Puppet Drawing

She’s been a stripper all her life, flirty, fearless, and always in character. She's never broken the rules, never interacted too long. Never let anyone close, Until he walked in. Gabriella is the star of the biggest club in the city, famous for her curves and her mask that hides half her face. At night, she’s untouchable. By day, she’s invisible, just another underpaid employee at a fashion company. Her worlds never collide… until the one man she hates most, her cold, infuriating boss, ALEX VAUGHN walks into the club and shows her a side of himself no one else has ever seen. That night, the mistake and a kiss she didn’t mean to let happen but only then did she notice the ring on his finger. He can’t forget her and when he bumps into her at work, he recognizes her instantly. What should’ve been an accident becomes a deal. Quit the club, Be his mistress for three months. She didn't want to be a puppet to a married man who was also her karma, but her father's life was on the line, the one lying in the hospital half dead. Three months. That was the agreement. But feelings weren’t supposed to be part of the contract… and Alex has never met a girl as crazy as Ella.

The game: Mafia. The rules: Lies are required, deceit is essential, betrayal is highly encouraged. Who wins? The remaining one left at the top. Who loses? The one who falls in love first. Eirene Evander's identity had always been kept a secret, her family made sure of that. Since she could remember, she was trained in the art of illusion and deception. But a tragic event led her to run off and enlist in the Marines as Rein. Now that she’s come home, it’s time to see what the mafia’s up to these days. Will pretending to be a man help with her mission for the military? Will she finally find the truth about her father’s death? Or will it lead to her demise just like her predecessor? Delian Leofric is a calculated, mean-spirited brute. Every person he meets would warn others to avoid even just a glimpse of his shadow. But what they don’t know is that he’s more than that. Now that he’s about to become the mob leader, will he turn things around? Or in the end, will he be swallowed up and forced to do their bidding until he’s replaced by another? A vengeful soldier, a puppet mob king, with all the other players from the underground organization and more. These combinations may just bring tragic deaths, unexpected greatness, or maybe a concoction of both.

“You were born to be mine… so why make me beg for what’s already mine?” Luca growled, confusion flashing in his eyes. Kiki laughed bitterly. “See? Just look at you. The entitlement. You’re behaving exactly like the Moon Goddess’s puppet… dancing to her sick little tune.” —— Kiki never believed in the mate bond. She’d watched it destroy her mother watched love turn into death the moment her father’s heart stopped beating. That was the day she swore she’d never let the bond control her. So she made a choice. To love on her own terms. To choose her own mate. And for a while, it worked. Dan was everything she wanted loving, loyal, and just as skeptical of fate as she was. But the Moon Goddess doesn’t like rebellion. Because the same night Kiki discovered she was pregnant, Dan’s fated mate walked into his life. And he didn’t think twice before choosing her. Now, broken and betrayed, Kiki’s life collides with Luca’s the ruthless Alpha King who’s waited his whole life for a mate who doesn’t want him. But Luca isn’t the kind of man to take no for an answer. And the Moon Goddess never plays fair.

Title : Fated to Love You Genre : Romance, Mafia, Slice of Life Author: Demeter Synopsis: Soraya was none other than a woman full of ambitions in life. She was drawing a bead on becoming a prosecutor someday. But this emulation of her suddenly ruined when an unforeseen incident chanced upon her that led to her mother's death. She became anxious and unstable so she was dragged out from their home by his Aunt Marie— her stepmom. Her ill-fated life and eagerness to live in this world led her to Mr. Raiko Wayne, who happened to be a CEO of a famous and well-known company. She found a job under Wayne's Residence as a maid. But little did she know that her life will going to change. A timid maiden and a frozen cold noble. Two different paths have collided Two lost souls seeking for justice. Will their destiny to meet is a will of fate or a disastrous coincidence?

SEQUEL TO SOLD TO THE UNTOUCHABLE ALPHA A year has passed since Gillian and Theodore's attempt at taking over The Fulger and Tonitru packs. A year since Arissa was considered a traitor and a murderer. And a year since Arissa and Ivan discovered they shared a bond stronger than even that of mortal bonds. Things have gone peacefully... At least as peacefully as Arissa will allow. However, that peace is about to overturned by a strange darkness that seems to be following Arissa around like a shadow. Something about the darkness calls to Arissa, drawing her farther and farther from the self she has known her entire life. What will happen when one wrong move sends Arissa spiraling out of control? Will Ivan be able to save her and bring her back to the light? Or will their world come crashing down around them? Read The Untouchable Alpha's Unhinged Luna to find out!

On the day of her mate-bonding ceremony, 20-year-old Selene is kidnapped by a rival pack led by the cold and ruthless Alpha Lucien, who seeks revenge against her mate-to-be, alpha Dean, for a past betrayal. Selene's mother possessed a legendary sonic howl—a devastating power passed to Selene, though she was unaware of it. In captivity, Selene’s dormant werewolf powers awaken alongside the sonic howl, drawing Lucien’s interest as he plans to wield her as a weapon against Dean’s pack. As Selene grapples with her growing strength and conflicted feelings for Lucien, a rescue attempt forces her to choose between freedom and protecting her captor from a deadly coup within his own ranks. When a monstrous third-party threat emerges, Selene, Lucien, and Dean must unite to survive—culminating in a heart-pounding climax where Selene learns to control her power and redefine her destiny.

When Archer’s fated mate rejects him and is taken to marry the Lycan king, his world shatters in a single night. Ariadne did not choose freedom; she chose survival. Trapped in a brutal political marriage and carrying a secret that could cost her life, she must endure the claws of a king who sees her as a prize, not a person. Far from pack politics and broken bonds, Peggy, a rebellious royal with more curiosity than caution, is sent on her "Excursion" beyond her kingdom’s borders, carrying a letter meant for a sisterhood of moon-bound priestesses. Her path soon collides with Archer and his companions, Mikael and Eli, drawing them all into a journey that will test loyalty, fate, and the bonds they thought unbreakable. As rogue wolves rise, the stars begin to shift, and old gods stir. When the Wolf Star comes, survival may demand more than love alone. Contains dark romance, violence, horror, and cosmic horror themes.

Mikalya Carnell, a woman born into a cursed pack where women are nothing but birthing machines. The first female alpha in the world. But to become the Alpha, she had to commit a crime that haunts her an eternity later. Now she a lone wolf, a rogue that has no place but the one she made on her own and she’s happy being left alone. But an Alpha can’t stay alone forever without forming a pack and inevitably, she begins drawing wolves to her. Abhay Raichand is a photographer who meets this mysterious woman in the deserts of Rajasthan, who looks like a foreigner and is instantly drawn to her. But whenever he is around her, he feel the chill of the mountains and a reoccurring dream of his impending death. However, despite the sense of danger, he cannot help but continue to fall in love with her. Will Mikalya finally settle down and let Abhay into her life? And will Abhay be able to convince her that she was chosen as the Alpha for a reason?

"Matteo, please..." I whispered. "Beg louder," he commanded, his lips brushing my ear as his free hand squeezed my breast, pinching the nipple until I gasped. "Please, Matteo. I need you." He smirked, satisfied, before sinking to his knees. His mouth replaced his fingers, his tongue parting me, slow and devastating. My hands flew into his hair, pulling, guiding, but he held me still, forcing me to endure every languid lick, every tease. When he finally sucked my clit into his mouth, I screamed, my legs trembling around his shoulders. "Come for me, piccola," he growled against my slick heat. The vibrations of his voice shattered me, pleasure ripping through me so violently I nearly collapsed, but he held me firm, drawing out every last wave until I was shaking.

To hide the secret of her bloodline, Hazel White endured the rejection of her fated mate, but fate made her marry her friend out of desperation to save her adoptive mother. She left her first mate's pack after being humiliated by the present Luna and went to her now husband's pack, where her mother got the necessary medical aid and Hazel got a home. What she didn't know was that fate still had something twisted in its basket for her. Her world turned upside down when she met her husband's elder brother, and the alpha of that pack, Alexander Nickelson. Her wolf screamed "Mate" inside her, making her feel dizzy because her second chance mate was her brother-in-law too. What she would do? Would she give in to the mate bond and divorce her husband, who had always been with her when she needed a shoulder to rely on? Would she reject him too because he was also an alpha, and she didn't want to be a puppet in the hands of an alpha because of the secret of her bloodline? Would Alexander be able to seduce his stubborn mate or would he accept her rejection just because she is wolf-less omega to everyone?