Popsugar 2025 #37/#38 - Two Books With The Same Title

I bet you’ve heard the story about the player that gets played. Yes, that’s me, Dylan Ashford. I am in an open relationship with my long-term girlfriend, and when I realize she is only using me for my name, I discover I am in too deep until I meet her, the girl with the brown eyes that make my world spin upside down, and believe I still have a chance of the love I always dreamed of. People see me as a Joker and a Playboy, but deep down, I am a romantic, and I need to find my own true love. Watching my big brother fall in love gave me hope. My name is Joanna Thompson, but my friends know me as Jo. I work in a security firm, and after a traumatic breakup with my ex, I am looking forward to finding my true love, but my head gets turned by the one person I absolutely despise for everything that he represents. Dylan Ashford is everything I always hated in humankind. He is cocky and a player. This book can be read as a Standalone, but for better comprehension, you should read The Big Shot first. This is book number two of The Ashford book series.

"I am not used to losing. Never had," he uttered, glaring at her reddish face that was wet with tears. "But, if by any slight mistake, someone dared to even touch a single hair on your head without my permission, I would lose." His intense gaze became deep. "And when I lose," moving closer until she was just a breath away from him, he ended, "my loss is another's invitation of death." Her eyes got bigger and wider. "I will burn this very fucking city down if I have to." She backed herself feeling totally empty to think of anything. In the middle of everything happening, her wound was torn open. The same wound which was caused by him only a week ago. "And I mean every word I say." His warmth-radiating fingers on her jaws burnt her skin. WARNING: This book contains strong language, dubious situations, deception issues, manipulations, abduction and dark romance.

Z will found out later that the child whom she thought was dead for a long time, is alive. Brandon, the biological of her child will take their child away from her because he thought that she abandoned them five years ago.

Second Installment to the Alpha Inc Series. This is Marcus' story. Marcus lost his mate when he was very young, taken by lycans in the woods where they first met. After years of blaming his brother--the Alpha--he is pulled into a battle with dragons that opens up the supernatural world around them. In the midst of his brother--Luther's--drama, he finds out that his mate is still alive. Now he will do anything to find her. Even if it means taking on The Lycan King.

"I've spent a thousand years finding you, little mate and now that I've found you, I'm never letting you go! Even if I have to imprint it on your body, you belong to me, Celene!" Celene caught her boyfriend who was supposed to be away from the pack and her stepsister, tangled in the sheets and claiming to be fated mates. As if it wasn't enough, her stepmother is bent on marrying her off to the Lycan king. What she doesn't expect is that the ruthless and possessive Lycan King is none other than her fated mate. And now, he swears to never let her go. She was the salvation that he sought after all. He owned her---body, soul and mind!

Kara Hatchett once dreamed of Derrick Whitney’s love. Why shouldn’t she? He married her after all. But three years have passed since her secret marriage to the billionaire, and Derrick seems to dislike her more than ever. Even worse, his ex-college sweetheart, Jade Black is back in town after breaking his heart and stealing from his family before she left, but Derrick seems to have forgiven her. Even worse, he’s publicly in love with her, and acting like the doting boyfriend even if he refuses to acknowledge her as his girlfriend. So, with only two months left in their contract, Kara knows their marriage is over. She’s ready to bury the remnants of her unrequited love for him and move on with her life, ready to divorce Derrick and leave him without looking back. But Derrick isn’t letting her go…

For seven years, Sharon Spark has lived in exile—beyond the brutal tyranny of the Yellow Pack and the man who'd made her his mate. In a secluded cottage, hidden by anonymity and guarded by silence, she's constructed an uncertain peace for herself and her son, Alexander, a son born of secrets and sacrifice. But tranquility is destroyed the moment Luthor Michaels—the powerful, stubborn Alpha of the Tenzclaw Pack—discovers them. Driven by obligation, custom, and a possessive grasp he will not let go of, Luthor drags Sharon and Alexander back to the world she fled, insisting on making them both pack members. and a part of him. Forced into a union ritual she did not want, Sharon is thrust into the arena of political intrigue, whispered threats, and unadorned, unresolved feelings. She refuses to play the docile Omega. Yet in Luthor's gaze, she sees something deeper than domination—something which awakens the passion they once shared, and hungers for forgiveness. As Alexander comes to terms with his shifter heritage within the pack's shielding embrace, Sharon stands on the edge of preservation or release. With her possible protectors as unexpected as Deborah, Luthor's steel-spined cousin, and dangers in the form of rogue shifters on their borders, Sharon must decide: will she protect her son by running again… or battle for a home she never thought could ever be hers? Uncertain between the woman she once was and the mother she has become, Sharon must reconcile with the past she abandoned and the Alpha who never let her go. Trust being a vulnerability—and in a world where power is currency and war is love—building a future may demand more from either of them than they are willing to give up.

Hazel is a maid in the Moonshine Pack. She is also an orphan who has spent all her life serving others. When the King of the East, Ethan, comes for a visit, she discovers that he’s her mate. However, he doesn’t want to claim her as a mate but just as a mistress, so she rejects his offer to go to his palace with him. After some time, Ethan and his brother, Arnold go to her pack for a visit and this time, Arnold finds out that his brother’s mate is also his mate. Hazel is overwhelmed because having two mates is unheard of in their world. She tells both of them to go away as she doesn’t want either of them. After a while, Hazel starts having strange dreams and she is now being treated differently in her pack. She seeks help from Arnold who invites her to his pack. She later resolves her issues with the twins and accepts them as her mates. That’s when they realize that she’s a descendant of the Moon Goddess and she has special powers. But then tragedy strikes as the King of the South kidnaps a pregnant Hazel because he wants to use her for his selfish gains. Will Hazel, Arnold and Ethan succeed in overcoming this villain or will they bow under his sheer power and pressure, and finally submit to him? Read this interesting story to find out.

Synopsis  My father is after my life……. (Chuckles….) I thought he was my father,he isn't….. After running away,I thought I'll finally be free,free from a forced marriage and free from my father but no,I got stuck! Between two alpha brothers! Jake and John,two brothers, they'll fight for the throne and fight for my love till the last blood in their bodies drops 

Creatures of night. We were born to be wild and animalistic to almost everyone. But at the same time, loving and caring towards our mates. Our mates. Each creature was destined to find their perfect mate. And perfect, I mean the best. We were all destined to find the one who was better than the millions. Just like I found my princess. My dear little Dabria. She was in her mother's womb when I first heard her heart beating. That very moment, I fell in love with her. I was too young to understand that back then. But as I grew up, I knew it was love that I felt for her. And my wolf, Zaric! He was crazy about her. I thought it was his way to love Dabby But I never thought when his craziness and his obsession would one day cost me this much. It cost me everything. I had to give up everything. I am Alpha Zeus. And this is the story of my Princess and her Beast.