Smolder Laurell K Hamilton

I was Alpha Damon’s Head Beta. For six years, I had been his partner in bed and his second-in-command. When he announced our mating ceremony, the entire pack celebrated. My dream was finally within reach. But then, outside his private trophy room, I heard him bragging about his “Luna trials.” And just like that, I learned the truth. I wasn’t his one and only. I was one of thirty candidates. He’d spent a month with each of us, grading our bodies, our submission, our performance. My score? Lower than an Omega’s. Lower than Lydia’s. “Fucking Lydia was incredible,” he boasted. “I could barely pull myself away. Then I look at Elysia—so stiff, so in control—and I’m just… bored.” Ice flooded my veins. My body went numb. Six years of devotion. Countless nights tangled in his sheets. It all meant less than a cheap thrill and a wolf who knew how to kneel. My heartbreak hardened into ice. I sent a message to an Alpha who had wanted me long ago. “Adrian, you once said your offer to mate was a standing one. Does it still stand? Damon and I are over now.”

私は社長の常陸悠真（ひたち ゆうま）が率いる会社の副社長で、六年間彼と幾度となく寝てきた。 彼が恋人との正式な婚約式を行うと発表したとき、周囲は皆「念願成就だ」と私を祝った。 だが、私が悠真の専用会議室へ報告に向かったとき、扉の外で彼が自慢げに話す「妻の選抜計画」を耳にしてしまった。 そこで初めて知った。私は彼の三十人の妻候補のうちの一人にすぎないのだ。 しかも彼は各候補とそれぞれ三十日をかけて会い、一晩を共にし、服従度とベッドでの相性を別々に採点している。 そして私の点数は、江崎美和（えざき みわ）に比べてはるかに低い。 「江崎美和と寝るのは本当に最高だ、まったく止まらないんだ。今、神田詩織（かんだ しおり）のあの強気でぎこちない様子を見ると、つまらなくてしかたない」 私はその場で固まり、震えが止まらない。 六年間の尽力と、数えきれないほどの愛し合いが、いわゆる新鮮さと際限のない服従には到底かなわなかった。 思い悩んだ末、私に好意を示してくれていた実業界の大物、橘幸雄（たちばな ゆきお）にメッセージを送った。 【幸雄、私が悠真を離れたらいつでも結婚できると言ってくれたよね。その話、まだアリなの？私、彼と完全に終わったの】

A Feral Curse swept through the werewolf world. Those wolves touched by it become monsters that devour their own packmates; others die in agony as the infection burns through them. The survivors formed an Alliance to fight back. I fought alongside my mate, Alpha Liam, until the very end. Until rescue finally came. But our transport was seconds from takeoff. That’s when Liam's first love, an omega named Chloe, ran back. All for a beat-up music box. Liam insisted we wait. The feral pack was closing in. I had no choice. I forced the ramp shut. Chloe was torn apart by ferals. Back at the Alliance base, I thought we were safe. I was wrong. That night, Liam knocked me out and threw me to a captured feral wolf. The infection was pure agony. It felt like my veins were erupting from the inside out. I died alone in a cold, empty cell. His last words echoed in my mind through our link: "You let Chloe die. It's your turn to feel what she felt." Then I opened my eyes. I was back. Back on the airfield. On the day he refused to leave. I saw the feral pack in the distance, and a cold smile touched my lips. He wants to save Chloe so badly? Fine. This time, they can die together.

A lycan prince in search of his mate. An abused omega desperate to escape her past demons. A prince who does not know how to love. An omega whose only hope at redemption is finding true love. Prince Draven, first out of the three lycan princes and next in line to the throne is a ruthless, blood-thirsty, and arrogant man. A man exposed to the brutality of the world at a tender age. In order to claim his inheritance and become king, he must find his mate. A mission that appears almost impossible. When he captures an omega girl who tries to take his life, he must punish her for attempted murder, and maybe use her to get what he wants. In an attempt to escape an abusive mate and pack, Esmeray finds herself in a bigger trouble! She’d tried to kill a man in her desperation. When she finds out he’s the almighty Lycan Prince, the same man she’d heard stories of his ruthlessness as a child, she is sure she will be put to death. But why is the fearless Prince asking her to pretend to be his mate? When the truth finally unfolds and the prince discovers Esme's deception and background, will he send her back to a life of misery? or will he find his mate in the least place he was looking?

My coming-of-age ceremony was supposed to be a celebration. My father, the Alpha of Alphas, had invited every powerful pack in the land. His goal: for me to choose a mate from the land's strongest Alphas. I chose the most powerful of them all, Alpha Lukas. But my sister Lyla, my father's bastard, was only allowed a lowly beta. She was slaughtered in the forest. After her death, Lukas and I crafted 99 soul crystals in her memory. I thought he did it for me, to honor my fallen sister. But then he killed me in battle. With his bare hands. "You bitch! If you hadn't chosen me, Lyla would have been my mate!" Only then did I learn the truth. He had only ever loved Lyla. He hated me for stealing the life that should have been hers. Those 99 soul crystals… they weren't for her memory. They were for my penance. I died in a sea of despair. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day of my ceremony. Facing the most powerful Alphas in the world, I walked past them all and chose the one no one wanted. The half-breed outcast despised by all. Salome.

My husband, Damien Falcone, had 99 lovers. And I was the mafia princess men lined up to die for. The day we got together, everyone in our world took bets. They said we wouldn't last three months. But then , everything changed. For me, he wiped his phone clean, built a rose manor, and got down on one knee. Then, on our wedding night, he told me he wanted an open marriage. "Our bodies can play," he said. "But our loyalty? That's just for us." I agreed. Then came his 100th lover, Sophia Ricci. She betrayed our family in an arms deal. Almost got my father killed. But Damien protected her. He even moved her into our home. So, I did what any heartbroken mafia princess would do. I got drunk and woke up in another man's bed. I just didn't know that man was Damien's uncle.

All Cassie wanted was to get married and be happy, from the very day she saw Ethan, she fell in love with him. Though their relationship started as a contract, she knew she loved him, and he loved her. But things took an unexpected turn when Ethan broke up with her on their wedding day and also cheated on her. She was devastated when she found out she was pregnant for him. She decided to flee the country and start a new life. Five years later, she returns stronger, guarded, and with two unexpected companions: a pair of twins, a boy and a girl who share Ethan’s eyes. But what happens when she crosses paths with the man who once wrecked her world? And this time, will she be the one to walk away, or will Ethan fight for the family he never knew he lost?

Mon compagnon de destin, Raoul, était l'Alpha d'une meute pathétique au bord de l'effondrement. Pendant cinq ans, j'étais son ombre, son stratège. J'ai construit sa meute à partir de rien jusqu'à ce que l'Alliance nous reconnaisse enfin et que nous soyons prêts à partir vers les terres fertiles. Raoul a promis que nous aurions notre cérémonie d'accouplement une fois installés sur le nouveau territoire. Mais lors de la fête de célébration, la nuit précédant le déménagement, il m'a jetée dans une cellule. Il a annoncé publiquement que Jeanne, la louve qui portait son petit, serait la Luna de la meute. Je n'arrivais pas à y croire. Je lui ai crié dessus, mais il s'est contenté de ricaner et de pointer un cristal chargé de magie noire. « Jeanne a déjà la preuve de ta trahison ! Tu couches avec les Alphas pour obtenir leur soutien. Tu me rends malade ! » Je l'ai supplié, mais il s'est contenté de me trancher la joue avec la lettre de refus aux bords argentés, me mettant formellement à l'écart. Mais il ne savait pas qui j'étais vraiment. J'étais la fille du roi Alpha. Les stratégies, le pouvoir, les alliances - ils n'étaient pas les siens, mais les miens. J'ai donc tout repris.

Holly has a plan. A plan for vengeance against her father's unjust death. A plan to get back at those who most deserve it. She's going to kill the corrupt leaders of the Heavens pack. Even if it means her own death sentence. Nothing will stop her. But when the prince of the heavens pack catches her in the act, her life is in his hands. And he claims her as his own. His own, that he will share with his two brothers. The three of them stand for everything Holly is against. They're her enemies. Her captors. But when a new threat comes to the door they might be her only hope. Can she trust them to protect her if she leans on them? Or will they let her fall from the heavens...?

Marianella Núñez was experiencing family drama, with her younger cousin's wedding approaching, she had little choice but to find a fake boyfriend before her family swallowed her alive. After many failed attempts, she is left with only one alternative, the most difficult one, her unattainable boss. Roman Fitzgerald is not an easy man to deal with, but still the safest bet, and also has a deal beneficial to both of them. An inevitable rapprochement begins, how long can they keep things professional?