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I'm Lindt Group's CEO's mistress. When Gerald Lindt's fiancée calls to demand answers, I lean into his embrace and tell him to go to her. I play the role of a mistress perfectly. However, Gerald kisses me tenderly. "You're too kind, Lucy." I conceal the ruthlessness and hatred in my eyes as the image of a young woman's corpse appears in my mind. She was subjected to inhumane torture before her death. The pain of losing my loved one eats away at me; it's a feeling I'll never forget. I want all of these people who think they're better than me and my sister to pay with their lives.

Book 2 Big City Wolves Stand Alone Novel. Warning: BDSM, hot steamy, unsensored. Toronto looks all buttoned up on the outside, but when the night falls things always get hot. Tara Travers’ in a pickle. Her lowlife baby brother put her there. He’s been skimming off the top of the payments to his Alpha he was supposed to deliver to him. Then he took it to the Wild Wolf and gambled it away. Last night he lost big. Alpha Elmwood wants his money now, or Tara won’t have a pack or a brother. Eddie, her brother, has skipped town, but she wasn’t so lucky. Now, it’s up to her to get the money back. That means she has to cheat the house. A house run by a very shady Alpha. Alpha Calvin Nichols of the Crimson Nights. The Wild Wolf is a shifter only private members club where powerful shifters go to explore their vices. From gambling to a sex dungeon and everything in between Cal’s club provides it. He’s a dominant wolf and he’s got rules. Well, until he’s surprised by Tara, his fated mate, who might be just as corrupt as he is. Or too innocent for her own good. Then he’ll rewrite the rules as they go along. What will Tara do when she’s caught by the sexy, tattooed Alpha Cal and her plans go awry? Instead of being kicked out of his territory or killed. Tara finds herself chained to the club as Alpha Cal’s new personal submissive and her training begins immediately. Tara won’t believe the physical evidence of their fated mate status. After she can’t believe in fated or the Moon Goddess, her life sucks too much.

Five years ago, I became the wife of Cesare Fontana, the most powerful mafia don in Navarino. However, he didn't make our relationship public. Cesare has always been cold and unfeeling toward everyone. I assumed that's just the way he is. One day, I get to see the way he interacts with Sonia Moretti, his childhood friend. When I see the bright smile on his face and notice the attentive care he shows her, I finally realize that there is someone in this world whom he treats with gentleness and warmth. Alas, I'm not the lucky woman. I hand over the divorce papers. Cesare remains as impassive as ever. He signs the paperwork without even knowing that it will mark the end of our marriage. When he finally finds out that I've left, weirdly enough, he immediately panics. He does everything in his power to find me and bring me back. By then, I've already left the country. I make my way to a country beyond his reach and carve out a fulfilling life for myself. Cesare becomes the one who pines for me instead.

“You’re my mate, Claudia… and even though I’m your stepbrother, nothing will stop me from claiming you. No curse, no Alpha and no law can deny what burns between us. The more you fight me, the harder I’ll make you surrender because you were always meant to be mine.” *** Claudia Kendal had always been branded the cursed child of the Silvercrest Pack. When her parents died in a car crash, she was the only survivor, untouched without a single scar. To the pack, that was no miracle, but proof of misfortune. On Claudia’s eighteenth birthday, her worst fears came true. She failed to shift, failed to find her mate, and became mocked as the wolfless wolf. Despised and ridiculed, Claudia’s only wish was for the Moon Goddess to grant her someone to love her… someone to finally call her own. But fate was cruel. When her mate was revealed, he rejected her, discarded her, and humiliated her before everyone. That same night, Claudia was hunted and nearly raped by the wolves who despised her… until salvation came from the last person she ever expected. Claudia’s rescuer. Her protector. Her forbidden second-chance mate turned out to be her stepbrother. But can Claudia embrace the dark, dangerous love of her Alpha stepbrother… or will the cursed that haunts her bloodline tear them apart?

Anna, a determined young woman, is drawn into the glamorous but dangerous world of a wealthy family. After uncovering hidden truths about her father’s past, she finds herself entangled with the powerful Orlov family. Secrets, betrayal, and suspense shadow her every step, challenging her courage and resilience. Along the way, Anna navigates complex emotions, love, and revenge, as her connection with David Orlov grows stronger. This contemporary romance reveals the hidden struggles behind wealth and power, and explores the intricate dynamics of trust, loyalty, and ambition. Readers who enjoy revenge, forbidden love, and mysterious secrets will be captivated by Anna’s journey, as she risks everything to uncover the truth. Dark romance, mystery, and suspense blend seamlessly in a tale of passion, intrigue, and discovery.

Isabella Sterling, formerly Katherine Carter, is a brilliant architect driven by revenge. Her brother, Jackson, was wrongfully imprisoned for a building collapse orchestrated by the Ashford family, leading to his death and their father's demise. Determined to avenge them, she infiltrates Ashford Global Architecture and the lives of people who were once close to her brother. She took out her heart and left it in Italy while her mind plotted a terrible future for her enemies. But can the love of a man make her change her path, or only reinforce her thirst for blood?

Aiden, a skilled sniper who initially served in the border areas of the world's most conflicted, but was suddenly drawn to become the leader of the elite presidential guard, as well as to carry out a suicide mission that he never imagined before. In this mission, he must take care of a beautiful girl who is innocent, but dangerous because she is the daughter of one of the most well-known mafia in the world. Aiden's task is not only to protect the girl from those who want her life, he also has to keep the girl away from those who want all of her father's possessions in Cuba. Aiden's task to protect Calistha is getting heavier when sparks of desire between them begin to ignite. Aiden had never been with a woman before. And Calistha would be the first woman to be his weakness.

"You're so beautiful" she blushed, placing her hands on his face. "The most handsome", she said, still looking at him with the most beautiful hazel eyes. "Take your hands off me" He snapped, pulling away creating distance between them but she closed it...again. "Leave!" He warned for the last time as his last restraint slipped away, fangs elongating. Fear gripped her, she ran but couldn't make it past the door. Catching her swiftly, he slammed her hard on the wall. "Too late princess" he hissed, as his beast surfaced. Nicole is a beautiful regular vampire female, with eyes that keep you locked, leaving heads turning whenever she walks past. But for some weird reason she never fancies any male vampires that came her way until she met Lucas, the most powerful hybrid.. To Nicole, he is just an ordinary man, the most handsome she has ever seen but never did she know that Lucas is no man but a super hybrid vampire who survives only on the blood of vampires. Falling completely for his charm, will Nicole meet her end? Or is the predator about to fall in love with the prey??

Bata pa lamang si Anya ay ang pangarap nya lamang ay mamuhay ng simple at payapa. Pero mukhang 'di naaayon sa kanya ang kapalaran ng maging ulila at magpalaboy laboy sa lansangan. Hanggang sa ma kindnap siya ng pinaka malaking crime syndicate sa bansa. Kinailangan nyang gawin at sundin lahat ng iaatang na mission sa kanya upang mabuhay. Sa kabila ng lahat ay pangarap nya pa ring mamuhay ng simpleng tao lamang. Isang mission ang nilaan para sa kanya kapalit ng kalayaan nya. Ang magpanggap bilang ibang tao at maging fiance ni Christian Oliver Carter. Paano kaya matatagalan ni Anya ang ugali nito? Magagawa nya kaya ang mission na 'to kong ang lihim ng nakaraan ay mabubunyag? Paano kong hindi na naman sumang-ayon sa kanya ang kapalaran at gusto na namang guluhin ang buhay nya? Makakalaya pa kaya siya sa mundong ginagalawan nya?

Ruby Becker suffered greatly after her mother's death. Even Harper Scott, her childhood best friend, gradually pulled away, treating her like an enemy. One day, messengers from the Moonshadow Pack announced that the Silvermoon Pack had to send them a pure-blood descendant as collateral for an old debt. Initially, they were reluctant to send Ruby, being the only pure-blood descendant. However, because Alpha Dexter Valmont demanded it—and he was a cold, ruthless Alpha—Madison Becker didn't dare object. Initially, Ruby Becker thought this was her death sentence when she was brought to the Moonshadow Pack. Alpha Dexter, known for being cold and deadly, would surely kill her outright. However, one day after her arrival, all the rumors seemed to unravel when Alpha Dexter removed all of Ruby's clothes and discovered numerous scars and wounds covering her body.