What Is Shooting The Moon In Hearts Novels & Stories

On Christmas Eve, my father got the man I had secretly loved for ten years drunk and sent him to my bed. When I woke up the next morning, Roy pulled away from my attempt at a good-morning kiss. His voice was cold and distant as he agreed to marry me. After the wedding, Roy wasted no time submitting a transfer request. He took an overseas post and left. He did not return for five years. I gave birth to our daughter, Eve, alone and waited for him to come back home. When I heard that Roy had finally applied to return to a domestic position, I was overjoyed. I spent days preparing, imagining our first reunion as husband and wife. But even when the clock struck midnight, he still hadn't come home. Our daughter, ever so thoughtful, placed her most treasured possession—a photograph of Roy—into my hands. "Don't cry, Mommy," she said softly. "Look, Daddy's right here." I tried to convince myself that his absence was due to a delayed flight. But later that night, while watching the news, I saw him. He was on a crowded city street, holding a young girl in his arms. Beside him stood a woman, her smile soft and warm. Facing the camera, Roy said, "Being with them is my greatest wish." At that moment, something inside me broke. I wrote up the divorce papers, packed our things, and planned to take Eve to change her identity. I didn't want him anymore. The day before we left, a man I had never met came to see me. He was Roy's father. "You could call me Dad," he said, a faint smile playing on his lips. "But I'd rather you call me Ryan." I told him everything about the past five years—how I had waited, how I had hoped. When I finished, he laughed softly, an unusual warmth in his voice. "If it was just business," he said, "perhaps your father should have tied a bow around me and sent me to your bed instead. But I hold my liquor well—if I ever end up wrapped in a bow, you can be sure it's by choice."

Raven had always been the ignored sister, the outcast and recluse of the Wilder royal family. But what happens when she discovers that her mate is none other than her younger sister's betrothed? In this story of enmity and revenge between sisters, the daughter of an alpha discovers on the night of her sister's engagement party, that her mate is her sister's future husband, Alpha Jaxon. Fueled by fury, Yara the younger sister takes steps in order to enact her revenge on Raven, because she thinks this is all her fault.... But when Yara connives with the enemy pack, Raven must make a hard choice. Will she take down her sister to save her pack, or will Yara's influence be too strong for her?

"It was the end of the road for Creed and a beginning of my freedom. My greatest burden was being lifted up my shoulders. With a new surge of electrifying energy I stripped him of his sword and made my way to the underground treasury room to receive my prize. The odds finally favored my endeavors and the manifestation of my plans was a testament to the benevolence of the moon goddess blessing. At this juncture I had become the victor of this scary tale of love, betrayal and lust. It was just the beginning of good things to come, but the best was already here."

In the fifth year of my marriage to Kevin Gray, he, a sailor, is reported dead during a mission at sea. When his twin brother brings home his ashes, I break down and sob until I can barely breathe. Nothing can stand in the way of our love—not even death... or so I think. Grief consumes me. I cannot accept the reality of losing him. I try to end my life five times. Every time, Kevin's mother or his brother saves me. They plead with me to let go, to live on. After all, Kevin's last wish was for me to find happiness in every day of the life I had left. But in the third month of mourning, I discover the truth—he never died. He lied to me. He took his twin brother's identity and spent his days by Evelyn Stewart's side. He told me he still loved me, that he couldn't live without me, and that everything he was doing had a reason. He said he'd explain everything after Evelyn gave birth. To protect Evelyn and her unborn child, he asked me to move out for a while—just temporarily, until the baby was born. Then, he promised to bring me home again. Kevin, don't bother coming to get me. I'm not coming back.

Kaida thought forever was the deal with her boyfriend, Liam, the captain of the Runners Hockey Team, until he broke up with her and reunited with his childhood lover, who had returned after several years of being away. Heartbroken and angry, Kaida decided to make her ex-boyfriend jealous by kissing her best friend's older brother, Maverick. Unfortunately, she reignited the flame he'd been trying to quench for years. Now, there was no turning back and no quenching the obsessive flame burning inside Maverick for her. After some time, Liam realized he truly loved Kaida and wanted her back, but Maverick wasn't letting her go. Kaida was his now, and he would go to the end of the earth for her sake. What began as revenge against her ex turned into something twisted and dark: something beyond words and certainly beyond obsession.

The Moon has ruled the werewolves for centuries—granting power, choosing Alphas, crowning Lunas, and demanding obedience. Nyxara was never meant to exist. Born without a howl, without a lunar mark, and without the Moon’s blessing, she should have been weak. Instead, the Moon grows dim whenever she draws near. Rituals collapse. Alphas lose control. Wolves feel hunger where faith once lived. Hidden by the Moonscar Pack and condemned by ancient law, Nyxara is whispered about as a coming disaster—until Kaelion, a Moon-bound Alpha raised to serve prophecy, crosses her path. His authority falters in her presence. His bond to the Moon fractures. And for the first time in werewolf history, the Moon does not answer its chosen Alpha. As the night sky begins to darken and packs turn on one another, forbidden truths rise from buried myths: the Moon Goddess is dying, and Nyxara is not a curse sent to destroy them. She is the vessel meant to replace her. To survive, the werewolves must choose between clinging to a fading god… or kneeling before the woman who was born to end an age.

Story Description: Jin is the Moon Guardian that is cursed because of killing his wife hundred of years ago. The Goddess of Justice cursed her with eternal life so that he could see men killing and hurting their wives under the Moon with despair and remember that day he killed his wife, Lee, countless times. The Curse will only be lifted once he finds and marries Lee’s descendant that will look at him in the opposite way Lee used to look at him. That descendant will hate him for who he is and will never like him. Lee’s descendant happened to be Flynn. A sociopath that does illegal stuff for a living. Will Jin and his men be able to retrieve their lives as humans again or will he fail with making Flynn fall in love with him while facing crisis with the other Gods?

He had once sworn I was his fated Luna, the Omega he cherished above all. However, just a month shy of our bonding, he decided to repay a life-saving grace by fathering a child with his old flame. To add insult to injury, he swiped the herbal research I was on the cusp of unveiling. He claimed he was trapped, obligated to both sides. I, however, was done with him. I cut ties, called off our Bonding Ceremony, and set off for the Northwood tundra to lose myself in my research. Two years on, he pleaded for my return, professing I was his one true love. However, by then, I was renowned far and wide, and he was nothing to me.

"Who are you-" "Shut up and kiss me." * Elora, a creative director at an advertising company, Dreamcatcher, underwent a big change in her life after meeting Caspian, a model and owner of the largest winery in Queenstown, New Zealand. An incident at one night reunites them and makes Elora find out that she is a werewolf ... and also a mate that Hëna, the moon goddess, destined for Caspian. Caspian himself is preoccupied with investigating the culprit behind Cooper's death, a friend and former Beta in Sacred Storm, the pack led by Caspian. It was fate that brought Elora and Caspian together, and fate also separated them, as Cooper's death case was revealed and also the facts about who Elora really is. "Wild, spontaneous, brave ... I love it," whispered Caspian in Elora's ear. " But too bad I swore I wouldn't do anything to you ... until you say so. So just wait, I'll make you mine in no time." "Don't you even dare to dream about it." *

The full moon isn't the only thing about to rise in Stillwater. Leila Dupree has been a lone wolf for the past year since escaping from her brutal pack and the sadistic alpha who turned her. Leila has had enough of wolves and men.. She never stays in one place to long in an attempt to shield her heart and stay out of her old packs' clutches. Her latest job is at the Stillwater Bar and grill in a sleepy little town near the Florida Everglades. But the uncomplicated life and solitude Leila seeks is threatened both by the dashing bar owner Sterling Mount and the murder of one of the bar regulars right outside the bar during a full moon. Leila joins forces with the charming Sterling Mount in an effort to catch a killer. Murders are bad for business but not so much for budding romances it seems.