Val Westover Burns

Ten years ago, Tessa Landon watched the boy she loved hauled away in handcuffs for a crime he didn’t commit. She rebuilt her life, buried the past, and learned to smile again. Two weeks before her wedding, Pierre comes roaring back—armed, merciless, and no longer the boy she remembers. He is a king of the underworld; a name people whisper. Loving him again means stepping into a world where passion burns like gunfire and loyalty demands blood.

[WARNING: This story contains mature themes with profanities, hardcore graphical explicit sexual situations, and others. Strongly recommended for 18+ only. Otherwise, read at your own risk.] Jack was still a child when his father abandoned him to Marianne, his lovely and caring stepmother. Through the good and bad times, they only have each other. But what if Jack suddenly admits that Marianne is the only person he wants to be with and love forever? A forbidden love that overflows like magma, so intense and hot that it burns with every touch. How will this kind of love survive in a world full of uncertainty, temptation, and mistakes? What if there are people who constantly try to keep them apart? Jack once told Marianne, "I don't give a damn about anyone. I want you to be mine! And it's fine with me if our love for each other burns me. Just want me and love me until the end, I am more than willing to be burned to death." Can their love last all the way to the end? NOTE: This is an English translation of a Tagalog story with the same title and author. The author wishes to apologize for any errors in vocabulary, spelling, phrases, or other translation issues found in this novel. In the future, this book will be further edited and polished to make it more suitable for English readers. For the time being, please enjoy it and don't forget to leave comments or feedback. Have fun reading! (The Tagalog/Filipino version is also available in this app).

His eyes darkened as he rose them to me. “You won't be able to escape me now, Maeve,” he said, the fire in my veins trembling. “There’s no out. You fucking chose this, so you’re going to be a good girl and fucking take it.” Maeve, a young lawyer, tries to start a new life after having her obsessive and psycho-ex-boyfriend under restriction, but her life takes a more dark turn when she accepts a proposal— a new dangerous obsession burns, and is caught up in a storm of deceit. TRIGGER WARNINGS

"The night my world burned, he didn’t save me. He claimed me." She was meant to be his captive… not his queen. One night of fire stole everything from Rebecca Summers, her father, her home, her freedom. Now she belongs to Diego González, the ruthless Mafia King who claims her as his. Trapped between his dangerous obsession and his brother’s deceptive sweetness, Rebecca must choose: surrender to the devil who burns for her… or risk being destroyed by love itself.

He wanted a contract. She gave him a lap dance. Kessie Croft is the mystery Alpha men crave but can never touch—an Omega in disguise, dancing as a stripper under the moonlight club to keep her secrets safe. Arlo Arithon is a ruthless Alpha, too cold for love, too powerful to be denied. But the moment she straddles his lap at the Den, the air burns, and fate howls. Neither knows their pasts are tangled in blood and tragedy. Neither expects their wolves to recognize the truth and when the truth explodes, it’s not just their hearts on the line—it’s their packs, their power, and their souls.

When war orphan Alexei Volkov flees Russia to Belgium, survival means stealing scraps until a mob nearly burns him alive. Rescued by Lucien Devereux, the ruthless Capo of Brussels’ underworld, Alexei is thrust into a world of blood, secrets, and power. Trained as an assassin and spy, he becomes indispensable—until a mystical ring from his uncle in India makes every man who sees him fall hopelessly in love. Soon, the Capo, the Mayor, the Police Inspector, and even the Governor crave for him. Is it love or a curse? And in a city drowning in obsession, who will Alexei choose?

With the night that Avery Phaedra can't forget, the fire in her heart slowly burns higher and brighter as years pass by. She knew that the death of her beloved mother and other members of their pack shall not go in vain. Avery and her brother, Arnold, plotted to infiltrate the enemy's city, disguising it as one of the Balders' wolves. As Avery had steamy nights with Collin Ash, the only son of her city's killer and murderer, will the fire of revenge in her heart change? Or it will only fan her madness? Will her revenge turn into something she is not expecting?

Reign Stevans was a writer who dreams to have her writings be publish as book, but suddenly the one she expects the most , that will understand what makes her happy was the one who can’t support her fully . Reign’s love for thy writing burns as each day pass by where she learn to hid everything from those around her no matter how it tears her down due to how she loves them both. But will her passion be a reason for success? Or another milestone of being broke. Will Christian be the answer for her misserable life or the other way around.

Of all the pups in the clan, my parents only loved my brother and sister, but not me. When the fire broke in the pack, they hurried into the flames to save their pups, but only took my brother and sister. Left behind, I suffered facial burns and my wolf grew extremely weak. From then on, I lost interest in fighting for their love. Whoever wanted them, could have them. After all, I was already dying. But I did not anticipate their regret. They held my thin frail body and begged: “Could you throw a little tantrum at us again… just once more?”

Hailey Carter never believed in marriage. Especially not to Santino Blackwood, the arrogant billionaire her father forced her to marry. Cold, ruthless, and feared in boardrooms and back alleys, Santino makes it clear their union is nothing but a contract. But when Hailey discovers whispers linking Santino to her brother’s death, their fragile alliance shatters. Trust becomes impossible, even as attraction burns hotter with every clash. As enemies circle and betrayal strikes from every side, Hailey must decide: is Santino the monster who destroyed her family… or the only man who can protect her from the darkness hunting them both?