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His hand slid down, under my shorts, finding me wet. He groaned, “Fuck, Bella…” He slides two fingers inside me, fucking me slowly, his thumb rubbing my clit. I whimpered. He kissed me quiet. “You're so wet,” he whispered. “Are you thinking about Noah? Or me?” “Both,” I admitted. He growled low in his throat, dropped to his knees, pulled my shots down, and spread my thighs. His mouth found my pussy. I cried out, running my hands through his hair. He licked long slow strokes, then sucked my clit. Fingers still pumping inside me. ## House Of Forbidden Desire mixes wild adventure with very intense, forbidden desire. It’s not just another drama. You follow this glamorous, powerful family, "the Maxwells," as they get pulled into a dangerous, mysterious world full of secrets, hidden obsession, and steamy temptations that test every relationship. ## Isabella, the youngest daughter, is caught in a web of temptation. Never meant to see what she saw that night. Her powerful father. In a stolen moment by the pool with the caretaker’s daughter. A truth that should have stayed hidden. This single moment changes everything. And she isn't the only one who saw. Her seductive stepmother draws her closer than is safe using her as a bait. Her step-twin brothers cross lines they swore they never would. A perfect sister risks her marriage for a secret affair. Her Brother abroad returns with sibling fantasies he can no longer hide and wishes to fulfill. An uncle’s charm masks intentions that could destroy the family. Sasha, Isabella’s best friend, hides jealousy behind friendship. A silent observer records every secret, ready to burn the family down. When temptation is fully unleashed… Who survives the fire?

His gray eyes twinkled with mischief. “Are you scared Vee?” his throaty voice hummed tantalizing sensations down my spine and pooling between my legs. I bite my lower lips an involuntary, harmless act, at least so I thought, until the resulting burning desire in his eyes and the bulge in his cargo pants said otherwise. He wanted me, but that wasn’t the worst part. The worst part was that I wanted him too. “I am not scared of you,” my voice came out as an embarrassing whimper. I looked away from the burning desires in his eyes, afraid that it might consume me. Not that it mattered. I was already consumed by him. ______ When Vee McKenna is kidnapped by the Lycan king’s men, she finds herself facing execution for the theft of a mystical pearl stolen by her identical twin sister, Vera McKenna. The handsome but deadly Lycan King, Adonis Greyhound , has just one year to live and when his pearl is stolen by a half blood, he swears vengeance. But when he finds out that she is his mate and the only who can save his life, Adonis devises a plan to make her fall in love with him. But nothing in life ever goes as planned. Would Adonis give up his hate for humans and embrace love? Or would he give up on what could be the best thing in his life all for a game?

Mirabella Taylor was never meant to step foot inside the Windsor Estate. An orphan. A stripper. A mistake. But when a powerful billionaire tears her from the shadows and drops her into a life of luxury and lies, Bella is forced into a world where wealth rules—and the elite bite. Now she’s living under the same roof as the Windsor twins: Kaius and Kaden. Cold. Merciless. Lethal.And fate just made them her mates.They don’t want her.They want to break her. At school, they humiliate her. At home, they ignore her. And in the dark, when no one’s watching… they burn for her. But Mirabella didn’t survive this long just to be anyone’s victim. She’ll play their games. She’ll wear the crown they never wanted her to touch.And when the time is right, she’ll remind the ruthless Alpha heirs exactly who they underestimated. Because she may be fated to them…But she was never meant to bow.

Selina knew her role as the Lycan King’s breeder, but she couldn’t help falling for him. He was like fire—warm but capable of burning her. Kind, yet heartless. She chose to stay by his side, even though it was tearing her apart. She put up with the humiliation and gave him countless chances. But he always chose his fiancée over her, even though she was carrying his child. One night, she overheard Reagan planning to get rid of her after giving birth. The heartbreak drove her into early labor. She had twins, but they took her son and left her with just her daughter. Desperate and in pain, she escaped with her loyal maid, faking their deaths. The king was devastated and couldn’t accept she was gone. He believed she was still alive and promised to find her, no matter what it took.

"You knew I was your brother's mate all this while but kept him from me?" I hissed in rage. "Why do you hate me so much?" He looked down at me, his eyes cold. "Because you are my mate too. And we don't need a weak mate." ——— Tyra Valarius watched her father die protecting her secret, leaving her to become her pack’s greatest shame: a wolf who could never shift. After her mother remarried into the powerful Crescent Moon Pack, Tyra spent years as a wolfless outcast, tormented by her new stepbrothers. So she left. Ten years later, Tyra returns as a brilliant scientist, determined to survive the twins’ Alpha inauguration and disappear again. Instead, she discovers the cruel truth. Her fated mates are Alaric and Osric Forrest, the very men who destroyed her. Now the twin Alphas who once rejected her are obsessed with claiming her as their Luna. But as buried bonds awaken, Tyra discovers she was never broken at all. The wolf inside her is something far more dangerous than anyone imagined. And the people who murdered her father have finally come back to finish the hunt. Caught between hatred, desire, and a fate she cannot escape, Tyra must decide if she can trust the men who shattered her heart… before the power inside her destroys them all.

For generations, every male born into the Black bloodline has shared the same fate: Find their mate. Love her. Kill her. The entire werewolf world knows the story of the cursed Alpha twins. Vegas Black is obsessed with control. Every rule, every schedule, every decision is designed to prevent him from becoming the monster his father was. Virgo Black is barely holding himself together. His wolf is violent, unpredictable, and responsible for the death of their first mate. After burying the woman they were supposed to spend forever with, the twins made themselves a promise: They would never love again. Then they meet Kalani Taylor. At eighteen, Kalani has spent her entire life proving she doesn't need anyone. She may not have shifted yet, but she's already the strongest warrior in Dark Falls Pack and determined to become a pack doctor. So discovering she's mated to both cursed Alpha twins feels less like fate... And more like a death sentence. Forced to leave everything behind and move to Shadow Pack, Kalani quickly discovers the curse didn't just destroy the Black family. It destroyed an entire pack. Nobody gets too close. Nobody questions the rules. Nobody talks about the dead mate. And nobody dares challenge the Alpha twins. Until her. The problem? The more Vegas pushes her away, the more she wants to fight him. The more Virgo tries to stay distant, the harder it becomes to resist her. And for the first time in generations, the curse is reacting differently. Because Kalani isn't just another mate. She might be the one woman powerful enough to destroy the curse forever. If the twins don't destroy her first.

They abused her for as long as she could remember and they were suddenly her fated mates. Aurora had waited so long to find out who her mates would be but she couldn’t accept the same people who made her life hell. She rejected them but They won’t take No for an answer. Will she accept to come back to them? Or will they lose her forever? And what exactly happened all those years ago?

Rhea Sinclair’s life had always been horrible. An overweight, unwanted adopted daughter in a family that treated her like a servant, an easy target for bullies in school. Until the day she was shoved into the river behind her school and saved by a stranger. A man whose face she never forgot. Evan Zeeler. Forced to flee the country after another criticism from her family, Rhea returned five years later, no longer the broken, overweight girl they once knew, but a stunning heiress with power, money, and a mission. She was back for her savior. She was back for Evan. But one night changes everything. A night she thought was spent with him, but wasn’t. She had slept with the wrong man, Evan’s identical twin, Elliot. Now, hearts are entangled, lies are blurred Both brothers want her. Both brothers are dangerous in their own way. ------------- “You can only choose one. Who will it be? Evan Zeeler or Elliot Zeeler?” Find out!!

At first, I thought Cameron, my brother’s best friend would end up being my mate, but it wasn't just him but three other players on the Hockey team! Aimes Gresvenor, the captain of the team, wanted to have nothing to do with me, Elijah Stone, I wouldn’t know where he stands just yet, and Logan Price was my biggest bully, all because I disguised myself as a boy to be part of the team.  Now, they all want me! Kaiya disguised herself as her twin brother to be part of the hockey team, and that was where she met her mate, the hot biker boys of the hockey team. Now trapped in the game, love and romance, and at the point of losing everything. But the hockey boys wouldn’t stop craving for her.

I needed money, not love, not sin, not to become a fuck toy. Just enough to save my dying mother. So when a mysterious woman offered me a deal, one night with a rich client for a life-changing amount, I said yes. A decision I thought I’d regret for just a night…. not for eternity. But everything twisted when I didn't sleep with the man who paid for my virginity. I fucked not ordinary men instead. They’re the Velvet twins. Lucifer, the calm, manipulative, and calculative one Raven, the wild, and dangerous one, addicted to chaos. Sons of the mafia king who destroyed my father. They claim I’m theirs, their contract, their property, their future. And most importantly, the Mother of their unborn child. That's when I realized I didn't sell one night of my life. Turns out, I sold my future. Now I’m trapped between two devils who want to own me, break me, and maybe even love me. But when the truth surfaces, one question burns: Which of them murdered my father? Then, more questions stack. But what if the man who killed my father is the one I’m falling for? What if the twins didn’t just buy my body, they bought my bloodline?