Synonyms Of Rival Novels & Stories

Lyria spent five years of her life trying to make her husband accept her. She did everything, but to Alpha Dave nothing was enough. On the day she was to break the news of her pregnancy to her husband, she caught him having sex with her bestfriend. Right in their matrimonial home. Broken and sad, she approached them, finding out even a more shocking truth. Not even an ounce of guilt from her husband; instead, he pushed her, causing her to hit her head on the glass table. In the pool of her blood, she was abandoned to bleed to death. Just when Lyria thought it was over, she was granted a second chance! She opened her eyes to the exact day she got married to Alpha Dave. This time, Lyria made up her mind not to make the same mistake that led to her death. She chose another man on her wedding day instead. Her wedding with Azriel was supposed to be simple. An alliance between both packs and a way to escape dying by Dave's hands… But what if there is more? What if fate plays in the most cunning way? Would Lyria be able to escape her fate or get caught up in something more dangerous?

On the night she believed fate would crown her Luna, Elara was publicly rejected by her destined mate—the feared Alpha King who chose power over love. Humiliated before the entire pack, cast aside like she meant nothing, Elara swore she would never beg for a man’s affection again. But fate had other plans. Before she could escape the ruins of her shattered life, another mark burned across her skin—the claiming mark of the Alpha King’s most dangerous enemy. Cold, merciless, and thirsting for revenge, the ruthless rival wants Elara for reasons of his own. To destroy the King. To start a war. To possess the woman his enemy discarded. Now trapped between the mate who broke her heart and the beast who refuses to let her go, Elara must uncover secrets buried in blood, power, and betrayal. Because her rejection was never an accident… And the war for her has only begun.

Lorsque Cassie Hale se présente à son mari qui triche - avec sa propre sœur - son monde soigneusement contrôlé se brise. Humilié, trahi et piégé dans un mariage, son puissant mari refuse de se dissoudre, elle plonge dans une nuit imprudente qui change tout. Une scène de strip-tease ivre. Un étranger d'une beauté dévastatrice. Un baiser rejeté... puis une proposition inversée. Une nuit de passion dont elle se souvient à peine - et une grossesse qu'elle ne peut pas ignorer. Cassie espère échapper à tout cela, mais le destin a d'autres plans et ne joue pas équitablement.

Ciara had one job: secure her engagement to the Alpha's heir. She failed. Rejected at the mating ball and left to freeze in the snow by her own father, she's saved by the last person she expected—Draven Stormclaw, the notorious bastard son everyone fears. His price for her rescue? Marriage. He claims he wants the scandal. A way to humiliate the brother who cast her aside. But the way he looks at her—the careful touches, the fierce protection, the warmth hidden beneath his cold reputation—tells a different story. As Ciara is pulled deeper into Draven's dangerous world, she begins to suspect he's hiding something. That his reasons for saving her run far deeper than revenge. But with her eighteenth birthday approaching—the day she'll finally sense her true mate—time is running out for secrets. Because some bonds are written in the stars. And some are forged in snow and desperation.

Taylor Anderson was a college nerd who had a secret crush on her stepbrother who lived next to her room Liam is the school's best basketball player who can get any girl he wants and also Taylor's stepbrother. The first day Taylor set her eyes on Liam, she knew instantly that she had fallen in love and there was no going back. Taylor has always been sad that Liam never talked to her ever since she moved in to live with them both at home and in school, and the worst is that she had to watch him date different girls while hiding her feelings for him. It's finally a new semester and Taylor has made up her mind, to come out of her Shell and her wishes are simple, first is to stop being a nerd and second is to make friends What happens when Taylor successfully gets a male friend named Kelly, a rival basketball player to Liam, the unbothered Liam suddenly became possessive of Taylor, is there more to his actions

He was her fated mate—her brother’s Beta, the one destined to protect her. But instead, he rejected her. Before the entire pack, Eric called Sherry weak and unworthy, tearing her world apart and leaving her humiliated in the one place she called home. That night, her heart broke but so did the timid girl everyone thought they knew. Years later, Sherry returns to the pack stronger, fiercer, and breathtakingly confident. She’s no longer the fragile Alpha’s sister who once begged for love, she’s the woman the Beta can’t stop wanting. But Eric isn’t the only one watching her now. Two powerful Alphas from rival packs lay claim to the same woman he once rejected. Both bound to her by fate, both determined to have her Desire, jealousy, and revenge spiral out of control as Sherry becomes the center of a dangerous power struggle. One that could cost her heart, her pack, and her life. When the moon goddess grants her a second chance at love, will Sherry surrender to the mate who rejected her… or the rival Alphas who burn for her more than he ever did?

Twelve years of love, loyalty, and promises—shattered in one gunshot moment. Aria thought she knew what love meant: sacrifices, patience, blind faith in the man she'd called her fiancé for over a decade. But on Valentine's Day, with a gun pointed in their direction, Liam instinctively shielded his ex, Sophia—while Aria was left bleeding and invisible. "You almost died!" "And he didn't even look at me, Lili. He wrapped his arms around her like I was nothing." Torn between heartbreak and dignity, Aria makes a bold move—marrying Liam's wealthy rival, Aiden Carter, in an impulsive act of revenge. But Aiden is more than a rebound. He's powerful, possessive, and unexpectedly protective—and he plays for keeps. Now caught between a love that failed her, and a man who may demand more than she's ready to give… Aria's heart faces the ultimate reckoning. Will she finally become someone's first choice—or lose herself trying?

In the Gallo family’s private jewelry workshop. The wedding ring I’d waited six months for was on another woman’s finger. Gia’s hand. An international supermodel my fiancé, the Don of the Gallo family, was having an affair with. The workshop director stood by, a cold sweat soaking his back as he looked at Maximo on the sofa. Maximo stood up. He took Gia’s hand, lifting it to the light to admire the ring, his tone leaving no room for argument. “She’s walking in a major show in Paris next week. She needs this to make an impression on the haute couture scene. The family vault is full of jewels. Pick something else. Don't be dramatic.” Under the harsh lights, Gia admired herself in the mirror, her smile haughty and triumphant. I looked at my own reflection. Cashmere sweater and jeans. I didn’t belong here. This wedding, a year in the making, suddenly felt like a joke. I'm not upset. I just canceled the custom wedding dress along the way. “Maximo. The other jewels are perfectly fine.So I’m not getting married.”

Una semana antes de nuestra Ceremonia de Marcaje, en la fiesta de un amigo de Ethan Stormwind, le dije que quería romper con él. Al escucharme, todos se rieron, pues sabían que durante los últimos seis años, mi objetivo en la vida había sido convertirme en su Luna. ¿Por qué querría romper con él si solo faltaba una semana para la ceremonia? Incluso Ethan pensó que estaba siendo irrazonable, y me cuestionó: —¿Solo porque el día de nuestra ceremonia tengo que llevar a Selene al curandero para que le hagan una revisión, estás haciendo un berrinche y quieres romper conmigo? Después de una breve pausa añadió: —Los dos somos adultos, ¿puedes comportarte de manera más madura? Podrías reprogramar la ceremonia. ¿Por qué insistes en ese día en particular? No tengo tiempo para tus escenas de celos. Asentí en silencio. Sí, algo tenía que cambiar, pero no era la fecha de la ceremonia, sino él. Yo iba a aceptar ser marcada por alguien más.

I am one of the last of the merfolk, born with the ability to create Mermaid's Pearls. Pearls that can bring the dead back to life. After the werewolf, Kyle, saved me from human hunters, I would have done anything for him. He died nine times expanding his pack’s territory. Each time, my pearl brought him back. The ninth time, I was too weak to even stand. But the first thing he did when he woke up was pull a sexy omega she-wolf into his arms and flirt, "Baby, you smell incredible—not like Althea. Her scent does nothing for me." He glanced at my pale face, annoyed. "Go rest. Get ready for the next time. I'll need you again soon." The next time? He had no idea. There would be no next time. I only had nine pearls. And I'd just given him my last.