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Against the Tide by Poledra182
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Fate told me who I was, who my mate was, and what role I was meant to fill. I believed that fate was stronger than bloodlines. On the run from the mate who expected me to choose duty over loyalty, I've rebuilt my life as a nurse practitioner, piecing broken people back together in the operating room, far from the dens my ancestors called home. Once you run, you can never stop. And if he finds me?... There are fates worse than death.
Sinner (Iron Vultures MC #3) by himeraink
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| THIS BOOK IS A STANDALONE | "He made me love a lie. I will drench the truth in his blood." Luca Romano was sent to kill her. When he pulled that trigger, he should've finished the job. Theresa was never meant to survive, but she did. And when she wakes up, the life she knew is gone. And the man waiting at her bedside? He tells her he's hers. He doesn't tell her about the wife. Luca doesn't understand his obsession, he only knows he can't walk away. So he builds a life on deception, weaving himself into her heart, into her bed. But he doesn't belong there. He belongs to a world of blind loyalty and power. When the truth comes out, Theresa demands he pays for his sins in blood. But for Luca, the truth changes everything. There's no leash anymore. Nothing left standing between him and the woman he was never supposed to have.
Mara - The Lady Grief (Completed) by LeonaPage
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Mature Content including violence, sex, and language The gods are fighting. Mortal creatures worship and pray, scheme and plot, all in the name of their chosen deity. It is a silent war, but every war has casualties. I am one of those casualties. I have no beast in me. I am just a simple Acera girl, born into the Fifth House, under the Love goddess. My Fated is not a simple male. Thane of the First House is a Lord, a powerful Tasuri warrior and his love for me was not enough to stop the war from creeping into his heart. He rejected me. He murdered me. But that was not my end. One god took pity on me. The one god who has no House, no children, just a temple filled with thousands upon thousands of souls. Nateos, the Lord of the Underworld, Death himself. He claimed me as his daughter and gave me a name: Mara, Grief come to life. But... there is war. And, I am now a part of the battle. My new father gave me life. A home. A family. What else does a father give his only living child? I was not ready for him. But I want him.
Fin's Claim by Whiskeyqueenn
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This time around the story concentrates on Fin and Victoria and their ill-fated mate pairing. Unaware of Fin, Victoria suffering under a father who hates her very existence and starved of affection, Victoria has a dalliance with another male and Fin discovers this. The male in question was his twin brother Grey. This led to Fin abandoning his pack, rejecting Victoria and embarking on a path designed to punish her by sleeping carelessly with as many females as possible. Events in Grey's Tribute have brought them together, and Fin claims Victoria as his mate while still hating the very essence of her being. However, the Moon will have her way, and she wants these two together whether they will it or not. Victoria is forced to confront every demon she buried deep down in her fight for survival since birth. The main one being that her wolf is more feral than others, unwilling to bend to any and with a hunger to rule more territory. Her wolf's disrespect to his authority will force Fin to remind her of her place. Fin himself struggles with the past Victoria shares with his twin and the fact that it forced him to denounce his full potential as the most dominant alpha of the four packs around. Her wolf's challenge to his status will push Fin into accepting all that he is and could be, and in turn what they can be together. Unfortunately, his feelings for her are harder to change, and his struggle to forgive and forget will impact heavily upon their relationship. An emerging empire, omens of death and the two most dominant wolves compelled by fate to be together with or without their permission leads to an absolute rollercoaster of a story. I did not think I could feel more than I did reading this book. These characters are complicated and while they project an image of indestructibility to those in their world, reading this will show you that those who appear strong may have the hardest battle against their own weaknesses. Thank you @Chortle for the great summary.
Her Silent Reckon by Faustinarose
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Her Silent Reckon It's not always necessary to react instantly.
Sometimes, you need to hold back and plan perfectly and that's exactly what I did.
Beg For Me by LauraTWrites
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𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. LILLIE SOMMERS thought love would protect her. That Grayson Sterling-the man who made her feel seen-would stand by her side when it mattered most. But when the laughter in the boardroom got too loud, he said nothing. When they humiliated her, he looked away. And when she broke... she broke alone. Now she's done playing the girl who waits. She's taking her power back-piece by painful piece. And if Grayson wants her forgiveness, he'll have to crawl for it. 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬. GRAYSON STERLING had everything-status, control, and the quiet belief that Lillie would always be his. But it took losing her to realize he never really had her at all. Now he's haunted by the echo of her silence, obsessed with the fire in her eyes, and desperate to prove he's still the man she once loved... or at least the man he should have been. 𝐀 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧, 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭, 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. For fans of broken boys, unbreakable girls, and second chances that burn before they heal.
Ride Me Home by AmourMio22
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When Dani Vega catches her fiancé in bed with someone else, she doesn't scream or cry-she rides. Leaving behind the life she built in L.A., she roars back to her hometown with nothing but a duffel bag, a broken heart, and her beloved Harley. She swore she'd never return to Ridgepoint. Not to the ghosts. Not to the father who rules the Iron Serpents MC with an iron fist. And definitely not to the three men who were off-limits her whole damn life. But they've changed. And so has she. Diesel-the brooding mechanic with oil-stained hands and a past he's not proud of. Mack-the quiet bruiser who watches more than he speaks...and always protects what's his. Fox-the silver-tongued enforcer with too many tattoos and not enough shame. They're her dad's most trusted crew. Tight as family. Lovers, even. She's not supposed to want them. They're definitely not supposed to want her. But some rules were made to be broken. As sparks ignite and buried truths come to light, Dani finds herself caught between loyalty, desire, and a second chance at a kind of love she never saw coming-one that's wild, unorthodox, and utterly hers. In this town, love rides hard, loyalty rides harder-and Dani's about to learn what it means to truly come home.
Can I Ever Forgive Him? by AmeliaSinclaire
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Marilyn Bennett thought she had found the man she would spend the rest of her life with. She loved John when he had nothing but a dream. She stood beside him, believed in him, and gave up more than he ever knew to help him build the life he wanted. Then everything changed. John became successful. The man who once promised Marilyn forever began coming home later, looking at her differently, and spending more time with another woman. Soon, the life Marilyn had fought so hard to protect was no longer hers. Years pass. Marilyn rebuilds her life, finds herself again, and learns that she can survive without the man she once thought she couldn't live without. But John's story doesn't end when he leaves her. A secret buried inside his new family threatens to destroy everything he thought he had built. And when the truth finally comes out, there is no going back. Then, after years apart, John finds his way back into Marilyn's world. But Marilyn is no longer the woman he left behind. Now he wants forgiveness. She has a choice to make. Because sometimes the hardest part isn't deciding whether you still love someone. It's deciding whether they deserve a place in the life you fought so hard to rebuild.
Too Late to Love Me by PsundrahPayne
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Summer always dreamed of marrying Knox, her brother's best friend, never imagining that her twenty-third birthday would make that dream come true. But sometimes, getting what you want comes at a price. Forced into a marriage he never wanted, Knox makes Summer pay for the loss of his first love, Lindsey, the woman he believes he was meant to marry. Yet Summer holds on, hoping that one day her husband will finally love her. Until the day she goes into premature labor, fighting to bring their son into the world while Knox is nowhere to be found. He is with the woman he has always loved, leaving Summer to face her darkest moment alone. That night, something inside her dies. With her son in her arms, Summer walks away from the man she spent years loving, determined never to look back. But when her absence forces Knox to confront everything he took for granted, he realizes too late that the woman he pushed away was the one he should have cherished. Now he wants his wife back. But what happens when the woman who once dreamed of being his forever no longer wants him at all?
Winter Wolf by HBFhelly
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"Why are you so cold to me?" Lo asked. She didn't understand it. This should be a blessing to them both. Tristan stopped at the threshold of the door. She could see his muscular form tense, his large hands clenched at his sides. A thick silence followed; it was almost suffocating. Lo felt as if she couldn't breathe. "I'm no colder to you than any other." He spoke without turning back. Lo felt like her heart was being slowly crushed. "But... we are-" Lo fumbled with her words. "Enough. You are a child; you can't possibly understand the complications of our situation." Tristan growled as he spun around. His dark green eyes met her crystal blues with a fierce look. "I... I don't understand. My mother said you would cherish me from the moment we met... until our dying days." Lo said as she felt the hot tears start to drip down her cheeks. She knew she was young and naive, but she was no child. She was nearly grown. "She was wrong. I'm already mated; I will not abandon her. My father wants you dead. I shouldn't have stopped him." Tristan said with an icy tone as he turned and slammed the door on the way out. Lo could barely get her breath. She felt crushed, and it was more than emotional. It felt like he had just wounded her soul.