Melissa Shield Quirk Novels & Stories

Lyra Everwood grew up thinking she was unremarkable—until the moment her mate, Alpha Damien, discovered the mark on her wrist and branded her as cursed. The pack turned against her, rallying as their Alpha expelled her, rejecting her in order to "shield" them from her alleged ill fate. Left for dead in the Forbidden Lands, Lyra should have met her end. Instead, she was rescued by an ancient society that unveiled the truth: the mark that Damien feared was not a curse—it was the emblem of a lost bloodline, granting her powers surpassing any Luna or Alpha in existence. Years later, a conflict approaches, and Damien’s pack teeters on the edge of annihilation. The only person capable of rescuing them is the mate he rejected. However, Lyra has transformed; she is no longer the fragile girl he left behind—she has come back, more formidable than ever, and she’s not by herself. Will she rescue the mate who betrayed her? Or will she allow his world to crumble?

BLURB Olivia Chen has spent three years planning the perfect wedding to Marcus Wright, her childhood sweetheart and the man her wealthy family adores. The night before the ceremony, she walks into her fiancé's apartment to surprise him with his favorite homemade dumplings and finds him in bed with her younger sister, Sophia. Heartbroken, she fled to a dive bar in an unfamiliar neighborhood, where she met Ethan Kane, a brooding stranger drinking away his own secrets. One reckless night later, she woke up with a hangover, a marriage certificate, and a ring on her finger. Her plan? Annul it immediately. But when her family pressures her to marry her cheating ex anyway, Ethan makes a proposition: stay married for six months. He needs a wife to claim his inheritance. She needs a shield, and the perfect revenge. What neither of them expects is how convincing their fake relationship becomes. Or how falling for your accidental husband might be the best mistake Olivia ever made.

Anessa Lourne thought she was a wife. She was wrong. For three years, she waited faithfully at home—unaware that her husband had never claimed her publicly, never loved her privately, and had been using her as a living shield for another woman. The night she uncovers the truth, Anessa loses everything. Her marriage. Her child. Her freedom. Betrayed by the man she loved and manipulated by the woman she called mother, Anessa is forced into a second marriage she never agreed to. Her new husband? Darius Kade Steele. Her ex-husband’s uncle. A man feared by everyone—and desired by none. Cold. Powerful. Untouchable. What Anessa doesn’t know is that Darius has been protecting her for years… From the shadows. From monsters who wanted to ruin her. From a marriage that was never real. The man she thought destroyed her life is not the one who betrayed her. And the man who saved her has loved her longer than she ever knew.

His lashes fluttered and when his eyes met mine this time, the emotions they expressed before were extinct. “You’re my best friend’s daughter. You’re the girl I swore to protect and shield from those who would seek to harm or use you. I cannot do this now. Your father will not forgive me. I will not forgive myself.” “But you want me.” “What I want doesn’t fucking matter, Elle. I am not the type of man you should desire. I am bad and I’m only going to hurt you.” “Why don’t you let me make that decision myself?” “Because you’re too blinded by the silly feeling you have to see the truth. There can be nothing between us. Not now, not ever.” he said with the utmost certainty. . All Estelle Biggs ever wanted was Jace Henshaw II, and all he has ever wanted to do was protect her from everything that would harm her, including himself.

Lira was never meant to survive the fire. Marked by an ancient spiral and hunted by the bloodline that should have protected her, she has spent her life being shaped into someone else’s weapon. A queen. A mate. A vessel for power older than memory. But Lira has learned the cost of obedience. When the ruins of her past rise again and Draven returns with promises of thrones, legacy, and a kingdom built from blood, Lira is forced to face the truth buried beneath every scar. The spiral was never only a curse. It was a calling. And now that calling has awakened something inside her that even the dead still fear. Kael stands beside her, bloodied, loyal, and bound to her by more than survival. But love cannot shield her from what waits beneath the Bone Moon. Because Draven doesn’t only want Lira back. He wants the future she carries. And Lira will burn every throne before she lets her child inherit chains.

Lira Valencia Vale perceived her life to be lost after Cauis, her mate, rejected her coldly due to her low status at the bottom of the hierarchy and she was thrown into the Blackmoor forest. A place where the discarded and forgotten are exiled and left for dead and she froze for weeks while pleading for the goddess to take her life. But a strange phenomenal occured and she found that the dried up area where she was thrown in had somehow flourished during the week she had laid there and they all branched towards her to shield her from the harsh glare of the sun. And a pup chasing it's own tail glowed above her weak body, illuminated by the small streaks of sunlight filtering in through the gaps in the trees. As she tries to umearth what this could mean, a wolf approached her and offered a deal that would change her life, a deal that would change the land but at what price and would she take this deal? But again, what even is this deal that carried so much power behind it and who is this Wolf?

The night my family’s rival gang stormed the mafia ball, I was taken as leverage. My boyfriend, Nolan, and my closest friend, Riven, stood only steps away. But they chose to shield my cousin, Anna, instead. I was being saved by a secret man hours later—bruised, shaken, and already forgotten. No one asked what had been done to me. Nolan only said, “Anna was scared. She needed us more.” Days later, Anna invited me to her birthday party. I went out of courtesy—only to watch her cast me as the villain of her story. Nolan and Luca stood by her, protecting her again. That night, I said yes to the marriage alliance my family had prepared years ago. When I left the city, Nolan finally texted—angry, wounded, offended. “You’re really leaving?" I replied with just one line. “You’re more than welcome to my wedding.”

Benedict Cole’s undercover mission had failed. Only his twin brother, David Cole, returned. I was devastated, nearly driven to madness over losing my husband. Holding Benedict’s police badge, I tried to slit my wrists nine times, but I was always rescued just in time. As my consciousness faded on my tenth attempt, I overheard a conversation between my mother-in-law, Helen, and David. “El has tried to commit suicide for you ten times now. How long are you going to keep this act up? This woman is head over heels for you. Just stop lying to her already!” David’s expression hardened as he flatly refused. “David took a bullet for me. It is only right that I take care of his wife.” “El’s from the countryside. She’s tough. Once Melissa becomes pregnant and has a child to live for, only then can I reveal that I am actually Benedict.” The bathtub was dyed red with my blood, but the pain in my heart was far greater than the sting of my wound. It turned out that it had all been a lie, a deception meant only for me. My grief-stricken suicide attempts for love were nothing short of a clown’s tragicomedy.

They called her the daughter of a mistress. The world spat on her, hated her, threw her away. Her boyfriend married her half-sister and asked her to be his mistress. Her mother chose her stepsister over her. Every door slammed shut because of rumors. Hawisa had nothing left... until she found a job that promised death. She was hired to be Amon Nicholas Sergio’s shield and punching bag. A billionaire monster with madness in his eyes. One touch from a woman, and he would kill. Or kill himself. They expected her to break. To run. To die. Instead, Hawisa chose to stay. While enemies hunted her, she protected him. While his demons screamed, she became his peace. While his billions meant nothing, she became everything. Amon owned the world, but Hawisa owned the one thing his fortune could never buy: his sanity. His heart. His love. A dark romance about the woman the world discarded... who became the woman beyond his wealth, beyond his madness, beyond his demons.

I was the girl Ian Sutherland, the underworld boss himself, personally picked to be a shield for his beloved. By the third year of our marriage, I'd been kidnapped by his enemies for the eighth time. When Ian came with his men to rescue me, the negotiation hadn't even lasted five minutes before the girl called him. "Ian, I lost a dare and have to kiss one of the guys here. But I want my first kiss to be yours. Can you come get me?" … The moment Ian left without a second thought, a knife plunged into my abdomen, and blood gushed out. His men handled it the same way they had the last seven times—paying off whoever they had to, then sending me to the hospital. In the ambulance, I heard someone wondering if I'd live long enough to see the day that girl could stand on her own. They burst out laughing, while I was the only one crying. My mission to save the underworld boss had failed, and I was about to be erased by the system. Ian, I wouldn't live to see that day.