When a string of ritualistic murders strikes the rain-soaked streets of Crescent Heights, each crime marked by a bouquet of bloodied roses and a single matchstick, Detective Celia Hart finds herself drawn into a case unlike any she's faced before.
The victims share no clear connection—except the symbolism left at each scene and the lingering sense of something ancient lurking beneath the surface....

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"You belong to me, Aurora." His voice was dark, possessive—dangerous. "You always have."
She should recoil. She should run. But the way he looks at her makes her pulse race, even though she doesn't remember him... or the past he's trying to drag her back to.
Eve Moretti thought she was just an ordinary woman—until the day she met Dante Valentino, the ruthless Mafia King who claims she was o...

One Night. One Mistake. One Lifetime of Consequences.
I thought I was waiting for love. Instead, I got fucked by a beast.
My world was supposed to bloom at the Moonshade Bay Full Moon Festival—champagne buzzing in my veins, a hotel room booked for Jason and me to finally cross that line after two years. I’d slipped into lacy lingerie, left the door unlocked, and lay on the bed, heart pound...

Elena was never meant to fall for Lucian...the Beta with a quiet stare and a haunted past. But when a forbidden touch sparks memories of a forgotten childhood bond, everything begins to unravel.
A hidden power awakens in her blood. Her sister is the one who betrayed her. And the Alpha she's meant to serve will do anything to control her… even kill the father of her unborn child.
Torn between fate ...

"Where do you think you can escape?"
His fist tangled in my hair, yanking me to my knees before him. The pain was sharp, absolute, a brutal reminder of who was in control. His voice was a low growl, command.
"Beg for my cock, and I might consider letting you go."
Three years ago, I wore the engagement ring of Mafia boss Marco Salvatore.
Now, I wear his chains.
He calls this revenge for my betr...

Aria lost everything when the Malcovich name destroyed her family. Years later, she walks back into their world with a fake name, a perfect plan, and a heart full of revenge.
But Ethan Malcovich isn’t the monster she expected. He’s kind. Honest. And dangerously irresistible.
Now she’s torn between the revenge she swore and the love she never saw coming.
What happens when he finds out the truth?...

Five years ago, Nia Morgan was supposed to die. She had seen something — something the billionaires at Westwood Global couldn’t afford to let her live with. Her own future father-in-law ordered the hit. Her fiancé never came looking.
But the thing about dead girls? Some of them don’t stay buried.
Now, she’s back. New face. New name. New mission. As Elise Ward, she slips quietly into the same empir...

At the heart of this gripping family saga is Amelia Harper Cole, a young woman shaped by tragedy, betrayal, and a relentless desire for justice. Orphaned after her mother’s suicide and raised in poverty by her grandmother, Amelia learns that her absent father is none other than Vincent Cole, a powerful celebrity mogul who never knew she existed.
When Vincent suddenly claims her and brings her int...

After an arranged marriage for family interests, Aria's fiancé vanished on the day of their contract ceremony, leaving her to endure three years alone.
During her time wandering, she met a down-and-out alpha and gradually fell for him.
But later, witnessing Isabella nestled against him, she mistook it for his affections having shifted elsewhere and left.
By the time Marcus finally realized that...

"Everyone out," I commanded through gritted teeth. "Now."
"Jade, I need to check your—" the nurse began.
"OUT!" I snarled with enough force that both women backed toward the door.
Once feared by Shadow Organization that drugged me to replicate my abilities into a more controllable version, I had escaped my restraints and detonated their entire facility, ready to die alongside my captors.
Instead,...

Synopsis
After the tragic death of her mother, Lia Mason, a 24 years old woman haunted by warnings of wolves, flees her past and relocates to a mysterious town, Duskwood.
The town is filled with secrets, superstition and unspoken rules, especially when it comes to the Ironclad clan.
Determined to start over, Lia rents a wooden cabin and finds work at the local bookstore. But from the moment s...

Evelyn thought she had found love—until she walked in on her husband and best friend on her wedding anniversary. Used for her rare bloodline and cast off a cliff, she died betrayed. But fate had other plans. Waking up the day before her wedding, Evelyn gets a second chance.
This time, she won’t be a pawn.
To escape a cursed Alpha, she strikes a deal with another—Sebastian Wolfe. Powerful, ...

Pinning my wrists above my head with his left hand, his lips clash with mine blocking my moans while I quiver on the cold metal as his other hand plays with the sensitive nub of my clit, stimulating dampness to ooze down my legs.
"Fuck!" I grit and he smiles into the kiss, as he sails two fingers into my pussy.
"I want you to cum while standing before I carry you to the bed and drill you compl...

She was abandoned before she could walk. Raised in a cold, forgotten orphanage and later tormented by the family who adopted her, she learned to survive with silence and scars. Love was a fairytale she stopped believing in long ago—until he looked her way.
Rex Radford. Reckless, magnetic, and dangerously untouchable. The notorious heartbreaker and scandal-ridden heir of multi-billionaire Alfred R...

When Claire Marco enters Damian’s world, she’s just trying to get to the bottom of her father’s mysterious death. The powerful and arrogant mafia king offers her a chilling deal: marry him for six months, and he’ll spill the secrets she’s been dying to uncover. But this bargain comes with a steep cost. Her freedom, her pride, and maybe even her heart.
Damian doesn’t believe in love. He lives for ...

Kyley was orphaned by the death of her parents and became the subject of abuse and daily bullying in the Moonblood pack resident. Her life became even worse when she clocked 16 and found out that her mate was the ruthless Alpha of the pack, Jason Granger.
Bullied, enslaved and isolated by all, she lives in hell until a chance to escape was provided and she would be saved by the cursed Lycan.
Ho...

Ryanna Snow, the weakest omega of the Moonskin Pack, faces intimidation and abuse all her life from the pack and gets abandoned by those who should have protected her. Turning eighteen, she was rejected in front of the entire pack by her fated mate, Alpha Aurelius Marx - the ruthless, and selfish leader who despises weakness.
Ryanna fled to the wilderness where she almost lost her life but an exi...

An abused, rejected and exiled she-wolf gets a second chance mate unexpectedly and that second chance mate isn't just another wolf but a Lycan King. She discovers her own hidden truth, she is no ordinary she-wolf but of a powerful hidden bloodline! Will she rise to her rightful place or crumble?

Claire thought escaping him would be the end.
She was wrong. It was only the beginning.
After years of surviving Jonathan’s cruelty, Claire finally finds the courage to disappear. New city. New name. New life. But the past isn’t finished with her yet.
Someone is watching. Her every move. Her every moment. Silent. Unseen. Waiting.
As Claire begins to piece herself back together, disturbing signs...

"The Master ordered that you be taken to the bedroom." She informed me.Wiping away my tears, I smiled weakly but her eyes was filled with pure disgust. I followed her to the bedroom, a really beautiful and lavishly furnished place and she said no other word to me before leaving. I stood there clueless. The voluminous wedding gown I wore tired me out, making it even harder to breathe. I settled for...

She joined the enemy to destroy them. She never expected to find her mate.
Once the Alpha heir of a powerful Pack, Harper lost everything the night her parents were slaughtered. Now a rogue, she's driven by one goal: revenge. Convinced that the Silver Moon Pack is responsible, Harper disguises herself as a male warrior and enters their elite guard selection—sacrificing her scent, her future, and h...

"The sooner I leave, the sooner I will return to execute judgment on those who have hurt me and also to take back what is mine," I said to my uncle with a firm and determined tone.
She loved him with all her heart; she gave up everything for him; she left her uncle's company, which she was supposed to inherit after her studies; she became a housewife; all these things in order to please him; but w...

"Aurora," he said softly, his voice low and filled with something I couldn't name but could feel deep inside.
"Yes?" I whispered, barely audible, but I knew he heard me.
His eyes didn't leave mine as he spoke. "Do you know how much self-control it takes every time I look at you? Every time I'm close to you?"
I felt heat rush to my cheeks, and I knew I was blushing.
"I want to kiss you, Aurora," he...

"Be my girlfriend,"Ryder said, his voice low and lazy.
"Obviously it's fake. We pretend to be a couple... make sure Caleb goes completely crazy."
Lila Palmer never expected her senior year to start with heartbreak. She moved to Blackridge High for love—only to walk in on her boyfriend kissing another girl on her first day. His excuse? "It was just a dare."
Humiliated and done with trusting boys, L...

Two days ago, my boyfriend cheated, and two days later, I'm getting married to a stranger.
"I wasn't going to share my bed with any woman until I get married, but you came along and forcefully took me to bed. You seduced me, you took my virginity, therefore you have to marry me."
Rayne thought it was just a steamy one night stand, one she never thought she'd be meeting afterward, but after she wok...

"You think you have a choice?" Vittorio squeezed my waist tighter with his other hand, and his voice was a deadly whisper drawing me closer. “ You were never going to be anyone else's from the moment I set eyes on you”.
His words cut through me, making my chest tighten with fear
"You're ours, kitten," he murmured, his gaze locking with mine, stealing the air from my lungs. "You will be claimed, co...

"This is insane," l mutter to myself, "What does he take me for? A predator? A pervert? God, it's sick."
Yes, she's technically an adult, but the twenty-year age gap makes my skin crawl. How does my father expect me to wake up next to someone barely out of high school and call her my wife?
He is unbelievable. No- ridiculous. That's the better word to describe him. What sane person finds a nineteen...

What would you do if three hot men came to your doorstep claiming to be the father of your kids? I would slam the door against their faces.
Briar Ashford had everything—an ideal marriage, a loving mate, and a baby on the way. But her world shattered when she discovered her husband’s affair with her closest friend.
The betrayal led to the loss of her baby and a burning desire for revenge. ...

"I stood at the edge of my heart and watched him choose her. In the end, I was not the one he needed. I was simply the one he settled for." - Noelle
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I thought I was the one he loved.
But a few days before our wedding, I saw him in a way I never had before. His eyes softened as he spoke to her. His first love, and the very woman who had left him in pieces. I was the one who healed him. Or s...

"You are my new mate," Alpha Lucien said.
"No," I whispered, trembling. "You're my stepfather."
Aria was born an orphan—unwanted, unloved, and used to being invisible in a pack that despised her. But nothing prepared her for the moment her cold, merciless stepfather, Alpha Lucien, marked her as his mate.
Trapped in a horrifying bond with the man who should've protected her, Aria is desperate to es...

"I don't even know you," I said, stalling, heart racing.
"Daniel." His lips brushed my jaw, warm and slow." Your name?"
I swallowed, Evan's ghost saying I wasn't enough. "You gotta earn it." My tone was light, but my chest hurt, scared to jump, scared to stay stuck.
He laughed, low and sexy. "Come with me, I'll earn it." His thumb rubbed my hip, a promise that made my knees weak.
Sienna Pet...

"You're going to meet your mate someday." I whispered.
"Olivia."
I forced a smile and lifted my head. "And it's fine. I'll be rooting for you all the way."
He cut me off with a soft "Liv."
I blinked away my tears. "No, listen to me. We need to accept that this won't last forever. You could find her on your next trip out of town, and I'll be forgotten."
I swallowed the lump formed in my throat. "I ...

His fingers traced down my side, slow and teasing, until he reached my thigh, he gripped it hard and lifted it higher around his waist, the change in angle had me gasping as I felt the hard nudge of his very hard and well sized shaft.
"You're sensitive, " he murmured, his voice thick with satisfaction.
I wanted to give a reply, show him I was still in control but damn it, he moved and he pushed ...

Stabbed in the back by the people she called her family, Tinsley William's life ended up in shreds. Her sister called her names and tainted her reputation. She was all over the news as a husband snatcher and desperate jealous bitch which resulted in her having a one night stand with a well known Billionaire at the club she went to drink out her sorrows before leaving the country.
Fast forward seve...

Let's see, this will be the 27th time I've had to pretend I've had an orgasm?
I'm not sure that anyone, aside from myself, will ever get me to cu.m again, not since him. Is this what s*x is going to be like the rest of my life? If so, shoot me now.
I would like to believe that I could keep to myself rather than continue this hopeless journey, but here I am, hovering over Kyle's face in hopes I'm ...

"Why me?" she whispered.
His hand gripped her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze.
"Because only you make my heart beat again… and I'd rather burn this world than let you go."
A King is incomplete without his Queen.
Just as Vincenzo Isaac Alfonso is incomplete without his little, innocent girl. Ava Sophie Marcus.
Vincenzo Isaac Alfonso, a name that made everyone on earth shiver in fear.
He's...

"I will make them pay for making you suffer," Lukan said to me.
"Why me?" I asked, swallowing hard. "I'm not good for you. I killed my parents. I might repeat the same mistake."
"I don't care about that," He replied, his voice steady. "I bought you because I want to mark you and make you mine."
How do you survive when the only life you've known has been taken from you?
At six years old, I was bran...

A wedding forged in vengeance, where love is the only risk they never planned for.
"Let's get married," Mia says, her voice trembling despite the fire in her eyes as she meets Stefan's guarded gaze. She needs this—needs him—even if he looks at her like she's just another complication.
Stefan arches a brow, unimpressed. "And why would I do that?"
"We both know what it's like to be betrayed by the m...

Warning!!! This story isn't suitable for young readers! ！ ！
"I like it rough! The size of my cock can make you cum only by setting your eyes on it. I can make your wet tight pussy beg for my hard cock only by placing the tip of my cock on your wet pussy." He said authoritatively.
Upon hearing him speak, Sophia swallowed her saliva as the thought 0f having his big sized cock inside her tight pu...

"I'm a man and I want a child. If you can't give me that, then shut your mouth and just let me be." -Zachary Salazar
"I need an heir, so if you're carrying my child, of course I'll take responsibility. But only if..."- Maximilian Klein
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Evangeline who was diagnosed with infertility after marrying Zachary Salazar, discovers her husband's infidelity with her best friend, and is now expecting.
...

"I swore I'd never fall for the man my parents chose for me.
But one night, one kiss, and I gave in to Damian Richardson—the CEO who once said I wasn't his type."
Valerie Smith never wanted a marriage of convenience, especially not with a man as cold and arrogant as Damian. Forced into a contract to protect their families' business empires, she braces herself for four miserable weeks until the wed...

"Your husband is cheating on you."
That one message shattered Mia's perfect life.
Her loving husband? A liar.
His sweet words and late nights? Cover-ups for a double betrayal.
The worst part? One of them is engaged—to another man.
Determined to uncover the truth, Mia teams up with Colin—the heartbroken fiancé of her husband's mistress. What starts as a cold alliance soon turns into something more,...

"You're trembling," he said softly.
I was unable to talk. Then, slowly I felt his fingers move up my thigh. They moved under my dress, brushing past the soft skin. I shivered. His fingers slid higher, between my legs.
I inhaled sharply. Without asking, he located my panties and pushed them away. He ran his fingers along my slit, slow at first. I bit my lip, trying to stay still. He circled my cli...

"Three mates?" The surprise was mutual, but what was even more shocking—
"Goddess… her brothers?"
"Is that even possible?"
On her eighteenth birthday, Coral expected to find her fated mate. What she didn't expect was to be mated to all three of her overprotective alpha brothers: Raegan, Damian, and Rune.
Horrified and heartbroken, Coral runs from the truth—only to be crushed again when she learns ...

"In this life, this place is where my revenge will begin."
"The first part of my revenge has begun. I will let my father see their true faces. Let's see how they handle it."
Amira Davis was a rising doctor with a bright future, until her stepsister kidnapped her, stole her kidney, and revealed the man Amira loved was part of the plan. Left for dead, Amira leapt to escape her pain… but fate ...

"My name is Hazel Valentine and I am 18 years old. I was raised by my rich aunt and uncle because my parents died.
I woke up in a completely strange room. With no time to think or explore, I hear a series of footsteps and the voices of two men talking. Had I been kidnapped and sold to the old man?
I ducked into the closet and peered through a crack to see the two men entering.
They were so hand...

After the death of his first wife, Matteo Marino, a wealthy CEO and powerful Mafia Boss behind the scenes, he was forced to remarry the daughter of his father's trusted friend.
Aria Barone, a young woman haunted by the memory of her beloved mother being murdered and burned alive by her father's rival, has lived in fear ever since. Forced to marry the man her father wanted, what will happen to he...

"I want a divorce."
Rowan took the papers from her and signed it without hesitation. "Don't regret this later," he said as he marked his signature on the required space.
"Trust me, I won't," she said and snatched it back from him once he was done.
After three years of marriage to her childhood crush, Astrid is forced to let go when her husband's first love returns—with a child in tow. Blinded by t...

"This doesn't make sense."I whispered, my hand on the door knob.
"We can't tell mom and dad."He whispered back into the darkness.
"You can't be my mate!?" I hissed back, "You are my brother."
"I'm not going to resist the Sparks April,"He growled, but continued, "or the pull, and feeling of want... Do you hear me?"He growled.
"W-what?"
"I want you so bad..." he whispered.
It was like my lips moved ...

"I will teach you how to pleasure me," I trail a hand down his smooth-muscled chest, loving the bulge of his muscles under me.
"You don't get to teach me, baby. I know the right way to fuck you." He leaned close to whisper, "You have the chance to back out. But if you don't, I'm going to fuck you hard against the door. So hard that you won't be able to walk for a week."
"Then, do it," I challe...