In my past life, I was nothing more than a shadow to him. The Alpha, cold and distant, kept me at arm’s length. He was obsessed with his so-called “white moonlight,” an idealized image of someone who could never be mine. I was never seen, never cared for. And in the end, it cost me everything. My love for him—blind, foolish, unconditional—led to my death. He never noticed my sacrifice, never saw how I withered in silence for him. The day I died, my love for him was all that remained, but it meant nothing. I meant nothing. But now… Now I am reborn. I stand before him, no longer the fragile, desperate woman he ignored. I made him cuckolded.
Before the statue of the Moon Goddess, the bonding ceremony with my fated mate, Alistair, was about to begin. But his adopted sister, Seraphina, sent a life crystal through our mind-link. Inside the crystal was the heartbeat of a newborn pup. Alistair sensed its aura and, without a moment's hesitation, abandoned me and rushed away. He brought Seraphina back to the home we were meant to share. Immediately after, Seraphina posted an intimate photo of herself and Alistair on the central werewolf social feed. The background was our bedroom. Alistair's message followed: "I lost control on the night of the full moon. Seraphina is pregnant with my pup, and I have to take responsibility." "She wanted to hide it from me and raise the pup alone. But she's so young, and such a gifted healer… I can't ruin her, and I can't abandon this innocent life." "Didn't you want a pup soon? She'll leave after she gives birth. You can raise the pup, and it will only ever know you as its mother." Seeing no response from me, he added: "As for our bonding ceremony, we'll talk about it after Seraphina gives birth." I stared at the message, a harsh laugh escaping me, my eyes burning red with unshed tears. Did he really think that I, the heiress of the Silvermoon Pack, had no other choice but him? I immediately called Kaelan's number. "Bonding ceremony. Are you in?"
Emma Hartley thought inheriting her grandmother's lakeside inn would be a fresh start—a chance to escape her corporate burnout and rebuild something meaningful. But Pine Hollow isn't the quiet small town she remembers from childhood summers. Strange things are happening: sabotage at the inn, animal attacks in the woods, and a brooding contractor who watches her with an intensity that's both thrilling and terrifying.
Friends to lovers never felt so good! Will true love get a second chance? Trevor Willis is sexy, sweet, and oh so fun. He’s also my best friend’s brother-in-law. That should mean he’s off-limits—or that I should be off-limits to him. Someone probably should have told us that before my best friend married his brother, before the morning of the wedding when we woke in each other’s arms, before I woke with gaping holes in my memory. They didn’t. We did. *** Shana Price is that one woman. Usually shy and awkward, I want to be more for her—and in her presence I am more. I don’t even have to try. She’s my one. I knew it the moment I first met her. The problem is the little hassle of the thousands of miles between us. Now, everything has changed. Shana is back in the United States—all I have to do is make her see that her job isn’t the only reason to stay. From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig, get ready to laugh out loud, swoon, and fall in love with this fun and sexy friends to lovers, forbidden romance stand-alone novel.
I was once the sole heir to the Sinclair Group. A genius girl admired by everyone in the financial circle, who, at the age of twenty-four, passed Level 3 of the CFA and led my first overseas acquisition, bringing a net profit of five billion to the family. My life should have been a broad avenue paved with gold. Until I personally helped my Jayce Sterling ascend to the CEO position of his family's company, Sterling Capital. Then, with the resources and connections I gave him, he set up a flawless trap for me. Overnight, the Sinclair Group's funding chain broke, was maliciously shorted, and forced into bankruptcy liquidation. My dad had a sudden heart attack and died in the conference room while signing the bankruptcy documents. My mom couldn't bear the blow and followed him. I fell from the clouds into the mire, burdened with billions in debt. At my parents' funeral, Vivian Carter held Jayce Sterling's arm and looked down on me. "Claire, don't blame us, business is like war." I looked at them and smiled. Didn't cry, didn't make a scene, not even a curse. Because I know, tears are the most useless thing in this world. What I want is to make them pay for everything with blood and freedom. Thus, Claire Sinclair died. The one who survived was "Claire"—a gold digger with no education, no knowledge, whose eyes only see money and luxury goods. I cut my long hair, changed into cheap and revealing clothes, put on makeup that even I couldn't recognize, and appeared at the private club Jayce Sterling frequented. I needed an identity, one that would make him unwary enough to keep me by his side. A pretty, superficial, busty airhead who is absolutely loyal, a trophy wife.
After my marriage to my archenemy, Percival Farrington, I hummed "The Sad Widow." He scowled, then turned around, bought my company out, and ordered me to report to his bedroom every night. The workload kept piling up, and my clothes kept getting more revealing. Eventually, every time I went to report, he...
My engagement dinner. For the twelfth time, Julian abandoned me for Chloe. Ten long years. His voice was a panicked rush as he grabbed my hand. "Bella, it's Chloe... she overdosed. She's in the ER. I have to go. We'll do this another time, I promise." The same excuse. Again. As I gazed at his panicked face, a chilling calm washed over me. For ten years, I had played the fool, the perfect supporting actress in his charade of devotion. I'd had enough. I wrenched my hand free and, under his stunned gaze, strode deliberately toward the corner. There sat the undisputed king of New York's underworld, Don Lorenzo of the Moretti family. "Don Lorenzo," I raised my glass, my smile dazzling and reckless. "It seems my fiancé has just dumped me." "So, are you interested in taking me off his hands?"
I was bound to Christopher Hale, a senior healer, for six years, but we never had the closeness most mates share—he hated touch. On our fifth anniversary, I flew to Elthenia to surprise him, only to see him gently care for his ex-mate Brittany in the rain. Heartbroken, I learned he’d long prioritized Brittany: his phone wallpaper was her, he’d fought for her, and he planned to settle in Elthenia for her. After we broke our bond, I focused on my teaching, then met Daniel Hartman. Christopher later regretted it, tried to win me back, and even attempted to end his life, but I’d moved on.
Hazel Kingsley, a wealthy heiress, gave up everything for love, only to be betrayed by her mafia husband, Leonardo, and his obsessive childhood friend, Jessica. Framed for a crime she didn’t commit, Hazel endures brutal prison torture before the truth finally surfaces. Broken but not defeated, she escapes to reclaim her power as a billionaire heiress. Now, she’s no longer the helpless victim, she’s out for revenge. Leonardo and Jessica will pay for every ounce of pain they caused her.
Freya was the youngest hunter of the Frostfang Tribe, yet she concealed a dangerous truth—she was a descendant of the legendary "Silver-Blooded," whose blood could awaken the slumbering Wolf God. To protect this secret, she never transformed in front of others, relying only on her arrows in battle, enduring scorn and ridicule behind her back. During a sudden ambush, Freya was wounded while saving Theo, the war chief's son. After secretly using her blood to heal him, she vanished without a trace. When Theo awoke, all he remembered were those icy blue eyes in the mist—yet he mistakenly believed his savior to be another noble maiden, Eileen.
Discarding crude beast bones, I reaped double rewards in career and Alpha. All knew Alpha Marcus loved Omega Selena. Yet I, his marked mate, remained blissfully unaware, clutching the beast bones he gifted me with heartfelt joy. Until the day Old Beta died, when I overheard Alpha Marcus's conversation. "Congratulations, Alpha Marcus. Omega Selena has finally agreed to return to you. So, when do you plan to dispose of that Omega substitute in your room?" Heartbroken, I chose to leave. Unexpectedly, Alpha Marcus went mad, searching the world over for me. [Without you, my world has lost its starlight forever.] I coldly rejected his clinging. "Alpha Marcus, there is nothing left between us." Years later, amidst everyone's blessings, Alpha Liam gently bit my neck, completing the sacred marking ritual.
Erin is an ordinary but smart girl. She's been working as a maid in a noble mansion on the southern border, hiding her true identity. She seems weak and low-key on the surface, but in fact, she's the long-missing genius bioengineer. She was framed and vanished from the public eye after exposing the dark secrets of an experiment.
What happens when faced with the unexpected? With their marriage on the line, Paul and Jenn must choose to face their past and move on to a future together forever or forever apart. If you enjoy a fast and furious, heart-thundering ride that leaves you breathless and perhaps a bit hot and bothered, UNEXPECTED is what you’re seeking. This novella is a suspenseful and steamy stand-alone story following Paul and Jenn Masters, characters previously introduced in the novella UNCONVENTIONAL. From New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes another of her steamy novellas exploring hidden desires. *Warning: reading may set your e-reader on fire while bringing a smile to your face. Have you been Aleatha’d?
Neuroscientist Aria Wynters signs a desperate contract with enigmatic billionaire Dominic Voss, agreeing to develop a neural drug that could reshape trauma—unaware she’s the real test subject. The formula, LAMIA, binds her survival to Dominic’s presence. Every heartbeat, every thought, every emotion becomes tethered. What begins as scientific curiosity spirals into psychological entrapment. But Dominic has secrets buried deeper than any lab. Born from a covert program known as **Project PENUMBRA**, he was engineered to feel nothing. Aria? She was part of it too—before memory wipes erased her past. As their connection intensifies, so does the drug’s hold, forcing them into an escalating war between autonomy and obsession, love and control. When Aria becomes pregnant, the stakes explode: the serum threatens the unborn child, and only a final, irreversible antidote can sever their dependency—at a fatal cost. Hunted by a ruthless biotech empire and haunted by their own pasts, Aria and Dominic must choose: destroy what made them or sacrifice each other to escape it. *Contract of Control* is a psychological romance thriller that explores memory manipulation, emotional dependency, and the price of freedom. Perfect for fans of high-concept, emotionally charged love stories with a sci-fi edge.
Seph was once the Holy Maiden of the Crescent Moon Tribe, born with the power to calm frenzied wolves. But during a lunar eclipse on the borderlands, she lost control, causing her clansmen to descend into madness and nearly wiping out the entire tribe. Branded a "Harbinger of Doom," she was forced to leap off a cliff to survive—and the world believed her dead. Five years later, as the eclipse returned, Leo, her former guardian and now the feared "Eclipse Warlord," led his army to purge the wolf realm of the "Harbinger's remnants." The cold and merciless new lord of the Sacred Clan swore to eradicate all traitors, unaware that the one chosen by the Moon Goddess as the "Savior" was the very woman he had once cast into exile.
Tear the contract to shreds! I rejected the traitor Alpha, yet his brother now begs me to be his mate. Under the blood moon, my own mate locked me in a dungeon to die—choosing another she-wolf over me. I laughed coldly. Breaking my bond with Alpha Marcus, I turned to his brother with an invitation: "Alpha Oscar of the Moonlight Pack, would you consider a new Luna?" Later, Alpha Marcus knelt in the ashes of all he'd lost,, howling his regret, while his brother went down on one knee, pledging me his heart and begging me to be his mate.
My name is Justin Styles. I'm the youngest billionaire in the world. I own many estates and shopping malls across the state. People said I was a hotheaded man with anger issues. I have fired six personal assistants in a month. They quit for not knowing how to cope with me or get fired for any slight mistake. Isabella was the only personal assistant that HR could find for me. God, she is a beautiful girl with a blabbermouth. Her talkative personality makes me dizzy. Meanwhile, she often wears strange clothes--her grandmother's shoes or her uncle's trousers. She is good at anything, except being a good personal assistant. Every time I intend to fire her, she could make me change my mind. Gradually, I was irresistibly attracted by her. Well, the drama unfolds when Izzy showed up in my office. God, it is a disaster!
It is a werewolf romance and revenge story centered on Anya Volkova, an Omega-born wolf who is reborn after being murdered by her fated mate, Rhys, in her previous life. Given a second chance at the pivotal Luna's Choice Ceremony, Anya rejects the charismatic but cruel Rhys and instead chooses his feared, brutal older brother, Kaelen, the pack's Shadow Alpha. This choice ignites a firestorm of conflict. Rhys, who also retains memories of their past, refuses to accept her rejection, escalating his attempts to reclaim her through public humiliation, dominance displays, and ultimately, violence. Anya, no longer a naive victim, calmly and decisively dismantles his efforts. She is supported by the fiercely protective Kaelen, who is revealed to have loved and avenged her in the previous timeline. The story culminates in Anya officially bonding with Kaelen, Rhys's subsequent disgrace and exile to the Barren Maw, and a final confrontation where Anya confirms her memory of his betrayal moments before his wolf spirit fades. Freed from her past, Anya finds peace, love, and a new future with Kaelen, pregnant with their heir.
My twin sister, Lydia, is obsessed with mafia romance novels. All she's ever wanted is to marry into a mafia family and live a life of luxury. She set her sights on Lorenzo 'Enzo' Caruso, the heir to the Caruso crime family in New Cadenza City, who was recovering from an assassination attempt. She wormed her way into his life as his temporary caretaker. But she quickly grew tired of the job. So, she made me take her place. When Lorenzo finally recovered and threw a grand celebration party, Lydia decided to drug him with a powerful aphrodisiac to cement her place as the next Mrs. Caruso. This time, I didn't stop her. I even booked a luxurious suite for her to carry out her plan. In my past life, I had begged Lydia not to do it. I warned her that romance novels weren't real life, that men like Lorenzo were actual mobsters—not people you mess with. Surprisingly, she listened to me and called off her plan. But soon after, word got out that Lorenzo was engaged to someone else. Just like that, Lydia's grand fantasy was shattered. She blamed me for ruining her "dream." My parents blamed me too; they hit me, cursed me, saying it was all my fault that Lydia hadn't married Lorenzo. One night, Lydia completely broke down. She walked into my room with a table lamp and bludgeoned me to death. Now, I've been given a second chance. I woke up on the night of Lorenzo's recovery party.