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Kelley Alexander gets kicked to the curb from his cushy, billionaire lifestyle at seventeen. Unlikely friendships are forged and a bond for life is created when he teams up with Mason James and Lee Munroe as he shifts from Private School to Public School with his once friends now as his enemies. Family secrets are unraveled and Kelley organizes his new family in a mafia style setting with them as the good guys. Arranged marriages, betrayal, secret pregnancies and rejection features in this novel with the good guys sometimes having to do bad things.The biggest threat usually comes from those we least expect it and Kelley's boundaries will know no bounds.

I'm a socially awkward omega. They are alphas who live in the spotlight. We are complete opposites, but for some reason they want me. I'm not going to deny it, there's something about them that pulls me closer, but things are complicated. I didn't want to burden them with all my baggage when they have the chance of finding an omega who suited their lifestyle. No matter how hard I try to push them away, they always find a way to draw me closer. And like they say, they aren't planning on stopping until they claim me as their omega. *** AN NON-SHIFTER REVERSE HAREM AGE GAP OMEGAVERSE NOVEL ***

Are you in for some mind-boggling story that will poke your curiosity? The story will allow you to feel a strong emotion reflecting an intense desire or boundless enthusiasm and willingness to suffer for what your heart desires and what you truly love. This story will change your perception of the real meaning of love. Dylan and Aria will teach us the valuable lesson that sometimes the sacrifice of love costs too much to bear by yourself.

Suddenly she came into another world... She's got raped... She left to another man by her soul mate... She's shock, trauma, suffering... She's pregnant... and, it turns out, the man who's fathered the child she's been carrying. Secretly always guarding and watching her without her knowledge. Patiently waiting for a second chance to be with her, make amends for the mistakes he made. POLYANDRY NOT POLYGAMY!!! Want to know how exciting it is to have four mates at once? First mate by accident The second mate is the one she loves. The third mate with the permission of the second mate The fourth mate is both reciprocal and political Curious about the bittersweetness of having four pairs under one roof?! NB: Hello readers, thank you for stopping by the first novel I wrote in 2020. A GIRL FOR THE BEASTS is a novel that I translated from my own Indonesian novel WANITA UNTUK MANUSIA BUAS. The novel finished in Chapter 395. I also apologize if there are typos. For example, GRAMMAR or HE/SHE which sometimes will be turned upside down because I missed it when I checked it. You can leave a comment. I will try to give my best. I also have no doubt that I will revise it as long as it is possible. I'm also translating some of my other stories, into English. Among them is the sequel to A GIRL FOR THE BEASTS, the title is THE LIONESS IS MINE. Tells the story of MALIA, the great-granddaughter of Anindira and Hans, who crosses over to the modern world. There are also other stories that are still in the process of being translated, I haven't published them in english yet. MY UNCLE MY HUSBAND SLANG TEACHER AND THE RECKLESS STUDENT MY LOVELY BEAST HUSBAND Thank you, enjoy reading.

Being in an entangled world of hate and love, she faces hate at one side, love at another like everyone in the world, Amelia is stuck between the quarrels of her parents with the neighbour and her unrequited love, Andrew Campbell (neighbours son) who is supposed to be her rival. When she realised, being with him only happens in her fantasies, she decided to give up on her love but an incident occurs which brings Amelia and Andrew together giving Amelia a chance to confess her love to him. After knowing Andrew has a girlfriend, it breaks her heart again. She will get used to being heartbroken but the love for him never changed over the time even though she got hurt many times. Will Amelia confess her love to him or will she engulf her love and remain as a coward?

Forced to flee from their home, King Taius and Akara are fighting to survive while rebels strive to hunt them down. But not just any rebel - a Hunter. Marek. With her past lover haunting her, Akara battles new feelings for the King and the reality that a lot of people want her dead. Together, Akara and Tai fight to get the throne back, but not without revealing many dark pasts, and hidden motives that change everything. But who will Akara choose? The mysterious hunter who she can't escape, or the powerful King with his own dark secrets? *Book Two in the King's Possession series - Read Book One (King's Possession) before proceeding with this novel!*

Three men, one wolf. They call them the demonic Alphas because they share a wolf. They have thrice the power of a normal Alpha hence they were feared by many. However, no one expected that they would be mated to the same woman. Becca, an abnormal wolf, didn't believe that her life would take a rough turn until she met the three Alphas who chose her as a mate. Three men, three personalities. She began to uncover some dirty secrets her mother had kept about her identity. Uncover the curse that had been laid. Fight some enemies that came as friends. And finally chose her own mate and Alpha while causing pain to the rest of them. A paranormal dark romance Novel. Bet you won’t be able to drop this novel as it is filled with so many mysteries. Xoxo.

Fia Romero meets her boyfriends dorm mate, player Wes Hamilton. While Fia has been in a happy and committed three year long relationship, Wes doesn't believe in the idea of committing to someone while you should be exploring your options and having fun. Their friendship grows over what started as a silly idea for Fia to play Wes's match-maker and find him the perfect girl that he thinks is worth the commitment. What started as match-making turned into a fake dating relationship, leading to confused feelings and room-fulls of tension and passion. A little game of playing Cupid turns into something more and maybe the person who has always been the one for you was standing right under your nose the whole time.

Running away from her past Scarlet disguised herself as a male to serve the three hot Alpha brothers, how long will she last without being caught? Especially when the Alpha King himself stares at her with that unknown look everytime and the Alpha brothers are confused cause they both like a guy and finds it crazy.

Love is a hidden feeling that not everyone can feel immediately. Some love, at first sight, remains as hidden stories, few of those get into love tracks, while very few of them get success. If everyone understands the real meaning of it then there will be no failures or no one-sided love stories. Sometimes love can be formed by looking at their actions while few are layered as lust. Xavier Hunter, a 25-year-old successful CEO. He is 195cm tall(6 feet 5 inches) with masculine looks. His 8-pack abs will never fail in making girls drool over him but his eyes can scare anyone with a single glance. His aura is malignant and can make anyone shiver under his glare. Julia Parker is a 19-year-old girl. She is the perfect example of beauty and her graceful appearance can make anyone look at her again and again. Her captivating eyes are the most fascinating thing in her while her juicy lips make everyone desire to kiss her. Xavier gets lusts over Julia but she isn’t like other girls who go nuts over his handsomeness or for his money which makes Xavier get irritated and kidnap her. He wanted to make her his but his heart wrecks when he has seen her tears which makes him take a step back he wanted to make her his at any cost and starts torturing her. What’s the connection between Xavier and Julia? What's Xavier's past that made him like this? Will Julia give herself to Xavier? Or Will Xavier forcefully make Julia his or will he fall in love with her? To know more about their journey, come and join me. This story contains mature content, and twists that can make you overwhelmed with emotions, love, and many more.