𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 | 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 | 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧 | 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭 Cassian Thorne is an Alpha who has been surviving for three years. Not living. Surviving. There is a door in his house he never opens-and a past he refuses to name. Reena Sterling knows exactly what silence sounds like before someone leaves. She's been listening for it her entire life. When their packs bind them together, neither of them refuses. Not because they want this. Because they both learned the same lesson, wanting things only gives the world something to take. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞. Two people who used to know each other too well, forced back into the same space with wounds that make them each other's sharpest trigger. He learned what it costs to walk away. She learned what it costs to be left behind. They build a pillow wall down the center of the bed and call it a boundary. He remembers how she takes her coffee. She hates that he does. At 3 a.m., they say the things they refuse to admit in daylight. They don't notice it changing, until it already has. Until the first body is found drained, marked with a raven-thorn no one will explain. Until something pale begins watching from the treeline. Until whispers slip into her dreams, soft and grieving, calling a name that isn't hers. Because the bond was never just political. It was a debt. One written in stolen light. One that never forgot. One that has fin

He's been waiting five centuries for a mate. She's spent three centuries convinced she's the only one of her kind. Khalan is the apex of Lycan evolution and he's done with destiny. After five hundred years he's been waiting for the moon goddess to lift her curse. This year's Blood Moon Ball is his final act of defiance. He's closing the door on legend and moving on without a Queen. Avery is a ghost in the high-end art world. A world-renowned anonymous artist, she has spent three hundred years hiding her immortality after a horrific accident claimed her family. She has no idea she was adopted, or that she's a Lycan. She just knows she doesn't age, she doesn't die, and she's utterly alone. But when an invitation arrives bearing a crest Avery hasn't seen in a century, her solitude shatters. Desperate for answers, she steps out of the shadows and into the spotlight. She isn't looking for a fated mate, she's looking for her own kind. The Alpha is ready to give up. The Artist is just arriving. And the Moon Goddess is finally done playing games.

In a world where werewolves rule and humans are forced to survive in forgotten districts, Ferial has learned to keep her head down and her hopes small. But when whispers spread of a powerful heir visiting the human zones, the fragile balance of her life begins to shift. What starts as curiosity soon becomes the beginning of something neither human nor wolf could have foreseen.

When Malaena (Mal) takes her fragile sister's place at the altar, she expects King Wickarys's fury-but not the dangerous attraction that ignites between them. As blood magic and political schemes threaten the crown, the false queen might prove to be exactly who Wick needs... if her deception hasn't shattered any chance of trust between them.

When the war started. We helped. We fought. Soon the humans were gone. Wiped out by us. But not before making a weapon that doomed us long after they disappeared. They invented 'Pithrax'. It killed most of us. The few that survived were hunted down, taken control of, passed around like property. Now we run, hiding in the shadows, the idea of getting caught is our own real nightmare. They took my Mum. They stole my sister. Now I run alone. I am Cecil. And I'm the last female. ****************** *WARNING: this story is based on a very animalistic future. The characters in this book are more wolf than human and act as such. This is an EROTIC SHIFTER WHY CHOOSE NOVEL. So it has; mature, sexual, dark elementals and language*

Orphaned by a past she can't recall, Lamia found refuge with the rebellion at the tender age of thirteen. Raised in the shadows, deep beneath the surface, she knows only the struggle for a society whispered about but never seen. For years, survival has been the only victory. But one shattering event rips through their underground existence, thrusting Lamia into the brutal reality of the war above. Now, armed with a fierce loyalty to her found family and the ideals they fight for, she stands on the front lines, battling not just for survival, but for everything she holds dear

In a world where werewolves rule and humans are relegated to the bottom of society, Rose, a 19-year-old human from District Twelve, receives a rare travel permit to the major city, where the powerful Alpha wolves reign. There, she encounters a mysterious and imposing man, Erik Håkonsen, who claims to work as an assistant to a high-ranking wolf. Despite his unsettling presence, Rose is drawn to him in ways she cannot explain.

She was sold. Now everyone wants a piece. ~ Lilith Brooks has always been the family disgrace; daughter of scandal, sister to a golden girl, and the ex-girlfriend no one believed. When her mother dies and the only boy she ever loved betrays her, she vows never to beg for love again. But on the night she finally wins, fame, money, a taste of freedom but her family sells her into a nightmare. A supernatural auction. A realm ruled by wolves. And a man who buys her like property. Vladimir Dragunov is the Wintercrest Alpha, the feared ruler of the Lycan realm and High Alpha of the Onyx Concord. With a shattered past, a missing sister, and a throne soaked in blood, the last thing he needs is a defiant 'human' girl with a mouth as sharp as her mind and a humor darker than his past. But Lilith isn't just anyone. She bears the Lunar Crest-a mark that could save or doom them all. When Kustav Volkov, an Alpha whose cursed blood runs in Lilith's veins, comes to claim her as kin, Vladimir offers her a choice: marry him in a blood-bound pact that grants her protection... or be torn apart by the wolves because of lycan laws. She chooses survival. He chooses power. Neither expected obsession. But as enemies battle, conspiracies are woven, legacies burn, and forbidden attraction ignites, their marriage of convenience becomes anything but convenient. But someone from Lilith's past refuses to accept defeat for he once knew her body... and now wants her soul.

They said the Hunt was sacred. That if I was chosen, it meant fate. But fate didn't feel like a mouth on my skin or claws at my back. It felt like blood. Mine. For years, I stayed hidden. Quiet. Unclaimed. I stole seeds from the state fields, grew food in secret, fed my family from soil and silence. I did everything right - stayed beneath their radar, beneath their noses. I didn't make waves. I didn't ask for more. But monsters never forget a scent. And when the Hunt came, I was scented. Tracked. Taken. I stabbed him. I buried the blade in his shoulder and watched him bleed. It didn't matter. Because he still bit me. And the world saw. Now my face is on every screen. The girl who didn't run. The girl who fought back. Some call me a rebel. Some call me a mate. But they all forget one thing. I wasn't made to be claimed. I was made to survive. And if they want to collar me, cage me, crown me - they'll have to reckon with everything I've kept buried beneath the roots. Because I am not the flower. I'm the fire beneath it. Rewrite version of formerly known book Escaping the monsters Embrace

Worlds Collide, passions flare, and hearts are tested when young scholar, Salix, falls in love with infamous and callous warg alpha, Rath. *** Young scribe, Salix Bywater, raised by an overprotective mother, embarks on a thrilling mission to the warg city of Esk. It's the first time humans have ever been invited to the famed gathering of all the outland's warg packs, Tungfolk. Tasked with representing her whole race as the High Lord's royal translator, Salix must navigate the intricate dynamics of pack politics and earn the respect of the legendary new wargrex of Esk, Rath Ironblood. A warg embittered by abandonment. With tensions rising between the species, a growing orken threat, and suspicions of a new and unexpected mate bond, Salix and Rath must confront their prejudices and fears to uncover an enemy in their midst. Will they forge a bond that transcends boundaries, or will their worlds remain forever divided? Dive into a captivating tale of loyalty, betrayal, and unexpected connections in this gripping viking-flavored fantasy novel. WARNING: This story contains depictions of violence, sex, and strong language that may be upsetting to some readers. Cover designed by Jeanine Croft Updates begin June 1st.