Novels By John Steinbeck Novels & Stories

Aria Hale spent her entire life believing the Moon Goddess created someone just for her. Someone who would see her. Choose her. Love her. She didn’t expect her fated mate to be Alpha Blake Thorn—the golden boy of the pack… or that he would reject her in front of everyone on her eighteenth birthday. Humiliated, heartbroken, and stripped of her place in the pack, Aria runs into the Forbidden Woods, praying for the pain to stop. But instead of death, she finds something far more dangerous: The Dark King. Erevan is ancient, feared, and impossibly powerful. To the world he is a myth. To Aria, he is the first person who looks at her like she is worth the world. And when she collapses in his arms, he does the unthinkable— He claims her as his mate. In the Dark Realm, Aria begins to unlock abilities she never knew she had. Abilities that were never meant to exist in the mortal world. Abilities that could destroy everything she once called home. When she returns to her old pack, Alpha Blake realizes the awful truth: Rejecting her was the biggest mistake of his life. But it’s too late. Aria is no longer the girl who begged for love. She is the mate of a king. Chosen. Claimed. Unstoppable. And she will never kneel again. A rejected-mate romance filled with betrayal, power, jealousy, possessive love, and a heroine who rises from broken to legendary.

After I've completed 98 tasks for my fiancee, Cheryl Landeau, she finally agrees to marry me once I've completed the 99th task for her. For that task, I'm required to pick her up outside her company. On the day I stand outside Cheryl's company with a huge flower bouquet in my arms, I don't see her at all despite having waited till late night. Soon after, I get hospitalized due to a high fever. When I tap on my phone, the first thing I see is a photo of the marriage certificate belonging to Cheryl and her assistant, Jason York. Jason even includes a caption with the photo. "My mom is very satisfied with her daughter-in-law. Please take good care of me from now on, my dear wife." The next day, I hang a banner outside the company. "May Ms. Landeau and Mr. York grow old in harmony and be blessed with children." All of my colleagues are stunned, to say the least. At that moment, Cheryl quickly pulls me into her office. She then explains, "Jason's mom is severely ill. Her death wish is watch him get married. What's wrong with me fulfilling her wish? Can't you show more kindness toward Jason? "Now, stop throwing that tantrum of yours and get rid of the banner. Once Jason's mom passes away, I'll file for a divorce from him." I just smile as I set off more fireworks at the doorway. "Oh, you don't have to bother with a divorce. I'm worried that his mom might come back to life soon. Let's just end things here."

Seduced by the Billionaire is a sizzling collection of standalone short novels where powerful billionaires meet fierce, unexpected women who turn their worlds upside down. From scandalous contracts to dangerous secrets, each story dives into a world of passion, power, and emotional intensity—where every deal comes with a price, and falling in love is the ultimate risk.

On the night of her university graduation, Nooria Al-Fariz catches her boyfriend in bed with her best friend and flees to a hotel suite her sister Faiza promised would help her forget. Instead, Faiza’s “sparkling juice” leaves Nooria drugged and stumbling into the wrong room—straight into the arms of Valentino Delucca, the most feared mafia boss on the East Coast and the man her sister was supposed to marry. What begins as one brutal, addictive night of rough passion explodes into a public scandal when the press catches them tangled in sheets the next morning. To salvage his reputation and collect on a broken family promise, Valentino claims Nooria as his own. He demands she become his contract wife, come to his bed every night, and give him an heir—no exceptions, no escape. Terrified and betrayed, Nooria is torn between the guilt of betraying her sister, the shame of her family’s disgrace, and the dark, dangerous pull she feels toward the monster who alternates between punishing dominance and shocking tenderness. But the deepest secret is still hidden: the man who ruined her wasn’t alone that night. Valentino has an identical twin, Damien—and both brothers now refuse to let her go. In a world of blood oaths, arranged alliances, and obsessive possession, Nooria must decide whether to fight for freedom… or surrender to the two men who will burn everything down to keep her. A dark mafia romance with forced marriage, breeding kink, twin obsession, family betrayal, and intense spice.

Aria has never known love—not from her cold family, nor from the pack that shuns her. When the Moon Goddess reveals her mate to be the Alpha’s son, Aria’s heart swells with hope. But her joy is short-lived when he cruelly rejects her in front of everyone, shattering her fragile dreams. That same night, chaos descends upon the pack as Alpha Ronan, the ruthless Rogue King launches a brutal attack. In the midst of the bloodshed, he claims Aria as his mate, marking her and dragging her away to his pack. Torn between fear and an unshakable bond, Aria is thrust into a world of danger and secrets. As she glimpses the man beneath the Alpha Ronan’s icy exterior, she begins to wonder: can she melt his heart of stone, or will falling for him lead to her ultimate ruin? In a tale of betrayal, passion, and redemption, Aria must decide if love is worth risking everything—even her soul.

"If you are not going to seduce me, I will seduce you. I'm officially going to chase you and make you my girlfriend, Charity," I was stunned that those words came from Chase "Pretend to be my girlfriend, and I promise to pay you any amount you want. I will protect you from being bullied by those wretched students," The hot Doctor offered to protect me. A part of my life is my classmate who would do anything to see me in pain which was not limited to bullying me, and on the other part is the hot doctor who would do anything to protect me from being bullied. Isn't it crazy how my bully suddenly turned around and wanted to be my lover? Well, I guess this world is full of crazy things but that was the last thing I ever expected from my bully, Chase Denver, the popular rich kid in school and the leader of the notorious toxic bullies in my school, the K5. Again, how was I supposed to lead two lives as a high schooler and pretending to be Doctor Mason's girlfriend? But I guess I would eventually have to choose whether to keep getting bullied or be with Mason and be protected from those toxic bullies. What should I do especially now that Chase is ready to do anything to keep me to himself?

CONTAINS ADULT SCENES! “Alena, I love the way you scream my name with me inside you.” Darren's lips curled up, his eyes enjoying the sight of Alena's flushed face beneath his muscular body. “Darren.” “Do you want this to end, Alena? Like how you left me on our engagement day, or do you want me to spend the entire night punishing you?” Darren asked, widening the smirk on his lips. Alena Wilson left her engagement to Darren Scott to marry Jason White, the man she thought loved her deeply. Alena was even willing to give up her luxurious life as heir to the Wilson family fortune just to be with Jason. However, Jason betrayed their marriage. He had an affair with Kyle Muller, Alena's close friend. Alena was humiliated, insulted, and divorced dishonorably. Jason's family kicked Alena out of the house that was actually purchased with Alena's own money. Jason's family felt victorious for having discarded Alena like trash. At a party, they were all shocked to see Alena step out of a luxury car, wearing a dress that further accentuated her beauty. Even the three handsome and influential CEOs who were also present there, Darren Scott, Gavin Scott, and Adrian Scott, walked over to Alena and each extended their hands while saying in unison, “Miss Wilson, would you like to dance with me?”

“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.

On the night Ava expected to be chosen as the Luna, Alpha Damon publicly rejects her- without explanation. Humiliated and broken she finds herself in the arms of a stranger who rescued her who has secrets of his own Dante Blackwood, he is Damon’s banished brother. Ava is the key to breaking a generational curse that haunts the bloodline of two brothers Now both brothers want her One controls the past One controls the future Ava must choose between the Alpha that rejected her for some unknown reason and the Alpha that saved her One will burn the world for her, the other will burn himself for her

I thought meeting my mate would be the happiest day of my life. Instead, it became the day my heart was shattered. “My mate is not an omega like you,” Alpha Sunny said coldly, his voice echoing through the entire pack hall. “I, Alpha Sunny of the Blood Moon Pack, reject you, Rose… as my mate.” Laughter erupted around me. Wolves I had grown up with looked at me like I was nothing. Just an unwanted omega. Humiliated and broken, I ran away from the pack that had never truly accepted me. I thought my life was over. Until the night I met him. The Lycan King. The most powerful ruler of all werewolves. Dangerous. Ruthless. Untouchable. And when his golden eyes locked onto mine, the entire world seemed to stop. “You belong to me,” he growled. I should have run. But fate had other plans. Because the girl Alpha Sunny rejected… Was never an ordinary omega. And when the truth about my bloodline finally comes out, the entire werewolf world will burn. Now the Alpha who rejected me wants me back. But the Lycan King? He refuses to let me go. And this time… I’m the one holding the power.