Three years ago, Maya felt something she shouldn't have for Derek Hayes. He's her best friend's father. Eighteen years older. Completely forbidden.She's avoided him ever since.But when Sophie invites Maya to spend Christmas at Derek's Colorado estate, two weeks of forced proximity ignite everything they've both been fighting. Secret glances become stolen kisses. Innocent touches turn into something neither can resist.They tell themselves they'll end it before Sophie finds out. But some loves refuse to stay hidden.When their secret is exposed, Derek loses his daughter. Maya loses her best friend. And both face an impossible question: is love worth the destruction it causes?A forbidden Christmas romance about the space between right and wrong, where the heart wants what it shouldn't have and family is both the greatest gift and the highest cost.

Sage Winters has always been invisible in her pack. Wolfless, worthless and forgotten.The night her boyfriend betrays her with her stepsister, Sage runs into the forest and saves a wounded stranger's life. One touch awakens her dormant wolf. One night together, and he marks her as his mate before vanishing at dawn.But her stepsister sees the mark and recognizes its owner: the Lycan King. She conceals Sage's mark with dark magic, copies it onto her own skin, and claims the throne that belongs to Sage.Desperate and banished, Sage becomes a servant in the royal court, watching her mate search for her while believing her stepsister is his destined queen. He doesn't recognize her. The spell hides their bond. And the truth could kill them both.When the concealment finally breaks, it will expose more than stolen identity. It will reveal prophecies, bloodlines, and a love powerful enough to reshape their world.