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The second book in the Tales of Cruxia series of short stories by Carter Reynolds, ROUGH LANDING is a war story about a man who invades his own home country to quell a rebellion brought on by cultists to the god of chains. Fighting against slaver cults, his grand illusions of war are tested to the limit, as everything he thought he knew is turned upside down.
"I, Grayson Dawson, Alpha of the Moonlit Pack, reject you, Lola Ashton, as my mate and Luna of this pack," I heard Grayson's voice reach my ear and a single tear ran down my left cheek as it felt like my heart was being ripped out of my chest. "I, Lola Ashton, accept..." I did not finish my sentence before he held me up by my throat and snarled in my face. His eyes had already changed colors so I knew his wolf was in charge. "You will not reject me, slut. I am your owner and I tell you what to do and when," he slapped me across the face and threw me on the ground. *** After being rejected by her mate in the Moonlit pack, Lola escaped on a full moon only to enter the territory of the next Alpha King who also happened to be her second chance mate. Adrian is the next Alpha King but he hasn't been able to assume his role because he needed a Luna by his side. A rogue that trespassed on his territory, whom he ordered be killed turned out to be his mate leaving him in a dilemma. Will Adrian reject Lola because she came into his territory as a rogue? Will he overcome what happened to him in the past and give Lola a chance or reject her and go ahead with Fay as his chosen Luna? What will happen when everyone finds out just how much power Lola wields and how she's supposed to protect her kind in an oncoming war? Find out in Lola- The Moon Wolf!Ver livro
"No... You can't do this to me..." I almost squeezed the words through my teeth, my voice trembling.My drunk stepfather remained indifferent, his weight suffocating, making it hard to breathe as my heart raced.Suddenly, the door slammed open, and two figures burst in."Get off her!" a deafening roar echoed.I didn't expect the twin brothers who'd bullied me at school to come charging in like gods to save me.After my grandmother passed, I had to move in with my mom and stepdad, who treated me like a servant. I prayed every day for my 18th birthday to come, so l could leave and escape this broken home.However, on my first day at my new school, l encountered the legendary twins everyone feared.To make matters worse, the Moon Goddess revealed they were both my mates!After helping me out with my stepdad, my twin mate cornered me, played with my hair, and whispered possessively, "You belong to us, our little mate..."Ver livro
Avery wants to give her boyfriend a sweet surprise for his birthday (her virginity) however, things do not go as planned when she ends up losing it accidentally to her boyfriend's roommate who also happens to be her childhood best friend. With this new twist of fate, Avery has to figure out what to do next. Not only does she want more of the forbidden fruit, but the guy she thought she knew entirely is holding a huge secret that can ruin the future she dreamed of.Ver livro
She was never meant to be the bride.A last-minute substitution turned her life into a contract she didn’t choose… and a marriage that changed everything.He needed an alliance. He never expected to fall for the woman forced into his world. When Elena is pushed into an arranged marriage with a powerful billionaire Alpha after the original bride disappears, she enters a world built on control, legacy, and expectations she never agreed to carry. Marcus gets the partnership his empire requires, but behind closed doors their marriage is nothing more than distance, boundaries, and unspoken resentment. Living under the same roof slowly shifts everything. What begins as survival becomes negotiation. What begins as negotiation becomes trust. Elena refuses to be a replacement, and Marcus begins to see the woman behind the role — strong, defiant, impossible to ignore. Their partnership transforms from obligation into something real, something fragile, something dangerous. But love built from pressure carries regret. Old secrets surface. Family manipulation is exposed. Marcus realizes Elena was never meant to be a stand-in — she was the plan all along. The truth fractures trust, forcing them to confront the difference between being chosen… and being sacrificed. Now Elena must decide whether love can exist without control, whether a bond born from coercion can become freedom, and whether staying means losing herself or finally claiming her power. Marcus must prove that she is not his duty, not his alliance, not his replacement — but the only woman he would choose even if it cost him everything. A deeply emotional arranged marriage billionaire romance filled with forced proximity, slow-burn tension, protective hero energy, heroine agency, secrets, jealousy, healing, and a powerful chosen-love payoff. Perfect for readers who crave intense character growth, emotional stakes, possessive devotion, and a hard-won happily ever after. Start reading and step into a love story where being chosen changes everything.Ver livro
Saphira lived with her aunt Lisa since the crash that took the life of her father. Saphira felt it was her fault, He hadn't said where they were going only that it was a surprise and he would explain everything soon. Her Aunt Pamela made sure to remind her every day that she was also responsible for her mothers death as well. Saphira's mother had died while in labor with her. Saphira thought that maybe when her Aunt told her that she had found the man she was going to marry and they were moving in with him and his family that maybe she would start being nicer to her. But she was gravely mistaken. When they arrived the place looked more like a prison compound rather then a home, and there were over one hundred people that lived there. It was that day that Saphira learned that Werewolves and other beings she had only ever see in scary movies and read about in fairy tale books were real. And her Aunt was marring the Alpha of this pack.Her new uncle hated her. He sent her to work in the pack house. The work day in and day out didn't bother Saphira so much, it helped the days go faster. But the nights... Night time was what she dreaded the most. Men from the pack would visit her at night. What will happen when she discovers she has a Mate and the secretes that were kept from her. Will she accept her mate or will she reject him and run?Ver livro
Delaney Quinn. I’m twenty-two this year. Own a diner in a little town called Pine Grove..also responsible for my ten year old brother. I am a hybrid.. human and wolf. My brother Maddox isn’t. My mother was human. My father was an ex-communicated Alpha. He was deposed by trickery and treason. The pack weakened him so greatly with wolfsbane that he lost his wolf, and withered away.Ver livro
