Ninth House By Leigh Bardugo

Rejected. Humiliated. Broken. On the night she was meant to find love, Aria lost everything. Publicly rejected by her fated mate and cast aside like she was nothing, she fled into the darkness—wounded, alone, and hunted by the shame she couldn’t escape. But the forest didn’t offer safety. It offered him. A man more dangerous than any rejection. A King feared by every pack. A predator who doesn’t ask, doesn’t hesitate… and doesn’t take no for an answer. He didn’t save her. He claimed her. Bound by a force she doesn’t understand, Aria finds herself trapped under the rule of a ruthless Alpha King whose presence ignites both fear and something far more dangerous. He is cold, dominant, and impossibly powerful—and he’s decided she belongs to him. Now, there are rules. Rules she must follow. Rules she must survive. Rules that blur the line between control and desire. But Aria is not as weak as they believe. Beneath her pain lies something rare. Something powerful. Something that could either destroy her… or make her unstoppable. As her past refuses to let her go and her rejected mate begins to regret the biggest mistake of his life, Aria is caught between two worlds—one that broke her… and one that threatens to consume her completely. And the deeper she falls into the King’s dark world, the more dangerous the truth becomes: She is no longer just a rejected wolf. She is something far more powerful. Something worth fighting for. Something worth destroying kingdoms for. And when her true strength awakens… She won’t just survive. She’ll make them all kneel.

On the night she discovers her fated mate, Aurelia Nightbane expects love. Instead, Alpha Kael publicly rejects her before the entire pack. Humiliated. Broken. Cast out. But rejection does not weaken her, it awakens something ancient. When the ruthless Lycan King Lucian Viremont senses the rise of a long-lost royal bloodline, he finds Aurelia the girl no Alpha wanted, and he claims her. Now caught between a regretful Alpha and a dangerously possessive Lycan King, Aurelia must uncover the truth about her heritage, survive political betrayal, and decide whether she is merely a rejected mate, or the Queen destiny has been waiting for. Because this time she will not be rejected, she will be worshipped.

I was married to one of the city's richest billionaires, but inside his home, I was just a ghost. Damian never once looked at me with love. Never did he touch me with kindness. He didn't see me as a woman, or even a person. I was just… a stand-in. A stand-in while he waited for someone else to come and my heart broke in silence. But the day he walked into our home with his first love, Vanessa, hand in hand it finally broke for good. I found my strength and I placed a signed divorce papers on his desk. Damian scoffed, his eyes cold. “You’ll regret this. You’ll crawl back. Women like you always do.” I thought he was right. I thought I had no one, nowhere to go, and nothing to live for. Until the black car stopped in front of me. That night, three powerful men stepped out, calling me by a name I didn’t even know was mine. Adrian Valehart, a ruthless tycoon whose eyes were as sharp as steel and silenced a room. Nathaniel Valehart, the cold, brilliant lawyer who never lost a case. And Leo Valehart, the superstar adored by millions. They told me I was, their long-lost sister, the only daughter of a billionaire family. I thought they were wrong. But when Adrian gave me shares worth billions, Nathan vowed Damian would walk away with nothing but shame. Leo wrapped his arm around me and declared to the world, “This is my sister, my one and only.” Everything changed And Damian… Damian refuses to let go. He came crawling back, begging for a second chance. “Please, give me another chance,” he said. But my three overprotective brothers wouldn't let him touch me and his pride will not die quietly.

I trusted her with my secrets, and him with my heart.. now I carry the consequence of their betrayal. Catching my best friend in bed with my boyfriend shattered me. I walked away without looking back, only to discover I was pregnant with a child I never planned for. Rejected by my fated mate and betrayed by the one person I called sister , I was alone.. and drowning. Until I met him. He was mysterious, dangerous and irresistible. He offered me more than comfort, he offered me revenge , redemption, and a second chance at love. But trusting again might cost me more than my heart.. it might cost me literally everything.

“A Luna is meant to be graceful and elegant not…” His mother sniffed, her nose up in the air, “not this.” Disdain and disgust dripped from her words. Every word felt like a blow to my heart, I kept still, waiting for Roland to come to my defense like a good mate. I sent a pleading gaze to him but all I got was an icy stare in return, but I still held faith in my heart. He sighed and his gaze softened with something that looked like self-loathing, “I'm sorry Selena, you're not just Luna material,” His gaze shifted to the person beside me, “And I'm in love with another.” There was a ringing in my ears as time slowed and my world came to a standstill, “W-what?” I choked out, dazed. Selena was the fat unwanted twin, the one her mate rejected for her prettier, slimmer sister. Once rejected, betrayed and left for dead, she almost gave up on life itself. When she stumbles into the arms of two alpha werewolves the world fears, she doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. Four years later, she returns, stronger and fiercer, a queen in her own right. The weak fat wolf is dead and in her place is someone they would never see coming. A weapon. Vengeance.

SYNOPSIS Aurora Sinclair is a broken Omega who's never shifted until her fated mate, the ruthless Alpha Damon Blackwood, publicly rejects her at the Mate Revelation Ball, destroying her in front of hundreds. But rejection awakens something ancient inside her. She's not just an Omega. She's the lost Lycan Princess with a bloodline powerful enough to shake the werewolf world. And she doesn't have one mate, she has two. When the mysterious Lycan King Kai Thorne claims her, Aurora must choose: accept the Alpha who shattered her heart, embrace the King who saved her, or forge her own destiny as the Silver Queen who answers to no one. One rejection. Two fated mates. A queen's rise from the ashes.

Amelia Blackwood has spent the last two years as an outcast, serving the pack that once claimed her as family. Her crime? She didn't shift on her 16th birthday, leading to her family treating her as less than a servant. After she turned eighteen... everything changed. Whether for the better or the worse would depend on the ruthless Alpha King, Lukas Volkov. As Amelia navigates a treacherous path between servitude and sovereignty, she must confront her painful past and the brutal pack dynamics that threaten her very existence. When danger lurks in the shadows and betrayal seeps into every corner of the kingdom, Amelia must decide whether to bend to the Alpha King's will or fight. With the bond to her mate stronger than she ever imagined, will she embrace her fate as queen, or will the darkness of her past consume her once more?

Blurb Wrenna grew up invisible—unwanted by her family, overlooked by her pack, and treated like she was nothing more than a mistake that breathed. But she had one secret. Prince Mark. Her lover. Her promise. The man who swore he would choose her at the Pack Partner Ball and make her his bride. Instead, in front of the entire kingdom, he chose her sister. And then he destroyed her. Humiliated, exposed, branded impure, Wrenna is publicly cast aside as worthless—until a masked stranger steps forward. A man feared by kings. A ruler from a distant kingdom. A beast wrapped in power, mystery, and danger. “I will marry her,” he says. Taken by the very man everyone fears, Wrenna is thrust into a world darker and more dangerous than she ever imagined. But beneath the mask lies a man who sees her… desires her… and claims her as his own. She was rejected by the prince. But the Masked King chose her. And he never lets go of what belongs to him.

Banished. Betrayed. Reborn.Once, Serena Vale was nothing. She was a lowly omega begging for scraps of love from her fated mate, Alpha Kael Thorn and her pack.He rejected her under the full moon and claimed another and cast her out to die.Now she returns to the Alpha Summit cloaked in power and vengeance as the mysterious nas fierce Alpha of the Crimson Shadow Pack, her heart as cold as the steel in her eyes.But the past doesn’t stay buried because some forces don't want it to.Kael wants her back but the Lycan King, Darius Wolfe, claims her for himself and the entire realm wants her blood.When accusations of murder and deceit drag her before the Wolf Council, Serena’s greatest secret is exposed: she isn’t who they think she is.She is the last heir of the Shadowborn bloodline, a forgotten family whose magic once terrified kings and packs alike and whose destruction was no accident.Hunted for her lineage, desired for her power, and torn between the mate who broke her and the King who could destroy her, Serena must choose: bow to destiny, or burn the world that once burned her.But this time, she’s not the prey. She’s the storm that will swallow them all.

Amelia eyes widened as his kiss caught her unaware, right there in front of the crowd. He held her fingers while at it, inserting the diamond engagement ring on her ring finger. "Put the ring on Amelia. For your husband is watching..." he whispered in her ear as his eyes met with Hector's blazing fury, "and I want him to see...," he inhaled her scent deeply, intoxicating the hell out of him, "how I finally announce to the public and make his maid mine." ~~ Subjected to maltreatment under the Ashfords roof, Amelia's request for a divorce was always rejected by her husband, Hector. One night, after Amelia had snuck out to her secret workplace at a night club, she caught the eye of Alex Worthington—the reclusive and powerful billionaire owner of Worthington's tower. Although, she doesn't know it yet, Amelia is the gentleman's obsession that not even Hector would be able to stop!