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The Raikiri clan, which was famed as the most prominent military and tactical geniuses, existed since the feudal Japanese period during the reign of Minamoto Yoritomo. Bestowed with great power, the descendants of Iwasaki Senju yielded the Amaterasu, the power which awakens under emotional stress. Kenjirou Subaru was hailed as a legend for saving the clan at the tender age of six from a unit of 70 yakuza. However, all good things must come to an end eventually as the ancient Ninjutsu clan was assassinated in cold blood, probably by an external group fearful of the clan's prominence and place in modern Japanese culture. The horror of the heinous tragedy at his birthplace, the Village of Raden in Osaka rendered his mental condition unstable thus causing Izanami to go rouge. Unbeknownst to him, he ends up in Tokyo, involving in a frenzy of incidents, gathering to find the intel on the person or the organization responsible for the eradication of his people. Therefore, eking out an existence and pursuing an education. He would eventually make his way to Mitsushiba. He enrolls in high school and thus begins his quest to discover himself again. Eventually, he would be befriended by a group of students who change Subaru's view of life and show him that life this beautiful is worth living or is it really the case....

I am a vampire, and that is the truth. But the modern meaning of the word vampire, the stories that have been told about creatures such as I, are not precisely true. I do not turn to ash in the sun, nor do I cringe when I see a crucifix. I wear a tiny gold cross now around my neck, but only because I like it. I cannot command a pack of wolves to attack or fly through the air. Nor can I make another of my kind simply by having him drink my blood. Wolves do like me, though, as do most predators, and I can jump so high that one might imagine I can fly. As to blood--ah, blood, the whole subject fascinates me. I do like that as well, warm and dripping, when I am thirsty. And I am often thirsty.

"Bound by a prophecy, our love was never ours to keep. It was written, a passion cursed to consume us both—destined to ignite, destined to destroy, and never to be undone." Have you ever looked at your stepbrother and been like, Damn, I wanted him? For Ahvi Thatcher, life as a step-sibling has never been easy. She remembered the first time she saw him and the attraction that nearly knocked herself off her feet. It was strong—too strong, almost unnatural. But he was her stepbrother and the feelings were wrong and she knew it, yet she couldn't resist the lure of the forbidden fruit that was her step-brother. One forbidden bite and she found herself in a whirl of passion and intrigue, torn between the forces of love and lust that battled inside her heart. Will Ahvi be dragged into the shadows by her stepbrother, her sinful desires, and her own forbidden passion, or will she break free and find a brighter road ahead? What if there was no bright road ahead? What if everything and everyone she knew was a lie and now she must save herself from a world she never knew existed in the first place? only if she hadn't given in to her desires.

"Kiss me." My eyes widened as my throat ran dry. His lips were inviting but I knew I was walking straight into trouble. "Stop this, Khalil." He came closer, backing me up against the wall, "I said, kiss me. Or no answers." -•- Life goes into sudden crumbs for Kezie when Khalil Ahmed, his rival and arch enemy takes his lips under the warm showers of the boy's locker room. For some stupid answers about what he had said the last night when he was drunken to stupor. But he knows deep down, that Khalil is using his body to invite him in slowly irrespective of what their society believes in. He knows it's a dangerous game. But why does he keep getting succumbed into his kisses? Why is he always begging for more?

"The crown is not forged from gold, but from the blood of those who dared to wear it. Power demands a price, and only those willing to bleed for it can truly reign," Roxanne had the life any girl her age could ask for—the perfect family and the most popular girl in school...But what if it wasn't enough? On her 19th birthday, she slept away the day, her perfect life quickly turning upside down. Her parents were acting weird, Her boyfriend cheated on her, and now she was kidnapped by five handsome guys! Thrown into a world she never knew existed, a world of wolves, lies, rituals, and betrayal...Roxanne' life was changed forever. She was torn between trusting those she came to love...or falling victim to their deception.

Hunted down by my cruel Alpha Mate, imprisoned by my murderous Lycan King Mate! Elara was an ostracized omega in a ruthless werewolf pack. She had known nothing but hardship since her parents' died protecting an acient secret. Shunned by all, she was dealt another blow – an Alpha mate who despised her. His possessiveness was a twisted obsession, far from the love she craved. When she escaped, fate had different plans: she had a one nightstand that led to a pregnancy. Her one night stand, the feared and famous Lycan King Lucas Morretti, is her second chance mate. He offers her protection, but his "protection" feels like another cage. Hunted down by one mate, and enslaved by the other, when will she be free and who will she love? ... "You're mine, Elara. MINE!" - A possessive growl, a suffocating grasp. This wasn't love, it was a claim of ownership.

Synopsis “NO, P..Please..’’ She begs, letting a whimper escape her lips. “What did I tell you would happen when you speak unless spoken to.’’ His voice sends shivers through her frail body. His figure towers over her. It makes her feel like less of a wolf and more of a puppy. His puppy. “I’m going to put that mouth to good use, mate. It’s the only way you can learn.’’ ………………. The magic of the werewolves and how they lived for centuries had slowly withered. Only one powerful generation of ruthless Alphas had walked the earth for more than a thousand years. Alpha Roman Aguilera hates weakness. And that was the first thing he saw when he watched his mate, Elena Mahone, unable to kill a weak helpless human. He brings her under his wing to torture and humiliate her. He hates that the moongodess would play such a joke on him by giving him an omega for a mate. He resents her and is willing to cross boundaries just to cast her away. Yet the pang of pain and sadness in his cold empty heart dictates otherwise. He had a beautiful woman by his side, but the problem remained. A powerful Alpha has never been mated to a lower-class wolf, let alone an omega. But secrets had been bred among the Aguilera family. And his mate, Elena Mahone, seemed to be the only thing that attracted disaster. Can sparks fly where hatred and resentment have been fostered? Can a man as ruthless as Alpha Roman, fall for a weak Omega? ......... PS; this book is a dark romance. It is highly erotic. there will also be graphic violent details between the characters. Read at your own discretion.

Synopsis As the daughter of an Omega, her rank was much lower than those of the servants. But that did not deter Malia Andrew Tate from hoping for a destined mate. It comes as a joke however, When the ruthless Alpha who takes Siege over her pack is her destined mate. She wants anything but that. Alpha Agnar Caine was a nightmare to many. The few that had actually seen the man did not live to narrate the tale. He journeyed with his warriors, and he had conquered several werewolf packs by far. The last thing he wanted was a mate, especially not a weak Omega like Malia. But she was powerful. Unlike what she herself believed, unlike what they all believed. But her power and her destiny are tied to the very man she is set on rejecting. On hating. The mysteries of the moon goddess have always been against the creatures that fight the bond between them. Will the passion they share between the sheets fan up to beautiful flames of love?

Lucas was cursed on his day of eloping with his partner to never be remembered once he disappears from anyone's line of sight. He is able to find love with multiple people within their lifetime, but as long as they turn their back on him, he is gone from their memory. Will he be able to make anyone remember him to be able to leave a mark on this world?

"In the gilded halls of wealth, bloodlines twist and fray, tangled by greed. It’s not legacy that binds them—it's the ruthless hunger to take what can never truly be theirs." Raelynn Winters is an orphan who grew up under the stress of Harlem; she is a girl who is content with what she has until she accidentally enters the world of the Montgomery family after saving a stranger. What begins as an innocent act of kindness becomes a game of power, betrayal, and manipulation. And just when her life can't get any harder, she is made heir to the Montgomery family empire and now she is the target of hungry and caged tigers.