Some strangers live in the city, others live in your imagination. But what if the lines you drew weren't only yours - and a man who shouldn't exist was waiting in the sketch?

The passion of a cultural barrier. ----------------- It's Crystal Molders' first year as an American exchange student at a prestigious Korean university in Seoul. Ready to start her junior year immersed in a new culture, Crystal begins settling into the new cultural immersion. Everything is perfectly normal for her, until her first day of World Literature class. The moment her tall, young, and unbelievably handsome Korean professor enters the class, she feels a way she has never felt before. But he's just her professor, nothing more. At least that's what she keeps telling herself...

Her love is a weapon. It's killed before. And this time, she's sworn it won't happen again. Everyone at Blackthorn University thinks Kara is just another human girl juggling midterms, frat parties, and overpriced lattes. No one suspects the truth: that she's a Phoenix shifter, hiding in plain sight in a world ruled by werewolves and lycans. Even her closest friends don't know the fire simmering beneath her skin. But Kara isn't just hiding from them, she's hiding from fate. From the one thing she dreads more than anything else: her mate. She's done letting her love be a death sentence. She won't survive another loss. The scars she bears run deeper than flesh. So when Ryker, the dangerously magnetic lycan General, realizes Kara is his fated mate, she does exactly what she swore she would. She pushes him away. Again. And again. And again. But lycans don't walk away from their mates. And Ryker? He's dominant, possessive, and utterly relentless. He's a storm she can't outrun, a flame that won't go out. And every heated glance, every stolen moment, threatens to shatter the walls she's spent years building. As secrets ignite and her past begins to unravel, Kara must face the truth: Can she let herself love again, knowing it could destroy them both? Or will her lies-and the deadly curse entwined with her love-be the very thing that dooms them forever?

Riley O'Connell has it all... Or so it seems... but not everything is what it seems. Riley has liked the same girl since fifth grade but he can't quite find a way to get himself out of a... particularly sticky situation. Will he ever be able to free himself and tell her how he really feels? - UPDATES ON FRIDAYS -