Val Mcdermid Books.in Order

18+(Contains Dark Themes) __ "That doesn't make this okay," I breathed. "I'm married. Why are you even interested in me?" He leaned closer, his breath warm against my ear. "I found a drop-dead gorgeous woman holding back tears at my welcome party." His fingers crept under the hem of my sweatshirt. "Interested? Catherine, can't you see I'm obsessed?" **** When Catherine Holloway’s gets drunk at a gala, she wakes up tangled in the sheets, and the arms of her estranged stepson, Soren Ashford. The dangerously alluring Lycan has always been a distant shadow in her life… until now. Their chemistry is raw, relentless, and ruinous. But when she discovers she’s pregnant, his dismissal destroys her before she could let him know: "It was just an affair.” Exiled and disgraced, Catherine rebuilds her life from nothing, until Soren returns a year later. Hungrier. Possessive. Unhinged. He’ll burn fortunes, break alliances, and slaughter every enemy who dares stand between them. Because Catherine isn’t just his stepmother anymore. She’s his obsession. And this time, he’s not just asking for forgiveness. He’s taking her back.

On Valentine's Day, my husband Ethan Scott’s assistant, Taylor Winston, gifted me 360 used condoms. She leaned close to my ear and whispered that this was Ethan’s favorite brand. Then, in front of everyone, she teased, "Valentine's Day calls for some explosive fun. I hope you don't mind, Claire." Disgust churned in my stomach, and I couldn’t hold back—I vomited on the spot. Embarrassed that I had humiliated him, Ethan snapped, "It was just a joke. Why are you making such a big deal out of it?" Three months pregnant, I was so enraged that a patch of red stained my pants. I begged him to take me to the hospital. But Taylor chimed in, "It's just her physiological reaction." Furious, Ethan heartlessly locked me in the car. He spent three carefree days with Taylor before finally remembering me. But when he saw me again, the usually composed CEO of Scott Enterprise completely lost his mind.

On the eve of giving birth, my world turned into a nightmare. My husband’s sworn enemy broke into our home, seeking revenge. I was brutally cut open and my baby was ripped from me. Yet, I made the chilling choice not to call my husband for help. In my previous life, desperate and terrified, I begged him to return home. He abandoned a Valentine’s dinner with a scholarship student to rush back. That night, the student was preyed upon in a bar, leading to her tragic suicide. My husband’s wrath was unrelenting. Blaming me for her death, he locked me in a kennel, leaving me to be savaged to death. “This is the pain Wynne endured because of you. Now it’s your turn to suffer!” Given a second chance, I resolved to make a different choice. This time, I let him stay for his romantic Valentine’s evening with her. But when I returned home, he had spiraled into madness.

Yaroslav “Viktorovich” Demidov: 25, of Russian descent, the second heir of the Demidov Family. Stoic, disciplined-well too much, perfectionist, hot headed and uptight. Hides vulnerability within that hard exterior of his. The only one in his family who has no magic because of an incident that happened when he was 4 years of age. Soul-bonded to Lian and actually holds the rarest and most powerful but dangerous power of all. Lian MAteo Alonzo-Kensington: 20, Filipino-British American, from the nurturing but competitive Kensington Family. Confident, expressive, sometimes impulsive kind of vulgar but well disciplined not in an uptight way. Has magical abilities, the rare dual type ability holders, ice and wind. His warmth clashes with Yaroslav and is soul-bonded with him therefore can also wield the other rarest and most powerful magic. Can two opposing hearts on ice bound by a soul-bond survive the weight of legacy, pressures of the competition and the dangerous pull of love and desire, when the bond that they believed to be a curse demands that one must lose his life for the other to live? For even every clash of skates, every stolen glances across the rink, every searing touch and mind-numbing kiss when they met in secret seems to burn the ice ablaze as the hatred blurs into hunger that draws them closer to a collision that could destroy or bind them for eternity. “Fuck Kensington, then I’ll risk everything, suffer everything….for one thing that matters…..You.” -Yaroslav Demidov

Two men, one woman. A love story written in betrayal, revenge, and redemption. Angela Anderson had always dreamed of Hollywood stardom, but her life was stolen before it began. Forced into a loveless marriage with ruthless billionaire Daniel Rourke, she became nothing more than a trophy wife. Labeled barren, humiliated by his family, and ultimately replaced by his pregnant mistress, Angela’s five-year marriage ends in devastation and scandal. One night of whiskey-fueled recklessness with a grey-eyed stranger was supposed to be her escape… until the two pink lines changed everything. Her world shatters again when she discovers her one-night stand is Alexander Voss—her wealthy, dangerously charming ex-boyfriend… and Daniel’s most powerful corporate rival. Alex wants her back. Daniel wants to own her again. And Angela? She wants freedom—until her heart and unborn child pull her into a dangerous tug-of-war between two powerful men who will stop at nothing to claim her. A sizzling enemies-to-lovers romance with betrayal, twin babies, and a fierce heroine who learns that sometimes the best revenge… is loving the man your ex hates most.

Para nuestro séptimo aniversario, mi compañero, el Alfa Ethan, nos envió a mi cachorra y a mí al Altar de la Diosa de la Luna. Me dijo que era una sorpresa: para cumplirle a nuestra cachorra su sueño de ver una lluvia de meteoritos desde el pico más alto del territorio. Pero Ethan nunca llegó. Las runas protectoras a mis pies chisporrotearon y luego se apagaron. El suelo bajo nuestros pies comenzó a desmoronarse. Mi cachorra gritó, su pequeño cuerpo iba deslizándose hacia el abismo. Me abalancé, agarrándole la mano justo antes de que cayera por el borde. Grité su nombre a través de nuestro enlace mental. Noventa y nueve veces, se negó a responder. En mi centésimo grito, el enlace no solo se abrió, sino que se rompió por completo. No fue su voz la que respondió. Fueron sus sentidos, inundando los míos. Lo vi todo. A él. A otra loba. Y a él, enterrado en lo más profundo de ella. —Sabía que me amabas, Ethan —ronroneó su voz empalagosa—. Incluso sacrificaste a Marcus, solo para salvar a nuestro Leo de la enfermedad del alma. Haría lo que fuera por ti. La voz de Ethan era de terciopelo y hielo. —Para. Si Sera no me hubiera traicionado, nunca habrías tenido la oportunidad de gestar a mi heredero. Una vez que me deshaga de su otra cachorra, la bastarda de Julian, podremos volver a ser perfectos. Mi mundo se hizo añicos. Mi cachorro... Renegados. Siempre creí que los renegados me lo habían robado. Pero fue su propio padre. Lo sacrificó por una mentira. Con mis últimas fuerzas, llamé a Julian. —Romperé mi vínculo con Ethan —gruñí en el nuevo enlace—. Hazme tu Luna. A cambio, te ayudaré a quemar su manada hasta los cimientos.

—Su matrimonio era un recuerdo de cincuenta dólares, señorita Vance. Y su esposo ya estaba casado con otra persona. En un solo instante, en la oficina de inmigración, mi vida como esposa de la superestrella de la NHL, Liam Sterling, se evaporó. Nuestra boda secreta en Las Vegas había sido un fraude, y Liam ya estaba legalmente casado con su "representante", Sophia. Pero la crueldad no terminó ahí. Liam esperaba que yo adoptara al "huérfano de un héroe de guerra", un niño que en realidad era el hijo secreto de Sophia y él. No quería una esposa. Quería a una doctora de equipo de clase mundial para salvar su carrera y a una niñera gratis para criar al hijo de su verdadera esposa. Liam cometió un error fatal: olvidó que yo era la única que podía mantenerlo en el hielo. Firmé un contrato récord con los Titans, sus rivales más fuertes. Mientras la rodilla de Liam se hacía pedazos durante los playoffs, yo estaba en el banquillo del enemigo, sanando al único hombre que podía destruirlo. ¿Él quería una niñera? Estaba segura de que tendría su peor pesadilla.

BLURB. Dahlia had a one night stand with her brother's best friend ( Nathan) and discovered he was her mate, but she was unable to accept it. Meanwhile, Nathan, one of the hockey favoured players in the city has always had his eyes on Dahalia but his greatest rival and enemy who transferred to his school turned out to be her second chance mate. Not only that, they were to get into an arranged marriage and now Dahlia is torn between the man she fell in love with and the Biker she is beginning to crave Badly.

When Charlotte Knight runs out of options, she reluctantly agrees to her parents’ outrageous plan of marrying a complete stranger. To her, it feels less like taking responsibility for her actions and more like being sold off like a commodity, but just when she thinks things can’t get worse, they do. At the wedding venue, Charlotte is stunned to find her supposed groom exchanging vows with another woman. Humiliated and overwhelmed, Charlotte acts on impulse, kissing the cab driver who brought her there. To her surprise, the cabman is none other than Liam Blackwood, and he makes her an unexpected offer of getting married to her instead. Knowing this could work in her favor, Charlotte agrees. But is it truly to her advantage? When reality sets in and she’s faced with choices she never anticipated, can she find redemption? Or, will love bloom in the ruins of betrayal?

WARNING: R-18 l MATURE CONTENT l SPG l VERY SEXUAL l READ RESPONSIBLY After sharing a hot steamy night, she left him the last money she had in her pocket. A one thousand peso bill as a 'payment for his service'. One week later, the agency hired her and she and started working as a personal chef and housemaid to a man whose identity was unknown to everyone. She only knew him as a CEO whom he thought an old man with a fat belly and a bald head. Working for the old man without seeing him for almost a month was peaceful and pleasant. Cleaning the house, cooking the food and leaving him a note to cheer him up everyday was now her favorite routine. She enjoys serving him. She loves the peace and silence her work is giving. Everything is calm and perfect, not until the day, a young, drop dead gorgeous bachelor with a piercing blue eyes, who happened to be a single dad showed up with his five year old daughter. Who would have thought that the old man, she thought she was working for, is the same man he ridiculed and measured the 'service' lousy and dissatisfied, turned out to be her boss? Could she still run away from him? or Will she let herself be trapped in the midnight again?