Reads By The River Novels & Stories

On the night she discovers her fated mate, Aurelia Nightbane expects love. Instead, Alpha Kael publicly rejects her before the entire pack. Humiliated. Broken. Cast out. But rejection does not weaken her, it awakens something ancient. When the ruthless Lycan King Lucian Viremont senses the rise of a long-lost royal bloodline, he finds Aurelia the girl no Alpha wanted, and he claims her. Now caught between a regretful Alpha and a dangerously possessive Lycan King, Aurelia must uncover the truth about her heritage, survive political betrayal, and decide whether she is merely a rejected mate, or the Queen destiny has been waiting for. Because this time she will not be rejected, she will be worshipped.

I was married to one of the city's richest billionaires, but inside his home, I was just a ghost. Damian never once looked at me with love. Never did he touch me with kindness. He didn't see me as a woman, or even a person. I was just… a stand-in. A stand-in while he waited for someone else to come and my heart broke in silence. But the day he walked into our home with his first love, Vanessa, hand in hand it finally broke for good. I found my strength and I placed a signed divorce papers on his desk. Damian scoffed, his eyes cold. “You’ll regret this. You’ll crawl back. Women like you always do.” I thought he was right. I thought I had no one, nowhere to go, and nothing to live for. Until the black car stopped in front of me. That night, three powerful men stepped out, calling me by a name I didn’t even know was mine. Adrian Valehart, a ruthless tycoon whose eyes were as sharp as steel and silenced a room. Nathaniel Valehart, the cold, brilliant lawyer who never lost a case. And Leo Valehart, the superstar adored by millions. They told me I was, their long-lost sister, the only daughter of a billionaire family. I thought they were wrong. But when Adrian gave me shares worth billions, Nathan vowed Damian would walk away with nothing but shame. Leo wrapped his arm around me and declared to the world, “This is my sister, my one and only.” Everything changed And Damian… Damian refuses to let go. He came crawling back, begging for a second chance. “Please, give me another chance,” he said. But my three overprotective brothers wouldn't let him touch me and his pride will not die quietly.

On the night Ava expected to be chosen as the Luna, Alpha Damon publicly rejects her- without explanation. Humiliated and broken she finds herself in the arms of a stranger who rescued her who has secrets of his own Dante Blackwood, he is Damon’s banished brother. Ava is the key to breaking a generational curse that haunts the bloodline of two brothers Now both brothers want her One controls the past One controls the future Ava must choose between the Alpha that rejected her for some unknown reason and the Alpha that saved her One will burn the world for her, the other will burn himself for her

“A Luna is meant to be graceful and elegant not…” His mother sniffed, her nose up in the air, “not this.” Disdain and disgust dripped from her words. Every word felt like a blow to my heart, I kept still, waiting for Roland to come to my defense like a good mate. I sent a pleading gaze to him but all I got was an icy stare in return, but I still held faith in my heart. He sighed and his gaze softened with something that looked like self-loathing, “I'm sorry Selena, you're not just Luna material,” His gaze shifted to the person beside me, “And I'm in love with another.” There was a ringing in my ears as time slowed and my world came to a standstill, “W-what?” I choked out, dazed. Selena was the fat unwanted twin, the one her mate rejected for her prettier, slimmer sister. Once rejected, betrayed and left for dead, she almost gave up on life itself. When she stumbles into the arms of two alpha werewolves the world fears, she doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. Four years later, she returns, stronger and fiercer, a queen in her own right. The weak fat wolf is dead and in her place is someone they would never see coming. A weapon. Vengeance.

BLURB Moira had spent her entire life being invisible until one night when she gets marked by the moon goddess as Adan’s chosen mate. Prince Adan rejects their bond in front of everyone but it’s not that easy. He offers a solution but it is one that seals her fate far more dangerously. She is given to his uncle, Alpha Jamie Draven, the ruthless and most feared Alpha of the North. Jamie accepts the marriage without hesitation. Moira’s life soon becomes more complicated than she expected. Jamie barely speaks to her and the mark forces them to be together at all time. His wolf reacts to her in ways neither of them understands. And the more time Moira spends near him, the harder it becomes to ignore the strange pull between them. When secrets about Moira’s past and her true powers become known, it puts a target on her back. Adan demands she be returned for execution but Jamie chooses to protect her even if it means tearing the crown apart. “I’m not weak,” Moira said in an unsteady voice. Jamie’s amber-gray eyes darkened as he stepped closer. “I know. But that doesn’t mean I won’t protect you.”

Rejected. Humiliated. Broken. On the night she was meant to find love, Aria lost everything. Publicly rejected by her fated mate and cast aside like she was nothing, she fled into the darkness—wounded, alone, and hunted by the shame she couldn’t escape. But the forest didn’t offer safety. It offered him. A man more dangerous than any rejection. A King feared by every pack. A predator who doesn’t ask, doesn’t hesitate… and doesn’t take no for an answer. He didn’t save her. He claimed her. Bound by a force she doesn’t understand, Aria finds herself trapped under the rule of a ruthless Alpha King whose presence ignites both fear and something far more dangerous. He is cold, dominant, and impossibly powerful—and he’s decided she belongs to him. Now, there are rules. Rules she must follow. Rules she must survive. Rules that blur the line between control and desire. But Aria is not as weak as they believe. Beneath her pain lies something rare. Something powerful. Something that could either destroy her… or make her unstoppable. As her past refuses to let her go and her rejected mate begins to regret the biggest mistake of his life, Aria is caught between two worlds—one that broke her… and one that threatens to consume her completely. And the deeper she falls into the King’s dark world, the more dangerous the truth becomes: She is no longer just a rejected wolf. She is something far more powerful. Something worth fighting for. Something worth destroying kingdoms for. And when her true strength awakens… She won’t just survive. She’ll make them all kneel.

Amelia Blackwood has spent the last two years as an outcast, serving the pack that once claimed her as family. Her crime? She didn't shift on her 16th birthday, leading to her family treating her as less than a servant. After she turned eighteen... everything changed. Whether for the better or the worse would depend on the ruthless Alpha King, Lukas Volkov. As Amelia navigates a treacherous path between servitude and sovereignty, she must confront her painful past and the brutal pack dynamics that threaten her very existence. When danger lurks in the shadows and betrayal seeps into every corner of the kingdom, Amelia must decide whether to bend to the Alpha King's will or fight. With the bond to her mate stronger than she ever imagined, will she embrace her fate as queen, or will the darkness of her past consume her once more?

She was born wolfless. He promised her forever. But betrayal was just one heartbeat away. Ostracized for not having a wolf, she’s the pack’s shame until the alpha’s son claims her as his mate. Their love is forbidden but fierce, and everything was supposed to change at the claiming ceremony. Until he collapses poisoned. All fingers point at her as the guilty one. With the pack in chaos and the healers helpless, she does the unthinkable: seeks out the reclusive Lycan King the same mysterious man she once saved and never forgot. But the boy she remembered has become a cold, powerful ruler with eyes that burn through lies and through her soul. He agrees to help... at a price. A vow to return. When she returns to save her mate, she walks into her worst nightmare. Her sister wears the Luna’s crown. The alpha’s son no longer remembers his promises. And she is branded a traitor. Now, hunted by her own pack, her only hope lies in the one man she once abandoned. The Lycan King.

‘The taste of her gets him addicted. ’*********************** Kiera Lancaster was a weak omega who had a passion for sport, so she attended a sports university where she met her fated mate, who was a captain of the hockey team, but she was brutally rejected in front of everyone, tarnishing her image. Rejected and heartbroken, Kiera got herself drunk only to wake up in bed naked the next morning with a strange man, who turned out to be the famous star of the hockey team and also one of the most powerful Alphas in the city. She feared for her life, so she ran away only to be found by the man, and he asked her to take responsibility for him, but she noticed after that night she could hear everyone's thoughts except his. Kiera's quiet college life was turned upside down with just a one-night stand that blew into the scandal of the century and also a strange power that posed a risk. Did you think Kiera could navigate her new life?

For six years, Zara Grey has lived under a curse she doesn’t understand. Six times, fate has given her a mate—only for each one to reject her and mysteriously vanish without a trace. Marked as unwanted, whispered about in every pack, she has steeled herself against hope. But when Kael Draven, the ruthless Lycan King, claims her as his mate, everything changes.