stephen king's first

I was supposed to be his forever—Alpha King Jax’s fated mate, his queen. But instead of love, I got rejection. Instead of a future, I got banishment. Left to die and stripped of everything, I swore I’d never forgive him. Years later, he’s back. And worse, my wolf still craves him, still trembles under the weight of his gaze. I hate him for what he did to me, for the pain he caused, but my wolf doesn’t care. She only wants to feel his touch, his bond, his fire. But I can’t let myself fall into his trap again. Jax shattered my heart once, and I refuse to give him the chance to do it twice. Now he’s offering me a deal: my freedom in exchange for helping him complete a deadly mission. I need that freedom more than anything. But working with him means being near him, breathing the same air, feeling the same spark that never truly died. And if Jax discovers the dangerous secret I’ve been hiding all these years, he won’t just break me again—he’ll kill me. Time is running out. The bond between us is growing stronger, and I can’t trust my wolf—or my heart—to resist him for much longer. If I don’t escape soon, I might lose more than my life. I might lose myself… to the Alpha King who betrayed me.

For years, the Lycans and werewolves have been locked in a bitter war, their hatred spanning generations. Rosalee, born under tragic and cruel circumstances, was abandoned as a baby at a werewolf pack. Treated worse than the lowest omega, she endured years of neglect and scorn. On her sixteenth birthday, everything changed. Her first shift revealed a truth that shattered her world, Rosalee was no ordinary werewolf. Cast out from the only home she had ever known, she was forced to fend for herself, alone and afraid. Desperate for safety, Rosalee found refuge in a quiet human town, where she built a new life. Working at a small hotel, she finally felt a sense of belonging, even forming a close bond with Dameon, the son of the hotel’s head chef. But her secret loomed over her like a shadow, a constant reminder of what she could lose if the truth came to light. Her fragile peace is shattered when the Lycan King, a powerful, enigmatic figure, arrives at the hotel one fateful night. His presence is a threat to the life she’s built, and his intentions are as clear as his connection to her past. As tensions rise and old wounds resurface, Rosalee is thrust into a dangerous game of survival. To protect her secret and those she cares about, she must confront her identity and uncover the truth about her origins, before the war she escaped catches up with her once again. In a world divided by blood and betrayal, Rosalee must decide where she truly belongs and whether she can forge a path of her own.

I wanted to injure him with my long claws, to make him suffer, to enjoy the rage I had when he slaughtered my mate. I wanted to crash every part of his body until nothing remained of him. Over the last year, my mind had been empty save for the thought of how I could slowly kill him —as how would he feel the agony he had caused because he stole the life of someone I loved the most. If we met, I would make it unavoidable for him to not forget the anguish and contempt I would instill in him. That was my first plan... However, how could I defy fate and declare he was not my mate? I wanted to reject him. No. I would reject him. ****** This book will be steamy and have some BDSM.

When Melanie gets kidnapped as a child and thrown into a camp with other girls of her age, she undergoes trainings to become an assassin. And a sex slave. But what she never expected was to meet this strange man that she never in a million visions thought she'd ever meet. Nicolas Silverado is a powerful, influential and feared billionaire who shakes up the city whenever he wants. Rising from a family that owns seventy percent of the world's most successful businesses, Nicolas barely needs to snap a finger before everything and everyone comes succumbing to his feet. He was the man you would walk past on the street and stop to take a second glance. It was a time when werewolves lived in the cities and worked amongst humans in their human forms too, owned countless businesses and ruled their own empires. And the Nikolas were known for their wealth and 70% the money that ran around the money chain. But what happens when Nikolas, haven had everyone bend to his feet, meets a woman who doesn't see or worship him the way the rest of the world does?

For Camilla Castello, her deepest desires were simple—love and acceptance. When her family favored her seemingly flawless elder sister, she sought solace in her ideal mate, only to endure betrayal as he cheated with the favored sibling. Amid nursing a wounded heart, she became a substitute bride for her sister, forced to marry the incompetent Werewolf Prince, scorned by the King himself. Despite lacking choice, she trusted him, bore his child, and discovered a hidden, redeemable side beyond rumors. Her role, however, reduced to a mere breeder, her family and Pack mere pawns in the King's game. To escape these monsters, she fled with her unborn child, vowing to return for revenge against the Royal Pack. Yet, the unexpected entry of genuine love complicates her path. The prince was back in her life, and so is another, both offering their hearts. Now, faced with the choice between risking all for love or joining forces with a newfound alliance for revenge, Camilla must navigate a complex web of emotions and decisions.

With a heavy heart, in order to fulfill the wishes of her father who was terminally ill and would not survive long, Clarabelle Aimee decided to join the reality show At the First Time I Meet You in the city where she lived, Sydney. Clarabelle was sure, with the help of love experts, she would find the right man, who would be her life partner. Jordan Gerald, was desperate to join the At the First Time I Meet You event because he wanted to win a bet with his friends. In order to be accepted by the experts, Jordan played a joke about himself in the reality. Meeting for the first time at the altar, Clarabelle was stunned by Jordan. Jordan was fascinated by Clarabelle's beauty. Jordan's sweet attitude during the introduction period in the reality show they participated in, made Clarabelle begin to fall in love with Jordan. Unfortunately, after the event, living a real life, Jordan's cover began to be exposed. Surprise after surprise Clarabelle met and made her heart disappointed again. Stay or separate? Which would Clarabelle and Jordan choose? Was marriage in At the First Time I Meet You just a game?

He wants an heir, she wants to marry the love of her life. Emily Dewhurst didn't think her life would take such a drastic turn, she was the perfect daughter, so she didn't see a reason why her father would marry her off to a man she knows nothing of. A man she loath, but wants. A man built with secrets. And a man capable of destroying her entire existence.

Mo Xuetong has lost everything. Her mother, her child, even her servants, have been killed. Betrayed, disfigured, and alone, she dies trying to destroy the people who deceived her……and wakes up as a child again. Given a second chance, she vows to make things different. This time she will not be a naïve child. This time she is beautiful, cold, and willing to do whatever it takes to get revenge.But her plans are disrupted when she uncovers a thirty year old conspiracy that changes everything. Will she still be able to change her fate? And even if she does, will her new fate be any better, or will her hunger for revenge destroy her?

Kazia is taken in as a slave by Murad, a notorious Lycan king, who ends up getting obsessed with a helpless Kazia and forces her to be his newest pet. He brands her with his initials that gives him ownership over her and Kazia believes she'd never find a way out of her misery until she meets another Lycan king, Kavan, who turns out to be her mate. The unspoken rule of the Lycan Kings of the seven kingdoms was that none of them were allowed to touch or admire each other's branded pets. Will Kavan keep to this rule and abandon his mate or is he willing to go against the norms for the freedom of his mate?

Emille is the perfect definition of a troublesome person and a disappointment to her family. She is a strong princess who fights and causes trouble. She is called the Trouble princess. No one wants to be involved with her but luckily she has a mate who likes her. Or so she thought until she met Alpha Bryan who calls her doom. Alpha Bryan claims Emille is his mate, Emille hates him and thinks he is crazy. He is from the enemy pack. But he opens her eyes on her mate's betrayal. Not knowing why Alpha Bryan is bent on having her, she accepts hiss proposal for revenge. Until she finds out he has been using her all along, the whole world is against her. Will she trust Alpha Bryan or her other mate? Is he really the bad guy? How will she overcome being accused of killing her father? How will she stop the betrayal?