Again, he is fucking another woman. "Easy, Dawn," I sit on the edge of the bed, my hands clasped in my lap, trying to soothe my wolf. Nathan, our mate, and our tormentor, has laid with another tonight. Not for the first time... *** Ally endured the torment of the mate bond nearly every day- her mate kept fucking different women. She had to bear it for the sake of the entire pack's hope. Her unborn child and the support of her best friend kept Ally going. However, when she discovered that her best friend was also one of the many women who had slept with her husband, it shattered her. In a confrontation with her friend, Ally was pushed into the sea, causing her to lose her unborn child. With her last hope gone, she considered ending her life but was saved by her mate's twin brother...

We used to call ourselves The Three Musketeers.I know it's clich�, but we were only kids. They usually took turns being in charge, which was fine with me. I was just happy to go along with them. After all, I thought I was the luckiest little girl in the whole world. Most of my classmates only had one best friend, but I had two: my best friend Izzy and her twin brother. Back then, I hoped things would never change, but that's the problem with more. Once I saw a glimpse of it, it was impossible to stop wanting it. Especially when it came to Shane.**This standalone best friend romance has no cheating, no cliffhangers, and is intended for a mature audience.

With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. When you're the same brother of a schizophrenic identical twin, the tricky thing about saving yourself is the blood it leaves on your bands--the little inconvenience of the look-alike corpse at your feet. And if you're into both survival of the fittest and being your brother's keeper--if you've promised your dying mother--then say so long to sleep and hello to the middle of the night. Grab a book or a beer. Get used to Letterman's gap-toothed smile of the absurd, or the view of the bedroom ceiling, or the influence of random selection. Take it from a godless insomniac. Take it from the uncrazy twin--the guy who beat the biochemical rap. Dominick Birdsey's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and-polish ex-Navy man (the five-foot-six-inch sleeping giant who snoozed upstairs weekdays in the spare room and built submarines at night), and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid woman with a harelip that made her shy and self-conscious: She holds a loose fist to her face to cover her defective mouth--her perpetual apology to the world for a birth defect over which she'd had no control. Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950, the twins are physical mirror images who grow into separate yet connected entities: the seemingly strong and protective yet fearful Dominick, his mother's watchful "monkey"; and the seemingly weak and sweet yet noble Thomas, his mother's gentle "bunny." From childhood, Dominick fights for both separation and wholeness--and ultimately self-protection--in a house of fear dominated by Ray, a bully who abuses his power over these stepsons whose biological father is a mystery. I was still afraid of his anger but saw how he punished weakness--pounced on it. Out of self-preservation I hid my fear, Dominick confesses. As for Thomas, he just never knew how to play defense. He just didn't get it. But Dominick's talent for survival comes at an enormous cost, including the breakup of his marriage to the warm, beautiful Dessa, whom he still loves. And it will be put to the ultimate test when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. To save himself, Dominick must confront not only the pain of his past but the dark secrets he has locked deep within himself, and the sins of his ancestors--a quest that will lead him beyond the confines of his blue-collar New England town to the volcanic foothills of Sicily 's Mount Etna, where his ambitious and vengefully proud grandfather and a namesake Domenico Tempesta, the sostegno del famiglia, was born. Each of the stories Ma told us about Papa reinforced the message that he was the boss, that he ruled the roost, that what he said went. Searching for answers, Dominick turns to the whispers of the dead, to the pages of his grandfather's handwritten memoir, The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta, a Great Man from Humble Beginnings. Rendered with touches of magic realism, Domenico's fablelike tale--in which monkeys enchant and religious statues weep--becomes the old man's confession--an unwitting legacy of contrition that reveals the truth's of Domenico's life, Dominick learns that power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed, and now, picking through the humble shards of his deconstructed life, he will search for the courage and love to forgive, to expiate his and his ancestors' transgressions, and finally to rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his twin. Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth-century America and filled with richly drawn, memorable characters, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying novel brings to light humanity's deepest needs and fears, our aloneness, our desire for love and acceptance, our struggle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely written, I Know This Much Is True is an extraordinary reading experience that will leave no reader untouched.

Amber's life as Luna is a facade of perfection marred by her husband Nash's cruel infidelity and abuse. Trapped by family expectations and a pack that reveres her tyrant mate, Amber endures in silence, her spirit and health shattering under the weight of his betrayal. When a national celebration exposes Nash's latest affair and a shocking betrayal from her closest friend costs Amber her unborn child, her world implodes. Desperate and alone, she contemplates the unthinkable, only to be saved by the most unexpected ally—Everett, Nash's estranged twin brother. As Amber grapples with the shadows of her past and the pressure from a family that values power over compassion, Everett stands as a beacon of hope, challenging his brother's reign of terror. With Everett's unwavering support, she embarks on a harrowing journey to reclaim her strength and rise as the Luna she was destined to be. But will her heart allow her to fall for the one man she should fear above all others—her twin brother's mate? However, a few weeks later, Aria found out she was pregnant... This book is still ongoing, with more chapters available for early access on AlphaNovel.

25 Tales Of Paranormal Bad Boys Christmas are sexy, naughty, but nice. This group of twenty-five amazing authors decided to give you a Christmas treat. These stories were written with heart, love, and pleasure. The goal to provide the readers stories to enjoy this Christmas.

Mirabella is about to be sacrificed to the immortals in a ceremony known as The Summoning. She is desperate to escape Kingdom, the Immortals sanctuary, with her two best friends, Assana and Starlet. However, the immortals have a different plan for the feisty young woman. She is to become Queen whether she likes it or not. Not to mention that she will need to locate and raise their beloved land Atlantis and defeat a great Wizard who betrayed the immortals. No pressure. With the help of her friends and one mysteriously handsome man who refuses to divulge his identity to her, she sets out to become an Immortal. But not just any Immortal. She is to be turned by the five ruling races of the Immortals. The Fairies; Witches and Warlocks; Werewolves; Vampires; and the strongest and oldest of immortals, the Dragons. She has no hope of surviving as every single woman who has gone through this impossible change has died shortly after being bitten. With her fiery temper and her love of movies, can Mirabella survive the violent act of being transformed into an Immortal? Or will she fail and let everyone she loves and holds dear down?

Paul believes that homosexuality is an illness. But when he tries to cure himself, and others, he learns just how stubborn desire can be. Paul Drucker has made a name for himself telling young gay men that he can cure them of their &‘sinful desires'. Trouble is, he's all too familiar with those desires himself, which leads him to Julian Evans, a male &‘escort' he finds online. Paul tells himself, and Julian, that he simply needs an assistant, someone to help him on an upcoming lecture tour. The reality, of course, is quite different, and when the media discovers them together, Paul tries to straighten up his image by starting an ex-gay group at his church. Which is where Julian's roommate, Aaron, comes in. Eager to expose the ex-gay movement for the sham that it is, Aaron goes undercover in Paul's conversion group, posing as a gay man hoping to be &‘cured'. However, things get complicated, and more than a little strange, when Aaron meets the other members of the group—a motley assortment of queers struggling to reconcile their desires with their faith, and with their families. Will Paul's techniques, which include group showers, lessons in manly walking, and something called &‘holding therapy', lead to newly created heterosexuals? To tragedy? Maybe even to love?

Lacie, a normal girl with a traumatic childhood, runs into the new guy at the ranch who isn’t what he pretends to be. Conflicts with love, a sad past and a dangerous secret are only some of the things that await Lacie in her upcoming adventures. If you enjoy this story make sure to #vote# with moon tickets BOOK #1 *DISCLAIMER* This book contains: -strong language -scenes of a mature/explicit/s*xual nature -plots and scenes that some readers may find disturbing or triggering.

Raised by a malevolent witch in an isolated cabin in the woods, Alex is being kept prisoner for her own good. A monster is trapped inside her and it desperately wants out. The enchantments that are tattooed on her body keep it contained, for now. As her eighteenth birthday approaches, Alex feels the beast growing stronger. So does the witch. They both know the spells won’t be enough to control her inner evil. Her captor plans to ensure the creature will never be free, but the teen finally rebels. Escaping from captivity, Alex meets a wounded vampire and the girls decide to band together. They head to Denver and run into a team who work for the Shifter Squad. As the truth comes out about her origins, Alex wishes she could control her own life, but the spells are too insidious. Until she can find a way to dispel them, she’ll have to stay with the squad. She’ll be working with twin werewolves, a werecougar, a wereconstrictor and the extremely sexy new recruit, Jaxon Remington. Jax seems strangely familiar from the first moment they meet. How can she possibly know him when she’s never seen him before? Is it possible he’s the mate she’s been dreaming about? If so, things are bound to be awkward, since it seems they’ll be working closely together.

THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—Over two million copies sold! A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller “Poignant, engrossing.”—People • “Lisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable chapter in our nation’s history and weaves a tale of enduring power.”—Paula McLain Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents—but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty. Aiken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a handsome fiancé, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis, a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her family’s long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption. Based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals—in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country—Lisa Wingate’s riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong. Publishers Weekly’s #3 Longest-Running Bestseller of 2017 • Winner of the Southern Book Prize • If All Arkansas Read the Same Book Selection This edition includes a new essay by the author about shantyboat life.