Melanie Haugen

"You're pregnant?" "Yes... ours." "How dare you step into this house with that child? You've disgraced me. Don't stand there and pretend that b*st*rd is mine." Four years of loyalty. Four years of trust. Four years believing a marriage built on paper could turn into love. He repaid her with lies, betrayal, and cruelty so complete it destroyed her world. Her child, her husband, her family, and even her reputation were taken from her. "Marry me." "You think marrying you will fix this?" "I think marrying me will give you the power to take it all back, everything they stole." Betrayed and broken, Claire hits rock bottom. When Julian saves her from a near-fatal accident, he offers a shocking proposal. She is to marry him not for love but to join forces in taking down her ex husband and the family that betrayed them both. With a new identity, a shocking public appearance, and a carefully plotted comeback, Claire begins reclaiming everything she lost, including her life and her dreams. Along the way, she discovers the warmth beneath Julian's cold exterior and a love that grows from trust and shared pain. She is not broken. She is awakened. When she comes back, it will not be with tears or pleas. It will be to reclaim everything. Can revenge heal a heart betrayed so completely, or will the past consume her before she can rise?

**Blurb — *Kidnapped by My Mate Universe: The Alpha’s Doe*** When Lila Hart flees the only life she’s ever known, she believes disappearing into a quiet mountain town will keep her safe. What she doesn’t know is that the forest surrounding the town belongs to the powerful Shadow Ridge Pack—and its ruthless Alpha. Rowan Blake has spent years protecting his territory and keeping dangerous enemies at bay. The moment he catches Lila’s scent, instinct tells him the impossible: the fragile woman standing in his woods is his fated mate. But Lila carries a rare secret—she isn’t just human. She is a doe shifter, a creature long thought extinct and hunted for the power her blood holds. When rival wolves learn of her existence, Rowan has only one choice: take her into his territory before they do. Lila may see it as kidnapping… but Rowan knows it’s the only way to keep her alive. Now enemies close in, ancient instincts awaken, and the bond between predator and prey grows impossible to deny. In a world where wolves rule the night, the Alpha’s doe may be the one destined to change everything.

Samantha has spent her life, surviving, not belonging. Afte losing her fire in a fire, she was left traumatized unable to shift. She grows up negelected and abused by her pack, not fitting in anywhere. When she makes a plan and runs for her life to avoid being enslaved and forcibly mated, she runs into Kieran the Alpha King of all werewolves... and her fated mate. Samantha has to face polotical enemies who deem her unworthy, her fear of love, and a past filled of secrets. This is a fast paced paranormal romance about power, healing and a women finding her true self.

"I'm an ordinary waiter, but I can see people's fate, including Shifters. Like all children, I was tested for magic when I was only a few days old. Since my specific bloodline is unknown and my magic is unidentifiable, I was marked with a delicate swirling pattern around my upper right arm. I do have magic, just as the tests showed, but it has never lined up with any known Magic species. I can't breathe fire like a dragon Shifter, or hex people who piss me off like Witches. I can't make potions like an Alchemist or seduce people like a Succubus. Now I don't mean to be unappreciative of the power I do have, it's interesting and all, but it just really doesn't pack much of a punch and most of the time it is just pretty much useless. My special magical skill is the ability to see threads of fate. Most of life is annoying enough for me, and what never occurred to me is that my mate is a rude, pompous nuisance. He's an Alpha and my friend's twin brother. --------------------------------------- “What are you doing? This is my home, you can't just let yourself in!” I try and keep my voice firm but when he turns and fixes me with his golden eyes I shrink back. The look he gives me is imperious and I automatically drop my eyes to the floor as is my habit. Then I force myself to look back up again. He doesn't notice me looking up because he's already looked away from me. He's being rude, I refuse to show that he's scaring me, even though he most definitely is. He glances around and after realising that the only place to sit is the little table with its two chairs he points to it. “Sit.” he orders. I glare at him. Who is he to order me around like this? How can someone this obnoxious possibly be my soul mate? Maybe I'm still asleep. I pinch my arm and my eyes water a little from the sting of pain."

“I, Thomas Bennett, reject Sophie Turner as my mate.” The bond shattered. Pain exploded through my chest like someone had ripped out my heart with bare hands. My knees buckled, and I hit the ground hard. Someone screamed—maybe me, maybe my wolf, maybe both. “I choose Lily Adams as my true mate.” The pack's shock was palpable. Choosing a new mate minutes after rejection? Even Alpha Jensen looked uncomfortable. “The Moon Goddess blessed your bond with Sophie,” one of the pack elders spoke up. “To reject it is—” “The Goddess's will is mysterious,” Tom cut in smoothly. “Perhaps she showed me Sophie first so I would recognize my true mate when I found her.” I wanted to vomit. How many times had he fed me those same sweet lines? Lily stepped forward, radiant in a white dress. I suddenly remembered helping her pick it out last week. Had she bought it for this moment? “I accept Thomas Bennett as my mate,” she said clearly. “And I accept the position of Luna of the Silver Moon Pack.” Rejected by her destined mate and betrayed by her pack, Luna warrior Sophie finds herself drowning her sorrows at a human bar. That's where she meets the mysterious Christian Knight—a powerful Alpha from a rival pack. Little does she know, he's not just any Alpha—he's her second-chance mate and her new boss at the pack's front company, Knight Industries.