desperate measures

Despite coming from different social classes, Aspen and Lexa were best friends... Inseparable,,, until that fateful day that changed everything. When Lexa shows up out of the blue again, years later, desperate for help to save her friends and her people. Aspen has always been a good girl and never asked too many questions, but to ease her mind, she decides to go prove herself right. However, nothing is as it seems, and it sends her spiraling on a hunt to discover a truth that has been kept from her. But choosing between her family and what's right, is hardly an easy choice, and Lexa is nothing like the girl she once knew. But to save themselves, they have to risk everything. And nothing is more terrifying than that.

A desperate billionaire, a contract marriage, and a surprise condition: Jaime must give Louie an heir. As she weighs her options, Jaime must confront the true cost of her desires. Will she find a way to escape the contract, or will she succumb to the demands of her wealthy husband?

After two years of bliss with Morgan, Omega Judy Ravenstone never imagined her boyfriend would cheat on her, let alone with her best friend. Desperate to escape the cruel betrayal, Judy flees her pack and ends up in the Silver Moon Pack, where she accidentally shares a passionate night with the charming, but mysterious Alexander Quinn. Despite his attraction to the alluring omega, Alexander feels that a powerful Alpha to be like him couldn't possibly have such a weak mate. As a compromise, he offers Judy a contract marriage - a convenient arrangement, at least until his father hands over the Alpha title to him. With his brother tripping for her, and she also feeling a bit of passion again for her ex, how long would they be able to last together?

In a land where the Luna's worth is measured in her ability to bear children, Amby is an anomaly - a barren Luna, whose only value lies in her position, not her fertility. In a desperate bid to secure her position and save her marriage, she decides to hire a breeder - a woman to bear children for her husband, the Alpha. But this arrangement comes at a cost. As the new breeder, May, begins to settle in, Amby's worst fears are realized. May is not only beautiful and charming, but she has other motives in mind. She has her sights set on Amby's Luna position, and is determined to win over Jake, Amby's husband. Will Amby's love be enough to keep Jake by her side? Or will May's devious plots and schemes destroy everything she has worked so hard to build?

A whirl wind romance Between a conglomerate CEO and a porn star desperate to experience a different life than the cruel one she is a captive of...

Rebecca becomes deeply troubled when she starts getting dark nightmares every night in which she's hunting with a wolf. She gets therapy for these nightmares but stops when she starts falling for the wolf. Nightmares become dreams as, night after night, she falls more and more in love with the Alpha whom she sees every night. But the happier dreams were not to last as one night, she and the wolf are captured and tortured. She can't understand why the dreams turned dark once again until she sees a familiar face torturing the werewolf in her dreams. Her heart starts pounding as secrets and mysteries clash together, clouding her soulmate in pain and blood. Her dream world and her reality starts merging into one - when she finds her Alpha chained in the lab where she works. How can the wolf be real? There's no time to wonder as Rebecca frees the wolf and begins a desperate escape to save herself and the werewolf while searching for answers.

When the young nun Lydia Martinez gets cornered by a thief in an alley, she encounters Damien Raeken who is beautiful, intriguing and intimidating. The unwordly, innocent Lydia is startled to realize she wants this man and despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Lydia's quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, the shapeshifter, Raeken admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms. Shocked yet thrilled by Raeken's dark past , Lydia hesitates. For all the trappings of success—Raeken is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need for revenge. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionate physical affair that denounces all she's ever believed in, she discovers the shapeshifters secret and knows that loving him is one thing, but taming him is another. She explores her own dark desires while slowly being pulled to the dark side.

Theirs was a relationship fated to doom even before it began. Kayla Reynolds is desperate to gain her father's affection and thinks the only way to do so in putting herself in front of the devil himself so she does all she can to become the devil's desire. Ricardo Salvatore believes no one can ever fool him. He thinks he is full proofed against games anyone might attempt against him. He is known not only as the youngest Italian billionaire but also the ruthless youngest Mafia lord in the underground world. When these two meet, their worlds collide and plans fall apart as desire and emotions lead the way in a storm of lies, deceit and games of the heart. Will they come out strong or will the betrayal be too painful to look past?

After being hurt by the two people she trusts the most, a one night stand seemed like the best option at the moment. Champagne has a lot going on to let anyone else in her life, but her emotions for the stranger keeping getting so intense for her to control. After that one night stand she never thought of seeing him again until he starts to figure out ways of being in her view. She doesn't want him on the outside but on the inside she's desperate to feel his touch again. What if his nothing like what she thought but far more dangerous than her troubles

After her boyfriend of five years betrays her, leaving Amanda with her father's crippling debt and the threat of losing her childhood home, she's forced into a desperate situation. Quinn McCullough, a young billionaire, sees an opportunity and offers to settle her debts in exchange for her hand in marriage. Desperate to save her family home, Amanda agrees, unaware of Quinn's ulterior motives. But as their marriage unfolds, Amanda discovers shocking truths about Quinn, including a dark familial connection that threatens to tear them apart. Will their union survive the secrets and betrayals lurking beneath the surface?