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When Lila Moreno stepped into the Romano mansion, she didn’t expect to be caught in the middle of a silent war. The four infamous Romano brothers rule the city’s underworld with blood and money—yet the moment they see her, their power turns personal.
A drunken bet becomes their private game: win the maid.
The rules?
Don’t let the others know you’re falling for her.
And never, ever let her leave.
But each brother plays differently—
The eldest buys her obedience.
The second steals her breath.
The ...

A dark paranormal werewolf romance, The Alpha's Unwanted Mate is full of treachery, retaliation, and second chances.
Alpha Jake, Lily's fated mate, publically rejects her in favor of Selena, her vicious stepsister, on the night of her bonding ceremony. She must undergo exile, suffering, and treachery after being humiliated and banished by her pack, which includes her father. However, destiny has other ideas. The roles are reversed when she reappears as a strong, wild force rather than the fra...

Her reputation is at stake, Bella Thompson leading her to strike a bargain to serve as an Alpha's Luna for a year. Unfortunately, her marriage to Alpha Draven is far from harmonious, as Bella resents being forced into this union. To make matters worse, Draven introduces his mistress into their household, while Bella finds solace in the company of another man. Despite Draven's womanizing ways and conceited demeanor, Bella discovers herself gradually developing feelings for him. However, when she ...

Tired of the dating scene, a cowboy billionaire puts up an Internet ad to find a woman to come out to a deserted island with him to see if they can make a love connection...Mason Martin has sold his cattle ranch in Texas for just over a billion dollars and traded it for Long Bar Island, a remote island a few hours away from Getaway Bay. Frustrated with the dating scene in the more populated areas of Hawaii, he puts up an ad, asking for volunteers to come live with him on his deserted island for ...

I was found by my biological parents only to become a mobile blood bank for their adopted daughter Leila, expected to sacrifice myself to donate blood—even my heart—whenever she fell seriously ill...
My parents despised me, and my own brother drugged me, threatening my life to force me to marry a dying man as Leila's substitute.
Having lost all hope in my family, I signed a severance agreement, cutting all ties with them, and took a large sum of money for marriage investment.
What they didn’t kn...

"You are our mate Immery....," the two handsome men whisper against her body in unison, their breath fanning over her hot naked body, making her mind cloud with the mist of lust.
"Then make me..," she replied, her voice hoarse and bothered, the words ringing in the minds if the brothers as a godly blessing for they wanted to do nothing more than ravish her and mark their theirs.
"Say it again," Nicholas ordered in his cold deep voice, flashing Immery his fanged smirk while Immery just gulped...

“I am sorry...for...taking your pack” I whispered the last few words, unable to look at him after this realization.
“Don’t be” he sais as he gently cupped the side of my face with the scratches on it, making me looked up into his concerned eyes. “I never wanted to be alpha,” he said with a sigh, looking saddened.
At this I looked at him, confused. If he is my mate then he would still be alpha.
A sudden horrible thought crossed my mind. No he can’t!
With this thought I panicked, and I did...

"I don't want a mate, especially not one that wants to kill me."
After earning forgiveness for her plentiful crimes, Aniya decided to start her life over again with her son, Arlo. Only to find out that she was now possessed by a ringer - a rogue spirit that had escaped from the Lycans' realm. Dying from the possession of this Ringer and losing herself to this evil being, Aniya's hope of a happy life was starting to dwindle quickly.
Until she encountered another being from the Lyca...

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"Audrey Winata, a 19-year-old girl living in luxury as the only child of one of the richest men in Indonesia. However, everything changed drastically after the sudden death of her parents. Audrey is shocked to learn that her parents left behind a huge debt that exceeds their wealth.
In a desperate attempt to pay off the debt, Audrey tried to find a job, but fate was always against her. However, fate brought her together with a little boy she met by chance. The little boy was the so...

Losing the memory of who you were growing up sucks. Trying to find a job after graduating college in a bad economy sucks even more.
For Esmeralda Griffin, being offered a job as a secretary to the CEO of the biggest company in the continent is a once in a lifetime opportunity she's going to grab with both hands even if she has never heard nothing good about him.
When the CEO turns out to be a man she has been previously seeing a younger version of in her dreams, she is confused. When he starts...

Intrigued by his enigmatic duality and the allure of the pack's way of life, Grace finds herself entangled in a world of ancient traditions, captivating pack dynamics, and the struggles of the lupine community. As her bond with Javier deepens, Grace is confronted with a life-changing decision: to fully embrace her own hidden nature and become an integral part of the pack or to stay within the familiar human world she has always known.
Joined by Javier and the pack, Grace embarks on an extraordi...

Choosing one of the two people who truly love her is the hardest thing for Ana. In the midst of her indecision to choose, Ana must feel disappointed when she finds out that the two men are werewolves. And what surprised Ana the most was that her true identity was a werewolf too.
Ana resisted fate, she didn't want to be a wolf. Ana also doesn't want to marry an Alpha chosen by Moon Goddess. How will the story continue between Ana and the two Alphas who love and love her? Can Ana accept her destin...

Avoiding a holiday breakup seemed like the right thing to do. But then he met Molly. Molly Foster’s dreams of going away to college were sidelined when her father died and she stayed home to help her mother run the family inn. Four years later, she’s finished her degree online and is poised to pursue her old career dreams in the big city. But as a gentle snow falls on the Christmas Tree Inn, an intriguing guest arrives and prompts her to question everything she’s ever wanted. Before he even left...

As an abused wolf Kenny lived a life of misery, until one night everything changed. Her memory of it was wiped, but it didn't better her, well not yet. Kenny's pack was attacked and every one she loved was killed. She was taken by the Alpha that ordered the attack and put into a life of more abuse.....
What happens when the Alpha Kings decide to infiltrate the pack and find Kenny in the dungeons, will she be saved or will she only know more misery......
*This is my first attempt at an poly, re...

When a young writer receives an unexpected invitation to spend time on a private island, what should have been a peaceful retreat quickly turns into something far more sinister. The grand mansion standing at the heart of the island is a relic of a forgotten past, whispering secrets through its dimly lit corridors and casting shadows that seem to watch her every move.
The host, a man with an unreadable gaze and an irresistible presence, proposes a game. The rules are simple: surrender or resist....

A werewolf occasionally needs to battle, growl, and bite but this Alpha simply needs a mate and he hasn't found one, not until a human shows up at Jamesburg, a small city curved out of the map with so many shapeshifters and he is the Alpha.
Isabel only needed a job but she ended up with an Alpha who wasn't ready to claim her openly because she is a human.
What will Isabel do when faced with such a situation?

Vanya, a brilliant forensic psychologist, is investigating a string of elite women gone missing across Europe. Her search for truth ends in chains, kidnapped by Damian Volkov, the most dangerous mafia boss in Russia.
But he doesn't want her dead. He wants her broken, bent, and bound to him.
Damian knows her true identity: the daughter of the man who destroyed his family. She was meant to be his revenge.
Until she became his obsession.
And maybe… the only person who could save him from himself.

Lyra Winters has been in a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend Ethan for over a year. When their once-perfect connection begins to fray, Lyra plans the ultimate Valentine's Day surprise—an engagement that will reignite their love, complete with a romantic getaway to the Maldives. But when a shocking betrayal shatters her world, Lyra finds herself in an unexpected and unpredictable situation.
A chance encounter with a stranger—Roman Lennox, a successful and enigmatic CEO—leads to a surp...

They say that the eyes are the mirror to the soul, but his eyes were cold and dark. Atlas Drakov is a known killer, the ruthless and calculated leader of the Italian Mafia. Aleara Davis is an introverted American girl who would rather have her nose down in a book then interact with people at the best of times. When, by force their worlds collide, they are made to endure each other's company, turning each others worlds upside down.

I saved her… hid her from the world. Camouflaged her from my enemies. For years, I wondered if I did the right thing. Was the family I left her with taking good care of her? When I enter the auction, I get my answer. I never expected to see her big blue eyes again. Never expected for her to be the main attraction. Virgin for sale… highest bidder wins. I had no intention of buying her, but her body called to me. I find myself bidding. Again and again. Until I’m the proud owner of an eighteen-year...

After Ivy Hart’s husband tragically loses his life in a horrific motor accident, her world is set to unravel in ways she never imagined. As she struggles with shocking revelations about her seemingly perfect husband, she finds it hard to believe. When Ivy uncovers the truth behind the crash and the individuals responsible for her husband's death, she stands on the brink of confronting a tangled web of dark secrets that will challenge everything she thought she knew.
Meanwhile, Ivy's children ar...

"Lexy, stop!"
The woman wiped her eyes bitterly. She walks out of the building and walks to her car near the entrance.
Opening the car door, she ignored the shouts of the man who just walk out of the building in large strides.
"Lexy!" The man roared before gripping his hair in frustration.
"Brett..." A small voice called out coquettishly.
Brett turned around and looked at the woman in front of him in anger and disgust. His cold eyes were wide open, and his lips were curled upside down in di...

A Cursed Alpha. A Made Omega. A Deadly Game.
Every ten years, Lycanotropes host a competition to choose the Alpha Supreme. Every ten years, 20 competitors participate.
Only a quarter survive.
When Elise Attwood is offered freedom in exchange of accompanying Alpha Luke Winters on the Hunt, she has no reason to refuse.
After 8 weeks of blood, mayhem, fruitless feeling and dark secrets, will things ever remain the same?

Being a wolf less Omega, Ryker was constantly bullied and humiliated by the pack members, his life couldn't get any worse when the ruthless and well feared Alpha King possessively claimed him in front everybody, he thought he would finally be free but more torture awaits him as the Alpha treated him like a pet, a mere object.
What happens when he discovered that he is not just any ordinary Omega but a rare one whose power is sought after and at the same time find out that he is mated to Draven,...

Eva moves with her father and older brother to a new town. Eva meets Kessler, her obnoxious neighbor, who is a strange and mysterious boy. Eva knows that there are wolves in the forest, but what she did not know is that her neighbor, Kessler, was one of them.Kessler and Eva get along badly but with the deal and the fights they begin to feel an uncontrollable attraction that they will not be able to contain. Kessler knows that Eva is his mate and despite not wanting to accept it at first, he does...

"Be mine again and fulfil my lustful nights."
~ Wayne Harden Ferrer
Wayne Ferrer is the hottest Attorney in the country. He is one of the best of the best lawyer in his firm that's why they called him 'Lawyer of No-Failed-Cases'. He is hot, handsome, charismatic, and of course-- FREE! It was also because of his job that he was able to bring back to life his ex-girlfriend Analeigh Devon who suddenly disappeared five years ago without leaving any reason why.
Holding Leigh's case for free-- wa...

In a city carved by loyalty and lies, one love dares to defy the odds.
Nico Valenti thrives in the shadows of Chicago’s mafia, a 29-year-old enforcer who knows the cost of weakness. Enter Luca Moretti, a 25-year-old barman with an innocent glow that Nico can’t resist—a forbidden flame flickering in a world that crushes softness. Their secret romance unfolds in stolen whispers and desperate touches, a lifeline neither expected to find.
But secrets have a price in the Valenti family. When cash dis...

Alfred hates her more than anything in the world because she's the daughter of the man who killed his family and took away all his family's property.
She's the daughter of the man who captured him and made him a slave at a young age, but then he was able to escape and he ran into hiding for 15years. Trained and built himself. Now he's back as a CEO ready to make them pay for what they did to him and his family.
He took his daughter and made her his sex slave. He's gonna make her pay for ev...

In the midst of a desperate search for stability and prosperity, Samantha Russell finds herself thrust into a world of secrets and forbidden love. When she accepts the offer to become a surrogate mother for the enigmatic billionaire and werewolf Alpha, Jake Lewis, her life takes an unexpected turn. As Samantha delves deeper into the mysticism of the Crescent Moon pack, she must navigate the treacherous terrain of werewolf politics and her growing connection with Jake. Moonlit Secrets is a captiv...

Anita's life took a dramatic turn following a painful seven-year breakup with her boyfriend. In a haste to escape reality, she boarded a train which took her to another world, a place no one knew existed. Anita found out that the new world revolve around her, and it was her duty to stop the monthly bloodshed.

Humanity develops sentient robots to assist with their diminishing resources in order to survive on extraterrestrial worlds in the far future. A gifted but exhausted human programmer named Lara unintentionally enters a perilous realm of robotic servitude and royal intrigue. She is taken to the robot-ruled planet of Zoron after developing a ground-breaking scheme to improve robotic capabilities.
Lara becomes caught up with Kairos, a strong robot monarch who has hidden passions he was unaware of,...

When Maya Chen moved to the quiet beach town of Millbrook Bay, she thought she was getting away to peace. But 48 hours after she opens her private detective business, she finds a dead teenager on the beach and learns that this quiet town hides some very dangerous secrets. When people in the area tell her to stop digging and strange things start to happen, Maya has to use all of her detective skills to find out what's going on. But as she digs deeper, she finds that Millbrook Bay is linked to her...

The sane can turn you insane.❞ Anger. That's all he feels but when a certain kind of light sheds on his life, resistance is the solution. She binds him in her chains and returns him from the anger to the light. She is his own personal angel. She plays the piano and he's on her heart keys over again. All rights reserved.

Longan, a king of the werewolves was one of the strongest and most dangerous of all wolves. The white and the dark wolves both packs never associate with others because they were sworn, enemies.
Logan who was also a womanizer was caught off guard on the night of the full moon when he ended up showing a woman whose name was Jasmine his true self.
Jasmine with full hatred and regret doesn't know her anger and fear wouldn't stop her from procreating another being.

Carolina Lane has realized a terrible truth about Kayler Brown, she feels betrayed and destroyed, just when she thought she could be happy with him, more problems appear. Kayler will try to be close to Carolina so that he can forgive her but Carolina has always been very hard and difficult to cope with. Gadreel takes this opportunity to get closer to her and win her back, but Kayler's jealousy will not allow it. Carolina returns to Lewiston with her mother and her stepfather Mike so it will be ...

Ezra broke the kiss and gripped her face with both hands.
“I need to get you out of my system.”
“I can’t,” Gia said, getting back to her senses.
Ezra snaked his arm around her waist and hoisted her over to the chair.
“I don’t care,” Ezra replied.
He made her straddle him and moved his palm up her thigh. Gia dipped her head back and moaned.
“You smell so good,” Ezra groaned.
He recognized the cherry blossom scent. Just like Natalie’s.
Ezra found her thin underwear and rubbed her clit through th...

Ella, a breed, goes through her teenage years without finding a mate. Her human side weakens her body, making it unable to control her wolf side. She tragically loses her parents when a war breaks out.
Ella begins residing in the packhouse alongside the rest of her pack's wolves. Her life follows the usual path of an omega. However, everything changes when the alpha's son returns.
After years of training in the Southern territory, Zen, the future alpha of the pack, comes back with his child...

Samantha never had the chance to meet her birth mother, who died a few years after she was born. Her aunt had always taken care of her. Up until recently she never thought she would know her father, but that would all change in the span of a few days. It had been 4 months since it happened, but what she didn't know is that it wasn't over yet!
A Young CSI in a big city. Revenge, Suspense, Love. Everything you want in a crime novel and more.

“Marry me! He demanded. “I’ll handle your grandmother’s hospital bills and your brother's court case, otherwise be prepared to face assault charges for hitting me and a potential jail time!” I stared in shock.
…….
A contract marriage with Alexander Rutherfurd, or a threat of imprisonment?
Sofia was caught in between marrying the rich arrogant man she had slapped on their first encounter or ending up in jail. She chooses to marry him but what happens when they find themselves in a deal that t...

After being rejected by his mate who is an Omega, Alpha Dawson decided that he was going to get her at all cost but this time not because he loved her but because he wanted to prove to her that he was superior. He manipulates everything to get her into a contract marriage with him.
Carla is left with no choice but to marry the playboy Alpha who had now turned cruel too. Things get scary for her when she realizes she is pregnant with his twins.
She decided to fight for them and run off to make ...

He doesn’t ask. He takes.
And now... I’m his bride.
I never planned to marry a man like Nico Moretti—ruthless, powerful, and feared by everyone in this city.
But my father’s debt has a price, and Nico came to collect.
Cold kisses. Dangerous vows. A wedding dress stitched with secrets.
To the world, he’s a mafia king.
To me, he’s a captor in a custom suit.
And yet every time he touches me, I forget to hate him.
He says I belong to him now.
Heart, body, and soul.
But in this deadly game of po...

I'm Amelia Roofer, an omega living in a small town somewhere in Arizona. I had only one goal in mind - to seek justice and avenge the cruel Alpha who took my parents' lives ten years ago. However, upon meeting him, a surprising revelation of his identity is about to alter my destiny.
"I don't seek vengeance, Alpha," I declared firmly.
"What is it that you seek then?" he inquired.
I responded with a serious tone, returning the sword to him.
"What do you mean?" he asked, puzzled.
"Release them on...

Ava Morales is a skilled hunter of supernatural creatures, especially werewolves, working under the secretive wing of the Catholic Church. Haunted by the death of her parents—killed by a werewolf—she dedicates her life to exterminating shifters. But when she encounters Ethan Blackwood, a powerful billionaire CEO who also happens to be a werewolf, her world is turned upside down.
Unlike the savage monsters she’s used to hunting, Ethan maintains near-perfect control over his inner wolf. Despite h...

Rejected and exiled by her fated Alpha King mate for being a powerless Omega, Elara discovers a hidden, forbidden power within herself. Years later, hardened and formidable, she must confront her past, her mate, and a rising darkness that threatens to consume both her old pack and the man who broke her heart.
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Female Lead (FL): Elara
Starts as: An 18-year-old Omega in the Silver Moon pack. Orphaned, kind-hearted but physically weak, constantly bullied by higher-ranked members, especia...

Olivia Morgan’s world is turned upside down when she walks in on her boyfriend betraying her with her friend. Devastated and drowning in debt, she’s thrust into an unlikely arrangement with Alexander Carter, the cold and calculating CEO of Carter Enterprises. In exchange for a year-long marriage of convenience, Olivia receives the money she desperately needs—and a promotion she never expected. But as their fake relationship blurs the lines between business and pleasure, Olivia finds herself torn...

My life was never mine. I grew up in the shadow of Celine’s perfection—my half-sister—while I was just a mistake my family tolerated out of convenience. But nothing could have prepared me for the night everything fell apart. At Celine’s engagement party, I discovered her fiancé was Theo—my destined mate. The bond that should have united us was ignored, betrayed, as he chose her instead.
Broken, I fled aimlessly and found refuge in a dark bar, where my pain spiraled into something even more chao...

The Jauregui family is the leading gang on that side of town, everyone knew their reputation, except her.
How did a suburban mom end up robbing the top gangsters in the state and then dared to negotiate with them?
It was easy, she would do anything to save her son.

Anne Stevens is a compulsive reader who dreams of having a storybook romance. She was beginning to feel that Apollo, her boyfriend, was avoiding her, spending less time with her, and had even dodged a kiss more than once. Why doesn't Apollo want to be with Anne if she's supposed to be his mate? The arrival of Thomas, also a Werewolf, will change Anne's feelings. But can two werewolves have one mate? If so, only one will come out victorious.

After discovering her boyfriend cheating on her with her best friend, Laura decided to get drunk. That night she was with an unknown man who got her pregnant. She doesn't know his name, but he is an engaged millionaire. Now her family abandons her and the mysterious man turns his back on her. How will she be able to raise her baby?

His kiss was warm and wet, and he caressed my lips with his. His big hands ripped off my skirt impatiently as I struggled to get the words "No" from my mouth.
He entered me slowly, and I grabbed him by the shoulder and whispered," It hurts!" The man stopped suddenly and said, "You are really a virgin! You mean- you are...."I was speechless from the pain.
He instantly moved fast and hard. It became rough, it was urgent, and it happened.
I felt a burst of warmth rush through my body, and all my ...