She was raised to kill monsters. He was born to be one.Serafina Van Helsing has spent her entire life hunting the creatures that prey upon humanity. She knows the rules: trust no monster, show no mercy, and never hesitate.Then humans begin dying in impossible ways—and the only creature who knows what’s happening is Lucien Vale, the feared King of the Umbral Court.Forced to work alongside her sworn enemy, Serafina expects betrayal at every turn.Instead, Lucien protects her.He saves her life. Keeps his promises. And, despite having every reason to hate her, refuses to hurt her.As distrust turns into dangerous attraction, Serafina begins questioning everything her family taught her about monsters—and the man she was destined to destroy.Because someone has been lying to her.And Lucien may be the only one who knows why.

Benicia (Beni) is a timid artist whom plans to travel with her boyfriend over 20+ hours to go see their families. Unbeknownst to them, the apocalypse breaks out! She is separated from her boyfriend and lost in a small town in Northern California only to encounter three locals who warmly take her in. When they begin to travel, learn and endure the post apocalyptic lifestyle, Benicia not only learns what family, teamwork and of her strength and own self, but finds love and loyalty in places/someone she had just met than the person(s) she had known her whole life and was trying to make her way back to.

This is the story of two heirs who are raised from babies TOGETHER but to hate one another’s kind. They interact more, realizing the other isnt so bad- actually, how they preferred one another’s company when working together to find who killed one of their fathers. When they conclude their killer is of the other side and violated the treaty, will they be able to stand against one another in war?

She was the glue that held them together. So why does everything fall apart without her? They were more than friends. They were family. Bound by years of laughter, late-night confessions, reckless decisions, and memories they swore they would never forget, their circle seemed unbreakable. Every love story had its complications. Every friendship had its flaws. But beneath the teasing, the loyalty, and the carefully guarded hearts, they believed one thing: no matter what happened, they would always have each other. Until Valree Tyson died. Beautiful, devoted, and seemingly the heart of their little world, Valree left behind more than grieving friends and a husband struggling to make sense of his loss. She left something for each of them—a final collection of messages, confessions, and truths they never expected to hear. At first, they think they know what to expect. A goodbye. An apology. Maybe a few tears and memories to carry with them. They couldn’t be more wrong. As buried feelings resurface, old flames flicker, and long-forgotten choices begin to haunt the present, the group discovers that the past they shared wasn’t quite the past they remembered. The people they trusted may have known more than they ever admitted. And the woman they thought they understood may have kept the most important parts of herself hidden in plain sight. Because grief has a way of opening doors that should have stayed closed. And some truths don’t just break your heart. They make you question whether you ever knew the people you loved at all.

The daughter, Xiomara Alvaro, of Serene Lake Packs late Alpha, after an ambush by one of the most heinous leaders and Alpha of Black Sun, is taken under imprisonment, and hiding her identity of whom she really is, at a young age of 16. During her imprisonment, when the Alpha of Serenes daughter has not turned up, she is sold off with a couple of her pack mates from Serene and other prisoners as a regular old she-wolf coming of age. When their abuser performs and acts in the upmost disgusting, utterly disgraceful manner to them, her inner warrior and bloodline is activated. She plots to revisit Black Sun and take down the Alpha and all whom played parts in her Packs death. Xiomara will return with full intent to take over the throne and rebuild her pack...with help of a friend? or are they?... and that is if certain people don't stand in the way of that...