It was on the 500th century of hell that I saw my salvation. He had walked in with a devilish smirk and sharp features. He had walked into my hell...My only goal was to get him out...To make sure he got out safely. The only caveat is, I made him hate me. The things I did to survive are things he can never forgive. And now I am forced to partner with him to ensure the survival of his kingdom and mine. - As the Regent of House Dae within the faerie realm, Adalind made a choice three years ago. That choice kept the people she loved safe and caused her the affection of her mate. She could live with that choice. It's not until her kingdom and her mate's kingdom are forced into a partnership that she has to face painful realties. Perhaps she truly was too broken to be fixed. Perhaps no one could love her and her scars. He has been given many names. The Lord of Shadows. The Shadowbringer. The Broken. All appropriate for the Beta that wields the shadows. After watching his mate murder a child and attack his lands, Goliath has grown cold and closed off to everyone around him, even his dearest friends. He's thrown himself into dangerous missions to forget the face of his true mate. He leaves his kingdom often to forget the face of the most beautiful woman he had ever laid eyes on. But he cannot forgive her. He is resolved to live a mateless life. He is resolved to let go of his fae Queen. But his duty calls to work with her kingdom. The safety of his people requires it. He grows to realize that maybe all is not quite what it seem and maybe the person we have to become to survive is not the same as the person we truly are. - They call him Goliath. They call him The Lord of Shadows. They call him The Broken. They call me Adalyndra. They call me The Dragondaughter. They call me the Mother of the Sun. BOOK II OF THE TOUCH OF DEMISE SERIES

Sam is an Autistic ten year old girl with a very high IQ and a fixed mindset of a thirty year old. She hates her food touching and refuses to touch anyone but one person. Her 17 year old brother, who protects her against the worst of the world, well at least tries to. Charlie works two jobs to give Sam everything she needs to succeed in life, every text book and every museum trip he can fit in. At the Museum one day, he recognises someone from his past. They don't know about Sam and he wants to keep it that way. He knows about their dark business and he has tried so hard to keep Sam innocent from the world. Will Charlie be able to keep Sam in the dark forever? Or will this someone show up, finding out they also have a little sister?

Alex has been looking for a sign from the universe. A sign to tell him that he needs to keep fighting. To live on for his brother who died in a tragic car accident. When Alex stumbles across a man in town wearing a blindfold, holding a sign that says, 'You are not alone. If you need a talk or a hug. I am here.' He takes it upon himself to approach the stranger. Was this the sign he has been looking for? - River has been a mental health advocate for three years. With his own demons battled, he takes it upon himself to support others. More specifically strangers. He has always found peace in helping those who suffer in silence. When River is approached by a man who expresses his depressive tendencies, he decides to take the broken stranger for coffee, out of fear of what might happen if he lets him go. River tells him to offload, release all the sadness and frustration he has into someone who knows nothing about him. But when he leaves, River can't stop thinking about him. It's not until Alex comes back a few months later to thank him for listening when he needed help the most. Alex has a lot to thank for his signs from the universe.

Blake did the last thing he could possibly think of to escape an addictive, abusive relationship. He dropped what he was doing and, under the ruse of simply going out of town for a convention, left town with just a suitcase and a tiny shred of hope that things could possibly get better... Can be read as stand-alone but would advise reading Snake first.

Detesting rules and being ruled over, Jaylin Wilson lives life abiding and conforming to no man's authority. Xander King is recognized as Westwood Institute's typical golden boy with a mean streak of mischievous quests that gets him into constant trouble but also leads his peers to both admire and envy him. When Xander discovers that Jaylin Wilson is his mate, the Alpha makes it his goal to have the stubborn and relentless boy submit to him despite Jaylin's attempts to ward off the dominant male. As these two stubborn and headstrong men clash, sparks fly and trouble ensues as the fight to be top unleashes a whirlwind of trouble, danger, and heated encounters.

« You think you're being smart challenging me like this. » « No, but if you think I'm afraid of you, you're wrong. » « I won't be. » . . . Akara isn't a great student. The school he goes to is prestigious and hosts to a very different sort of student than Akara. It's why after years of skipping school and being generally absent during classes it shouldn't be a huge surprise that they send the school prefect, Jacob, out to babysit him. Much to their displeasure. When his friend Amir pisses off the rich school bully Atlas by stealing his phone and making him chase him all the way to the skate park tensions naturally rise between the boys and it doesn't exactly help when Akara tries to return the phone but ends up running away with it as well. Caught between pissing off a bully and the school prefect Akara's going to have a lot on his plate this year.

Pyre has lost interest in just about everything besides sex and food. His life had long-since fallen apart, and at best, he figured that he had maybe one or two more years left in him before he'd end his story. Might as well have some fun until then, right? Book 3 from the Fox series. I'd read Fox first, at least. Bear does not really relate directly to this story.

Sometimes, words are not necessary. Zen has been mute since the day he was born. Having grown up unwanted and on the streets, he unexpectedly found himself a hero in the prince of his country, Qi. The man had appeared when other children had been throwing stones at him, trying to drive him from the safety of the town's protective walls. Qi ends up saving him, and as thanks, Zen decided to dedicate his life to protecting his master. Years later, as tensions begin to rise with one of their much-larger neighboring countries, he finds himself and his master thrown into unfamiliar territory, both physically, and mentally.

Christopher should've known better than entering an unknown palace when running away from a bunch of delinquents. He shouldn't have ignored the signs telling him that it was bitterly cold there, too dismal. The moment he sat down on his golden throne and wore his celestial crown, he belonged to him. And there's no way to escape the Wrath Of The Ice King.