Rhys Larsen

He was supposed to be a stranger. A bruised, scarred, filthy-mouthed stranger who pinned me against a bathroom wall and made me forget the boy who broke my heart 20 minutes earlier. I walked away first without his name or number, and I didn't look back. Then I found out my mom was engaged. To his dad. Rhys Maddox. Number seventeen. 6'3" of tattoos, bruised knuckles, and the kind of jaw that makes good girls do stupid things. The most dangerous player to ever step on our ice. My one-night stand. My new stepbrother. He doesn't follow rules - he breaks them. On the ice. In my bed. Against every surface in our parents' house while they eat twenty feet away. He calls me "sis" just to watch me squirm. He watches me like he already owns me. And the worst part? He does. Publicly, we're fake dating - a deal to keep my ex-bestfriend away. Privately, we're a stepbrother and stepsister who can't keep our clothes on the second we're alone. It's our biggest secret. Now the boy who I once considered my best friend suddenly wants me back. And the stepbrother who wasn't supposed to mean anything won't let me go. One wants to protect me. One wants to destroy me. And I can't tell which is which anymore. --- For readers 18+ who like their men possessive, their romances FORBIDDEN, and their chapters dripping with filthy, unapologetic spice.

J'ai attendu huit ans. Le jour où je devais devenir Luna, mon âme sœur destinée, Alpha Cayden, m'a rejetée devant toute la meute. Parce que j'étais stérile. Il a rompu notre lien et a embrassé mon assistante oméga, Lilith. Il s'est avéré qu'ils s'étaient déjà accouplés. Cette s*lope était enceinte de son enfant. La rage m'a consumée. J'étais prête à tout abandonner, mais sa mère m'a jetée dans une cellule en argent. Il prévoyait de me dépouiller de ma louve et de mon don - et d'offrir mes pouvoirs à sa nouvelle Luna, Lilith. Brisée, je me suis enfuie. J'ai été attaquée par des renégats et laissée pour morte dans une flaque de mon propre sang. Quand je me suis réveillée, j'étais dans un endroit inconnu. Ma mémoire avait été effacée. Alpha Rhys, de la Meute de la Crète d'Ombre, était à mes côtés et promettait de prendre soin de moi. Et moi, la louve stérile, j'étais enceinte… Mais je ne me souviens plus du tout qui est le père de l'enfant.

Nineteen-year-old Alex Raynot has never known peace. Between a sick younger brother, parents whose love curdled into daily war, and a cheating ex who turned violent, she’s learned that survival means never trusting too deeply, and never hoping too much. But when one night of terror drives her straight into the path of three dangerous men who look like sin sculpted in flesh, her world takes a turn she could never have imagined. Reed. Rhett. Rhys. Three brothers with eyes like night and power that hums in the air around them. They rule Denver’s underground. Their names whispered with both reverence and fear. Ruthless. Unreachable. Untouchable. Until Alex crashes into their world. A wrong door. A desperate escape. One encounter that should have ended in disaster becomes a collision course with fate. Because when her family is forced to relocate for her grandfather’s funeral, Alex discovers the unthinkable truth: those same three men, the ones who saved her, and branded her mind with fear and forbidden desire, are her step uncles. Now, she’s trapped inside their mansion, surrounded by luxury that feels like a gilded cage. Every hallway hums with tension, every look from Reed burns like a challenge, every word from Rhys teases the edge of danger, and every silent glance from Rhett feels like a promise of something she shouldn’t want. They’re older. Powerful. Untouchable. And yet, each carries a darkness that pulls her closer. But beneath the glittering wealth and cold marble walls lie secrets her father refuses to explain, secrets about why he left this family years ago, and what kind of empire his half-brothers truly built.

Mi esposo, con quien llevo cinco años casada, resultó ser el heredero perdido de la familia mafiosa, Rhys. El día que lo reincorporaron a la familia, tomó a nuestro hijo de la mano y se dirigió a un lujoso coche de un millón de dólares con Isla, su novia de la infancia. Luego, frunciendo ligeramente el ceño, me dijo: —Hazel, solo me llevaré a Isla y a nuestro hijo conmigo. Tú quédate aquí por ahora. Una vez que haya asegurado mi posición en la familia Rhys, volveré por ti. Asentí con calma y acepté su disposición sin protestar. Sabía que incluso si forzaba mi regreso con él, no terminaría bien. En mi vida anterior, lloré e insistí en ir con él. Sin otra opción, Sam me llevó de vuelta a la familia. Sin embargo, no pasó mucho tiempo antes de que Isla me incriminara, acusándome de filtrar los secretos de la familia mafiosa Rhys. Según las reglas de la familia, fui sentenciada a muerte. Cuando se ejecutó el veredicto, mi hijo me gritó con los ojos enrojecidos: —¡Te odio! ¡Si no hubieras insistido en venir, no tendría a una traidora como madre! ¡Habría tenido una mejor mamá hace mucho tiempo! En ese instante, mi corazón se rindió. Renacida en el momento justo antes de que mi esposo reclamara su identidad, esta vez elegí dejarlo ir sin dudarlo, dejando de interponerme en la felicidad que él y nuestro hijo deseaban.

Meu marido de cinco anos acabou sendo descoberto como o herdeiro há muito perdido da família mafiosa Rhys. No dia em que foi levado de volta para a família, ele segurou a mão do nosso filho e caminhou em direção a um carro de luxo de um milhão de dólares com Isla, sua paixão de infância. Então, franzindo levemente a testa, ele me disse: — Hazel, eu só vou levar a Isla e nosso filho comigo. Você fica aqui por enquanto. Quando eu me firmar na família Rhys, voltarei para buscar você. Assenti calmamente e aceitei o arranjo sem protestar. Eu sabia que, mesmo que eu insistisse em voltar com ele, não terminaria bem. Na minha vida anterior, eu chorei e insisti em ir com ele. Sem outra escolha, Sam me levou de volta para a família. No entanto, não demorou muito para que Isla me incriminasse, acusando-me de vazar os segredos da família mafiosa Rhys. De acordo com as regras da família, fui condenada à morte. Quando a sentença foi executada, meu filho gritou para mim com os olhos vermelhos: — Eu te odeio! Se você não tivesse insistido em voltar, eu não teria uma mãe traidora! Eu já teria tido uma mãe melhor há muito tempo! Naquele instante, meu coração não aguentou. Renascida no momento antes de meu marido recuperar sua identidade, desta vez escolhi deixar ir sem hesitação, não ficando mais no caminho da felicidade que ele e nosso filho desejavam.