Jax never wanted to be the alpha of his father's pack. He had other dreams. Five years later, he’s fulfilling both. When his friends convince him to have a night out, he isn’t interested. That’s until he sees Abigail. His wolf knows she's his mate. She’s human, but he doesn’t care. Now that he’s found her, he won’t let her go. As their romance grows, someone is against the match and will go to any means to destroy it. Dangerous ones.

As the Beta of his werewolf pack, Leo has been doing what his Alpha says, even when he doesn't want to, for years now. When he's told to attend a government meeting one night, he thinks it will just be one of those things, until he catches the scent of the witch holding the meeting. Suddenly, he can't get her out of his head, he's desperately attracted to her, even knowing that his Alpha doesn't like members of the pack bonding with anyone but other werewolves. Della has been working in government for years now, and from experience, she doesn't expect the meeting to go according to plan. What she also doesn't expect is the hot-as-hell werewolf approaching her at its conclusion, lighting her body up in a way she's never experienced before. When he asks her out, of course, she says yes. But their relationship was always going to be more complicated than just witch-meets-werewolf. For one, Leo's pretty sure his attraction to Della is proof that what he thought was a myth of werewolves having one perfect mate might actually be true. Also, his Alpha doesn't want his pack members mating with anyone but other werewolves. And Della has a traumatic history of her own that makes it difficult to even imagine getting close to anyone after what happened before. But when the witch whose life is dedicated to making those of others better realises her werewolf is basically a mob enforcer, everything goes to hell. Can Leo clean up his act and get Della back? Or will he spend the rest of his life wondering what could have been? Publisher's Note: This contemporary paranormal romance contains graphic action scenes.

Raj has always wanted to find his mate. Growing up as a werewolf, he always believed the stories that there was someone out there for him. He just didn't expect the meeting to be in the middle of the underground fighting ring in which he illegally brawls. But once he catches her scent, he can't fight the need to find her and claim her for his own. Maggie is a good girl, a good friend, a good nurse, a good coworker, a good person. She follows rules and she knows she has no business working at the Ring that night... or being attracted to the massive, hulking fighter she met there. Except he's also friends with her best friend, and the Beta is in said best friend's boyfriend's Pack. Why are these feelings for him so strong all of a sudden, and how can she explain them to her boyfriend? Raj would give anything to have his mate in his arms, but he can't tell her the truth; he needs her to choose him freely. But is there any way the good girl and this secret bad boy can have a happy ending when their beginning looks like this? Publisher's Note: This steamy fantasy romance contains graphic fighting and love scenes.

If a bond can be made, it can be broken. Can't it? Emmett O'Neill might have a reputation as a ladies' man, but that's mostly because he's been looking for a real relationship in all the wrong places for a lot of years. When he realises he's found his mate, a beautiful werewolf from the next pack over named Petra Dalman, he's thrilled. All he wants is to claim her as his own, but she has other ideas. Emmett O'Neill has a reputation, which is part of why Petra is horrified when she realises that the two of them may be mates. She can't get him off her mind, and she's seriously attracted to him, but he's not the kind of reliable guy she planned on spending the rest of her carefully plotted-out life with. Surely, if the universe can make a bond between them, it can break it, right? They just have to find out how, while at the same time fighting the magic trying to drag them into bed together. But as they get to know each other better, Petra finds herself asking, is this even what she really wants, or is she about to make the biggest mistake of her life? Publisher's Note: This steamy shifter romance contains graphic scenes.

To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and why the modern world looks the way it does. In this engaging new history, Brett L. Walker tackles key themes regarding Japan's relationships with its minorities, state and economic development, and the uses of science and medicine. The book begins by tracing the country's early history through archaeological remains, before proceeding to explore life in the imperial court, the rise of the samurai, civil conflict, encounters with Europe, and the advent of modernity and empire. Integrating the pageantry of a unique nation's history with today's environmental concerns, Walker's vibrant and accessible new narrative then follows Japan's ascension from the ashes of World War II into the thriving nation of today. It is a history for our times, posing important questions regarding how we should situate a nation's history in an age of environmental and climatological uncertainties.

Jenna Reynolds just wanted a quiet weekend to write her next book. She didn't expect to find an unconscious naked male in the woods. Arik Drake needed to get away to shift. Flying in the open area always calmed him until something shot at his dragon. A chance meeting, two different, worlds, and fated mates. Soon, a danger threatens to destroy what they've found in each other. Will Arik be able to stop it or lose Jenna to a century-old grudge?

In the beginning, there was peace in the Kingdom of Gamore. Evil did not exist. Things like monsters, demons, ghouls, and goblins were mere fairy tales told as bedtime stories to keep children from causing trouble at night. Then, things changed. Vampires, werewolves, and demons roamed the earth freely and caused havoc. According to prophecy, a child would be born under unusual circumstances and restore good to the land while seeking vengeance on evil ones, punishing them for what they had done. Rose is of royal descent, hidden for her own protection. She becomes a nun who gives birth to Drake. Tragically, she is later raped and murdered. Alone in the world with no one to guide him except the darkness within, Drake seeks vengeance for his mother’s death. Unsure of his own abilities, he grows to become a powerful demon hunter. Finally finding love and romance along the way, Drake could stop to enjoy life as a family man, or will destiny drag him away to fulfill his prophesized duty?

Follow three wolves of the Cresent Wolf pack find their mates. Jude, who is a little dumb sometimes, but knows what he wants. Ezra, who is sweet as can be and just wants a mate that will love him for him in return. Then Tyler, who knows who he wants to be his mate, but he't not sure he can wait to mark her, because what if she isn't? When disaster happens, they bind together to find the mates that they can't live without.

Amari Winters (18) had been kept hidden away from the world, training to be the next Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack. On her 18th birthday, her father, Alpha Charles Winters makes the sudden announcement she is finally free and she would be attending a birthday party that evening thrown in her honor. He also mentions their allies, the Artemis Pack were invited. While getting ready to go outside for the first time, Amari realizes that her mate is near and confesses to her older sister, Camilla. Camilla was jealous of Amari and hatched a plan to steal Amari's mate. Amari runs into her mate, Alpha Alexander Beaumont (24) and confesses her love, but is rejected. Alpha Beaumont reveals he is mated to none other than her sister, Camilla. Distraught, Amari makes threats against Camilla. An hour later, Amari is being charged with hiring someone to kill and rape her sister. Amari pleads her innocence to her mate, but he doesn't believe her and she is dragged back to his castle to be tortured for her "crimes." Will Alpha Beaumont eventually acknowledge that Amari is his true mate? And will Amari ever accept his forgiveness?

Samantha Carter had a huge crush on Lloyd Crawford, the next in line as Alpha of the Crescent Wolf Pack. Who wouldn't fall to this gorgeous looking guy? He kept himself away from flirting with unmated girls. Saving himself for his one and only mate and the future Luna of his pack. Until that day he went home with a blonde he called mate. The packed rejoiced except her. She respect the idea that a mate is the one and only soulmate, the chosen one for you to be with. It's fate , natural and no one should come between them. That night while everybody everybody are still partying, she quietly get her things and went away the pack. Where? She has no idea. She just wanna run away from all the things that was hurting her. She managed to run away and lived on her own until Lloyd found her and utter the word she was longing to hear. "Mate."