Where The Crawdads Sing

Lara returns to the place where she had the worse pain of her life. The pain of her heart breaking into a million pieces because of Nathaniel Davis. Why did Lara return? Is it her plan to rekindle her relationship with her past love or is there another reason for her return? Orion has loved Lara for a long time, but she was his friend's woman. Should he leave her alone, or will he defy the famous bro code and seek his happiness with the woman he has always loved? Is this his time to be with her or will his love scare her away?

Love is all we need but sometimes Love is not enough. She loved him for so long. She waited for him when she knew he didnt love him. But when he declared his feelings for her she felt special. She trusted him but was he worth it? Will he do everything to keep her or will he lose her? Its romance and thrill with a hint of powerful Mafia man.

Akira Celeste Lopez swore she would never fall in love while pursuing her dreams for herself and her family. It was already engraved in her mind that she had to finish college and find a job to help her younger siblings and parents. But destiny, as playful as he is, she fell. She fell in love. It wasn't wrong because she's still determined to chase her dreams. However, things don't happen according to her plan. "Aydemir Atlas Harrison Saville, A handsome, tall, intelligent med student in UPCM, is out of my league. He's like a star in the night sky that is hard to reach." "... I wasn't the star. She is."

Aston Wiley is the future Beta of the BlackPaw pack. He turns 18 and is eager to see if Katarina Harris is his fated mate, as he suspects she is. The day he confirms that she is his mate is the day he disappears for 4 years. Four years after her son’s disappearance, Shawna Banks comes across a man who resembles him in every way, but he doesn’t remember her or who he used to be. She convinces him to come home with her, and they work on retaining his memory. Everything comes back to him slowly, and he struggles to find his new place in his old pack. As for Katarina, she’s now the future Luna, dating King Jamison, the future Alpha of the pack. Will Aston remember his tie to Katarina? Will she ever know what she meant to Aston? Who kidnapped Aston in the first place, and for what reason? Follow Aston as he uncovers the secrets of the BlackPaw Pack.

Through the years, Lauren's grandmother visited the basement every day. It is one place she was never allowed to visit because, according to her grandmother, a supernatural being lived there. One day, her grandmother instructed her to light the candles in the basement, and when she arrived there, she came face to face with the horrifying creature, a cursed werewolf named Alex that had been exiled in the dark for many years. Lauren's life will never be the same again after meeting Alex. She has no idea that falling in love with him comes with a heavy price. In the middle of the family gathering, everyone was shocked when Lauren attempted to kill Alex's grandfather, the previous Alpha King. She failed miserably with her evil intention, and her life went downhill. Will Alex continue honoring the mate bond with her or abandon her completely?

"What’s the one thing you shouldn’t do when your boss is your ruthless evil widowed stepmother who hates your guts more than anyone? Kiss the man she’s interested in. So what does Kaitlynn Judge find herself doing? Yep, she kisses the one man her stepmother currently wants, who also happens to be the CEO of the company where she works. Can we say doomed? After the death of her father, Kaitlynn's life has been stuck in a rut. But that begins to change after meeting a dashing stranger during the office Halloween party. Now she has to navigate vengeful stepmothers, meddling stepsiblings, and gorgeous guys in hot pursuit to reach her happily ever after. While making a detour from the fantasy aspect, this contemporary take on the Cinderella story continues to cling to a few of our favorite traditions. You’ll still find the unmerited oppression along with fleeing women, missing shoes, mouse companions, magic wands, pumpkin-like rides to the big bash, and so much more. So rest assured, it’s all familiar and yet quirkily different."

"A week ago, if you had told me that the world as I knew it was all a lie, that all of the fairy tales that my father used to tell me at bed time were actually not fairy tales and that all these supernatural beings, such as vampires, shapeshifters, fairies and dragons, were actually real, I would have laughed at you until I had peed myself and then called the men in white coats to come and get you. Now, a week later, as I am in the middle of a forest standing by the most beautiful lake I have ever seen, surrounded by wolves in various sizes and colours, and a number of very large, very muscular and very, very naked men, I am starting to think that maybe it is I, who is in need of the straight jacket and padded room and a hell of a lot of medication and sedatives as i am pretty certain i have completely lost the use of all my faculties and you are soon going to find me sat in a corner, rocking back and forth and talking to myself as none of this is making any sense to my primitive brain." Kari Has grown up alone, Her father disappeared when she was 5 and her mother killed herself when she was 8. After a string of Foster homes, she finds her self working as a Research Scientist where her boss and Best Friend sends her to Norway to work for The Nordic Research Corporation. When she gets there she finds that she is in for a shock. Not only does she find out she does have a family, but everything she ever knew is going to change. Her life becomes more complicated than she could ever have thought it would.

Arilyn has always dreamed of escaping Green Hill, leaving behind the pain of her father's abuse and the memories that haunt her. When an unexpected transfer to Riverside University gives her the chance to start over, she seizes it-only to come face-to-face with Xander Hale, her former best friend who vanished from her life without explanation. Xander is no longer the boy she remembers. Now a star hockey player with a sharp edge and a colder heart, he keeps everyone at arm's length. But Arilyn's arrival stirs something in him he thought he'd buried long ago. As the two are forced to confront their shared history, tensions rise, and buried emotions thaw, revealing truths neither expected.

“I don't want an interview Mr Cross. I want you exposed.” Lexi Carter is a struggling journalist working for The Daily Buzz, a bottom-tier tabloid that survives on celebrity scandals. Her job is to stalk the rich and famous, dig up dirt and sell their secrets to the highest bidder. But when she’s assigned to trail Lucian Cross, the notoriously private and devastatingly gorgeous CEO of Cross Media Entertainment, she meets her match. Lucian is used to people wanting a piece of him for his money, his power, or his fame, but when he catches Lexi sneaking around him again and again, he’s intrigued. Instead of having her arrested, he offers her a deal: “Write flattering pieces about me, and I will give you exclusive access to my world.” Lexi hates him. His arrogance, his smirk, the way he controls everything. But she agrees because she needs the paycheck. Now, she’s torn between destroying him or saving him, and worse, she’s falling for the man she was supposed to ruin! Will she betray him by releasing his darkest secret and save her father? Or risk everything for the man who stole her heart? Find out more in the story!

Emerson and her family are moving to new home, Andover, OR after a series of tragedies struck them. There she meets Quinn, who has had his share of hardships. They see something in each other, but he doesn’t like outsiders. Will they save each other, or will his past ruin his future? *has mature themes*. This book contains themes that may be triggers