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Book three of my Mate Me series. Evelyn Tate knows that Anderson Jones is her mate. She knew it the minute she met him at Roxie's house. Unfortunately, Anderson doesn't see her as his mate. She breaks things off and tries to date other men. Until she finds her Mr. Right, Anderson offers to remain friends with benefits. She takes him up on his offer. Who could resist his sexiness? Josie and Roxie both want Evelyn to find her mate, Josie suggests dating someone else, and Roxie introduces her to Preston Reese. Anderson Jones refuses to take a mate. Too much has happened in his life for him to believe he will get his happily ever after. His tiger insists Evelyn is their mate, with her dark eyes and caramel skin he dreams of her every time he closes his eyes. To keep his tiger happy, he asks Evelyn to be friends with benefits. Everything goes smoothly until Preston Reese enters the picture. The two men have been rivals since high school. Never one to let Preston get the best of him, Anderson takes Xander's offer to become the main point of contact for their artists. Will Evelyn finally get her happily ever after? Will Anderson move passed his objections to having a mate? This is the first 10 chapters. If you would like to read the book in full it is available on Amazon under the author S.M.Merrill. Have not edited.

Ella Kendall Lewis was 35 year old woman, with two teenagers and a husband. Lynn Marie Jackson is Ella's 16 year old teenage girl and Connor James Jackson is Ella's 15 year old teenage son. Gabriel Taylor Jackson was Ella's husband and for almost 3 months, had been seeing another woman, named Victoria. So, Gabriel finally told Ella and filed for divorce, Ella moved out, taking only the car and getting joint custody of their children. Adrik Charles Denver is a 37 year old bear-shifter, living in a pack house with other types of shifters and his family. Adrik is not far from his 40th birthday and has yet to find his mate. Many girls want him, but none spark his eye and he is slowly giving up hope. He drowns himself in his handy work and focuses on that, but keeping an eye out for that special someone. It was been a year since Ella and Gabe's divorce and Ella now lives in a three bedroom duplex with Lynn and Connor. Life for them has been good and they're stable, thankfully. Then a little accident happens, causing Adrik, the handyman, to come out to solve it. But a little more than just fixing a pipe happens. This is a story written together with my daughter @mechanicalbeauty

**THIS IS A SAMPLE, PLEASE DO NOT READ IT IF YOU ARE GOING TO GET TRIGGERED BY THE FACT THAT IT IS A SAMPLE. THE FULL BOOK IS AVAILABLE ON MY PATREON www.patreon.com/kayy_b OR ON MY INKITT SUBSCRIPTION PAGE*** Nina Michaels was only a few months away from graduating University when she found out she's pregnant due to a one night stand. Trying to do what's best for her baby she contacts the man who impregnated her and decides to tell him about the baby. Nina is relived when he does accept that he is the father of the child growing inside her but that is short lived once she finds out exactly who and what he is. As his secrets are slowly exposed she knows her world will never be the same. This is book 1 of the Lycan Series! **To read the full story, go to www.patreon.com/kayy_b **

❝Let me make that tingling sensation in between your thighs disappear, it will take only a moment, Red.❞ Only 60% of book is free / Sample only Red lived in a small town in Pennsylvania with her grandmother. The town was known to invite supernatural creatures every year. Whenever the mating season struck, it was a ritual for young women, human or not to stand partly dressed in the town center, blindfolded and ready be taken by the wild beasts lurking in the forest. Things take a twist when Red turns eighteen and she's ordered to participate in the ritual. Blindfolded on the night of evil, innocent Red is devoured by a man who called himself the Alpha. 18+ mature themes are included regularly.

Klaus is the neglected son of a powerful witch who was burned at stake by the King's men. When his childhood friend Agnes shows up by his door and claims to having heard the sound of violin coming from a windmill, he gets a chance to show his deceased mother just how graceful his own witchery is as he works with her to unravel a sordid mystery.

WATTPAD VERSION *** Ever since she was born, Aurora Diaz has had a gift: the ability to see spirits. She's gone through life with this as a normal thing; her cousin, Arthur Diaz, at her side with the same ability. Together, and with their spirit friend, Lydia, they help lost spirits and keep an eye on the Spirit Veil--the barrier separating the world of the living and the realm of the dead. The three come across an ancient scroll linking to Lydia's life before death. The scroll comes with a warning: there is a time when the Veil can be broken every ten thousand years. This date is within the next two weeks! When another version of the scroll is found on a dig, it is soon stolen by a spiritualist eager to prove the existence of life after death. Aurora, Arthur, and Lydia set out to stop them before one of the greatest secrets of existence is unleashed upon the world of the living. [If you're viewing this on a site other than Wattpad, you risk getting a virus.]