Annalise Merryweather's life was no fairytale. In fact, it had dealt her several crushing blows in quick succession: a cheating fiancé who left her with mountains of debt, a former best friend who had stabbed her in the back, an apartment her landlord was going to kick her out of, and a job that was about to make a round of layoffs. With her life falling apart, she decides that a hike may do her some good. She spends hours in nature, hoping it will center her. And when she turns to return to the familiar path back to her camping grounds, she finds that she is completely and utterly lost. And the sole witness to a murder. Prince Marcellus Gaius Hanover and his two siblings had planned their father's assassination to a frighteningly detailed degree; the remote location of his mother's burial ground, the stronger wine to lower his guard, the poison in the wine to weaken him, the cursed blade that was impervious to his magic, and the dead Vampire they planned to blame it on. What they didn't expect was a female who would witness their high treason. And not just any female: a human. The kind that hasn't been seen in all of Soltarius in millennia. The solution was easy: kill her before she could alert anyone. But when his brother raised his blade to dispatch her, his body moved to deflect it, his magic binding her under his protection before he could stop it. They do not talk about what this means; they only know that they must conceal this female before she rains down hell upon them all. With a war raging, stability among their ranks crumbling, and his coronation as the new King incumbent, the last thing they need is for their myriad enemies to find out that the goddesses had mated the King of the Wysterian Fae to a lowly mortal.

An incredibly shy librarian who finds it almost impossible to talk with people unless it's about books. A dominant who comes into the library is captivated by the shy woman behind the circulation desk. The minute she says Yes, Sir to him, he knows she's his. He just needs to convince her of that.

After many years of trying...and the pain of loss, I was finally pregnant. The night my sister got married, my husband drunkenly confessed to me that he had been in love with my sister for two years. I divorced him without talking to him. Now, two years later, I'm ready to listen.

We were friends with benefits. Reed would stop by every time he was in Anchorage, and that was the extent of things, although I started to want more. Then he ended our arrangement, and I suspected there was another woman, but it wasn't until I overheard a conversation that I understood completely. He thought I was calling and texting because I couldn't take no for an answer. That wasn't my problem at all. Two blue lines were.

The last time I saw Ava, I asked her to marry me. Now, her husband is hiring me to protect her. I never expected to be back on this island running my own private security firm. Seeing Ava again is inevitable. Being hired by her wealthy husband to keep her safe is a job I can't afford to turn down. Every day near Ava and her son make me dream of a different life where she was always mine. But I know the rules: protect the client, keep your head on a swivel, & don't let your guard down. Getting involved would risk everything: her safety, my business, my heart. I swore to myself I would never be reckless again when it came to Ava. Too bad she's the only woman I've ever loved. Content considerations: PTSD/discussions of violent trauma, cheating

Pixie was tired of her long string of failed relationships, so she decided to take love out of the equation and become an Alaskan mail-order bride. Stark was gruff and grumpy and definitely not looking for love after he lost the woman he loved. He and Pixie shared a common goal of wrestling a living out of the harsh Alaskan bush, and as they were learning to rely on each other, their tentative friendship turned to more. Until a secret from Stark's past came to interfere with his present.

My attempt to assassinate Alpha Jax goes sideways when he marks me as his Luna. *** I've been training for years to assassinate the Alpha who took everything from me. When I finally found him alone and unsuspecting, I pulled the trigger, and the great Alpha Jax fell. I approached his body to confirm my kill. And that is when it all went wrong, because he opened his eyes, and our mate link sparked. The Alpha tackled me to the forest ground and marked me-his assassin-as his mate. As his Luna. Updates on Wattpad every Tuesday

Facing an arranged marriage she cannot escape, Eleanor 'Nell' Ainsworth is determined to experience passion at least once before it is taken from her forever. Her solution is scandalous, improper, and wildly tempting: Lord Anthony Dashcombe.

When she was twelve, Winifred fell in love with a boy. When she was eighteen, he broke her heart. Now, widowed at three and thirty, she has decided that her days of love are gone. She wants only peace with her children, with nothing to disturb it. Fifteen years ago, Percy made the biggest mistake of his life. But when a cousin's untimely demise takes him to the tiny town of Impling, he finds himself living with the woman he left behind. A second chance is close at hand, he knows...if only Winifred will grant it to him. Tropes: Childhood love Hurt/comfort Second chance Quiet heroine Scientist hero Set at midsummer, with some traditional celebrations. Trigger Warnings: Explicit, on-page domestic violence Child abuse Description of a house fire Racism against an Indian character

The last time Archibald Grayson saw Edmund Foster, he said something he did not mean. Now, having run away from his old life in London society, he can only hope that his lover will accept his apologies. NOTE: This short story will be lengthened into a novella and included for free in the Amazon version of Allow Me.