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On their third wedding anniversary, Clark Summer gifted his wife a diamond necklace named "Love Nyla," broadcasting his devotion to the world. But while the public swooned, Nyla sat alone in their empty home, staring at a photo sent by a stranger: her husband’s new secretary, Jordyn, wearing that same necklace, tangled in Clark’s arms. For three years, Nyla had been the perfect, submissive wife. In return, she received betrayal, humiliation from her mother-in-law, and Clark’s sickening justification that his affair was merely a "physical necessity" while he still loved her. He believed Nyla was trapped, tethered to him by her father’s astronomical medical bills. He thought she would swallow the insults and raise his mistress's child. He was wrong. Selling their mansion, gathering evidence, and delivering irrefutable proof of her infidelity… Nera turned and left, donning a white lab coat instead of an apron, transforming overnight into a top-tier pharmaceutical researcher who had astonished the industry. When Clark, with belated repentance and red-eyed pleading for her return, saw his icy ex-wife being gently embraced by his uncle Damon, he saw the aloof man before him. The superior man coldly glanced at his nephew, his voice low and dangerous: "What are you calling 'wife'? Call her 'auntie'."

He took away my choice of being marked. “I hate you.” I spit. “You think I want this?” He snickers. “Being mated to you is my worst nightmare come alive, but if you dare run from me? Make sure you can hide well because I will hunt you down, Mate.” ♡ I came back for one day. One stupid day to appease my father but now I’m trapped for life by a bond I never asked for. Alpha Kingston has a girlfriend, she's the Luna he and his pack desire not me. I was once his Bestfriend, the girl he would burn the world for but now I'm the one he’d burn to save her. Everyone says I'm the villian, but every villian has a story right? One they never tried to hear. I don't belong here, not anymore. Mooncrest has done nothing but break me, I want to leave but I'm the Alpha’s mate, and he promises to catch me if I run. Staying in Mooncrest brings back feelings I didn't know I had. Can King and I be as we were before or did I lose him forever without an explanation?

Five years ago, I left my husband a note. Three sentences. A returned bracelet. A door closing softly at 4am. He told me to get rid of our baby. I got rid of him instead. Now he’s sitting across my boardroom table in the city I built for myself, looking for the woman he married. She’s gone. What’s left is stronger.

“Barren.” That was the word that shattered my world. For three years, I lived as Luna Freya of the Moonvalley Pack, hiding the truth that I was never a weak Omega. I was the daughter of the Alpha King. When I discovered Alpha Ethan Whitmore was my fated mate, I begged my father to let me marry him. To prove Ethan loved me and not my status, we made a deal: I would hide my identity and live as an ordinary Omega for three years. I believed Ethan would stand by me no matter what. But when rumors spread that I was a barren Luna, his best friend Mira convinced me to get tested. The result destroyed me. I couldn’t give Ethan an heir. Just as I prepared to reveal the truth, Ethan announced Mira was pregnant with his child. “I, Alpha of the Moonvalley Pack, reject you, Freya, as my mate and Luna!” After enduring betrayal and humiliation, I accepted his rejection and returned to my father’s kingdom. I thought my heart was dead… Until fate gave me a dangerous second chance mate. But Ethan refuses to let me go.

Like many women who refuse to give up until they hit a dead end, Winter Scott once tried to make a man like Chris Xander fall in love with her. But after three years of marriage, they were nothing more than strangers. When she was brutally attacked and her life was hanging by a thread, Chris wasn’t with her. He was by the side of his former love. Winter forced herself to let go. Yet the powerful man she thought she had left behind refused to disappear from her life. Step by step, he closed in on her, cutting off any chance of a new romance in her life and blocking every path of retreat. “You’re the one who insisted on marrying me back then,” he said coldly. “As long as I don’t agree to a divorce, you’ll never be free of me.” Winter looked at him coldly. “Sorry, Mr. Xander. Game over. This marriage ends when I say it ends.”

***This is 4 books in one!*** “Let’s get this over with, I have things to do. Just so you understand, I need a strong and BEAUTIFUL Luna by my side. I, Alpha Cullen Niles, of the Ironclaw Pack, reject you, Rebel Lawson, as my mate and Luna.” Instantly, my chest feels like it is ripped open and gutted. The pain is the worst I’ve ever felt. But I refuse to show pain in front of Alpha Cullen. I stay rigid and force my face not to react. Roxie is howling in desperation, because she wants her mate and he just rejected us, causing her immense pain too. The sooner I accept, the sooner we can move on. “I, Rebel Lawson, accept your rejection.” It was like a final death blow. I see Alpha Cullen grab his chest, taking deep breaths. Then after a couple of minutes he stood straight up. I still haven’t moved. “You will not mention this to anyone, do you understand?” As much pain as I was in, I couldn’t muster up the strength to say yes, so I just nodded. “Good, I can’t have people knowing I was mated to such a she-wolf.” With that, he turned and walked away. I turned and went back to the lake, sat down next to my guitar and then the barriers crumbled. I held on to my chest and cried for hours. Roxie feeling weak from the rejection, retreated to the back of my mind. She was still talking to me, but it was much quieter. I felt so incredibly alone. Fated mates were supposed to love each other, no matter what. He was supposed to protect, cherish and love me. However, I never felt more unwanted and alone.
My husband was cheating on me with my best friend for six months. Six months of roses. Six months of 'you are my everything' while he was secretly betraying me. I trusted him with my whole heart. He handed it to her like a cheap gift. So when Dominic Ford showed up with rage in his eyes and proof in his hands, something in me snapped. And in that broken, dangerous place, a reckless idea was born. "An affair," I told him, meeting his gaze. "We give them exactly what they deserve." He studied me for a long moment. Then he nodded. "When do we start?" This was supposed to be about revenge. It was never supposed to become something more. It was never supposed to feel like home. Now our cheating spouses are on their knees, begging. But Dominic is looking at me like the plan just changed. And God help me, I don't want to walk away either. We agreed. No strings. No feelings. Just revenge. That was the deal. We lied. ___ WARNING: This story contains mature content.
This is Currently an Omnibus! Featuring: Book 1: The Unwanted Luna - Kennedy and Ryker's Story Book 2: The Warrior's Mate - Finn and Greta's Story Book 3: Taming the Alpha's Heir - Ben and Elara's Story Book 1: Kennedy is a human thrown into the unbelievable world of the supernatural when her parents die in a freak car accident and her mother’s best friend steps in to become her guardian. Her mother’s best friend, Beth, is the Luna of the Silver Crescent Pack. Kennedy has known Beth and her husband James and their son Jeremiah her whole life, but thought pack life would be something she would only hear about. The Alpha and Luna keep no secrets about the dangers of their world for a human like Kennedy. Jeremiah takes an interest in keeping Kennedy safe and helps her through the trauma of moving on from the accident. Kennedy is taught pack ways and for the most part is loved by all the pack members, learning the values of the pack bond, the ways of the warriors and respect for the hierarchy of the wolf culture. She becomes a very proficient warrior even with only human strength and senses. Follow Kennedy on her journey of mates, love, friendship and fighting a mate bond she doesn’t want holding her back from her own goals and dreams. __ Ryker is a young, well-known, and feared Alpha of Dark Moon pack. He cares for his pack members through tough love and an iron fist. He's seen what happens when Alphas take their mate. It makes them weak and lose focus. Many have been corrupted by terrible mates. He would rather stay alone than be controlled.
On the fifth anniversary of Rebecca Perry's marriage to Vance Bradford, his first love returned to the country. That night, she caught him in the bathroom, murmuring Catherine's name as he pleasured himself. That was why, for five years, he had never touched her. "Catherine is back; she's all alone. I'm just helping her as a friend." "I understand." "I promised her I'd accompany her to the island for her birthday. I'm just fulfilling it." "Okay." "This banquet requires a capable companion, and Catherine is more suitable than you." "Okay, go ahead." When she stopped getting angry, stopped shedding tears, and stopped making a fuss, he grew puzzled. "Rebecca, why aren't you angry?" Of course, she wasn't angry anymore—because she was preparing to leave. Weary of this stagnant marriage, she had secretly learned a foreign language, taken the proficiency exam, and applied to study abroad. The day her visa was approved, she presented him with the divorce agreement. Vance froze. "No joke. How are you gonna survive without me?" Rebecca turned away, bought a plane ticket, and flew to the European continent, vanishing without a trace. The next time he saw news of her was in a viral video. Dressed in a flowing red gown, she danced against a foreign sky, igniting the internet with her performance. He gritted his teeth. "Rebecca, no matter where you hide, I will find you and bring you back!"

BOOK ONE OF THE OBSESSION SERIES. ~~~~~~~ "Who hurt you?" Antonio's deep voice cut through the air like daggers. Isabella lowered her eyes timidly, holding on to her wounded arm. "It was Master Pedro." Mario, his bodyguard, answered instead. Antonio said nothing more. He uncrossed his legs and grabbed the large butcher knife on the table. "Wait here." He murmured to Isabella. He stormed into the gambling parlor, his face set in a deep scowl, his eyes burning with rage, his grip tight on the knife. When Pedro spotted him, he grinned and waved. "Antonio, have you come to join us?" Antonio marched up to him, grabbed his hand and chopped it off. Pedro's painful scream echoed all over the gambling room. "Don't touch what is mine!" … Orphaned at a young age, Isabella Valdez always thought her aunt Sophia who raised her wanted her to have a good life. But it was all a lie. She was being sold off. At the auction center, tied to a stake, she watched as the crowd of men bargained loudly, each trying to buy her for the highest amount. Until a deep, emotionless voice spoke calmly from the crowd. "A hundred thousand pieces of gold." … Don Antonio de Marino is the ruthless El Capo of La Vendetta Oscura, the powerful and most feared mafia organization in Las Vegas. His world revolved around three things: Wealth. Power. Revenge. But nothing could have prepared him for the chaos that came with the innocent Isabella Valdez. … This is a Mafia dark romance story and strongly rated 18. COMING SOON. BOOK TWO: THE BODYGUARD'S OBSESSION BOOK THREE: THE DEVIL'S OBSESSION

Their naked bodies were shipping against each other. Her sapphire glossy orbs were staring at his brown eyes. "I love you, Cia. I love you to the extent that I will end and taint that life which would even think about taking you away from me," The firmness of his words were evident in his darkened eyes. "Even if it's your life," he rasped against her mouth. They both knew his love was irrational, an obsession for her. They loved each other enough, especially for her to let his love taint her existence. "I love you, Zale," And her words were enough to make him lose everything in her. She beautifully moaned his name as soon his warmth engulfed her deepest depth which made both of them close their eyes in pleasure, but they had never in their worst ever thought that their eyes would have to witness that thing which their future had stored for them. His deep brown orbs were staring at her who was clad in a beautiful white gown. Her sapphire orbs were downcast as she was standing at the altar but the irony was she was not his bride but his brother's. "Do you, Mr Blake Alcazar, take Miss Celia Reyes as your lawfully wedded wife?" The priest's voice echoed, causing him to fist his palm and her heart to turn numb. "I do," A tear slipped from her eyes, hearing that person's answer who was standing in front of her and feeling those brown eyes penetrating her soul. "Do you, Miss Celia Reyes, take Mr Blake Alcazar as your lawfully wedded husband?" Those deep brown eyes turned predacious and her answer turned them voraciously vicious. "I do," she answered. An answer which sealed two destinies, which shattered two hearts and TAINTED two souls.

Alexander Wolf is a notorious and ruthless leader for the Mafia. He only cared about two things in life: Money and Power which he had both. He wasn't afraid to eliminate anything or anyone that gets in the way.But everything changed when he saw her. The innocent and naive daughter of the man who he almost killed for not repaying his debt. She was a sweet little thing who could be the perfect toy to play with until her father's debts were paid. Will he use her and throw her away just like every other girl or is she one who will finally melt his heart made of ice?

Bianca Salvatore has spent her entire life learning one thing: never trust anyone. Raised in foster homes and shaped by a childhood she would rather forget, Bianca had built herself into what had become the nightmare of even the most powerful men in the underworld —a highly skilled, cold-blooded assassin with a reputation for never failing a contract. Then she is given the contract of a lifetime: kill Luca Vincenzo, the ruthless and untouchable leader of the most powerful mafia cartel in Boston. Luca is everything Bianca has been trained to kill—dangerous, calculating, wealthy, and seemingly impossible to kill. When Bianca's assassination attempt goes wrong, she finds herself at Luca's mercy. Instead of killing her, Luca offers her a deal, one that changes everything. A temporary alliance between an assassin and the man she was hired to kill. But living together under the same roof changes everything. Luca discovers that the woman sent to murder him is far more complicated than the ruthless killer she pretends to be, with wounds, secrets, and a desperate longing for something she has never allowed herself to want: a home. And Bianca begins to discover that the monster she was sent to kill may not be the monster she believed him to be. As their attraction grows, the lines between captor and captive, enemy and ally, slowly begin to disappear. But love is dangerous in the mafia world. And someone is willing to destroy both of them to get what they want. Bianca must decide what is more important to her: the freedom she has spent her entire life fighting for, or the man she was supposed to kill. When an assassin falls in love with her target, the dangerous question is not who will die? But who will betray whom first?

Magnus "Mieszko" Kaczmarek is the terrifying boss of the Polish syndicate, a man who rules the underworld with an unyielding iron fist and cold precision. When a catastrophic paper trail lands his brother in a maximum-security federal facility, Magnus hunts down the brilliant architect of his downfall: Jarlath "Jarosława" Sobieska. Kidnapped from her high-security office in downtown Warsaw and dragged to a brutal, isolated fortress in the Kampinos Forest, Jarosława expects a swift, agonizing execution. Instead, she finds herself locked in a high stakes psychological war with a monster who demands her intellect as much as her submission. But when an elite assassination squad breaches their supposedly impenetrable sanctuary, Jarosława saves Magnus’s life using split-second tactical mathematics. Thrust into a dangerous alliance to hunt down the syndicate's mole, Magnus’s lethal instinct to punish her dissolves into a suffocating, obsessive madness. He never expected to fall for his captive, and he certainly never expected the rot to be rooted in the one person he trusted with his life.

“We all wish to protect you.” Killian stepped forward. “Your scent is the problem.” Rosalind's back hit Matteo's chest. His hard cock pressed against her ass as Killian pinned her tighter between them. “It makes every Alpha in this House want to fuck you raw.” He leaned in closer. “Including me.” Rosalind turned to the one person who'd usually protect her in times like this. But Elias's clothes were already off and he stood beside her, his blue eyes staring at her with desperate want. “I'm going to tell them how to serve you just the way I know you like it. And then afterwards, I'd make them watch and learn from me. Would you like that?” Oh. She would. She would like it too much even. --- Rosalind Vale-Veyr has spent three years being the perfect wife to a husband who can't stand her presence and scent but one drunken night breaks all of it. He pins his wife against a wall. Fucks her like she's the only woman he’s ever felt anything for. Then wakes up remembering none of it. Now she's pregnant. Someone's trying to kill her. And her husband is beginning to want more from her. And he’s not the only one. The man protecting her is a syndicate boss with a growing interest in her dreams and baby. While the doctor treating her is hiding more than one secret and believes protecting her is top priority. And for a woman who loves the spotlight, she might like being desired by all of them.

Ashley Grey knows better than to get involved with her bestfriend that's in a relationship. She has been keeping her feelings for him a secret for years. Until one day they are dared to kiss each other. Then everything is flipped between them. Stolen kisses, touches and a whole lot of tension. These two go on a journey that will either drift them apart or pull them even closer. “ I can’t be your friend Ley when I know how you taste.” This book is part of a series: Book 1: Badboy Asher Book 2: His Blonde Temptress Book 3: Loving The Enemy Book 4: Bestfriends Shouldn't Know How You Taste

She was moving closer in a suggestive manner, and it was obvious she was flirting. She asked, "What are you doing?" I replied, "Making you uncomfortable." It was clear that I was succeeding. I took a step back and asked, "What's happening? I just told you I hate you." "Yes, you did," she said, her fingers reaching out and grabbing my shirt, stopping me from backing away. "And that you want me, like I said when I arrived, even though you pretended you didn't hear me." "I'm confused," I responded. "It's simple," she replied, as she began unbuttoning my shirt. Her lips approached my ear and I could feel them on my skin as she whispered, "There are two things I want from a man. The first one is to be worshipped like a goddess." I shrugged the shirt off my shoulders and let her get to work on my belt as I went to work on her shorts. Pink panties. Bright pink. As pink as the thing inside them. "And the second one?" *** Read the filthy story between a teacher and his mischievous students as they attempt to entice him.

“You make me want to do more than kiss you.” “Then do it,” I urge him. “I’m eighteen now.” * * * Life after high school hasn’t been kind to Calum. When his mother remarries again and offers him the option of living with her new family till he figures out his life, he jumps on the opportunity. Cathy is living her best life. Her father has finally found love after her mother’s death. What better way to celebrate it than with a night out at the bar and three of her most favourite people? One drink leads to another and the tipsy Cathy is dared to kiss the hot stranger sitting by himself at the bar. Easy peasy, right? What’s a little tango with a stranger? Until the next day. She finds the hot stranger at her house, sitting comfortably on the couch is none other than her stepbrother. * * * * * This is a spin-off of Bullied By The Badboy.

It all started with a forbidden kiss and a dare. Savannah knows that she has no business being in love with her brother's best friend, superstar college quarterback Nolan Charlestone. So when he kisses her unexpectedly one night at a party, she doesn't know what to believe. Especially when a cute but kind of annoying British rockstar moves into her apartment.

She ran away from her pack at thirteen to escape an arranged mating to a cruel aging Alpha. At Wolvaria, Ethel Gulliver finally had it all: the boyfriend of her dreams and a new life far from danger. The only blemish was Tavian Graves, the unrelenting bully who made her life miserable, mocking every extra fold of skin he could find. Then she dies holding his hand, on a locker room floor, while her boyfriend's hands finishes what his secret lover started. When she opened her eyes, they had gone back in time. They have matching marks neither of them asked for. A bond neither of them wanted, and an alliance built on nothing but revenge, rage, and the kind of heat that has no business existing between two people who spent years hating each other. Their relationship is fake, she reminds herself of that every time his hands find her skin like he is memorizing it. They only have one shot to stop their murderers before history repeats itself. But the longer she plays pretend to want him, the more she is terrified that she actually does. Between growing feelings and passionate desire, two other murders rock the university and her past begins to catch up with her, Ethel realizes that the secrets her parents kept from her are far more dangerous than anything she could've imagined and they are well on their way to bite her in the butt. She might've escaped once, But this time... survival isn't guaranteed. Not for her and definitely not for anyone she loves.

For seventeen years, Josie Callahan and Grayson Locke have been inseparable. Best friends. Neighbors. Each other's first call, first choice, and safest place. The summer before senior year, after years of hiding their feelings, they finally admit the truth. They fall in love. For one perfect summer, everything feels possible. Then, on the first day of school, Josie hears the one word that changes everything. Leukemia. With only months left to live, she makes an impossible choice. Instead of letting Gray watch her die the same way he watched cancer steal his mother two years earlier, she destroys their relationship herself. She rejects him. Breaks his heart. Pretends she never loved him. She'd rather have him hate her forever than mourn her forever. But some lies are impossible to keep. As cruel rumors spread through Cedar Bluff High, old friendships begin to fracture, jealousy turns dangerous, and Josie's secret becomes harder to hide with every passing day. Cast opposite each other as Romeo and Juliet in the school's final production before graduation, Josie and Gray are forced back into each other's lives, even as she fights to keep him at arm's length. The closer Gray gets to discovering the truth, the more desperate Josie becomes to protect him from it. But love doesn't disappear because someone asks it to. And neither does heartbreak. When time is running out, how do you convince the only person you've ever loved to let you go? Especially when he's still fighting for a forever you'll never live long enough to see.

On my wedding day, my fiancé and my younger sister Rachel were caught doing the dirty in the private lounge. I immediately became a laughing stock, until my childhood friend Jason Law publicly proposed to me, defending my honor. After we got married, he was the perfect husband… except for his performance in the bedroom. It was like his heart was never in it. I only managed to get pregnant after going for IVF this year. After that, he became even more protective of me. I once believed he was my sanctuary… until I overheard his conversation with his friend. “You’re ruthless, Jason. Nina’s so good to you. How could you swap out her egg with Rachel’s just because Rachel is too afraid of the pain to give birth? “The baby’s due in two months. What do you plan to do then?” Jason was silent for a bit, then he sighed. “I’ll give Rachel the baby once it’s born. It’s one of her greatest wishes, after all. “As for Nina, I’ll tell her the baby died. “I’ll make it up to her by staying with her for the rest of her life.” So that was how it was. He only protected me so gently for her sake. I turned around and immediately made a surgery appointment. I was throwing away this filthy baby… and this false marriage.

When I was ten, Jonathan Cooper saved me and told me he would protect me for life. When I was 15, I met William Reed. He also told me he would protect me forever. Yet, the year I turned 23, the two men who swore to always keep me safe threw me into the ocean for the sake of their true love.

On the day of my wedding, my parents suddenly show up at my house with my fiancé, Yoseph Caldwell. They say they've decided the bride is going to change. "Your sister's terminally ill, and her only wish is to marry Yoseph. You're her younger sister, so be generous and help her out." Yoseph chimes in calmly, "Don't worry. It's just a ceremony. Once she passes, you and I can still get the marriage certificate." When I refuse, my parents tie me up. "We'll let you out once the wedding's over." But not long after they leave, an intruder breaks in and brutally murders me. By the time they finally remember me, all that's left is my rotting corpse.

We'd been in love for eight years. Every night, my husband kissed my forehead and told me he loved me. Ever since I was a little girl, I'd been able to see how much people truly cared about me. For eight straight years, Evan Brooks's number had stayed at 100 percent. I knew better than anyone that he had really loved me. That changed the Friday we'd planned to go to a concert. I turned around to hug him and saw that the number above his head had dropped to 96. He felt me stiffen and immediately bent down. "Did I hurt you?" I shook my head, but I couldn't bring myself to look him in the eye again. That afternoon, he'd just signed off on the hotel's show schedule, and he was excited to tell me about Chloe Morgan, a young dancer making a comeback after an injury. Evan had been helping her for three months. Before that day, it had never bothered me. That night, he stayed with me for the whole concert, and his phone didn't ring once. On the way out, he smiled and suggested inviting our friends to hear us read our vows again on our fifth anniversary. I said yes. I just didn't want to believe that eight years of love could start to change on such an ordinary night. After that, I waited for him to finish a phone call. I waited for him to show up for a photo he'd promised to be in. Every time, he had an explanation, and he truly believed he was only helping someone who needed help. 96. 82. 61. The weekend we went to the beach, he held my hand and said earnestly, "My feelings for you have never changed." I looked at the 61 above his head, and the tears came. "Let's cancel the vow renewal. I want to move out."

Three months into our marriage, Brooke Callahan kept saying my living expenses came far too easily. So she started sorting my requests by color: red for urgent, yellow for routine, and blue for deferred. Every time I needed money, I had to submit an application, which was then reviewed and approved by her assistant, Noah Rothwell. Brooke told me that marriage wasn't charity, and as her husband, I was even more obligated to follow the rules. So when I was hospitalized with gastroenteritis for three days, my request was marked blue. I was told it would only be approved if I provided the relevant receipts. When I wanted to buy my mother a birthday present, it was blue again, with a budget of fifty dollars. When my back pain became unbearable, and I wanted to buy a robotic vacuum cleaner, my request was labeled blue and subsequently rejected. Then I went in for an examination, and the doctor told me that I had severe lumbar spondylolisthesis. I needed surgery as soon as possible. If it progressed, I could eventually become paralyzed from the waist down. As usual, I submitted an application. Two minutes later, the reply came. "Blue. Request denied." I finally couldn't take it anymore. I went to Brooke's company, only to see Noah walking out of her office. The watch on his wrist caught my eye. I'd seen that watch before. It had been sitting in Brooke's shopping cart a week ago, and cost twenty-eight thousand dollars. Now, Noah was holding up a receipt and grinning at everyone. "Six thousand for tonight's dinner. Ms. Callahan approved it!" Everyone cheered. "Noah, you're the man!" "I told you! Nobody knows how to handle Ms. Callahan better than Noah!" The hand I'd been resting against my aching back went rigid. Suddenly, I thought the past two years of my life had been one long joke—and I was the punchline. I didn't flip out, nor did I make a scene. I simply turned around and went to a law firm. When the lawyer saw me walk in, he asked, "What can I help you with?" "I'd like to file for divorce."

I spent my whole life playing the perfect daughter and the model fiancée. I gave up racing, painting, and every dream I had of being free. I turned myself into a machine that never needed rest. It wasn't until I was 35, lying in a hospital bed as my lungs gave out, that I finally heard firsthand what my father and my husband, Adrian Devaux, had been plotting. The fortune worth billions that I had worked myself to the bone to preserve? My father had long since arranged to leave every penny of it to his illegitimate daughter, Claire Bennett. And the husband I had stood by for years had been cheating on me with Claire all along. They looked down at my wasted body without a shred of pity in their eyes. "Evelyn is too perfect. She doesn't need us. Only Claire really needs our love." That rainy night, I died of sheer rage. But fate gave me a second chance. When I opened my eyes again, it was my 25th birthday, with only six weeks until my wedding to Adrian. This time, I was done with all that crap about aristocratic dignity and my duty to the Ashbourne family! I would take back every last penny that belonged to me. As for the cheating bastard and the scheming little fraud who had betrayed me, I would send them straight to hell myself! After that, I would get on a plane to Montana and claim a wide-open stretch of wild country that belonged to no one but me.