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Beautiful Mistake

Beautiful Mistake

by Mel Ryle

After Kyla's friends convince her to rebound from her cheating ex-boyfriend with a one night stand, she's sure she's got love and lust out of her system for good. Now she can focus on her career as a marketing assistant. But little does she know that the handsome stranger who just rocked her world is her new boss. Kyla decides to keep their relationship professional, but her billionaire boss isn't easily deterred...

Reed's Sex Academy

Reed's Sex Academy

by Rhea Harp

Why do I want this job? Because my sister is in foster care. Because I’m broke and can’t find a decent-paying job. And because I’m seriously on the verge of a breakdown if things don’t start looking up soon.

Mr. Reed opens my eyes, and my body, to the unspoken world of the Academy. I’m powerless to deny him anything. He owns me, and he knows it.

But someone else knows. Someone determined to take both of us down.

Will I survive long enough to get out with my heart intact?

The Arrangement

The Arrangement

by S. S. Sahoo

Xavier Knight knows the two things guaranteed to turn a girl on: fast cars and money. He has both. When a scandal forces him into an arranged marriage with Angela Carson, a penniless nobody, he assumes she’s a gold digger—and vows to punish her for it. But appearances are deceiving, and sometimes polar opposites aren’t as different as they seem…

Age Rating: 18+ (Kidnapping, Assault, Murder, Threat/Stalking)

Broken Queen

Broken Queen

by Danni D

Her: A twenty-year-old werewolf, who has been chained to a table and tortured for years. Just as she’s about to get her revenge, the building explodes.

Him: The Alpha King of his pack, who is about to find her unconscious body in the wreckage and save her life.

As the light fades out, all I see are the stars sparkling above me. Suddenly, a pair of dazzling eyes cuts across my view, pulling me close as my senses dissipate. I hear his strong voice call to me as my vision goes dark…

"I know the pain you're in. But I promise you, you're safe. We can help each other through this."

Age Rating: 18+ (Torture, Extreme Violence/Gore)

The Marked Mate

The Marked Mate

by Gemma Rue

Her: A human afraid of two things: love and wolves.

Him: A wolf determined to prove that alphas can be kind.

After escaping an evil mate, all Maisie wants is a regular human life. She’s willing to sacrifice everything to get it… or is she? When she meets a kind-hearted second-chance mate, she must decide if love is worth the risk. Will Maisie learn to love again before her secrets catch up to her?

Dirty Money Book 1: The Million Dollar Virgin

Dirty Money Book 1: The Million Dollar Virgin

by Rebekah Halt

Sloane Heathrow was never supposed to apply. It was a joke — a late-night click on a dark web ad offering one million dollars for one virgin. But when a black-and-gold email lands in her inbox with an interview time and location, the joke stops being funny. The offer is real. The contract is binding. And the men behind it are hidden, impossibly wealthy, and completely untouchable. Suddenly, Sloane is pulled into a world built on luxury, secrecy, and control, where every rule is carefully designed to keep her in line. What begins as a bold decision quickly becomes something far more dangerous as boundaries blur, emotions deepen, and the arrangement becomes harder to escape than she ever expected.

Thirty days.

Three men.

One secret she can never tell.

Stockholm Syndrome

Stockholm Syndrome

by Vivienne Wren

“You’re looking for good in a bad man. That’s a dangerous thing to do.”

Zara is trapped, tied, and desperate to escape. The men holding her are ruthless, but it’s their leader who unsettles her most. He’s sharp, cold, unreadable—and the only one she can’t look away from. Every stolen glance chips at her resolve, every dangerous word pulls her deeper into the storm. She knows it’s reckless to search for softness in someone built of shadows, but her heart won’t listen. The lines between fear and longing blur until she can’t tell where danger ends and desire begins. Survival demands distance, yet every moment close to him feels like a secret she’s not ready to give up. Is she falling for her captor—or is she just losing herself?

Unfortunate Friends 1: My Best Frenemy

Unfortunate Friends 1: My Best Frenemy

by Ruth Robinson

I hated AJ McGabe.

He was my school’s quarterback, and the other girls treated him like Adonis reborn.

Ngl, he was hot as fuck. But he despised me, and the feeling was so mutual.

The only bright spot for Senior year was that my best friend, Jake, was starting at my school.

And it turned out he already had a friend from football camp here. This guy, Andy.

Jake said the three of us would be spending a lot of time together this semester.

But on the first day of school, I got a nasty surprise when he brought me to meet this Andy guy.

Turns out it was AJ. Fucking. McGabe.

That’s right. My best friend was buddies with my sexy nemesis himself.

Fuck. It was going to be a long semester…

Age Rating: 18+ (Content Warning: Drug Use/Overdose, Suicide)

The Doctor's Mates Book 1

The Doctor's Mates Book 1

by Corinthe Davies

Anastasia thrives on chaos, caffeine, and saving lives during long ER night shifts. She expects blood, broken bones, and the occasional miracle, not a secret call that pulls her into a hidden wolf pack with rules of its own. Medicine meets moonlight as instincts stir and bonds snap into place without asking permission. Three powerful wolves circle her world, each reacting differently to the pull they cannot deny. One offers warmth, one offers loyalty, and one clearly wishes she would disappear. Anastasia carries secrets of her own, and staying detached feels safer than trusting fate. But when destiny growls this loudly, can anyone pretend it is not real?

The Alpha's Mutt

The Alpha's Mutt

by 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?

The Awakening Series

The Awakening Series

by 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

by 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+

Sold to the Alpha

Sold to the Alpha

by 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)

Infinity

Infinity

by Mikayla S

I met my mate as a child.

I was lost in the woods, and his calming voice guided me to safety without ever revealing himself.

Since then, he’s watched over me but never showed himself. I yearn to touch him, to hold him.

Yet still, he lurks in the shadows, never claiming me.

I wonder if there’s something wrong with me. Am I not good enough for him?

But then, when I turn 21, I’m attacked by rogues and left for dead. As I feel the life drain from my body, a creature appears on the edge of my blurry vision.

“Stay strong, little mate. You’re mine now.”

As the mate bond surges between us, I know he’s not a wolf.

He’s something older… Darker… Deadlier.

Who the hell is my mate?

And what will happen to me now?

Age Rating: 18+

Lost Lycan's Mate

Lost Lycan's Mate

by 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.

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