Fynna has woken up in the middle of woods not sure where she is or how she got there. She has also found herself chained to a complete stranger who calls himself Devin. Devin also claims to have no idea how they got into this situation and the two of them realize they must now work together to get out of it. Bound together by handcuffs and with danger lurking all around them, the two of them find themselves getting closer then either would have ever expected. However, Fynna's were-instincts are starting to tell her that this man's scent is quite familiar to her and she is about to find out why..
As soon as I opened the door, my eyes saw the sight I wish I hadn’t seen. "What is going on here?” I asked through a shaky tone, tears burning my eyes and thankfully, blurring my vision. "Conrad!” the tears in my eyes spilled down when Selene got off him and laid beside him, completely bare. There was no shame or guilt on Conrad’s face even when I have seen him in bed with Selene. "Why? You were the one who told me that I am your mate, you told me th---at you---,” my throat went dry as I tried to finish speaking my heart. "That I love you?” he raised his brow, gently caressing her bare shoulder and running his finger down her chest, “I lied, okay?” the way his lips formed a smirk, I felt a used toy that he tossed aside once he was done with me. "Wh---y. I betrayed my coven for you an---d you betrayed me for her?” my voice broke, my eyes watching the girl pressing her lips against his neck and getting closer to him. "Cordelia! Close the door when you leave,” the tiredness in his voice when talking to me broke me piece by piece. -------------- Magic is forbidden in their world, but to get her blessed powers Cordelia has to perform a ritual for her ancestors’ blessings to come true. Left behind by her coven, she is prisoned and sentenced to death, but is saved by Alpha Prince at the price of her freedom. She is forever bound and chained to Alpha Prince Conrad. Betrayed by her coven and loved ones, will Cordelia be able to fight and survive?
As soon as I opened the door, my eyes saw the sight I wish I hadn’t seen. "What is going on here?” I asked through a shaky tone, tears burning my eyes and thankfully, blurring my vision. "Conrad!” the tears in my eyes spilled down when Selene got off him and laid beside him, completely bare. There was no shame or guilt on Conrad’s face even when I have seen him in bed with Selene. "Why? You were the one who told me that I am your mate, you told me th---at you---,” my throat went dry as I tried to finish speaking my heart. "That I love you?” he raised his brow, gently caressing her bare shoulder and running his finger down her chest, “I lied, okay?” the way his lips formed a smirk, I felt a used toy that he tossed aside once he was done with me. "Wh---y. I betrayed my coven for you an---d you betrayed me for her?” my voice broke, my eyes watching the girl pressing her lips against his neck and getting closer to him. "Cordelia! Close the door when you leave,” the tiredness in his voice when talking to me broke me piece by piece. -------------- Magic is forbidden in their world, but to get her blessed powers Cordelia has to perform a ritual for her ancestors’ blessings to come true. Left behind by her coven, she is prisoned and sentenced to death, but is saved by Alpha Prince at the price of her freedom. She is forever bound and chained to Alpha Prince Conrad. Betrayed by her coven and loved ones, will Cordelia be able to fight and survive?
An alpha wolf searching for his mate… Max Stone rules the werewolves of Boise, Idaho. Driven to serve and protect them he has put aside all personal desire for too long. Now a long dormant urge to find his mate has taken control, compelling him to make her his in every way. New in town and driven by forces she can’t imagine… Kelly Shaw dedicates her life to studying wolves. New in Boise she is driven to prove herself capable in her field. A fateful meeting with a handsome stranger introduces her to a whole new world, bringing out the wolf within. Fate ties Kelly and Max together, but life may drag them apart. A 14,000 word novelette, first in the Werewolf Mates series Get the first in the series free! The Alpha's Mate will give you werewolves, paranormal erotic romance, mates, and alpha males. Continue the series with: The Lawyer's Mate The Doctor's Mate The Werewolf Mates Anthology and Her Wolf's Desire
An unforgettable story of four women who, through grit and ingenuity, became stars in the cutthroat, high-stakes, male dominated world of venture capital in Silicon Valley, and helped build some of the foremost companies of our time. In Alpha Girls, award-winning journalist Julian Guthrie takes readers behind the closed doors of venture capital, an industry that transforms economies and shapes how we live. We follow the lives and careers of four women who were largely written out of history - until now. Magdalena Yesil, who arrived in America from Turkey with $43 to her name, would go on to receive her electrical engineering degree from Stanford, found some of the first companies to commercialize internet access, and help Marc Benioff build Salesforce. Mary Jane Elmore went from the corn fields of Indiana to Stanford and on to the storied venture capital firm IVP - where she was one of the first women in the U.S. to make partner - only to be pulled back from the glass ceiling by expectations at home. Theresia Gouw, an overachieving first-generation Asian American from a working-class town, dominated the foosball tables at Brown (she would later reluctantly let Sergey Brin win to help Accel Partners court Google), before she helped land and build companies including Facebook, Trulia, Imperva, and ForeScout. Sonja Hoel, a Southerner who became the first woman investing partner at white-glove Menlo Ventures, invested in McAfee, Hotmail, Acme Packet, and F5 Networks. As her star was still rising at Menlo, a personal crisis would turn her into an activist overnight, inspiring her to found an all-women's investment group and a national nonprofit for girls. These women, juggling work and family, shaped the tech landscape we know today while overcoming unequal pay, actual punches, betrayals, and the sexist attitudes prevalent in Silicon Valley and in male-dominated industries everywhere. Despite the setbacks, they would rise again to rewrite the rules for an industry they love. In Alpha Girls, Guthrie reveals their untold stories.
Ariel is a rare creature, one that the right collector, or scientist, would pay handsomely for. She knows if she?s captured, she will be studied, experimented on, and trapped in a cage forever. So, she runs and hides, clinging onto her freedom desperately until it is pried from her hands. Her fate now lies with the hunters who captured her. But there is an Alpha in their midst, a werewolf who wants to do more than admire her beauty from behind glass cages. He wants to break her chains, shatter her will, and utterly consume her. Will she be able to handle the brutal strength of his passion, or will she be claimed by it? ~~~~~ PG Excerpt ~~~~~ ?$4,000,000.? She hears someone say, an unfamiliar voice, like the man has been waiting to make his bid. There?s silence from the crowd. The man?s voice demands attention, submission. There?s a vibration in the air, a danger of fight. No one speaks, unwilling outbid the Alpha. ?The bid is at $4,000,000. Going once!? Silence in the room. ?Going twice!? The auctioneer pauses, no doubt looking around hopefully to see if anyone is willing to buy her for higher. She wonders how much she should be worth. There is a note of disappointment in his voice when he announces, ?Sold to Mr. Damien!? She lets out her breath from where she?s been holding it. Mr. Damien sounds like a kind, safe man. Not a scientist, not an academic. Perhaps she?ll come out of this alive yet. She is reeling from the shock of being sold for such a high price when her collar is suddenly being held and she?s being dragged back behind the stage. She hears someone whimpering and a man breathing hard, delivering blow after blow. ?Four million.? She recognizes his voice as the man in the dungeon and realizes he?s beating up the man who struck her face from his pleas. ?She could?ve gotten three times that if you didn?t ruin her face!? ?Alpha Aiden, I?m sorry! Please!? She hears the man whimper and cough when he is hit again. The man chokes on his own spit and Ariel hears Alpha Aiden?s shoes hitting the man?s body. ?Take off her mask,? he says. Light blinds her the moment the mask is wrenched off. He looks vastly displeased. She tries not to shrink back in fear. She sees the man who scratched her face and is sickened by the sight of the man on the floor. He?s wearing a collar like her own, one that stops him from shifting and healing. ?Still so beautiful, even with the scar,? he says. She fidgets warily and tries to turn away. ?Don?t,? he says firmly, taking hold of her collar and gripping it tightly. ?I would?ve taken you for myself.? She briefly catches his eyes before blushing and abruptly turning her gaze elsewhere. She feels vulnerable with him, dazzled and overpowered by his mere presence. Perhaps it is going to be this way with all the Alphas she meets, but she suspects Alpha Aiden commands power. ?Alas, Damien stated his claim for you even before the hunt started,? he says with mild distaste. ?I?d take this off, so you can heal, but you?d just run off the second I do, wouldn?t you?? he says. The only noise she offers up is a grunt of pain when he presses his fingers into the scratch marks on her cheek. He squeezes his fingers, making her pucker her lips. ?How ?bout a kiss before you go, hmm?? He doesn?t wait for her to answer, just pulls her face to his and press a wet kiss on her lips. His hand clutches her throat, pulling her forward and she quivers, her lips parting in stunned shock. He does not try to taste her and she finds the thought painful. She arches into him, trying to deepen the kiss. His lips curve upwards in satisfaction. He is the one to break the kiss. It takes a moment for her to be herself again, for the fog of her desire to lift. When it does, heat rushes to her cheeks. She reels back, shock and humiliation on her face. ?You disgust me.? He laughs. ?I disgust you? Wait till you meet the man who bought you.? He pushes the mask back on her face.
Everyone wants revenge. That's what I tell my new would-be partner in crime, Sadie Scott. "You're crazy," she says. "Certifiably insane." Just a little. But isn't everyone a little crazy? "And I'm gonna get the hell away from you as fast as I can." She's so cute when she's defiant. "As soon as I get my memory back and figure out who I am." Yeah. That little problem is definitely working in my favor. "So stay away from me, Thomas Brooks. Or I will..." She'll what? We're perfect for each other and she knows it. But if she needs a little more convincing... Well, there's a friend of mine she needs to meet. He's very convincing. Yes, Sadie Scott, you're mine now. We were made to be together. Body, mind, and soul. We were made to be together. Just the three of us. Together. Forever.
Never Steal From An Alpha Jessica worked hard to get this point in her career. So far as to put off things most people would be doing. She meets a man that makes her wild and she soon finds out this man isn't just a man but also a werewolf. His initial behaviors is odd but over time she fall for him. However her new position in his life proves dangerous for her. Her wolf decides to choose her safety over practicality , but it will cost them both in the end.
The first addictive novel in New York Times bestselling author Katie Reus’s Moon Shifter series. Ana Cordona has been a strong leader for the lupine shifters who survived after all the males and most of the females in her pack were mysteriously poisoned. As tough as she is, with no Alpha male, the pack is vulnerable to the devious shifter Sean Taggart, who wants to claim both their ranch and Ana as his own. When Connor Armstrong comes back into her life, promising protection, it’s almost enough to make Ana forget how he walked out on her before—and reluctantly accept his offer to mate. The minute Connor sees Ana again, it reawakens a raw hunger. He must have her for his bondmate—his wolf cries out for it. But his human side knows he must proceed with caution because of their complicated past. If he is to truly have her body and soul, he must go beyond his burning desire and win back her heart. Whatever it takes, he is determined not to leave her side again. But Taggart and his rival pack are not their only enemies. A human element in town is targeting shifters. Their plan not only threatens Ana and Connor’s future, but the lives of the entire pack...
Outsmart your competitors, leap to the head of the pack, and become an alpha dog! How does an average company distinguish itself in the marketplace, generate higher sales than its competitors, and earn the lasting loyalty of customers and employees? Alpha Dogs tells the inspiring stories of savvy entrepreneurs who discovered the perfect formula and rose to the top. In her personal and probing style, Donna Fenn, a twenty-year veteran of Inc. magazine, introduces eight men and women who share their hard-earned insights and practical tips—from Chris Zane, whose retail bike shop has perfected the art of customer service, to Deb Weidenhamer, who transformed a sleepy auction house with her innovative use of technology. Alpha Dogs is a practical guidebook for every current and aspiring self-starter who wants to stand out and succeed.
