The Birthmark By Nathaniel Hawthorne

Aurora Hills marked the genesis of it all, where she was drugged, surrender her innocence to a stranger by night, stripped of power by morning and narrowly evade death grasp. six years later, Olivia Reynolds is back, perhaps fleeing from something and she is ready to mete out karma to those who wronged her, things are exactly as planned or so she thought. Till try throw Alexander kings, a filthy rich CEO, who happens to share an uncanny resemblance with her kids, and whom she is inexplicably drawn to, then suddenly it becomes a lot harder than expected. Will it unravel disastrously or could it lead to unexpected twist of fate? Will Olivia seek out her sweet perfect retribution or get caught up in an unexpected romance with Mr. CEO?

CONTAINS ADULT SCENES! “Alena, I love the way you scream my name with me inside you.” Darren's lips curled up, his eyes enjoying the sight of Alena's flushed face beneath his muscular body. “Darren.” “Do you want this to end, Alena? Like how you left me on our engagement day, or do you want me to spend the entire night punishing you?” Darren asked, widening the smirk on his lips. Alena Wilson left her engagement to Darren Scott to marry Jason White, the man she thought loved her deeply. Alena was even willing to give up her luxurious life as heir to the Wilson family fortune just to be with Jason. However, Jason betrayed their marriage. He had an affair with Kyle Muller, Alena's close friend. Alena was humiliated, insulted, and divorced dishonorably. Jason's family kicked Alena out of the house that was actually purchased with Alena's own money. Jason's family felt victorious for having discarded Alena like trash. At a party, they were all shocked to see Alena step out of a luxury car, wearing a dress that further accentuated her beauty. Even the three handsome and influential CEOs who were also present there, Darren Scott, Gavin Scott, and Adrian Scott, walked over to Alena and each extended their hands while saying in unison, “Miss Wilson, would you like to dance with me?”

“A Luna is meant to be graceful and elegant not…” His mother sniffed, her nose up in the air, “not this.” Disdain and disgust dripped from her words. Every word felt like a blow to my heart, I kept still, waiting for Roland to come to my defense like a good mate. I sent a pleading gaze to him but all I got was an icy stare in return, but I still held faith in my heart. He sighed and his gaze softened with something that looked like self-loathing, “I'm sorry Selena, you're not just Luna material,” His gaze shifted to the person beside me, “And I'm in love with another.” There was a ringing in my ears as time slowed and my world came to a standstill, “W-what?” I choked out, dazed. Selena was the fat unwanted twin, the one her mate rejected for her prettier, slimmer sister. Once rejected, betrayed and left for dead, she almost gave up on life itself. When she stumbles into the arms of two alpha werewolves the world fears, she doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. Four years later, she returns, stronger and fiercer, a queen in her own right. The weak fat wolf is dead and in her place is someone they would never see coming. A weapon. Vengeance.

Nothing on earth could have prepared Keira Ashford for her fated mate's betrayal on their one year anniversary. Dominic Crane didn't apologize or offer her an explanation when she found him in bed with her own step sister. He just stared at her with cold indifference and called their bond a mistake. Broken and humiliated, Keira takes matters into her hands and does the unthinkable. She severes the mate bond herself. But Dominic's cruelty didn't end there as he is upset at being rejected. He vows that no wolf in the territory would ever dare claim her as their partner as long as he remained the Alpha's heir. Her step-family mocked her weakness and spewed rumours to the pack, whisperinh of how she was now damaged goods. Everyone was forced to believe that she had failed as a mate—they were wrong. Keira has a plan for revenge. She would acquire a mate before the next three months was up, one that could stand on par with her ex mate. Who better than his father, the one wolf Dominic fears above all others. Alpha Matthias Crane, the most powerful wolf in the Pacific Northwest. Kiera starts a game of hide and seek using seduction as her only leverage. But what she doesn't expect is for Matthias to see through her and second her actions. Matthias has been watching Keira and knows exactly what she's doing. And he has plans of his own. Soon what begins as a calculated game of seduction quickly spirals into something that is remains: Who is really playing whom?

Aria has never known love—not from her cold family, nor from the pack that shuns her. When the Moon Goddess reveals her mate to be the Alpha’s son, Aria’s heart swells with hope. But her joy is short-lived when he cruelly rejects her in front of everyone, shattering her fragile dreams. That same night, chaos descends upon the pack as Alpha Ronan, the ruthless Rogue King launches a brutal attack. In the midst of the bloodshed, he claims Aria as his mate, marking her and dragging her away to his pack. Torn between fear and an unshakable bond, Aria is thrust into a world of danger and secrets. As she glimpses the man beneath the Alpha Ronan’s icy exterior, she begins to wonder: can she melt his heart of stone, or will falling for him lead to her ultimate ruin? In a tale of betrayal, passion, and redemption, Aria must decide if love is worth risking everything—even her soul.

What would you do if your best friend slept with your husband—and then fate bound you to his uncle? Natasha’s world crumbled when she caught her husband and her best friend betraying her in the cruelest way possible. The heartbreak was enough to make her walk away, divorce papers in hand. But fate wasn’t done with her. Because the moment she tried to leave, destiny shoved her into the arms of someone else—Alan. The cold, powerful, and untouchable Alpha of Nightwolves Pack. The same man her husband called “uncle.” The same man she unknowingly spent one passionate night with. Now Alan wants her. Not just as his mate, but as his Luna. And he’s ready to destroy anyone—including his own nephew—to keep her. Natasha thought betrayal was the worst pain she’d ever felt. She had no idea love could be even more dangerous.

Kendra Hayes lives by one rule, stay invisible. Straight A’s, no drama, no mistakes. But when Professor West, the man who controls her grades and her future, starts blurring the lines between mentorship and something far more dangerous, her silence becomes a cage she can’t escape. Then Axel Cross storms in. The campus golden boy. Star quarterback. Infuriatingly confident and the last person she expects to notice the cracks in her perfect facade. One glance changes everything. He sees what no one else dares to, and suddenly Kendra has something she’s never had before… an ally. But West plays a long game and he never loses. With every step Axel takes toward her, the professor’s hold tightens. Rumors ignite. Secrets surface. Loyalties shatter. And Kendra is caught in a deadly tug-of-war between the boy willing to risk it all for her, and the man determined to own her completely. She can stay silent and survive… Or speak up and lose everything, except maybe her heart. If West doesn’t destroy them both first.

When Ethan returns from his exchange program with Victoria, Alpha Malrik's daughter and his unborn child, Sophia's world shatters. The man she thought was her fated mate had betrayed not just her trust but the years that they had spent building a life. Broken, hurt, and lost, Sophia has nowhere to turn, so she left. As the neighbouring pack's Alpha, he has no reason to care about a shattered Luna. Yet he does. Where Ethan abandoned her, Kai stands firm. Where her mate chose ambition, Kai chooses her every single day. Sophia never expected to get a second chance, especially not with the monstrous Alpha King that she had been hearing about, Ethan's rival. As Ethan's realized the mistakes he had made and Victoria's secrets threatened to destroy every single one of them, Sophia discovered that sometimes you find your true mate by walking away from your first bond. With Kai, Sophia finally understands what it means to be truly chosen despite all odds. And this time, she would choose herself right back.

Alessia Romano believed in loyalty, love, and family—until the night they destroyed her. Drugged by the two people she trusted most—her boyfriend and her own sister—Alessia wakes up in the middle of a scandal designed to ruin her reputation forever. The world now sees her as a traitor, a disgrace, a woman who betrayed the man she loved. But they made one fatal mistake. They forgot about Don Marcello De Luca. Cold, powerful, and feared across the underworld, the Mafia King has spent his life controlling everything around him. Yet the moment he sees Alessia broken and betrayed, something dark awakens inside him—something dangerously possessive. To protect her from the scandal and punish those who tried to destroy her, Marcello offers a solution no one expected. A marriage contract. Now bound to the most dangerous man in the city, Alessia enters a world of power, secrets, and ruthless enemies. But the deeper she is pulled into Marcello’s empire, the more she realizes that his protection comes with a terrifying truth. The Mafia King doesn’t just want to protect her. He wants to claim her. And once Marcello De Luca decides something belongs to him… He never lets it go.

19 year old Bellatrix finds herself exiled to an enemy pack priorn to the destruction of her pack. And to worsen things, the one who brought her into the world of misery, widely feared and known for his cruelty, Alpha Anslan Robertson, turned out to be her mate. What was the way forward for this timid young lady who even found it hard to shift?