Slow Burn

{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.

Haylee has spent her life hidden, a secret her father couldn’t afford—a weakness in a world that demands strength. A crippled daughter means a weak family. Now, a forced marriage that her father has arranged to get rid of her throws her into the arms of Cristiano Varela, the ruthless Don of the Five Families. He wants nothing to do with her… yet every glance, every touch makes her body betray her. Cristiano has learned never to trust, never to love. But Haylee awakens a fire he can’t control, a dangerous desire that could destroy them both. In a world where loyalty is lethal and betrayal is always close, will passion be their salvation—or their downfall?

“Oh, really?” Jayden’s voice dropped low, dangerous. “Does he make your heart race the way I do?” My pulse thundered in my ears. I opened my mouth to protest, but before I could, he pulled me flush against him. “Does he kiss you like this?” His words were a growl. Then his mouth was on mine. Brief Blurb Amanda Carter thought UCLA would be her fresh start—new team, new dream, no distractions. But Jayden Reynolds, her brother’s best friend and first heartbreak, was the one thing she couldn’t outrun. Now older, harder, and with more to lose, Jayden isn’t supposed to want her. Yet every look, every touch, pulls them closer to the one risk neither can afford—but both can’t resist.

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.

“You’re blushing,” Ethan murmured, stepping in close, voice like silk and sin. “I’m not,” I snapped, even as my breath hitched. His fingers brushed my jaw. “Liar. Your skin gives you away every time.” I tried to step back, but my body didn’t move. It leaned into his heat, into the pull I kept denying. “You hate me, remember?” I whispered. His lips barely grazed mine. “Then why do your eyes beg me to kiss you?” *************** After being betrayed by her fiancé who got her sister engaged to him, Olivia is humiliated and heartbroken. Olivia thinks nothing could hurt worse. Until her family gives her an ultimatum: Marry in five days, or be forced to wed a man who can’t even speak. Why? Because her younger sister can’t walk down the aisle first—it’s “shameful” if the eldest daughter isn’t married. When a cocky, infuriating stranger shows up with a marriage proposal, things get messy fast. What starts as a contract to save face turns into something far more dangerous: undeniable chemistry, scorching tension, and a slow burn that refuses to stay under control. In five days, everything could fall apart for Olivia or turn into the beginning of something real.

Rafael: I’ve survived the military. Sniper. Killer. The best they ever trained. But nothing prepared me for him— Captain Maxwell Santos. My boss. My enemy since childhood. The man who thrives on control, rules, and cold perfection. He hates me, and I breathe to make him lose it. Until one night, he did. With his hand on my throat and his breath on my skin. Now, hatred burns into something else— A hunger I can’t extinguish. He says I’m reckless. Disrespectful. But every time he looks at me, his pupils tell a different story. I used to kill for the country. Now, I’d kill for the way he says my name. And if he ever tries to leave me— I’ll make sure no one has him but me. ____________ Maxwell: I built my name on discipline. No feelings. No weakness. And then Rafael Gotti walked into my agency— cocky, beautiful, untamed. Too young. Too savage. The boy who once kicked my pride now challenges every rule I ever made. He’s a problem I should destroy. Instead, I’m inviting him in.. He looks at me like he knows I'm falling for him. Like he’s daring me to cross the line I swore I never would. He calls me Captain with a smirk. I call him mine in the dark. And now he's breaking down all the walls I built up. I tried to keep them high. Protecting the secret that I don't want anyone to know.

BLURB: Forbidden Romance. Best Friend's Sister. Age Gap. There are a million reasons this can't work, but Dominick and Phoebe just can't help themselves Phoebe Jackson is a Law Student looking for an Internship which she got through her brother at K2 Law Firm. There, she met Dominick Kincaid, one of the founders of the Law Firm she's interning at. Dominick is grumpy, no-nonsense, sees worst in people. They hated each other on the spot and they continuously clashed, but is it truly hate? A very thin line differentiates Hate from Love. Keep reading to see them discover their Love!

“It’s still her.” Three words. That was all it took for the carefully constructed world of my last five years to shatter into dust at my feet. Zane didn’t even have the decency to look away as he said it. For twenty years, I had been the third wheel. The reliable shadow to Jovienne’s brilliant sun. I had buried my own feelings for Zane so deep I almost forgot they existed, only daring to dig them up and confess them after Jovi had left the country and broken his heart. We built a life. A marriage. I truly believed, in my foolish, hopeful heart, that it was my happy ending. Now Jovienne was back, and the illusion was gone. The love of my life saw me only as a consolation prize. As my world collapses, the last person I expect comfort from is her husband—a man as cold and polished as he is powerful. Vance sees the same betrayal in my eyes that he sees in his wife's. Leaning in, his voice a dangerous whisper, he proposed the unthinkable: "They are living in the past. Let's be each other's revenge. What do you say, Nerissa?" I should avoid at all costs. It was a game that could burn our broken worlds to the ground. But as I looked into his eyes and saw the same raw, humiliating betrayal reflected back at me, the answer poised on my lips wasn't "no." It was a terrifying, thrilling question. “What,” I whispered, my voice steadier than I felt, “did you have in mind?”

Celestia Moonvale has spent eighteen years believing she was nothing more than a human orphan, scraping by in the mortal world with only fragments of strange dreams to haunt her. But when a mysterious woman named Lunara appears on her birthday with an impossible truth, Celestia's world shatters. She isn't human. She's a werewolf princess, the lost daughter of the Moonvale bloodline, one of the most powerful royal houses in the hidden realm of Silvermoor. Thrust into a world of ancient magic, brutal hierarchies, and deadly politics, Celestia is enrolled in the infamous Ironfang Academy, where the strongest wolves are forged, and the weakest are destroyed. Her mother's ultimatum is clear: survive the academy and prove her worth, or be forced into a political marriage to secure the Moonvale legacy. But survival becomes infinitely more complicated when she crosses paths with Ragnor Bloodmoon, the ruthless heir to the Bloodmoon Pack and the academy's most feared Alpha. Arrogant, dangerous, and devastatingly magnetic, Ragnor has built his reputation on crushing anyone who dares challenge him. Their families have been sworn enemies for centuries, their bloodlines stained with betrayal and war. From the moment they meet, sparks fly and claws come out. Celestia refuses to bow to anyone, especially not to the brutal Alpha who seems determined to break her spirit. Ragnor is equally furious to discover that fate has a twisted sense of humor, because the infuriating princess who defies him at every turn is his destined mate. Neither of them wants this bond. Both of them will fight it with everything they have. But in a world where ancient prophecies, dark conspiracies, and deadly enemies lurk in every shadow, resisting fate might cost them everything, including each other. In the game of power and desire, only the strong survive. And Celestia Moonvale is about to discover just how savage she can be.

“There’s nothing wrong with breaking her legs to keep her. Or chaining her to the bed. She’s mine.” She was looking for freedom. He gave her obsession, wrapped in tenderness. Genesis Caldwell thought escaping her abusive home meant salvation but her arranged marriage to billionaire Kieran Blackwood might be its own kind of prison. He’s possessive, controlling, dangerous. Yet in his own broken way… he’s gentle with her. To Kieran, Genesis isn’t just a wife. She’s everything. And he’ll protect what’s his. Even if it means destroying everything else.