Jade Banks

As an intern at a prestigious marketing firm, Dahlia had briefly dated a lawyer from her building, only to discover he merely wanted arm candy for his family's holiday gathering. Her friends Todd and Jason whisked her away to Germany to lift her spirits, where she encountered and freed a wolf caught in a hunter's trap. Now back home, she faces pressure to submit her "perfect Christmas" letter for the company's annual auction. At their post-Thanksgiving holiday party, three eligible bachelors will each select one woman to accompany them for a week-long getaway in the Swiss Alps. At the holiday party, one of the bachelors selects Dahlia, while the other two choose her workplace tormentors. The six of them travel to the Swiss resort, where Dahlia has a shocking encounter, the wolf she rescued in Germany has followed her, and he's no ordinary animal but a shapeshifter named Lupin. When her bachelor companion Hunter discovers Lupin's true nature, the two men clash violently. As Dahlia struggles to process this supernatural revelation, her phone buzzes with an urgent message from Todd: a mysterious stranger is searching for her, someone who knows exactly who she is. Who is Dahlia and who is her true mate?

When her mother married the king of the mafia, Lucia became a pawn in a world ruled by power and blood. Back in Sicily after finishing her studies, her stepfather planned to trade her in marriage to secure an alliance, until Lucia discovered the truth. He wanted her for himself. With no way out, she buried a knife in his chest. “Burn in hell, Gino. Burn.” She vanishes into the sun-washed streets of Dubrovnik, hiding in plain sight as a hotel maid, determined to live quietly. Until one mistake places her in the path of Dante, a man as dangerous as he is irresistible. His offer is cold and calculated: a marriage of convenience, a contract with no emotions involved. Desperate for protection, Lucia agrees. Too late, she learns who he really is. Dante belongs to the family sworn to destroy hers, a blood feud that has raged for a century. Worse still, he is the boy she loved at fifteen, the one she never forgot. Old feelings ignite, their love blooming again—but Sicily calls them home. Both families welcome Lucia with open arms, smiles masking knives. Beneath the fragile peace, danger simmers. Lucia discovers she is pregnant. Dante now has an heir. Then everything shatters. An ambush. Lucia is abducted, beaten, and mutilated beyond recognition. The world believes she is dead. With the help of her loyal bodyguard and best friend, her death is staged, and she disappears. Lucia died that day. But from the ashes, Sophia rises, hardened, relentless, vengeance burning in her veins. And yet, beneath the fury, a single question smolders: can a woman so completely broken ever dare to love again?