Tante Maya

Clara Dubois était avec Mathis Blanchet depuis l'âge de dix-huit ans. Lors d'un accident, elle a retrouvé l'ouïe qu'elle avait perdue en le sauvant. Elle était tout excitée à l'idée de lui annoncer la nouvelle. Mais elle l'a trouvé en train de rester avec son premier amour. Il savait que Clara l'aimait follement, au point d'être prête à tout sacrifier pour lui. Mais cette fois, Clara n'a rien dit, elle a signé un accord de confidentialité, et à l'échéance, elle a disparu totalement de sa vie. En apprenant qu'elle s'était volatilisée, Mathis a ricané avec indifférence. « En moins d'une semaine, elle sera de retour sagement à mes côtés. » Pourtant, trois mois ont passé… Elle n'est toujours pas revenue. Mathis a complètement paniqué et il l'a cherchée partout comme un fou. Lui, si fier et arrogant, a baissé la tête pour la première fois, « Clara, arrête, ça suffit. » Puis. « Clara, reviens, je te donnerai tout ce que tu veux. » Et ensuite. « Si je vais mourir, pourrais-tu revenir me voir une dernière fois ? » Lorsqu'ils se sont revus, Mathis s'est agenouillé aux pieds de Clara, les yeux rouges, tenant une tasse de thé avec des mains tremblantes. « Tante, je vous en prie, prenez le thé. »

Betrayed by her mate. Mocked by her best friend. Maya flees heartbreak—and ends up in the arms of a stranger who leaves her breathless... and broken all over again. One week later, she finds him again. On campus. In uniform. And now? He’s her stepbrother. But secrets don’t stop there. She’s the girl no one wants. He’s the hockey star with too much to lose. And the professor who calls her mate? He plays by rules no one dares question. One college. Two forbidden bonds. And a girl torn between dominance, danger, and desire. This isn’t just about the game anymore. This is obsession. This is payback. This is war on ice.

On Thanksgiving, my husband Steven Mandel showed up with another woman. Not just anyone—Fiona Osborne, his first love. She had Alzheimer's and only remembered him. And yeah, he said she was moving in. Steven's eyes were ice. "Erica, I stayed away from Fiona out of duty. But I'm not wasting what time I have left without her." Happy 50th anniversary to me. No gift—just a slap-in-the-face love confession. Maya, my daughter-in-law, tried to talk some sense into him, bless her. Then Anton—my own son—cut in. "Mom already kept Dad away from Fiona for years. She's tied ME to you for half my life. Now Dad just wants to take care of the woman he loves—what's so wrong with that?" Steven stepped in front of Fiona like some kind of hero. "Anton's right. Erica, I let you play the wife role for decades. Now, I want to be with the woman I truly love. "If you can't handle that, let's just get a divorce." I stood there, frozen. I'd walked away from a powerhouse law career for this family after we had Anton. I thought I had given everything, and in their eyes, I would be a perfect wife and a perfect mother. But today made it clear—I was never enough. No matter how much I gave, it was never going to be enough. I turned to Maya. She was crying. "You wanna get divorced together?"

Betrayal turned deadlier than a venomous snake but wasn't the end. What would happen when the two people you trusted rob you of your life? Cara's previous life is bound to Kyle, her mate, and Layla, her blood sister who betrayed her, leading to her death and her unborn child. But Cara was reborn into a new life. Cara discovers she's Maya, the Queen of Mooncrest, mated to Alpha Dane, and also the blood sister to Kyle. As she navigates her new role and relationship with Alpha Dane, she must confront the darkness of her past and the secrets of her rebirth. *** "Can she find peace and loyalty with her new mate, or will the shadows of her former life destroy her chance at happiness?"