I knew my best friend since childhood loved me. I knew it. And when I got back from my business trip, I was going to tell him how I felt, especially when he told me he had something exciting to tell me. But it wasn't that he loved me. He'd gotten married while I was on an overseas business trip to my worst enemy.

He made me his ol' lady. I thought it was because he'd finally seen me as more than my brother's little sister. Until I heard him talking with his ex, I didn't realize he was with me out of guilt, that he'd promised to protect me. So I ran and didn't look back...until I had to go back to find him waiting for me.

Copyright © 2025 by Bookish Dae Caspian Stone, a grumpy mafia king, finds his world irrevocably brightened by Ayla Evans, a sweet and sunny bookseller. In a devastating strategic move to protect her from a rival, he betrays her, shattering her heart and trust. His plan spirals into chaos when someone he trusted the most betrays them,.

𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. ••• After Miguel Alejo Suarez took over not only the colombian, but also the russian mafia, he soon came to realize his new job was anything but easy. One of those obstacles in his way being the original heir to the russian cartel and his sister‐ the assassin Aleksandra Mileya Iwanow, daughter of the former russian Don who happened to be killed in front of Miguel's eyes. So it seems to be destined for them to meet each other one day or another. And maybe become more than enemies who are eager to kill each other...

The moment she noticed her handler forgot to lock the door behind him, she wasted no time making a run for it. There's only one problem though. She had no clue where she was. Surrounded by endless trees she was stripped of having any sense of direction but that didn't stop her motives. The girl began her journey and ran for what felt like hours, stumbling upon a small abandoned home camouflaged deep in the woods. No second thoughts, she took shelter. Soon it's discovered that the home was indeed not abandoned but already claimed by someone. Unmoving, He studied her from the corner of the room while she stood there, oblivious to his presence... **WARNING** -ABUSE MENTIONED -SEXUAL EXPLOITATION / TRAFFICKING -SOME EXPLICIT DESCRIPTIONS MAY TRIGGER PEOPLE -18+ MATURE CHAPTERS FAR AHEAD ;))

Alpha Samson is the most ruthless alpha's around and has the most powerful pack in the world-Blackthorn. Runours cascade around about him, and his wolf, Savage, who is the biggest anyone has ever seen, will rain down on all who go against them. The only thing they are missing is their mate. What happens when all alphas are going to a pack to celebrate the coming of an new alpha, who has only barely turned twelve. Things don't look what they seem, until the luring scent mixed with blood sends Alpha Samson to the cells where he and his beast finds their mate, chained to the wall all bloody and broken. All hell breaks lose. Alora, half wolf and half witch, charged for a crime she never did. What happens when the damaged little woman meets the ruthless alpha who happens to be his mate? When recovering with her mate, things change and all Alora has ever known is a lie of what she is and more. Secrets come out and all Alora and Alpha Samson want is to know the truth and revenge, taking back the pack that is hers to begin with. ***NOT EDITED*** ***FIRST DRAFT***

While the Steele Family has been busy kidnapping Alpha she-wolves to strengthen their bloodlines, Regal Eclipse has their first good lead on where the Steele Family is hiding out. Cooper and Conner have risked everything to bring Kiana Morgan home. Will they make it through this alive? Will the Royal Pack execute them for kidnapping? Or will their own pack execute them for treason? Callum's fated is married and has a family. He's running out of time before he must complete the mate bond. Will he find a willing woman who will agree to be his? Or will his Fated walk back into his life?

My wife gave birth to a red-headed baby. Only problem is, no one in my family has red hair, and never has as far as we know, and no one in her family does either. So, I accused my wife of cheating on me right after she gave birth, demanded a DNA test before I'd believe the baby was mine and left her alone in her hospital room with the baby. It didn't take me long to realize my mistake. And then I had to win her back.

Enzio was a Hunter for the Body. He'd taken an oath to do his job, no matter what he had to do. Just how far was he willing to go? The biggest fear he had was if his wife, Moxie, would be there when he revealed just how far he had gone.

A dark fantasy romance of fire, fate, and the ache of almost. Princess Azalea was raised to rule, not to feel. When betrayal leaves her wounded and bound to the one man she swore to hate, her world begins to unravel. Zaydon Icarus, the dragon-shifter commander with a past forged in shadow, saves her life in the only way he knows how: by branding her with a sacred bond no magic can break. Now linked by blood, magic, and a history neither of them speak of, Azalea is forced to trust the man who stole her agency in the name of protection. Their journey through snow-covered ruins and wildfire skies is laced with unspoken confessions, dangerous secrets, and a yearning they try and fail to deny. She is his weakness. He is her ruin. And the bond between them is more curse than blessing. As ancient enemies close in and the scars of their past threaten to bleed into the present, Azalea must decide if she will fight fate or surrender to the kind of love that burns even dragons to ash.