Synonym Surface

Dans les profondeurs des terres oubliées du Sud, à l'insu des humains, Vladimir, le chef des vampires, vit reclus, emprisonné par son chagrin. Après la perte dévastatrice de sa bien-aimée, il se retire du monde, abandonnant son clan et se condamnant à une lente agonie. Sa souffrance, aussi ancienne que son immortalité, le pousse à ignorer les affaires du clan et sa propre faim, jusqu'à ce que les anciens, inquiets de son état, décident d'agir. Pour raviver l'obscurité de son appétit, ils lui apportent une princesse humaine dont la présence va bouleverser l'équilibre de l'existence monotone de Vladimir. Alors que Vladimir lutte contre son désir primal, des sentiments qu'il pensait enterrés à jamais ressurgissent mais pas que… Le destin joue des tours cruels. La réapparition de sa fiancée, qu'il croyait morte, fait ressurgir de douloureux souvenirs et des choix impossibles. Coincé entre son amour perdu et la promesse d'un amour naissant, Vladimir doit naviguer dans un monde où ses propres sentiments s'entrechoquent et s'opposent. Alors qu'il est contraint à affronter la réalité, des secrets enfouis et les blessures du passé refont surface, laissant Vladimir dans un dilemme terrible: Son passé ou son présent… Vladimir sera-t-il capable de choisir entre son passé tragique et un présent prometteur, ou sera-t-il condamné à errer éternellement entre deux mondes ?

“Five years. Sixty months. One thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven nights! That’s what you owe me, Angela. Did you think I would let you slip away so easily when your debt still binds you to me?” His cold voice dripped with fury and desperation hit her core directly as she let out a tensed gasp but held his gaze with bravery. “You rejected me, remember? I am not that broken girl anymore, Gideon. I don’t belong to you. I’m engaged now.” A low dark chuckle rumbled through his chest. In a swift motion, He pinned her against the icy wall of the underground garage, his presence overwhelming. “Engaged? Your thick arousal is spreading around the cold walls of this underground garage like smoke, little human. Should I remind you whose name your body still whispers? I bet he is not even close to making your heart race the way I do let alone turning you on!” Gideon’s husky voice with his fingers brushing her bare thigh was making her insane. Dammit, why do I feel these tingling sensations from his touch? Born human, Angela Clampitt had endured a lifetime of cruelty before being offered as a substitute bride to the infamous Alpha, Gideon Woodbead, to bear his heir. Twisted lies and family conspiracies made him reject her without mercy. To escape the council’s punishment, she fled the pack to live a normal human life. But fate dragged her back after five years and this time her Alpha husband who wouldn’t let her go. Now secrets threaten to surface, including the child she hid and the truth of her identity. In betrayal, passion, vengeance and awakening power, a forsaken human bride will rise as a destined Queen. Dive into the spicy, intense fated love story.

“What am I doing? What were you doing letting another man feel you up?” “I don’t belong to you. I can let whoever I want to feel me up. Take a hint Declan.” I ran a hand over her arms and watched as goosebumps rose on her skin. I could smell her arousal, and knew every alpha could too. I was overwhelmed with the urge to carry her away and lock her up for my eyes only. I settled for pulling her into me and burying my face into her hair. Her scent drove me crazy. She smelled so sweet, so safe, like home. “Does his touch make you feel like this? Does his scent make your pussy purr, Maeve?” She gasped, and I watched, satisfied, as a blush crawled onto her face. Without a word, she had given me my answer. She could deny the way we reacted to each other with her words, but the body didn’t lie. She wanted me. ********* One night. One mistake. One bond that will never break. It was supposed to be nothing more than a freshman party with loud music, bad drinks, and no consequences. But when I locked eyes with him, I knew I was walking straight into trouble. I did it anyway. He’s been searching for me, watching me, and obsessing over me. The possessive alpha he keeps buried slips closer to the surface every time I push back and remind him I don’t belong to anyone. But bonds don’t care about pride. And the darker his desire gets, the harder it becomes to tell whether I’m running from him… or provoking him on purpose. Because the truth is, I never forgot that night either. And some knots were never meant to be broken.

Seeing him lick my juice off his hands turned me on so bad I wished I was the one he ate with so much passion. “Tell me Princess, what next did I do?” His voice sounded way too calm for someone who just raised my heart rate. I looked at him—his blue eyes staring into my soul, my juice made his lips shine. “You ate me out,” I cooed. He looked at me with a dark smile. “I have been hungry, maybe it’s time to eat then.” He planted a kiss on her lips and I could taste myself—I loved how I tasted good. He broke the kiss then took the other free tit into his mouth and sucked like his life depended on it. His mouth found me, hot and eager, licking my pussy with a hungry groan that made me shake. His tongue moved slowly at first, tasting me, circling my clit until I was trembling. He sucked gently, then harder. ********** When love turns toxic, desperation takes over. Imogen's marriage to wealthy Perry was supposed to be a fairytale, but behind the glamour, she's suffocating. Caught in a web of lies and infidelity, Imogen's last hope is a romantic trip to Rome. But when she catches Perry cheating, her world crashes down. Enter Silas Moretti - mysterious, charming, and passionate. As Imogen's secret affair with Silas ignites, she finds herself trapped between two worlds: one of luxury and lies, the other of forbidden desire and danger. When murder entwines their lives, Perry becomes the prime suspect. Imogen's dark secrets surface, and Silas promises to help. But as their romance intensifies, Imogen realizes she may have traded one cage for another. Will she escape the deadly trap of her own making, or will her quest for revenge consume her?

"Please," I whisper as his teeth graze my neck, my body betraying every promise I made to keep him at a distance. "We can't—" "Can't?" His laugh is dark, dangerous. "Your wolf is screaming for me, Fin. I can smell how much you want this." His hands pin my wrists above my head, his body pressing mine against the wall. "Tell me to stop. Tell me you don't dream about my hands on your skin, my mark on your throat." His lips brush my ear, voice rough with need. "Tell me, and I'll walk away. But we both know you're tired of denying what's between us." Finley Bennett never expected to be Alpha of Forest Trails pack. But when her brother refuses the role, she's determined to prove a female can lead - even if it means burying her broken heart. Because the one wolf who was supposed to be her perfect match chose another, leaving her with nothing but duty to cling to. When Mountain Ridge's powerful Alpha arrives to discuss border threats, his sudden marking of her as his mate offers a second chance at happiness. But fate isn't finished testing her yet. Another cruel rejection leaves her wondering if she's destined to lead alone. As mysterious attacks threaten pack lands and ancient magic stirs, Finley must navigate pack politics, unseen enemies, and the return of her first mate. But something darker lurks beneath the surface - a hidden enemy whose manipulation could cost her everything she's fought to protect. With her territory under siege and her heart torn between two wolves who rejected her, Finley must decide: can she trust fate's choice a third time? Or will opening her heart again destroy everything she's built?

When Diana sacrificed everything to save the Silver Moon Pack, she never imagined that her mate, Alexander, would spend eight years punishing her for it. After losing their unborn child to a vicious attack from Alexander's lover, Diana begs for freedom from her loveless union. But dark secrets lie beneath the surface—secrets that could shatter both packs. The birth moon approaches, and Diana must decide whether to keep her promise of silence or finally break free from the Alpha who never wanted her. A tale of betrayal, sacrifice, and the thin line between love and hate. At the Silver Moon Pack's annual full moon ceremony, I was viciously shoved to the ground by Alexander's female companion, Selena. Wearing silver-tipped boots, she stepped directly onto my swollen belly. In an instant, bright red blood stained my white ceremonial dress. Alexander glanced at me with a slight frown. "Pregnant but not staying in the den to take care of yourself? Out here challenging pack hierarchy again? Trying to frame Selena, aren't you? The sacred ground is stained with your blood—so unlucky! What a disgrace to a Luna!" After saying this, he turned away without hesitation, wrapping his arm around Selena's waist as they left. Even the urgent howls of the pack healer didn't make him look back at me once. The bitter wolfsbane medicine churned inside my body, and in the end, the pup couldn't be saved. Clutching my now-empty belly, I had just come out of the healer's den when I saw Alexander on the pack's communication crystal, passionately marking Selena with his scent. A sharp pain shot through my abdomen, piercing straight into my heart. Wiping the cold sweat from my forehead, I looked at my mother-in-law standing by the healing bed. "Elder Mardanna, it's been eight moons. The Silver Moon Pack's crisis was resolved long ago. I really want to break the mate bond. Please, let me go..."

Liam Carter , étudiant désargenté et solitaire, accepte un pari stupide proposé par les "élites" de son université : séduire Mason Reed , un garçon brillant mais distant, réputé pour son indifférence envers les relations éphémères. Le but ? Obtenir assez d'argent pour payer son loyer et survivre. Mais ce qui ne devait être qu'un jeu cruel devient compliqué lorsque Liam développe des sentiments réels pour Mason . Pire, après une nuit passionnée, mason découvre la vérité et le rejette avec dégoût, le blessant profondément. Trois mois plus tard, Liam , rongé par la culpabilité, apprend que Mason a été hospitalisé à cause d'une crise cardiaque aggravée par le stress de leur rupture. Déterminé à s'excuser, Liam se rend à l'hôpital, où il affronte Ethan Reed , le frère protecteur de Mason . Une altercation violente s'ensuit, et Liam s'effondre... pour se réveiller avec un diagnostic inattendu : il est enceinte de seize semaines. Alors que Liam tente de comprendre comment une telle chose est possible (lui, un homme, enceint ?), il réalise que l'enfant est celui de Mason . Mais comment l'annoncer à celui qui le déteste désormais ? Et que faire lorsque les secrets du passé de Mason refont surface, révélant que sa santé fragile est liée à une malformation cardiaque héréditaire... qui pourrait aussi menacer leur enfant ? Entre culpabilité, mensonges et seconde chance, Liam devra choisir : fuir comme il l'a toujours fait, ou se battre pour ceux qu'il a blessés.

L'entremetteur Wendy Marist a construit sa carrière en trouvant des matchs parfaits pour tout le monde sauf pour elle-même. Ainsi, lorsque la star du hockey Theon Hale, la meilleure amie grincheuse et terriblement séduisante de son frère, a besoin d'un rendez-vous pour le gala de Noël de son équipe, elle accepte. Juste une nuit. Strictement professionnel. Jusqu'à ce qu'il glisse une fausse bague de fiançailles sur son doigt devant sa famille. Maintenant, le monde entier pense qu'ils sont amoureux, et Wendy est obligée de jouer à la maison avec l'homme qui a joué dans ses fantasmes pendant des années. Entre les baisers volés pour la presse, les confessions de fin de soirée et l'attachement chaud de son fils de cinq ans à elle, les lignes entre le faux et le réel s'estompent dangereusement vite. Mais lorsqu'un ex vengeur refait surface avec des secrets mortels, le jeu devient sinistre. Des scandales explosent. Les mensonges se démêlent. Et quelqu'un fera tout pour les détruire tous les deux. Wendy pensait que la partie la plus difficile serait de protéger son cœur. Elle avait tort. Certaines personnes ne veulent pas seulement ruiner une romance, elles veulent l'enterrer. Ce Noël, l'amour n'est pas seulement un risque. C'est un pari qui pourrait tout leur coûter. Une fausse romance de vacances torride où le plus grand danger est de ne pas tomber amoureux. Il l'admet.

My Alpha mate Derek secretly inherited his sister-in-law Sarah after his brother's death. On the surface, I was his Luna, but in reality, Sarah was the one who truly held his heart. He praised me as the most exceptional Luna, tasking me with caring for all pack members, yet when Sarah tended to an injured male wolf, his jealousy flared so violently that he bit off the poor wolf's paw. In public, he proclaimed me as his beloved Luna to the entire pack, while keeping Sarah hidden safely in the shadows. When enemy wolves kidnapped me after discovering my identity, I desperately reached out through our mind link, begging for help. His response cut deeper than any physical wound: "Olivia, Sarah is carrying my pup. We'll tell everyone it's my brother's son. I must protect her and the baby without leaving her side for even a moment." "Just endure for a few days. Once Sarah's morning sickness improves, I'll lead all our warriors to rescue you." In the days that followed, I sent countless pleas for help through our link, but received nothing in return. Eventually, our connection shattered completely. For an entire year, those wolves imprisoned and tortured me. They broke my hind legs and ripped out my fangs, stripping me of my wolf's dignity. Derek never came for me. When I finally escaped and stumbled back to our territory, blood-soaked and broken, I discovered my daughter locked in the silver prison where rogue wolves were kept. She was being torn apart as food, her small body covered in wounds. Meanwhile, my mate—my pup's father—was joyfully celebrating the first birthday of his and Sarah's pup, announcing that Sarah's child would become the pack's heir. Tears streaming down my face, I gathered my skeletal little pup in my arms. "It’s OK, sweetie. I'll find you a better dad."

Résumé : Je suis enceinte, Ethan. C’est ton enfant. » Ces mots auraient dû tout changer. Au lieu de cela, ils l’ont détruite. Il y a quatre ans, Emily Hart a été accusée du seul péché qui lui a coûté tout… On disait qu’elle mentait sur sa grossesse de l’enfant d’Ethan Blake. Étiquetée manipulatrice, humiliée par l’homme qu’elle aimait et remplacée par son ambitieuse ex, Emily a signé les papiers du divorce et a disparu… portant une vérité que personne ne voulait entendre. Aujourd’hui, elle est de retour. Plus forte. Plus froide. Et à la tête d’un empire de mode en pleine ascension, sur le point de fusionner avec l’entreprise d’Ethan. Ethan ne s’attendait jamais à revoir Emily… et encore moins à rencontrer un petit garçon de trois ans aux yeux et au visage identiques aux siens. Alors que la culpabilité se heurte au désir et que l’amour enfoui refuse de rester enterré, Ethan commence à démêler le passé… pour découvrir que leur séparation avait été soigneusement orchestrée par quelqu’un qui n’avait jamais voulu qu’ils soient heureux. Avec des secrets qui refont surface, la vengeance qui rôde dans l’ombre et Ava prête à tout pour protéger ses mensonges, Emily doit décider si l’homme qui l’a brisée mérite une seconde chance — ou si partir est la seule façon de protéger son fils. Parce que cette fois, la vérité ne se contentera pas de briser des cœurs. Elle brûlera des empires.