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Luna Rising (The Elemental Wolves Book 1) - Completed * Abused. Forgotten. Hidden. Seren has lived her entire life as an omega no one wanted—beaten by her pack, blamed for every failure, and locked away when she became inconvenient. When Alpha Duncan enters Blood Moon Pack for a mating ball, fate binds them together—and exposes a truth meant to stay buried. Seren is not weak. She is not ordinary. And those who sold, tortured, and discarded her are about to pay. A dark paranormal romance filled with fated mates, hidden royalty, pack betrayal, and a Luna who rises from the ashes. ----------------------------------------------------------- Astral Eclipse (The Elemental Wolves Book 2) - Ongoing * She came to him in dreams. Gavin Ravenscroft has spent his life preparing to become Alpha—until the night a stranger appears in his mind. The dreams turn real when he starts waking with her injuries. And then she’s gone. When the royal court confirms human hunters are capturing Luminar, Gavin knows the truth: the girl from his dreams is being held somewhere—and she’s in danger. Because Elara Dawn isn’t just powerful. She’s becoming something the world has never seen—a mind that can bend reality.

Once in a millennium, the Phoenix will rise. The earth, the shifters, even the planet will call to her, pleading for her help. When they do, she always answers their call. Each time, she will choose a young woman who is deserving of carrying her fire, someone who is loving and caring, but with an inner strength that is difficult to break. Emmi Johnson is a human orphan who was kidnapped by The Mean Ones, grotesque shifters who wanted to create an army to destroy the elemental dragons and other hybrids. The dragons saved her and the others who were being held hostage, but the damage was already done. The Mean Ones were injecting her with their Komodo dragon DNA to make her into a shifter. The pain was excruciating, but the headaches that began soon afterward were worse. Ajax is a human runaway that was captured and experimented on by The Chief and Oliver. They injected him with earth dragon and elf DNA, turning him into a dragon hybrid. When Emmi senses chaos around her, something inside of her begins tearing at her insides. The screeching in her head makes her head throb. Ajax is the only one who can calm the fury inside her. Emmi is terrified that something’s wrong with her. Doc Everett can’t figure out what she is. That is until one day when the danger becomes so great that the Phoenix rises, melding itself to Emmi in a dangerous display of fire that is stronger than any fire dragon’s. Can Ajax help Emmi to find herself? Can she accept that she is no longer human, having been chosen by the ancient Phoenix? And can she become one with her shifter spirit before the danger that threatens them all comes for them?

A traitor’s daughter. That has been Octavia Stone’s designation for the past six years ever since it came out that her father attacked Alpha Richard in an attempt to overthrow him for the Alpha title. Her father was killed, and her mother took her own life months later, leaving Octavia to suffer alone in a pack that wants nothing but her suffering for her father’s sins. Roman King is the Alpha of the Blazing Fire pack and Regent of the Southern packs. It is his responsibility to ensure that Alphas are held accountable for how their packs function. Following a lead of missing and dead she-wolves, he ends up in Octavia’s pack where he recognizes her as his mate. Roman raises questions about Octavia’s father and the circumstances surrounding his so-called actions. What nobody expects to find out is the truth about what truly happened the night that Alpha Richard killed her father. Unbeknownst to everyone is the fact that Octavia and her wolf are different and have been paired together for an important task that only they can accomplish. Octavia and Roman work together to fight against danger that threatens everything that they hold dear. It also threatens the werewolf world as a whole. Octavia, her wolf, Roman, and his wolf, must lead the charge. Aligning themselves with other species is a must. Will they come out the victor or the victim? Follow along their journey to find out!

Disclaimer: Rise of the Phoenix is the spin off/sequel of Dragon's mate. It can be read as a stand alone book Sarah Johnson is a girl whose life is anything but ordinary. At a young age she was adopted by an extraordinary couple of dragon shifters. Living with them and learning about the supernatural world gave her perfect insight into how a relationship between two people should look like, and she knew she won't ever be able to settle for anything less than true love. That's why she secretly dreamed of finding her own prince from a fairytale… the one that will love her just as much as she would love him. But what will happen when Sarah's sweet and bubbly nature clashes with always frowned and gloomy prince that was anything but what she had imagined? What will happen when the one that was meant for her refuses to accept her? With an unknown danger looming over Sarah's head, worries and troubles from the past, will they be able to set their differences aside and be what they are supposed to be… soulmates… or will they drift apart so that nothing can hold them together?

Aurora Sinclair spent three years as a devoted Luna and mother but when her husband's first love Seraphina appeared claiming to need shelter, everything fell apart. Her husband Alaric grew cold, her son Asher rejected her, they both claimed to love Seraphina more. Aurora forgave their betrayals again and again, especially when Asher developed a mysterious illness that only Seraphina seemed able to comfort but her kindness led to her death. When Aurora wakes six weeks in the past with a second chance, she vows to not repeat her mistakes. This time Aurora files for divorce and refuses to beg for love from those who would betray her. As she races against a thirty-day deadline to escape her marriage, Aurora discovers Seraphina is using forbidden dark magic to steal her family, she races to conquer the woman destroying them all.

Kaelis Vane was meant to be Luna. Instead, her mate dumped her in front of everyone, picked her cousin, and just watched while the Elders tossed her in a grave like she was nothing. They buried her alive. But you can’t keep a monster down forever. Kaelis crawled her way out, and she wasn’t the same woman anymore. Something old woke up inside her, a forbidden mark nobody’s seen in four centuries, power strong enough to make Alphas drop to their knees. Now, everyone’s whispering her name with fear. The Elders want her gone for good. The Alphas want to own her. And the three exiled brothers who pulled her back from the brink look at her like she’s about to unleash something wild. They’ve got it right. Kaelis isn't interested in revenge now. She wants to scorch the entire Alpha system to the ground. This time, nobody escapes the flames.