Surviving Novels & Stories

Do you ever wish a secret billionaire would sweep you away to a tropical island? Do you ever wish that you could be like Cinderella and find your happily ever after with the prince? From New York Times bestselling author Krista Lakes, comes a sweet but spicy Billionaire Romance Series that will have you believing in happily ever after! Each story in this series is a stand-alone one. But with all the stories happen in one world, characters will reappear in other stories. ****** The First Set: Saltwater Kisses– An accidental marriage between Jack and Emma. Rainwater Kisses– Falling in love, and finding how they fit together with Owen and Kaylee. Freshwater Kisses– Finding love in childhood friends with Robbie and Sam. BONUS: Kisses From Jack: The first half of Saltwater Kisses, but from Jack's perspective! Timeless Love Stories: Champagne Kisses– A story of long lost love and second chances with Dean and Rachel. The Second Set: Sandcastle Kisses– Finding love in all the wrong places with Noah and Izzy Hurricane Kisses– Surviving the storm together with Logan and Olivia Barefoot Kisses– A Cinderella story with Aiden and Lena The Third Set: Sunrise Kisses– Ava and Bastian discovering true beauty Waterfall Kisses– Leo finally succumbing to Charlotte's charms Island Kisses: Gabe finally meets his match in Harper!

*Abandoning ship isn’t my style. It wasn’t hers either, but our circumstances ripped us apart. Now it’s not just a literal ocean standing between us. Francine Chirilova has no direction. After coming out of the closet leaves her without a family at age 18, the quick witted 25 year old has been forced to survive on her connections and kind personality. Throw in a rapidly decreasing appetite and a tendency to gravitate toward abusive women for a epic shit show. While recovering from her latest 4 year long mistake, she makes a strong, yet unlikely connection with her virtual best friend. Que in recovering alcoholic Vasilisa Krovopuskova, aged 26 from Siberia, Russia. After surviving a grueling upbringing on her own, trust is a difficult concept to grasp. Already having experienced heartbreak once before, she wasn’t looking for anything serious when Francine crash landed into her life via an online sanctuary for lesbians. With an ocean separating the two, neither Francine nor Vasilisa know which direction to swim in. Will they stay on their side of the world, or drown trying to get to the other? *Disclaimer* - Strong mature content. 18+, please Book one. To follow is book two: “Our Blank Canvas.”

​Elara Vance was the pack’s mistake. Born without a wolf and treated as a glorified servant, she lived for the day she could escape the Blackwood Pack. But fate had a cruel sense of humor. ​On the night of the Blood Moon, the mating bond snapped into place. Her mate wasn't a rogue or a low-ranking guard. It was Kaelen Blackwood—the ruthless future Alpha who had tormented her since childhood. ​She expected fear. She expected hesitation. She didn't expect him to drag her to the center of the ballroom and shatter their bond before the entire pack. ​"I, Kaelen Blackwood, reject you, Elara Vance, as my mate." ​Broken and exiled into the deadly Wildlands, Elara is left to die. Everyone assumes she perished in the snow. They were wrong. Elara didn't die; she awakened. The pain of the rejection unlocked a dormant, ancient bloodline: The White Lycan. ​Five years later, the Blackwood Pack is on the brink of destruction, facing a war they cannot win. They call upon the mercenary forces of the mysterious Shadow Pack for help. But the General who arrives to save them isn't the weak girl Kaelen destroyed. She is a Queen, powerful and terrifying. And she remembers everything. ​Kaelen is about to learn that while bonds can be broken, the consequences are eternal. And the hardest part won’t be surviving the war—it will be watching the woman he rejected rule the world without him.

Sarian De Luca was never meant to exist in the world of power and privilege. She was a maid’s daughter—Obedient, invisible. Until the night Killian Capella stepped into her life, he didn’t just save her. He changed the rules she had spent years surviving by. He protected her like a secret and loved her like a sin. Then he vanished. Years later, Sarian returns—not as the broken girl he left behind, but as a woman forged by betrayal, motherhood, and relentless survival. The man who once called himself Killian now rules Europe’s business empire as Salvatore Capella— he is cold, engaged, and untouchable. He doesn’t recognize her in public. But in private, he watches her like she never left. What Salvatore doesn’t know is that Sarian carries more than scars from the past. She carries a truth that could destroy his empire—and a love he was never meant to reclaim. Bound by secrets, threatened by enemies, and trapped between desire and revenge, Sarian has to decide: remain obedient and survive… or defy the devil who still owns her heart. Because Killian Capella isn’t an angel. He’s something far more dangerous.

She was born on the night her mother died and they never let her forget it. For eighteen years, Ivory Ashwood has lived in the margins of her father's pack—unwanted, unshifted, and hiding violet eyes behind contacts because the last time someone saw their real color, they called her cursed and meant it. She has learned to be invisible. She has learned that surviving and living are two very different things and that she has only ever been doing one of them. On her eighteenth birthday, her father sells her to settle a debt. But the night does not go the way anyone planned because Lycan King Zion Valdris arrives at Silverstone, takes one look at Ivory across a crowded clearing, and feels three years of constant pain vanish from his chest. He does not believe in coincidences so he buys her contract before midnight. Ivory has survived monsters her entire life. She is not impressed by powerful men. She is not going to fall in love with a king just because the universe says she should. But something is waking up inside her, it is older than the mate bond, older than pack law, older than the Moon Goddess herself and when it fully opens its eyes, nothing in Aeloria will ever be the same again. Least of all her.

He vowed to love her forever. Then forgot she ever existed. After surviving a coup that left him broken and bloodied, Alpha Rowan Blackthorne awoke with a shattered memory— and no trace of the bride he’d married in secret days before. The council claimed she died in the chaos. He believed them. But three years later, a mysterious woman storms back into his life, demanding his blood to save a sick child. A child with Rowan’s silver eyes. A woman who feels achingly familiar… and maddeningly out of reach. Calla has spent years hiding among humans, raising the son the Alpha forgot. She’s built a new life, buried her past, and vowed never to return. But when her child’s life is on the line, she has no choice but to face the man who once called her his mate—and abandoned her without a second glance. Rowan doesn’t remember her. But his wolf does. And the deeper he digs into the truth, the more dangerous it becomes—for them both. Because the same enemies who tried to erase Calla once… Are ready to finish the job. Revenge. Redemption. A bond that refuses to break. She’s the bride he lost. He’s the Alpha she won’t forgive. But fate has other plans.

The night the Auroria Kingdom fell, Princess Lyra Valen lost everything her crown, her family, and her freedom. The man who destroyed her world was Alpha King Ryker Nightbane, the ruthless ruler of the Bloodmoon Pack. Years ago, Ryker watched his own people suffer under Auroria’s rule. His kingdom was burned, his family slaughtered, and he was forced to live in chains. From that day forward, revenge became the only thing keeping him alive. Ten years later, he returned stronger, colder, and far more dangerous. When the war finally ends, Ryker stands victorious over the last surviving royal of Auroria Princess Lyra. But killing her would be too merciful. Instead, he claims her as his personal captive, forcing the proud princess to live under his rule as nothing more than his possession… a woman bound to serve him in every way he desires( sex slave). To Ryker, she is a living reminder of the kingdom that once destroyed his life. But fate has other plans. Because the woman he hates the most… is the one the Moon Goddess has chosen as his mate. And in a kingdom ruled by revenge, hatred might become the most dangerous form of desire.

Aria died as the weak sister — the quiet girl everyone ignored, the one her family used as a pawn, and the one her perfect sister betrayed without blinking. But fate wasn’t done with her. Aria returns from death as something forbidden: a hybrid with power strong enough to terrify witches, vampires, and werewolves alike. Her magic is unstable, her temper is worse, and her new life comes with one tiny problem… The ruthless Alpha of the BloodMoon Pack takes one look at her and decides she’s his. Not her sister. Not the girl he was arranged to marry. Her. Aria wants revenge, not romance. The Alpha wants her, not her excuses. Her sister wants her dead (again). And the supernatural world wants to know what, exactly, she has become. Too bad Aria has no intention of answering anyone. Between hiding her dangerous powers, surviving the Alpha’s obsessive attention, and trying not to accidentally blow up the pack house when she gets annoyed, Aria discovers something worse than betrayal: The Alpha is not just drawn to her… He’s bound to her. Dark secrets, deadly attraction, sharp humor, and explosive chemistry collide as Aria fights for her second life — and the Alpha who refuses to let her go.

She went looking for a future and she found one, with teeth... For eighteen years, Leela Marshall’s life has been a suffocating prison. Blaming herself for the bizarre, explosive "accidents" that happen whenever she's angry or terrified, she finally packs a single duffel bag and drives into the dead of night. But the impenetrable, unnatural fog that forces her off the road doesn't just hide her from her past—it leads her straight into a hidden supernatural world. Waiting for her in the mist is Fennigan Blackwood: a towering, fiercely protective Lycan who claims he’s been watching over her in her dreams since they were children. Thrust into the heart of the powerful Blackwood Pack, Leela discovers she isn't cursed. She is a Terra-Conduit, the last surviving vessel of an ancient, extinct line of Magical Lycans capable of manipulating the earth itself. But with legendary power comes legendary danger. Her awakening sends a magical flare across the continent, drawing the attention of the corrupt Alpha Council who will stop at nothing to capture and weaponize her. With Fennigan anchoring her soul and a found family willing to go to war for her, Leela must learn to master the storm brewing in her blood. To protect her new pack and the future growing inside her, the girl who spent her life hiding in the dark must finally become the light.

Elena Thompson’s life has never been easy, but she’s always managed to survive. Working long shifts at a small diner, she’s spent years cleaning up the mess her father made—until the day he makes the ultimate mistake. Drowning in debt to dangerous people, he signs away the only thing he has left to offer: her. Alexander Calloway is ruthless, powerful, and dangerously cold. When he steps in to settle William Thompson’s debts, he doesn’t want money—he wants Elena. To him, marriage is just another contract, another deal to control. But what he doesn’t anticipate is the fire in her eyes and the way she refuses to bend to his will. into a world of wealth and secrets, Elena vows to fight for her freedom. But the more she clashes with her formidable husband, the more she finds herself drawn to the man behind the icy exterior. And as an old flame from Alexander’s past resurfaces, determined to ruin everything, Elena realizes that escaping her new life might not be her biggest challenge… Surviving it—and resisting the growing tension between her and Alexander—might be. In a battle of wills, desire, and betrayal, how long can Elena fight the pull of the man who holds her fate in his hands?