Sans Bones

On our wedding anniversary, I ask my husband, Luke Blackburn, to buy me some fish stew. Since I'm in my first trimester, I keep vomiting every now and then due to morning sickness. Right now, I have an intense craving for fish stew. But Luke comes home empty-handed in the middle of the night. He claims that he's completely forgotten about my request. I don't say anything at all. All I notice is a strand of long hair sticking to Luke's collar that doesn't belong to me. Some time later, I see the fish stew I never got to eat in a photo that Luke's colleague, Ruby Pollard, has uploaded to her social media feed. The caption reads, "Luke ordered this dish for me. He knows that I love fish stew from this particular restaurant the most. I'm so touched by his gesture!" In the photo, I see a pair of familiar hands picking out fish bones from the meat tenderly just for Ruby.

Blurb She was his wife. But he only ever mourned another woman. Julian Hale rules an empire with a merciless hand, feared by everyone and worshipped like he was a god. Yet the greatest cruelty of his life was reserved for the woman who shared his bed. Emily lived every day being compared to a dead woman, she was humiliate and tortured by the very man she gave her all. Emily loved Julian quietly, desperately, hoping that one day he would see her. But when lies are fed into a man already blinded by resentment, love doesn’t stand a chance. On the day Emily discovers she is pregnant, Julian announces their divorce in front of everyone. Broken beyond repair, Emily disappears, leaving behind a staged death, fragments of her diary, and a truth that will hunt Julian for the rest of his life. But when fate throws her back into Julian’s path, he was shocked to his bones to see that his dead Luna was another man's wife! he becomes obsessed with reclaiming the woman he once discarded.

Jacob et Gloria se connaissent depuis l'université, mais, bien que Jacob soit secrètement amoureux d’elle, Gloria ne le considère que comme un ami. Des années plus tard, devenu avocat accompli, Jacob décide de lui avouer ses sentiments lors d’un dîner : "Gloria, je t'ai toujours aimée." Gloria le rejette brutalement, arguant qu’il ne correspond pas à ses critères physiques. Dévasté, Jacob finit par accepter et se rapproche de Charlotte, la sœur cadette de Gloria. Ils développent une relation solide et heureuse, tandis que Gloria épouse Samson, un homme séduisant mais violent. Lorsque son mariage tourne au cauchemar, Gloria, piégée dans une relation toxique, se confie en larmes à Charlotte. Réalisant son erreur, elle finit par quitter Samson et revient vers Jacob, le suppliant de lui donner une nouvelle chance. "Je me suis trompée. C’est toi que j’aime", lui dit-elle, bouleversée. Jacob se retrouve face à un choix déchirant : quitter Charlotte, la femme qui l’a soutenu sans condition, ou renouer avec Gloria, son amour de jeunesse. Charlotte, consciente de la situation, refuse de perdre Jacob sans se battre. Pris dans ce triangle amoureux complexe, Jacob doit choisir entre son passé et son présent. Lequel de ces deux amours triomphera ?

Après avoir terminé la formation de Luna dont rêvait chaque louve, je me suis rendue auprès de mon Alpha, Damien, avec une requête. Rompre notre lien de compagnons. « Tout ça, juste parce que j'ai manqué ta cérémonie pour aider la compagne de feu mon frère, Lilith, avec les loups solitaires sur son territoire ? » Un sourire narquois a tordu ses lèvres, sa voix un murmure rauque. J'ai hoché la tête, silencieuse. « J'ai donné ma parole à mon frère avant qu'il ne meure. J'ai juré que je protégerais Lilith. Je ne peux pas rompre ce serment ! Pourquoi ne peux-tu pas comprendre ? », il a murmuré en soupirant lourdement. « Arrête d'être si puérile ! Pourquoi ne peux-tu pas être raisonnable, comme l'est Lilith ? » Je l'ai repoussé avec un calme glacial. Dix ans. Pendant dix ans après la confirmation de notre lien, j'ai tout abandonné. Chaque loisir, chaque rêve… tout pour apprendre à être sa Luna. Tout le monde dans la meute pensait que j'étais impuissante sans lui. Que je ne pouvais même pas survivre sans sa protection. Mais cette fois, j'en avais fini. Il ne savait pas que j'avais déjà contacté les meutes neutres sur une autre terre. J'allais quelque part où son odeur d'Alpha ne pourrait jamais m'atteindre.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Julia pensait connaître sa vie : un mariage tranquille, une maison élégante, un fils qu’elle chérit plus que tout. Mais derrière les sourires bien appris, quelque chose se fissure. Le silence de Damien, ses absences prolongées, la froideur qui s’installe entre eux… tout devient impossible à ignorer. Peu à peu, un doute s’invite dans son quotidien et transforme la moindre certitude en question sans réponse. Ce qui semblait solide commence à vaciller, et Julia comprend que la vérité, quelle qu’elle soit, pourrait changer bien plus que son mariage.

Lumi Reeves pensait avoir trouvé l'âme sœur en épousant l'homme qu'elle adorait depuis l'enfance. Pendant deux ans, elle a enduré une frustration sexuelle intense, persuadée que la « maladie de La Peyronie » d'Henry était bien réelle. Elle a eu recours à des sextoys et à des caresses désespérées pour se sentir désirée. Jusqu'au jour où elle l'a surpris en plein ébat avec sa propre belle-mère, Elena – celle-là même qui avait fait de sa vie un enfer. Humiliée et chassée, les papiers du divorce déjà prêts, Lumi se retrouve sans ressources. Une nuit d'ivresse avec un inconnu sans scrupules la laisse enceinte et désespérée. Cet inconnu n'est autre qu'Aaron Vanders, l'héritier milliardaire, froid et autoritaire, et son nouveau patron. Il lui propose un contrat de douze mois : l'épouser, porter son héritier, et en échange, il sauvera son père mourant et lui offrira le pouvoir qu'elle n'a jamais eu. Alors que Lumi passe du statut d'épouse délaissée à celui de redoutable dirigeante, elle déchaîne une vengeance implacable sur tous ceux qui l'ont brisée. Mais que se passe-t-il lorsque l'homme qui l'a achetée comme héritier commence à la désirer d'une manière qu'aucun contrat ne peut contenir ?

As my body was pulled from the desolate marsh, Kian, the Alpha I had been mated to for ten years, was in the middle of his Mating Ceremony with his Beta, Sienna. My rotting corpse was mangled beyond recognition by layers of different wolfsbane poisons, my very bones stained black by the toxin's deep penetration. Even the pack's eldest healer retched at the sight of it. But, Kian, seemingly unfazed by the gruesome discovery, exchanged vows with Sienna before the Moon Altar. They received the blessings of the entire pack, while no one remembered me, even though I had only been missing for three months. It wasn't until my brother Ronan, the pack's Head Enforcer, began his investigation and found a shattered moonstone deep within my skeletal remains. "Ronan... if anyone can hear this... the Rogue Alpha has infiltrated..." The fragmented, static-laced voice that emanated from it made my brother freeze. When the truth was finally revealed, I was proven to be not the traitor who eloped with a Rogue Alpha, but the hero who died protecting the pack. And as for that Alpha who always looked down on me? He completely lost his mind.

Book Two of The Moon & Sun Series After everything that I have been through in my decidedly short 18 years of life, I kara Ravenfield, am determined to show them all that I can in fact do this. It's not going to be easy, there's an unknown threat looming, and I feel it in my bones that it's going to affect so much more than just the other wolf packs. There's a new unexpected title for me to bear and somehow live up to. No pressure there. More like a ton of anxiety-inducing pressure. I thought I had all figured out, thought I knew exactly what to expect...but now everything is uncertain and I'm left feeling like I'm treading water in the hopes of not drowning. The thing, or perhaps I should say things, that keeps me going is knowing that I am not doing this alone, I have support. People who have my back but give me the courage and the space to do it my own way. After all, what more can you ask for in potential mates than pure acceptance and support.

My wedding was a trap. My fiancé’s plan? Strip my power, claim my throne, and break me into submission. But I don’t break. I traded my wedding dress for combat boots and infiltrated the one place I was never meant to survive: the brutal, all-male Alpha Academy. Disguised as a boy, I fight where bones snap before breakfast and dominance is earned in blood. And sleeping three feet away from me? Donovan—my traitorous ex. The same man who murdered my brother. With a lethal enemy who suspects my secret, a teacher who wants more than obedience, and three fated mates who could either break or build me, I’ve got one mission: survive. To do that, I’ll have to master my wolf, outwit every alpha in my path, and prove I was never meant to be just someone’s bride. Because the Academy’s deadliest secret? They have no idea what I really am. And by the time I’m through, the Alpha Academy will remember exactly why you never corner a she-wolf like me.

As Christmas drew near, my little sister claimed she’d seen Santa Claus in the house. “He had four legs, real long, like dead branches. He crawled on the floor like a dog. His mouth was full of teeth, and I saw him with my own eyes, climbing out of the chimney. His bones were making this clicking, clacking sound.” The Santa she described was nothing like the legends. My parents and I thought it was just her imagination. Until I posted about it online. A user named “NocturneNotes” insisted my sister wasn’t lying, and that the thing was dangerous. Panicked, I asked him what we should do. He gave me three rules: “On Christmas Eve, from 11:30 PM to 2:00 AM, the entire family must ‘sleep’ by the Christmas tree.” “You can’t actually fall asleep, or you’ll die in your sleep.” “No matter what you hear or feel, you absolutely cannot open your eyes or stop pretending to be asleep. Once it hits 2:00 AM, it will leave on its own.”