me against him. Heat flared low in my belly, spreading fast. I shifted, trying to ease the ache between my thighs, and he groaned against my lips, grip tightening. His tongue traced the seam of my mouth; I opened for him instantly, meeting him stroke for stroke until we were both breathing hard. He tilted my head back, lips moving down my throat, teeth grazing the frantic beat of my pulse. I gasped, nails digging into the muscle of his shoulders. “We should stop,” he rasped against my skin, but his hand was already pushing under my thin tank top, calloused palm gliding up my ribs. “We should,” I agreed breathlessly, then dragged his mouth back to mine, kissing him deeper, hungrier.

After five years of being mated to Alpha Lucas, I finally got pregnant. Lucas and I were ecstatic, but five months into the pregnancy, I suffered an accidental miscarriage. The Chief Healer told me it was because my wolf was too weak. I couldn't handle the news and blacked out. The usually stoic Alpha couldn't stop weeping. I thought he was as devastated as I was. That was until I accidentally overheard his conversation with his Beta. "Alpha, why gag the healer? Luna clearly ingested Wolfsbane. Why aren't we hunting down the culprit?" Beta Marcus's voice was full of confusion. "We bury this." Lucas's voice was heavy with suppressed pain. "It was Isabella. She slipped Wolfsbane into Emily's tonic by mistake. Isabella suffered severe brain damage saving me three years ago; she has the mind of a five-year-old. She can't tell the difference between Wolfsbane and Moon Grass..." "She just wanted to help brew the tonic to help Emily get better, to make me happy. But if the Council catches wind of this, they will absolutely execute Isabella for murdering the Alpha heir." Ever since Isabella saved his life three years ago and became mentally regressed, she had shamelessly invaded our lives. On stormy nights, she would crawl into Lucas's bed wearing translucent lingerie, crying that she was scared, forcing Lucas to hold her all night while I was relegated to the guest room. He always said Isabella was brain-damaged, stuck with the IQ of a five-year-old, just like a child. He treated her like a sister and told me not to hold it against her. Since you loved your Isabella so much, I would grant you your wish. I picked up the private phone I hadn't used in five years. "I regret it. I'm willing to return to the Royal Pack. Come get me tomorrow." But when I truly disappeared, the once arrogant Alpha killed his precious Isabella and begged me to come back.

**MATURE CONTENT** Territorial Mafia Series 1: DEMETRI SYLVESTRE Si Demetri Sylvestre ay isang makapangyarihan at walang-awang Mafia Boss. Sanay siyang palaging nakakakuha ng gusto niya. Ngunit nagbago ang takbo ng kanyang mundo nang makilala niya si Snow Hidalgo, isang maganda at mabait na aktres na nakatakdang ikasal sa half-brother niyang si Marcus. Lingid sa kaalaman ng dalawa, may mas madilim pala silang koneksyon sa nakaraan. Isang lihim na matagal nang ibinaon sa limot at siyang ugat ng trauma ni Snow. Nang matuklasan ni Demetri na si Snow ay kasintahan ni Marcus, ginamit niya ang kanyang kapangyarihan at talino sa manipulasyon upang sirain ang relasyon ng dalawa. Sa gitna ng sakit at kalituhan, nauwi sa kasalan si Snow at Demetri. Naging mag-asawa nga sila, ngunit nananatiling hindi niya hawak ang puso ni Snow dahil ito’y naiwan pa rin sa nakaraan. Habang lumalalim ang kasinungalingan, galit, at pagnanasa, mas tumitindi ang labanan hindi lang para sa pag-ibig ni Snow kundi para sa kontrol sa kanyang buhay. Hanggang sa isang panahong puno ng pagkawala at muling pagbabalik, kinailangan niyang pumili; hindi lang sa pagitan ng dalawang lalaki, kundi sa kapayapaan ng kanyang puso. Tatlong taon ang lumipas. Muling bumangon si Snow. Umangat ang kanyang karera, at sa wakas, natuklasan niya kung sino talaga ang tunay na mahal niya. At gaya ng isang dasal na sinagot ng tadhana, bumalik ang lalaking pinili ng kanyang puso… pero hindi siya nag-iisa. Sa muling pagkikita, kinailangan ni Snow harapin ang nakaraan at ang kasalukuyan. Sa huli, pinili niya ang pagmamahal, hindi bilang isang tanikala, kundi bilang isang desisyong malaya at totoo.

I had loved my best friend's Alpha heir brother Marcus Steele for ten years. After my first shift, I was thrilled to discover he was actually my mate. Without hesitation, I gave up my position as Alpha heiress of the Crimson Pack and joined the Moonridge Pack. I spent three years doing everything I could think of to win him over. Finally, he agreed to our binding. Just as I was happily preparing to discuss our mating ceremony with him, I overheard his conversation with his Beta. "Alpha, are you really planning to hold a mating ceremony with Aria Blackwood? Serena is still carrying your child..." The man's eyes were dark and unreadable. "That's right. Even though Serena is pregnant with my child, my father has been dissatisfied with me. This time I have no choice but to marry Aria to appease him. After all, she's the Alpha heiress of the most powerful Crimson Pack. If I marry her, father will definitely let me inherit the Alpha position." "Aren't you afraid Aria will find out about Serena and cause trouble for her?" "No way. After all these years, I know exactly what kind of person she is. I'll just sweet-talk her a bit and she'll obediently listen to me. Besides, that's my bloodline. She'll have to accept it." I felt like I'd been struck by lightning. I stumbled outside in a daze, only to be ambushed by enemy rogue wolves. I was poisoned with silver, and because help didn't arrive in time, the silver toxin spread through my bloodstream to my brain. After three days and nights in a coma, I woke up having forgotten all memories of the man I had once loved with all my heart. Ever since I came to the Moonridge Pack, my parents called every month asking me to come home. This time I dialed my father's number and told him: "I don't want to be the Moonridge Pack's Luna anymore. I want to be Crimson's Alpha."

Book 1: BRIX DELA FUENTE RAPE VICTIM — Iyan si Sofia Santiago! Kahit na kailan ay hinding-hindi niya makakalimutan ang mapait na sinapit sa mga kamay ng lalaking walang awang humalay sa kaniya. Lalaking ni hindi man lamang niya nakilala. Lalaking sumira sa mga pangarap niya. Lalaking isinusumpa niya at kahit na kailan ay hinding-hindi mapapatawad. Until she fell in love with a man who accepted her together with her dark and bitter past. Until she fell in love with Brix dela Fuente. Ngunit paano kung dumating ang panahong matuklasan niyang ang lalaking iniibig ay may pinakatatago-tagong lihim na kahit na kailan ay hindi niya kayang tanggapin? *** Book 2: DWIGHT MARCUS SOLIVAN DWIGHT got into a car accident after his stag party. Nang dahil doon, nagkaroon ng problema ang pagkalalaki niya. He suffered from erectile dysfunction. Hindi rin natuloy ang nakatakda sana nilang kasal ni Maitha—ang babaeng mahal niya. Isinisi niya ang lahat ng iyon sa bayarang babae sa bachelor party niya. Kung hindi dahil dito, hindi sana sila mag-aaway ng fiancee niya na hahantong sa pagka-aksidente niya. Makalipas ang ilang taon, pinagtagpong muli sila. He got shocked when he realized one thing, he felt aroused just by staring at the woman. He lusted after her! She was his medicine. Ito ang gamot niya para tuluyan na siyang gumaling. He wanted to take her in bed. He wanted to own every party of her. Pero paano naman niya gagawin iyon kung ang babaeng nagsisilbing gamot sa pagkabuhay ng pagkalalaki niya'y pag-aari na ng iba? Syrellie was his medicine. She was his cure. But at the same time, she was also his twin brother's future wife...his future sister-in-law! *** CONTENT WARNING: Contains graphic sex scenes, adult language and situation intended for mature readers only.

Sa loob ng siyam na taon, buong pusong ginampanan ni Isabelle Reyes-Santiago ang pagiging isang perpektong ina at asawa. Tahimik siyang sumuporta kay Lucas—sa kanyang negosyo, sa kanyang reputasyon, at sa kanyang ambisyon. Nanahimik siya sa likod ng camera, sa mga board meeting na hindi siya inanyayahan, at sa mga sandaling kailangan niya ng karamay pero wala ni isang halik o salitang ginhawa ang kanyang nakuha. Ang mas masakit? Wala siyang lugar sa sariling tahanan. Hindi lang si Lucas ang may paboritong kasama. "Mas gusto ko si Tita Karina kaysa kay Mommy!"—sambit ng anak nilang si Marcus habang nakangiti si Lucas, tila sang-ayon. Ginawa na ni Isabelle ang lahat para mapanatiling buo ang kanilang pamilya. Pero imbes na pagmamahal at respeto, ang gantimpala niya’y pagtataksil at pangungutya. Habang binubura siya mula sa buhay ng asawa’t anak, si Karina Sison—ang ex ng kanyang asawa—ang inilalagay sa pedestal. Ginawang presidente. Ginawang reyna. Hanggang sa dumating ang gabing iyon. Ang gabing tuluyan siyang nagising sa katotohanan—na minsan, kahit gaano mo kamahal, hindi mo na kayang manatili sa isang lugar na matagal ka nang hindi pinipiling mahalin pabalik. Pagod na siyang umasa. Pagod na siyang maging tanong sa pamilyang matagal nang may sagot—at hindi siya iyon. Kaya handa na siyang magpalaya. Handa na siyang iwan ang tahanang dati niyang ipinaglaban, sa piling ng mga taong mas masaya nang wala siya. Ngunit nang sa wakas ay iniabot na niya ang annulment papers sa kanyang asawa… Hindi galit ang sumalubong sa kanya. Hindi rin pakiusap. Kundi isang malamig na titig lang. Isang mapanganib na ngiti. At ang mga salitang… “You’re not going anywhere, Isabelle.”

​"Le jour où ils m'ont tout pris, ils ignoraient que je possédais déjà le monde." ​À Douala, Ngaba n'est qu'une ombre. Un orphelin aux mains calleuses, homme à tout faire pour la dynastie Koffi, l'une des plus riches familles d'Afrique centrale. Méprisé, battu par Marcus Koffi, et humilié quotidiennement par la cruelle Morelle, Ngaba endure l'enfer pour une seule raison : financer l'opération cardiaque de sa mère adoptive. ​Mais la tragédie frappe. Par pure négligence et cruauté, les Koffi laissent mourir sa mère. Alors que Ngaba, brisé, est sur le point d'être jeté à la rue, un convoi de limousines blindées bloque le quartier. Un homme en costume sur mesure s'incline devant lui : « Monsieur Ngaba, la Dynastie d'Ébène vous attend. Votre héritage de 500 milliards de dollars est activé. » ​Du jour au lendemain, l'homme qu'on forçait à laver les voitures devient le propriétaire secret de la banque qui détient les dettes des Koffi. Mais Ngaba ne veut pas d'une revanche rapide. Il veut une destruction méthodique. ​Tout en protégeant Oxane, la seule femme qui l'a regardé avec humanité et qui est désormais vendue comme un trophée aux Koffi, Ngaba infiltre la haute société sous une fausse identité. Entre jets privés, duels de pouvoir à Genève et combats de lutte traditionnelle où sa force brute terrasse ses ennemis, Ngaba entame son ascension. ​Ceux qui l'ont piétiné devront ramper. Car l'Héritier du Trône de Fer ne pardonne jamais.

Si Kaoree Rogen ay simple lamang babae hangad niyang makatapos nang pag-aaral ngunit sa kasamang-palad ay may nangyari hindi inaasahan. Dahil rito tinulungan siya nang kanyang matalik na kaibigan, si Jez. Si Jez na naninirahan kasama ang apat pang mga lalaki. Doon ay tinanggap si Kaoree upang manilbihan at tumira sa iisang bubong kasama ang limang lalaki. Si Thaddeus, kilala bilang isa sa pinakagwapo at tahimik na lalaki sa kanilang lima. Sporty type siya at isa siyang introvert. Kabaligtaran niya ay si Latrelle, siya ay kilala hindi lang dahil sa ka-gwapuhan niyang taglay ngunit karamihan sa mga babaeng nagkakagusto sa kanya ay dine-date niya. Ang pinakaclose niya naman ay si Marcus , parehas silang makulit ni Latrelle kaya sila ang pinaka magkasundo sa lima. Hilig niya? Babae? Hindi. Mahilig siya sa paru-paro at adventurous siyang tao. Ang Heather nilang lima - Si Wyndery na sinalo ang lahat ng bagay na pinaka sa isang lalaki. Nasa kanya na ang talino, kabaitan at ka-gwapuhan. Ngunit ang kagandahan ay walang ibang sumalo kung hindi si Jez. Si Jezrielle, ang bestfriend ni Kaoree na hinding-hindi siya pababayaan. Nang makilala ni Kaoree ang apat na lalaki ay nagbago ang lahat. Lalo ng nahulog ang loob ng tatlo sa limang lalaki sa kanya. Ano nga ba ang mas mananaig? Ang pagkakaibigan, o ang puso? Ngunit paano na lang kung hindi lang pala iyon ang susubok sa kanila lalo na kay Kaoree? Pilit man na hindi alalahanin ang nakaraan ay sadyang binabalik ito ng tadhana. Ang nakaraan bang ito ang magiging sanhi upang magkawatak-watak sila o mas papatagin ang kanilang pagkakaibigan? Basahin niyo na lang ang nakakaloka! Nakakalandi! Nakaka-ugh! Walang iba kung hindi ang nobelang "A House With Heartthrobs." Mapapasabi ka na lang na, "Sana all!"