Have you ever loved someone so completely that you mistook your suffering for devotion? Serenity Amara Claveria-Valente was never just a wife. She was the mind behind an empire, the woman who turned Dario Valente from a feared man into a king the underworld could not ignore. Elegant, ruthless, and impossible to replace, Serenity built his world with her bare hands only to be remembered for the one thing people believed she could not give him: an heir. Then her husband brings another woman into their home. What begins as betrayal quickly becomes public humiliation. A soft, naive mistress is placed where Serenity once stood, and the queen of the Valente mansion is forced to watch her marriage rot in full view of the world she helped build. Dario strips her down piece by piece with coldness, lies, and carefully staged cruelty, until the divorce meant to erase her becomes the final insult. But Serenity does not leave as a woman defeated. She leaves with blood in her silence, with old instincts waking beneath her skin, and with the sickening truth beginning to surface behind closed files and medical records: her body did not fail by chance. Someone made sure it would. Someone turned her longing for a child into a slow, intimate ruin. Now cast out of the empire she helped create, Serenity returns to Claveria not to disappear, but to rebuild. In the quiet of old family land, surrounded by ghosts, loyalty, and the first dangerous hints of war, she begins to reclaim what was always hers: her name, her power, and the part of herself no man had the right to break. Because the underworld may have watched her fall but it has not yet seen how a queen rises when she stops asking to be loved and starts remembering how to rule.

Iris Anderson is living every woman's dream, red carpet premieres, a hit TV show, and the face of a new luxury campaign. But behind the flashbulbs, her marriage to Ezra, the love of her life, is crumbling. When she caught him cheating, everything breaks. Except, nothing can break publicly. Tied to contracts and image deals, Iris must keep the facade alive for one more year. As she pours herself into her role with haunting brilliance, she finds herself spiralling into buried memories, the trauma she never faced, and the secret she thought she left behind six years ago. Meanwhile, Ezra, haunted by guilt and quietly losing the life he built, is determined to make things right. But redemption isn't romantic. It's messy, it's hard, and it might be too late. And as whispers of the past threaten to surface, Iris must decide if healing means forgiveness, or if letting go is the only way forward.

My blood bride, my love, is my everything. When her blood soured, I refused to accept the end of us. I would find a way. I held out for as long as I could against the Hunger's need. Now, she won't give me a choice after what happened. Until we find out the surprise. And she needs me. Threats are all around but I'll do anything to keep her safe while I win her back.

Things have changed. A marriage that was believed to be built on a solid foundation is put to the rest when storms roll in. Communication stops, needs are neglected and doors are opened for outside influence. Is it worth saving? Are years of love and unity worth saving? When the storm passes who will they be? Will the home they've built fall or be reinforced.

Moss Kettler has always been overshadowed by his impressive younger brothers. After graduating college Moss falls into a quiet life working for an accounting firm in Detroit. Meanwhile, both of his younger brothers play for the same NHL team with the youngest being freshly drafted to the Colorado Boulders. Now that two out of three Kettler brothers are playing professional hockey, Moss comes to the realization that his family may not have as much interest in him in comparison. Throughout the hockey season Moss' theory is validated by his once close-knit family. As he begins to accept his ostracization a star defenseman swoops in to show Moss the true meaning of sportsmanship (and love).

BOOK 1. RYELAND PACK. Linden is a chubby gay nerd, betrayed by his boyfriend and his two friends the lies start to unravel and everything seems to be breaking apart in his life. He bumps into the new kid at school, who changes his life like he never expected. His transformation shocks everyone just not the alpha who helped him get there. This book is not a fan fiction or A sequel, it's the first book in the Ryeland Pack Series. Note: All my werewolf books are in a connected universe. #1.mxb #1.Mpreg #1.bxb #1.mxm #1.werewolf #1.selflove #1.guyxguy

A deadly winter storm puts the local port into a lockdown. Jake is convinced that one of the container ships is carrying illicit cargo in the form of abducted children. Ryan attempts to investigate, but after the kind of freak accident that feels more like a warning to stay away, he's kept in hospital for overnight observation. Jake is alone, but he's not deterred. Certain that his instincts are correct, he grabs his trusty friend Marty and heads back to the docks intent on getting proof before the storm blows over and the stranded vessels are allowed to leave British waters.

Ravi has tried to do everything right his whole life. It hasn't paid off, and he's stuck working for his ex-boyfriend while said ex-boyfriend moves on way too easily. To escape that mess, Ravi accepts a command position running a misfit, low-performing crew out in the middle of nowhere. His very first night in his new life looks promising when he meets charming, enigmatic Lio in a bar. Call it a moment of weakness, but Ravi lets Lio sweep him off his feet and into a bedroom. He almost dares to hope that a spectacular one-night-stand could turn into something more, until he reports to his new command position and discovers Lio is on his crew. It's hands off the recruit, or risk losing command in more ways than one. Pining heroes, dysfunctional found families, possible spaceships and plenty of inappropriate jokes, coming right up!

I remember the first time I saw Raven Beaumont, all five feet of pure gorgeousness. Thrown out of his home by his stepmother after his father's passin', my sister found him on the streets. Lord only knows the kind of temptation that boy offered and knowin' he was in love with me made it all the more harder. He was too young, too inexperienced for a man like me and so I had to cut him loose. After a date gone wrong Raven returned home broken inside and the only way I knew to bring him back was with love. Love I didn't want to give him in the first place. hell with letting him go. That one taste of him had me hooked like a fish. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% My books are written explicitly for a MATURE AUDIENCE. There will be some instances/scenes/ suggestions of sexual acts and will portray gay relationships between males. If you do not enjoy stories of this nature please leave now. I will not condone/defend/accept any sort of attacks on my stories, my characters or myself. It is well within your right to choose what type of entertainment you prefer but I will not be blamed for your curiosity. Read at your own risk. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Copyright © 2018 by @notbackingdown All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, copied or printed without express permission from the Author. Published: 14/03/2016 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

[COMPLETED] Doctor Cameron Albrecht is the most annoying man Xander has ever met, and hooking up with him was a terrible idea. So, why can't Xander stop himself from coming back for seconds? And thirds? Maybe there's more to this doctor than meets the eye. But will Cameron ever show what's behind that cold, angry façade? Or is this destined to be nothing more than a fling Xander will regret? cover created by: @meha-k