절세의 신의 도시에서

절세의 신의 도시에서

Darian Steel

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Introduction

5년 전, 그는 자신의 아내의 손에 직접 감옥에 보내져 10년형을 선고받았다.
하지만 뜻밖에도, 그는 하늘이 내린 의술 덕분에 죄를 짓고도 공을 세워 왕처럼 돌아왔는데, 아내에게 딸이 생겼다는 사실을 알게 되었다.
내 사랑하는 아내여, 앞으로의 세월 동안 당신의 이 '큰 은혜'를 어떻게 갚아야 할까?
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Chapter 1

우성묘원.

서봉은 하얀 국화 한 다발을 들고, 묘비 앞에 조용히 내려놓았다.

무릎을 꿇고, 침묵하며, 애도했다.

몇 분 후, 그는 천천히 고개를 들었다.

눈은 이미 눈물로 가득 차 있었다.

"누나, 돌아왔어요!"

서봉은 주먹을 꽉 쥐며, 떨리는 목소리로 말했다. "동생이 무능해서 수가에게 돈을 돌려받지 못해 누나가 수술도 못 받고 돌아가시게 했어요! 정말 죄송해요!"

5년 전, 수가의 별장에서.

서봉은 사촌 누나 곽정의 수술비를 마련하기 위해, 장모인 한수연에게 당시 투자했던 30만 위안을 요구했다.

하지만 뜻밖에도 한수연은 회사가 파산해서 한 푼도 남지 않았다고 주장했다!

서봉이 무릎을 꿇고 간절히 애원하자, 한수연은 딸 수청과 이혼하는 조건으로 겨우 2만 위안을 내주겠다고 했다!

둘이 다투는 과정에서 서봉은 급한 마음에 한수연과 몸싸움을 벌였다.

수청이 이 모습을 보고 경찰에 신고했다.

곧바로 모녀의 증언으로 경찰은 서봉에게 주거침입 강도 및 살인미수 혐의로 10년 형을 선고했다!

감옥에서 그의 사촌 누나 곽정은 수술비가 없어 폐암으로 세상을 떠났다.

비통한 그는 서경 전선에서 적과 싸우며 죄를 갚기로 결심했다.

구사일생으로 살아남은 후, 그는 생사전을 창립했다!

이제 다시 우성으로 돌아온 그에게, 모든 것이 변해 있었다!

당사자 중 한 명인 수청은 지금 서봉의 뒤에 멍하니 서서, 무릎 꿇은 그의 뒷모습을 바라보며 머릿속이 하얘졌다.

그녀는 자신이 직접 감옥에 보내고 10년 형을 선고받게 한 남자가 이렇게 일찍 출소할 줄은 상상도 못했다!

서봉이 제사를 마치고 천천히 일어나더니, 갑자기 수청의 목을 강하게 움켜쥐었다.

"수청, 넌 내게 두 조의 목숨을 빚졌어!"

그의 사촌 누나 곽정, 그리고 뱃속의 여섯 달 된 아이!

수청은 서봉을 노려보며, 점점 호흡이 어려워지면서 필사적으로 서봉의 손을 떼어내려 했다!

하지만 한때는 그토록 부드러웠던 그 큰 손이 이제는 쇠집게처럼 변해 있었다!

수청은 자신의 발이 서서히 땅에서 떨어지고 있음을 느꼈고, 머릿속은 질식으로 하얘졌다!

갑자기, 목의 압박이 풀렸다.

수청은 공중에서 떨어져 비틀거리며 거의 바닥에 주저앉을 뻔했고, 급히 목을 부여잡고 콜록콜록 숨을 들이켰다.

"이렇게 죽이기엔 너무 싸다." 서봉이 냉담하게 말했다.

"서봉, 이 미친놈아, 그때 우리 집에서 돈을 빌려주지 않았다고 나한테 이러는 거야?"

수청은 마음이 차갑게 얼어붙은 채, 숨을 헐떡이며 반문했다. "난, 너한테 아무 빚도 없어!"

서봉은 차가운 눈빛으로, 마치 우스운 일이라도 되는 것처럼 그녀를 바라봤다.

네가 나한테 빚진 게 없다고?

아직도 5년 전처럼 내가 바보라고 생각하는 거야?

5년 전, 한수연은 서봉이 투자한 회사가 파산해서 30만 위안의 주식금이 모두 날아갔다고 했다.

사실 그 회사는 수가의 자금으로 인수됐던 것이다!

서봉의 30만 위안은 한수연이 기회를 틈타 독차지했던 것이다!

그 돈이 없었더라도, 만약 수청이 신고하지 않았다면, 만약 모녀가 고의로 그를 함정에 빠뜨리지 않았다면, 그는 사촌 누나의 마지막 모습이라도 볼 수 있었을 것이다!

서봉은 갑자기 웃으며 물었다:

"수청, 내가 널 찾아온 게 단순히 옛정을 나누려는 것뿐이라고 생각해?"

"너, 너 뭘 더 하려고?"

수청은 본능적으로 두 걸음 물러서며, 아름다운 눈동자가 좁아지고 가슴에 불길한 예감이 일었다.

"너와 수가를 내 누나의 제물로 삼겠어!"

서봉은 냉혹하고 무정한 목소리로 수청의 결말을 선언했다:

"지금부터 너희 수가는 지옥이 될 거야!"

수청은 원래 이 말을 심각하게 받아들이지 않았지만, 서봉과 눈이 마주치자마자 겁에 질려 입을 꽉 막고 공포에 질려 뒤로 물러섰다.

눈앞의 남자는 분명 그녀가 가장 잘 아는 얼굴이었고, 눈썹과 눈가도 예전과 똑같았다.

하지만 마치 완전히 다른 사람이 된 것 같았고, 분위기와 기세가 5년 전과는 완전히 달랐다!

그가 아직도 5년 전 고작 50만 원을 위해 무릎 꿇었던 그 남자일까?

그가 아직도 5년 전 그 억울함을 삼켰던 남자일까?

"서봉, 죽은 사람 하나 때문에 나와 내 가족에게 이러려고?"

수청은 그 자리에 얼어붙은 채, 온몸이 추위로 떨리는 것을 느꼈다.

그녀가 뭘 잘못했다는 거지?

결혼한 지 얼마 되지 않아, 서봉이 사촌 누나 곽정과 애매한 관계라는 소문을 들었다.

그녀는 계속해서 여러 소문을 묵묵히 참아왔고, 곽정이 그의 아이를 임신했다는 말을 듣고서야!

어쩔 수 없이 그와 이혼했다.

그녀의 어머니가 뭘 잘못했다는 거지?

당시 수가는 강제로 어머니의 회사를 삼켜버렸고, 그녀의 가족도 백만 위안 넘게 손해를 봤다!

그래서 어머니가 당시 내놓은 2만 위안도 어머니가 친구에게 빌려서 마련한 돈이었다!

그 후로 집안 형편이 점점 나빠져서 지금은 그녀도 여기저기서 일하며 집안 빚을 갚아야 했다!

서봉을 위해, 그와 곽정을 성사시키기 위해, 그녀는 얼마나 많은 고통과 억울함을 참아왔는지 모른다!

이제 와서 그녀가 죄인이 되었다고?

수청의 가슴이 갑자기 바늘로 찌르는 듯이 아팠다!

그녀는 곽정의 묘비를 가리키며 서봉에게 격렬하게 따졌다:

"이 여자가 내 결혼생활을 망치고, 내 인생을 망쳤어! 미워해야 한다면, 내가 그녀를 미워해야지!"

"啪!"

서봉은 바로 그녀의 뺨을 한 대 때렸다!

수청은 맞아서 크게 휘청거리며 고개를 돌린 채 움직이지 않았다.

서봉은 증오가 담긴 눈빛으로 그녀의 옆모습을 훑으며 냉담하게 말했다:

"무릎 꿇고 사과해."

수청은 그제서야 고개를 바로 돌리며, 눈물을 머금고 이를 악물었다:

"내가 그녀한테 무릎 꿇을 것 같아?"

"네 자업자득이야!" 서봉은 강제로 그녀의 어깨를 누르며 그녀의 무릎이 바닥에 세게 부딪히게 했다:

"넌 그녀에게 두 목숨의 빚을 졌어!"

수청의 무릎은 돌에 긁혀 피가 났고, 아팠다.

하지만 그녀는 한 마디도 소리 지르지 않았다!

그녀는 고개를 들어 서봉의 익숙하면서도 낯선 눈을 바라봤다.

점점, 시야가 흐려졌다.

"서봉, 내 인생에서 가장 큰 실수는 널 사랑하고 널 만난 거야..."

그녀는 모든 신뢰를 서봉에게 줬는데, 돌아온 건 뭐였지?

그가 다른 여자를 구하기 위해 사람들에게 무릎 꿇은 것!

그 여자, 그의 사촌 누나가 그의 아이를 임신한 것!

그녀의 사랑과 신뢰는 모두 웃음거리가 됐다!

맞이한 건 오직 5년 후 그의 잔인함과 무정함뿐이었다!

서봉, 난 네게 빚진 게 없어!

오히려 너야말로 내게 너무 많은 빚을 졌지...

이 5년의 고통은 오직 그녀 혼자만 알고 있었다.

서봉 역시 그녀의 눈을 바라봤다.

한때 세상 사람들이 부러워했던 그 아름다운 눈동자는 이제 약간의 풍상의 흔적이 더해진 듯했다.

심지어 그녀의 부드러운 피부에도 세월의 흔적이 남아있었다.

특히 그녀의 눈빛은 불만, 분노, 억울함, 완고함이 모두 뒤섞여 무감각해진 듯했다.

서봉은 본능적으로 손을 놓고 물러났다.

분명 사촌 누나의 원수를 갚고 있는데, 왜 그는 어떤 쾌감도 느끼지 못하는 걸까?

"가라."

서봉은 시선을 거두며, 목소리는 오히려 아까보다 더 차가워졌다. "후사를 준비해. 3일 후... 내가 원한을 풀러 가겠다!"

수청은 천천히 일어나며, 멍한 눈빛으로 그를 향해 처연하게 웃으며 중얼거렸다:

"난 정말 바보였어... 정말 바보... 일찍 알았어야 했는데, 어떤 사람들은 기다려도 돌아오지 않는다는 걸..."

그 웃음을 보자 서봉의 마음이 몹시 불편해졌다. 마치... 심장의 살점이 도려내진 것 같은 고통이 그를 괴롭혔다.

수청이 몇 걸음 가지 않아 갑자기 휴대폰이 울렸다.

전화에서 그녀의 딸 수소아의 급한 울음소리가 들려왔다:

"엄마! 자오광화가 저를 잡았어요. 그가 소아를 이틀 동안 굶겼어요... 소아는 엄마가 보고 싶어요. 소아 너무 배고파요, 소아는 먹고 싶어요... 엄마, 그들이 소아의 살을 자르겠다고 해요. 빨리 와서 소아를 구해주세요..."

말이 채 끝나기도 전에 딸의 전화가 누군가에게 빼앗긴 듯, 한 남자의 욕설로 바뀌었다:

"이 잡종, 감히 내 핸드폰을 훔쳐? 죽고 싶어?"

이어서 전화에서는 몇 번의 뺨 때리는 소리와 딸의 더욱 처절한 울음소리가 들렸다:

"엄마, 그들이 소아를 때려요. 빨리 와서 소아를 구해주세요! 엄마, 소아 무서워요. 소아는 엄마가 보고 싶어요..."

"소아야 울지 마, 울지 마! 엄마가 여기 있어! 내 딸을 때리지 마세요, 때리지 마세요!"

수청은 멍한 표정이 즉시 정상으로 돌아오며, 떨리는 손으로 휴대폰을 들고 큰 소리로 딸을 안심시켰다. "소아야 무서워하지 마! 엄마가 금방 구하러 갈게... 어디 있는지 빨리 엄마한테 말해!"

전화는 상대방이 끊어버렸다.

그녀는 미친 듯이 집으로 달리며 계속해서 중얼거렸다:

"소아야 무서워하지 마, 소아야 무서워하지 마... 엄마가 구하러 갈게, 엄마가 왔어, 소아야... 무서워하지 마!"

서봉은 "딸"이라는 단어를 듣자마자 즉시 미간을 찌푸리며 본능적으로 두 걸음 쫓아가 물었다:

"너 딸이 있어?... 그 아이는, 누구의 딸이야?"

수청은 이 말을 듣고 쓸쓸한 뒷모습으로 갑자기 멈춰 섰지만, 뒤돌아보지 않았다.

너는 아직도 그 아이가 누구의 딸인지 궁금해?

그녀가 누구의 딸이겠어?

그녀는 너 서봉의 딸이야!

당시 서봉이 감옥에 들어간 지 3일 만에 수청은 임신 사실을 알게 됐다.

친구들은 그녀에게 아이를 지우라고 권했고, 짐이 될 거라고 했다.

하지만 강인한 그녀는 외지로 가서 몰래 딸을 낳았다.

이 5년 동안, 그녀의 집안 형편은 하루하루 나빠졌다.

수청은 아빠 역할까지 하며 힘겹게 딸을 키웠다.

너 서봉은 이 딸을 위해 무엇을 해줬어?

심지어 딸은 "잡종"이라는 욕까지 들어야 했다!

넌 내 딸의 아버지가 될 자격이 없어!

소아는 내 거야, 내 수청의 딸이야! 너 서봉과는 아무 관계도 없어!

넌 자격이 없어!

너 서봉의 아이는 이미 5년 전에 그 소첩 곽정과 함께 관 속에 들어갔어!

수청은 이 5년간 견뎌온 모든 억울함과 어려움을 떠올리자 눈물이 또 흘러내렸다.

그녀는 손등으로 빠르게 눈물을 닦고, 돌아서서 오만하고 완고하게 미워하며 말했다:

"흥, 누구의? 적어도 네 딸은 아니야. 너랑 상관없어. 소아는 나 혼자의 딸이야!"

"그 아이가 살든 죽든 너와는 아무 상관도 없어!"

"아, 그리고 그 아이는 올해 다섯 살 반이야."

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Before she could formulate a witty remark, Matteo threw her down. She landed hard on her back atop his dining room table. She tried to sit up when she noticed what he was doing. His hands were working on his belt. It came free of his pants with a violent yank. She collapsed back on her elbows, her mouth gaping open at the display. His face was a mask of sheer determination, his eyes were a dark gold swimming with heat and desire. His hands wrapped around her thighs and pulled her to the edge of the table. He glided his fingers up her thighs and hooked several around the inside of her panties. His knuckles brushed her dripping sex.
“You’re soaking wet, Genevieve. Tell me, was it me that made you this way or him?” his voice told her to be careful with her answer. His knuckles slid down through her folds and she threw her head back as she moaned. “Weakness?”
“You…” she breathed.


Genevieve loses a bet she can’t afford to pay. In a compromise, she agrees to convince any man her opponent chooses to go home with her that night. What she doesn’t realize when her sister’s friend points out the brooding man sitting alone at the bar, is that man won’t be okay with just one night with her. No, Matteo Accardi, Don of one of the largest gangs in New York City doesn’t do one night stands. Not with her anyway.
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From Best Friend To Fiancé

From Best Friend To Fiancé

Ongoing · Page Hunter
“You have no idea what you’ve done to me. I’ve been replaying every sound you made, every way you came apart for me.” His grip tightened. “I’m not letting that go. I’m not letting you go. Fuck the friendship. I want you.”
I let out a little gasp. His thumb rubbed across my lower lip.
“I don’t just want to fuck you—I want to keep you. You’re my favorite sin, and I’ll commit it again and again until you understand you’re mine.” His lips twitched a little. “You’ve always been mine, Savannah.”
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Her sister is marrying her ex. So she brings her best friend as her fake fiancé. What could possibly go wrong?
Savannah Hart thought she was over Dean Archer—until her sister, Chloe announces she's marrying him. The same man Savannah never stopped loving. The man who left her heartbroken… and now belongs to her sister.
A weeklong wedding in New Hope. One mansion full of guests. And a very bitter maid of honor.
To survive it, Savannah brings a date—her charming, clean-cut best friend, Roman Blackwood. The one man who’s always had her back. He owes her a favor, and pretending to be her fiancé? Easy.
Until fake kisses start to feel real.
Now Savannah’s torn between keeping up the act… or risking everything for the one man she was never supposed to fall for.
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Falling for my boyfriend's Navy brother

Falling for my boyfriend's Navy brother

Ongoing · Harper Rivers
Falling for my boyfriend's Navy brother.

"What is wrong with me?

Why does being near him make my skin feel too tight, like I’m wearing a sweater two sizes too small?

It’s just newness, I tell myself firmly.

He’s my boyfirend’s brother.

This is Tyler’s family.

I’m not going to let one cold stare undo that.

**

As a ballet dancer, My life looks perfect—scholarship, starring role, sweet boyfriend Tyler. Until Tyler shows his true colors and his older brother, Asher, comes home.

Asher is a Navy veteran with battle scars and zero patience. He calls me "princess" like it's an insult. I can't stand him.

When My ankle injury forces her to recover at the family lake house, I‘m stuck with both brothers. What starts as mutual hatred slowly turns into something forbidden.

I'm falling for my boyfriend's brother.

**

I hate girls like her.

Entitled.

Delicate.

And still—

Still.

The image of her standing in the doorway, clutching her cardigan tighter around her narrow shoulders, trying to smile through the awkwardness, won’t leave me.

Neither does the memory of Tyler. Leaving her here without a second thought.

I shouldn’t care.

I don’t care.

It’s not my problem if Tyler’s an idiot.

It’s not my business if some spoiled little princess has to walk home in the dark.

I’m not here to rescue anyone.

Especially not her.

Especially not someone like her.

She’s not my problem.

And I’ll make damn sure she never becomes one.

But when my eyes fell on her lips, I wanted her to be mine.
The War God Alpha's Arranged Bride

The War God Alpha's Arranged Bride

Ongoing · Riley Above Story
On the day Evelyn thought Liam would propose, he shocked her by getting down on one knee—for her stepsister, Samantha. As if that betrayal wasn’t enough, Evelyn learned the cruel truth: her parents had already decided to sell one daughter’s future to a dangerous man: the infamous War God Alpha Alexander, who was rumored to be scarred and crippled after a recent accident. And the bride could’t be their precious daughter Samantha. However, when the "ugly and crippled" Alpha revealed his true self—an impossibly handsome billionaire with no trace of injury—Samantha had a change of heart. She was ready to dump Liam and take Evelyn's place as the family daughter who should marry Alexander.
Yet Alexander made his decision clear to the world: “Evelyn is the only woman I will ever marry.”
Accidentally Yours

Accidentally Yours

Ongoing · Merffy Kizzmet
“Who the hell are you and why are you tied to my bed?”

Lola Marlowe’s morning-after is a disaster. She’s got a killer hangover, zero memory of Burning Man, and a half-naked, sculpted stranger tied to her bed with her own lavender silk ropes. To make matters infinitely worse, the furious (and frustratingly handsome) “accidental hostage” is Enzo Marchesi, Vegas’s most notorious mafia Don.

For Enzo, this is the ultimate security breach. But the fiery, unpredictable tattoo artist is the most intriguing thing to happen to him in years. To stop his crew from “neutralizing” the threat, he makes an impulsive claim: she’s his fiancée.

Thrust into a world of high-stakes lies and feral attraction, they must navigate rival families and their own explosive chemistry.

One wrong move sparked it. Now neither of them wants out.
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The Biker's Fate

The Biker's Fate

Completed · Piper Davenport
"You are absolutely my fucking woman, Dani. Got me?"
I squeezed my eyes shut.
"Dani," he pressed. "Do you get me?"
"No, Austin, I don't," I admitted as I pulled my robe closed again and sat up. "You confuse me."
He dragged his hands down his face. "Tell me what's on your mind."
I sighed. "You're everything my parents warned me against. You're secretive, but you're also honest. I feel wholly protected by you, but then you scare me more than anyone I've ever known. You're a bad boy, but when I dated a so-called good one, he turned out to be the devil, so, yeah, I don't get you because you're not what I expected. You drive me crazier than anyone I've ever met, but then you make me feel complete. I'm feeling things I don't quite know how to process and that makes me want to run. I don't want to give up something that might be really, really good, but I also don't want to be stupid and fall for a boy just because he's super pretty and makes me come."
Danielle Harris is the daughter of an overprotective police chief and has led a sheltered life. As a kindergarten teacher, she's as far removed from the world of Harleys and bikers as you could get, but when she's rescued by the sexy and dangerous Austin Carver, her life is changed forever.
Although Austin 'Booker' Carver is enamored by the innocent Dani, he tries to keep the police chief's daughter at arm's length. But when a threat is made from an unexpected source, he finds himself falling hard and fast for the only woman who can tame his wild heart.
Will Booker be able to find the source of the threat before it's too late?
Will Dani finally give her heart to a man who's everything she's been warned about?
The Prison Project

The Prison Project

Ongoing · Bethany Donaghy
The government's newest experiment in criminal rehabilitation - sending thousands of young women to live alongside some of the most dangerous men held behind bars...

Can love tame the untouchable? Or will it only fuel the fire and cause chaos amongst the inmates?

Fresh out of high school and suffocating in her dead-end hometown, Margot longs for her escape. Her reckless best friend, Cara, thinks she's found the perfect way out for them both - The Prisoner Project - a controversial program offering a life-changing sum of money in exchange for time spent with maximum-security inmates.

Without hesitation, Cara rushes to sign them up.

Their reward? A one-way ticket into the depths of a prison ruled by gang leaders, mob bosses, and men the guards wouldn't even dare to cross...

At the centre of it all, meets Coban Santorelli - a man colder than ice, darker than midnight, and as deadly as the fire that fuels his inner rage. He knows that the project may very well be his only ticket to freedom - his only ticket to revenge on the one who managed to lock him up and so he must prove that he can learn to love…

Will Margot be the lucky one chosen to help reform him?

Will Coban be capable of bringing something to the table other than just sex?

What starts off as denial may very well grow in to obsession which could then fester in to becoming true love…

A temperamental romance novel.
After One Night with the Alpha

After One Night with the Alpha

Completed · Sansa
One Night. One Mistake. One Lifetime of Consequences.

I thought I was waiting for love. Instead, I got fucked by a beast.

My world was supposed to bloom at the Moonshade Bay Full Moon Festival—champagne buzzing in my veins, a hotel room booked for Jason and me to finally cross that line after two years. I’d slipped into lacy lingerie, left the door unlocked, and lay on the bed, heart pounding with nervous excitement.

But the man who climbed into my bed wasn’t Jason.

In the pitch-black room, drowned in a heady, spicy scent that made my head spin, I felt hands—urgent, scorching—searing my skin. His thick, pulsing cock pressed against my dripping cunt, and before I could gasp, he thrust hard, tearing through my innocence with ruthless force. Pain burned, my walls clenching as I clawed at his iron shoulders, stifling sobs. Wet, slick sounds echoed with every brutal stroke, his body unrelenting until he shuddered, spilling hot and deep inside me.

"That was amazing, Jason," I managed to say.

"Who the fuck is Jason?"

My blood turned to ice. Light slashed across his face—Brad Rayne, Alpha of Moonshade Pack, a werewolf, not my boyfriend. Horror choked me as I realized what I’d done.

I ran away for my life!

But weeks later, I woke up pregnant with his heir!

They say my heterochromatic eyes mark me as a rare true mate. But I’m no wolf. I’m just Elle, a nobody from the human district, now trapped in Brad's world.

Brad’s cold gaze pins me: “You carry my blood. You’re mine.”

There is no other choice for me but to chose this cage. My body also betrays me, craving the beast who ruined me.

WARNING: Mature Readers Only
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Invisible To Her Bully

Invisible To Her Bully

Ongoing · sunsationaldee
Unlike her twin brother, Jackson, Jessa struggled with her weight and very few friends. Jackson was an athlete and the epitome of popularity, while Jessa felt invisible. Noah was the quintessential “It” guy at school—charismatic, well-liked, and undeniably handsome. To make matters worse, he was Jackson’s best friend and Jessa’s biggest bully. During their senior year, Jessa decides it was time for her to gain some self-confidence, find her true beauty and not be the invisible twin. As Jessa transformed, she begins to catch the eye of everyone around her, especially Noah. Noah, initially blinded by his perception of Jessa as merely Jackson’s sister, started to see her in a new light. How did she become the captivating woman invading his thoughts? When did she become the object of his fantasies? Join Jessa on her journey from being the class joke to a confident, desirable young woman, surprising even Noah as she reveals the incredible person she has always been inside.
Goddess Of The Underworld.

Goddess Of The Underworld.

Completed · sheridan.hartin
Left at a pack border with a name and a stubborn heartbeat, Envy grows into the sharpest kind of survivor, an orphaned warrior who knows how to hold a line and keep moving. Love isn’t in the plan…until four alpha wolves with playboy reputations and inconveniently soft hands decide the girl who won’t bow is the only queen they’ll ever take. Their mate. The one they have waited for. Xavier, Haiden, Levi, and Noah are gorgeous, lethal, and anything but perfect and Envy isn’t either. She’s changing. First into hell hound, Layah at her heels and fire in her veins. Then into what the realm has been waiting for, a Goddess of the Underworld, dragging her mates down to hell with her. Then finally into lycan princess, stronger, faster, the moon finally answering back, giving her exactly what she needs to protect her family.

When the veil between the Divine, the Living, and the Dead begins to crack, Envy is thrust beneath with a job she can’t drop: keep the worlds from bleeding together, shepherd the lost, and make ordinary into armor, breakfasts, bedtime, battle plans. Peace lasts exactly one lullaby. This is the story of a border pup who became a goddess by choosing her family; of four imperfect alphas learning how to stay; of cake, iron, and daylight negotiations. Steamy, fierce, and full of heart, Goddess of the Underworld is a reverse harem, found-family paranormal romance where love writes the rules and keeps three realms from falling apart.
From Substitute To Queen

From Substitute To Queen

Completed · Hannah Moore
For three years, Sable loved Alpha Darrell with everything she had, spending her salary to support their household while being called an orphan and gold-digger. But just as Darrell was about to mark her as his Luna, his ex-girlfriend returned, texting: "I'm not wearing underwear. My plane lands soon—pick me up and fuck me immediately."

Heartbroken, Sable discovered Darrell having sex with his ex in their bed, while secretly transferring hundreds of thousands to support that woman.

Even worse was overhearing Darrell laugh to his friends: "She's useful—obedient, doesn't cause trouble, handles housework, and I can fuck her whenever I need relief. She's basically a live-in maid with benefits." He made crude thrusting gestures, sending his friends into laughter.

In despair, Sable left, reclaimed her true identity, and married her childhood neighbor—Lycan King Caelan, nine years her senior and her fated mate. Now Darrell desperately tries to win her back. How will her revenge unfold?

From substitute to queen—her revenge has just begun!
The Delta's Daughter

The Delta's Daughter

Completed · JwgStout
In a realm set in the future, where the human race has fallen and shifters now rule, comes the epic adventure and tale of The Delta’s Daughter.

Born on the same night as the Kings son, Prince Kellen; Lamia Langley, daughter to the Royal Delta of The New Moon pack (royal pack) bares the mark of a royal and is a seemingly ordinary wolf, until she shifts at the age of 14 and by 15 becomes one of the strongest wolfs in the kingdom.

All Lamia ever wanted was to serve her prince, become a warrior, find her mate at 18 and live happily ever after.

Growing up together and sharing a rare and special goddess given bond, everyone is sure Lamia and Prince Kellen will be fated mates. Being given the opportunity to go to the Alpha academy, Kellen and Lamia fall in love and they hope they are fated like everyone thinks.

But the fates have already mapped out her future.
What happens when a wolf from the Kings past has his eye on Lamia?

Follow this epic tale of Love, tragedy and betrayal as Lamia starts to discover her family heritage. Will her family’s forgotten heritage and secrets become more than she can handle?

Will her Prince become her mate or will she be fated to another?
Will Lamia rise to become the wolf the goddess’ fated her to be?

For a mature audience
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