Scorched-earth

**Evelyn Karamazov** I’ve spent all twenty-three years of my life immersed in the world of the mafia, groomed to rule with an iron fist. But power in our world doesn’t come without a price, and that price is marriage—a union built on strategy rather than so-called love. It’s the last thing I want, but in this life, sacrifices are the currency we trade in. And if I have to choose, I’ll sacrifice to the devil I know rather than the angel I don’t. But make no mistake, a sacrifice is still a sacrifice, and it demands its due. **Killian Bandini** Sixteen years—that’s how long I’ve waited to exact my revenge. Sixteen years to drown in nightmares, consumed by guilt and the unyielding desire to set things right. My father is dead, and now the Bandini empire is mine. The time has come to collect what is owed, and God help those who wronged me, because they will pay with blood. ★ What happens when the most lethal, most infuriating man to ever walk the earth crashes your wedding, puts a bullet in your would-be husband’s head, and holds everyone at gunpoint just to ensure you marry him instead? Killian Bandini doesn’t ask; he takes. But if he thinks I’m some meek bride to be bartered and controlled, he’s dead wrong. I may have to marry him, but I sure as hell won’t make it easy. He’s come for blood and power, but he doesn’t know that I’m not just a pawn—I’m a queen, and this game has only just begun.

One day you are an Alpha’s daughter mated to the crowned prince the next day you lose it all. Betrayed in the worst possible way Liberty is punished for crimes she had no part in. Locked up in the dungeon with no way out she sees only one way to end her suffering. With her last breath she requests the Moon Goddess to curse those who betrayed her. The Moon Goddess,not impressed with Liberty’s dying wish, refuses to grant her wish. Instead she throws Liberty back to earth, back in time. It’s up to Liberty to make changes in her second life to prevent the events from playing out again and to get her revenge. Reluctantly Liberty sets out to fix her mistakes from the past with her mind set on revenge. But along the way she learns that the Moon Goddess is fickle and seems to be playing with her fate. Her stubborn heart is distracted by love. Prince Maverick is on a mission when the mysterious Liberty crosses his path. Can he trust her? Or is she just another Alpha’s daughter throwing herself at him for power? Liberty knows too much, things that she couldn’t and shouldn’t know. She is definitely a threat to his peace of mind but is she also a threat to his mission or do their goals align? Can Liberty and Maverick have it all or do they have to choose between their own mission and each other?

Kiera, was destined for nothing. Nameless, unwanted and unheard from an ugly omega with a defect forever in the shadows of a Beta's radiant daughter whom she believes to be her friend. Until fate spun cruel threads, on her 18th birthday, a door is opened for her, and a life she only believed in her dream is given to her on a plattered of tears and betrayal. Mated not to one, but all three of the Alpha's sons, triplets as different as fire, ice and earth but one thing was certain, one thing common they all hated her and would stop at nothing to make sure she knows. Left with her bleeding heart and a trial after her very life Kiera must find a way to find the happiness she desires or escape this hell.

She tasted like heaven. "Touch me please," she moaned into my ears as I kissed her earlobe. "Patient my sweet," I said to her. "Only good things comes to those who wait." **** Samara. She was not his. Though he had a mate, he still desperately hungered for her. What was in her that drew him? What was it that called him to her? And though he was a man who commanded people and power in abundance, Samara was an existence that he would never understand. **** Michael. He was not hers and he could never be. She was a cursed werewolf, bearing a four century old curse. Why on earth did he want her? He was the supreme Alpha and he had a very beautiful mate. Who was she that he hankered for her? Who was she that he sought her time and time again for his bed? And who was she to be able to resist the charm and elegance that was his?

Exiled from Faerie. Hunted by her own. Torn between fate and freedom. Lena tried to kill her royal fiance and she would’ve succeeded, if not for the magic that branded her a traitor and cast her out of Faerie. Now banished to Earth, she hides in plain sight as a healer at a quiet supernatural clinic, determined to live a low-profile, no-romance life. But when the local wolf pack starts circling, and one rugged, maddeningly patient shifter makes her magic sing, Lena’s vow to stay detached begins to fray. Then she’s taken. Kidnapped by a shadowy organization bent on hybridizing the supernatural factions, Lena is forced to heal their tortured test subjects to keep them alive. One of them, blood tainted and power-warped, calls to her magic just as deeply as the wolf did. And he’s not alone either. His brother, bound to the resistance and searching for his missing twin, shares that same impossible pull. Three mates. One fractured destiny. With enemies on all sides; an unrelenting Order, a Fae court that wants her silenced, and a ticking clock on the lives of those she's sworn to protect; Lena must decide: hide, run... or become the weapon no one saw coming.

“I think it's about time you devour me.” I heard him say and I blinked. What was he talking about? A frown creased my face. His confidence and graceful poise seem to unnerve me. He had something about him I couldn't figure out, yet. “Wh-a-t did you say?” I stuttered, forcing myself to tear my eyes away from his face. He chuckled, then leaned closer to my ears. “I asked when you were going to devour me.” I flinched. What was he playing at? Was he flirting with me so openly? I willed myself to ignore his statement. I had a bigger task at hand to let myself be bothered by a pretty man. I cleared my throat and his eyes were now focused on me. “I have no time for your gimmicks. Excuse me.” I was leaving when I felt his hands draw me back. “You leave only when I ask you to.” He growled and I instantly felt my knees weaken. His voice carries with it some kind of authority. I felt my wolf curl inside of me. I have so many questions racing in my head. Who was this handsome stranger with so much nerves? ***** When Ava's mother fell ill, Ava vowed to go to the ends of the earth to save her. Ava got more shattered after finding her boyfriend in bed with her best friend. With her boyfriend's betrayal fresh in her mind, Ava moved on with a promise to lock her heart from any man. But the moon goddess has another plan for her. Dylan Gibson, the Savage Alpha had set his eyes on her. She had something he wanted. Something no one else could give him. Will Ava find love or she's just a means to an end?

She was never meant to survive their world. Now she’s the only one who can burn it down. Lyra thought she was just a girl with strange dreams and a birthmark that shimmered beneath moonlight. But when a celestial event rips her from Earth and drops her into the brutal halls of the Academy of the Ascendant, she discovers a deadly truth: she’s the lost heir of a realm that erased her bloodline—and she’s carrying the forbidden magic that could unravel it all. The Academy is ruled by power and hierarchy. The weak are crushed. The strong ascend. And the Triad—three elite heirs born of elemental fire, storm, and air—will do anything to break her. Until they realize she’s more powerful than all of them. Mocked. Hunted. Desired. As Lyra unlocks the four elemental affinities no student should possess, she becomes the center of a prophecy that the Council has killed to keep buried. But it’s the fifth element—the forbidden Void—that marks her for something more. Survival means mastering her magic. Love could cost her everything. And rebellion might just start with a kiss. Perfect for fans of Zodiac Academy, Throne of Glass, and The Cruel Prince, Marked by Starlight is the explosive first book in a dark fantasy romance series filled with elemental magic, enemies-to-lovers heat, and a heroine who refuses to bow.

Aria, an omega werewolf, has gone through her time on earth persevering through persecution and double-crossing, trusting that the introduction of her New baby will bring her some comfort. But reverse was the case, when Alex, her mysterious darling and the Mafia Lord dismisses her and sentences her to a public execution, Aria's reality is broken. Copied bursting at the seams with her infant, she promises vengeance against the whole mafia pack that double-crossed her. Phenomenally, she stirs in the collection of Jasmine, a baffling lady with her own dim mysteries. Push into a risky universe of duplicity, faithfulness, and epic showdowns, Aria chooses to utilize her additional opportunity to cut down the individuals who violated her. Be that as it may, as she assumes the part of Adam's life partner and faces her own cravings and fears, Aria should conclude how far she will go to accomplish retribution… and whether another future is conceivable.

Earth was butchered, wrecked, and scared long before I was born. According to the legends, humans ruin began when the Viatores came into existence in the human world. Viatores are banished creatures from an alternate universe, weaklings who couldn't save their own world and as welcoming as humans are, we accepted them. Redemption, that was what they seeked here on earth but those backstabbing asswipes had other plans. A tyrant, a bastard, known as Nicholas Sylvester led the war. The Changeling. The human rulers had no chance. We were his little project to enslave. He and his seven Lords claimed all continents. On my eighteenth birthday, I was gifted to the King of all Benders: one whom no human dared look at, trembles at his presence. However, in this game of heart and truth, fate has its plan hidden.

He was supposed to be her sister's Fiancee but one incident brought them together and now the playboy billionaire flirt wants to marry her instead of her sister Kira Reed is an easygoing, though sometimes crazy, kind of girl who wants nothing but a perfect love life with her boyfriend, Jamison, despite coming from a poor home with a callous father and aunt who treat her and her sister Mina badly. Kira wants nothing but a peaceful life. However, her whole life takes a nasty turn when she is forced to marry the most despicable person on Earth, if she would say, and who was also supposed to be her sister's fiancé. Well, he's none other than Dylan Bills, the rich heir to the Bills conglomerate, a crazy bad boy, a total playboy, a pervert, a professional flirt, and a boobs-and-ass freak who could go crazy for anything called boobs and ass so long as it's massive. Now Kira and Dylan had already met in a popular mall before, and their encounter had been anything but eventful, which of course resulted in Kira's dislike for him, and she even prayed not to cross paths with him again. But now that one thing led to another and they were being forced to get married, how do you think they're going to take the news, especially Kira? And what about Kira's elder sister, Mina, who was supposed to be the real bride here but lost the chance to her younger sister because of a certain mistake? How do you think she's going to take the news? As for Dylan, do you think he's going to change his bad, flirtatious ways for the little cute wife whom he finds really interesting? And what if there's more to the story that I'm letting on...?