It was not love, nor lust, nor infatuation when Hades stole her away. It was hatred.

|| Reverse Harem || 18+ || MMFM || Valarie's life revolves around two things: work and sleep. As a dedicated nurse at Silvercrest Medical Center, her world is a relentless cycle of double shifts, quick naps, and more double shifts. But when her love life takes an unexpected twist, Valarie's carefully controlled routine is thrown into chaos. Suddenly, she finds herself caught between three very different men, each vying for her attention. Declan, the charming and protective cop who always seems to be in the right place at the right time. Adrian, the intense and bullheaded doctor who challenges her in ways she never expected. And Elias, the irresistibly playful former patient who sees her in a way no one else does. Balancing work, sleep, and an increasingly complicated love life, Valarie is about to find out just how unpredictable life-and love-can be. [[FORMALLY CALLED ORDERLY]]

To save her father, Ceryn reveals she's the only fertile maiden in the kingdom and offers the king an heir. Being only a peasant, her claims capture the king's fascination and the kingdom's outrage. *** Ceryn's quiet life shatters when her father is sentenced to death. Desperate to save him, she sneaks into the palace and exposes a secret she planned on taking to the grave: She's the only fertile maiden in the land, capable of bearing the king's heir. With war looming, King Varkon already has enough on his plate. A calculating, level-headed ruler, he knows reckless moves could threaten his throne. Yet something about the peasant girl ignites his blood and makes him risk it all by claiming her. Their bloodlines are oil and water: a powerful king with an ancient ancestry, and a peasant with secrets that could ruin the kingdom. Their union exists only to produce an heir. Romance was never part of the bargain, yet every stolen glance and heated touch forces them to tread a razor's edge of duty and temptation. Their attraction threatens to shatter the kingdom's fragile balance. And with enemies circling and betrayal whispering through every hall, their union could either forge a new dynasty - or doom the realm forever. *** "My entire body tingles with the maddening need to pleasure and protect her. I am a king for Kryndor. But for her? I am a beast. There are no politics, bureaucracy, or rules when it comes to her. Only primal instinct."