

My cold, ruthless Mafia godfather guardian tore off his mask the night of my twenty-first birthday. He doesn't want me to call him uncle anymore. He wants me as his caged bird.

After losing the power to connect to her inner wolf, Lady Stella of the Luna of the Crescent Moon Tribe cannot bring her child to full term in her own body and has to give up her fetus to her backstabbing husband’s lover as a surrogate. But her luck changes when she crosses paths with the ruthless Wolf King who finds out that cure to his illness resides in her blood.

"Don't move. Your dress isn't on properly." Alpha Leo Stonewell lifted a hand to adjust my ceremonial gown. But the next second, the words that came out of his mouth sent a chill down my spine. "Layla, let Lilith wear this dress instead. Don't show up at our marking ceremony on the night of the full moon. She'll take your place then." I looked up immediately. "Have you lost your mind?" He sighed softly as if to suggest I was being unreasonable. "Lilith is just an Omega in the pack. I can't bear to let her stay with me without a rightful title. Tomorrow, I'll officially mark her during the ceremony." The northern wind sliced across my face. It felt bitterly cold, but it could hardly compare to the freezing ache in my chest. "We're supposed to become mates tomorrow. If you're going to mark her, then what did the past ten years between us even mean?" Leo frowned. Impatience crept into his voice. "Your wolf spirit has been dormant all this time. To the other werewolves in the pack, you're no different from an Omega. Layla, don't worry. Even if I mark her, I'll still take care of you for the rest of your life. Let her have this marking ceremony. Lilith is young and beautiful. She can't handle being wronged." My face slowly drained of color. If this Alpha thought I wasn't as young or beautiful as Lilith Lambert, then I didn't want him as my mate either.

Prince Titus goes underground as a gladiator, hunting the poisoners who targeted his father the Emperor. In the arena, he’s rescued by Valeria -- the senator’s daughter he once saved from slavers as a boy. She proposes marriage to free him from bondage. Together they expose the conspiracy behind the palace walls, reclaim the throne, and rule Rome side by side.