Open Season C. J. Box

“One life saved. One soul claimed.” “You belong to me now, little bird. You saved my life, and now I will spend mine claiming yours.” Cardiovascular nurse Ava Moreles thought saving a dying stranger was just another day at the hospital. She had no idea that pulling Dario Santos back from death’s door would seal her own fate. Dario Santos doesn’t just rule the underworld—he owns it. And now, he’s decided he owns her too. When he crashes her wedding with blood on his hands and possession in his eyes, Ava realizes the man she saved isn’t just dangerous—he’s obsessed. With her. Torn between the safe love she’s always known and the consuming fire of a man who would burn the world down for her, Ava must navigate a treacherous path where every choice could be her last. In Dario’s dark empire, love isn’t just dangerous—it’s deadly. But as the line between captive and willing participant begins to blur, Ava discovers the most terrifying truth of all: the monster she’s supposed to fear might be the only one who truly sees her soul. Will she surrender to the darkness that calls to her? Or will fighting for her freedom cost more than she’s willing to pay? Some obsessions are worth dying for. Others are worth killing for.

He left her at the altar. She returned with his child and the power to ruin him. Arabella Monroe steps into the boardroom with ice in her veins and a little girl by her side who has Roman Callahan’s exact eyes. Seven years ago, she stood in a wedding dress, humiliated and pregnant, as Roman vanished without a word. Now, the tables have turned. Roman’s tech empire is crumbling. Hers is rising faster, louder, and unstoppable. And the one patent that could save his company? Arabella owns it. She came for business. She came for blood. But when old sparks reignite and buried betrayals claw their way back, Arabella must decide: Can she destroy the man who broke her without breaking what’s left of her heart?

Condemned by her pack and murdered by her own blood, Zoe Aukland awakens in her younger body — gifted a second chance by the Moon Goddess. But with every change she makes, pieces of the memories she depends on are erased. She falls for Jayden Cross, her destined mate, but learns a devastating truth: he is also the Bloodhound, a merciless wolf-killer. Loving him could mean repeating the same destruction that claimed her before. Zoe must outwit fate, destiny, love, and wolf politics … or lose everything, forever.

It was a godforsaken dare. If anyone asked Knox why he created a fake profile to mess with the most insufferable bastard alive—his emotionally constipated, tyrannical military captain, Victor Wallace—he’d blame his roommate. Stupid dare. Simple mission. Pretend to be a woman, reel the bastard in, and wreck him. Easy, right? Wrong. What started as a joke spiralled into late-night messages, dangerous vulnerability, and a slow-burning obsession Knox didn’t see coming. Victor wasn’t supposed to open up. Knox wasn’t supposed to care. And yet—here they are, stuck together in a steel tomb of chain-of-command and unchecked tension, where one wrong word could start a fire. It was supposed to ruin Victor. Now it’s ruining Knox. Because when you play games with monsters, don’t be shocked when one starts looking back in the mirror. This was never just a dare. Now it’s war. Read and find out.

On the night that I think my life is over, everything takes a very strange turn. I don’t know at what point it starts to unravel. Maybe the clocks started ticking when I slept with my mate’s father, the ruthless Alpha Kael, feared in all territories. Or maybe it got worse when I stole from him, the glowing half of a medallion that seemed to call my name. And now, Kael is hunting me. Not because of his baby. Not even because I defiled him. But because our night together awakened a prophecy that could shatter the entire cosmos.

A girl thrown into a new life due to her mother's new marriage. Four new stepbrothers and a suspicious stepdad. Being shipped off to boarding school, and trying to stay within her line of work, The Mafia. Can Amara handle all of the changes? Can she keep up with four boys and feelings all while working to take down their father and other men that have done her wrong? Life is filled with turns but what happens when secrets are discovered, and true personalities are shown? Amara seems sweet and polite but is filled with dark secrets and scars leading to aggression and possessive tendencies but what happens when secrets about her four new stepbrothers fall into light too? Can they make it through all of it together? Will all five of them survive? Will they fight through love and torment to be with one another or will the toxicity lead to their deaths?

"I was just having dinner with some friends" I said causing him to let out a fake chuckle. "I heard you" he said suddenly. "Is his princess a little tease" Felix continued tauntingly before turning me around to look down at me with his eyes dark and jaw clenched. "Maybe he should know your not his" he growled out causing a shiver to run up my spine as Ezra's body pushes up against my back. Markus staring at me smirking evilly causing me to feel a bit worried. Suddenly my chin gets grabbed tightly pulling my chin up to look at Ezra. "Maybe we should teacher her who she belongs to" Ezra growled out causing me to stare into his eyes as my breathing increases with all their eyes piercing my skin. Follow Claire on her adventure to a new school after being taken from her parents. The school holds strangers who are not at all human. Will Claire discover the truth behind why she is there? Will she learn who she truly is? How will Claire go through the pain and torment from the other students due to the fact that she seems to be human. Will her tormentors become her lovers? And will she ever get to uncover the secrets of her life?

Avery Tate was forced to marry a bigshot by her stepmother as her father's company was on the verge of bankruptcy. There was a catch, the bigshot—Elliot Foster—was in a state of coma. In the public’s eye, it was only a matter of time until she was deemed a widow and be kicked out of the family.A twist of event happened when Elliot unexpectedly woke up from his coma.Fuming at his marriage situation, he lashed out on Avery and threatened to kill their babies if they had any. “I’ll kill them with my very hands!” he bawled.Four years had passed when Avery returned to her homeland with her fraternal twins—a boy and a girl.As she pointed at Elliot’s face on a TV screen, she reminded her babies, “Stay far away from this man, he’s sworn to kill you both.” That night, Elliot’s computer was hacked and he was challenged—by one of the twins—to kill them. “Come and get me, *sshole!”

Leana, tahu ia tak secantik Sasmita. Leana, juga tahu ia tak sepintar Sasmita. Andai bisa memilih, ia tak akan menerima Elvano sebagai suaminya. Dan andai kakaknya yang cantik serta cerdas itu tidak pergi begitu saja di hari pernikahannya, Leana tidak akan terjebak dengan pria dingin seperti Elvano. Puncak dari kesabarannya ketika Sasmita kembali. Leana yang sudah tak kuasa menanggung pedih menggugat cerai Elvano. Akan tetapi, pria itu dengan tegas menolak perceraian yang ia layangkan. Lantas mengapa Elvano tetap mempertahankannya ketika perempuan yang pria itu cintai sudah kembali ke sisinya?

Looking up I see a boy I had never seen before, a cocky smirk graced his features. "Here you go" he said handing me the pencil I just nodded my head confused as to where he came from since the hallway was dead silent just moments before. Looking over his shoulder I see six other guy's watching the situation. Looking them all up and down I can't deny that their all definitely attractive. Looking back at the guy infront of me I look into his brown eyes a light spark of pink shinning in them. I smiled slightly not being able to find my voice so I begin nodding my head a little in thanks. Turning to walk away I begin to exit the hallway "what no thank you?" a voice called out causing me to turn around. Looking back I see the guy that handed me my pencil his arms lightly spread out with shock across his features. "Right, thanks" I started staring at him before looking at the other six as they all stared at me expectantly, at this moment I guess I really had no idea why. "Oh, right" I started causing them all to perk up "welcome to our hell hole new kids" I continued with a smirk opening my arms up, just like the guy did when he called out to me.