Forced Proximity / Stuck Together

{MATURE — mid slow burn with yearning MMC. Knotting, claiming, mate frenzy and rutting. Check the trigger warnings. The FMC is a plus-size woman who insecure about her body, but as the book progresses, she'll learn to love herself.} ✧ SNIPPET ✧ My body hummed with desire as I tilted my head, giving him more access. "F*ck, you smell so good, sweetheart." He nipped at my jaw, his voice rough and primal. "I want to pound you so hard, knot you, and breed you with our pups." I gasped, clutching his shirt. "What are you waiting for? " I whispered against his mouth. "Claim me. Mark me. And make me yours." His eyes flashed, and a growl rumbled through him. "Careful, sweetheart. Once I claim you, you'll be mine—body, heart, and soul." "Then take me." ~**~ Christmas was meant to be magical—yet for Rosie Martinez, it became the night her world ended. A cruel bet. A viral video. A betrayal that left her reputation in ruins. Desperate to breathe again, Rosie runs to a quiet mountain town where no one knows her name—where she hopes she can disappear. She didn't expect him. Jude Winters—hockey captain, future Alpha of the Winters Pack, and the stranger who saved her in the snow. The moment he touched her, he knew. Mate. His. Forever. Rosie has no idea what she is to him. No clue about the supernatural world hidden beneath this frozen town. She only feels the way her body awakens around him… and the way he watches her like she's the only woman he's ever wanted. But when her past crashes into their peaceful relationship—threatening the one person he cares about—Jude's control snaps. And Rosie learns the truth: Wolves are real. Mates are fated. And she's his. And Jude Winters will burn the world before he lets anyone take her away.

After a heart-wrenching betrayal from her fiance, Kerris decides that no man or wolf is worth waiting for. Her dreams of a pure and sacred mating night is nothing but a little girl's silly fantasies. With her father's life on the line and no one to help her, the only way to save him is to finally rid herself of her "purity." Just one night in the Flower Den brothel to keep her beloved father breathing. Then, her masked client steps into the room. What does she do when he reveals his face and he's none other but the dangerous Alpha King? Her forbidden ex's uncle. He can't see her face under the mask. He doesn't know the strange, trembling girl waiting on the bed. He has no idea who he's about to claim, and he never will.

All Nathalie Bricksyon wanted was to survive at Reinfield Academy; a school for the nation’s richest teens. As a poor scholarship student with a sick father and rising bills, she tried to stay invisible. Until she made one mistake… she shattered the car window of the school’s richest and most feared bad boy, Austin Kane. And he did the unthinkable. He bought her house and made her homeless. Then, in front of the whole school, he poured juice on her head, turning her into a target for bullies. But Nathalie didn’t back down, she uncovered a secret about Austin so damaging, she used it to threaten him. From that day, he was her slave, and their war began. Austin may act proud and untouchable, but deep down he’s just a broken boy with a cold father who only praises his perfect brother. Nathalie may look strong, but she’s a girl who works late into the night and eats scraps just to care for her dying dad. They were enemies but slowly became each other’s weakness as they began to fall for each other. But someone in the shadows wants to destroy them both. Enemies by fate. Lovers by accident. Read now!!!

When 24-year-old Faith Porter risks her life to save five-year-old Noah Sutton from a speeding car, she never expects to become the first person to hear the silent boy speak in two years. Desperate to keep custody of his son, cold billionaire Nicholas Sutton offers Faith a one-year fake marriage to prove they are a stable family. But as Noah begins calling her “Mommy” and real feelings grow between them, Faith uncovers a terrifying truth—Noah’s accident wasn’t an accident at all.

Four years ago, my twin and I planned to run away from the pack together. She never showed up, so I took off alone. Since then, I often venture near the borders to check if I would see her, but I've had no luck. Just when I decide to disappear and never go near the pack again, I meet my mate. He's none other but Alpha Jett, the new leader of the Night Storm. The same pack that I escaped from. I'm not under any illusion that he could make me Luna of the pack he snatched from my monster of a father. Not even when he willingly reunites me with my twin. But when I attempt to reject him to be free from the bond, I did not expect to get labeled defiant and be thrown in prison. Then, his Luna-to-be tries to kill me. Now, the full moon has passed, which means waiting another twenty-eight days for Alpha Jett to reject me so I can be free from the bond. I refuse to wait in prison and be tormented by the scent of my fated mate on the she-wolf who tried to kill me. So I plan another escape. With help from those whom I believe are on my side, I gain my freedom again. When the time comes for us to break the bond, Alpha Jett will find me. He always does. But one of us will die before I let him take me captive again to his accursed pack.

No good girl should know what her stepbrother tastes like. Isla was the kind of girl who followed the rules. She wore her skirts long, she liked her men sweet and she lived her life, drama free. But after her boyfriend finds his mate, someone prettier, skinny, more confident Isla is done being the good girl. If men wanted unforgettable, she’d become unforgettable too. There’s just one problem. Good girls don’t know how to be bad. Hence why she was on her hands and knees learning how to please from her future step brother and Creek Harbour’s resident bad boy. *** Ryder is cursed. An Alpha born to another Alpha. A wolf destined either to kill his father… or destroy himself trying not to. So he survives the only way he knows how: suppressants, liquor, and women. Anything to keep the monster under control. Then Isla walks into his life. Sweet. Innocent. Completely off limits. And when she looks at him with trembling lips and asks him to teach her how to be bad… Night after night Lessons after lessons Ryder realizes the real danger isn’t his wolf. It is her.

Lyra Vance was three weeks from marrying the quarterback she built. Then she opened his bedroom door. Cade was in bed with her sister. On the wedding sheets. With his championship watch on Sloane’s wrist. Lyra did not cry. She took proof and walked out. Her family chose Cade. Her firm fired her to keep him. Her money locked. A hotel turned her away. By midnight she had photos, a signed prenup, and nowhere safe to sleep. That is when Gabriel Thorne sent a car. The league calls him the Iron Heart. He hits men and feels nothing. Other women come through as static. Lyra’s voice is the first thing that reaches him, and he hates how badly he wants to keep it. His offer is ugly and clear. Six months in his house. She handles the dirt. She stands where the cameras can see her. She wears his mark when the city needs a story. Five hundred thousand. No love. No rescue. Lyra signs as his strategist. Then Sloane posts beside Cade like the wedding only changed names. Then the internet finds Lyra in Gabriel’s hoodie. Then a private lens turns toward his gates. Cade still thinks she is the girl who absorbs the mess. Gabriel did not hire that girl. He hired a weapon. Now he cannot stand anyone else looking at her.

“This… this is wrong,” she stuttered, trying not to meet his eyes. “You’re my stepfather. Let’s forget it ever happened.” “How can I forget it happened, Nicole?” He questioned, gripping her chin. “When the image of you whimpering for more replays in my head every f*ck*ng night?” When one night of desperation turns into Nicole ending up in bed with a nameless stranger, she’s almost shocked to death when she moves in with her mother’s new husband to see that the nameless stranger is her new stepfather. Tristan Michelson has always been in control of his emotions, but he can barely control himself when he realizes the masked stripper is his new stepdaughter.

To end a generations-long feud, Alpha Modric Volkov of Ironclaw Pack is forced into a political marriage with Mary Ann Sterling, the plus-size daughter of Mooncrest Pack’s Alpha. Bitter over losing the woman he believes he loves, Modric makes it clear he’ll never accept Mary Ann as his true Luna. As she endures his coldness and the relentless cruelty of her childhood bully, Velvera, Mary Ann quietly earns the love and respect of the entire pack through her strength, kindness, and unwavering dignity. But by the time Modric realizes he has fallen hopelessly in love with the wife he once despised, Mary Ann may no longer have any love left to give.

When spoiled influencer Riley Hart gets cut off by her billionaire father after one scandal too many, she’s forced to take the last job she ever expected: nannying her Formula One stepbrother’s three children. Luca Rossi wants a responsible nanny. Instead, he gets Riley. She knows nothing about children. The children adore her. And somehow, the woman who drives him crazy begins to feel like the missing piece of his family. The longer she stays, the harder it becomes to remember they’re supposed to be step-siblings.