Desperate Measures

He needed a womb. She needed $250,000. No strings, no love, just a contract. When broke and desperate Isabel Manor agrees to become a surrogate for ruthless billionaire Isaac Dun, she’s prepared to trade nine months of her life to save her brother from a deadly debt. She didn’t expect to be living under the same roof. She didn’t expect the rules to change and she definitely didn’t expect one night to ruin everything. Isaac has sworn off women since his ex-wife shattered his trust, but when Isabel enters his world, everything he thought he wanted is tested. But when secrets come knocking and the past refuses to stay buried, the contract isn’t the only thing at risk.

After her 18th birthday, Rosita was kicked out of her aunt's house, saying that she was already a responsible adult. She had no place to go, and no money until a flier covered her face while she was sitting on the sides of the dusty highway. She read that there was this billionaire that was looking for a maid and he offered a generous amount of salary. Without second thoughts, she finds her way toward the creepy mansion of that rich man living in the middle of the forest. Rosita didn't care about the place because she was desperate for money and didn't know danger would come knocking into her life after meeting her boss, Kiefer Dy Montefalco. Whom she doesn't know has the identity of a werewolf.

Orlando and I had been together for ten years. I'd looked after his sick mom, sweating out a fever of my own, and where was he? Knocking back drinks with Rosalind, playing therapist to her broken heart. I swallowed my pride at work, getting chewed out by my boss, while he spent the night companying Rosalind because she had cramps. Then, when I got the news my mom had passed, I tried calling him, desperate for support. But nope—phone off. After a wild goose chase, turns out he was at Rosalind's graduation. That was it. I gave up. But Orlando wouldn't let go. Red-eyed, he begged me for just one more chance.

He was never going to have anything to do with wretched mortals, he was a god. Humans were pathetic. Axel reminded himself all through his 1,000 years on earth. He stuck with his decision until he was faced with a threat that unlocked a possessive side he never thought he had. ---------------- Orphaned at the age of seven, Ariel grows up lonely and seeks deep connections and companionship. Unfortunately, she seeks it from the wrong people. Ariel met Bianca in highschool. Ariel had a nice voice and stage fright, while Bianca had the confidence she lacked, and admired the splendor that comes with being a celebrity. Desperate to please her friend, Ariel becomes Bianca's ghost singer. This decision leads her to a tragic end, she falls into the hands of a god waiting for a mortal to devour.

Rowena’s sheltered life crumbled the night she witnessed her parents’ brutal murder, leaving her with nothing but a relentless enemy hunting her down. Desperate to survive, she vows to avenge their deaths and reclaim her rightful legacy. Then there’s Ryker—an Alpha with a heart once full of gold but now encased in stone after a betrayal that left him scarred and unyielding. He’s determined to keep his walls up, but Rowena is his unexpected problem: innocent yet defiant, naive yet dangerously persistent. When their paths collide, sparks fly, but so do tempers. Attraction ignites, hatred festers, and buried secrets claw their way to the surface. As Rowena and Ryker are forced to overcome these, one question lingers: what if the Alpha’s contract isn’t what it seems? Let the hunt for truth—and vengeance—begin.

Waking up in the wrong body is terrifying. Waking up with two wolves inside you? That’s a war waiting to happen. Burned at the stake for a crime she didn’t commit, Luna Aria Campbell of the MoonClaw Pack thought death would be the end. But fate had other plans. She awakens in the body of Keira, Luna of the rival StarCross Pack — a woman whose wolf, Zie, is very much alive and very much out for blood. Zie believes Aria’s soul is the product of Black Magic—and she’s ready to tear her apart from the inside out, but she starts off by suffocating Aria's wolf, Lyra. Aria is desperate to survive — not just for herself, but for Lyra. But Zie offers her only one chance at coexistence: Kill Alpha Jaxon — Keira’s fated mate.

Nora Elizabeth Wells thought the worst pain was discovering her boyfriend of seven years was a cheater. She was wrong. The real nightmare begins when a night of desperate clubbing ends with her waking up in bed with her stepsister’s fiancé, a man bound to a wheelchair. The scandal is immediate. Furious and disgraced, Nora’s father forces her into a marriage with the very man in the middle of the chaos. But her new husband, Julian Devereaux, isn't the man she thinks he is. Beneath his quiet, helpless exterior is a shocking secret: not only can he walk, but he's the country’s most powerful and elusive billionaire. And nothing about their meeting was an accident. Trapped in a gilded cage with a man who holds all the power, Nora is pulled into a dangerous game of secrets, passion, and betrayal.

Nicole Xander never imagined her life would shatter in one night. Drugged and betrayed by the one person she trusted most, she found herself stumbling down a lonely midnight road-barefoot, disheveled, and desperate to escape. When a sleek Maybach pulled up beside her, she thought it was God offering her safety. But inside was Timothy Cole, a dangerously powerful businessman with a reputation for ruthlessness. One look at Nicole, and something primal snapped inside him. What began as a night of uncontrollable passion should have ended there... but destiny had other plans. To Nicole, he's her arrogant, obsessive boss. To Timothy, she's the one woman he cannot release. Their every encounter blurs the line between desire and madness, until one question lingers: Is this love, lust... or dangerous obsession?

Sasha Riverton is a mafia princess and heiress to the Riverton empire, unfortunately, her father was attacked by a rival mafia clan and they were overpowered. Broke and desperate so they had no choice but to sell her to the most dangerous mafia Don in the country. Sasha hated her family's involvement in the mafia world and secretly didn't want to be a part of it. She was livid when she found out about their deal with the notorious Roman Vitale. She decided to accept her fate and plot her freedom because she was in love with another and she would do anything to be with him. What happens when her plans are thwarted? Will she accept defeat or fight tooth and nail for her freedom? What happens when she finds out things are not the way they seem? Will that change her determined heart or will she use it to her advantage?

Elise Clares, a wolf-less shifter, has run away from her pack: her family dead, no friends to turn to and all hope of freedom fleeting as the New Moon pack's warriors close. Jackson Snow, Alpha of the Full Moon pack, hates rogues after they murdered his parents. Finding Elise being chased down by her former pack, Jackson goes against all his instincts and offers her protection... At a price and with prejudice. Elise must get used to a new pack with an alpha who hates her, despite the feelings springing between them, and enemies that could spring out in any direction. She's a rogue he doesn't trust, and he's an alpha with all the power to destroy her, especially with the New Moon pack so desperate to get her back.