Once There Was An Ugly Barnacle Novels & Stories

He threw her away like she meant nothing. She buried his secret and rebuilt herself from the ashes. Now he's back — as her new boss, and the one man she can never escape. Three years ago, Ethan Blackwood handed Nora a divorce paper on the same night she lost their child alone in a hospital room. No explanation. No apology. Just silence. She survived. She rose. She swore she'd never be weak again. But when Nora walks into her new job and finds Ethan sitting at the head of the table — cold, powerful, and staring at her like she's a ghost — she realizes the universe isn't done with them yet. What he doesn't know could destroy his entire empire. What she's hiding could destroy them both.

“ Do you think I would accept you?" Alpha Gregory baritone voice hits Stephanie hard as memories of the night before played before her. Did she just get rejected by her mate who happened to be the alpha of the pack after a steaming one night stand with him? In anger, she accepted the rejection but left that same night, not wanting to be in the pack with the man who just rejected her. What she didn't know was that the Moon goddess might just be playing a joke on her! Stephanie hadn't gotten over the heartache from Alpha Gregory when she met her second chance mate. Same man she gave herself to just to repay him for saving her. “ You are my mate and I am not ready to reject you, not in a

When Anna finally becomes pregnant after three years of waiting, her joy was shattered by a devastating discovery. Her husband has been cheating on her. Worse, he is responsible for her parents death and she's next. Refusing to die as a victim, Anna decides to choose survival over her grief. She played along, planning to fake her death to take revenge. But her plan backfired. What happens when she meets Alexander Crowns, a man more dangerous than the man she left behind? A man who deceived her just to make her his? What happens when enemies lurk in the shadows and secrets, lies and betrayal threaten to trap her in his world, will she survive ?

Hara only desired to raise her expectant child away from her abusive and unfaithful partner, Roland. She chose the Red Cross pack, the strongest pack in the werewolf kingdom, as her safe haven. She gets a job as a waitress at a bar, which is as typical as any other job until she meets Ryder, the Alpha of the Red Cross pack and the owner of the bar. As soon as he sees the expectant Hara, who is also his destiny mate, he falls in love with her. Hara was caught in a tricky dilemma. No matter how she viewed it, the convoluted situation she found herself in could not end well. Not while her heart yearns for the enticing stranger who claimed to be her destined partner. Not when Roland retur

After seven years of loyalty, Karina is betrayed and rejected by her Alpha mate for another wolf. Refusing to beg for acceptance, she leaves her pack and files for divorce. What begins as heartbreak becomes a journey of transformation as Karina rebuilds her life, discovers her strength, and proves that the abandoned Luna is no longer weak—she is untouchable.

On the eve of the Eva's seventeenth birthday, the story begins. Her father's enemies are abusing her. Alpha's daughter, Eva, is the protagonist of the story. Her pack was killed. She was the only survivor. Due to her young age, the pack that slaughtered her family decided to turn her into a slave She was mistreated and hungry since she was a child, and she did all kinds of menial tasks. When confronted with insults, the heroine was obstinate, fighting back and talking back. She still retains Alpha's blood in her bones, despite being a slave. When she became an adult and her powers awakened, she secretly intended to flee this pack. She still believes in love and hopes that the moo

His heart has always been cold, even when he was rejected. He has never been loved, nor has he desired to show it. He is the alpha of the most powerful pack in the world, he is feared, but also respected. No one has ever gotten a glimpse of his heart; he is believed to not have one. But all that changes when he sees another side of the wolf he has hated his entire life. His heart thaws, but there are more scars. He shows his flaws, but there are more wars. Will the rejected alpha ever find peace and love?

Cresia doesn't believe in afterlife, even more so in heaven or hell. But suddenly, she died at the only age of twenty-nine when she accidentally saved a little girl from getting hit by a car. She didn't know the exact reason why, but she ended up saving the girl. She woke up after the accident only to find out she was already a soul. According to Kairos, a mysterious man who introduced himself as her death angel, her body is still in the ICU. But after sixty days, she will die and her soul will go straight to hell. But because of what she did to save the little girl, Cresia was given a chance to still enter heaven. But if only she will be able to fulfill the mission given to her in sixty

For seven years, Zara Quinn sacrificed her dreams, her career, and her independence for her husband, Ethan Campbell. But on her 29th birthday, her world crumbles. Betrayed by her best friend, humiliated on live television, and abandoned by the man she once loved, Zara is left with nothing but her two children and a shattered heart. But Zara isn’t as powerless as everyone believes. Revealing her identity as the estranged heiress to the Quinn empire, she reclaims her life and begins a stunning transformation. As she rises to prominence as a world-class ballerina, she captures the hearts of four men: her repentant ex-husband, her devoted childhood friend, her ex-husband’s powerful and mysterio

Helen Robert was a chubby young woman who hadn't expected Samuel Kingston to have a crush on her. He asked her out to be his girlfriend, and she was unaware that it was a bet by his friends to date her, the nerdy, chubby blonde woman, as her peers laughed at her. When Helen Robert found out that Samuel was only using her, she was devastated and wanted to kill herself, but one of her friends saved her. With a broken heart, Helen left, and Samuel didn't get to see her again. Seven years later, Helen came to apply for a staff position at Sam Pharmaceutical. She didn't expect to see Samuel again. By then, she had slimmed down due to her suffering, as she had given birth to twins. Samuel was