Steve Arthur Christmas

Hurt, betrayed, and killed by the people she trusted with her life, Kiana Frost faces a brutal death when she least expects it. But during her last painful moments, she offers a silent prayer and prays for a second chance. The heavens are on her side because she finds herself reborn and ready to punish all those who dared to betray her and the people she loved. But it's not going to be easy and she will need protection, which only one man is powerful enough to give. Arthur Reed. He is cold, powerful, and a billionaire but the only problem is that he's also her ex. Will he help her even though they didn't part on good terms? Desperate and left with no choice, she approaches him but what she doesn't know is that he never stopped secretly loving her. Will fate be on their side and rekindle their love while Kiana gets the revenge she deserves?

Aurora’s life turned to hell six years ago when her parents died in a rogue attack. Blamed for their deaths, she went from being the Beta’s cherished daughter to the Moon Rises Pack’s punching bag. Now she’s nothing more than a slave – beaten, starved, and forced to hide just to survive each night. She’s convinced she’ll never have a mate, never escape this nightmare. When Arthur catches her scent at the Mating Ball, the mate bond hits him like lightning. After years of searching every pack in Europe, he’s finally found her. His Luna. But not everyone wants to see a broken, worthless girl become the mate of the continent’s most feared Alpha. With enemies determined to destroy them and Aurora unaware her salvation has arrived, can their bond survive the forces trying to tear them apart?

Dalam novel aslinya, Valeriana de Vallas adalah wanita antagonis yang mati dipenggal karena meracuni kekasih Putra Mahkota. Suaminya, Duke Kael, pria yang diam-diam mencintainya, dituduh melakukan pemberontakan dan berakhir bunuh diri karena gagal melindungi Valeriana. Mengetahui akhir tragis itu, aku—Kirana, seorang gadis modern yang kini merasuki tubuh Valeriana—memutuskan satu hal: Persetan dengan Pangeran! Misi utamaku sekarang adalah pulang, memeluk suamiku yang tampan, dan mencegah kematiannya. Namun, mengubah takdir tidak semudah membalikkan telapak tangan. Saat aku mulai bersikap manis pada Kael dan menyelidiki dalang di balik “pemberontakan” itu, Pangeran Arthur malah mulai menaruh perhatian padaku. Bisakah aku sebagai Valeriana membersihkan nama Kael sebelum tanggal eksekusi tiba, sementara musuh dalam selimut mulai mengincar nyawanya?

Kemarin aku hanyalah gadis miskin yang berasal dari desa kecil. Namun tiba-tiba keberuntungan memihakku, statusku berubah menjadi putri keluarga politikus terpandang. Segala kemewahan dan kenyamanan yang tak pernah kubayangkan sebelumnya kini ada di depan mata. Sayangnya surga itu harus aku tebus mahal. Demi menyokong posisi Ayah di pemerintahan, aku harus menggantikan adik tiriku yang menolak dijodohkan dengan Julian—pria yang rumornya impoten sekaligus punya penyimpangan seksual—tapi punya power luar biasa di pemerintahan. Namun siapa sangka Devan, Kakak tiriku yang terobsesi padaku sejak pandangan pertama menawarkan diri menjadi selimutku? Belum aman, lagi—Arthur, adik ibu tiriku juga memberiku perhatian di luar batasan yang membuatku perlahan nyaman. Aku bingung harus pilih yang mana di antara mereka bertiga!

Even before marrying Wayne Cooper, I knew he had a fierce sister-in-law. He would always tell me to never get into a fight with her. After we marry, we spend Christmas Eve at his parents' house for the first time. I'm forced to bustle around in the kitchen as I prepare a feast for over a dozen people. Meanwhile, Wayne's family lounges in the living room. They chatter away while enjoying the fruits I've washed and sliced. As I place the last dish on the table, Wayne's brother and sister-in-law, Kyle Cooper and Lucy Wren, arrive. When I want to take my seat, I discover there isn't one for me. That's when Lucy snorts and says sarcastically, "I heard you're a good wife who's obedient and easygoing, Melanie. I have to say that your cooking is… mediocre, though." This infuriates me. I'm about to retort when she turns to my mother-in-law. She says, "I think you should do the cooking from now on, Gloria. Your food is delicious…"

On Christmas Eve, my six-year-old, Yule, was dying from cancer, and all he wanted was a gift from his dad dressed as Santa. I called Peter, my husband, begging him to come. His reply? "Can you stop blowing up my phone? I don't have time for this! I'm helping Tracey find Puffy. Do you know how upset she is?" Oh, Tracey. His first love. And Puffy? Her dog. I told him Yule might not make it through the night. His response? A straight-up dagger: "Don't act like this isn't your fault, Freya. If Yule hadn't kicked Puffy, none of this would've happened. Tomorrow, make sure he apologizes to Tracey." Then he hung up. That night, I sat with Yule, crying as I helped him celebrate his last Christmas. By morning, Peter's social medias were still full of posts about that freaking dog. Mine? Yule's obituary. Ten years of marriage, gone.

During Christmas break, my boyfriend, Trevor Hayes, asks me to stop by and feed the dog that his childhood friend, Evelyn Summers, keeps at her place. I bring a bag of kibble over. But the second I open the door, a huge pit bull lunges at me and bites into my face and arms. Luckily, a neighbor hears me screaming and pulls me out of its jaws, but the damage is already done. The scars will stay with me forever. I break down, but Trevor blames me instead. "You must've done something wrong when you fed Mojo and set him off. You just got a scar, but Mojo's dead!" The weight of it all crushes me until I climb a rooftop and jump. After dying, I see Trevor holding Evelyn in his arms. "Honey, you're so clever. Starving Mojo for a few days really worked. Now, she's dead. We can finally be together." When I open my eyes again, I'm back on the day Trevor asks me to go feed that dog.

Harriet thought the worst thing she’d done this December was surrender to a stranger in a dark room one reckless night that left her shaking, breathless, and certain she’d never see him again. She was wrong. The next morning, she arrives home for Christmas only to learn her parents have rushed off on an emergency trip, leaving her alone to supervise the renovation of their house. Except… she’s not alone. Devon, the boy who grew up in their home like family, the “almost-brother” she hasn’t seen in years, opens the door older now, broader, too handsome for her peace of mind. And when he looks at her, she feels it in her bones. Because he isn’t just Devon. He’s the stranger from last night. The man who took her virginity. The man she swore she’d forget. Now they’re trapped in the same house for the holidays, two people who should never have crossed that line, pretending not to remember the way his hands fit her body, the way she whispered his name without knowing it was his.

We're releasing balloons on Christmas Eve when Milton Jenning's lover deliberately sets off fireworks. They explode on me, burning me severely. My back, already torn and raw from skin grafts for her, becomes even more of a bloodied mess. However, I don't ask Milton for help. Instead, I shield a recently reunited heir of a wealthy family beneath me, risking everything to save him. In my past life, Milton kicked me in the back and told me not to stand in the way of him taking his lover to the hospital. "Is it funny to you to use a child as a cover, Larissa? Even if you're pregnant, you and your baby are just walking skin providers for Rita! I must've spoiled you—how dare you do something as heinous as this!" I was blacklisted by all hospitals and ended up dying while pregnant. My heart was filled with hatred as I breathed my last breath. When I open my eyes again, I see Rita Atkinson secretly aim fireworks at the night sky and set them off. I hear her laugh manically as she says, "You and your child can die together!"

One scorching night was all it took for the ruthless billionaire…Damien Voss to haunt Isabella Barnes' dreams. He took her body, shattered her trust, and vanished, leaving her with scars deeper than the secret she buried alone. Now, on a Christmas getaway meant to heal her, Isabella wakes in chains. Her captor? The same man who ruined her. Damien mistakes her for the daughter of his sworn rival and vows to break her as leverage in his brutal corporate war. But as days bleed into nights of dark pleasure and forbidden surrender, the truth unravels: he's been hunting those unforgettable eyes ever since that fateful night. And he has no intention of letting her go. Trapped in his luxurious prison, Isabella fights the pull of his possessive touch. But still, anger and pain burns in her veins... until his obsession awakens something twisted and intoxicating in her own soul. Once he claims her, escape isn't an option…she might not even want it. In a world of betrayal, deadly rivals, and unrelenting passion, will she shatter her captor when she discovers that he’s the same man that has haunted her dreams for years...or become his forever?