Ambrose. The name is not only feared, but shunned and reviled. He's a monster sentenced to a life of desolation and loneliness, and no one but his tormentor knows his whereabouts - at the bottom of the ocean. A creature of the sea cursed because of one simple mistake... Mari. Her life was a small happy bubble until it's popped by the finding out that her boyfriend has been cheating on her - just as the cruise ship she's on starts to sink! She's sure that death is near until she drowns upon an underwater cave...and a hulking man with swirling eyes. Seeing a chance to escape, Ambrose forces the terrified Mari to help them both, but not before ultimately changing her life...and her legs. Their worlds turning upside in the matter of minutes, Ambrose is on a mission to clear his name and Mari's on a mission to return to land. But how can she do that when she slowly starts to fall for the dangerous, damaged man who only wants to be free...and heal her own heart in the process? THIS IS A FREE SAMPLE

My life ended the second my mother started another one of her many failed relationships. My mom is what many would call a home wrecker, because of her immoral habit of dating married men. But then they'd see the light and break her heart, and we would have to flee to another state. So that was just what we did... over and over again. Now we were moving all the way across the country to California, running from yet another one of her mistakes. But this time was different. Our new neighbors, the Campells had ten kids: five boys and five girls. And if that wasn't interesting enough, one of them just so happened to be Satan's Spawn. His name was Connor, an arrogant jerk and player, and he made it his life's mission to humiliate me on my first day of school. Then again, he had no idea of who he's dealing with...

After 7 years of captivity and torture, Brianna is freed and returns home. Everything has changed. Including Max, her soulmate. Home isn't home anymore and it's clear Brianna doesn't below. Brianna never thought that her new life to be harder than the one she escaped from. Cover by Athelas_

Shawna Roberts is the girl that every guy turns to when they need a fake date, a fake girlfriend, a fake fling to make some other girl jealous, a fake couple photo to send to their parents... Shawna's pretty much seen it all. But no matter what they pay her for, everything she does has one common factor: it's all fake. That doesn't make being their paid girl much easier, though. Adam Ferrell is the campus heartthrob with the appearance of a god, an ego the size of Canada, and worshiped by everyone to monumentally ridiculous proportions. In Shawna's mind, it's a miracle his head fits through his shirt every morning. Yet despite their instant dislike for one another, Adam and Shawna each need what the other can offer. When Adam unexpectedly pushes into Shawna's life with a business deal, she's torn between her feelings and her sense of duty, which protects a secret she has kept for years, from even those closest to her. And as the two begrudgingly get to know each other, masks start slipping and secrets come spilling out, forcing each of them to confront some of their darkest moments and deepest fears.

Grayson Murdock thought his life was completely normal; normal school, normal friends, normal life. That was until he meets Jasper Drake. The strange, dark, boy is everywhere Gray turns, and what more his presence, which should raise a few hairs, only excites him. He craves to now more, but how do you get to know a person that avoids questions like the plague? It would be different if Jasper didn't say he had to leave every ten seconds for no reason. Does it have anything to do with him? And what's more what is it about the boy that has him questioning the bridge between what's real, and what dwells in the realm of fantasy. Is this the reason Gray is determined to figure out what Jasper Drake is hiding? And by then, will it be too late?

He easily shook me off his face harding. "You'll be fine without me Emma your strong" "Please your all I have left" I sobbed. He looked up at me and kissed my cheek hugging me tightly. "Goodbye Emma" Then he was zipping his bags and walking out the door and my life.I fell to the ground and cried. When Emma was 13 her brother luke leaves her to fend for herself. It was his 18 birthday. The day he shifted for the frist time and it was the last time she saw him. Now almost 18 herself Emma's on her own getting money fast as she can to pay the bills. One night on the job she finds herself staring into her brothers eyes. Soon she relizes why her brother left her so quickly never to look back.

THIS IS ONLY A SAMPLE. Full story has been published on Amazon Kindle. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09K53J4PQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=bitter+kisses+tavita+khan&qid=1634969132&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 --- Cadrian has faced rejection over and over again. Rejection from her mate, Xavier. Rejection from her sister, Holly. Rejection from her brother, Parker. And rejection from every single member of her pack. She has no parents, so love was rare to her. The only one who cared for her was her old Alpha, Xavier's father, but after he was gone, she was thrown out to face the world alone. Three years later, Cadrian is back. Not alone, no, she's back with her new family, one of the strongest packs in the world. She's no longer the girl who was too weak to take care of herself. Now she's a strong willed fighter with a stone heart, ready to take anyone and anything head-on. So what happens when she comes face to face with the people who had put her through the pain that has left her scarred forever?

On her eighteenth birthday Clara's mother was raped by a demon but not just any demon the prince of the underworld, so to try and protect Clara she tells her daughter that her father was a one night stand, but now as it's approaching Claras eighteenth birthday the demon (Claras father) thinks it time he claim's her to rule the underworld with him. Clara remains unaware of these facts untill the night of her eighteenth birthday, with her mother out of town and a huge party planned she meets Dimitri a boy she has never seen before but falls for when he saves her from one of her fathers hench men come to bring her to hell, This is where Clara must rise up against the evil forces at work and try not to be consumed by the evil that flows in her blood. This is where her ultimate battle begins, but how will it end!

Natalie and Alex are two teens that have passionately hated each other for a very long time. Could this hatred stop and turn into something else after Alex saves Natalie from a very traumatizing experience?

High school is hard for most people and for Chloe Miller, this is no exception. She is forced to learn the perils of her choices the hard way and the result leads her to building a steel wall around herself that is impossible to crack. Eventually, her mother loses her job and Chloe is then forced to move in with her cousin and their family. This means a new school and on the first day she arrives with a dynamite mission in mind. A mission to reclaim everything that she had once lost at the hands of others. She quickly finds herself fighting a past that she struggles to forget and creating a future that she can live with. It becomes a constant battle for her, centered around peer pressure, character stereo types, cliques and consequences. Couple that with the plight of falling in love and she finds herself playing a starring role in the game of life where everyone is playing for keeps. Will she win... or will she lose? Excerpt: Sauntering forwards, she slid onto his lap with all the grace of a prima ballerina and wrapped her long arms around his neck. Leaning in to his ear, she blew out a little puff of hot air so that it fanned lightly over all the right places. She felt a sense of utter satisfaction when he shuddered. Now that Chloe was certain that she had his attention, she whispered in his ear. “You may have been the best bucko, but guess what…..I’m going to be better.” She lifted up so that she could look him in the face and smiled confidently back at him. His previous cocky demeanor had seemed to have lost some of its earlier steam, “Who are you?” he asked so low that only Chloe could hear him. His forehead was creased as he searched her face, watching her as if she was some type of strange puzzle that needed to be solved. Chloe lifted her hand patted his cheek. The boy didn’t have a clue. “I, my friend, am your biggest adversary. So what do you say Mr. Player, won’t you play with me?”