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Hated By My Mate

Hated By My Mate

Nathalie Hooker

Days after her eighteenth birthday, Aurora Craton feels the mate pull while working as a maid at a pack leadership party. Her mate turns out to be Alpha Wolfgang of the Blood Moon Pack. When he finds out his mate is just a maid, he not only refuses to accept her, but threatens to mark her as a rogue if she dares to tell anyone she’s his mate. Aurora has no choice but to remain in the pack, doomed to be alone. But then there must be a reason the Moon Goddess put them together…

Age Rating: 16+

The Awakening Series

The Awakening Series

L. T. Marshall

As a child, Alora Dennison of the Whyte pack was orphaned and forced to grow up in a home for “rejects” after her parents were killed in a bloody war. Now at eighteen, she will transition to adulthood at the awakening ceremony and join the Santo pack in battling their common enemy, the vampires. But during the ceremony, to her horror, she imprints on her eternal mate, Colton Santo, the sexy but arrogant son of the alpha, who has always looked down on the Whyte pack. Alpha Juan Santo is outraged and is determined to keep his son away from Alora, yet the Fates have mated them. Why? Knowing the Fates don’t make mistakes, Alora strives to find out, and the answer is beyond her wildest dreams and nightmares.

Age Rating: 18+

Three. The Perfect Number

Three. The Perfect Number

R. S. Aria

Madison Davis is finally done with college. Time to go home, see her brothers and their best friends, the twins, and find a boyfriend who won’t cheat on her with her friend. But Madison’s life is upended when she sees the twins again. Suddenly they don’t feel so much like brothers to her, and she doesn’t feel like their friends’ bratty little sister to them, either... What are they going to do when they can’t resist each other any longer? And what will her brothers say?

Age Rating: 18+

The Alpha's Mutt

The Alpha's Mutt

M. L. Knight

Mysti has spent her life as an outcast—looked down on, unwanted, unworthy. In a world where strength is everything, she’s been told she’s nothing. Farris, an alpha raised to see mutts as a weakness, is everything she is not—powerful, respected, untouchable. But fate has other plans. When they discover they are destined mates, their worlds collide. Can they defy centuries of prejudice, or will their bond break before it begins? And when an ancient enemy rises, will they stand together—or fall apart?

Chasing Kiarra

Chasing Kiarra

N. K. Corbett

Kiarra always runs away from her problems, her feelings and herself. And now she's run straight into the arms of the mysterious and sexy Aidan Gold! Kiarra isn’t sure if she wants to tear his head off or let him tear her clothes off. Either way, she soon learns that Aidan has a big, bad secret, and now the claws are out...

Age Rating: 18+

The Outcasts 1: The Roommate

The Outcasts 1: The Roommate

Ruth Robinson

When Sam posted an advert for a roommate he was hoping at best he'd find someone who would pay half the rent and occasionally wash the dishes. He didn't count on the bubbly ball of cheery energy which was Elizabeth, inserting herself into his life as well as his house. The unlikely friendship which arises will change them both.

Lost Lycan's Mate

Lost Lycan's Mate

A. K. Glandt

I stared in awe at the beautiful creature before me.

A Lycan, here in my Pack. This couldn’t be happening.

The Lycans were driven extinct centuries ago. Yet here he was, and I couldn’t fight the magnetic pull dragging me toward him.

He took a step closer to my father, who was standing protectively in front of me. “You have something of mine, and I want it back.”

“Oh yeah? What?” My father snarled.

The Lycan looked straight at me.

“My mate.”

Cleo has lived her entire life without her wolf, and she’s accepted that she doesn’t have one. But when she meets her mate, a long-lost Lycan king, she feels an awakening that will change her life forever.

The Alpha Princess

The Alpha Princess

Kellene

Celina, the Alpha King’s fierce and powerful daughter, is strong in every way—except in love. After an unimaginable tragedy left her mate dead when she was only eighteen, she’s spent years enduring the annual Claiming Ceremony, where wolves seek to find their fated mates. This year, with no chosen mate by her side, the Beast Council delivers an ultimatum: if Celina isn’t claimed, a mate will be appointed for her, like it or not. Caught between duty, desire, and her own strength, Celina must navigate a world that seeks to control her fate. A thrilling story of power, resilience, and forbidden romance awaits.

Sold to the Alpha

Sold to the Alpha

Kelsie Tate

As she cast a glance over her shoulder, her breath hitched. There he stood. The king.

The air caught in her lungs as their eyes met, a spark flaring in the depths of his gaze.

“Servant,” he said, his voice icy. Her internal wolf surged, screaming one word…

“Mate.”

When Autumn Blackthorne’s parents die, leaving behind a mountain of debt, she is forced to become an indentured servant to the fearsome King Elijah. When she meets the king himself, her inner wolf screams that she has met her mate. But can the alpha king ever see her as more than a maid?

Age Rating: 18+ (Human Trafficking)

Always You

Always You

Roanna Hinks

Savannah and Elijah have been best friends since high school, but something deeper has always stirred between them. Now, Elijah, tired of his current girlfriend and running a gym with Savannah's ex, hears troubling rumors about Savannah. Everything changes when one night, Savannah ends up in a place they never expected—his bed. This gripping story of hidden feelings and tangled friendships will hook you in from the first chapter.

Age Rating: 18+

I Accidentally Stole The Bad Boy's First

I Accidentally Stole The Bad Boy's First

Vitu

Addalynn Reina is just an ordinary girl. She has loving parents, a comfortable life, and a ride-or-die best friend. Dancing is her absolute passion and she is well-known for being a kind and caring person. Who wouldn’t love to be around her? Unfortunately for Addy, the answer to that question is her next-door neighbor/long-time crush/high school bad boy Asher King, who won’t even look in her direction. That is, until she decides to smash her chapped lips to Asher’s luscious ones one fateful night. And he doesn’t know it was her. Now he wants her to help him catch the girl who stole his first kiss—in exchange for keeping one of her biggest secrets to himself. But how can Addy help him catch the culprit when she’s the guilty party?

The Heat

The Heat

Raven Flanagan

River crosses the country on the run. Little does she know she's going to go into Heat for the first time in 2 years. She doesn't mean to catch the Alpha's attention, but he means to catch her.

When the alpha picks up her scent he's intent on catching her. Not even the scars of the past can stop him from keeping her.

Playing Pretend

Playing Pretend

R S Burton

Grace Reynolds has been playboy Brennan Wolf’s PA for the last three years. After a brief one-sided crush, Grace has spent the better part of her time shaking off his overzealous one-night stands and helping him dodge calls from his family. After losing her mother, she decides she’s had enough of managing Brennan’s private life. She hands in her notice, which somehow ends with her agreeing to be Brennan’s fake fiancée at his sister’s wedding. She just has to get through the weekend and she’ll be free. Only life never goes exactly as planned, and as the line between fake and real gets blurred, who is fooling who?

The Academy of Shades 1: Secrets of the Blackwood

The Academy of Shades 1: Secrets of the Blackwood

Amanda Underwood

Larissa didn’t ask to be feared. But when shadows obey your every thought—sometimes a little too well—trouble follows. Now she’s broke, haunted by the past, and stuck cleaning up after three infuriatingly hot, infuriatingly powerful guys headed to an elite magic academy. She counted the days till they left. Then her own letter arrived. Now Larissa’s stepping into a school filled with nightmares, secrets, and monsters that wear heartbreakingly beautiful faces. Her shadows will protect her—but these boys? They might just destroy her... or fall with her. Either way, she’s not going quietly.

Alpha's Servant

Alpha's Servant

Danielle Jaggan

How could I not feel his presence behind me? His features were molded from granite and every part of him screamed danger. Our eyes connected and I saw desire, confusion, anger…lust. With lightning speed I was lifted up and thrown onto his bed. I felt his lips brush against mine, then all of a sudden they were gone. “What have you done to me?” he growled.

Skylar is a slave to the dreaded Alpha Ares, a killing machine with no remorse. Until Sklyer walks into his chamber to feed him dinner, that is. From that moment on he can’t forget her scent, and everything starts to change. For both of them…

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