My Dirty Secret With The Wrong Stepbrother

On the day of her daughter's crucial college entrance exam, Megan Bacon gifted her a matching green gown for luck. Instead, the dress tore apart at the school gates, leaving her exposed and publicly humiliated. The devastating shame shattered her daughter, who failed the exam and jumped to her death weeks later. Dying of a broken heart the next day, she is suddenly thrown back in time to the very morning of the exam. This time, she will uncover the truth behind her tragedy.

Dragged to a party by her best friend, Ella never expected a single night to upend her reality. What she believed was a whirlwind romance with a stranger is actually a fateful encounter with the ruthless King Alpha, who has spent years searching for his mate. Sheltered by her mother to hide her latent powers from the supernatural world, Ella is suddenly thrust into a dangerous new existence. Now held by the most powerful beast in America, she must face the shocking truth of her own heritage.

A mother's worst nightmare begins at 10:47 AM when a sudden knock summons her to the pack school. Rushing to the scene, she finds her young daughter Wynter convulsing on a healer's table, her lips turning blue and her inner wolf completely silent. The terrifying diagnosis is wolfsbane, deliberately slipped into the child's lunch. To save her daughter from this targeted poisoning, she must face a dark conspiracy.

Quinnie’s dreams of love shatter when her mate, Nicholas, reveals his cruel nature. Facing brutal rejection and physical aggression, she is deemed unworthy of his status. Nicholas forces her into silence, forbidding her from revealing their bond. Left devastated and isolated, Quinnie refuses to be entirely broken. With her inner wolf wounded but resilient, she begins a harrowing journey to escape his torment, reclaim her identity, and find her way back to the light.

For this heartbroken protagonist, love has proven to be a devastating force. The profound pain of her bond has pushed her to the very brink of death, leaving her shattered. Now, she occupies a tragic vantage point, watching her fated mate from afar. As she lingers in the quiet space of her absence, she is consumed by a single, desperate hope: that the man who held her heart will finally notice the void she left behind and realize she is no longer by his side.

For years, I produced Ryan Bennett's top-rated broadcast while he hid our five-year-old son from the world, demanding the boy call him “Mr. Bennett” on camera. He played the perfect husband with co-anchor Tessa, and when Leo reached for him at a network event, Ryan pushed our son away to hold her nephew instead. My plea to end the sham ended with a cold promise to wait until his contract renewed. He assumed the mansion and my silence would hold me forever. He was wrong. I resigned, packed our bags, and brought Leo to his rival's Seattle studio—ready to take everything.