beauty and then

I’m Oliver Lance. Yes, the Oliver Lance. The one that all men want to be and all women want to be with. Every Sunday a million fans watch me throw a ball down a field, win games, and sign huge endorsement deals. Everything was going perfectly, until a car accident tore it all away from me. I want it back, and only she can help me. At first, I think about ‘Doc’ Elsie the same way I think of every other woman. Just another possible conquest, another notch on my bedpost. Only Elsie is different. She’s not starstruck by me. She’s not interested in my money. She’s the most real woman I’ve ever met, and those tempting curves are making it hard to stay focused on my recovery. Now, I’ll do anything to keep her by my side. I’ll defy my manager, my coach, even lay down my career as quarterback to stay with her. It’s third and long, and I’m gonna make my play Hard and Deep. From New York Times bestselling author Krista Lakes comes this sexy story of sports romance!

Rejected by her mate the supreme Alpha of the Lunpa clan Tala Tamaska goes rogue to find a better life. Meanwhile Ray Vladimir was introduced as the prince of vampires but seemed and venture first before taking up responsibilities to the throne. The two met at ah highschool but at first their paths where not seemed to align, and after Tala got traded off to a vampire in order to save a wolf from her brother's clan, she got placed under a curse to go hunt Ray on the full moon. They started liking each other, maybe even admit that its love, but the Lunpa clan, Sean the vampire who cursed Tala, and an evil witch named Elaine had different plans for them. Werewolf and Vampire romance is banned by law but that didn't stop Ray from being with Tala, although he later finds out that Tala is a rare variant of wolf called a Twin venom, the only werewolf that can kill a noble vampire. Will Ray leave the dangers of being with Tala to instead marry a vampire Queen named Lilith to secure the future of two kingdoms? Or will his love for Tala prevail against all odds. Tala being an Omega her whole life, will she one day reach alpha? Will her twin venom heritage make her decide to rather not be with Ray, fearing she might kill him? Opposites attract, the age old rivalry between werewolves and vampires are revealed that wolves love vampire flesh, and vampires can't get enough of wolf blood. Inner conflicts, laws, consequences, all stand in the path of Ray and Tala, and the ultimate threat of Ray's grandfather, the sleeping tyrant Vlad Dracul looms in the future, who hates werewolves and wanted to wipe them out in the past.

Determined to investigate in depth about her parent's death which was just ruled out as an accident, Elaine leaves for the city. In the City she unexpectedly runs into her first Love, Drake along with his possessive Girlfriend. She doesn't even get a chance to get over their meeting when she suddenly meets Michael Tyrell, a passionate young CEO who unexpectedly shows much interest in her. But what if Fate has some other plans stored for her? The plan might lead Elaine to question her close ones. And in the last, It's hard to stop finding the truth now, but it gets more and more complicated in the depth of the story. Perhaps you didn't know the reality of your close ones as Elaine thought she did. Join this journey of Elaine, searching for answers.

Katerina's parents died in a horrible accident when she was 8 and the alpha of the pack she belongs to, Alpha Carter of the midnight moon pack, took her in. The alpha, his son and next in line for alpha, Ryder and Luna Jocelyn abuse and treat her as an orphan slave. She prays to the Moon Goddess everyday the on her 18th birthday she would find her mate and take her far away from the abuse and suffering. Come to find out Ryder is her mate. Will she ever escape this hell?

Set in the mid-19th century, a masked benefactor purchases a supposed 'satanic' creature on London's black market. What he gets instead, however, is someone he never knew he would fall in love with, much less be loved back. As they both heal from the scars of their past, they find their fates are more interwoven than either would have ever imagined. *Contains themes from Beauty and The Beast, Phantom of the Opera, and Frankenstein* (I do not claim rights to the cover image)

“Why is she looking so wasted, a bit horny at the same time? Do you think she's horny because of us?” Someone asked. Why do their voices sound different? But I had the same feeling for all of them. It can't be that I was suffering from sexual starvation, and the reason I couldn't differentiate their voices. Just then, I felt someone behind me. He grabbed me from behind, and began caressing my neck with his tongue. I wanted to scream for him to stop, but at that moment, I just couldn't tell why I felt so aroused and dripping with horny liquids inside of me. “I bet you're going to get bent over and fucked if you keep releasing these pheromones, love,” the voice behind my ears echoed. I'm in trouble, this can't be happening for real. I must be dreaming. Kiera lived a simple life doing what she knew how to do best, with a secret, she kept hidden from the world. But what happens when she comes across four brothers who were hell-bent on taking that secret to light and calling her their mate? Will Kiera succeed in keeping her secret, or will she give in to the mysterious men who are desperate to make her theirs?

Davina was a Gamma's daughter with a secret they kept from their pack. After being bullied for the last year of her life by the future Alpha and Beta of her pack she turns 18 and everything changes. Discovering her fated mate, things become tense in the world around her. A soon to be Alpha with a bad temper but a soft spot for her and a Beta that's head over heels in love but ends up letting jealousy rear its ugly head, they will fight for their place in this young girl's life and heart.

Jillian Don was in a hot pursuit on that wet, stormy night with the bad boys on her tail. She had a gunshot wound and was gasping for air trying hard to keep running. She was about to give up when a car stop beside her. " Hey jill, let me help you " The man said urgently with shaky voice. " Who are you ? " Jillian asked him wanting to be sure he's not one of THEM. " I'm Jack mayor " She heard the man says before passing out on him.

On the verge of a great war between the realms of humans and of dragons, Larice Whitewind, a female dragon hunter who has an extreme fear of fire, journeys out to find the dragon who burned her village and her parents alive; but when she realizes who the real enemy is, she must learn to face her greatest fear before she loses all the people she cares about ... including the "dragon" she loves. *** Meanwhile, Raeherys Alagor, the last Hyborn of the Dragon Realm who's afraid of making his own decisions, travels out to the human realm to find the Orb of Phlareus, the only heart of magic that can save them from the humans trying to annihilate their realm; but when he realizes that not all humans are bad, he has to learn how to make his own decisions to lead his brethren before he loses the entire dragon race for good.

After being persuaded to live with his mom and her new family, Pierre discovers that ‘the boy’ from a year ago is his stepbrother who has grown into the biggest asshole. Not only is he an ass, but he is a bully that is declined to make his life a living hell at school, but acts like a saint at home. Annoyed and unnerved by his bipolar acts, Pierre makes a decision to ignore his possible being, only to discover that Poseidon has a secret crush on him. Now he has to choose whether he comes out of the closet and reciprocate his feelings, or ignore him forever.