The Summer Solstice By Nick Joaquin

I swallowed hard as my shaky hands flipped through the contract, my heart thumping hard in my chest. He nonchalantly pressed his gun against my father's temple as he watched me, his voice low and threatening… “If you sign this, you belong to me—body, mind, and soul. I’ll take you whenever I want, however I want. In return, your father lives.” *** Sofia’s world shatters the night she crosses paths with Luca Moretti—the ruthless heir to Italy’s most powerful mafia syndicate. It was a reckless night, a one-night stand that should never have happened. And now, he refuses to let her go. Luca set his eyes on Sofia, and he was going to get her at all costs. When her father is taken hostage, Luca gives her an impossible choice: sign a contract to become his plaything, or watch her father die. He claims her. Possesses her. Breaks her. Yet each touch ignites a fire she can’t resist. How long can she survive under Luca’s ruthless obsession? Will she escape the chains of his desire—or will she fall deeper into his arms, going against everything she stood for?

Jarek’s hand slides over my ass like a challenge, slow and deliberate, like he wants me to feel exactly where he thinks I belong. I don’t hesitate. My palm cracks across his face—sharp, loud, final. “Careful,” he says quietly, fingers digging into my hip instead of letting go. “You keep hitting men like that, someone’s going to hit back.” I tilt my chin up. “Try it.” ⸻ My parents owed Luke Jones money. I paid the debt with my body, my name, and a marriage I never agreed to. On paper, Luke is my husband. President of the Vipers MC. Untouchable. Behind closed doors, he’s a man who can’t keep an erection and punishes me for it—with fists, words, and silence. The only man that ever gave a shit a bout me was my brother, Steve. Luke’s best friend. His VP. Now Steve is dead. And Luke has finally stopped pretending. He moves Steve’s old lady into the clubhouse. Watches her. Wants her. Just like he always has. I secretly divorce him, disappear to the next town over. And I walk straight into the territory of a rival MC. Its president, Jarek Solen, notices me immediately. He’s dangerous. Controlled. Watching. The kind of man who doesn’t beg, doesn’t threaten—and doesn’t take no lightly. I refuse him anyway. Instead, I prospect his club. Earn my place the hard way. I don’t want another man. But Jarek Solen doesn’t see me as broken goods or borrowed property. He sees me as his. And when Luke realizes his wife is gone and his control is slipping—Jarek won’t hand me back. He’ll start a war. Because the Biker King doesn’t steal women. He claims what chooses him.

“There’s no sleeping and cuddling, Robyn. Just fu*king. I will f*ck you hard and fast. I will f*ck you until I lose interest in you. I will f*ck you every night. I’ll make sure you beg for more. That’s for a year. You will be naked in bed for 365 nights. After that, your debt is paid. I will forget you existed. Unless you have my three million dollars right now, then you have no choice but to bend to my will.” *** One night is supposed to be fun, not waking up sold to the highest bidder. Before I knew it, my boss, the beast with an ice-cold heart and a nightmare to work for, bought me and owned my very existence, turning me into his little bird in his golden gilded cage with impossible choices until I agreed to his dark bargain. Being at the mercy of a man like Spade Kolby with wealth, power, and an enigmatic past as dark as the night, I soon realized that having your boss save your life comes with a price. Nothing’s free. The only way to pay my debt is to be his wife and surrender my freedom. But the second our skins touch, there’s fire. The longer I try to resist his scorching touch and fight his death grip on my heart, the harder it gets, and I know nothing good comes out of falling for him.  Knowing the unimaginable consequences of escaping— how a snap of his fingers can destroy me, his words can rip me apart, and the unbreakable bond that binds us. After all, maybe once he gets what he wants, his obsession with me stops. Or maybe he’s not as cruel as I imagined him to be.

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.

Betrayal was only the beginning. Aurora Vitiello thought her world ended the night she caught her husband in bed with her best friend—and lost the baby she was carrying. But her nightmare was just the prologue. Sold to the infamous Cavallaro twins, Nestore and Nevio, Aurora becomes a pawn in their dangerous game. The brothers are ruthless, possessive, and dangerously alluring, ruling their mafia empire with iron fists and darker desires. They demand her complete submission, but Aurora refuses to break. As secrets unravel and passions ignite, Aurora discovers a shocking truth: her past is tied to the brothers in ways none of them could have imagined. But with enemies closing in and trust hanging by a thread, the line between captor and captive begins to blur. In a world of lies, power, and forbidden desire, one woman will either destroy the most dangerous men alive—or become their ultimate obsession. And the stakes get even higher as old secrets begin to surface.

Ellise Sumner's life takes a drastic turn when she's saved by a mafia boss. What happens when he falls in love with her and refuses to let her go? As their love story begins, a tempest threatens to swallow them. With Dre being a mafia boss, he will have to fight to protect what is his. Despite how rosy things are, the poisonous vines lie in waiting, for the right time to strike. What are the odds that their relationship will be able to survive?

Three years of love. One brutal betrayal. Four mates she never wanted. Ava Carter thought her biggest heartbreak would be losing her first love, Jason. She never expected to catch him in bed with her best friend—or to be hit by a car moments later. But fate isn’t done with her yet. She wakes up not dead… but mated. To the quadruplets who made her life a living hell. Damon. Darius. Dante. Dominic. Four devastatingly powerful alphas. Four tormentors from her past. And now, her fated mates. As Ava fights to regain control of her shattered life, she’s dragged into a whirlwind of obsession, secrets, and unwanted bonds. Worse still, the man her mother is about to marry—the one Ava’s never met—is the father of her new mates. Caught between a love she never had and a destiny she never asked for, Ava must choose: run from the wolves who claim her… or face the storm the Moon Goddess designed just for her. One thing’s for sure—this isn’t your typical fairytale.

R18 Helen Zachary’s life had always been tranquil and quiet, until one fateful windy evening. She was on her way to her boyfriend’s place to surprise him for his birthday when an unexpected event occurred. She found a young man covered in blood on the road. Helen wanted to help him, so she stepped out of her car and approached him, only to discover that it was a trap. He had pretended to be lifeless so as to make her feel pity for him. Helen was battered by the young man that night, and his companion raped her. Anger was the theme of the day, and she pledged to exact vengeance on the young man, known as Steven Alfredo, a Mafia boss. Steven had just escaped from prison, and he takes delight in seeing others suffer, but after meeting Helen for numerous times, he resolved to be a different person. ‘However, what happens when Helen confuses Steven’s twin brother for Steven? And if his twin falls for her, will she reciprocate the feelings and abandon her plans to exact revenge on Steven?’ ‘And what happens if Steven also falls for her? Who would Helen choose? Steven, his brother or her boyfriend?’

Aurora left her husband five years ago after seeing him with a mistress. His childhood friend who everyone in the world felt belonged to her husband while his real wife was kept a secret from the public. She makes a decision to leave immediately and she does not know she is pregnant with their baby. But when her world shatters, she’s left with nothing but desperation and a secret she never wanted to keep. Her five-year-old son, Alex, needs a miracle, one only his father, the brooding billionaire Jace Carter, can give. But Jace doesn’t know about Alex. And worse, he’s still haunted by Aurora’s mysterious disappearance years ago. Fighting for her child’s life, Aurora crashes back into Jace’s world, a world of ruthless power plays, devastating secrets, and a passion neither of them can deny. Jace demands more than just the truth, he wants Aurora and their son back in his life, on his terms. And he doesn't care that Aurora claims Alex isn't his son or that she is likely married. He wants her back and would stop at nothing to get her. Torn between old wounds and a second chance, Aurora must decide, will she risk her heart one last time for the man who broke it, or walk away forever from the only man who could save their child? Secrets. Sacrifice. Scorching chemistry. What if your only hope was the billionaire ex who once destroyed you?

When Camilla falls victim to a manipulative and obsessive werewolf, she will have to suffer the consequences of a werewolf's bite. But little does she know of the secrets of the Adolpha pack. Will she decide to join the pack or risk everything for the one she loves?.