Word Inspiration

On our honeymoon tour, my husband and I faced an earthquake. I thought I was lucky to have booked a flight home, but then Ethan Parker snatched my passport and fled with my stepsister, Lily Foster. Stranded on a foreign land, I saw her new post. Lily: [Talking about clinginess, no one beats Ethan.] An attached photo showed their hands intertwined. In the chaos, someone stole my phone and cash. When aftershocks hit, I couldn't escape and got buried in a collapsed building. When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day of the first quake. Seeing Ethan bolt from Lily's room, I didn't say a word, just quietly canceled his plane ticket. If they loved each other so much, I'd let them go on and be a doomed couple.

I was twenty-one when the gypsy read my future: As punishment for your crimes, you will only love one woman...but she'll never love you back. I didn't believe a word of it. Until I met Sofia Romano almost ten years later. I fell hard for this woman. Would die for this woman. But she left me. Now years have passed and Sofia needs a husband. Her father is gone and her mother is trying to marry her off to a man that can protect their family, protect their company. She's looking for someone powerful. Check. Someone rich. Check. Someone handsome. Double check. Now it's my chance to have the only woman I've ever loved...and I'll make sure she feels the same way. I have a lifetime to make that happen.

"System, I request to leave the mission world." The summoned system quickly appeared. "Ms. Young, your request has been approved. You have half a month to say goodbye to your family in this world." With that said, the system disappeared again. Andrea Young paused for a long time at the mention of the word "Family" before slowly looking toward the family photo on the table beside her. In the photo, her husband and son were each lovingly kissing her cheeks. The happiness captured in that moment suddenly left her stunned. No one knew Andrea was on a mission. Ten years ago, the system brought her into this world to win the heart of Gabriel Fulton, the crown prince of Capital City. They went from attending school together to the wedding altar over the past decade. She not only completed her mission, but also fell in love with the target of her mission.

Sophie gave everything to the man she loved, only to be betrayed, poisoned, and left to die by him and her best friend. With her last breath, she learns the cruelest truth of all, the husband she despised, the man she helped destroy, died trying to save her in an accident they orchestrated. When Sophie opens her eyes again, she's back two years in the past. This time, she won't make the same mistake. The man she once hated will be the one she protects at all costs. The people who ruined her life will pay slowly, painfully. But there's one problem… Her husband doesn't believe a single word she says. To him, she's still the woman who loathed him yesterday. And no matter how hard she tries, the more she changes… The more he suspects she's planning something far worse.

All parts of you have always belonged to me, little vice.” Evelyn didn’t break when her husband betrayed her—she chose revenge. And she chose the one man who would ruin him completely. His stepbrother. Damon Moretti isn’t part of the plan. He is the danger—untouchable, uncontrollable… and watching her like she was never meant to belong to anyone else. What was supposed to be a simple contract begins to blur as every touch lingers, every word sinks deeper, and every step pulls her further into a world she can’t escape. “Don’t think for a second I’ll let you walk away, little vice.” Somewhere between revenge and surrender, Evelyn realizes too late— she didn’t just destroy one man…she gave herself to another who will never set her free.

"Strip," Dante ordered, his voice cold and commanding. Nora stood frozen in horror, disbelief washing over her. He leaned closer, eyes darkening. "And if you don't, I'll do it myself," his tone unwavering. She knew he meant it, her heart racing, unable to utter a word as the dangerous man before her mistook her for someone else entirely. When innocent Nora takes the fall for her cruel sister, Aria, to save their father, she becomes trapped in the dangerous world of mafia leader Dante, who believes she is Aria. As Dante prepares to make her life a living hell, will Nora find a way to survive the torment meant for someone else? Content Warning: This story contains mature themes that may not be suitable for readers under 18.

Luna Winterbourne’s life felt utterly suffocating ever since her father hired Matteo Vicenzo as her bodyguard. The man was far too possessive, as if he had no understanding of the word privacy. Shockingly, something humiliating happened on the night of her engagement. Someone set her up, and Luna ended up in the same bed as Matteo. The incident enraged her father, leading to Luna’s expulsion and Matteo’s disgraceful dismissal. With no family members willing to take her in, Matteo offered her a place to stay—an offer Luna reluctantly accepted, even though it was hard for her to believe he wasn’t the one who orchestrated that shameful night. As time passed, Luna finally softened to Matteo’s sincerity. Love blossomed between them, until the day Matteo revealed who he truly was!

Jamie Westbrook had been waiting all her life to have her Shifter Ceremony and finally experience what it's like to run free. However, in a single moment, everything goes wrong leaving her life irrevocably changed. Now, forced to leave her pack for a new one, she's not exactly happy to be there. Even worse, she can't allow herself to be when there's suddenly danger at every corner. The dark truth she's discovered needs to come to light, but how is she going to make that happen when her new pack isn't just going to take her word for it? Well, Jamie's always been stubborn, and she refuses to let these people get away with it. Toying Alpha is created by Mari Hockett, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

Destined. This word haunted Vynetta from the day her powers surfaced as an infant. Destined to save. Destined to Rule. Destined to find her mate. She has always been hidden away while she was raised and trained. Her powers were limited until the day she found her mate, or the king found her, whichever happens first. She was the Earth Goddess reborn, this fact held little weight to her, but what happens when the secrets her family kept hidden are revealed? When she gains the first wolf of the moon Goddess? Vynetta leaves home with noone to trust, a king with endless resources searching for her, and a mate who is running from her. But what if the other lie she was told was that finding her mate was the end. What if its really only the beginning.

Father Khatri is a man of God, truly and wholly, he's given his life to loving God and spreading his word until Matthew McPherson walks through the crumbling doors of his old church. Beautiful and achingly pure, Matthew is a temptation Khatri can't banish, no matter how many prayers he chokes out, or how tightly he grips his crucifix. When the boy's family summons him for an exorcism, Khatri goes, armed with holy water and a weak resolve, only to find such temptation even the strongest of minds couldn't resist. What starts as an exorcism unravels into a collision of guilt and lust, as the priest vows crumble in the face of a sin too delicious to resist. In a town that fears the devil, the true possession is the one tying their souls together....and it's a bond no rite can break.