

Claire Howard has been secretly dating Alexander Carter, the older brother of her best friend Megan, for four years. She always believed they kept their relationship private because Alexander was worried about how it might affect his sister. But when Megan excitedly tells her that “my brother finally has a girlfriend,” Claire discovers the devastating truth: the woman Alexander truly loves is Victoria, Claire’s own maternal half-sister. Even worse, after going through Alexander’s phone, Claire learns that she was never more than a substitute. Alexander originally approached her as part of a plan to get revenge on Victoria, and he even kept intimate photos of Claire without her consent. Claire decides to end the relationship and accepts a company transfer to Seattle. Before she can leave, however, Victoria publicly displays Claire’s private photos at their mother’s birthday party. Claire reports the incident to the police and prepares to pursue legal action, but her mother pressures her to settle. Alexander goes even further, using the Carter family’s medical assistance fund—which has long helped cover Claire’s father’s treatment—as leverage against her. Forced to compromise, Claire finally gives up on Alexander completely and leaves San Francisco alone. After Claire is gone, Alexander gradually discovers that Victoria has been lying to him all along. The child she claimed was his is not actually his, and the private-photo scandal was secretly orchestrated by her as well. But no matter how deeply he regrets what he did, he can no longer win Claire back. Meanwhile, Julian Bennett, one of Claire’s high school classmates whom she has not seen in years, reenters her life. Unlike Alexander, who always tried to control her, Julian consistently respects Claire’s choices and stays by her side when she needs someone most. Before Claire’s father can finally receive a long-awaited transplant, he suddenly dies of a heart attack. His death changes Claire completely. She no longer

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On their fifth anniversary, Emily discovers that she has merely been a “stand-in” for her boyfriend’s first love, Evelyn. Emily immediately breaks up with Ethan and returns to her old life as an up-and-coming researcher. Having long concealed her status as a brilliant scientist, she earns the support of Daniel, the youngest professor at a prestigious university, and ranks first in gaining admission to the PhD program under her dream advisor. Through hard work and resilience, Emily proves her worth to others and simultaneously exposes the carefully constructed persona that Evelyn built for herself. Only then does David realize exactly what Emily is truly capable of, as well as the love she poured into their relationship, leaving him filled with nothing but deep regret as he watches her flourish in her newly reclaimed life.

Sean McFarland is AOD's most dangerous Omega operative—beautiful, lethal, and impossible to control. Except, perhaps, by Michael Truman. Michael is the head of AOD operations, the man who trained Sean into a weapon and knows exactly how to stop him when no one else can. But when a forged transfer order exposes the buried remains of the Override program, Sean begins to realize that his abilities, his instability, and even the forces shaping his bond with Michael may be connected to an experiment that never truly ended. Then another Override subject, OVR-04, is brought back into AOD custody. As years of suppressed desire between Sean and Michael finally cross the line, Four begins showing impossible reactions to Sean. Michael once believed that if he understood Sean's missions, biology, weaknesses, and every trigger, he could control him. But Sean has never been asking whether Michael can control him. He wants to know something far more dangerous: If Sean is completely free to choose, will Michael still choose him?

Nova, a spirited young figure skater with an old injury, returns to the ice determined to fight her way through relentless bullying. But the real battle awaits at home, where her two fiercely overprotective stepsisters are locked in a tug-of-war for her heart and soul: Octavia, the cold-blooded, no-nonsense coach, and Lorelei, the sweet yet dangerously calculating commentator.

When Lynn died, Minna's father met a tragic end at the hands of her half-sister, who shoved him off a high-rise building in front of her own eyes. The man Minna loved most, Ethan, was the one who personally ensured her imprisonment. Enduring three years of torment behind bars, Minna was left shattered by Ethan's parting words: "Take good care of her." Determined to reclaim all that was lost, Minna emerges from her incarceration, vowing to restore what was taken away.

Raised in the countryside, Stella Levin is sent by her grandfather to stay with Orville’s richest man, Theo Mile, after her school collapses. She then faces the schemes of the spoiled heiress Tara Rowe but outsmarts them all, earning Theo’s admiration. As feelings spark between them, Stella discovers he once saved her life, and the mysteries of her past begin to unravel.

After being reborn on the day the apocalypse began, Layla willingly gave the last rescue spot to her former enemy, Lina, Oliver’s first love.In her previous life, Oliver blamed Layla for Lina’s death, tortured her for five years, and eventually threw her into a horde of zombies. After her rebirth, Layla survived alone by climbing a cliff and was rescued by the rescue captain, Ace, who recognized her as his former high school gaming friend. The two eventually fell in love.With two PhDs, Layla was recruited to investigate the virus, while Ace volunteered to protect her. She decisively called off her engagement to Oliver. When her parents tried to force her into the marriage for their own benefit and failed, they cut ties with her.Oliver later knelt and begged for her forgiveness, but Layla coldly refused. In the end, Layla successfully developed a vaccine.

Before turning 25, the pack elders use the mind-link 99 times to forcibly summon me. I have to bond with a mate before my 25th birthday or face an arranged marriage to serve the pack. When I tell Jacob Fulton, our patrol captain, he just scoffs. "I've never heard of any pack having a rule like that. Wendy, you don't need such a pathetic tactic to test me. I was going to mark you, but seeing how desperate you are, I've changed my mind." He tosses the protection necklace I hand-crafted for him to his childhood friend, Yelena Shaw, and walks off without a second glance. Yelena blushes as she offers the necklace back to me. A triumphant glint flashes in her eyes. I step back, refusing it with a soft voice. "You can keep my trash." Ignoring her sudden paleness, I turn and walk away. I don't want the necklace anymore, and I don't want Jacob, either. What Jacob doesn't know is that I'm the sole heir to the Darkmoon pack. Once I turn 25, I must return to fulfill my duty—to take my place as Alpha Female and bond with a mate. Only this time, Jacob won't be the one I choose.

Astraea returns to Olympus to save the mortal world, only to face Melirona's schemes and rejection from her own family. After enduring every humiliation, she earns a chance to enter the High Temple by saving Melirona's life. Neither schemes nor ridicule can make her back down. In the final trial, she stops an attack with one hand and unleashes a golden shockwave that makes the temple resonate. Zeus finally realizes that the daughter he scorned is the true master chosen by the Thunder.