Nikki

Marry the man who ruined your family, or watch your father die. Aurora Reed thought she knew exactly what kind of monster Julian Vance was. She didn't know he had a reason. A fake engagement built on hatred is about to unearth a fifteen-year-old secret worth killing for — and neither of them will walk away from the truth unchanged.

After Selena was forced to leave Alpha Kian's kingdom for being his second chance mate she swore to never come back, leaving her family and friends behind. Without any other choice, she leaves the pack and has to survive on her own. With no pack or family to help her, she starts over and builds up her life. When fate one day interferes and she finds herself captured by the king's men as an enemy and tossed in the castle's prison to be tortured. Can she escape without the king finding out his mate has come back to his kingdom, and keep her secrets hidden from him? When her life and the ones she cares about depend on her secrets. Is the King still the cold-hearted mate she once met a late night in the dark or has he changed?

"For years, I belonged to him. Not his mate. Not his love. But his bedmate. His Gamma. His shadow in the night. Alpha Calhoun made sure no man dared touch me, no wolf dared look at me. I was his possession, his secret, his sin wrapped in skin. And I endured it all—his rough hands, his dark devotion, his kisses that tasted like fire and chains because at least, for a while, he was mine. Until she returned. His destined mate. His so-called true love. And suddenly, I was nothing. Cast aside, silenced, left to wither in the shadows of a love that had never been mine to claim. But the thing about being claimed by a man like Calhoun… is that he never truly lets you go. ""Try to leave me, Elodie,"" his voice had been a snarl against my throat, his grip bruising my waist. ""I'll burn down every border, tear apart every wolf that stands in my way, until you crawl back to me. You're mine, even if the Moon Goddess herself wants to rip you away."" He didn't know then that I already had one foot out the door. And when I finally left his pack… I took more than just my broken heart with me."

Word on the street was that I was a fake and they weren’t wrong. I was only ever the replacement bride. The illegitimate, wolfless omega dragged to the altar after my half-sister, Amber was presumed dead. For years, I played the dutiful wife to Alpha Enzo—the man I had secretly loved long before he ever belonged to her. He was kind, but the Knox Valley Pack never let me forget I was second best. Then Amber returned. Within months, she gave Enzo what I desperately tried and failed to give him: a pregnancy. Brokenhearted, I prepared to walk away in silence, carrying a secret of my own I was pregnant, too. Fate, however, had darker plans. Framing me for a vile attack that cost Amber her baby, Knox Valley branded me a monster, stripped my title, and exiled me into the cold. Five years later, the forgotten Luna returns. She's no longer the helpless puppet they threw away. Backed by the legendary White Lotus Pack as the blood granddaughter of Alpha Corvin, she steps into the light with her adorable daughter, Isabel, by her side. Meeting Enzo again ignites a dangerous storm. Driven by an irresistible pull he can no longer suppress, the powerful Alpha finds himself helplessly obsessed with the ex-wife he banished and deeply attached to the little girl who calls him her Alpha Grumpy. Two pregnancies. One fake heir. A five-year web of lies about to shatter Knox Valley. And worst of all, the child Enzo claims as his own might be the ultimate deception and his biggest heartbreak yet.

I was an intern. John Carter was my billionaire boss who didn't even know I existed. On top of that, everyone knew his heart belonged to a woman from his past. I knew where I stood, so I kept my secret crush buried. Then came the company trip. One drunken night, one colossal mistake, and I woke up in his bed. Terrified and embarrassed, I packed my things and snuck out before dawn, hoping we could both just move on. Two weeks later, he called me into his office and tossed a marriage contract in front of me. He didn't marry me for love. He needed a quiet, manageable wife to satisfy his family, and I was available. Overnight, Hannah Baker became Mrs. Carter. His relatives loved me, the press couldn't get enough of us, but behind closed doors, I was invisible. He treated our marriage like an obligation and treated me like a stranger. For two years, I stayed silent and tried to win him over. I was wrong. Now I am done waiting for a man who will never see me. I took off my ring, signed the divorce papers, and packed my bags. But just as I reached for the front door handle, the husband who ignored me for years grabbed my wrist and refused to let me go.