He was never supposed to notice her.She was never supposed to want him.Elena Paige has spent years playing the perfect role best friend, scholarship girl, grateful guest in a world of wealth that was never meant to be hers. Julian Vance is untouchable: powerful, controlled, devastatingly dangerous. He is also her best friend’s father.One snowstorm.One night trapped behind locked doors.One choice that can never be undone.What begins as a forbidden pull spirals into something darker an obsession built on secrets, silence, and possession. Julian doesn’t just want Elena. He claims her. And Elena quickly learns that desire is far more terrifying when it’s returned by a man who always gets what he wants.As guilt, power, and control blur into twisted intimacy, Elena must decide what frightens her more: losing everything she has, or surrendering completely to the man who could destroy her.

She needed a husband. He needed a wife. Neither expected to find each other at end of the aisle. Mia Cross is a rising CEO with everything under control except her traditional family, who demand she marry before the year is out. Out of desperation, she invents the perfect boyfriend. But when her family insists on meeting him, her lie threatens to explode. Enter Liam Wolfe, her infuriating rival from a competing firm. He’s ruthless, arrogant, and entirely too handsome for his own good. But he needs a “wife” to secure the business deal of his life. Their solution? A marriage of convenience. The rules are simple: no love, no real intimacy, and an expiration date set in stone. But when family drama, boardroom battles, and scandalous rumors put their fragile arrangement under fire, Mia and Liam discover that pretending to be in love might be the most dangerous game of all. Because somewhere between fake kisses and staged smiles, the lines are blurring. And the hardest rule of all to keep might be the one that forbids falling in love. Will their marriage remain a lie… or become the truest thing they’ve ever known?

Clara arrives early to a Christmas Eve gala to surprise Mark, only to find him in a darkened coat room with another woman. When she confronts him, Mark doesn't apologize; instead, he mocks her, claiming she’s "too boring, too plain" and that he’s doing her a favor by staying with her. The public humiliation peaks when Mark grabs her arm to stop her from leaving. The Alpha Steps InBefore Mark can tighten his grip, the air in the room turns heavy. Lucian Blackwood, a mysterious mogul and guest of honor, intervenes. He doesn't just stop Mark he nearly breaks his hand. With a voice that vibrates in Clara's chest, he declares to the stunned crowd: "You are touching what belongs to me." He claims Clara as his mate in front of everyone, leaving her confused and breathless.Lucian whisks Clara away from the party to his secluded estate in the mountains to "protect" her from the fallout. There, the truth comes out: Werewolves are real, and Clara is the fated mate to the most powerful Alpha in the region. Clara is skeptical and terrifiedshe thinks he’s crazy until she witnesses his transformation under the moonlight.Clara struggles to adapt to the pack’s ancient laws. Not everyone is happy about a "weak" human being the Alpha’s mate. Meanwhile, Mark (who turns out to be working for a rival pack of rogue wolves) tries to "reclaim" her as a bargaining chip to take down Lucian.