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Just What I Needed by chooseitwisely
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In life there are things that are said, and then there are those that remain unsaid. For Keely Staub, her life mostly remained in the latter category. She kept the one true love, music, hidden from even her best friends. But when one song changed the world she lived in, shaking it to it's very core, everything she knows is about to change. Her future and a past even hidden from her collide as she wades through a world she'd never dared to dream of, allowing her half heart to maybe find an equally broken one in the unlikely source of Seth Ryan.
My Taken Mate by kauigirl
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Hayley Hanes has an amazing family who can be a bit intrusive at times. She loves them regardless, enjoys spending her free time with her besties, and is looking forward to her final year of high school. She's not worried about finding her mate, it'll happen when it happens. Besides, having an overprotective dad, brothers, best friends, and uncles makes even looking at another guy difficult. Phoenix Cage hasn't always had an easy life. Abandoned as a young child and forced to grow up in one foster home after another taught him your family isn't what you're born into, but what you make it. Meeting his best friend Cody in college just added another member to his self made family which is why he follows him back to his home and Pack to start his adult life on solid ground. When Hayley and Phoenix meet, neither are prepared for the instant connection that forms. It's fate at it's finest, but fate can be a cruel force. While Hayley was too young to start searching for her future mate, Phoenix had actively been looking for his. Though he never found her, he made a choice along the way to help someone close to him. That choice made with the best of intentions had a horrible outcome. An outcome that left Hayley with a Taken Mate. -This is the sequel to My Second Chance Mate but can be read as a standalone. For added enjoyment and the story of Hayley's parents, it is recommended that you read My Second Chance Mate first.
Love Invalid by athrhteera
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What happens when one kiss turns your world upside down? That one simple kiss makes your life into something unexpected. Athena Delaney works at a publishing company to publish gossips and news about celebrities. One drunken night, she met a well known football player from Spain. Well not exactly, she didn't know he was even a football player. Alexander Herrera finds her interesting that he couldn't resist her pink tempting lips. So he kissed her. Him, the well known footballer kissed a stranger he just met at the bar. But little did he know that, one kiss changes it all.
He Told Me - slow updates by MariMitchellBaker
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Sometimes escaping a hurtful past can lead to an even lonelier future. Escaping the past is never easy. Being judged for what your parents did is painful. What will happen to Kirsten Henry when her loving Grandmother puts her in the direct path of Tom Lange.. a man who swore to never like a Henry? ********** This story will be coming at some point. I have other stories to finish. Expect subject matter and language that some will consider explicit. ©Copyright. All Rights Reserved.
She's On The Hunt - (Book 2 of SOOTB's) by lilly-rain
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Eva and Saxon are finally a mated couple but nothing is ever simple for them. Instead of settling down and doing things the normal way, they are off chasing the famous rogue which killed Saxon's mum years ago with half of her pack joining them and one of his trusted pack members. Will the two wolves ever get their happily ever after or are they just destined to keep on breaking all the werewolf traditions?
She's One Of The Boys - adult chapter by lilly-rain
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She's One Of The Boys by lilly-rain
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Secrets do not stay hidden for long. Have you ever had a secret that you would do anything to keep from your own family? Coming home from being at boarding school for an entire year is something Eva has dreamed about since her Dad sent her away; she missed her older brothers and none of them seemed to have changed much, but she has. Eva Thorn does not trust Saxon Redford, in fact she thinks he is the devil in disguise, but he might have all the answers she is looking for. However, he wants something from her that she might not be capable of giving and everything turns into a giant game of who can come out on top. Eva is immature and annoying at times, Saxon is demanding and rude all the time – who will win, but remember they aren’t the only ones hiding secrets.
Wanting  Jocelyn by kylekay
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!!!!STORY MOVED TO AMAZON EBOOKS!!! Alpha Lennox Hall has been waiting for a shewolf to interest him. When he meets Jocelyn he senses she is different. His immediate attraction to her is completely one sided. Her fear of the big bad alpha keeps Jocelyn from seeing his attraction to her. She thinks his over protective attitude is because she's weak and doesn't want her to interact with his pack. What happens when he makes his intentions known and warns her he's claiming her the day of the Alpha challenge, which happens to be the day she turns eighteen? © All Rights Reserved. 2013. Cover done by @Lana_sky
Alpha - Forever #1 (Sample of Published Book) by ReganUre
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Seventeen-year-old Scarlett Hayes is living her life by her own rules. Losing her parents at a young age has made her strong and fiercely independent. She knows exactly who she is and nothing is going to change that. Everything starts to change for her when she moves to a new town. She meets Cade Presley. He is domineering and arrogant which makes her detest him at first sight. She learns a secret that will unravel her perfect life and lead her into a world she never knew existed. Embracing her new life is difficult when it pulls her closer to Cade. Finding out you are destined to be with someone forever is hard to handle especially when you want to throttle them every time you see them. The attraction she feels for him is undeniable and there is no fighting destiny. *Please note this is only a five chapter sample of the published book.
Purr, Kitten [PUBLISHED - Sample Only] by krstljrk
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[Cover credit: Malot Aznar] "You need to learn to notice when a door is closed. If the door is open, you go through it, and if it's not, you need to see if you can build a new door, not just barge in whenever you want." Living alone for years, the last thing Kathryn would want is to be caught by an attacking pack. A survivor of an attack that destroyed her own pack, she has always been a lone wolf. What seems to be the end of her life becomes a chance to start anew when she met her mate - Liam. The only problem: Liam is the Alpha of the blood-thirsty pack, responsible for many destructions and deaths. Bound by fate, Kathryn's only option is to try to change Liam from his cold-hearted ways. However, it is not as easy as she hoped it would be especially with objections coming from the members of the pack. To make matters worse, an imminent attack boils around the corner. Having experienced a brutal attack that wiped away her pack, how will Kathryn face her own personal struggles? Amidst opposition and struggles for power, will she be successful in her goal of changing the pack's tradition? How will Liam and Kathryn deal with what destiny had in store for them? A book about challenging traditions and beliefs, and a heart-pounding mystery and romance, you surely don't want to miss this adrenaline-charged book! [This is my first book and I sincerely hope no one judges me too harshly on it. I know it has a lot of mistakes, I do.] This book was published on 21.08.2016! This is only a sample of what the book USED TO BE. The rewritten version can be bought on Amazon.