So Close But Yet So Far

“Assassinate the Alpha.” His instructions were clear and easy. Easy because it was me. I had taken down strong men and powerful women. Men who never thought they could be taken down. Taking them down was not easy either but again it was because it is me. Men stood no chance where I stood. There are older men and even women in our club. Yet I joined six months ago and I have taken down more than each has in the last thirty years since my father founded the organization. I overheard people in the organization murmur and gossip among themselves that my father trained me differently, but that was where they missed it. My father never trained me. In fact he did not want me anywhere close to the organization. He said multiple times that he wanted a normal life for me. That I am a happy girl with the nature of a sunflower – I was always happy. Which is an absolute contrast to my name if you take out the two latter words.

Jade Greeley, a business-oriented and aloof woman, cancelled her engagement saying her fiancé wasn’t good enough. Business was the only thing on her mind and cold beauty seem to be her name to the world. She disrupted her engagement, kidnapped her husband to be, and foiled the other plans of her ‘mother’ and younger sister. What more could life throw her way? The truth of her birth seems to be a Pandora’s Box in the family, but through all these, she had her mysterious lover fortifying each step she was to take next. Will she be able to keep herself safe from the wicked schemes of the mother and daughter pair (duo) or will she fall prey to their traps? Lucas Ye, young, domineering, and handsome, is a mystery to the world. All those close to him know him as well as his capabilities and the rest of the world do not deserve to know him, yet no one dares to cross his path like Jade. Her aloofness was the charm that pulled him to her.

When the ruthless heir of a crime syndicate comes to collect an old debt, Jade's world shatters. His father owes money he can't repay, and his desperate solution is unthinkable. He offers Jade's underaged sister as a bride to the merciless Salvatore Domenico. But Jade won't let his sister be sacrificed. Instead, he steps forward, offering himself in her place. What Jade doesn't know is that Salvatore has been waiting for this moment. Years ago, Jade's powerful family branded Salvatore's father a traitor and had him killed. Now, Salvatore has returned, not for money, but for revenge. Taking Jade into his world of blood, loyalty, and violence should have been the perfect punishment. Yet, the closer Salvatore draws him into the shadows, the more the line between vengeance and desire blurs. Revenge was supposed to be sweet. But Jade tastes like something far more dangerous.

Amara Cole never dreamed of marrying a billionaire. But when her mother’s hospital bills grew unbearable, she signed a contract that bound her to the cold, ruthless Lucian Hale. One year as his wife. No love. No expectations. No freedom. Lucian is everything she should fear—arrogant, powerful, and heartless. To him, Amara is nothing but a pawn in his world of business and betrayal. Yet the more she endures his cruel words and icy indifference, the more sparks begin to burn between them. But their marriage is far from simple. His jealous ex will do anything to destroy her. His father calls her unworthy. And another man’s kindness makes her question if love is possible outside the contract. Caught between duty and desire, Amara must find her strength before the year ends. Because when a ruthless billionaire starts to fall… the contract is the last thing he’ll obey.

After being betrayed and publicly humiliated by her Alpha fiancé, Alara is cast out of the only home she has ever known. Stripped of her title, her future, and her place within the pack, she flees into the wilderness—broken, banished, and utterly alone. But Alara carries a secret even she doesn’t yet know: she is pregnant with the child of the mysterious stranger who rescued her on the night her world collapsed. That stranger is Xavier—the ruthless, feared, and all-powerful Lycan King—whose life has been consumed by a single, maddening obsession: finding his fated mate. For years he has scoured realms, torn through territories, and chased whispers of her scent, driven by an instinct he can no longer ignore. What he doesn’t know is that the woman he’s been desperately searching for is the very one fate has already placed in his arms… and bound to him far more deeply than either can imagine.

" I want nothing more than to taste your sweet blood on my tongue." His breath grazed her neck, followed by the wet glide of his tongue across her skin. Kerry shuddered, imagining his fangs sinking deep, feeding on her. "We can't do this," she whispered, her voice trembling. "What's stopping us?" "You're... my brother." "And yet, you stir something in me no other woman has." He grasped her hand, guiding it to his erection pressing against her. "You're mine, baby—made just for me." Kerry's life spirals into chaos when her mother marries a vampire. As someone who thought vampires were just myths, she struggles to accept their reality. But nothing could prepare her for her dangerously seductive new stepbrother, who seems determined to make her his. Is their bond a twist of fate, or something far darker?

Retired Marine. Force Recon. When Callan 'Cannon' Asher retires from the Marines and joins the best security firm in Miami, the jobs seems too easy. Protecting civilians is all he knows, pulling the trigger on people who don't deserve it is all he knows. When he receives a job to protect the Mayor's daughter, all hell breaks loose because the raven haired girl isn't just a brat but unlike any woman he has ever seen before. When he sleeps with her and abandons her when she gets too clingy, he learns the hard way that love isn't like one of his covert missions in Afghan (simple and fast) but a shitty complicated game. He never wanted to settle for one woman. Yet she's the only woman in his mind. He never dreamt of having a family behind a white picket fence. Yet she gave him sons. Twins! Most of all he never expected to lust over a married woman because not only did Nicole Montenegro screw him over by hiding his sons from him but she also went ahead and got his children a man to call their dad. For him, this is by far the most deadliest mission he has ever been on. Code name: Cannon Mission: Get his woman and his sons.

Five years ago, CIA operative Maya Serrano was assigned a covert mission: get close to Lucien Moretti, the elusive son of a powerful mafia boss, and help take down his family’s illegal arms operation from the inside. Her job was to gain his trust—by any means necessary. She never meant to fall for him. But somewhere between one single meeting and a night spent under satin sheets, their chemistry turned into something real. The next morning, Lucien was arrested in a high-profile sting. Maya vanishes shortly after—determined to protect a secret after she’s abandoned by the agency. Now, Lucien is out of prison. Hardened, calculated, and more dangerous than ever, he’s taken over the Moretti empire and rebuilt it into something darker—and far more ruthless. He’s spent years hunting the woman who ruined him, obsessed with finding answers and making her pay. When he finally tracks her down, she’s living under a new identity and working as a private security consultant—completely unaware of who he’s become. However, their parts are fated to cross during a government investigation into his company. But this time, he won’t fall for the act. This time, she’ll break. But the moment he sees her daughter, everything changes. Because the little girl has his eyes. Now, the game of revenge spirals into something far more dangerous. A figure from the past is blackmailing Maya with the truth only he knows. The Moretti family will do anything to get Lucien out of the way—even if it means going after the people dear to him. And Maya will do anything to protect the life she now has. As the lines between love and hate blur, Lucien and Maya are forced to make choices that will either make or break them.

High school is hard. Being an outcast omega werewolf? Even harder. Evelyn “Evie” Hart has spent her life on the outskirts—first of her pack, now in a new town—hiding the secret she can’t seem to unlock: her wolf. But Silver Ridge High isn’t your typical high school, and neither is the nearby forest that seems to pull at her every step. Then there’s Caleb Blackwood—the brooding, magnetic future alpha of the Silver Moon pack. Their connection is instant, undeniable, and complicated. While the mate bond tugs at them, Caleb’s walls and the pack’s politics make getting close impossible… especially with Lydia, a scheming prospective Luna, determined to make Evie fail. Caught between desire, danger, and a destiny she doesn’t fully understand, Evie must navigate pack hierarchy, high school drama, and the thrilling but unpredictable awakening of her powers. In a world where loyalty is tested, love is forbidden, and wolves are far more than just legends, Evie will discover that true strength comes from embracing who she is—even if it means defying the pack, her mate, and everything she thought she knew about herself.

This is part 2 of “The Temptation of Adultery” The question is whether there is loyalty in love or not. The answer is, of course, yes, but it has never been considered obligatory. If loyalty were mandatory, “adultery” would not exist. Unfortunately, loyalty not only exists but is also a temptation so sweet that it's difficult to break free from. However, the price for loyalty is never cheap, and it never has been. Bella's husband and her close friend are paying the price for the karma they have created—the price they have to pay for betrayal, infidelity, and exploiting others is steep. But Bella is no exception either; the price she must pay may be far higher than that of the two who betrayed her. The man named Levi Karter, with whom Bella has been having an affair, is not an ordinary person. It wasn’t until everything was over that Bella realized she had made a deal with a demon for the sake of revenge. But no matter how much Bella struggled and tried to escape, she couldn't get away from him because… being bound and possessed by Levi was the price Bella had to pay after making a deal with him. To understand more, please read “The Temptation of Adultery” and then read “The Temptation of Adultery 2” The content is for 21+ readers, so please consider this before reading!