Sam was what you called outgoing and talkative. She had a small family that she loved. But what happens when there's a knock on her door while eating dinner with her parents. That changes her life forever, then being kidnapped by different people who's the master that enjoys beating her. She then runs from him and is caught in a deadly pack who her mate is in. Who's her mate and will he accept her or treat her like him? Find out in Troubled Mate

Several millennia ago a war raged between the factions of dragonkind. With their world ravaged, the Kaldean Alliance forged the Amulet of Draconic Control and the Tethering Stone, and banished their foes to other realms, saving Kalda from utter destruction. Fearing the power of the Amulet, the survivors secreted it away. But now knowledge of the Amulet has resurfaced-and in the wrong hands, war could erupt anew. Long ago, men harnessed the Channels of Power, creating tevisrals-devices capable of manifesting magic. But men weren't the only ones to accomplish such feats. Dragons crafted the most sophisticated tevisrals. These shaped the world, defining civilization of man and elf alike. Over the centuries, the people of Kalda have fallen into a dark age, where elves are estranged from men and dragons have retreated into legend. Tevisrals are scarce and men are willing to trade everything for them. But there are some who wish to bury the past, and in their lands, possessing tevisrals is tantamount to treason. Still, daring men scour the world in search of Kalda's past. One such man, the scholar Krindal, seeks an ancient order known as the Keepers of Truth and Might. He yearns for their knowledge, long feared lost. Prince Kaescis Midivar also searches for these Keepers. The assassination of his uncle, the emperor of Mindolarn, killed his hopes of peace with his empire's enemies. His empire's survival hinges upon unearthing the Keepers' secrets. An aging warrior, Cornar Dol'shir, longs to be home with his wife. But his retirement must wait, as his band of adventurers is recruited to help find the Keepers' hidden temple on the Isle of Klindala. Haunted by his tragic past, Iltar, the Son of Adrin, does not join in the search for the Keepers. Instead, he seeks to unravel the mysteries held within a volume of prophecy foretelling the advent of the Unspoken One and the return of the Crimson Eye.

"I watched the late afternoon sunlight filter through the the cracks in the shutters that blocked the windows. It illuminated the dust mites, turning them to glitter and giving them life. They spun and twirled elegantly in the air. I liked to think I would do the same if I were lucky enough to be in full view of the sun." Having spent her entire life hiding from the sun, Jackie Bennett is all too familiar with the darkness. Her parents keep her behind shuttered windows under the premise of safety while her sister roams free, told only that direct exposure to sunlight could kill her. Trapped by both her parents' rules and her fears, Jackie's greatest hope is for a future at a college out of state, far away from her secluded hometown in the mountains of Montana. But with the unexpected arrival of an outsider comes a tidal wave of lies and truths, revealing to her that there is much more to the world, and to herself, than she ever imagined. Mikah Jameson has never had a normal life, and it's the one thing he wants most. He wants to have a future of his own choosing, not the one that has been set before him. He wants to return to his childhood home, the most peaceful place in existence. He wants his world to not revolve around a nameless and faceless girl. But upon meeting her he is disarmed by her innocence, and he realizes that the true danger to both their lives, and the lives of all, is closing in. Written from the alternating perspectives of Jackie and Mikah. (UPDATES POSTED ON FRIDAYS!)