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"You think this is love?" Victor growls, his grip tightening around my wrist. "This is survival. Don't mistake me for someone who cares."
Valerie Bridge had everything—until betrayal landed her in prison. Now she's forced to marry Victor Regal, a ruthless man who sees her as nothing but a pawn. His touch burns like ownership though he belongs to another.
When passion ignites between them, Valerie finds herself trapped between desire and deception. Her past haunts her, enemies circle, and the tru...

My body pressed against Raymond's, my kisses stretching from his lips to his chin and throat.
He suddenly rolled over and pinned me underneath him, gripping my chin tightly. "You asked for it!" He growled, grabbing my lips and kissing me furiously.
I let out a playful whistle and trailed my fingers down his chest before deftly undoing his belt.
Raymond's breath was coming in quicker and quicker, his eyes locked on mine. "Damn it, Amelia, I'm going to fuck you"
But I wasn't there to fuck, I ...

A time of ancient ignorance. Humans did not yet exist, the ancestors of the elves were still trolls, and the titans ruled the earth and the dragons ruled the skies. At the end of the Age, the Titans and Dragons fought and lost. At this time, a traveler descended on a tribe of Hawkmen, leading them gradually out of their own evolutionary path, and eventually became a tribe of angels. Countless years later. The King of Angels, the Lord of Judgment, Jiang You, was on the throne of heaven. Endless b...

Five years ago, Emeline Maxwell fled her fated mate and his pack in the middle of the night, saved at the border by her brother, who took her home to safety. Five years of healing, five years of pain... and she then found her second chance mate, a feat that many didn't even believe possible, in the last place she expected. In the middle of a summit to better support werewolf and Lycan unity. The Lycan King was her second chance mate. Not everyone was happy with this arrangement; traditionalists ...

Cecilia has planned a night of raw passion with her oblivious boyfriend, Julian, on his 21st birthday. Shy and a virgin, Cecilia plans to gift him her virginity. However, a case of mistaken identity in the dark leads her to a passionate, unexpected encounter with Julian's roommate and her own long-time best friend, Asher.
The intense, raw intimacy with Asher awakens a confusing mix of guilt and undeniable arousal within Cecilia. The hot night leads to more spicy encounters, as she navigates he...

She never imagined that a chance encounter would irrevocably change her life. One fateful night, she meets a devastatingly handsome, impossibly wealthy billionaire. At first, she believes she has found her savior, a beacon of hope in her troubled world. However, she soon discovers that his world is far darker and more perilous than she could have ever imagined.
He sees her as a delicate, naive bunny, easily ensnared and controlled. Her innocence and vulnerability ignite his possessive and prote...

The Secret Lover in the Movie Star's Heart is a suspenseful romance novel that transcends time and space. Modern-day detective Sophia stumbles upon a thirty-year-old buried corpse and, through a mysterious photograph, is transported back in time to meet the deceased, William—a gifted but missing actor with whom she forms an unbreakable bond. As Sophia journeys across different eras, she uncovers the truth behind William’s disappearance, while their love story unfolds across time itself. However,...

Cara is a talented, humble, and ambitious actress who longs for success and fame in the entertainment world. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she meets Vincent, a handsome werewolf with dark secrets. Fascinated by his mysterious aura and his promise to make all her dreams come true, Cara is tempted to make a deal with the devil to sell her soul. With Vincent's supernatural power, her career takes off, but as she gains fame and fortune, she begins to realize that she has made a deal with de...

After suddenly being rejected by her mate on her birthday after two years of relationship, Isabelle travels to the territory of humans where she meets her second chance mate who is not quite as he seems.

Growing up as the Princess of Ever Moon Pack, Regina never thought that she would be betrayed and sold by her own husband. Then she found this marriage is all a lie from day one. Thank the moon goddess that her older brother Gray saved her from her abusive husband and brought her home. But when she discovers that Ever Moon Pack's new, handsome alpha is not really her biological brother, her world is turned upside down again. ...And not to say Gray has been in love with her since forever. --- "H...

I was nothing. A rejected mate. A worthless omega. A slave forced to endure the cruelty of my pack. Alpha Ryker, the man destined to love me, cast me aside without a second thought. I wasn’t just betrayed by him but I was also betrayed by him and my step sister. I was left to suffer, to break, to fade into nothingness. Until he came. Kaiden. The rogue. The monster. The man whispered about in nightmares and spoken of in fear. They say he’s cursed, that his very existence is a death sentence. Pack...

FINDING PRINCE CHARMING
(THE BAKER AND THE ROGUE)
Growing up Jaylyn was called a cursed child. She worked hard everyday to prove herself to a world that had already decided her fate and rejected her multiple times. Jaylyn had to put up with her drunk father who had gambled away all he owns.
On his death bed, her uncle promised to cater for her upkeep till she was married to a suitable suitor. Trusting the words of her uncle, a high born baron of Dutchmall, Jaylyn left everything behin...

Mari is running away from her abusive boyfriend when she runs into Stefan. Stefan, a werewolf king, has mistaken her for his destined mate, and before she can correct him, he bites and mates with her. Mari is happy enough with her newfound life as the werewolf king’s mate, but will her happiness last when his fated mate, who happens to be her long-lost twin sister, shows up?

Seven years ago, Macedonia Stallone fled her marriage after her ex-husband, the current Alpha King of the Sowinski Kingdom, Azarius Kingston de Carteret, divorced her.
Despite her attempts to leave the past behind, Macedonia still grapples with guilt over the pain she inflicted on Azarius. Despite her efforts to evade him, Azarius eventually tracks her down, determined to hold her accountable for her actions.
As their prolonged game of hide-and-seek nears its climax, Macedonia fears that Azari...

Erica accidentally witnesses Max making love to Kora, her enemy. At the same time, while hiding under the bed, Erica heard the whole plan of the couple's destruction. For a minute out of control, Erica scuffled with the couple. To stop Erica's madness, Max hit Erica so hard that she lost consciousness. After seeing Erica lying motionless. The frightened couple carried Erica outside the emergency exit of the apartment building, to create a fake scene where Erica fell down the stairs.
Erica, af...

The video of Anthony, Janet’s fiancé, having sex with another woman was played again and again during her wedding. While Anthony who had betrayed Janet continued to talk sweetly to her as if nothing had happened. She ran away from the wedding because she didn't want to spend the rest of her life with such a scum.
She went to the bar to get drunk. Wanting to have a one-night stand with prostitute for , she accidentally went to the wrong room.
After waking up, she left the only five dollars in h...

"I didn't marry you because I love you, but because I was forced by my father to do so, so you have to keep your distance from me, So here and now, I, Melvin Zest from the Peking pack reject you, Audrey, from the mekreh pack as my mate!!!"
Audrey had lived her life like a prisoner in her own pack. Her greedy father never loved her, all he wanted was to be rich and powerful, and to achieve that he gave all his daughters for marriage to rich and unknown packs. Now it was Audrey's t...

"I, Torey Black, Alpha of the Black Moon reject you."
His rejection hit me instantly.
I couldn't breathe, unable to catch my breath as my chest heaved up and down, my stomach churning, unable to hold myself together as I watched his car speed down the driveway and away from me.
I couldn't even comfort my wolf, she immediately retreated to the back of my mind, prohibiting me from speaking to her.
I felt my lips wobble, my face scrunching up as I attempted to hold myself together but failing mis...

I'm an ordinary waiter, but I can see people's fate, including Shifters.
Like all children, I was tested for magic when I was only a few days old. Since my specific bloodline is unknown and my magic is unidentifiable, I was marked with a delicate swirling pattern around my upper right arm.
I do have magic, just as the tests showed, but it has never lined up with any known Magic species.
I can't breathe fire like a dragon Shifter, or hex people who piss me off like Witches. I can't make potions...

⚠️MATURE READERS ONLY⚠️ DARK ROMANCE ⚠️
"What should I do now that I have seized my prey?" He questions me, voice deep and husky whilst he inhales sharply nose buried into the flesh of my neck savouring the scent of his female. Fangs out ready to sink, ready for a bite.
"Should I devourer it?" He whispers into my ear whilst the tip of his hot tongue tastes the flavour of my burning skin. I shiver beneath him encaged under his strong body.
"I am starving my female and you look absolutely... ...

Arianna finally stopped holding back when she felt Pierce’s tongue replace his finger. She screamed her release. It was so good that she was slapping the bar top with one hand, wanting to cry uncle and for him to keep going at the same time. She ground against Pierce’s face, trying to ride out the rest of her orgasm. She silently fell back on the counter and released him. She was speechless. Not only from the soreness she felt in her throat from the yelling but also from the mind-blowing orgasm ...

“Let me taste your pussy!”
I shove my tongue as deep inside her as it would go. My cock throbbed so hard I had to reach down and stroke him a couple times to get him to behave. I ate her sweet pussy until she started trembling.I licked and nibbled on her while teasing her clit between my fingers.
Tia had no idea that her nightstand would be more than she could handle.
When she comes face to face with the same one-night stand at her new job, who happens to be the one and only Dominic ch...

Haven Center for Omegas. A place where Omegas can be protected until they reach full maturity and move on to find the perfect pack.
Well, that's what they promised me. When I lost my parents at fourteen I was sent to Haven and promised the world. When my time came though, the pack I chose drugged and sold me. I woke inside a cage alongside rows of other Omegas. There I waited for two years until my number finally came up. I'm going up for auction tonight...
That is until my guard stumbles in ...

“Now come along, little Angel. You would not want any freak accidents to happen to any of these humans. Would you?”
''Do you know you are the most beautiful creature I have ever had the pleasure of meeting?''
There are no others like you. Despite the thousands I have been with, you are the one I find the most delicious. Now tell me, do you find me attractive?” ****
Elise is the daughter of the Angel of death, Azrael. She is half human and half archangel. While She has been raised by Michae...

"I love the way your pussy is squeezing the life out of my dick," he hissed. "You don't want to let me go, do you?"
Liquid from my pussy was making a puddle under me. His hand around my throat turned me on even more. I found myself thinking that I wouldn't mind having his fingers in my mouth again. Sitting on my tongue, giving me something to gnaw on, to suck and lick. To feel go down my throat.
After being betrayed, I was reborn. And now I am feeling such attraction for my ex's father th...

He pinned me down on the bed and came on top of me, holding me down while he kissed my neck forcibly.
Suddenly, the room to the door swung open. Desmond lifted his face and looked at the person standing in the door, his own fiance, the mother to his son.
"What?" after she remained silent, Desmond shouted in annoyance.
"You guys were making way too much noise," she forced a weak smile on her face and rubbed her hands nervously, "You are scaring your three-year-old son Desmond!" she mumbled th...

At the dawn of human civilization, beings from another planet land on Earth. At first, they seem friendly enough, promoting peace and sharing their incredible magic with the habitants of their new world. While human in appearance, Dragonians have the ability to transform into the towering beasts we know today as dragons. Carving out a canyon, they create their capital and claim their own piece of land. After a terrible tragedy during the birth of the Dragonian king's son, they begin enslaving hu...

A young woman is reborn inside a mecha VRMMO consumed by galactic warfare, and must rise above the failings of her old life or be lost forever. As she ascends, a spreading darkness threatens to tear her galaxy apart.
Hello! Thanks for checking out Ravens of Eternity! It’s about a young woman who wakes up in a hostile and dangerous universe and needs to learn to fight for her survival. It explores many themes from empowerment to trauma to loss.
This novel is inspired by many mecha anime l...

Why incubus became the most desirable species among the most powerful empresses and even by the primordial goddesses.
There's a famous legend on ALZANIA planet. Who says that every hundred thousand years, an incubus will be born, through a mystical ritual. He’ll possess mysterious powers that could allow any empress mage to reach divinity, any goddess to succeed supremacy!!....... But would the possessor of such power have the blessing of a peaceful life?!
Alvine opened his eyes and sudd...

“You drive me insane,” he growled against my throat.
“Good,” I gasped. His hands slid up my thighs beneath my skirt, thumbs stroking the inside of my legs with slow, torturous intent. When he pushed my panties aside with one firm stroke and pressed his fingers against my wet heat, I arched into him, helpless.
“You’re soaked,” he said, voice like gravel. -“Shut up and don’t stop.” He laughed—low, dark, wicked—and sank to his knees on the boardroom floor. The edge of the conference table dug ...

Ivy just wanted to find a place to recover from her recent trauma when she came across the small town of Taylorsville. Will a new love be able to heal her broken heart, or will jealousy run her out of another town?

Amie's wolf hasn't shown herself. But who cares? She has a good pack, best friends and a family who loves her. Everyone, including the Alpha, is telling her she is perfect just the way she is. That is until she finds her mate and he rejects her. Heartbroken Amie flees from everything and start over. No more werewolves, no more packs.
When Finlay finds her, she is living among humans. He is smitten by the stubborn wolf that refuse to acknowledge his existence. She may not be his mate, but he wa...

I never planned to set foot in another Pack's territory again. However—wounded werewolves, critical condition.
The moment I walked into Silverback territory, my carefully constructed life imploded. One look at Alpha Ethan Silverback and my wolf Mercy went wild. Mate! The one word that changes everything for our kind.
Now I'm trapped in a medical center sabotaged from within, fighting to save warriors while dodging the advances of a possessive Alpha from my past. Ethan offers protection, respect ...

SYNOPSIS:I thought meeting my mate would be the start of my happily ever after. For a moment, it was. Jacob Jude, the powerful heir of the Golden Claw Pack, ignited a fire in me that I’d never known. Then, in one cruel twist, he shattered my world.
With my sight newly restored, I opened my eyes to betrayal—false accusations, heartbreak, and the lifeless body of my twin sister. Losing them both on the same day nearly destroyed me. But someone pulled me back from the edge.
Four years later, I’m ...

Damon Delgado is a mafia lord who is as feared as death, he never hurts women though, but what happens suddenly is that he forces a widow woman to marry him.
Was he in love? No! He was in hate and the marriage is Punishment for her.
What did the poor woman do to him to deserve that?
Mira Thakur, the hot headed and short tempered girl. How is she going to handle the torture of her mafia husband?
When the two different worlds collide, the darkness blazes.
If Damon is ice then Mira is a fire...

Seven years after the defeat of Beldazon, Dorian and his friends encounter an even greater threat. A union of wrathful dragons, each of its members pining to reclaim what is rightfully theirs, vow to bring Zannondale to its knees. Dorian and his friends must stop this new threat before it consumes the land in a wrathful fire of revenge.

Their blood holds secrets... secrets that could destroy the Dragon Goddess' legacy, or save it.Masanori will do what he never thought possible: face his demons by travelling straight into the Nightmare. In a strange realm filled with dragons and spirits, he finds that some are out for his family’s blood and the secrets hidden within.War is coming.While Naoji urges Hidekazu to weaponize his dark gifts to turn the tide in their favour, Hidekazu is far more concerned with atoning for the Genshu cla...

In a realm where shadows dance with light in an eternal duel, Lyra, a young and enchanting shadow mage, unearths a tantalizing secret hidden within her: the rare ability to communicate with shadow dragons—ancient, seductive creatures thought to be long extinct. Her heart races when she encounters Nyx, the brooding king of the shadow dragons, with scales like obsidian and eyes that smolder with ancient fire. Their souls intertwine in a blaze of raw chemistry, igniting a passion that sizzles throu...

Taziem is a magnificent dragon: sexy, powerful, intelligent. Like other dragons, she hoards diamonds, but unlike other dragons, she covets knowledge as well. So when the local villagers offer her one of their younglings as a sacrifice, she decides to take it home with her and study it so she might learn all there is to know about humans. If the youngling satisfies her curiosity, she’ll set it free eventually. If it disappoints, she’ll feed it to her soon-to-be-born dragonets. As it so happens,...

“I wonder why you aren’t good at bed? Is it the small penis or just the stamina?” she added and this time he dragged her by her hair and flew her across the room and she hit the window.
Despite bleeding, she didn’t stop but his anger just made her want to provoke him more. “Wow, little boy doesn’t want to admit he has problems in the bedroom?” she asked with a smirk.
Hendricks knew then and that if he got any closer to her he would rip her apart and later regret it...
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FIfteen years after the suicide of two of his friends, Ezra King returns to the prestigious University of St. Cyr, this time as a teacher. Following on the footsteps of his former mentor Darren Whitford, he reopens the elitist study group specialising in Chaos Alchemy, guiding his students in the pursuit of results that will make life easier for all the Nonpareil. When those connected to the prior group, of which Ezra was a part of, start showing up dead, his own demons resurface, and the ghosts...

Sienna Callum rules the school. With her entourage of enviable friends, a string of flings, and a style that turns heads, she has everything she wants... except a decent GPA. Graduation is on the line, and she needs help fast. Enter Roman Lawrence, the painfully shy academic prodigy who’s always been invisible to everyone—except Sienna.
Roman has harbored an unrequited obsession with Sienna since childhood. She’s the one girl who’s always been out of reach, the reason he’s never looked at anyo...

Cabal - a secret political clique or faction.

There is a new definition of danger when your enemy is in the military.
It's one thing when you go up against crooks, gangsters and businesses. It's a completely different situation when your enemy can send black-ops teams to end your existence
Now the path leads into halls of power beyond Jia and Erik's existing resources. Will they be forced to end their chase, or will others support them no matter the cost?
Jia and Erik need to uncover the truth – but is revealing the truth good for those ...

A Venusian floating city might need to be sacrificed to hide secrets.
The Conspiracy believes they have an excellent plan to take down Erik and Jia without anyone figuring it out. But what will they unleash to accomplish it?
The military makes an offer, but it comes with a very significant risk. How far are Erik, Jia, and Emma willing to go? Will they accept a massive technology upgrade?
Erik and Jia want the truth, but will the cost of tens of thousands of civilians caught in the middle be ...

Young billionaire Geoffrey Smith had it all—until the night his family was torn apart by betrayal and murder by none other than his favorite uncle, Danny Gayle.
Blinded and broken, he vanishes, only to return eight years later with a new identity–Carlton Jaz, an intellectual man driven by vengeance. But amid the web of deceit lies a love he had been waiting to embrace his whole life—with Tiana Banks, the girl who saved him with the M3 vaccine the night he was supposed to be killed by a dangerou...

He was the one survivor on a tiny moon on the outer frontier.
An undying thirst for vengeance set him on a course to succeed or die trying.
She was a corp princess with a passion to serve others in law.
Now, she is Lady Justice, her indomitable will released to hunt down those who flaunt all she holds dear.
From the farthest points in the UTC, two humans dared to believe they might protect humanity for different reasons. Together, they take their war to the highest levels in the Confederatio...