Melody

I was drowning in my secret, living with my consequences.

I had one last chance at college, but something is wrong.

I can sense it in the air.

It's dark and twisted, and his name is Valen Vikiar-the notorious bad boy of Kenyan.

Despite warnings to stay away, despite the little voice in my head screaming at me to run, it was too late.

I couldn't resist.

I'm addicted to the rush and danger of being with him. He consumes my every waking thought, drawing me deeper into a dangerous game where desire and power collide.

He is evil.

I am...forbidden.

The sons of Kenyan just take what they want and who they want. The combination of their wealth, influence, and hostility makes them a serious threat.

When it comes to getting his hands on Gia, Dravin will literally do anything. He's after her, but he has a secret that no one outside the Order knows about. What will Gia do when she finds out? Give in to her desires, or be the sacrifice?

Jess is fleeing from a dark past. Her inner demons may be dark, but they all have names. When she runs into members of the Order, they tried to break her but they didn't realize she was already broken. Reid and Valen are both dangerous, sinful, and enjoy a challenge. They begin to feed on Jess's lust for desire.

After one taste, they can't stop.

Gia and her roommate Jess have realized they are Prey in a dangerous game of seduction.

There is only one way out: play the game or change the rules.

*** Lust is book 2 from The Prey Series. You must read Thirst before reading Lust. This is a dark college romance and is intended for readers who are 18+. Please read the Trigger Warning.

Gothic Romance

Multiple POV's

Forbidden love never felt so right...

Rubi Murray struggles to keep her homelife a secret-even from her best friend and soulmate, Ky Reeves. When the two met as children, social and financial differences couldn't deter their friendship and devotion to one another. But Rubi will not dare admit that her family refuses to accept Ky as her pretty little rich boy friend-let alone as her boyfriend. Day in and day out she endures the pain and abuse her stepfather inflicts upon her so she can have just one more moment with Ky.

But all good things must come to an end...

When Ky receives a handwritten letter that Rubi is gone, his anger and abandonment threaten to destroy him. After all of their time together, he deserves more than just a note with a silly dried daisy as a symbol of their friendship. Now, it's up to Ky to pick up the pieces of his shattered heart. Was their relationship a simple game of He loves me; He loves me not?

Or was there always more that neither of them could ever confess?

Gia

Gia has found Dravin's truth, and he isn't the only one she belongs to. Can she accept what she means to his family? When she finds out how dangerous they are and what they are capable of, will she accept how far they will go to keep her?

Her best friend is in trouble, but the danger surrounding her and Jess has Gia questioning everything except the love in her heart.

Danger surrounds them, and the Order is not to be trusted.

After all, they are still prey.

Jess

All Jess secretly wanted was to find love-a second chance to find it. But Jess's dark past has caught up with her. Her inner demons have decided to come out and play, but there is something bigger.

Something more sinister has happened to her that she can't come back from. It has opened her mind to a world of nightmares and her appetite to forget what she has let happen.

At night, a mystery man comes for her, and he doesn't play by the rules.

He's the anarchy she never saw coming.

The problem.

She doesn't know who he is.

And he isn't the only one who wants her.

*** Appetite is book 3 from The Prey Series. You must read Thirst and Lust before reading Appetite.

She set my darkness on fire--unleashing the beast within.

Killian Cross

My wife will serve a single purpose - to bear me a child. After that, she is nothing to me. But even I am a fool for beauty.

As soon as I see her, I know nothing could have prepared me for the powerful attraction that overwhelms me. Like a flame in the darkness, a spark of light in a city consumed by evil, I can not resist the pull of her beauty and grace. Choosing her is a risk, but it can't stop me from being engulfed by the unholy fire she's lit within me.

Lillith Sinclair

My fate was sealed the day my father sold me to a man I'd never met. My beauty is a bargaining chip, an ornamental toy for the wealthy.

The man who owns me is feared and reviled - some say he's disfigured, a beast beneath a mask that hides his ruined face. All I know as I step into the depths of his dark estate, is that a burning desire draws me closer to his dangerous allure.

But with each passing moment, the shadows of his enemies loom, threatening to consume us both in a fiery cataclysm of lust and destruction.

What if everything they thought about you was a lie?

After Victoria's best friend dies, everything around her ceases to exist.

The man she loved all her life didn't want her anymore.

Her world crumbled.

Depression took her under.

All she has left is the will not to let others suffer under the Order's rules, but she has to play the part under the hands of the dangerous and depraved to save them.

It's the end of her senior year, and time has run out. Victoria has to marry under the Order's rules by the time she graduates from Kenyan, and her father has chosen her husband--Her ex-boyfriend's rival.

Alaric is the eldest of the sons of Kenyan, but he is darker. More sinister.

He doesn't play by anyone's rules--Except his own.

Alaric hates what Victoria's become after his cousin's death. He's heard the rumors around campus after he graduated. How dirty and twisted she is.

When he discovers whom she is marrying, revenge has never tasted so sweet.

Alaric has plans for her--Plans she never saw coming.

But what if he was wrong for letting her go, and now it's too late?

The deeper he goes, the darker she gets.

Alex Cortez is used to putting his life on the line as the Hidden Scion of the Cortez cartel. But when he is charged with the protection of his best friend's sister and her son, he braces himself to bury old feelings deep. Alina is off-limits, stubborn and gorgeous, but Alex is torn by the secret he has kept for all these years-their one forbidden night marked him forever.

Alina Flores is in trouble. On the run from her abusive ex, she's collided head-on with her past. Now, she has to accept protection from the only man who ever broke her heart-the man she swore she'd never see again. But as Alex becomes part of her day-to-day, again, things heat up, tempers flare, and feelings Alina thought were long buried start to surface.

Alex keeps telling himself he did the right thing by ghosting her, but when Alina's secrets are revealed, his world turns upside down. Except this time, he's not the one walking away...

Thirst

Lust

Appetite

In an elite Catholic university full of lies, lust, deceit, and betrayal Gia and Jess become a pawn in a game of sexual seduction. They realize there is no one they can trust. Everything is a lie with a church full of sinners. Gia gets the attention of Dravin. He's after her, but he has a secret that no one outside the Order knows about.

What will Gia do when she finds out?

Give in to her desires, or be the sacrifice?

Jess is fleeing from a dark past.

The sons of Kenyan just take what they want and who they want. They begin to feed on Jess's lust for desire. But Jess's dark past has caught up with her. Her inner demons have decided to come out and play, but there is something bigger at play. At night, a mystery man comes for her, and he doesn't play by the rules.He's the anarchy she never saw coming.The problem.She doesn't know who he is.And he isn't the only one who wants her.There is only one way out for Gia and Jess: play the game or change the rules.

SOME SECRETS ARE ROTTEN INSIDE.

ESPECIALLY IF THEY MUST BE KEPT.

DULCE

Throughout high school, I was invisible, silently hoping Ford Keller, the quintessential bad boy everyone adored, would notice me. When he asked me out, last minute to prom, I thought my prayers had been answered.

It turned out to be a cruel joke, one that nearly broke me completely.

I smile.

I pretend everything is fine, running my grandmother's bakery.

I act like I don't remember him from school, but I remember most of the things they did that fateful night.

In a town with every reason to lie, there is no one I can trust.

Not him.

Not them.

I need to get the hell out of this town, but I can't, not yet.

To survive, I have no choice but to play their game.

IF HE'LL LET ME GO.

All good things that come to an end make way for new beginnings.

Even in the shadow of past deceptions, even when forbidden.

Rubi grapples with Ky's unrelenting hate, finding herself ensnared in the perilous intricacies of his life. She discovers he doesn't seek to break her but to own her completely.

When Ky uncovers the secrets Rubi has harbored for years, his heart shatters once more. He's determined to right his wrongs, but an invisible barrier keeps them apart, and trust is a fragile commodity. Ky must confront his true self to rescue the girl who possesses his heart.

Obsession breeds madness, and she's... his fixation.

All she wanted was his love.

All he gave her was his pain.

Briana knew Jaden Cyprus was broken. Even with her dark past, it didn't stop her from falling in love with him. She thought he wanted her. She thought he cared about her. He promised to protect her, but girls like her aren't so lucky. He didn't break her heart; he obliterated what was left. Now, her time is spent picking up the pieces of her shattered life and starting over.

The Destroyer) Cyprus Pro MMA fighter is living his dream undefeated. His regret...letting the girl of his dreams go for selfish reasons. One night, he sees Briana in the last place he never thought she would end up.

He thinks she is the same girl he first met.

But he's wrong...

WHISPERS IN THE DARK

Is he real, or was it all in my mind?

Alice

After my mother remarried, my stepfather convinced her to move us into an abandoned estate, but I knew better. From the moment I stepped inside, I could feel the dark energy that permeated the walls. It wasn't long before I heard whispers, a haunting voice that seemed to be calling to me, or noises coming from the walls.

It's my senior year of high school. I want to go out, have a boyfriend, and avoid my mother's overbearing existence because she thinks I'm making things up. I want to explore my sexuality, but it's like the house smells the need for me to leave.

At night, it gives me what I crave. The more reckless I become, the more it becomes real, but I want the truth. I want to know if I made it all up. The only way is to find out the house's history, but I never imagined there were secrets from the reality haunting me for so long.

The truth was right in front of me.

I could feel it.

I just couldn't see...him.

CIRCLE OF FREAKS

Ivy Sloan

Since I was a little girl, I fell in love with the circus. It's all I ever wanted to see up close or be a part of. There was no room for things like that where I grew up. There was no room for anything except bad memories and bad expectations.

Every year around Devil's Night, since we moved to Stockbridge, the Circle of Freaks paranormal circus comes to town. It's an eighteen-and-over horror show in which no one talks about what goes on inside because they can't.

But this year is different. This year, my prayers have been answered by gifting me a ticket. Despite what people think of me at school. Despite the girls gone missing--- Found dead. I wasn't prepared for what I would see.

I wasn't prepared for...him.

The fight for love is the toughest match, and only the brave dare to enter the ring.

Ari

I ran from my past and hoped for a fresh start. I was desperate-I still am.

When I land a job at a boxing gym, everything seems to fall into place-until I meet Rey Vicente, known in the boxing ring as The Silent King.

He's also my boss, off-limits, and hasn't spoken to me since I met him.

Every day I'm there, I find myself inexplicably drawn to the boxer. He's quiet, attractive, and brimming with muscle and power. I know how dangerous it could be to fall for someone like him, yet I can't get him out of my head.

The tension escalates every single day.

I watch him.

He ignores me.

He stares at me.

I look away.

The only thing more dangerous than falling is resisting.

Sold into slavery to a depraved man, I was meant to serve. To obey. To deceive.

But when the Order uncovered his secret, they gave him a choice: send me to Kenyan University, or he'd lose his claim over me.

At the university, I wasn't just a student. I was Prey-a label that marked me as less than human in their brutal hierarchy. Unlike others marked the same, though, I couldn't be hunted. I couldn't be caught. Everyone thought they knew me-until my lies unraveled.

Branded a liar, I became an outcast in a world where power thrives on manipulation and deception.

But then came him.

Garret Nox.

Manipulative. Vicious. Addictive. He is a predator disguised as perfection, a psychopath hiding behind the mask of a golden boy. Despite the warnings to avoid him, his fixation on me is unavoidable.

They say envy consumes everything it touches. And Garret? He's the embodiment of it.

Now, I'm caught in a dangerous game where the envious don't just covet the Prey-they destroy them. The only question left is: Will I survive his obsession?

The fight for love is the toughest match, and only the brave dare to enter the ring.

Ari

I ran from my past and hoped for a fresh start. I was desperate-I still am.

When I land a job at a boxing gym, everything seems to fall into place-until I meet Rey Vicente, known in the boxing ring as The Silent King.

He's also my boss, off-limits, and hasn't spoken to me since I met him.

Every day I'm there, I find myself inexplicably drawn to the boxer. He's quiet, attractive, and brimming with muscle and power. I know how dangerous it could be to fall for someone like him, yet I can't get him out of my head.

The tension escalates every single day.

I watch him.

He ignores me.

He stares at me.

I look away.

The only thing more dangerous than falling is resisting.

An unspeakable bond between friends,

An unspoken truth between lovers.

After finishing her degree at NYU, Selena Tenaka is having trouble finding her identity. When

her closest friend Mia offers her a dream job in Seattle after she graduates, she accepts, but she

never expects to fall for the dangerously attractive billionaire Relic King. The push and pull she

feels for the first time are both powerful and forbidden.

But she can't deny that Relic's dark and dangerously good looks are what draws her to him.

He comes from a dark world, and to him, she's simply another woman who falls for his

charms but pushes his true feelings for her away and breaks Selena's heart because she is not

from his world.

So he thought.

When Selena's childhood friend Jiro comes to take her after she is heartbroken, she is forced

into a world where she is destined to rule. Her grandfather's legacy is hers to claim, even if

she thought she looked like an outsider when she would visit Japan when she was younger.

Jiro helps her find herself and reminds her of all they shared when they were kids.

She never thought she would fall in love all over again.

When she is required to go back to Seattle and take her place, her past and present collide.

Hidden ties are revealed.

Enemies want to destroy her.

Her safety is a priority.

Old feelings that were buried resurface.

Two powerful men vow to protect her, they both want her, but her heart is split in two.

She can't choose one over the other.

Kalum

It is my last year in high school, and I plan to sail through my senior year with the hottest girl on my arm. But when a new girl moves into my house, school, and life, I'm determined not to let her presence dim my spotlight. But as I grow closer to her, I feel an attraction I can't resist. I have to decide between the girl I thought I wanted and the one I can't live without. They say first loves don't last forever, but nothing prepared me for her, until... it was too late.

Aura

Still reeling from the death of both my parents, I'm left without options except moving in with another family for room and board in exchange for a job as their new housekeeper after I graduate. Attending Elite Spencer Academy as a senior in the richest part of town, I have to navigate through the labyrinth of emotions and find myself torn between two captivating worlds. Until I meet Kalum. He was perfect. He was beautiful. Until... he spoke.

When my world crumbles, I meet Lane. Lane offers me refuge from a broken heart and a passion as intense as the engines he rebuilds. My heart has to navigate the treacherous waters of life's most profound emotions, and my choice would shape the destiny of not one but two loves.

My name is Aura Rayne, and this is our story.