“A masterpiece of thriller and mystery. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) HOMECOMING (A Chloe Fine Mystery) is book #5 in a new psychological suspense series by bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose #1 bestseller O...

“A dynamic story line that grips from the first chapter and doesn't let go.” --Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (regarding Once Gone) From #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense: CAUSE TO SAVE (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 5)—the final installment in the Avery Black series.In the epic finale of the Avery Black series, serial killer Howard Randall has escaped, and the entire city of Boston is on edge. Women are turning up gruesomely murdered, and eve...

Madeleine has seen spirits since she was a small child. It runs in her family and she has never known any different. But when she goes to her favorite antique shop and notices that the plain silver band she has had her eyes set on for three years is still there, she finally decides to purchase it. As soon as she touches the ring, a spirit of a man, Christian, appears and follows her around the shop. The more she learns of his story, the more she learns about herself until she falls for him. Fate...

The happiest day of her life became her worst nightmare. Not only was Tana left on the altar by her mate on her wedding day, but she was also rejected by her mate, the alpha of the middle forest, who chose her stepsister over her. She was exiled from the pack, and forced to drink a potion to break the bond with her mate, which left her in immense pain that led to the disconnection between her and her wolf, phoenix.
She found herself facing the cruelty of life as she tried to survive as a rogue...

"Aurora, you can't keep running from who you are. You're a Stormwolf. The pack needs you."
Aurora Stormwolf, heiress of the Stormwolf clan and the Silver Wolf Pack, flees a tumultuous past following a conflict with her father and settles in a secluded village where she becomes a doctor. Hiding her true identity as a werewolf and the Stormwolf clan's heiress under the name Lyra Darkwood, she mastered her powers after a car accident triggered her transformation.
When she meets Alaric, Alpha of the...

"A man like me usually has patience. But with you, I’ve exhausted it all. Everyday, you leave me craving you, needing you in my bed like a mad man. Scarlet, what do you want from me?" He growled, staring deep into her green eyes. "Time." She whispered, her voice barely audible. I don' t have time!" His voice rumbled with slight annoyance and a hint of jealousy. "Your heart is torn between me and Brad, "Brad is my mate, my fated mate. And- "And who am I to you?" He pulled her closer to himself. "...

I faced the direction where the scent was stronger and looked on. Whoever is there is my mate.
A girl was placed in the middle, and from the looks of it, she was receiving the forest no-escape punishment. Before she was a... My eyes widened seeing her. She's got to be my mate.
There were seven men beside her, and one of them came to her and whispered in her ear. Whatever he had told her made her shocked as she gasped with widened eyes. She walked closer to me and bowed her head.
“Alpha D...

Lola's life came crumbling the moment she met her boyfriend, Alpha Torian, smooching and kissing another lady in his birthday party.
That day, he bluntly rejected her as his mate. He denied feeling any mate bond with her and claimed his new girlfriend as his real mate.
That same day, in her broken state, she saved a Vampire who was hunted by her parent and their crew - the Pack hunters.
Never did she knew that one act was going to change her life forever.
At the moment when all love she got w...

"She is a murderer!"
Everything changed for Anaiah Ross when she inadvertently killed someone following her first unexpected Shift into her wolf.
Now hated, abused, and mistreated by the members of her pack, her fated mate, Alpha Amos, rejected her instantly and ordered her thrown into the dungeons.
Her heart shattered almost instantly and begrudgingly, accepted his rejection, resigning herself to a life of misery at the mercy of her pack.
But on her eighteenth birthday, fate seemed ...

"Now I know why he left me, I am a coward, I can't even take my life, I can't do anything worthwhile," I told the air, shamefully. I attempted to move away from the edge but my leg slipped. My hands were flaying, my eyes bulging, a scream Lodged in my throat, refusing to be let out, fear held me in his grip.
"Is this it?" I thought, as I watched the edge on which I once stood get farther and farther away from me, my life unfolding before me. I forced my eyes close, deciding to accept my fate, I...

"If I ever have to get married to anyone, I swear on my life that it would not be you!" His index finger almost pushed into me as he pointed them at me and his eyes burned with the rage of hatred and anger.
"And let me make this clear to you Taylor, if—if at all you have your way with me being your husband...your mate," he corrected.
"I'd make sure I will be with other she-wolves and make sure you feel every pain of betrayal; I'll see to it that you feel how I felt when you killed my Odette," ...

'Do you want me?' Alpha Christopher asked as he straddled me.
My eyes fluttered open, my eyes glazed from his feverish kisses. 'Can't you smell it?' I asked.
'Answer the question, damn it!' he growled, his body tense from his restraint. 'I want to hear you say it and be sure of the twin you are saying it to'. His gaze bored into mine intensely. 'Do you want me?' he repeated.
'Staring into his eyes unflinchingly, I replied huskily, 'I want you, Christopher, so much, it hurts!'
With an agonize...

Betrayed, rejected, and humiliated in front of the whole pack by her one true love. He auctioned her off, and she thought her life was over until she met him. He is an Alpha mafia, a ruthless and powerful man who had a score to settle with her family. He bought her as his mate in order to exact revenge on her family. But one thing he didn't expect was to desire her, to cherish her, to claim her as his own. When love and vengeance collide, the once-ruthless Alpha is forced to make a decision. Wha...

Is there anything you can do about it if your fated mate happens to be the son of the people who you believe killed your parents?
"I, Hades Alexios, the future Alpha of Silver Bow Pack, rejected you, Gloria Alvander as my mate," he stated while looking at me.
I didn't flinch and accept the rejection without hesitation, “Then thanks for your rejection, I, Gloria Lavender, the daughter of Shadow Mystic Pack’s Alpha King, accepted your rejection,”
Gloria was adopted by the Alpha and Luna of t...

“I reject you, Omega."
"Alpha Lucas, there seems to be a misunderstanding. It wasn't me who—"
"Save your breath, Omega. I've heard enough."
"I would never accept an Omega as my Luna. " his voice had declared, a harsh decree that had struck me like a dagger to the heart.
“You should learn from your sister, instead of becoming a worthless omega, don't you feel ashamed of so many scandals? Leave now, you should understand that your actions will hurt Seraphina.”
I was a lone wolf, enta...

Angelina is betrayed by her fiancé and her stepsister who was born without a wolf. They not only killed her father, but planned to drain Angelina's bone marrow and blood so that her stepsister could steal her wolf through witchcraft. After all these, Angelina was thrown into a garbage dump to die. Unexpectedly, a handsome man in royal regalia saved her and called her, "Mate."

A shadow moved in the doorway, and my heart sank. I didn’t need to turn around to know who it was.
"Why?" Ace’s voice was low, gravelly, but it sliced through the quiet like a blade.
I exhaled slowly, not wanting to wake Liam. My hands rested on my knees as I stood, deliberately taking my time before facing him. "Why what?" I asked softly, though I already knew the answer.
His form filled the doorway, his presence almost suffocating. His jaw was tight, his shoulders tense. "Why didn’t you tel...

"Tell me how do you want me to make it up to you??" I asked, putting myself at risk by asking the big bad alpha wolf that question.
"I'm not simply interested in having sex with you," He smiled and came closer, running his finger up my neck, "I want to experience everything with you."
"How about not wearing any clothing whenever we are alone in this mansion?" I gasped in shock as he murmured into my face.
(Content/ Trig*er Warning: The following read consists of extreme profanity, violence, or g...

"Who are you?" I came awake with a jerk, disoriented and aching all over.
A heavy male body lay beside me---we were both naked except for the sheet covering our bodies.
Embarrassment stained my skin bright red. I searched my memories of the night before, trying to figure out how I had gotten here while attempting to wrap the sheet around my body. I stopped when I realized I'd leave my bed partner totally nude.
My skin felt too hot and too tight as I tried to work out how to get myself out of...

“Daddy, please! Please don’t do this!” I begged with my hands. “It’s done, Tegan, the contract is signed. You will leave tonight to be the Alpha King’s contracted mate. You will bare him an heir within three months, or you will regret it!” He roared out, his face showing me just how angry he truly was. I silently wept at the cards fate played me. I will be nothing more than a baby-making machine for the cruelest Alpha known Ezra Hendricks.
Tegan Declan was a shy she-wolf who was born deaf. Sta...

"When he is at work, you will have us entertain you," Alpha Atticus whispered.
"You belong to me," Alpha Atticus mumbled, shoving his hand between my legs and in my underwear.
His fingers traveled to my pussy and grazed around for the entrance, but I was keeping my legs shut tightly. I was sitting between my two alpha mates, who were supposed to accept me and protect me, but they failed.
Now that I was married to a much older and more mature Royal Counselor, these two came back into my life ...

Dwayne is next in line in the Alpha title. He rejected his mate because she was just a human. But as soon as she accepted his rejection his whole world crumbled.
After a month they met again but it was not a simple encounter it turns out that his human mate is connected to the royalties of werewolves.
Would he be able to chase her back? Or end up regretting it for the rest of his life?

On the eve of the Eva's seventeenth birthday, the story begins. Her father's enemies are abusing her. Alpha's daughter, Eva, is the protagonist of the story. Her pack was killed. She was the only survivor. Due to her young age, the pack that slaughtered her family decided to turn her into a slave. She was mistreated and hungry since she was a child, and she did all kinds of menial tasks.
When confronted with insults, the heroine was obstinate, fighting back and talking back. She still retains A...

"Lemme see your body," he whispered in my ear and my body contracted, I wasn't used to such wordings.
"Tucker, not now." I tried to pull myself away from him but he was holding me tightly.
"Tucker stop." everything escalated when he grabbed my face and forced me to turn my neck to him so he can kiss me, he was forcing me for my first kiss.
"Tucker enough!" I yelled, getting out of his touch and pushing him away as he got up and tried to reach back for me.
"What the hell?" his facial express...

Alora Dennison is an orphaned child from a shamed bloodline surviving in her families old pack. On the dawn of her transition pushing her into adulthood she imprints on the mate she will be bonded to for an eternity, in an unexpected turn of fate.
Only he isn't the man of her dreams. He is the only one in the entire state she would never have wanted to bond too.
Colton Santo is the arrogant, dominant son of the Alpha from a rival pack which is set to unite the packs and reign in one kingdom. I...

He takes a deep breath and stares into my eyes once more. In response to his intense stare, I swallow saliva again.
"I, Jason Wright, reject you, Omega Samantha Bailey."
I feel the tremor in my body as I move closer and closer to a total collapse. I know he's waiting for me to tell him. Ming howls again, louder this time, begging me not to answer him, begging me to fight and not accept his rejection. But who am I to fight his wishes and force him when it's clear he doesn't want me?"
****...

Owning a frail wolf, being rejected by my mate, and being humiliated by my brother ......
With all of these, two years ago, I chose to leave.
Two years later, I'm a powerful, attractive she-wolf.
It was at this time, my Alpha mate reappeared. He tried to get me to come back to him, but he didn't even recognize it was me!
I rejected him, but he didn't give up.
And slowly, I realized that he was different from what I remembered.
Just like me, he had the same many secrets in that buried past...

When Emma turns 20, she finds her soon to be beta mate, believing that would improve her life. Emma envisions a brighter future, only to have her hopes shattered by Hudson's deceitful betrayal and cruel intentions. Locked in the dungeon because of her rejection, Emma has no choice but escape.
Destiny, however, has a different path for Emma.
Bennett Campbell, Alpha from the Silvercrest Pack, stumbles upon her and brings her to safety. The surprise deepens when Hunter, the pack's esteemed doctor...

The Millennium Wolf King of all Supernatural was killed mysteriously and his throne was wanted by every King's and Queen's of supernatural but they couldn't have it because he has a legitimate child.
A child none of the king's and Queen's has seen before. All they know is that the Millennium Wolf King child name is River.
River put on a disguise to know those behind the deaths of the Millennium Wolf King.
Ariel, a beautiful lady who lives with her old poor aunt, who is the most fearsome...

After a false accusation, Emily was expelled from the Crimson pack and rejected by her mate, the Alpha. Pregnant and desperate, she found refuge in the hands of the Lycan Alpha.
Years passed, and the Lycan Alpha passed away, leaving Emily as the new Alpha of the Lycan pack. Now, she returns seeking revenge against the Crimson Alpha for the pain he caused her.

I, Alpha Devon, reject you as my mate.” You will never be good enough for me. You’re nothing—absolutely nothing—but a piece of trash that will be left for the dogs to feast on.
Elena, a werewolf who hasn’t wolfed out yet, was mistreated and maltreated by her own pack and family, and worse, her sister despised and hated her for no reason at all.
She gets even more dissatisfied with her life when the Alpha of a Great Pack rejects her as his mate and accepts her sister instead. His reason? She...

“I can already smell the scent coming from your thighs.” Alpha Ragnar pushed me against the wall. “Quit the pretence that you dislike being touched by me.”
He came closer leaving my body no space to run. “I….I am not pretending. You are mistaken, alpha. Please let me go.” I, Jade pleaded to him with my eyes avoiding his lustful stare.
“Oh, really? I shall see how long you are going to bear this pain.” He grabbed my ponytail and threw me on the bed. I was his mate but he didn’t love me, I could...

Sold to the cruelest Alpha King Damien by her foster parents. Amelia was told that all she had to do was bear him an heir and she will be set free. What she doesn’t know is that the cruel Alpha is her mate.
“Mate.” Was the first words that left her mouth when her eyes landed on him. Alpha Damien was furious to know his mate is a lowly omega he had bought. He rejects her and orders his guards to throw her into the dungeon.
But Alpha Damien couldn’t deny the attraction he felt for Amelia. He or...

"I didn't marry you because I love you, but because I was forced by my father to do so, so you have to keep your distance from me, So here and now, I, Melvin Zest from the Peking pack reject you, Audrey, from the mekreh pack as my mate!!"
Audrey had lived her life like a prisoner in her own pack. Her greedy father never loved her, all he wanted was to be rich and powerful, and to achieve that he gave all his daughters for marriage to rich and unknown packs. Now it was Audrey's turn, she was get...

Meet Teresa, a young orphan grappling with life's adversities after losing her parents in a tragic plane crash. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she encounters Auden Anderson, a promiscuous billionaire with a complex past and a morally ambiguous family heritage. Their relationship blossoms into marriage, but Teresa's dreams and expectations soon crumble into heartbreak.
However, a glimmer of light and hope emerges as Teresa meets her Nanny, Amelia, who becomes a catalyst for positive chan...

“A dynamic story line that grips from the first chapter and doesn't let go.”--Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (regarding Once Gone)From #1 bestselling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense. A TRACE OF HOPE is the final book in the Keri Locke series, bringing the series to a dramatic conclusion.In A TRACE OF HOPE (Book #5 in the Keri Locke mystery series), Keri Locke, Missing Persons Detective in the Homicide division of the LAPD, is closer than she’s ev...

I was nothing. A rejected mate. A worthless omega. A slave forced to endure the cruelty of my pack. Alpha Ryker, the man destined to love me, cast me aside without a second thought. I wasn’t just betrayed by him but I was also betrayed by him and my step sister. I was left to suffer, to break, to fade into nothingness. Until he came. Kaiden. The rogue. The monster. The man whispered about in nightmares and spoken of in fear. They say he’s cursed, that his very existence is a death sentence. Pack...

“The perfect romance or beach read, with a difference: its enthusiasm and beautiful descriptions offer an unexpected attention to the complexity of not just evolving love, but evolving psyches. It's a delightful recommendation for romance readers looking for a touch more complexity from their romance reads.”--Midwest Book Review (For Now and Forever)THE GHOSTLY GROUNDS: SCANDAL AND SUPPER is Book #5 in a charming new cozy mystery series by bestselling author Sophie Love, author of The Inn at Sun...

“You have to reject her.” Amelia heard her twin say to her boyfriend.
As the ignored daughter of the Alpha, Amelia has been bullied by her twin since little. She knew it was all because she wasn’t as talented and didn’t shift like her twin did. Still, getting rejected by the only love of her life was too much to bear.
Amelia accepted her father’s order and set out for college in a neighboring pack, not knowing a group of wolves were sent to get rid of her for good.
At the critical moment, her on...

Get to know Jesse and Cathy's story. Even if you haven't read the first book, Origins, you can read this one. Of course, both stories and characters from Origins will appear and hopefully, like many others, you will be captivated by them.
“Cathy! Please leave!”
“I will..I just came up with one thing..when I was in my room. I thought of if I did something to you to make you angry..then I realized that maybe it’s not you, maybe it’s Argus.. James, what if you’re my mate and Argus knows about it ...

"Strip for me" the beastly alpha called, his voice echoed from his dark cell, causing a shiver to go down her body. She couldn’t fight the way her body reacts to him. Her n*****s harden from his touch.
"I can smell your wetness omega" he mutters, his hands tracing under her skirt till he feels up her wet jeweled folds, causing a hiss from her lips as his fingers push in. He whispers to he ears, a voice filled the dangerous promise "you are mine"
Elise Aldermen is the daughter of the Silvernight ...

On the night of the Red Moon, Scarlett O’Hara’s life changes forever. Her father is murdered, and she is bitten by a powerful werewolf—Simon Martin, the ruthless Alpha destined to be her mate. But when he discovers who she is, he rejects her, shattering her heart.
Determined to survive, Scarlett embraces her new reality, vowing to make Simon regret ever turning his back on her. But fate has other plans, pulling them back together in ways neither can escape.
When their paths cross again, old woun...

Astrid finds her cousin having an affair with her mate, her sweetheart and although she was willing to ignore what she had seen and go on with being Alpha Halfdan's mate, she got rejected by him and was forced to sign a divorce paper.
Astrid had no other choice but to do as they said. She is pained and heartbroken that all she craved for was a drink. One drink to clear her head,one drink to end her misery.
But getting to the bar, she gets captured by the stunning sight of an unknown Alpha. J...

“Keith…” I breathe, rather wickedly as a hint of a smile appears on my lips. “Are you…aroused?”
“Would you stop?” he bites out. “I have a beautiful girl in my arms - I can’t help how my body reacts.”
“Oh, sure,” I tease.
“Stop. Moving.”
“You know, I’m surprised you saved me,” I begin, wanting to annoy him even more. “Especially because you think my behavior is so - oh, what was it? Immoral?”
“Just because you’re an immoral minx, it doesn’t mean you deserve to be hurt,” he says dryly.
A minx...

Lydia has been abused by her foster parents, but the wolves of the pack are deceived by the hypocritical pair, believing that Lydia is a bad girl who does not know how to repay her kindness.
Just when Lydia was about to be given to the pack elders by her foster mother, she found out that Elvis, the next Alpha of the pack, was actually her mate.But unfortunately, Elvis disliked and rejected her to be his mate.
Desperate Lydia jumped off the cliff, but was saved by her own mother, the Alpha of G...

Selena Winters was born the weakest Omega in the Silver Crown Wolf Pack, known to everyone as a waste. She was ruthlessly mocked and tormented, and even she believed she was unworthy of having a mate. But when fate binds her to the cruel and merciless Alpha Aiden Blackthorn, the powerful strength hidden beneath her fragile exterior finally awakens. All the werewolves who once laughed at and insulted her now cower at her feet, trembling in fear!

Stacy was a brilliant and beautiful girl in her days in Hillary High School, Everyone want to be friend with her.
She is one of the hottest girl in the School. She was indeed the Queen in the Hillary High.
Her Parents were business Tycoons. So they were super dopey Rich.
They were not always home and not always available though they provided her with more than enough money.
She sometimes lack parental care and this has always sadden her, she never got the love and attention she needed. She ...

When I woke up, I was naked and lying on a soft bed that wasn't mine, being held by a stranger whom I absolutely didn't recognize.
At the same time, there was an intense pain between my legs, I nearly screamed out loud.
Did I give my virginity to an unknown man?!
****I am the youngest daughter of Silver Moon Pack's Alpha Aiden, and I have a twin sister. We look alike, but our destinies are completely different.
She is a female warrior and is known as the next Alpha, while I am an ...

"I, Adam Smith, Future Alpha of the white wolf pack, reject Lara as my mate and Luna."
Lara's heart shattered. She knew Adam didn't like her but she never imagined he would reject her. Yes, she was different from the werewolves. She was just a mere human and she got rejected because of her identity.
To Adam, Lara was nothing but a weak human, who he would never accept to be his Luna, he needed someone strong, someone up to his league but he never knew that he had the lost lycan princess as his...

After being hated and rejected her entire life, for a mistake she made in the past, Lady Rihanna, daughter of the Beta decided to leave Black Hills.
Wandering off as a rogue, she heightened her powers and became the fearsome dread called Your Silver.
Accompanied by her silver wolf, she was ready to unleash hell on all who rejected her but then she meets her second chance mate, Alpha of Black Rose, who she couldn’t refuse.
An evil is rising that'd need the blood of the silver wolf to succeed. Wo...