real pictures of marie laveau

Oakley is a quiet kid, he keeps his head down and minds his own business. He has a best friend, and a fling. He's openly gay, and in his small town that still lives in the sixties, he gets bullied for it. He has two moms, which only adds to the bullying. Axton is at his prime, he plays football, has a hot girlfriend, who is supposedly his soon to be mate. Everything in his life is perfect. Except he has one big secret. No one knows, and he takes out his frustrations on an easy target.

Billionaires who just want to live the Blue Collar life and meet their perfect match… Can they allow their hearts to be soften and find love - or will danger get in the way?

Arina De Luca is the daughter of Shadow Borne Pack Alpha. Her life was perfect until the Alpha's sudden death when she suddenly found herself treated like a slave. A seemingly unstoppable situation forces Arina to flee just as she is approaching her eighteenth birthday. For years, Lycan king Alexandre LeBlanc has been without a mate. After seeing what the bond almost did to his mother, he never had the desire to take a mate. All of that changes, however, when Arina shows up at his door asking for assistance. Both of their lives are turned upside down when fate plays a role. What secrets are hidden within the Shadowborne Pack's walls? What will Arina do when she learns the real reason for her treatment? Are Alexandre and his mate destined for each other? As secrets are unveiled, truths are revealed, and choices have devastating repercussion

Yvayn is beginning his Anointment Journey now that he’s reached the age of manhood. As the son of the emperor, he must journey to the neighboring empire and meet his allies. Yvayn had lived a secluded life and now he is thrust upon the world in which his life is forever changed by events foretold in forgotten prophecies that were buried by former clan leaders and religious zealots. His world comes crashing down around him as events unfold from evil machinations that begin to destroy his world around him. Yvayn also finds himself lost and wandering into the lands of his mother and befriends his relatives under a new name. He confronts bias and judgements against him by protecting his family from a hostile lion then befriends a lost and injured wizard and decides to take him back to his home. Meanwhile Yvayn’s guardian tries to find Yvayn. Termas decides to return home when he befriends a young girl named Cai. He returns to the capital city and begins to build an army to defend the city from the evil forces that are quickly coming. He follows them into one massive battle where everything seems to fall apart from an even larger enemy. He has to fight against old clan enemies as well as religious zealots to try to keep control all while admitting that he lost Yvayn somewhere on his Anointment Journey. This is just book one of three.

Peyton is an 18 year old, who is waiting to meet his mate. He will be the Beta of the Blue Moon pack after he finishes his senior year in high school. He's expecting his mate to be a girl, but he finds out not only is his mate a blonde boy, he's human. Zeke Hayes is new to town, he moved from a different state with his abusive parents. He learns new things about himself when he starts spending time with a quiet moody boy named Peyton. Things change quickly for them, will the truth strengthen there relationship, or ruin it before it even begins?

Deeply in love with Curtis Crosby, Margot Stone's dreams come true when she marries him. When she finds out she is pregnant, she is eager to share the joyous news with Curtis. That is when she sees him bringing back another woman who is set to seize everything that belongs to her.After being wounded time and again, Margot decides to file the divorce papers and leave.To Curtis' shock, she vanishes into thin air, never to be heard from again. He begins his frenzied search for her.

Petunia, a 19-year-old girl from a rural village in Limpopo province, moves to the big city of Johannesburg to study. She then falls head over heels for the popular guy on campus. Unfortunately, life in the big city is not as good as she thought. Will she be consumed by the glitz, the Glamour, and the dark side of the golden city?

“I’ll agree to this—but only if you stay out of my business.” “You have a deal,” the man chuckled, raising his hands in mock surrender, his husky voice dripping with amusement. “But,” he added, stepping closer, his breath brushing against her ear, “you’ll have to agree to my conditions, too.” “I said I’d agree, didn’t I?” Sherry replied coolly. Her expression didn’t waver as she grabbed his collar and pulled him down to her eye level. “Mr. Smith,” she whispered, matching his tone with a quiet fierceness. Hah… This woman is going to drive me insane, Levian thought, already realizing this would be far from easy. ~~~ On her wedding day, Sherry is poisoned by her best friend. Her fiancé? At the hospital, he was celebrating the birth of his child with someone else. But fate rewinds the clock. Waking up a day before her death, Sherry has one goal: uncover the truth and take back control. However, as the secrets unravel, she realizes the betrayal runs deeper than she imagined. That's when the rumored Levian Smith makes her an offer: “Marry me, and I’ll stake my very soul for you.” Now, she must choose—revenge or redemption?

Lyrica comes from a family in the province and decided to try her luck in Manila. There, she met a young man named Lucian, who offered her a deal—a deal she couldn't refuse. What will happen to their agreement? Will the two of them develop feelings for each other? What secrets will be uncovered as they enter into this agreement?

Riley Rose Thornton is on the verge of turning 20 and accepting her role within her pack as she eagerly awaits her wolf. With school at the Alpha Academy ending this year and true mates waiting to find their other half, Riley has been patient and excited to start this new chapter. With her best friends Lily and Ollie, the adventure is just about ready to take off. Ollie secretly loves Riley and has for most of their childhood, but will Ollie be Riley's destined mate? Or is Riley destined for more? Lily isn't even sure where she belongs in this pack and whether she wants to stay. And what about Eli, the bad boy/future Alpha of the pack? What role does he have to play in all of this? Eli has been out of school for 2 years now, finishing off his training to take over as Alpha of the Silver Moon Pack. Will that get derailed because of love or will his is annoyingly, handsome, boy next door, brother Ethan, get in the way of his true love and the pack? Stay tuned because it's about to get messy.