Mancini’s Forbidden Bride

High atop a western mountain sits a divine tree that protects a small village, provided its carnal appetites are met. When young maidens fail to satisfy the entity, misfortune strikes, leading to rumors that only a married woman's passion will suffice. While others fear the ritual, one wife yearns for the selection. Trapped in a marriage with a weak husband who cannot meet her intense needs, she hopes to finally find ultimate pleasure through the tree's mystical embrace.

Elara faces ultimate betrayal when her fated mate, the powerful Alpha Silas, rejects her due to a deep-seated misunderstanding. Blinded by past shadows and deception, Silas fails to recognize Elara’s true worth, casting her out of the pack. Broken but resilient, Elara must navigate a world of danger and heartache. As secrets emerge and the truth behind the lies unfolds, Silas realizes his grave error, but winning back his rejected mate's heart won't be easy.

Betrayed by her mate, Alpha Nicholas, who sacrificed their unborn pups for experiments, Olivia flees into the night. Presumed dead after a shipwreck she narrowly avoided, her identity is assumed by an amnesiac lookalike. Meanwhile, Olivia is captured by Alpha Thorne, who mistakes her for his betrothed, Astrid. As hidden truths unravel, Olivia discovers her true heritage as the lost werewolf princess. No longer a broken mate, she must rise to claim her throne and exact retribution.

A rare silver parasite ravages Luna's brain, forcing her consciousness back to age fifteen. Alpha Hunter, her destined mate, dismisses her condition as manipulation. He moves his mistress into their home, lets her poison their young son against Luna, and subjects his mate to brutal punishments, from crushing her hand to locking her in a silver-dusted dungeon. Stripped of her pack and her sanity, Luna suffers until her dying moments, when her true memories resurface. As Hunter begs for forgiveness, she makes one final, unbreakable vow.

Bound by duty, Serafina is coerced into marrying the frigid mafia kingpin Luca De Santis, who treats her like a tool. Amidst the brutality of his crime syndicate, she discovers a secret bond with Matteo, Luca’s trusted enforcer and cousin. Their illicit romance threatens to ignite a deadly feud where disloyalty is punished by death. Serafina faces a choice: endure a monster’s cruelty or risk a volatile uprising with the man willing to burn it all down.

After three years of devotion, Elena’s world collapses when her husband, billionaire Julian Vance, demands a divorce to reunite with his returning first love. Cast aside and betrayed, Elena decides to stop playing the submissive wife. She reclaims her hidden identity as a powerful heiress, shocking the elite society that once looked down on her. As she finds success on her own, a regretful Julian begins to realize exactly what he threw away.