Second Hand Embarrassment Artinya Novels & Stories

Just as the Garner family teeters on the edge of bankruptcy, Seth Garner's parents come to my doorstep. They beg for a marriage alliance. My father knows I've loved Seth for ten years. So, he pours ten billion into the Garners to save their empire and marries me off to him. On our wedding night, Seth blindfolds me with red silk and takes me again and again with ruthless intensity. A month later, I excitedly bring him the pregnancy report. However, I overhear him at a bar, laughing with his friends. "So, who do you think knocked up Luna?" Laughter erupts. "Seth, don't tell me the child's mine!" "I bet a hundred grand it's his!" That’s when I realize the man in my bed on our wedding night wasn't even Seth. I storm in and demand answers, but he just sneers. "What are you crying for? If your family hadn't threatened me with money and driven Ash away, you think I'd treat you like this? "Let me be clear—the day Ash forgives me is the day I let you go." Dead inside, I ask for a divorce. He responds by threatening me with footage from our wedding night and locking me in the basement. "You're not leaving. You owe Ash, and you'll repay it!" Eight months later, I die in that basement, along with the baby I couldn't deliver. When I open my eyes again, I'm back to the day the Garner family first begs my father for that deal. This time, Seth is the one crying on my wedding day.

After being rejected by her mate, Kiara thought that she had lost her only hope. She believed she was doomed to be alone for the rest of her life, but that was until she met Marcus, her combat trainer for the semester, who also turns out to be the Alpha of one of the most powerful packs. Despite her inhibitions, Kiara finds herself drawn to Marcus. His sudden interest in her only makes her want him more. He was not only one of the most handsome men she'd ever met, but also the most intelligent and powerful. Everyone knew Marcus was a force to be reckoned with, and to win the heart of such a man? It seemed next to impossible. Little did she know that behind his tough exterior, there lay a tender heart yearning for love. And despite what the world believed, she might be the only one he was willing to lose his heart to.

Krista thought marrying Jacob Hollows, the Alpha of the Red Moon Pack, would fulfill her dreams of love. But her marriage was a bitter pretense, filled with loneliness and rejection as Jacob’s heart remained bound to his first love, Laurel, who vanished on a scouting mission years ago. Despite being a perfect Luna and giving everything for the pack, Krista's sacrifices went unnoticed, her heart breaking a little more each day. When Laurel, who everyone thought was dead, returns unexpectedly, Jacob takes the chance to finally be with the woman he thought he always wanted. He cruelly breaks his mate bond with Krista, throwing her aside without a second thought. Devastated and betrayed, Krista flees, taking with her the secret she swore she’d protect at all costs - she is pregnant with Jacob's heir. By the time Jacob realises Krista is his true mate, she is long gone. He spends the next two years looking for her, but when he finally finds her, Krista is no longer the submissive, heartbroken Luna Jacob once knew. She’s stronger, wiser, and fiercely protective of the son she raised alone. The son Jacob never knew existed. Krista was his true mate all along, the one he should have cherished, and Jacob is determined to win her back. But is Krista willing to take him back? Has she moved on after so many years apart? And what is Laurel planning in the shadows while Jacobs chases his true Luna?

In her past life, Kelsey turned Tyler’s marriage proposal down, which was brought on by one of the many manipulations by her cheating man and half-sister. Eventually, Tyler tragically breathed his last while protecting her. Despite his noble act, Kelsey lost her life and her family. Granted a second chance at life, she returned to the time she and Tyler were first intimate. Kelsey decided to tie the knot with Tyler and stand at the height of power to get even with the deceitful couple. The only way forward was to hold onto her dear husband. Alas, the man, who loved and catered to her every whim in her previous life, built walls around his heart. Yet, he was open to intimacy. “I want to share a bed with you tonight, babe,” Kelsey expressed.Tyler grabbed her fidgety hand. “Are you sure?” He would not give her another chance to back out once the decision was made. Tyler would always and forever stand behind her in every life.

"Let me go!” I demanded, thrashing in his hold, but he tightened his grip around me. “Stop moving, little wolf,” he said, his voice calm but firm. You are mine, Lena.” “Your body and soul belong to me, and there is nothing you can do about it.” A gasp rips from my throat, but Kyler swallows the sound, his mouth crashing down on mine in a possessive kiss. ****** Lena leon thought she was destined for a life of love and honor as the Luna of the Bloodthorn Pack. But on the night of her mate’s Alpha ascension, Damien publicly humiliates her, branding her a traitor and rejecting their bond; he proposes to another woman. Just when she thinks she has seen it all, Damien delivers the final blow; he sells her off to the most feared Alpha in the werewolf realm. Alpha Kyler of the Silver Fang Pack is ruthless and dominant. And now, he owns her. But Lena refuses to be anyone’s possession. She is determined to carve her part and reclaim the power that was stolen from her. Yet, as dark secrets unravel and an ancient prophecy is revealed, she realizes fate has far greater plans. Kyler may have bought her body, but will he claim her heart? Or will Lena rise from the ashes of her betrayal and become the Luna she was truly destined for…

Savannah is accused of poisoning her own mate so she can take over the rule of White Stone Pack, she was summoned by the council to prove her innocence, but she never expected to come across with her second chance mate on the day of her hearing. Challenges of running a pack, raising her kid and her love to her lost mate, she only has left with one option, to reject him. Kevin is the powerful Alpha of Shadow Moon Pack, he was rejected once by her fated mate and since than has no intention of finding another mate, however, council does not approve it. The day he was expected to choose a mate, he found out Savannah is his fated mate, but rejection once again loomed over him, but this time he wasn’t willing to let go, but she doesn’t seem to understand and Kevin put the contract on the table, binding them in formal relation, but ditching the mate bond was easy? Finding the mate was enough to save their packs? They weren’t prepared for what was coming after their announcement as a mate.

BOOK TWO OF THE MOON PRINCESS TRILOGY Caleb has decided to return after over one hundred and seventy-four years. After leaving Kyra and the rest of the pack. Shortly after arriving he finds that Kyra is visiting her family and then an attack causes Hunter to lose his life. Because of someone close to him, Hunter is sent to Purgatory, where he will have to do everything in his power to get free and return to Kyra. No one knows Hunter is trying to survive, while everyone else is trying to overcome the loss and overcome the monster that has planted itself in the depths of Caleb's soul. Kyra struggles to accept losing her mate and learning Caleb's truth. Secrets are revealed. They say the truth will set you free. Except in this case, will the truth be what Kyra needs to accept everything, or will it drive a wedge between her and Caleb as second chance mates? Was Caleb's return the reason for Krya's world to crash and burn around her? Will Kyra be able to accept Caleb and love him when her heart belongs to Hunter? Can Hunter find a way to get free? If he does, what will it take to return to Kyra?

"I, Jake Ferrel, the Alpha King's only son and the future leader of this pack, am rejecting you, Nora Preston, as my future Luna and mate." "You better get lost, you hear me? Don't you dare bring shame to our people." "Look at yourself, you're just an ugly cow. You ain't never gonna find a mate like me. Now get the hell outta here and stop burdening our pack." Nora’s life took a wild turn from mistreatment in her pack. Her sister Maria had it all, leaving Nora in the shadows. Things got crazier when Nora found out Jake, the Alpha’s son and her crush was her mate. Excited she told him only to find him cheating with her sister. Jake rejected her, saying she wasn’t good enough to be his future Luna. Heartbroken, Nora wandered into the woods, saw weird things and ended up with a stranger, thinking it was a dream. But surprise! The Moon Goddess gave Nora a second chance mate: Michael a strong and caring Alpha from Nexton Pack. Nora disappeared before learning his name. Weeks later, Nora discovered she was pregnant. Now, she wonders if fate will bring her and Alpha Michael together. Unknown to her, Michael’s under a curse from the Moon Goddess and only Nora’s love and their son might be able to break the curse. Can her love free Michael and his pack from the Moon Goddess’s curse?

After being rejected by her destined mate, Naomi tries to rebuild her life alone—until the day her triplets mysteriously disappear. Desperate, she finds herself forced to seek help from the very man who broke her heart: Casper, now a powerful Alpha with a new mate. While trying to find her children, Naomi crosses paths with Lancelot, a coffee shop manager with a dark past and an unusual truth: he is also her Mate. But Lancelot is more than he appears — a medium wolf, belonging to a feared and misunderstood lineage. When their destinies intertwine in an overwhelming and forbidden passion, Naomi must deal with old wounds, wild instincts, and impossible choices. Between confrontations with wild wolves, revelations about hidden species, and the awakening of a new bond, Naomi finds herself torn between two men—the Alpha who rejected her, and the wolf who accepted her completely. In a race against time, she will have to discover who is behind the kidnapping of her children and to whom her heart belongs.

“Yes, you have to. The mate bond deserves that respect in the least. If you want to reject me, do it looking me in my eyes.” I had no idea how he moved so fast — probably courtesy of his Alpha abilities — but he stood before me. His fingers lifted my chin so my eyes could meet his gaze. “Reject me by looking me in the eye.” His eyes searched my face. I shook my head as I struggled to hold back tears. He pinned me on both sides, my eyes widened in slight fear when I saw the frustration and anger. “Reject this!” He growled before slamming his lips into mine. Scarlett Melton was moved from her old pack by her stepfather who moved to Stone Shadow pack to find the family he abandoned a long time ago. Being a weak Omega with a health condition who has been bullied, abused and insulted all her life, she does not expect to be mated to the first son of the most powerful Alpha who’s also her stepsister’s brother-in-law. She is happy about the bond but her manipulative stepfather has other plans and now, she has to give Baron Salvatore a good reason why she rejected their mate bond even when her heart and eyes are saying otherwise.