The Essex Serpent Novels & Stories

She had been kidnapped when she was a baby. She didn't know she was a Princess either. One day, at returning from one of her hunting raids, she finds the villa where her adoptive mother resides, ablaze in flame. A lot of people from their villa died, including her adoptive mother. Burning in anger, she promised a revenge.

Healing others is killing her.Kiema Feuer needs to disappear. Trapped by her parents so they can use her healing magic for their own purposes, Kiema is more prisoner than daughter. But when the cost of escape could mean her life, she’s willing to risk everything to live the life she wants.Her one chance at freedom pits her against the sexy as sin Ransom Kolefni, a man with plans—and magic—of his own. With her window of escape quickly closing, she’s caught between following her heart or a slim chance of survival.Will Kiema be able to trust the man who’s brought her to life? Or will she long for the days of imprisonment?Iron Serpent Chronicles is created by Sadie Jacks, an eGlobal Creative Pub

Emerson has lived her life unwanted, feared for her eyes and punished by the pack that should have protected her. When her Alpha brother decides she is disposable, her fate is sealed until Alpha Ryder of New Orleans intervenes and claims her through a brutal duel. Taken into his territory, Emerson finds herself under the watch of an Alpha who does not soften his grip or hide his intent. Ryder guards her with ruthless precision, watches her like prey he refuses to lose, and makes it clear that once something is his, no one else is allowed to touch it. In a city ruled by dominance and desire, Emerson must decide whether the Alpha who claimed her is her greatest danger or the only one powerful

My adopted brother made a name for himself during the potion competition by using a potion he had stolen from me. No one expected the competition to be a ruse, but it turned out to be a scheme to find a husband for the serpent clan's youngest princess. She was born barren, cruel, and hideous. That very night, the serpent clan delivered a marriage contract, demanding that the creator of the potion take the princess as his wife. When my fiancée heard the news, she panicked and bonded with my adopted brother on the spot. After sealing their bond, he lifted his shirt, proudly showing me the wolf mark carved into his back. "Your fiancée's mine now, bro. What are you going to do? You'll turn

Nero Vecchio était l'ennemi. C'est ce que Dante avait compris dès l'instant où il avait vu le cadavre de son père dans le caniveau. Ancien fils d'un puissant parrain de la mafia, Dante Solace vit en marge de la vie qu'il connaissait autrefois, devenant un assassin à louer. Seulement, une cible le rapproche du passé qui le hante chaque nuit dans ses cauchemars. Et cette fois, il ne peut échapper à Nero. Cette fois, Dante se promet de tuer le parrain de la mafia qui a pris le contrôle de son esprit. Lorsque des secrets sont révélés et que les événements passés semblent se répéter, Dante est contraint de travailler avec l'homme qu'il essaie de détester pour se frayer un chemin au-

"จงสำนึกผิดต่อบาปของเจ้า แม้ต้องแลกด้วยร่างกายและวิญญาณ ก็จงน้อมรับการชำระแค้นจากข้าเสีย" บาบารัส พญางูยักษ์สลักคำสาปด้วยนำเสียงกึกก้องกัมปนาทหมายให้กรีนชดใช้ในสิ่งที่ก่อ

À dix-sept ans, Emma rejoint la maison de sa mère Claire, remariée à Marc, un homme plus jeune. L’absence maternelle laisse la jeune fille seule avec ce beau-père aux attentions inquiétantes, qui se muent en harcèlement. En vain, elle alerte sa mère, qui refuse d’y croire, préférant protéger son bonheur apparent. Face au déni, Marc change de méthode : il séduit, puis menace la vie de Claire si Emma résiste. Piégée, celle-ci tente de fuir, mais sa mère, manipulée, la retient. Confisquant ses moyens de communication, Marc l’isole. Emma finit par céder, et une relation forcée, mêlant contrainte et passion malsaine, s’installe en l’absence de Claire. Leur liaison éclate au grand jour lorsq

I am a succubus, and during my heat cycle, I must have sex with a partner to survive. I unexpectedly saved a serpentfolk man, a species renowned in the beast-kin world for possessing the most potent sexual prowess of all. I leveraged the favor to make him help me through my heat as an incubus. But just as I was clinging to him again, scrolling comments appeared before my eyes — and I discovered I was the villainess in a novel. The male lead secretly despised me. The real heroine was about to appear. And once he recovered his memories, I'd be tossed aside. So I decided to divorce him. But my serpent husband didn't seem to agree with that plan.

My mother brings home a woman named Julia Hayden from the back of the hill and makes her my sister-in-law. Our family is poor. As Julia is beautiful, my mother forces her to work as a prostitute in secret to earn money for the family. But a villager, Lara Clay, says Julia is not human. When my brother sleeps with her, I peek inside through a crack in the door. In the dim yellow light, I see the shadow of a huge snake tightly coiling itself around my brother's body on the wall...

After surviving the brutal apocalypse for ten years, hardened survivor Hayley Reid was betrayed by her base and unexpectedly woke up two weeks before the apocalypse began. Back in time, her useless father and stepmother were still pressuring her to give up her house for her brother and his newlywed wife. This time, Hayley didn’t hesitate to sell them the house for dirt cheap. While they celebrate this great deal, Hayley went crazy stockpiling supplies. With the help of the super base system’s overpowered perks, she built an unbeatable shelter. While everyone else was stuck in zombie chaos, Hayley relaxed in her fortress like she was on vacation. While everyone else struggled to find food