Outcast By Lexi Ray

Arielle Laurent spent three years hiding at Moreau Holdings, working under a false name. No one knows she’s the daughter of the man the Moreaus destroyed. When CEO Lucien Moreau offers her a contract marriage to save his reputation, she accepts, not for the two million dollars, but for revenge. But as she infiltrates his world, Lucien begins uncovering his own family’s crimes. When a chauffeur’s vendetta forces buried secrets into the light, Arielle must choose: destroy the family that murdered her father, or trust the man she’s falling for. Some contracts are signed in ink. Others in blood.

Maze’s life was forever changed when she was rescued from the brink of destruction–by the very proponent of that destruction— after her pack was invaded and her parents murdered in front of her. Now older, she begins to realize that her saviour's kindness came with a steep price. Groomed to love and worship only him,and deceived into believing that he was her fated mate,Maze is trapped in a toxic relationship. Stuck in between her gratitude for a man she owed her life and her yearning for a love that didn't hurt,she must confront the dark secrets of her past. Will she find the strength to break free, or will the weight of her gratitude silence her forever?

BLURB. "I was sold without my will but never expected to have my heart to be stolen as well". Lila was forcefully given to the Lycan king without her will to be his surrogate since the Luna Queen, his mate, couldn't concieve for him but Lila never expected to discover that she would be his second chance mate. Rejected and battered, Lila discovers she is pregnant and decided to run away with her unborn child, ending up in another realm where she met her second chance mates who were not just one but two? As she tried to balance life with them, her first mates started to seek her back and a situation led her to go back to him for he might just be the solution to every problems including the curse laid on her second chance mates.

Magnolia's life slowly falls apart when her step mother sells her to a ruthless Mafia boss, Orion, as payment for her parent sins. His wrath was known to be swift and painful, Magnolia knows this spells doom for her. But Orion's revenge comes with a price: her complete submission to him. He unleashes his inner vengeance and pain on her for the pain her parents made him pass through. Magnolia's world is slowly turned upside down. But Orion has no idea that this beauty would be the end of him. She is a spy sent by his rival Mafia clan to get Intel on him and take him out. Magnolia doesn't want to do it but he doesn't give her a reason to not want to. She is stuck in between the lines of pain, pleasure and love. She finds herself, craving for the very man who absolutely loathes her. Will Magnolia surrender to this intense passion, or will she fight to regain her once lost freedom? In this dark and mysterious world of mafia's, there is one saying that guides all: "Once you've submitted, there's no escape"

Seraphina, a cursed she-wolf seer, works at The Velvet Fang, a high-end exclusive club for supernatural and humans alike. After a few years of living under the radar, her peace shatters when a desperate alpha whose mate she once failed to save seeks her expertise again, not knowing she was the same she-wolf he encountered in the past. Struggling with guilt and fear, she tries to flee the encounter, but collides with a mysterious stranger whose touch both unnerves and enchants her. His touch awakens something dark and dangerously addictive within her, leaving her shaken and confused. In one night, the past she's been running away from and something new and dangerous both find her at the same time... and neither seems willing to let her go.

Elara Whitmore was drugged, framed and left in a stranger's bed by the ones she trusted. She wakes up naked the next morning to a scandal with a man she had never met. Now, the whole city believes she is the mysterious billionaire’s lover. The ones behind the scandal are people she once called family who are determined to steal her father’s company and destroy her. Alexander Knight, a cold and powerful billionaire, wants only one thing, to protect his name. So he offers her a deal; A two-year contract marriage. No love, no feelings and no interference in each other’s lives. They say revenge is easy when you marry the most powerful man in the country and love is dangerous when you marry a man who swore he would never love you. What happens when a marriage that started as a scandal… becomes what neither of them planned?

What begins as a simple, heartfelt question soon unfolds into an emotional journey filled with uncertainty, hope, and unexpected challenges.

Kai Tanaka is Seattle’s best rescue swimmer, the man they send into black water when the storm decides to take a life. He’s built for cold, built for chaos, built to bring people back. Until one rescue goes wrong. A body disappears. The footage goes missing. And Kai becomes the quiet scapegoat the Coast Guard can sacrifice to keep the institution clean. Suspended and watched, he’s barely holding on when Luca Reyes drags his name into the light. Luca is a true-crime podcaster chasing the truth behind that same night, because his younger brother was on the boat that never came home. Luca thinks Kai is hiding something. Kai thinks Luca is feeding off tragedy. Their first meeting is sharp and ugly. Then Luca is nearly killed for asking the right questions. Kai pulls him from the wreckage and realizes this isn’t internet noise. Someone is laundering bodies through the sea, and they’re using Kai as the fall guy. The only way to keep Luca alive is to disappear with him to an off-grid cabin on the San Juan Islands, where the wind never stops and secrets sound louder. Forced proximity turns into hunger. Suspicion turns into heat. And the closer they get to the truth, the more they realize the storm isn’t the worst thing chasing them.

Betrayed by his first love. Hunted by his own pack. Marked as nothing more than a plaything for stronger men. Zane has always been an outcast... bullied for being weak, mixed-blood, and unwanted. And just when he thought he finally found love in Ash, his world shattered with one cruel betrayal. But the Moon Goddess isn’t finished with him yet. Dragged into the elite Magic Academy, Zane thought he’d finally be free. Instead, he’s trapped between dangerous alphas, deadly rivals, and desires that could tear his soul apart. One wants to possess him. One wants to break him. And one might be his salvation… or his greatest sin. With every stolen glance, every forbidden touch, the lines between hate and obsession blur. Power isn’t the only thing awakening in Zane, so is a hunger that could ruin them all. Will Zane submit… or will he make them all kneel?

When a relationship begins with an arranged marriage, it’s often expected to end in disappointment. However, Aliya’s situation was different; the man she was forced to marry showed her care more than she could have imagined, and that alone captured her heart. Aliya and Richard got married under forced agreement because of their families to build a business relationship. Both of them stay in the marriage for three years, and Richard has always been there for Aliya; he makes sure she doesn’t feel lonely, he is ready to make her comfortable, and he shows too much care that makes Aliya feel their marriage was never a mistake but the right one. She fell in love and had the hope their fake relationship would come to an end, but her hope was shattered when Richard returned one night with a divorce agreement. Then, it came to her that he had never loved her, but he kept his first love in his heart all through the years. And now, she has to give space to his first love and leave his life. Packing all her things, she left his house feeling miserable. Feeling ashamed, she couldn’t return to her family, so she walked up to a bar and got herself drunk, and she had a nightstand with a stranger. Five years later, Aliya had become successful on her own, and she had to take care of her son alone as a result of the nightstand of five years ago. She did not know the man she had the son for.