Salish Matter Secret Room

(R18) - Warning: This book contains explicit sexual scenes. Rebecca Grey, an up and coming journalist lands one of her biggest stories yet. She is to cover the series of murder cases that is engulfing the Silverman Corp. There she meets the enigmatic CEO, William Silverman himself. He intrigues her to no end, seducing her body and soul. As as Rebecca gets pulled deeper and deeper into the life of the sensual billionaire, she realizes that he is hiding something from her. Something dark and dangerous. Even worse, the murderer seems to have gotten a whiff of her investigation and is set to stop her once and for all. Together with John Grant, her long-time friend, admirer and protector, they unravel the mystery surrounding the murders before it is too late.

“Answer me, Nessa. Do you want to kiss me again?” When I finally opened my mouth to answer, Vito interrupted me. “And before you do, you should know the power your words hold, so think very well before you do.” I wasn’t ashamed to admit that I’d fantasized about it a few nights prior. “I do.” I finally answered, my words just as breathless as his. “You are certain that you want to do this?” I almost smiled. He was supposed to be a big bad mafia boss, but there he was making sure that I really wanted him to fuck me. Without saying anything else, I held the lapels of his shirt and brought his lips down on mine. ~•~ Nessa Sims faces an unfortunate fate when Vito Giancana, the don of the Italian mafia, offers her a job. However, she declines the offer when she realizes he is part of the mafia. Vito needs her skills and will not take no for an answer, so he blackmails her with one of her deepest secrets, forcing her to live with him to keep her safe from the dangers of the mafia. In a forced proximity, they agree to keep their relationship strictly professional, but when they share an accidental kiss, would they be able to adhere to their agreement? Or would they put everything at risk to please themselves?

Sold to the cruelest alpha king of all times by her step-father, Venessa accepts her fate. Once she gives the cursed alpha king a son, she will be set free. But what she doesn't expect is, the alpha king is her mate. The sad part is, he doesn't know it. That she can wait, believing the alpha king will realize the bond sooner or later. But one day she finds that she's nothing but a tool to him. Heartbroken, she runs with her unborn baby. The cold and domineering alpha king realizes his true feelings for her and regrets his indifference to her love. He swears to find her and take her back no matter what. Will the alpha king find Vanessa and recognize his baby? How will the cruel and cold alpha king chase her back, now a single mom sought by many alphas?

This isn’t your typical medieval romance. My name is Penelope Ernaut, the first daughter of the Ernaut Dukedom. I once had it all—status, power, a future. Until one betrayal shattered everything. My pack fell. My bloodline crumbled. And I ran, dragging my sister with me, hoping we could escape it all. However, we didn’t. She left me. Just like everyone else. After dying in the hands of my sister who returned and my mate who saw me as a toy, I was giving another chance to live again and I came back to make them bleed... But I never expected the Lycan King. Dain Zevryn—His Majesty. To come into my life. He was cold, dangerous, and beautiful in all the ways that make you ache. To the world, we were nothing more than allies and business partners. But behind closed doors, I was his only sweet toy, stripped bare for his sinful duties. I thought this time I was taking control of my story. But the deeper I fell into his world, the more I realized—I didn’t escape the cage. I just stepped into a prettier one and would I ever escape it this time?

Michael Scott is a werewolf special agent, working for the CIA. He’s their best detective and he’s sent to the toughest missions out there when the bureau needs successful completion of an assignment. Despite his young age, he’s caught some of the most dangerous criminals in the US. However, the newest task he’s given seems to be slightly different. Michael is not only sent to the other side of the world where he’s expected to prove one of the richest and most respected businessmen in the world- Richard Gallahard is a mafia boss and head of a criminal empire, but Michael’s also expected to perfectly blend-in in the world of politicians, royals and top-notch businessmen. And all of that would have been perhaps slightly easier for Michael if the cruelest among them- the cold-hearted, rumored future head of the gang and Richard’s young protege and lover- Killian O’Dwyer wasn’t his mate.

"The reason I lied is because I love you, Cody." "No, you don't because if you did, you wouldn't have made me wait for so long!" ~~~~~~~~ Prince Cody is the perfect Prince of the Lycans and werewolves. However, he carries a heavy secret - he is gay, a fact that he hides from his people to protect his throne. Not only that, but he is also in love with his best friend, Rain. Despite his efforts to maintain the façade of a straight prince, Cody discovers on his eighteenth birthday that he was mated to Rain, who he believed was straight. Out of fear of not being accepted, Cody didn't tell Rain about his feelings. That night, they both slept with one another out of drunkenness, which led to a fight between them, breaking their nine-year friendship. What happens when they meet again two years later as roommates in their school, with Rain assigned to be Cody's bodyguard? As Cody and Rain spend more time together, their connection grows stronger. Cody eventually discovers Rain's secret, which threatens to break their friendship once again. When Cody's secret is eventually revealed, chaos erupts in the kingdom. The werewolf nobles demand that he be overthrown, but Rain stands by his side, willing to risk everything to protect the man he loves. Together, Cody and Rain must fight for their love and their kingdom's future, facing impossible odds and powerful enemies. Will Cody be accepted by his world? What is Rain's secret, and why did he hide it from Cody?

The Alpha King pins Everleigh to the ground, declaring that she will be his new bride. But she can never marry him - if he ever found out her secret, that she KNOWS his son Auden and is the mother of secret twins, the King will kill her instantly. Desperate, Everleigh runs away in the night. Can Prince Auden catch Everleigh and bring her back to the palace to meet her fate and marry the King? Who will be the first to figure out that Auden has more in common with Everleigh's secret twins than he originally suspected?

I was Don Alexander's most skilled assassin and Consigliere, and also his secret wife. But for five years of our secret marriage, he never allowed our son to call him Dad. He always said that the enemy families were constantly watching our family, and that I and our son were his only weakness, so this was to protect us. I believed him, and silently helped him manage all the family affairs, until his first love, Bella, returned with a five-year-old boy. He booked out the entire Disneyland for them to play all day. That day was my son's birthday, and he stubbornly waited for his father to come home, holding a melting cake. I completely lost hope and made a phone call: "Help me cancel my and Leo's identities and erase all our information." But when my son and I truly disappeared, the powerful Don went mad, searching the entire world for traces of us...

When they met, she fell for him despite him being a nobody and her being a rich heiress to a successful Empire. But it seems her family refuses to accept the marriage. They call it a sham marriage, still trying to set her up with much more eligible bachelors. They treat him like dirt to their feet. Spurned, insulted, despised, and trampled on, he only stays because of his love for her.But, if only they knew whom they were mistreating and judging like this. His true identity then they would be begging for forgiveness and wiping the dirt off his feet. Still, though, he would rather play this game and see how far he can make them go. To have the last laugh. while getting some sweet sweet revenge too.

All Jennifer wanted was for her to take over her parents’ business after they passed. But apparently, a woman alone can not take care of an empire as big as the Allistair Group. She was arranged to have a marriage by her grandfather, thinking it better for her to get married to this other businessman that can help her—but there was no way Jennifer was going to do that. She can take care of herself and their business. She didn’t need a man. But for her to get the company with her Grandfather’s official appointment, at the same time, not getting tied up to someone she didn’t even know, she had to do something. She was going to hire someone to pretend to be her boyfriend, who would eventually become her fake husband. Jennifer found someone, but the thing was, she had no idea she just hired the man who was nowhere near the poor man she thought he was. She hired Levi Michaels, the most sought out bachelor in the business world, also known as the youngest billionaire in his time.