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"Aspen" I hear someone whisper from faraway. I ignore it and just pass it off as the wind since I left my window open last night.
"Aspen" I hear again except it's louder this time. I ignore it again.
A couple of minutes later a sweet smell fills my nostrils. It reminds me of pineapples and vanilla.
"If you don't wake up, I'm going to burn your favorite book" I hear a familiar voice say which causes my eyes to snap open as I jolt up in bed so that I'm facing my best friend

While others seek survival, I engage in flirtation

17 year old Ellie is used to being invisible, she's used to being friendless and on her own. Then one day her brother's best friend comes to live with her. Aiden is older, he's dangerous and he is sexy as hell.
Ellie can't help but fall for him but someone else wants Ellie all to themselves and they aren't going to let her go so easily; Noah Winters. The high school bully and determined to take everything from Ellie including her life.
"You belong to me, Ellie."
WARNING: abuse, torture...

"You are my wife and you will do as I say!"
"No! I'm only paid to be your wife. That doesn't really make me yours."
"Is that so?" Xavier asked as he took several steps towards Amelia. His hot breath was fanning her face and her knees buckled under the weight of his gaze as he pulled her closer to him in one swift movement.
"You're wrong. You are mine!"
Amelia is a twenty four year old wild girl whose parents have gotten tired of her fun and games.
On her twenty fourth birthday she sleeps with ...

I yearned to be acknowledged as a deserving Luna, even though the entire pack never addressed me as such. Nevertheless, I persevered, striving for their respect.
Within each pack, leaders must earn the pack's allegiance rather than coerce it. Hence, I continued to push myself beyond the limits I had never before explored.
Yet, despite my relentless efforts, I was deceived and betrayed. My so-called mate, Brett, and my supposed best friend, Jennifer, shattered my trust. We grew up without paren...

"What do you know about the ZOO?"
Born from the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle
The former sergeant took in a deep breath, tilting his head as he looked at the man in front of him.
“Unofficially? It’s a military experiment gone bad, with all the pros and cons that come with it. No official word was shared, of course. This means that I don’t officially know the source of the damn jungle starting to cover the Sahara Desert nicknamed the Zoo comes from some goop that w...

Trigger warnings in this book. Proceed with caution.
Violet is a small-town girl from Ohio. Little does she know her father is a well know Capo in the Mafia world. He has kept her hidden from his enemies and only those in his inner circle know about her. That is why he moved to such a small town to keep from being found.
Her best friend and secret crush, Mike, has grown up with her and was tasked by her father to be by her side once they were old enough. As a teen, Mike began to learn the ...

cheated on by her boyfriend because she wasn't ready to have sex and being from aan average family.Victoria drank her sorrows, only to sleep with a stranger and lose her virginity.
Abounded by her family,Will she find peace, in the cold world , alone?
Will she find love I the stranger she left the hotel without looking clearly who it was? Will she ever find out who the man was?
Christian is the wealthiest man in the country, who's known for his ruthlessness in the business industry, he doesn't h...

A story about two people who fell in love, her parent doesn't want her to bring any random guy. They disagree on her to bring one of her choice because they thought their daughter might fell in love with a poor guy and being her parents and their family status they think its a shame for them to allow their daughter to marry from a poor family, her grandpa thought she is a good girl who listen to all their words. They think they're always at the top. They want to make an arrange marriage for t...

In a tale woven with friendship and heartbreak, Melissa and Lydia, two university freshmen who had been inseparable for over eleven years, find themselves facing unforeseen and tragic circumstances. Eager to explore the realms of romance, their innocent quest for true love takes a dark and twisted turn as they stumble upon secrets that were meant to remain buried. The shocking revelation leads to a horrific event—the untimely death of Lydia—leaving Melissa reeling under the weight of grief and d...

“I want this body”.
“Its yours”
After the death of his wife in a ghastly accident, Having no options left after forced retirement, Lance, a father of two opts to take loan but as time ran out he could not pay back. Vanessa, his eldest child opts become a stripper in a lavish club just to make ends meet and pay off her fathers debt to the ruthless Billionaire.
Just a glance at the slender and blonde beauty dancing on the pole and Andre alrea...

Michelle Lee, an engineer who designs adult toys, is testing a new prototype when things go wrong, landing her in a highly embarrassing situation. At the hospital, she’s treated by Jaxon Walker, a handsome new doctor with whom she feels an instant spark.
To make matters worse, Michelle soon discovers that Jaxon is her new neighbor. As their lives start to overlap, Michelle struggles to keep things professional while fighting her growing attraction. But with the chemistry between them impossible...

Just a year after losing her mother, she was sold out by her stepdad to repay a loan he took from the cruel alpha, her supposed mate.
All she ever wanted from him was love, all she cared for was his attention but he never gave her any of that instead he tormented her, and he treated her like she was nothing.
To him, she's only but a breeder who'd be discarded after she births his heir, but then she did the unthinkable.
If she can't have his love, then he will never have an heir.
Set to make him...

"My fellow pack members, I have wonderful news. The Moon Goddess has blessed me with a mate." Zachary was smiling, I could not contain my joy. I was walking towards the stage to stand by his side as his Luna.
But then came the words that shattered my world.
"Now my beloved will come up to the platform, my beloved Seraphine."
I paused dead on my trail, my heart almost stopped beating as I watched Seraphine walk up to the platform.
"What is going on?!" I yelled. Everyone turned to me, Zachary a...

Leonardo Marco Rossi, a mafia boss, is obsessed with Jenna Smith and wants to marry her, but Jenna is in love with Frank Richardson, a poor young man whom she's engaged to, so she turns down the mafia boss's romantic overtures. Scorned, Leonardo tells her, "Your love or your life!"
Knowing that Leonardo doesn't make empty threats, Jenna runs away with her lover but Leonardo's men are hot on their tracks.
Would Jenna succumb to the pressure of becoming Leonardo's wife or would she lose her life...

Sorcerers. Mage. Magic. Spells. Dealing with different dilemmas and revealing the truth behind the mask.
Meliora Hart has been hiding for so long, but not until she finally shows up and enters the Tamora Academy. Thus, she has a goal that she needs to achieve.
Making friends as well as unveiling the truth, she makes sure to do these two. Will she be able to do it all? Will she fight her friends just to get that certain mission? Or will she find companionship throughout her journey?

Charlotte has always been the spare,
The second daughter, the invaluable one and she hasn't really minded because although it hurts it gives her a freedom that her sister can only dream of.
A freedom that is taken away when she is promised to the notorious Alpha Hunter.
She won't do that; not when she realizes she has a mate out there so she runs away. And where does she run? Straight into the arms of her mate.
Logan has never really put much thought into having a mate but now that he do...

--“I cannot dismiss the feeling that I will not survive the night. I am shaking in fear, but I know my time is coming to an end, and all this is happening on my 18th birthday. That is the very worst part, I was so looking forward to starting a new chapter in my life.”
--“I can feel our mate, Jake. I can sense her but her scent is faint. She is scared, we need to help her.”
Evie Andrews is a loner. Abandoned as a baby, she has spent her whole life in foster care in New Orleans. She was turn...

As she took in her surroundings, Cecilia saw only bare flesh. The carnal muscles and handsome faces, tangled around her.
Four Alphas.
One curled her hair between his fingers. One held her hand to his mouth, brushing a feather-light kiss against her knuckles. She rested against the chests of two of them, their laughter soft in her ears and their bodies pressed warm against her shoulders.
The Alphas’ fingers moved down her naked flesh, casting chills where they went. Hot, gentle lines were dra...

Dark Romance in Blackthorne Hollow
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Title: Whispers in the Shadows
Genre: Dark Romance
Synopsis:
In the desolate town of Blackthorne Hollow, secrets are buried deep, entwined with lust, betrayal, and forbidden love. Clara, a brilliant but introverted college student, returns to her hometown after her mother’s sudden death, haunted by memories and an overwhelming sense of loss. As she unravels truths about her family and her mother’s hidden past, she encounters Adrian, a charismatic yet enigma...

Charlotte has always been the spare The second daughter, the invaluable one and she hasn't really minded because although it hurts it gives her a freedom that her sister can only dream of A freedom that is taken away when she is promised to the notorious Alpha Hunter. She won't do that; not when she realizes she has a mate out there so she runs away And where does she run? Straight into the arms of her mate. Logan has never really put much thought into having a mate but now that he does he will ...

My father left me here when I was 5 and promised to return soon.
I’m now 20 and I have not seen him since.
I wished I was strong like him, but I’m scared and broken and I still can’t shift into a wolf.
*****Ava, a low-ranking werewolf must face her fears from her past to save her best friend. Prince Ashton must rescue the scouts to regain his honour and prove himself to his father. They need to work together to achieve their common goal, but they could not be more different. Even if they can...

Olivia thought she had found true love when she married Ethan Williams. But when he callously left her for another woman, she realized she had been nothing more than a stand-in wife, since she looked so much like the woman he truly loved.
Devastated and brokenhearted, she resolved to take revenge on the man who had betrayed her.
But when Ethan returns, begging for another chance and declaring his love, Olivia finds herself torn between her desire for revenge and the possibility of a second chan...

After graduation, Roselyn Smith is confident that she will find a better job to change her home situation and take care of her recently divorced mother Bervelly Smith. Her hopes fall apart when she finds out that her cousin Mia had hooked up with her boyfriend Michael and stole her only chance to get her dream job. Tormented by her horrors, Roselyn takes a late night walk to distress but her horrors intensifies as she faces an unexpected accident on the road, meeting an intimidating billionaire....

I wish someone had taught me you can’t make your happiness all about loving one person, because what happens when you lose them? What happens to what’s left of you after they’ve taken half of you?
My name is Elysian Reign, and unlike my last name, I’m not extraordinary. My mother died when I was born, and my father drank himself to death. I graduated with a Mathematics degree of which I hardly use as a junior Network Security Engineer. I live in a one-bedroom apartment around the corner of my ...

When Cory's father suddenly dies, his entire perfect world is torn apart.
Gone is the loving mother, doting sister, lovely house, and the huge allowance. Instead, Cory needs to deal with the bank auctioning off the home he gave his first steps in, an illness that befalls his little sister, and the depression that's eating his mother alive.
Just as it can't get any worse, Patrick with the golden-brown eyes, the infectious laugh, and the rich life eventually showed interest in Cory. The thing th...

"My king, I am willing to marry that tyrant in place of the princess." I said, trying to get my voice to stop shaking.
I stood in fear as the king acknowledged my presence for the first time since I had entered the room. His Highness eyed me up and down as if appraising a new piece of livestock. Taking a small step towards me, I could hear him muttering to himself about how it may just work. I couldn't comprehend what was going on. How could he even entertain the idea of me replacing a Princess...

At a blood-thirsty castle in Dover, England, the chief vampire Lazarus has taken a woman from her home and holds her captive. He needs the blood from her to keep him young and powerful.
Drusilla is loved by her husband and her daughter, Ambrosia, but when Lazarus turns her into a vampire, she has no idea that she had a past life.
As time passes, after her mother's disappearance Ambrosia meets Nikolas, a young man. They fall in love, but it is finally revealed that Nikolas is Lazarus's son and...

A love story where pride makes it hard to listen, and prejudice harder to acknowledge feelings. A young college student (Rose) who seeks nothing but perfection, tries to avoid the pain we taste once in love, acting like she has philophobia. She meets a guy (Sam) who'll come into her life like a thunder, surprisingly but doesn't leave as easy nor as quickly, instead her world flips upside down, making her question everything she once stood for.

She was just a broken girl in a borrowed mask.
He was the ruthless alpha who ruled the shadows.
Neither of them believed in love... until it became their only way to survive.
Isabel has spent her life fighting to stay invisible.
No wolf. No future. No hope.
When the ruthless Mafia Alpha Drake Blackthorn, the feared Mafia Lord whose cold heart left ruins in his wake, returns to Silvermoon Pack to choose a new mate, Isabel masked and pretending to be her best friend…accidentally insults the most d...

In modern society, the Dragon World has not vanished but has instead hidden among the masses. After years of improving, they have become the leaders of massive industries, a criminal syndicate ruling over immense wealth. However, the sudden death of their leader, the Dragon King, sparks a battle over his fortune, leading to power struggles and even regional wars.
Layla, princess on the run, possesses the rarest diamond in existence, the black diamond. This diamond can summon the Fire Dragon Kin...

After ending an on-again, off-again relationship of seven years, Vera decides to foster a Siberian husky named Evan to mark the start of her new single life. She can’t wait to cuddle with her new furry roommate, take him on walks, and play fetch. But Evan is no ordinary dog . . .and when night falls, Vera is in for a surprise.

There’s nothing more exciting than fate, nothing more desirable than forbidden love and nothing more consuming than the burning desire of a lover.
First daughter and pride of the Blue Hive, Clarissa Mark was a blessed girl loved by her father and every member of her pack.
Brought up in a happy home, she had everything she wanted and people who would do anything to provide what she needed. She was confident about her future and to make it more exciting, she found love.
A lover so passion...

I had one plan for the summer after my college classes ended. I needed a job since I recently lost mine and my apartment. I can’t stay with my brother forever. I need my space back, and I am sure he needs his, too.
But all that is about to change when my brother’s best friend Paxton comes to stay for the summer, and my plans go out of the window.
To the rest of the world, Paxton is a millionaire rockstar who is a bad boy who screws around and is always getting himself into trouble he shouldn’...

"Listen to me! As much as I don't want to touch you and vice-versa, I'm the only one who can help in ending your suffering RIGHT now!" he said as one of his hands slipped into my shirt, and I moaned as he cupped one of my breasts.
I had the most perfect life of a she-wolf. My dad, the Alpha of the Black Heart Pack doted on me so much despite me being wolfless. I was loved and respected in the pack under his protection.
But everything changed on my 18th birthday. I was accused of being a t...

Alpha Alexander, the most powerful billionaire alpha in Europe, realised he wanted a wife, a luna who wasn't solely motivated by money but was willing to bear him a child and then leave once he grew tired of pretending to be a happy family for his grandmother's sake. Despite these conflicting needs, Alpha Alexander was convinced that his ideal Luna existed somewhere in the world, and he was determined to find her, no matter what. But she was a challenge he never expected.

"What if he is the one? But he is afraid to tell you?"
Once upon One Night Stand in Milan, Italy-
He snuck out in the morning before she woke up. And when she finally woke up, she couldn't remember who the stranger was she had a one night stand with.
Years later, they still couldn't get over each other. He turned into a womanizer to forget her and she remained single, because she couldn't get the One Night Stand out of her head.
They both break their heads to find each other. He is in search of...

It's often said "If you love something, let it go. If it comes back, it was meant to be."
When you lose someone, sometimes they will find their way back to you.
They'll find their way back into your life because maybe they have something else to teach you.
Maybe they'll come back into your life at a time where they felt you need them the most.
When they do, though, you will both no longer be the same people you once were. You won't understand each other in the same way.
But, if they do...

This is my boss....
Who the hell is this? Why is she so dirty, my gosh when was the last time you showered? I can't stand this, take her away, I can't marry her. He shoved her away, she smells worse than a skunk
Excuse you, yes, you are excused
She scoffed, I can't believe this is what am dealing with, a self-centered over pompous selfish brat
Who are you calling a brat, do you know who I am and what I can do to you
I know who you are, you are one of those arrogant prick who thinks the world rev...

Catastrophe brought them together.
Leandro's from his unfaithful fiancee. The woman whom he thought was different from all the women who have come and gone in his life has no difference at all. Worst than all of them.
And Lorianne is from the tragedy. Her excited vacation turned into a nightmare when the cruise ship she was boarded waved goodbye from the surface of the ocean.

Alex Rivera has always been the quiet, dependable one—the best friend who stays in the shadows while everyone else shines. For years, he’s hidden his love for his best friend, Ethan Carter, watching him date one woman after another, smiling and wishing him well while his own heart breaks in silence.
When Alex’s family arranges a marriage with Sophia Martinez, a kind and intelligent woman, Alex decides it’s time to let go of his impossible dreams. But on the night before the wedding, Ethan sho...

"Sign it, I can make you an overnight celebrity."
Bai Zixi, a big shot of the business world and the president of Asia's number one entertainment company. From what Lin Xiaoyun knew of him, he was a pervert. But who cares? She signed the contract, aiming to shoot a fame. However, she has been take up a lot of advantages before seeing her stardom. "Bai Zixi, I'm here to act, not to ride on your coattails." Lin Xiaoyun angrily questioned Bai Zixi.
"Ride on my coattails? That seems good !" Bai Zix...

This story is about a young girl trying to find her way out from under her mothers roof and away from her pimp. She is still a high school student who is just trying to survive under the same roof as her mother and her mothers pimp. All she was is to continue to be invisible, but her body and her mothers pimp are determined to break her every step of the way.

“Go after her! don't let her out of your sight!"
“We can't afford to let her slip out of our hands this time, she needs to die, we need to make sure she does!"
The voice rang out through her mind as she runs for her dear life in the middle of the night.
she ran as fast as she could but they soon caught up with her with one swift move.
without wasting more time, the leader of the gang shoots at her and she fell, bleeding heavily.
“Miss Samantha! the job is done, the princess is d...

"TangShi is a girl without much luck in the world. Despised by her father after her mother died giving birth to her, she has grown up in a cold and unloving environment and hated by her stepmother. Blamed for things she could never control and treated as an outcast by her own blood.
Forced to come home after finally escaping to school on a self achieved scholarship abroad, she is promised to the son of the Leng family. To create a beneficial business alliance to further her own father's greed i...

“Cecelia will show you the secrets that please me in the bed,” he explained, a mischievous smile playing on his lips.
“How is she supposed to do that?” I questioned.
In a swift motion, he rose from his seat, catching me off guard. Before I knew it, I found myself lying on his bed, his weight pressing me down. Panic flashed across my face as his hand covered my mouth, silencing any protests I might have had.
“Cecelia is here to give you more experience,” he whispered, his voice low and commanding...

''I don’t want you now, and I will not want you in the future. And I will never ever love you.''
He was rude to me...
My wolf whimpered in my head, I was speechless, powerless to speak around the massive lump in my throat. Tears came to my eyes and streamed silently down my cheeks.
Nothing had changed.
He didn’t want me.
He still loved my sister... my dead sister

Olivia is the daughter of Alpha.She tried everything to have a child with her Beta mate, but he betrayed her and mocked her infertility. Devastated, she got drunk and spent the night with a hot stranger at a bar. Later, she discovered she was pregnant—and that stranger was the most powerful Alpha in the city