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I stepped out of the shower with just a towel wrapping my body and was startled. It was my first wedding night, and instead of my husband, the ruthless Alpha, Silas, I found a handsome man sitting on the bed shirtless, smirking at me! “Who are you?” “I am your husband!” A few hours ago, I heard that cold voice at the altar. I had expected my husband to be unattractive, but he turned out to be incredibly handsome. So, why did he wear that dreadful mask during our wedding? What shocked me more was when he got up from the bed and walked over to me! Wait, he’s not crippled?! “You couldn’t even recognize your husband! He growled. Seeing him growing ferocious, I walked backward frantically. Just as the towel threatened to slide down, leaving me exposed and naked, he swiftly pulled me into his strong, muscular arms, his hands quickly catching my towel! His face was reigning with lust as he gaped down at me. “Someone is desperate to have her first night!” He inclined his lips to my ear and whispered, “Beware, lady, it wouldn’t be pleasure but pain!” He dropped the towel, and there I stood naked in his arms. He looked at me with lust as if I were his prey. “I will be so hard on you that you won’t forget your husband for eternity!” My heart thumped! I have heard that he is the most ruthless and ferocious Alpha history has ever had! What will he do to me on our first wedding night? ------- I am Bruna Walters, an illegitimate daughter who married my sister’s fiance to save my grandmother. I was scared. What if Silas, my ruthless husband, discovered that I am not Regina but a substitute?

Fate stripped everything from me and forced me to face my worst nightmare. As the adopted and weakest member of my pack, I’ve always been an outcast and mistreated, especially since I've never been able to shift into my animal form. Every time I try to find a way to escape my personal hell, my pack leader stops me, vowing that I'll never be free from him. Then the worst happens. A group of my pack members attack me. Alone, outnumbered, and stuck in my human form, I'll fight for my life even though there’s no hope for survival. Until a group of unfamiliar wolves come to my aid. The sexiest and strongest of them, Bodey, is adamant to protect me. And something inside me tugs toward him almost unnaturally. But it turns out things aren't what they seem. There might be something more to my past than I knew . . . and Bodey might be the very person I need protecting from. Get this steamy and suspenseful forced proximity, touch her and unalive, broody male, fated mates, royal wolf shifter romance today!

For five years, Eden believed Matthew loved her. On their wedding day, she discovers the truth: she was only his girlfriend because she looks like his first love. "Married Celestine this morning. She's pregnant. You understand." Heartbroken and replaced, Eden saves a dying stranger in her ER—the notorious Rogue King. His offer? Become his contract queen for three years, and he'll make her the wealthiest woman alive. But Roland knows something Eden doesn't: she's not human, and the family who suppressed her true nature is the same one he's been hunting for twenty years.

When wandering healer Elara Nightvale is dragged to the cursed court of the Dragon King, she expects death not the dangerous pull she feels toward the man everyone calls a monster. Gifted with forbidden healing magic that drains her life with every use, Elara has spent years hiding her power. But in the dark kingdom of Ashenrealm, her abilities awaken something ancient and deeply tied to the king himself. Verath Dravenor, ruler of the Ashen Throne, carries the soul of the last dragon and a curse that turns desire into destruction. The closer he grows to someone, the more unstable his power becomes. Lovers have died. Allies fear him. He has sworn never to want anyone again. Until Elara arrives. Her presence calms the dragon within him yet ignites an obsession he cannot control. Forced into proximity after an assassination attempt and rising rebellion, Elara and Verath become reluctant allies. She heals his wounds; he shields her from enemies who would exploit her rare bloodline. With every touch, their bond deepens, blurring the line between survival and forbidden attraction. But Ashenrealm is on the brink of war. Rival kingdoms plot to overthrow the Dragon King, while dark magic resurfaces, threatening to unleash an ancient power tied to Elara’s lineage. As Verath’s curse worsens, he must choose: push her away and lose control… or claim her and risk consuming her completely. When passion finally ignites, their magic intertwines in a soulbinding union that could break the curse or destroy the kingdom. In a world where love is dangerous and power demands sacrifice, Elara and Verath must decide if their bond will save Ashenrealm…or burn it to ashes.

When her sister disappears on her wedding day, Olivia has no choice but to take her place at the altar and marry elusive billionaire Xavier Sinclair. Xavier has only ever had eyes for the eldest daughter of the Blackford household, but when she abandons him on their wedding day, he has no choice but to marry her younger sister, the one person he had sworn to stay away from. Finally married to him, Olivia is determined to do whatever it takes to win him over; after all, she loved him first, even if he didn’t know it.

Rejected by her fated mate. Forced to marry a crippled prince everyone calls broken. Lyra Hale expected nothing but humiliation in the frozen North. Then she discovered the truth. Prince Rowan isn't crippled. He's dangerous. Deadly. Building a rebellion in secret while the world thinks he's weak. When palace assassins hunt her and a corrupt king threatens everything, Lyra stops being the substitute bride everyone overlooks. She trains. She fights. Her hidden power awakens. But war is only the beginning. Ancient prophecies. Forbidden magic. A bloodline that connects her to kingdoms that should be dead. Lyra thought she was nobody. Turns out, she's the heir three thrones have been waiting for. And the most powerful queen wants her dead.

Sera Ashveil was never meant to survive the marriage. Sent as a disposable substitute bride to the most feared Alpha in the territories, Caius Dravhen, she expects the same fate as every woman before her: broken in three days. Instead his curse wakes the monster the Ashveil pack spent nineteen years beating down. She arrived as a sacrifice. She will leave as the nightmare they created.

Celine Mason, a 24-year-old woman, was forced to take her twin sister's place as the bride. Three months later, Clara returned, and Jace filed for a divorce. What happens when Celine is already pregnant? Will she agree to leave Jace after three months of marriage? What happened when Clara kidnapped her sister and took her baby? Find out.

Ivory Finn has been in love with her boss, Axel Riggs, for five years—from the moment she spotted him in college. She worked hard to get near him, and soon became his secretary. Her heart never had anyone else. So, when he offered her a contract marriage in exchange for paying for her mother's surgery, Ivory eagerly agreed. But she had forgotten something: Axel Riggs does not love, and even if he did, she would never be the one his heart craves. For two years, she did everything to make him fall in love, but nothing she did won his heart. However, after two years of heartbreak, he finally let her go. But Ivory never told him she was carrying his heir, and he had just sent them away. Three years later, she returns as a different person—a woman who owns multiple firms. She only wants to take care of her mother and daughters, but what happens when her mother falls in love, and the man she falls in love with turns out to be the father of her ex-husband? Can Ivory resist his alluring charms, or will she ruin her mother's happiness due to her ex-husband's—now turned stepbrother's—relentless pursuit?

Lia Blake's last summer in high school and prom night ended up being her worst summer and prom night ever. Her crush found his mate and abandoned her. Broken, she fled from the pack to where no one knows her to settle in but that night, she appeared before the Lycan king as his bride. …Slowly, he shifted away the portion of the white veil covering her lips, then he leaned in and his lips claimed hers. But it lasted for a moment as the guards stormed into the hall. "The Lycan Luna is gone! That woman is an intruder!" At once he tore his lips away from her, gripped the veil and flung away. His grey eyes darkened as he realized the woman before him wasn't his bride. "Seize her!" The cold hardhearted Lycan king had commanded and she was at once seized and thrown into his dungeon. Derrick Kings, the Lycan king and leader of four packs. The Alphas, werewolves and Lycans obey his commands. His past and secret hunted him and turned him into a beast with his enemies lurking and waiting to strike him down at any chance. But what he didn't know was how fast his life will change the moment an unknown woman appeared before him as his bride. What is the fate of Lia Blake, will she survive the wrath of the hardhearted Lycan King whoose secret and past hunted, Or will she regret ever leaving her pack?