The Ezra Klein Show Reading List: Books Recommended By Guests On The Podcast (part 1 Of 3)

Ryleigh didn’t remember being taken—only the cold bite of night and the blur of snarling shadows. Now she was locked in a cell beneath an unfamiliar pack house, her wrists sore, her memories foggy, and her heart pounding with questions. Her parents were dead, she’d just learned she was adopted, and now this—kidnapped by creatures that shouldn’t exist. Werewolves. Real ones. And someone with the initial D had left her a single note: You’re safe. Trust me. – D But safety felt like a lie. Especially after she witnessed a man shift before her eyes. Especially when the Alpha of the pack, Damien—arrogant, powerful, and dangerously charming—claimed ownership of her fate. Her only comfort came from Dr. Derek Blackthorn, the Alpha’s estranged brother, a healer with kind eyes and secrets of his own. In a house ruled by strict laws, bloodlines, and bitter alliances, Ryleigh must survive a world she was never meant to know. One where love could be her only weapon—or her greatest downfall.

Samantha's life changed instantly when her abusive husband tried to kill her after she filed for divorce. She fled for her life with her mother to a small town to hide from Jonathan. Unknown to her that this town was far from normal, it was filled with supernatural creatures powered by the moon. She had a one night stand with a guy, not knowing he was a Werewolf and was engaged to be married soon. They fall in love and struggle to maintain peace between the humans and the werewolves. Tragedy strikes as a significant person in town is killed and war breaks amongst them. What will happen when Beatrice and the other wolf pack find out that their alpha fancies a human? Would Samantha be safe in that town or would her husband ever find out where she is hiding now?

Astrid, a strong-willed and determined young woman, is forced to return to her pack after a decade away. She has encountered animosity and bitterness, especially from her father, the alpha of the pack. Astrid has a hard time adjusting to her new life in the pack. She meets Kaidën, a mysterious and brooding person who seems to be hiding secrets, and she gets to see her childhood friend Evelyn again. Kaidën's mate, Xylara, is presented as a stunning but ruthless and cunning person. Under the full moon, Astrid and Kaidën have a tense but fascinating encounter. Astrid starts to suspect Kaidën is involved in the weird happenings in the pack. Astrid is left feeling shaken by her encounter with Kaidën. She meets Alpha Eric, her arranged mate, and is repulsed by his behavior. When Kaidën steps in, Astrid is drawn to him. Xylara's hostility toward Astrid becomes more and more obvious. When Xylara tries to suffocate her while she is sleeping, Astrid learns of her true motivations. Astrid also finds Lucas, a pack member, tied up and gagged. Astrid is warned to keep away by Kaidën, who is attempting to shield her from himself. Xylara's evil character is further revealed as Astrid starts to solve the pack's mysteries.

Andra Monet is the 18 years old illegitimate daughter of the Gamma and her family's slave. She always hope that her boyfriend turns out to be her mate but he broke up with her, disrespected her, and vocally abused her, on that same day she was mistaken for her stepsister and got kidnapped from her pack and taken to Midnight Moon Pack, there she became the Alpha King's personal slave and she found out that her mate was no other person but the man that vows to destroy her, her King. Alpha Garrett Adams.

Ingrid was born into a family of werewolf hunters. She was raised to believe that the creatures were nothing more than ruthless killers. Though trained as a hunter, she has never participated in a hunt—until the night her father forces her to join. What should have been a simple mission turns into a nightmare when she is captured by a ruthless Alpha seeking revenge against her family for slaughtering his pack. Locked away with no escape, Ingrid fights to survive by using her training to stay alive. When she finally manages to break free. she thinks she’s won—until the Alpha finds her again. He sinks his fangs into her, expecting the venom to end her life, but Ingrid doesn’t die. The bite should have killed her, but it doesn’t. It changes her. Ingrid soon discovers a horrifying truth: the werewolf bite only turns those who carry the gene. She discovers that her entire life has been a lie. Her family, the people she trusted most, hid the truth from her. Now, she’s no longer the hunter—she’s the hunted. With her own people turning against her and the wolf inside her growing stronger, only one person can help her—the same Alpha who cursed her with this fate. Will their hate for each other blossom into something deeper? or does fate have something else planned?

Olivia Thomas is a waitress in a nightclub and the most excitement she has in her life is when a drunk customer babbles their sob stories to her. So boring, right?  And that’s the exact way Olivia wants things because behind her facade of average looks and mundane life, there lies a secret. A secret that means losing everything she craves to have; freedom, a chance to love, and much more. Because Olivia is not just the run off the mill human. She is a female werewolf in disguise; and considering that the wolves were under a curse that just about eliminated the female population, female wolves were very rare and treasured.  That means if ever her identity is revealed, she will be claimed by the nearest male wolf who could make her submit to him. Olivia has big dreams in life and her plans don’t include delivering a litter of pups for some domineering male wolf.  But what if her secret is revealed one night? What if her attempts to escape turns futile and she is claimed against her will? And that too by Alpha Tyson Gray, one of the most ruthless Alphas the world had ever seen and fears? Will Olivia escape the Alpha’s claim or will she be the one to finally tame him? Or is there more to their story than what meets the eye?

The story revolved Around Two teenagers in high school. Silvia dela Cruz a very clumsy girl and the most humorous girl fell in love with Raymond at first sight at the ignorance of Raymond. All her life she had dreamed of seeing Raymond again maybe that will break the walls of living an imaginary life with Raymond in the world of her own but the story changed when she crossed path with the Cold hearted Raymond. Despite the great contrast between these two teens they soon fell in love, But mysterious they were never destined to love. Why?? Well Find out in this heartfelt Novel: When clumsy meets rude .

Diana doesn't know what she wants in life. She loves her family and her pack but she knows there is more out in the world for her. She has a secret gift that she promised her dead mother never to reveal, until one day she has no choice but to use it to save her brother. Little does she know her powers are much desired by the powerful Alpha Holden of the Crimson pack that wants her to be his Luna. Alpha Holden has the strongest pack in the country and he will always get what he wants by any means necessary. She doesn't realize what life she is getting into until its too late. Grief stricken and held prisoner she is accidently saved by her true destined mate. Alpha Holden's anger spews murder and destruction as he tries his best to get her back. He believes she is the only one worthy to bear his pups so he can continue his reign of power. She discovers friendships in unlikely places and betrayals that will change her life forever. Through all the darkness in her life she will discover it's not power that makes an Alpha strong, it's the bonds within its pack members that make them succeed.

To pay for the sins committed by Luisa Duarte against his family, Edmund Stark approaches her sister, Isabella, with a hidden agenda. He traps her into a forced marriage contract, but things don’t quite go as he planned. Will they be able to fix their differences and enjoy their marriage or would they end up getting a divorce? ~ “I told you before, you’re mine! You’ll marry me and bear my children and you’ll be my property until the day one of us dies!” He growled, running out of patience. “Am I to be your possession, your prisoner?” She glared at him with all her might. “Call it as you wish! You have nowhere to escape to!” He declared before pulling her into his lap, holding her tightly in his arms. He crashed his lips against hers, forcing his tongue in her mouth. Against her will, her body loosened in response, she lost the ability to breathe. She could not hear, she could not see, she could not feel anything else, except Edmund taking her mouth like a drowning man in need of oxygen. ‘Isabella is fucking mine! My woman! Nothing is going to change that!’

Broken pieces sometimes fit together but sometimes they bring the worst outcome Arielle Wilson had only one aim in her life, finish her college and spread her wings far from her father's golden cage so she could leave her past behind but her plans came to an abrupt end when she saved the mysterious man in a dark night or in right words, saved by him. Unaware of the storm waiting for her, she cured the injured mafia boss, Vincent De Niro, the Capo De Capi of Sicily and soon became a pawn in the war of power and greed. Vincent De Niro, the infamous mafia king, saw a spark of light in his dark life when he laid his eyes upon the girl who saved him from dying and vowed to protect her at any cost. Consequences will be dammed when she learns about the dark secrets of his family.