Raiden never had it easy. Abused and hurt at a young age made him a shut off person. He wasn't the same person he was a few years back. Depressed, lonely, and cold. That's how he became. The marks on his body told stories too painful to hear, and too tough to witness. He never thought he'd fall in love again, or even talk again. His walls are thick and hard to crack. However, Thomas didn't believe so. Amidst the fight for power and control between the same family, and dark past ties to the present, Thomas refused to submit to anything against his beliefs. His one and only belief that everyone deserved a chance at love.

Corruption That was the reason why the hammer crashed hard on wood, why the judge sneered down at him or why he felt his heart sink heavily in his body. He could faintly hear the crowd stand up and cheer, wicked delight in their eyes as they watched him getting dragged away. In their eyes, he was a murderer, a coldblooded killer that had slayed the pack leader's son in cold blood. In truth, he had come home to find that dispicable mutt trying to use his status to force his little sister. Enraged, Ben had thrown himself on the wanna be rapist and had let his animal take over, ending up killing the arrogant pup. Ben had felt no regret for saving his sister and had spat out the truth in the face of the leading Alpha and the pup's father. Sadly, the powerful man also held deep connections and had made sure that Ben was painted as a bloodthirsty murderer out for the lives of the innocent. Now he was sentenced to a lifetime on an island far away from civilasation. An island that was filled with true murderers, the worst of shifter kind. As he was shoved head first into the small jailer boat, all Benjamin could do was pray. And hope for a miracle.

For 19-year old Deliverance, it started out simple enough. Met him in a bar, kissed him in the bathroom, did more in the car and don't ask him his name. Then it backfires when you see him again. With his wife. Deliverance Braxton is the son of the Archbishop at Calvary United Church. He reads his Bible, he prays every day. He teaches about Jesus and about loving the Lord. And he's sleeping with a married man. Aubrey Cole teaches no sex before marriage to the youth at Calvary. A great speaker, a bright mind he earned the prestigious CHRISTIAN OF THE YEAR Award at his church for his teaching of remaining a virgin until marriage. And he's excited to be honored. Until he finds out that he's HIV-Positive. Lion is a man's man. He takes care of his family. He has a beautiful daughter that looks just like him, and a wife that loves him to death. It's a pity that he doesn't - and can't - love her back. He's still in the closet and does the dumbest thing any married man can do: he starts to fall in love with another boy. But after a world wind romance starts, all his secrets finally start to catch up with him. Summer never felt like a girl. She hated sleepovers, and rejected anything that her parents tried to force her to try, just because she's a girl. She's tired of being just that - a she, and decides to take the bold step of renaming herself, using the male pronouns, challenging not just herself, and her family, but her entire church. These four boys, friends, lovers and enemies secrets start to tangle and constrict one another, until it's finally revealed that none of them are saints. The second book in the B L A C K M E N series.

James Conroy has had an easy life so far, he was an open gay 16 year old guy, who was partially accepted by his parents., and was fully accepted by his older brother Travis Conroy, who was already 18. He had two best friends named Lucy and David, and they were practically his only friends, but he was satisfied with that. He wasn't the brightest kid in school either, but still passed somehow. The only complications he had at school was being continously teased and flirted with by a guy named Zeke Prull who was one of the most popular and stuck up jerks at his school. Zeke had promised James that he would be his one day. James wasn't buying into it though, he thought that Zeke was just mocking him since he was gay. But after a couple of weeks of Zeke flirting and hanging out with him, James started growing some different and maybe even stronger feelings for Zeke. The sad part was, that James would never be able to tell Zeke how he really felt about him, because on James's 17th birthday, he was kidnapped....

Pale, inhumanly fast, unparalleled reflexes and even better senses, Vampires were well known in the supernatural worlds as they took their place amongst the Apex predators. Though most of them were sophisticated creatures, identified by whom and what they fed on, there were some rather unique individuals considered as a rarity. Blood bound them all but some vampires longed for a forbidden pleasure, a dark desire and thirst of the blood of the rarest creature known to their kin. The blood of a Deprived. Creating a Deprived was forbidden, the punishment for such an offence was a painful and drawn out death. To create a Deprived, a vampire needed to reject its mate, knowing that the rejection would alter and change the bodies of their Beloved and doom them to the life of a bloodslave. Yet somehow, that is exactly what happened to Jesse.

Keegan's the type of guy that's afraid to steal his neighbor's Wi-Fi. And in a city overrun with hunky new superheroes with more to hide than just their identities, crazy science teachers threatening to end all life on earth and, well, parents, that might not be the best character trait to have. Mix in the fact that there's a new villain who is as cunning as he is photogenic, a health hazardous best friend and having a massive-not-a-crush on a guy who doesn't even know you have superpowers and this may be the most awkward junior year of high school in history.

Ethan is a 15 year old boy living his life like any other normal teenage boy; only, he isn't a normal teenage boy, but he doesn't know that. He's parents have kept his true identity a secret from him for his own protection, but protection from what? One day, as Ethan is walking to school, he starts to feel a strange pull toward something or someone. He wants to fallow the feeling, but he knows if he is late for school again, his mother will ground him. So Ethan decides to ignore the feeling, but throughout the day, he notices it's getting stronger and stronger; as if the thing that's pulling on him is getting closer and closer. Suddenly, a strange handsome man bursts into the school and swoops Ethan into his arms, whispering, "σύντροφο." What does that word mean, and what does the man want with Ethan? Read and find out. (bxb)

Dazok doesn't like people. He finds being around people unnecessary. He is never one to be dependent or close to someone else and that's the way he wants it. To everyone else the man would be described as bitter and cold. Anything but kind-hearted. He doesn't do anything for anyone and he doesn't expect things back. Now he's content with where he is, being a bookstore clerk is more than enough for him. When suddenly things start to take a turn for the worst and his life gets disrupted, making one careless choice broke every rule in his book. And now he's got a pirate captain's eyes set on him. He tries as hell to fight off the Captain's kindness, but he's beginning to understand that once the younger man has his eyes on something, he will never look away. "And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time." - Libba Bray. ******************************* Smiling up at the older man, his eyes only told him "Once I make a promise, it stays with me forever." And the other looked at him Signs of anger show themselves Clear as day, he barks back Like a lion baring his teeth. Eyes lit and bright, ready to pounce again if anyone dares to come close. The Captain stands there, just grinning in nothing but delight. "Didn't I tell you already? It'll stay with me forever. And I'm not going anywhere. I'll be right here, whether you like it or not." ********************************** © SpidersandTea 2014

As an immortal war brings humankind to the brink of destruction, the hope for freedom begins to fade to dust. Mortals everywhere ache for liberation, to rid themselves of the shackles binding them to the undead for 29 years of their lives. But one man refuses to turn away from the vampire assigned to him at birth. He is a consort - the last consort... ...and it is in his hands where the fate of mankind now rests.

Sanctum City is not like any other. It is a Shifter Safe Zone. No humans are alowed pass the boundary. Different types of Shifters all live within Sanctum City. They coexist and even thrive in this safe place, away from hunters and other dangers. But there are tensions between certain species. It's only natural. There is a hierarchy that has kept the packs, prides, and herds from waring within Sanctum. But peace isnt always easy to keep. It is the job of the Council of Alpha's to keep the peace.