Rival Penelope Douglas Novels & Stories

Ravenlake Academy is known for training the future Alphas of the strongest packs. It’s brutal, elite, and boys-only. No girl has ever stepped inside its cold, iron-gated walls. Until now. No one suspects that the newest recruit with a sharp tongue and faster fists is not a boy at all, but a runaway Alpha princess, hiding from an arranged marriage with the Rogue King. Disguised behind her dead brother’s name, she just wants to stay hidden. But what happens when she draws the dangerous attention of two rival Alphas, and sworn enemies fated to her blood?

Amelia Bennet never wanted to steal her sister Kathrine’s mate, but when Alpha Logan mistakenly marked her, Kathrine left the pack in fury, and Amelia was forced to step in as the perfect “Luna Kathrine.” Pregnant and hiding the truth from Logan, Amelia’s life spiraled further when her mother died. Kathrine returned for the funeral, determined to reclaim everything she had lost, leaving Amelia rejected and betrayed. Seeking refuge with Logan’s rival pack, Amelia resolved to embrace a new life—but Logan refused to let her go…

A talented painter, Lexi Thompson, is kidnapped by a notorious gang leader, Julian Blackwood, and she is given 60 days to paint a duplicate of a priceless artwork. As Lexi works to meet up with the deadline, she uncovers mysterious secrets about Julian's family, her troubled past and her parents demise whose deaths were linked to the painting she was asked to make a replica of. Lexi and Julian navigate through tough situations from rival gangs, their prohibited love becomes the greatest danger of all. Will they overcome their troubled pasts and trust each other, or will the secrets unveiled tear them apart?

On the night she was meant to become Luna, Althea was publicly rejected by her fated mate. Cast aside by Alpha Lucien and exiled from the only pack she had ever known, she was left broken, humiliated, and marked as unwanted. But rejection did not destroy her. It awakened her. Taken in by the rival Nightfall Pack, Althea begins rebuilding herself in silence—training harder, growing stronger, refusing to let betrayal define her. Yet strange things begin to happen. Ancient wards react to her presence. A forgotten moonstone pulses beneath the keep. And when she sleeps, she hears whispers… thoughts that do not belong to her. Althea can read minds. What she doesn’t know is that her bloodline was erased centuries ago—wiped from history after a royal betrayal that shattered the balance of the werewolf world. The Moon Goddess has not forgotten. And now, the scales are shifting. As her hidden power awakens, so does something else. The broken mate bond she thought was dead begins to stir. Lucien feels it. Across territories and pride, he senses her transformation—and regret begins to consume him. The girl he cast aside is no longer weak. She is becoming dangerous. But Althea is no one’s pawn. Not fate’s. Not the Goddess’s. And certainly not the Alpha who rejected her. With rival packs watching, ancient secrets resurfacing, and two powerful Alphas drawn to her rising strength, Althea must decide who she will become: The rejected Luna… Or the royal wolf the world tried to erase.

When Thalia wakes reborn in the heart of Silverpine—a secluded werewolf pack—she remembers only fragments: the terror of her escape, the fire she unleashed, the coven sisters she left behind. Haunted by guilt and desperate to hide her witch’s power, Thalia is forced to play the role of the Alpha’s fated mate to protect herself and the pack from enemies within and without. Silverpine is a fortress of secrets, suspicion, and pack law. The council circles, hungry for weakness. Livia, the Alpha’s rival, wants Thalia gone. Only a handful know the truth of Thalia’s magic—and if word spreads, it will mean death for her and danger for the wolves she’s learning to care for. As she navigates brutal trials and dangerous alliances, Thalia is drawn to Rowan, the troubled Alpha who carries scars—physical and emotional—from battles with witches long past. Their fake engagement ignites a bond that neither can ignore, but trust is as dangerous as betrayal. When Rowan’s need for a mate clashes with Thalia’s instinct for survival, both are forced to confront the wounds of their pasts. Haunted by memories of her old coven—of Mira, the friend she left to burn—Thalia must decide: keep hiding, or reclaim the full force of her power. But the magic that saved her may destroy everything she’s come to love. As rival packs close in and the council demands blood, Thalia must choose between saving Silverpine and saving herself. In the ashes of her past, can she forge a new future—or will old betrayals rise to consume them all? A witch among wolves. A lie that can’t last. And a power that refuses to stay buried.

“In a world ruled by power, love and compassion are weaknesses. But they killed both in me… so there’s nothing left they can use to stop me.” Anya is just an ordinary she-wolf trying to survive. By a twist of fate, or perhaps the Goddess’s intervention, she begins working for the Volkovs, and all she wants is to gain money to care for her brother and sick mother. But Nathan Volkov, the Alpha heir, treats her with cold disdain, as if her very presence offends him. Until the night they are left alone. When Anya confronts him, Nathan fights his instincts… and loses. Secret nights, forbidden desire, and an unbreakable bond pull them together. But love comes at a cruel price. After a chain of devastating events, Nathan refuses to fight for her, and Anya is left to face her fate alone. Betrayed, kidnapped, and imprisoned after revealing her pregnancy, she loses everything she ever loved and is declared dead. But she is stronger than they ever imagined. Anya escapes and is reborn as Viktoriya in a rival pack. There, she has to rebuild her life from zero. She grows stronger, wiser and more confident than ever. Yuri, the rival Alpha, seems interested in her and she sees that she can use that. Now, Anya, or Viktoriya, is ready to get her power, return to Nathan’s world and show him she no longer wants love, she wants her son back, she wants revenge. And Nathan will have to choose: power… or the Luna fate never let him forget.

Xander Martin is a man with a reputation to uphold. He's handsome, rich, young, smart and... Cassanova. It's no secret that he likes to spend time with rich women. In fact, the whole town knew he didn't want to sleep with the same girl twice. But everything changed when he accidentally had sex with a girl. Frustrated that the girl is not the hired girl he thought he was, Xander accuses her of being a spy sent by his business rival to destroy him. So, is the accusation true? Did Xander succeed in finding the girl? The most important final question, who exactly is that woman?

A mute Alpha, traumatized by his parents' murder, abandons his fated mate at first sight—convinced his silence makes him unworthy. He then embarks on a desperate cross-country hunt through rival packs to find her, only to face a vengeful hunter who forces him to break twelve years of silence under torture. Meanwhile, his fiercely loyal mate storms into enemy territory to rescue him, and his womanizing Beta discovers his own fated mate is a man. Packed with primal attraction, brutal action, and emotional redemption, this shifter romance redefines what it means to be Alpha.

He’s my father’s sworn enemy–and the most dangerous man I’ve ever wanted…………. Marcelo Sanchez is young, unprepared, and still nursing a broken heart. When his father sends him to negotiate with Vincenzo Casano, a ruthless mafia boss and lifelong rival, he expects hostility, not temptation. Vincenzo should see Marcelo as nothing more than a pawn. Instead, he sees a challenge… and a desire he can’t ignore. What begins as a tense business meeting spirals into a dangerous game of power, passion, and the one thing neither man ever expected.

It all started the night Sky made a terrible mistake. She had mistaken her fiancé’s rival for her fiancé and ended up in his bed. To protect her engagement and her image, Sky made a desperate decision. She struck a secret deal with the man she should never have touched a contract to spend ten nights with him, and after that, everything will be over. But what began as a simple game soon turned into an obsession. William never planned to let her go. He wanted her in every possible way, and he would stop at nothing to make her his.