The Mountain In The Sea

What did we do when we were stuck inside during COVID? Some learned new skills, like making sourdough bread or crafting. Some caught up on their Netflix watching, learning all about the Tiger King. And some learned way more about themselves than they would have if the world hadn’t stopped. Samantha and Ashton finally gave in to the love and passion that had been eating them up alive, but they never acted on because Ashton is Samantha’s brother’s best friend. Cole comes to terms with his sexuality with the help of his gay roommate, Kent. Alexis gets stuck overseas with her boss and learns exactly how domineering Jonathan Wilson can be. And couple Jaime and Jorge work to get their roommate Andie out of her shell.

To avoid a brutal war, the alpha of Blue Ridge Pack reluctantly agrees to an arranged marriage between his beta's daughter Piper and his enemy's son. His son, Xander, learns of his plan to sacrifice Piper and helps Piper run away. Xander makes her promise to stay hidden until she finds and marks her destined mate. A few years later, after she turns 20 and is able to identify her mate, Piper begins to struggle with stomach pain. She assumes that the pain is caused by the herbs she is taking to mask her identity. Unfortunately, Piper's world crushes down around her when she discovers that the stomach pain is not really stomach pain at all… she is experiencing betrayal pains. The only problem? She does not know who her mate is. As the betrayal pains become more frequent and more destructive, Piper must race to find both her mate and the reason that neither he, nor she, recognize one another.

IN BED WITH THE CHOSEN ONE I am the rejected one in the pack. The one without a wolf. The one everyone wonders how I live because of my lack of a bond with the Goddess Luna. I don't mind it, it means I could be friends with the normals. Humans they were. In a world where shifters, witches, fae and vampires exist, I am an anomaly.  Until one full moon. My life changed drastically. I was bonded to him. Alex Lister. Alpha of the Dark Path, the strongest wolf pack to exist. Even his name strikes fear in the hearts of other Alphas. And I was his mate. Now, with the fate of shifters resting on my shoulders, an over possessive alpha mate and fights coming from our worst enemies, I have to tip the balance of the universe again. I have to be in bed with the Alpha.

I burned my painting right in front of the students and university staff. Thunderous applause filled the hall. Everyone thought it was some kind of performance. But my senior in the graduate program panicked. He rushed forward and grabbed my wrist, his voice tight. “Connor, have you gone mad? This is your only shot to prove yourself!” I shook him off, cold. A chance? That was his chance, right? During my past life, he stole the painting I poured my heart and soul into and entered it in the competition ahead of me. The composition, the colors, even my original technique… He copied all of it. He won the Gold Award for the National Youth Art Competition, signed with a top gallery, and basked in glory. Meanwhile, I was branded a shameless plagiarist. The insults and curses overwhelmed me completely. "Get out of the art scene already!" “A plagiarist like you should just die!” His fans stormed my studio, smashed my tools, and broke my right hand. With my world in ruins, I jumped off the studio roof. Opening my eyes again, I realized I had returned to the day my senior accused me of plagiarism.

“What happens if I don’t give you what you want” “Then we’ll make you worship us on your knees, piccola.” Rafael muttered with certainty. Leone’s lips brushed my ear. “You’ll fight, you’ll curse…but in the end, amore mio, you’ll beg.” “…And you’ll beg for all of us.” Enzo added, as he crouched between my legs. Aurelia Reed has spent her life trying to outrun her family’s shadow. Being the daughter of a traitor, and a rising model means she has to work twice as hard to make a name for herself outside the Outfit. She is stubborn, opinionated, and the last woman who would ever submit quietly to a mafia marriage. But when her cousin refuses to wed, Aurelia is forced into her place, and handed to the infamous Moretti twins, two brothers who despise each other but are now bound to her. Different in every way, neither brother is particularly eager for her presence, and Aurelia quickly learns that her marriage is less about love than it is about survival. And then there’s Enzo, the youngest. He was never supposed to be hers, yet every stolen moment with him crosses another forbidden line. Caught between two husbands locked in rivalry and the brother she was never meant to touch, Aurelia soon realizes that in the Morretti's world, nothing is safe—not her heart, not her body, and certainly not the line she’s about to cross.

Everyone in the city knows Lena Moore award-winning investigative journalist, fearless, sharp-tongued, and impossible to intimidate. She’s built a career exposing powerful men and tearing down corrupt empires. What she doesn’t know is that the quiet man she keeps running into at her neighborhood café Eli Carter, the one who listens more than he talks, who fixes broken chairs for free and always smells faintly of ink and rain is one of those men. Eli isn’t just rich. He’s the silent owner of multiple companies, operating behind shell boards and faceless executives after his family was destroyed by public attention years ago. He chose anonymity over dominance. Their connection grows slowly. Conversations about ethics, loneliness, and truth. Late-night walks. Shared silences. Real intimacy. Then Lena is assigned a career-defining investigation. She’s hunting a mysterious billionaire whose companies are quietly reshaping the country. She’s hunting him.

Czarina Melody Ocampo believed her biggest mistake was crossing paths with the powerful zillionaire Damion Marquez. On their wedding night, she gathered her courage to speak. “Mr. Marquez, a forced marriage isn’t sweet. Hindi tayo bagay sa isa’t isa.” But Damion only leaned back with a cold smirk, his words sealing her fate. “Sweet or not—you’re already mine.” She thought their marriage would stay a loveless arrangement… until he started entering her room, claiming her bed, her nights—and slowly, her heart. That’s when she realized: escape was never an option. Can Czarina resist a man who refuses to let go? Or will she be forever trapped in the zillionaire’s dangerous yet sweet obsession?

Huang Wei the illegitimate daughter of the Huang empire found herself in a fix where she has to choose between having a normal life and marrying the cold CEO of the Wangs, Wang Bolin, one of the most popular families in the country...Trying to drink off her problems in a bar, she falls in love with Chen Ling at first sight which unknown to her is the bodyguard of the CEO she is supposed to marry. Will she give up her love or will she pursue her desires against all odds?!!!

Orphaned at the age of ten by the cruel Mafia king, Sabrina became an orphan at the age of 10 when her father was killed and her mother was kidnapped, and believed to be dead. Sabrina  grew up to be a tough, fierce lady with the determination to avenge her father's death and kill Rodriguez.   On her quest to destroy Rodriguez , she fell in love with Santiago not knowing he was Rodriguez's son. When she discovers the secret, her world crumbles as she despises Rodrigo.   What becomes of their love and her lifelong desire to avenge her father's death?  

Sophie Luxford had been turning a blind eye to her husband’s affairs in their three years of marriage.She continued being a dedicated wife who would greet her husband with a bowl of warm nourishing soup every day, until one day, the woman he loved the most appeared before her and declared, “I’m pregnant.”Sophie used various methods to coerce the woman to get an abortion.Cedric Carlson grabbed her by the neck and growled, “Sophie Luxford, you can’t keep up the act anymore after holding it in for three years, huh?” Sophie burst into tears. She then laughed hysterically and said, “I’m sorry, but I’m pregnant as well, and my son has to be the Carlsons’ heir!”