The Luna Trials By Marissa Gilbert

The island of Bellpond is a welcoming place for tourists—and a home to werewolves. Vanessa Martin, a member of the Silver Crescent pack knows that Jordan Hale is the forbidden fruit—someone off limits. He belongs to the rival pack. And yet, she's attracted to him in ways she cannot explain. When a tragedy befalls him, Nessa wants to be there in some way to comfort him. She goes out of her way, ignoring all words of advice and warnings from her peers and her grandma and soon, a friendship blossoms between them. The smooth wheel rolling down breaks when they find a body washed up on the shore, and soon a couple more follow, piling up. Nessa and Jordan pair up, vowing to get to the bottom of this, but as they investigate more, they realise the matter is more sinister than they expected. Will they stop and expose those involved in these gruesome murders or fall down the rabbit hole trying to uncover the mystery?

A prophecy came that a child would be born on the full moon and would be destined to mate with the Alpha king Marcel Derulo but this child would be born with white straps of hair which signified weakness. Hence Christina had been hidden from the werewolf world because she was wanted dead by the Alpha king's father. Christian had come back from school to see her mom lying in the pool of her blood while her father was fighting off wolves. She was almost killed by one of the wolves but was saved by her step-sisters Becca and Melissa. They found a way to escape but ended up in another territory where Christian identity was revealed. Alpha Marcel Derulo is under a curse that can be broken by his mate Would Christian agree to mate with the Alpha King- the family that had killed her mom or seek revenge?

I'm Ella, at seventeen years old and this is my first shift, my world is completely shattered. Black, the guy I loved so much, chose my best friend as his partner. It got worse because no one really wanted to love me and accept me. I was just a helpless werewolf. Even my mother hated me because I reminded her of the Alpha-my father-who left her. When everything seemed hopeless, I met Alpha Nigel, Black's older brother, my former lover. Rumor had it that he was an ugly, deformed, and extremely cruel Alpha. But, I didn't find the same in Alpha Nigel. He was a perfect man. And under the full moon, he claimed me as his mate. "I will find you again, My Mate. When my coronation comes, I will take you into my pack," Nigel says before he disappears into the darkness of the forest.

Darcy a 17-year-old Alpha Female wants nothing more than to be loved. Being always ignored by her parents and looked down upon, the only love she ever knew was from her elder twin brother, Dylan and her best friend Lavender. She believes all her miseries will come to an end when she finds her mate. Colton is the next in line Alpha King who wants nothing more than to take his childhood sweetheart Patrina as his chosen Queen. He doesn't want anything to do with his true mate and wishes to spend his life with the woman he loved, but everything changes when he finds his true mate on the day of his coronation ceremony and is forced to accept her as his Queen and Mate. Stephen is the next in line Beta of the royal pack or so he thought. He has always been in love with Darcy but decided to stay away when he realised she wanted to find her true mate. Everyone's worlds come crashing down when Darcy is accused of a murder conspiracy. While proving Darcy innocent a lot from the past is revealed leaving everyone shocked. Will Darcy be able to find the love she always craved and deserved? Will Colton realise his mistake before it is too late? Will Stephen be able to move on with his life without Darcy? Follow on their journey to find out. THE UNWANTED LUNA SERIES BOOK 1 - THE UNLOVED LUNA QUEEN BOOK 2 - THE VENGEFUL LUNA QUEEN All rights reserved! © Midnight Shines Books, 2020.

Abandoned as a child, I was brought back into the Blue Moon pack as their adopted daughter. I was called a spoiled princess and looked down on others because of my status as their new Luna with my mate, Alpha Dominic. I love him, but he doesn't share the same feelings and ignores me. One day everything changed when they accused me of murdering one of the pack members. The rule applies to all, including being a Luna sentenced to death. Wanting to undo this fate, undo the things I have done to the pack as they loathe and wish for my death. I desperately wanted to make a change. Turn over a new leaf. I pray to the Moon Goddess for a second chance as I close my eyes before the man I love executes me. I open my eyes to see that I have returned one year before my end. Given this second chance, I decided to make things right. I annulled my mate's bond with Dominic and left the pack to live with other species, who were also abandoned. Soon, I learned things I never had in my previous life. I'm wolfless so that I can't shift into a wolf. I'm not a wolf. I'm someone not from this world.

Amelia is an orphan who as worked as a maid in the crescent moon castle. She fell in love with the alpha’s brother Crane. On her eighteenth birthday, he rejects her and she is shattered. One day, she overhears Crane and his brother talking and they say that she has a pack. Now knowing that they having been lying to her, all she wants is revenge. What happens when she asks the most powerful and aloof alpha, Jackson Kane for help and he asks her to be is luna claiming that she is his mate? Will she agree? Will she ever love him? Will she ever get her revenge?

Book One in the ‘Lost Luna Series’ When the Luna Queen is brutally murdered in front of her baby daughter, her mate is shocked to find the betrayer was not only close to them but a ranked member to their Royal Pack. Having narrowly escaped to safety in the arms of her aunt, Princess Angel must keep her true identity a secret from everyone until the day she meets her mate. Will the past catch up to her before then? Jake is the ruthless Alpha to the Moonlight Pack; he has never wanted to find his mate believing it will make him weak. How will he react when he meets his mate only to find out that not only is she the Lost Luna Princess but that she's a blood relative to the Moon Goddess? Will he accept her and can he keep her safe?

Alpha Hunter calmed down and softened his attitude with a low, charismatic, and luscious voice: “Let’s sign a contract... If you refuse, then wear the handcuffs forever…” Cassandra ‘Cassy’ Clark lived in a village that had been at war with the Black Haw Pack for centuries. Her mother, a Gamma soldier, died because of it, but Cassy grew up with the love of her father and older brother, who protected and cared for her her whole life. Things went complicated when Cassy was betrayed by the man she fell in love with on the night of the Choosing when Alpha Carter chose another woman instead of her. But her world went upside down when she met her destined mate, Alpha Hunter, the most evil guy that Cassy met in her entire life. In desperation of Alpha Hunter to have an heir, he forcibly took Cassy away from her family and brought her to his territory. Things got crazier after Alpha Hunter was deceived by a witch that was sent by his half-brother who wanted to kick him off the throne. Will Cassy save her mate? Or will she run away from the man who treated her like a slave?

One night changed everything for Violeta Rivers. Once celebrated as her pack's beauty, her step-sister's cruel betrayal left her scarred and shunned. Sold to the notorious Lycan Theron, Violeta discovers a bitter irony: this ruthless, unforgiving man is her destined mate. Yet instead of the sacred bond she dreamed of, he refuses to claim her, keeping her as nothing more than his plaything—until she carries his child. When Violeta finally summons the courage to escape her tormentor, tragedy strikes. She loses not only her unborn child but also her place in the pack when Theron's fiancée frames her for an unforgivable betrayal. Hunted like prey, she barely escapes with her life. As she recovers Violeta discovered she is a powerful healer, but with her new-found powers and identity comes a shocking twist. As secrets unravel and new enemies rise, Violeta must seek vengeance on those that had hurt her. But she is met with an unexpected encounter when the very mate that had destroyed her is determined to reclaim what he had once lost. Can Violeta open her heart again for the man that had crushed them?

Being bullied by her peers for being an overweight human has been hard for Neaera. What's worse is when she learns she was adopted. Deciding to run away, she comes to learn she is a werewolf, but not fully. Being found by a pack of mercenaries, she spends the next five years becoming a strong and fierce warrior. Alpha Stryker has spent the last five years in a foul mood. The night his sister left, he has done everything he could think of to find her. When he requests the help of mercenaries to protect his pack from a threat, it is Neaera that shows up. He instantly recognizes her, because he learned before she left that she was his fated mate. Now he will stop at nothing to claim her and protect her from the threat was now targeting her. Will she reveal the truth or do everything to protect her secret? Can she let the past go and accept that the one she used to think of as her brother, is now the mate the Moon Goddess chose for her?