Lora Ashley

"I want you to love me, Layla Kavros. I want you to be mine. I want YOU and ONLY YOU." Layla Kavros knows one truth: ‎Home isn't a place—it's a distant memory buried under scars, shackles, and a frozen heart that is afraid to trust or love again. ‎After escaping a living hell, Layla wakes up in the last place a fugitive rogue should ever be—the dungeon of the BloodHounds Pack. There, she expects torture and death, but her captor is no ordinary wolf. He is Alpha Raelin Michaelson. Lethal. Possessive. And her fated mate. ‎Raelin has spent years waiting for his mate, but now he is faced with the one bond he cannot deny. He wants to hate the stubborn rogue before him, but the hunger to claim her is irresistible. Trapped between a mate she doesn't want and a hell she can't afford to go back to, Layla has no choice but to strike a dangerous deal: she will live under his roof in exchange for his protection. However, peace is an illusion for a rogue living in the BloodHounds Pack, especially a rogue who is the Alpha's mate. Caught in the jealousy of a rival and a dark enemy from her past that could shatter everything, Layla is forced into a cruel dilemma—‎choose the Alpha who is slowly melting her frozen heart, or save the family she thought she lost forever. In the end, can two souls survive for a love worth dying for? Or will they be torn apart by secrets and those who would love to see them destroyed?

"Lisa I. . . . . I am so sorry." I sputter out, jumping to my feet and reaching out my hand to her to keep her from withdrawing from me. "I don't know what came over me but I promise it won't happen ag—" My words are cut off when she closes the distance between us and crashes her lips against mine, her hands circling and gripping around my neck. I don't know what is happening, but with her sizzling lips moving hard and sucking on my own, the sensations start to kick in. Fire begins to surge through my veins, burning up every other thing that doesn't seem to matter in this moment. * * * * * * * Lisa Collins has been in love with her best friend Kayden Jacobs for too long now, and it is getting difficult to be around him. When she meets a guy she thinks will help take her heart and mind off Kayden, she decides to give it a shot. However, she is starting to feel like that will never happen, not with the way Kayden has her heart. . . . . * * * * * Hiding your feelings for your best friend is hard, and Kayden Jacobs knows this better than anyone else. When a new dashing but suspicious guy indicates his interest in dating Lisa, Kayden must confront his feelings for his bestfriend, especially now that he is not yet ready to lose the love of his life to some stranger who has an aura of something dangerous following him around. . . . .