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Twenty-eight-year-old Wren has been sheltered his whole life. He was homeschooled, and only allowed to socialize with similarly repressed omegas who at the very least, had watched porn by their age. Wren, not so much. Once he finished school and went on into adulthood, you’d think that Wren would have gone crazy trying to experience all the things he’d been denied as a teenager, right? Far from it. Though Wren had moved to a new city for his job and gained new friends who had certainly dabbled in hedonism, Wren had little inclination to join them.
Wren was content with celibacy. He was content with working nine to five, eating lunch with his coworkers, and then going home at the end of the day to binge watch tv shows and try out the new recipes he found online. His life was a boat on still waters, slowly drifting to an expected destination. Steady. Unchanging.
There’s a storm, though, hanging on the fringes of Wren’s life by the name of Vincent. He’s a complete nuisance, with his ridiculous V-neck shirts that show way too much skin, his captivatingly evil grin, and his scent like a minty forest breeze. Wren doesn’t like him at all, and he’s really annoyed that Vincent is apparently the only taxi driver available in the whole city after seven p.m.
And if the fact that the scent of Vincent’s oncoming rut triggered Wren’s heat meant anything significant, like their compatibility, Wren was going to happily ignore it. And if, right before Wren’s next heat, he stole Vincent’s scarf from the backseat of the taxi, then Wren was going to blame it all on the omega heat-brain instincts.
Except, unbeknownst to Wren, there was apparently a ‘stealing an alpha’s clothes to sex’ pipeline that he wasn’t aware of.
Before long, Wren is sucked up into the whirlpool known as Vincent, desperately trying to claw his way out before he drowns. But as it turns out, the whirlpool is just as desperate to drag him down as Wren is to escape.
Thrall of the Dark Wood
Young mother Ilse arrived in Forst village seven years ago with an infant in her arms and another little one on the way. Secretive about her previous life, most assumed Ilse to be an unwed harlot, driven from her home by her family’s shame. Ilse is especially tight-lipped about the most pressing question: who the father of her children is.
Ilse bore the burden of their rumors with ease, and for seven years lived in relative peace in a small house just outside of the Dark Wood – a forest that many believed was home to inhuman creatures. None but Ilse had ever dared to live that close, fearing that they would be lured into the Wood, never to return.
When Ilse and her children disappear, seemingly out of thin air, the village assumes the Dark Wood has claimed their lives. What they don’t know is that the father of Ilse’s children, who most assumed to be some nobody from Ilse’s home village, is actually much closer than they thought. He comes from the Dark Wood – and he wants his family back.
The Unlikely Bond
The Unlikely Bond is a captivating romance story set in the midst of a stormy, rural countryside. Harper, an Omega and an accountant from the city, finds themselves stranded in the wilderness with no cell service.
Harpers life seems to takes an unexpected turn when they encounter June, a towering and muscular Alpha who resides in the countryside, living a simple life on a ranch where he raises cattle and crafts herbal medicines.
Chained, Body and Soul
Chains, blindfold, concrete floor.
That's all Philip knows when he wakes up trapped in a stranger’s basement. As a Sub, he's familiar with the implements, but this man isn’t his Dom nor is there any indication why he’s taken Philip prisoner. In fact, the man won’t utter a single word.
But the power dynamic is clear, and Philip is well versed in doing whatever he’s told. At least, he is with his jealous, demanding, Dom Koray. Even without Koray present, Philip is bound by his power, and forced to obey his will.
Which might cause a very big problem, because Philip’s new owner isn’t willing to share his affection.
Content Warning: Prior emotional abuse, dubious consent, explicit sex, kidnapping, restraints
Border Crossing
After fleeing sexual assault at the hands of his Alpha’s son, submissive wolf Gil finds himself captured in enemy territory. Fearing for his life, he still pleads not to be sent back to face his tormenter’s wrath.
He’s given a chance, but the price is steep; he has to convince one of the dominant wolves here to “take him home”. When the rough, aggressive man who captured him offers to do just that, Gil can only hope there’s more than a big bad wolf under that prickly surface.
Content Warning: Prior abuse, reference to amputation, attempted/threatened sexual assault, blood, explicit sex, firearms, kidnapping, PTSD, violence
Darker Than Hunger
When Creed finds himself at the center of a werewolf's affection, he experiences a feeling darker than hunger.
Rated MA.
Cover by OddDaph
Edited by LettieK