A mate. Something she didn't want. Something she didn't need. Being mated to a human was the last thing she expected.

𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙚. After walking away from her high-powered law career - and the grief that shattered it - 30 year old Vivian Hale retreats to the quiet coastal town of Rainwood, hoping to disappear. Leah Moreno, a warm-hearted barista with a restless soul, never expected to fall for the guarded woman who orders black coffee and says almost nothing. But what begins when quiet glances turns into something deeper. As seasons pass and walls come down, both women must face the question, Can love really be a place to begin again?

Unwanted, a mistake, and a runt, Iris was toss aside the second she was born after her father, Alpha Raymond, found out what she was. She became's the pack's servant, was forced to do all the cleaning and cooking with little help while her pack could do anything they wanted to her. Anything. Anyone could do what they want to her and it didn't matter what it was. Broken and terrified, Iris struggled to survive in her pack every day. That was, until the Devil extended their hand towards the little wolf.

Y/N was your typical corporate slave. Age 28 and still single. Her everyday life consisted of the same boring routine, eating, sleeping and waking up to work. She cursed her uneventful and dull life... One day, a strange package was delivered to her front doorstep, a strange novel? She spent days trying to research on this novel, but it didn't seem to come up at all? Was the information deleted... or perhaps... does it not exist? So, she did what any other person would do, read it countless times , over and over again... Multiple questions popped up in her mind: Why was this delivered to me? Why can't I find anything on it? And... . . . Why does the villainess suffer such a death?! Y/N spent her days reading and reading the novel, having memories every single event and being able to recite the novel without breaking a sweat. As she stayed up late each night, her body was took quite the heavy toll before eventually... She died. Days past as Y/N found herself in the magical world of Enphia, the very one which the novel was set in. Normally, you'd see characters being reincarnated as villains or at least a character with a lead role... but why was she reincarnated as the name-who-was-never-mentioned-but-still-died-early-side-character?! "Which god did I offend to deserve this?!"

Violet Winter learned the hard way that nothing lasts forever. After losing her mother and surviving a relentless battle with leukemia, she built walls around herself, walls no one had ever dared to break through. Letting people in meant risking heartbreak, and she had already lost too much. But then came Billie Eilish. With her, life became lighter, funnier, worth living again. But when your body still carries the scars of the past, how long can forever really last?

The Empress of the East was known to be cruel, heartless, and just pure evil woman. She'll kill anyone over the smallest mistake and go to war if you annoy her. She was the most feared and dangerous woman in history that had everything a man could want plus more. But, a little fox from a neighboring Kingdom caught her eye and now this Empress will stop at nothing to have that little fox as hers. Until a ring is on her finger. No matter what.

When working at a failing high end restaurant in New York, Mariah Breaux knows every corner about scraping by. But when an unknown event is thrown at the restaurant by a notorious mafia, and she is asked to cater for their upcoming event for a large sum of money who is she to decline? Little did she know the event was to welcome the families new leader of the mafia, their daughter, Nova Casper.

With her almost 20 year marriage beyond repair, Demi Meadows is sick of playing games and being taken for granted. She needs something real, and someone who truly loves her instead of cheating on her for years. Her kids are almost out of the house, so it would be a perfect time to find a person to share her life with, and this time she isn't going to settle for anything less than the perfect person and the perfect love. But could that person be someone that she would never expect, like a one night stand that turns into a frequent visitor? Or is it too risky to go after someone who could rip her heart in two because of the different places they are in life and the similarities to her ex? What if perfect is an illusion? What if finding a perfect love is an illusion, because sometimes you can make your own perfect?

Lexi Jones; the new girl who people either hated or loved, kind of like marmite. She brought along a difficult history, part of the reason why her number one rule in the new town was so important: No more relationships. But when she came across Gracie Heron, she loved her style, innocent smiles and perfect heart, her rule might have had to change. She fell for her fast but did Gracie feel the same way? Many challenges entered their lives as they struggled to accept themselves, overtime the two connect in ways they never would have imagined.

Lauren thought her life was over, only to awaken in a strange and treacherous new reality-one where she has become the infamous villainess, Elise, a character doomed to die by poisoning in just five years. But this is no ordinary world. It is one of gods, goddesses, and demon king, where cruelty reigns supreme, and survival is a merciless game. To make matters worse, Lauren realizes she's been reincarnated into the dark fantasy novel she once read, where Elise's fate is sealed amidst conspiracies and bloodshed. Now, trapped in the prestigious but perilous Arcanum Imperial Academy, Elise must navigate a web of treacherous politics, ruthless rivals, and deadly secrets. With her memories of the original plot, she has a chance to change her fate. But the clock is ticking, and her enemies are closer than ever. As she struggles to master her newfound magical abilities and unravel the mysteries of her family's dark past, Elise must forge unlikely alliances to protect herself from a grim future. In a world brimming with deities hungry for power and demon lord who seek chaos, every misstep could lead to her doom. Surrounded by thorns, will Elise find a way to escape her tragic end, or will she be ensnared by the cruel destiny laid out for her? In The World of Thorns, survival is just the beginning.