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WOLFBANE SERIES BOOK 2 ***It is highly recommended you read book 1, Wolfbane, before starting this one for context and to avoid spoilers.*** Even as a part of me hesitated, something scratching deep within me, tugging me back to that wonderful-smelling man, I ran. I knew I had to run. *TALIA* For twenty years, I don't know a life outside of the brothel where I was raised; living as a human and hiding as a werewolf in plain sight. Upon finally saving enough money to restart our lives, I find my mother dead, killed in cold blood, her heart ripped out, murdered by one of her clients. Unable to rest until he's dead, I sneak into the murderer's house to avenge my mother's death, only to discover I am mated to his son. I realize the situation before me and, without a second thought, shift into my wolf and jump out of the window, running into the dark night. *ALEX* Well, that's an interesting way to meet my mate, to say the least. It almost isn't surprising—I'm one of those people who attract drama and crazy situations and it's never a dull day in my life. There are hundreds of normal ways to meet a mate and I’m the one that meets mine at my father’s murder scene, my mate being the number one and only suspect. If it weren’t so disturbing, I’d laugh about it. The Moon Goddess clearly has a sick sense of humor. And now—now I must track down this beautiful, mysterious woman with distinct blue eyes that killed my father. *Content Warning: This is a romance with dark themes including explicit adult content, graphic violence, offensive language, and other content some may find offensive. Read at your own risk.*

"You are not supposed to do this" Ida's panicked whisper rang loudly in the small elevator. "And, why is that?" Leo asked with amusement. His lips grazed hers."Because, you are my boss, and Kevin's uncle.." she replied. He is so close, whenever she opened her mouth, she is forced to touch his lips while speaking.He is caging her in between his arms and the elevator wall. His breath is fanning her face. He is her boss and he is not supposed to touch her. Fraternity policy is very strict in his company and relationships between employees are strictly prohibited. But he doesn't care. He used to, but now... ............Leo Hamilton is a famous Businessman and a billionaire. Everyone knows who he is and he is nominated as the most eligible bachelor from the moment he became the CEO of the Hamilton group of companies. He is untouchable and aloof. He is cold, calculating, and Emotionless. Fate has other plans for this Billionaire, who thinks only weak people believe in emotions like love. Accidents happen and the name of the accident that crashes into his life is Ida Wilson. She is a twenty-two-year-old girl who is engaged to her boyfriend of two years. Her boyfriend is none other than Kevin Hamilton, Leo's Nephew.Things take a drastic turn when Ida gets drugged and she ends up spending a night with Leo, giving him her innocence. If that's not enough, she catches Kevin cheating on her with her best friend Claire. She receives the shock of her life when she finds out that Leo is her new boss and Kevin's uncle.Are these two people with different perspectives and opinions come together or destroy each other? Why does Leo start caring about Ida and protecting her from everything and everyone?

Four Brothers. Four Stories. One Pack. Kai, Konstantin, Dimitri and Nikolai - The Volkov Brothers rule New York, not only as a Russian Mafia family but also as The BloodCrest Pack. Book one follows Alpha Kai, known as the Beast Of New York, Russian Mafia leader and Alpha of the Blood Crest pack - and he's come to claim timid and abused Caterina as his mate. Terrible rumours surround Kai and his pack of bloodthirsty wolves, but as Caterina gets to know her mate better and realises that he is not the monster he is made out to be. So what exactly turned Kai into the beast he's known as? In Book 2 we meet Konstantin, known as The Heartless Beta. He never cared for love or finding his mate as the Beta to the Alpha God. Who needs a mate when you have a pack to protect? However, when scentless, halfbreed Lily stepped into his life, everything seemed to fall into place. What will Konstantin do once he discovers the scentless, half breed wolf is pregnant with his prophesied firstborn and has been his mate all along...And she's being held prisoner by a creature even older than the Werewolf God Xamnir? Book 3 Parts 1 and 2 sees Nikolai and Dimitri both thinking that keeping away from their fated mates during the war is what’s best for them. But is their willpower stronger than Fate? Staring at temptation for so long will only make you crave it more, this is something both Nikolai and Dimitri will find out soon enough.

"I, Alpha Dean Smith, reject you, Tamara Brown, you pathetic little orphan, as my mate and Luna," Alpha Dean Smith says. He has plans for his pack, and he first wants to eliminate all the pathetic wolves in his pack. Dean can not believe that the Moon Goddess played such a trick on him by giving him the most pathetic she-wolf in his pack as his mate. Tamara and her wolf Winter feel the pain of his rejection where they stand in front of the Alpha. She refuses to beg or cry. For too long did she allow everyone to walk all over her. "I, Tamara Brown, accept your rejection, Alpha Dean Smith. I may be a pathetic orphan in your eyes, but my parents gave their lives for your pack," Tamara says. Dean is furious! How dare she not beg him to make her stay? "Get out! Take the pathetic bunch of wolves with you! I never want to see you again! The Red River pack does not need useless wolves like you!" Dean shouts. Dean has plans for the Red River pack. He plans to make it the biggest and best pack in America, and he has no place for wolves who can not fight! Tamara starts walking away, and the other "pathetic wolves" follow her. "Why are you following me? You also do not like me! Go your own way," Tamara says as she walks towards the border of the Red Wood Pack.

Isabella Martinez's father died when she was eighteen years old. She had been separated from her mother at an early age and had no knowledge of the business her mother was involved in with her new husband. After her father's death, she is pushed into her mother's world, where she meets her husband and her husband's son, Alex. Alex is unlike any male she has ever encountered; he is cruel and demanding. He's harsh and intimidating. Alex was known to instill dread in individuals merely by glancing at them. Isabella is unaware that he is the world's most dreaded Mafia Don. Alex claims Isabella is his own the instant his eyes meet hers. Her stepbrother is a womanizer who astonished everyone when he claimed Isabella. Isabella is terrified and despairing; will she learn to accept her stepbrother into her heart? She shouted out, "Y-You can't do that." ❝You are my brother.❞ He chuckled at her as his fingers gripped her tiny lace underwear. ❝I am not your brother, neonata.❞ His lips were on her neck, nibbling her skin and moving down to her breast. ❝ Why are you doing this? She asked, biting her lip as his tongue touched her bud. ❝ Because you are mine.

“Get out of my castle!” Laura gazed at the man shouted in front of her, her husband and the prince of kingdom. She did everything she could to become a good luna, but the prince still abandoned her. Because she wasn't his mate. Until Laura was killed, she didn't know where her mate was...Moon Goddess took pity on her and gave her a second life. Now she is no longer Luna Laura, but Laurel miller, a beautiful seventeen year old country girl who is happy and free to enjoy her life. The day the werewolf kingdom defeats the vampires, she climbs the trees to find the triumphant army, and a godlike man appears in her sight. ***Her mate.*** The king of the werewolf kingdom and the undefeated god of war: Adolph Raymond -- and also her father-in-law she's never met. “Will you come with me and be my wife and luna?” Would she?

Aria has her life ripped from her in one single night. The man she thought she was in love with turns her world upside down in a ruthless attack, killing her loved ones. Something she doesn't understand since he made a Blood Oath to her family. Imprisoned by the man she once loved, Aria finally escapes and flees to another pack. Where she discovers who she really and how she is mated to two men. One that swore an oath to her family and one that holds a dark secret. Who will Aria choose?

Charlotte will never fit in with the elites of Lupin Prep. She knows it; they know it. But goddess, if she doesn’t give it her all. As a low-ranking, half-breed scholarship student, she tries her damnedest to survive in a place where her very life is at risk. They all have the power to destroy her - to burn her universe to ashes. Yet, one threat towers above the rest: the school’s unrivaled rulers — the Devil Triplets, Caeson, Taide, and Reigh. Identical heirs to the throne who have sworn, and kept their promise, to make Charlotte the Harlot’s life hell on earth. But then, the second semester of Junior year around, and the moment she sets eyes on them, she knows the moon goddess made a mistake. Because in no reality can the same people who seek to ruin her life be the ones she’s been fated to for eternity. Charlotte tries to reject them. But they refuse to let her. She’d rather drown in a pool of lava than fall for them, but according to the Devil Triplets, the fun has only just begun.

Take her! She is ours! The little wolf in front of me seemed as frozen as me, but that ancient old need only turned stronger now that she stood in front of me. I reached out and grabbed her by her neck. She gasped, shocked, and then I pushed her backwards, closing the door behind us and locking it. Yes, she was trapped now with the big, bad lycan king. *** Anastasia lost everything when she was a young child. Her entire family was killed by mysterious lycans. It leaves her scarred for life and burned after a violent fire takes her home from her. Anastasia swore revenge after she is found by her aunt and taken in. She will find the lycans who took her family from her and end them all. At a party where the lycan King Roman will introduce his new queen, Anastasia runs into the lycan king after he finds her in a bathroom. Suddenly he becomes the center of her world. But can she trust him when she has sworn she hates all lycans? Roman never wants to fall in love or even meet his mate. He chooses a queen. A friend he has known for many years, but at the very party where he is going to present her to all wolves and lycans, he runs into Anastasia. She is like no other woman he has met, and while he knows he must have her, Ana wants nothing to do with any lycan. Can Roman convince her to trust him? Or will Ana keep her heart closed forever? The scars on her body tell her never to let anyone in, but the lycan king's hands on her make her feel so warm. *Book 1*

It's close to impossible for a naturally disabled person to find love. Yvette Snyder was born weak of hearing; even her own mother detests her. After getting married, her affluent husband, Xavier Lane, and the people in his life mock and humiliate her. Then, her husband's ex-girlfriend comes back into his life and publicly announces that she wants to take back everything that should've been hers. She even goes so far as to stand before Yvette to say smugly, "I bet you won't know what it's like to be loved by someone—not in this lifetime. Has Xav ever told you he loves you? He used to say it to me all the time." Only then does Yvette realize how wrong she's been. But it's too late. Her love has gone down the drain; she shouldn't have married someone who doesn't love her. She decides to let go and return Xavier's freedom to him. But Xavier's the first to object. "If you want to get a divorce, you'll have to do it over my dead body!"