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⚠️ Trigger Warnings: Contains explicit sexual content, consensual power dynamics, manipulation, dominance/submission themes, obsession, emotional degradation, and morally gray characters. 18+ only. Reader discretion is advised. My Reluctant Plaything is a raw, intoxicating collection of gay erotica where lust blurs the lines between love and control. Every story is a clash of dominance and resistance of men who crave power and those who refuse to kneel... until they do. From ruthless mafia heirs and calculating professors to damaged billionaires and possessive strangers, these stories dive deep into forbidden desires, reluctant submission, and the thrilling high of surrendering to the one man you shouldn't want. It’s not about romance. It’s about obsession. They said no. But their bodies said everything else.

Five years after a brutal separation from his wife, Brandon gets a chance to revive their broken relationship. With his matchmaking twins set on getting mummy and daddy back together, he will stop at nothing to make their marriage work a second time. But Elna, his estranged wife refuses to give him another chance. Once bitten, twice shy, twice bitten, forever shy, she doesn't want him back. It will take more than his love and gifts to win her heart again. The billionaire CEO didn't get to the top by taking no for an answer. What he wants is what he gets and Brandon wants his wife back. *** This is a sequel to ”Mr Reluctant Billionaire”.

ALICE RILEY “I like you; you’re a wonderful girl. But your stubbornness? I can’t deal with that. Unless you change—” Before he could finish, I said goodbye and walked out. Just a week into dating, and all he could see was my so-called obstinance. Honestly, dating wasn’t my thing. Men admired my looks, sure, but my mind? That was a different story. A few dates were all it took for them to brand me as headstrong or argumentative. I was okay with that. I had no intention of changing myself to fit someone else’s expectations. Then came Vivian Scott, the enigmatic CEO of Scott Group. He was unlike anyone I’d met before. Why wasn’t he running for the hills like the rest? Did he actually think he could tame me, bend me to his will? VIVIAN SCOTT I had everything a man needed to make women swoon—looks, power, status, and wealth. Becoming the CEO of Scott Group at a young age had made me responsible, but it hadn’t dulled my appetite for fun. Whenever I encountered a beautiful woman, I knew exactly how she’d react. I never missed an opportunity to tease and charm my way into her good graces. It was all harmless fun—short-lived and never serious. That was until I met Alice Riley. Alice was gorgeous, no doubt, but it wasn’t just her beauty that intrigued me. Her sharp wit and unyielding attitude set her apart. She wasn’t like the women I’d known before. Unfortunately for her, she thought that throwing up walls and flaunting her defiance would keep me at bay. What’s more thrilling than conquering the impossible? I was determined to bring her to my track! __________ Cover Image Credit: Image by Freepik

"This is the story of a thirty-five-year-old cold and possessive Alpha who falls in love with a twenty-year-old wolfless and tough girl. Celia Beck, the wolfless daughter of the Dark Moon pack, is sold by her stepmother as an Omega. During her attempt to escape, she kisses a passing stranger, after which she is forced to become his Luna. She rejects him in every way possible, but instead of giving up, he wants her even more, as if there's some kind of inextricable bond between them..."

Isla Carter never intended to see Adrian again. Their one-night stand was supposed to be a reckless escape, a fleeting moment of passion in a life filled with fear and uncertainty. But when she finds out she’s pregnant, she knows she has no choice but to confront the father of her child. She doesn’t want his money or pity, only a chance to protect the life growing inside her. However, facing Adrian is only the beginning of her battle

Hailey Johnson, a gossip columnist, wants to get the scoop of a lifetime while hot rock-star-turned-actor Noah Magellan is in town filming. This would boost her column and help with the tabloid’s circulation numbers. She’s scrappy and determined, but often doesn’t realize the unintended consequences of her actions. Noah Magellan never wanted to be a star. He wanted to make music, but he found an agent early on who believed in him and his career skyrocketed. He is reluctantly doing this movie, but then he wants to find a place to hide out and get back to his roots. No one is supposed to know he is in Philadelphia for this film. He’s doing his best to keep a low profile… until he drags a woman onto his private plane, and she turns out to be his worst nightmare.Her Reluctant Billionaire Boyfriend is created by Chris Redding, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

When she returned to the room, he was waiting. Handcuffs in hand. Eyes full of something dangerous. “You’ve been a bad girl,” Leonardo said, voice low and controlled. “Now you’ll take your punishment.” Arya was forced into a marriage she never wanted—to Leonardo Marcello, a man with a reputation built on blood, fear, and absolute power. Cold. Calculated. Untouchable. But the moment he saw her, something shifted. For him, it was already too late. Arya is everything he never expected—soft where he’s hard, light where he’s all shadow. And the more she tries to keep her distance, the more he pulls her into his dark world. It starts with stolen glances. Then with unspoken promises. And before she can stop it, the man she was forced to marry becomes the one man her heart begins to crave. But their world is brutal. And love? In the mafia, it’s the greatest risk of all. Will the reluctant mafia bride surrender to the man who’s already claimed her soul? Or will the world they live in rip them apart before she ever gets the chance?

Melody is living in a nightmare. Abused as a child she must fight to protect the new younger girls from evil. Loki is the Alpha Werewolf of a large Pack. He is stunning both as a man and a Wolf and loved by his Pack as a fair and just Alpha. When Melody takes matters into her own hands and the girls make a run for safety the Watchers find her and bring her to the Alpha. Loki is lost from the minute he sets eyes on the beautiful little waif. She is his fated mate but Melody does not even know she is a Wolf. Fighting against her passion and her Wolf Melody must learn to survive and then conquer her new reality. Can she accept her destiny? Will love conquer all?

"Anong ginagawa mo?" sigaw ko nang tanggalin ng malaking lalaki ang engagement ring ko sa daliri ko. "Hindi!" napasigaw ako nang itinapon niya ang diamond ring. "Akin ka! Naiintindihan mo ba? Akin ka lang!" ang kanyang napakagandang berdeng mga mata ang bumungad sa akin. "Never! I reject..... " Hindi ko na natapos ang sinasabi ko, nakalapat ang bibig niya sa bibig ko, inaangkin ang labi ko sa isang matinding paghalik. Maayos ang buhay ni Alice, may magandang trabaho, at isang kahanga-hangang kasintahan. Bukod sa isang maliit na lihim niya, siya ay isang werewolf, at kontrolado niya ang buhay niya.Matapos mawala ang kanyang mga magulang sa isang malupit na pag-atake ay ipinadala siya sa malayo upang manirahan kasama ang kanyang tiyahin, isang keeper. Si Alice ay tinatawag na isang urban werewolf na walang balak na hanapin ang kanyang mate. Ngunit hindi nangyari ang mga bagay tulad ng inaasahan nang angkinin siya ng pinakagwapo, makapangyarihan at mapanganib na Alpha ng US bilang kanyang mate. Ang kanyang wolf ay nang-iinit ngunit binabalaan siya ng kanyang isipan laban sa bagay na iyon. Paano niya tatanggihan ang pagiging Luna niya?

Future Alpha Cleo Sharpe believes that she has it all: an amazing future, a devoted pack, and a handsome fiancé. She is horrified to learn that her mate is the pack loner, not the man whose ring she wears. Cleo finds this out as she finally has a chance encounter with Zander and feels irresistibly drawn to him. Neither one of them can resist the magnetic pull of a true mate and grow closer. Cleo even learns her fiancé is harboring a terrible secret. Zander Underwood is a man on a mission: he is determined to find his parents’ murderer, even if it means breaking his own heart and abandoning his mate. He will stop at nothing to avenge his parents' death, so they are not forsaken. As Cleo learns more about the dark forces that haunt the wolf packs, she will be forced to choose between the life she has always imagined and the enticing pull of man as intoxicating as he is mysterious.The Alpha's Reluctant Mate is created by Katrina Guerin, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.