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Waverly is a nobody from the Outer District, an Omega surviving on scraps and the hope of escaping her foster parents’ greed. But when Prince Kaeren, the ruthless heir to the throne, returns from Spain with a sketch of his missing mate, Waverly’s life turns into a living nightmare. The girl in the sketch has her FACE! Sold by her parents for a chance at luxury, Waverly is thrust into the glittering, lethal world of the High-Class region. Her mission is simple: pretend to be the woman in the drawing, secure the Alpha’s heart, and save her family from the mines. But Prince Kaeren is hiding a dark secret of his own. He didn't find a mate abroad, he drew a non-existent face to secure his inheritance, never expecting a gutter-rat like Waverly to show up with that very face. Now, he’s convinced she’s a con artist sent to destroy him. He’s accepted her as his mate, but not for love. He’s bought her to be his toy, his pawn, and his mockery. He vows to ruin her, she vows to survive him… none expects the sizzling tension or the secret longing between them. Though determined to hate each other forever, who will break first?

The once renowned Seoul Philharmonic Symphony is in distress and losing musicians before Seo Jaemin, an unknown beta conductor with a murky past, steps in to help them rebuild their glory together with his career in the cutthroat, alpha-dominated world of classical music. As First Chair, the commanding alpha Kang Do-hyun resists the new leadership, refusing to submit to a beta, although he notices himself being drawn to Jaemin, a pull he can’t explain. But Jaemin is hiding a secret that would shatter his fragile professional facade: he's not a beta at all, but an omega, whose scent is now a painful echo of a failed bond—a betrayal that haunts his every move. When Do-hyun discovers Jaemin’s true nature, his unexplained attraction spirals into a fierce, protective obsession. Consumed by an alpha's fury for the one who broke Jaemin, Do-hyun must decide if he can truly save the omega he’s dying to claim. ----- [Excerpt] Jaemin’s hair was a mess of soft, dark honey curls, his clothes from the concert rumpled and clinging to his slender frame. Do-hyun hadn’t dared to undress him. After the omega had fallen asleep, the floral scent had flared, unleashed from the tight grip Jaemin kept on it when he was conscious. Barely a minute later, Do-hyun had to rally every ounce of self-control from within to extract himself from the bed and stumble out of the room, before his alpha instincts could take over and greedily claim everything that was being offered freely to him. Now, Jaemin stood swaying slightly in front of him, his amber eyes half-lidded, a hazy, dreamy glaze coating them like a thin film. His cheeks were flushed a soft rose, and his mouth, a little open, seemed to be waiting for something. "Jaemin," Do-hyun managed, his voice thick and low. "Are you okay? Do you need something? You can't be walking around like this." Jaemin didn't seem to hear him. He took another step forward, and his scent slammed into Do-hyun’s senses, shredding through his safety shield of medicated eucalyptus—the intoxicating cherry blossoms, now so strong they stung his eyes. Lifting a hand to Do-hyun’s chest, Jaemin looked up at him, head tilted, hazy eyes searching Do-hyun’s face as if looking for something in the depths of his soul. Then he spoke, the single word a soft, breathless whisper: "Alpha."

What if love never looked the same way twice? In this world, love does not follow rules. It does not knock before it enters. It does not wait for the right time, the right person, or the right circumstances. It simply ...arrives. Sometimes loudly. Sometimes in a whisper so soft you almost miss it. A Thousand Ways to Love is a collection of stories that dare to ask.... what does love really look like? It looks like two strangers sharing one umbrella in the rain and realizing they never want to walk alone again. It looks like a boy who lied to his professor just to spend one hour in a library with a girl who reads devastating books and won't admit she cried. It looks like first glances and last chances. Like missed calls and midnight conversations. Like the person you didn't choose but somehow couldn't live without. Every volume is a new story. Every chapter is a new heartbeat. Every love is different messy and beautiful and completely, unapologetically real. Some will make you hold your chest and wonder how words can hurt so sweetly. Some will make you look at the person beside you and think oh. It's you. It was always you. This is not just a romance collection. This is every kind of love you have ever felt, ever feared, ever wanted. Welcome to A Thousand Ways to Love. Your story is in here somewhere. I promise.

The powerful Vale family is drowning in a massive debt owed to the criminal empire of Cassian Wolfe, head of the Wolfe Syndicate. To settle the debt, the family plans to marry their gentle omega son Eli Vale to Cassian. But the estranged older son Adrian Vale returns after six years away. Adrian is no longer the rebellious heir the family exiled. He has become something far more dangerous — a calculated, highly skilled assassin who survived the criminal underworld. Instead of sacrificing Eli, Adrian takes his place in the marriage, entering the Wolfe Syndicate as the “omega bride.” However, this marriage is not submission. It is a strategic infiltration.

SOLD TO THE DEVIL Daniella Montenegro has spent her entire life paying for sins that were never hers. Her mother’s death. Her father’s failures. Her brother’s reckless choices. At twenty, she dances under neon lights each night just to keep food on the table for a family that has never protected her in return. When the man she was meant to marry disappears on their wedding day, Daniella believes humiliation is the worst fate waiting for her. She is wrong. By nightfall, her father’s gambling debts come due, and desperate men make desperate bargains. To settle what he owes, he offers the only thing he has left of value. His daughter. Blindfolded and delivered like payment, Daniella is taken to the secluded estate of Santiago Torres Mendoza, a man whispered about in business circles and feared everywhere else. Powerful, controlled, and mercilessly private, Santiago is not a man who explains his decisions, only enforces them. Daniella arrives with nothing: no freedom, no allies, and no way to escape. And she carries a secret of her own. Two months pregnant with a child whose father she cannot name, she is forced to sign a contract that claims her body, her future, and her unborn child. Survival becomes her only goal as she is pulled into Santiago’s dangerous world of luxury negotiations, shadowed alliances, and corruption powerful enough to erase lives without consequence. But everything changes the moment Santiago truly looks at her. Because Daniella Montenegro has her mother’s face, the face of the woman he lost twenty-three years ago. A woman whose disappearance left wounds that time never healed and secrets buried deep enough to destroy empires. What begins as a transaction becomes a fragile and dangerous alliance. As enemies close in and the truth about Daniella’s past begins to surface, Santiago finds himself protecting the one person he was never meant to care about, while Daniella discovers that the most terrifying prison is not the contract that binds her, but the man whose darkness may be the only thing keeping her alive. In a world ruled by power, loyalty, and betrayal, the greatest threat is not the devil who bought her… But the woman who refuses to belong to anyone.

On the day of her half-sister’s wedding, Lyra’s world is torn apart. Daphne, the bride, has vanished, and to appease the ruthless Alpha Kaelen, Lyra is forced to wear the veil. But the sham ceremony backfires when a sacred ritual binds them with a goddess-blessed mate bond—one that can never be broken. Her sacrifice is repaid with the ultimate betrayal. Framed by her own family for stealing her sister’s life, Lyra is dragged to a hostile pack as the Alpha’s despised mate. Humiliated and enraged, Kaelen vows to claim her not for passion, but for punishment. He will own her, break her, and make her regret the day she ever crossed him. But in the shadows of their new life, a darker threat looms—a poison threatening the pack and a conspiracy that runs deeper than their hatred. As an unwanted bond pulls them closer, they will discover the line between burning hatred and searing passion is thin enough to ignite.

It always starts with an accident. That’s how all these stories go. One moment, you’re minding your own business, and the next, you wake up in someone else’s body. For Caspian, his accident started earlier than he even knew. Maybe it began when his sister got him into romance novels? Or when he started really sympathizing with the villains at the ends of books? He’d never know. It was too late to worry about it now. For now, he had to find a way to fix this nightmare, or rehabilitate his image, all while trying to free himself from the fate set out for him. All because of the damn "gods" who he'd cut a deal with. These were the only two options he had available, and he wasn’t sure he could succeed at either. The man he had taken over for had been…a true piece of work. And the secret villain of the book he had been reading before he passed. It had been a harem novel. A reverse harem novel. He was trapped in a huge ass CASTLE with a bunch of men who hated him because he was taking affection and time away from their shared wife. All Cass wanted to do was be a good person, not mess around with this poor woman and her far too handsome husbands. But why would no one leave him alone? Was he too suspicious? And why, after going out of his way to avoid them like they had asked, did they keep pestering him? And where did the heroine go? How was he going to manage three, handsome men without the heroine?

When a young, silent girl is in her last year of highschool, maintaining a routine and a cover of a ghost meets a loud, cocky, arrogant jock, her routine and way of life is quickly disturbed. Kara is forced to reset her entire way of thinking when she is partnered with Adam for a science project.

Elva Porsteinsdòttir was once the shining daughter of the Beta Jakob Bjarnarson and pride of the Blackthorn Pack, promised to the Alpha heir of Shadowpine: Sveinn since they were children and destined to lead beside him the night her wolf awakened. But that ceremony became her ruin. Her wolf never rose. Her mate betrayed and rejected her in front of the entire pack. Stripped of title and cast lower than any omega, she was left to rot in a stone cell while the life she knew moved on without her. Escape seemed impossible until the Moon Goddess offered her one last card: a fated mate. The man who claims her is King Gunnar Sigurdsson, the iron-fisted Alpha of the rival Ironfang Pack, a warrior who swore off all weakness after losing everything once before. He wants her gone. She refuses to break. What begins as hate and chains twists into raw, dangerous passion. When Elva finally unleashes the ancient secret bloodline power locked inside her, it will either save Gunnar from the prophecy that haunts him or burn both their packs to the ground. ===================== WARNING: 18+ MATURE CONTENT #SLOWBURN #MORALLYGRAYML #SPICY #ANGST

Aria Sterling walks out of prison with nothing. No money. No family. No memories. Only one desperate problem — she needs $500,000 in 48 hours to save her grandmother’s life. With no other choice, she goes to the one man who once destroyed her life — billionaire CEO Julian Vance. He refuses to help. But he offers something else. A one-year contract marriage. Strict rules. Separate rooms. No emotions. Only business. Aria signs the deal, believing she traded one prison for another. But the penthouse is filled with secrets. Julian forbids her from entering the East Wing. When she finally breaks the rule, she finds a silent five-year-old girl hiding in the shadows. The child has the same eyes as her. The same smile. The same face. And the little girl calls Julian… Daddy. As Aria begins working in Julian’s company, fragments of her lost memories start returning. A yellow dress. Rain. A desperate kiss. A man who loved her. Julian Vance isn’t a stranger. He is her forgotten husband. But before she can uncover the truth, a dangerous enemy from the past returns — the arsonist who destroyed her life five years ago. He manipulates Aria, planting lies and forged evidence, trying to convince her that Julian framed her and stole her child. Now Aria is trapped between two men. One who would burn the world to protect her. One who already tried to burn her alive. As her memories return, so does the truth. The contract marriage was never fake. The child was never a secret. And the love she lost… never died. But when the past finally catches up to them, Aria must make a choice. Trust the man she forgot… Or believe the lies that could destroy them both.

Lyra Silvermoon was raised to be the perfect Luna—trained, groomed, and promised to her childhood friend and supposed fated mate, Aric. Their union was meant to be the foundation of peace across the shifter world. But on the night before their sacred bonding ceremony, destiny revealed a truth no one was prepared for. The ancestral stone shattered at her touch, releasing a black omen that shook the entire Silvermoon Pack. The prophecy was clear:
if Aric marked her, the pack would fall, and Lyra’s womb would birth the child destined to end the shifter world. To save his people, Aric rejected her in front of the entire pack. Hunted by extremists, branded a curse, Lyra fled into the night and mistakenly entered the boarders of the Nightbane Pack, straight into the arms of Darius Nightbane, the infamous Tyrant King feared even by demons. Rumored to have murdered his own mate and cursed with forbidden blood, Kael should have killed her on sight. But something forbidden stirred between them instead… a mate bond. One night of vulnerable weakness bound them together, but by dawn Lyra fled again—this time into the human world.
 Weeks later, she carries an evidence of their intense night together…Darius child.
The prophecy child.
The one destined to either end the shifter world. She vowed to protect her baby, and keep it far away from pack life. But fate was not done. Darius found her working in a nightclub, his cold obsession igniting into something feral the moment he sensed the heartbeat inside her… and the second one. Meanwhile, Aric spiralled into madness. Realization struck too late—Lyra had never been his mate. She was Darius’s. And the child she carried was the prophesied child of Dual destiny— one that could ruin the whole shifters world or unite them into one kingdom and rule over them. As packs turned against her, factions rose to worship or destroy the unborn heir, and destiny twisted around her unborn child, Lyra found herself at the center of a war far greater than love. Because the prophecy never promised ruin. 
Only change.

Mia Torres thought the hardest thing she'd ever do was bury her brother. She was wrong. One year later, a man is waiting for her at his grave. Damien Voss — mafia boss, her brother's former best friend, and the last person she ever wanted to see again. He's holding a contract with Ryan's signature on it, and only one thing to say: Ryan owed him. Now she does. Mia has no money, no leverage, and no choice. She moves into his world chained to a debt that was never hers — and to a man she blames for everything. But the longer she stays, the more she realizes that Damien is not the monster she built him into. And that Ryan's death was not the accident she was told it was. Someone is responsible. Someone with patience, resources, and a reason that goes back further than she knows. And Damien has been hunting the same truth alone for a year. She came to grieve. She leaves as his. But some chains, when you finally look closely, were never meant to hold you back. Some were the only thing holding you together.

BOOK TWO OF THE HAMILTON SERIES WARNING: A Regency Era novel. Adult content with detailed smut…Read at you own risk⚠️⛔️ Genre: Historical Romance / Smut / Enemies-to-Lovers / Mystery / Comedy / Found family [Book Two of the Hamilton Series. Can be read as a standalone, but better enjoyed after Lady Ines’ Scandalous Hobby.] To the world, Duke Rowan Hamilton is the perfect gentleman. But in the bedroom, he is a man possessed. Rowan Hamilton has it all: a Ducal title, the face of a fallen angel, and a smile that makes debutantes faint. He is the "Golden Duke"—charming, responsible, and utterly adored by society. But it’s all a lie. Beneath the coats and polite manners, Rowan is a man haunted by a ghost. For three years, he has remained faithful to the memory of a masked woman who stole a kiss, bested him at a game of chance, and vanished into the night. He doesn't want any one as his wife; he wants her. When his domineering aunt tires of his bachelorhood, she hires London’s most notorious underground matchmaker to force the issue. Enter Miss Delaney Kingsley. She is sharp-tongued, infuriatingly competent, and entirely unimpressed by his title. Her mission? To drag Rowan to the altar with the season’s "Diamond," Lady Celine, within three months to collect the juicy payment Rowan’s aunt had to offer. Rowan intends to fire the meddlesome woman. But when Delaney looks at him with those hazel, intelligent eyes and orders him around like a young lad, he feels the first spark of life he’s felt in years. He decides to play her game. He will let her find him a wife. But he has no intention of choosing anyone even Lady Celine. "You were hired to find me a Duchess, Miss Kingsley. But the only person I want in my duchy and in my bed... is you." As mysteries turn into forbidden nights and the bickering turns into scorching passion, Rowan begins to suspect that his matchmaker is hiding a secret of her own. She moves like a shadow, handles a rifle like a soldier, and tastes exactly like the ghost he’s been hunting for three years. What to Expect: * High Stake Mystery: They try to untangle themselves from the Farrington’s trap. * The Golden Retriever Duke: Who turns into a possessive Alpha behind closed doors. * The Matchmaker Trope: She’s trying to marry him off; he’s trying to take her clothes off. * High Heat: Slow burn that explodes into intense smut. * Competence Kink: He falls harder every time she bosses him around. * Cameos: Featuring the chaotic domestic life of Duchess Ines and Duke Carcel (and their baby Harry!). Excerpt: "Your Grace, please focus," Delaney snapped, adjusting his cravat with efficient, gloved hands. "Lady Celine is waiting in the ballroom. You must look at her as if she is the only woman in the world." Rowan caught her wrist, stopping her movements. He stepped into her space, backing her against the heavy oak door of the study, his "Golden Boy" mask slipping to reveal the hunger beneath. "And how, exactly, does one do that, Miss Kingsley?" he whispered, his voice rough. "Show me." "I—I cannot show you, It I s not in my place to—" "Then teach me," he growled, lowering his head until his lips brushed the sensitive skin of her neck. "Teach me how to pretend I am not burning alive every time you walk into a room."

To the world, he is a fallen Alpha. To his enemies, he is a target. To himself, he is a monster. In a world ruled by S-tier Alphas, Zhou Qixian is a masterpiece of deception. He has convinced the city—and his powerful family—that he is an A-tier Alpha. But beneath the expensive suits and the scent of power lies a toxic secret: he is an S-tier Omega. Zhou Qixian was the "disappointing" son, an S-tier Omega masquerading as an Alpha in a family that only values one. Disowned by his family and hunted by a past he can't escape, S-tier Omega Qixian must hide his lethal pheromones to survive because an omega will always be an omega. But when he finds the twin brother he never knew existed. Qixian entangles himself in Haoran’s world of warmth and healing, the secrets of the Zhou family begin to unravel. But Gu Yichen, the cold-blooded CEO of the city’s strongest empire, is already suspicious. He’s determined to unmask the "Song Qixian" who cries out for mercy in his sleep and reeks of death and spider lilies. Qixian must decide how much of his humanity he’s willing to sacrifice to protect his brother. When the masks finally fall, will the truth set the twins free, or will it destroy the only family Qixian has left?

What if the tragic story you once mocked… becomes the world you were thrown into? Xiao Zhi spent her life mocking bad novels. As an editor, she tore apart manuscripts for their cliche plots and tragic endings... until she woke up in one of them. Now, she is the Princess destined to die. But Xiao Zhi isn't following the script. She’s using every trick she knows to outsmart the plot and stay alive. The terrifying part? The story is fighting back. Every time she tries to change her fate, the world pulls her closer to the end she’s running from. How do you escape a death that has already been written?

A determined young girl who was abuse in her first life was given a second chance by the vampire lord to reclaim those who used her. Now she sets on a new journey unaware that she was reborn and fallen in love with the lost vampire Lord's son. Join me in the Adventure of his this two enemies become partners and lovers.

The universe did not give me a second chance. It gave me a trade. I was bred to be a sacrifice. I was burned alive by the people I loved most. I came back from the ash to reclaim my life, my title, and a power that should have stayed buried. The betrayal is finished. The divorce is final . I am no longer the girl they can cage. But the cost of my freedom was higher than I imagined. The one ally I trusted has vanished. He left a crumbling empire and a hole in my world I cannot fill. The wards protecting my kingdom are failing. I have eight months to reach the final trial or watch everything I fought for collapse. I have to do it under the shadow of the Crown Prince. Thalion thinks I am a monster. He does not trust my blood, my smiles, or my intentions. He is my mandatory escort because he does not trust anyone else to watch me. He is there to document every slip. He is there to decipher the dangerous secret I am hiding. Eight months with a man who watches me with cold, calculated suspicion. The way he looks at me when the shadows grow long is not just wariness. It is a hunger that threatens to burn us both down. I am playing a new game now. This time, I am the one holding the torch. Regression | Enemies-to-Lovers | Forced Proximity | Slow Burn | Political Intrigue | R18 ________________________________________ Note to Readers: This is the second book of Crown of Ash and Bonds and an entry in The Soulfire Chronicles. This volume is currently ongoing. Because it follows the direct consequences of the first book, you must start the journey with Book 1: The Rise of the Flamebearer. For the full history of the pyre and the betrayal that started it all, the beginning of Seraphina's journey is available now .

To have the ability to see into people's past has no real appeal for the teenager this story is about, letting him only use it as amusement and to show off when he was drunk. Never look into someone's past beyond a superficial level. Never try to find out more than you should. NEVER. EVER. LOOK. INTO. THE. FUTURE. But everything changed the moment he was forced to look into the future, was forced to investigate the circumstances of a murder, and was forced to make the acquaintance of the victim's twin brother('s fists). The more time passed, the more it appeared that the primary reason for this murder wasn't a local, but a global one. This single, marred corpse was the beginning of a threat that would shake the world. (MC loses a screw when he enters the prison.) Slow Burn, BL, first-person view; MC is shorter than ML BUT we have a SWITCH-COUPLE! Love interest falls in love first; both MC and ML are straight, mutual bending, Enemies to Lovers) Many thanks to MelBri for helping so skillfully with any kind of grammar error! (*ˊᗜˋ*)/ᵗᑋᵃᐢᵏ ᵞᵒᵘ* WARNING: sexual content, excessive violence, graphic violence, torture, disturbing scenes

Heiress Sapphire Montgomery is bound by duty to an arranged marriage with Damian Blackwood, a powerfully intimidating CEO whose icy reputation precedes him. With the determination to honor her father’s wishes, she enters the new marriage as a docile, quiet wife, always silent, watchful and very afraid. But when a shocking act of betrayal leads to the brutal death of her best friend, Sapphire’s fragile existence shatters. Refusing to remain a pawn, she uncovers a dark web of lies and secrets surrounding both her new family and her own family. Secrest capable of destroying everything she knew. As danger closes in, the timid girl who was once too afraid to speak without offending someone is forced to evole into a fierce woman willing to risk everything for the truth. Caught between fear and untamable desire, Sapphire and Damian must confront enemies both outside and within their marriage.