ruskin bond

Finding love is supposed to be easy. You turn twenty-one and you scent your mate and the rest falls into place. Well, for most people. But not for me. No, I was rejected the second we discovered we were mates. Now five years later I have moved on and here he is once more. Not to claim me and make me his, nope. Maverick is here to take me to be courted by his boss, the Alpha of Alpha’s. The worst part? Maverick has only gotten more attractive over the years and his eyes are saying a hell of a lot more than his sealed lips. Lips I fully intend to get answers from. Two words: Tatum Rhodes. My best friend's little sister, my ex mate. The very last person I want to be picking up to deliver to my Alpha as his potential chosen mate. Rumor is second chance mates aren’t a thing, I can believe that. But they also say once the mate bond is broken so is the attraction. And that I can confirm with certainty is bullshit, because I feel like I just found the fucking sun after five years of living in a dungeon.

Luna Poppy Hopkins lost everything she had - her home, title, and the love of her mate - as punishment for not being able to produce a male child. Humiliated and suffering, she fled to save herself and her unborn daughter, who was the most precious treasure to her. After spending five years recovering and gaining strength on the other side of the country while raising her little girl, she is still in constant pain because her ex-mate kept their bond intact by torturing her every time he slept with someone else. Motivated by her ex-Gamma, she finally decides to take revenge. With the Lycan King's approval, she enforces Luna's Law, which allows her to confront Alpha Seamus and bring him before the council to investigate his violations of the pack and his mate. But Luna's Law is not just a trial; it is also a duel that Luna must fight with the ruling Alpha and win to regain her title, respect, and inheritance rights. To increase her chances of winning, Poppy trains hard with the help of the handsome, charming, and intimidating Lycan Prince Logan. However, everything gets complicated when the mate bond starts to meddle, and manipulations and lies raise doubts. In a rollercoaster of action, betrayal, torn emotions, and revenge, Poppy is reborn and becomes stronger. With a man supporting her at her side, she is braver to enforce Luna's Law.

Brought together by fate and a boy, Lucian and Halo battle the struggles of their everyday lives, and the bond between them that comes at a time most inopportune.

When Thalia's summer fling turns into a supernatural bond, she is caught between two rival alpha werewolves - her professors. As danger lurks and secrets unfold, can their forbidden love prevail?

Diana is just a young omega wolf; a visiting pack, lead by two Alphas were on their way to sign a treaty with her pack. She had lost hope to find her mate, but what she didn't expect was to be mated to an Alpha, let alone two. Will she be able to live up to the standards of a Luna, or will she crumble at the challenge? Will the three of them have a bond that is unbreakable or will it be too much to handle?

In a city too small for two packs, love finds a way when Jasper Compton returns home from school abroad and encounters Reid Morrison. As their romance heats up, so does the war between their families. With family and pack loyalty conflicting with the True-Mate bond, can these star-crossed lovers find happily ever after, or will their romance end in tragedy?

Il y a longtemps, Pierre a rencontré un être unique et merveilleux. Une Petite Fée de Noël, qui pour combler un de ses souhaits n'a pas hésité à accomplir un acte interdit. Pierre a grandi, en oubliant ses rêves d'enfants. Mais lorsqu'à la veille de Noël il rencontre une jeune femme un peu extravagante dans un magasin bondé, son coup de foudre se heurte vite aux mystères qui gravitent autour de celle-ci. L'amour qu'il éprouve pour Gaëlle est pourtant réciproque. Leur attirance est d'autant plus forte qu'elle obéit à des règles qui font également de lui un être d'exception, sans qu'il le sache encore. Mais Pierre arrivera-t-il à dépasser les trois-cent-soixante-cinq jours qui courent devant lui sans révéler le secret de sa belle, au risque de la perdre à jamais ? Entre la jalousie d'une assistante éconduite et les manigances d'un ancien fiancé venu d'un royaume improbable, les embuches seront nombreuses. Une histoire en deux parties, qui mêle notre univers contemporain à un monde parallèle secret et féérique, au sein duquel évolueront deux couples, liés par les imbrications du destin.

A night was enough for Soma to feel a pull toward a stranger that turns out to be a warrior in a rival pack. But how can a female Alpha of one of the most dominant packs share an unlikely bond with a ‘cursed’ warrior? Soma Walters is a wild, free-living mateless Alpha who happens to chance upon a male wolf that she develops a strange feeling for. However, there is no explanation to what she feels for him because she has unknowingly been connected with a man that does not have something the others have despite being ripe enough for such — A spirit wolf! She makes it her burden to be with the ‘cursed’ warrior while neglecting the warnings from others of her not being with the right partner. Now, it’s left for her to handle the pressure, especially when jealousy and betrayal gets involved...

"Betrayal is a sin, flower," He murmured near my ears, his arctic orbs whisking the warmth of my flesh against his. A course of harrowing singeing fire drifted down my body from the swell of my breasts to my heated core. My nerves screaming with torturous touch of his skin against mine, I couldn’t think for he had me confine in his arms. Brutally, he swept his tongue under the rim of my ear whilst my breath hitched and my tears become uncontrollable. The blood seeped through the cut I gifted him with as he inflated every bit of my scent I had to offer. His filthy tongue leapt across my lower lip with hellish slowness. The bond tempted me to submit to him. "I do not yearn to hear your cries, Katarina. Worship me with your moans." He commanded and I closed my eyes tightly not wishing to swim in those ocean pools of his. Their intimidating tone of his made me want to submit fully to him, to hand over the reins of my soul in his fists. Tears streamed down my face. "F-Forgive me, Xerxes." I stammer softly unable to face his wrath for I knew he was just playing with me, toying with my emotions before he punish me for deeds I've done. Xerxes cruelly grasped my wrists whilst locking them above my head so he could fully discern my naked flesh. "Forgive you?" He mocked, his eyes holding mine into a captivating grip as he licked his lips. "You let another male touch what belonged to me, tell me, flower, why must you test me like this.” I gulped unable to meet his gaze. He chuckled dryly. “Spread your legs, Katarina. The nectar I’m craving is between your legs.”

The best laid plans sometimes go awry.... All Saira Anderson wants is to graduate from university with honors, get a good job, get married and have a family with her loving boyfriend Daniel Davis but all her plans fall through when she crosses paths with his step brother Ethan Delnoi, who is every girl's dream guy except hers... until he starts to be. Disconcerted by the strange bond between them, they try to resist each other but fail and decide to throw caution to the wind much to the chagrin of Ethan's ex girlfriend Darina, Saira's heartbroken boyfriend and an obsessed roommate of Saira's who vows to never let them get their happy ending.