Mountains Beyond Mountains

Willow: "Life is about choices, but what if you've never lived before? What if who you think you are, is the furthest thing from reality? How do you even know what reality is? I was raised as a human, but after my 16th birthday everything changes. I was thrust into a world of sex, magic, violence, but my goal isn't to escape. My goal is to fulfill my destiny. With so many different prophecies, and only a few of them offering life beyond they battle to come, why not live like there's no tomorrow?" Elbrus - Alpha King, Warrior: "I am bound to her by a blood oath that was betrayed. Now it is my bond to her. The price for her mothers betrayal, and the lives of my own mother and pack, will be everything. I will find her, and I will take everything from her, and then I will kill her. "

Two weeks before our wedding, Jonah Alston suddenly wants to postpone it. He says, "Sasha says she's having her first exhibition on that day. She'll be alone during the opening, and I'm worried she'll get stage fright. I have to help her. We're just going through the motions with the wedding, anyway. What does it matter whether it's a day earlier or later?" This isn't his first time postponing our wedding for Sasha Lester's sake, though. The first time he did it was because he claimed she missed having homecooked food after undergoing surgery. He'd flown abroad to care for her for two months. The second time was because he said she wanted to head into the mountains to get inspired. He'd gone with her out of concern for her safety. Now, this is the third time. I hang up and look at Austin Everett, my childhood sweetheart. He sits across from me, looking leisurely as he taps his emerald-embedded walking cane on the marble floor. I ask, "Do you need a wife?" On my wedding day, Sasha holds up her glass and waits for Jonah to clink it with his. However, his eyes are red as he watches a livestream—it's the wedding of the scion of Everett Group, the country's largest property development company.

Ephemeral -- A Modern Love Story revolves around a woman named Soleil navigating through the annals of life as it coincides with the concept of love that was taught to her by her Uncle: that love can be written on sticky notes, baked into the burned edges of brownies, or found in the triplet progressions in a jazz song. A story in which she will realize that love goes beyond the scattered pieces of a puzzle or the bruised skin of apples.

My movie star husband's girlfriend suspected I was the other woman. She confronted me in public, beat me until I lost my child, and even left my face scarred beyond recognition. "You shameless homewrecker! How dare you seduce someone else's man—and even get pregnant?" she screamed in rage. "I'll send you and that child of yours straight to hell today!" And as for my husband, he didn't even spare me a glance. All he cared to say was, "Why did you bother hitting her yourself? Did your hand hurt?" But when he finally discovered that the woman his girlfriend had scarred and caused to miscarry was me, he lost his mind.

“Love isn't always wonderful, sometimes it's Dangerous,” Liliana was living a happy life with her husband, Xavier. They both managed their business, a resort. Liliana suffered from a serious head injury caused by a car accident three years ago. She lost her sense of sight and lived a life in darkness for almost 2 years. She lost all her memories too. Her husband was trying to protect her from danger, especially from her own family who wanted to end her life. Liliana believed everything her husband told her. Until one day, she discovered the truth. A dangerous truth that will change her life. She thought that her husband was her savior and protector, but the truth is, her husband was the real danger. And now that Lily knew about Xavier's true color, she started to witness how evil was the man who saved her. He showed her how cruel and possessive he could be. He once again killed all people who came in between them. The man she loved turned out to be the man she should hate the most. Xavier is now fulfilling his dangerous vow. He loved Liliana desperately. His love for her turned him into a monster. Can true love still survive beyond the painful truth? Can they still fulfill their marriage vow?

Uptil the age of 9, Roselia had lived the life every child dreamed of, a loving father, mountains of toys and dollhouses and whatever else that she desired. But her world came crashing down when her father died all of a sudden. Then Roselia runs away from her home at the age of 12 for reasons that would haunt her forever. She gets on a train and travels to a different state which is when she is rescued by a man. Little does she know that the man, Derek Clifford, is the heir to the ‘Cliffords dynasty’, a billionaire family, known for masquerading their money source as a ‘family business’. But the biggest revelation awaits Roselia at the Clifford mansion… that the person responsible for her father’s ‘unexpected death’ might just be a very important member of the Clifford’s family. Just then, Derek leaves to go overseas. 6 years later What Roselia hadn’t expected was that her love for the man who saved her life 6 years ago might just get in the way of her exacting revenge as she stays in the Cliffords mansion in the guise of a chef. Derek Clifford had not ever dreamed that he would fall in love. Power was all he had ever desired. That is until his cold grey eyes latched onto the all-grown Roselia and his carefully-knit life comes falling apart. But deep down perhaps he had known that it wasn’t just moral obligation that had made him so fiercely protective of her back in the past. Unfortunately for Roselia, Derek has a dark side to him, a side he never wanted to reveal to her. Would she run or would she stand with him? Would Derek even let her go? Could he?

"Part One: TakenJessie Coford had a plan: work hard, save money, open her own restaurant. She sacrificed her relationship with the man of her dreams to get it. Then, in the blink of an eye, she lost her job and her apartment and her life crashed around her. Until a letter taking her to Fort Mavis, Texas, and an unexpected windfall.Part Two: TamedShea Prescott was astonished when million Cruz Castillo chose her to design his new home on his ranch. They hardly traveled in the same circles. But Cruz had been hot for Shea since he first saw her and at their first meeting the chemistry between them ignited. Cruz coaxed her deeper and deeper into a whirlpool of erotic sex, awakening latent sexual desires and bringing her orgasms beyond her wildest imaginings. Her body screamed yes at his every touch, but will she say yes to the most important question?USA Today best-selling and award-winning author Desiree Holt writes everything from romantic suspense and paranormal to erotic. and has been referred to by USA Today as the Nora Roberts of erotic romance, and is a winner of the EPIC E-Book Award, the Holt Medallion and a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice nominee. She has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning and in The Village Voice, The Daily Beast, USA Today, The (London) Daily Mail, The New Delhi Times and numerous other national and international publications.Taken by Surprise is created by Desiree Holt, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author."

Nova Jane found love at a young age, but as those things sometimes go, they took different directions in life. Nova married Rob and has been living a life she can't seem to escape. One where every decision feels like a minefield of Robs' moods, and anything can set him off. She fantasizes about her first love to get through the abuse until she can save enough money to get out. It was then that she was happy and carefree. It helps to daydream about it, but it also hurts that it's forever beyond her reach.

"LOVE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE TRUE." Jaxon Salvatore Knight and Lauren Monroe aren't mates. But their Love for each other is immense, beyond everything. Lauren Monroe is the opposite in every way, She's cheerful, kind-hearted, and full of life whereas Jaxon Salvatore Knight is a ruthless, short-tempered, and cold-hearted Monstrous Lycan beast. Whose beast is untamed? When Jaxon was only ten years old his father did some experiments on him to make him the most powerful Lycan King but as a result, his beast went wild. His beast becomes uncontrollable. Jaxon had tried hard to control his beast for years but his beast was completely unhinged and now a danger to everyone. His beast is so cruel that because of him he can't have a mate. He killed every bride he chose as his mate. LAUREN MONROE! She has no wolf. Has been rejected by her mate and even got banished from her pack. But only she has the power to tame Jaxon's beast. But how? Her scent can calm his beast, her touch can excite his beast. There is something in her, an enchantment that pulls him towards her like a magnet. She's his cure but he's like a lethal poison to her. But She's so obsessed with him that she's ready to die to have him for once. She's a very strong-headed person. As so Jaxon, he knows she's not his mate but no matter how hard he tries he can't resist giving into his forbidden desires even if it costs him everything. He would do anything to have her.

Sarah is a dominating CEO who has a dark mysterious past. She was born in an unchartered island in Southeast Asia. Having experienced poverty at a very young age, she vowed to be the first female in their place to be successful in life. Lucky enough, a benefactor supported her financially so she can get into college and achieve her dreams. This is where she met Mark, the lone heir to a multi-million dollar company based in the Philippines. Their relationship went sour when Mark got depressed and broke up with her brought by jealousy since Sarah was able was able to graduate and he did not because of his carefree attitude. In spite of what transpired, Sarah continued pursuing her dreams. It is at this time that her past starts haunting her each time there is a blood moon. At nights like this, she transforms into a creature known as a manananggal, a half-woman with the wings of a bat who sucks blood out of her victims. Unfortunately, Mark’s mom and dad became one of them. Mark promised to kill Sarah and avenge the death of his parents. He even went to the extent of hiring a group called the ghost hunters to try and track her down. He also posted a price on the head of Sarah so the bounty hunters would go after her too. In one of their skirmishes, Sarah was captured. Mark devised a plan to save her and was successful. They both ran away into the mountains to escape their inevitable demise. But fate has its way of unfolding. Sarah bore a son out of her relationship with Mark. At first, they were not sure if their son inherited the curse of the manananggal. Their son inherited the curse of the blood thirst.