"Four Mates. One mimic. Game over for anyone who tries to take what's mine.
There's no denying my supernatural status. Somehow, books and video games make this kind of thing seem more glamorous than it actually is. I've been stalked, kidnapped, and bound to four mates who pull me in all different directions.
Combine that with powers I can't seem to master, a hidden race of supernaturals looking to me for salvation, and the ever-present threat that someone may try to force a bond or kill me, and I'm more than a little overwhelmed.
Despite their differences, my mates band together to protect and teach me, and for the first time, I feel real hope. Hope that I've found a forever family. A place where I belong. Love that was meant to be.
I won't let anyone or anything threaten my happily ever after. Not my kidnappers, not my ex, and not the enemies I didn't even know I had.
When they come for me, I'll be ready.
Because this gamer girl plays to win."
"If life's a game, I'm tired of losing.
Some people are marked for greatness, some have all the luck, and some catch their boyfriend boning his secretary in the middle of the workday.
Sick of being replaceable, I throw a dart at a map and ghost the jerk, ready to build a life that can't be packed up in an hour like I never existed at all.
My fresh start comes to a bloody halt when I hit a dangerous man with more scars than sense on my way into town, someone that even the hospital is afraid to touch. Add in the ghostly roommate that came with my house, my rugged new boss who's weirdly obsessed with feeding me, and a shy genius who can create tech that almost seems... magical? I finally feel like I've found a home worth fighting for.
My ex isn't the only one freaking out that I disappeared without a trace. Knowing I'd never go offline for weeks unless something terrible happened, my gaming partner leaves the virtual world behind to track me down and bring me home with him… even if it meant eliminating anyone who stands in his way.
It quickly becomes clear that Mercy Ridge is more than just strange, and the people who live here are more than just human. The craziest part? They claim I'm supernatural just like them. And their tattoos? Proof they're my fated mates.
But if I really am what they say? People will stop at nothing to try to claim me to use my powers for themselves or hunt me down for being a threat.
And if the most dangerous monsters look just like everyone else... can I even trust the four men who claim I'm theirs?
This is book one in duet, featuring a gamer girl fmc human (or so she thought) swept up into a supernatural world she believed to be a myth. Her obsessive fated mates are a shadow demon stalker, an alpha shifter, and a shy tech mage."
"The scales of Fate have never tipped in my favor.
You'd think years of running and fear would overwhelm me when the monster hunting me makes his move. You'd think I'd lose hope when he rips me away from my mates and the first taste of safety I've had in years.
But Malcolm should know better than anyone that dragons don't break . . . we get revenge.
And mine is so fiery and epic that the whole world gets a front row seat. In escaping one predator, I've created thousands more as dragons and shifters are revealed to the world, and the revelation makes my mates even more determined to do whatever it takes to keep me safe.
Raiden, Stone, and Kodiak are dangerous, but so is the rest of the world. And unlike them, it doesn't know the meaning of the word mercy.
With humans and shifters alike calling for our blood, I don't know if I'll ever find the peace I crave . . . not when the scales of fate have tipped toward destruction.
Contains mature themes."
"When my stalker closes in, my fated mates convince me to return to the place I swore I'd never see again; Khalida, the shifter safe haven. I sought refuge there once before, only to end up drugged and once again fighting for my freedom. But Raiden, Kodiak, and Stone swear their home in the mountains is the safest place I could hide while actually having a shot at a real life, doing everything in their power to distract me from the monster creeping closer in the shadows.
Even going so far as to unleash the city's secret weapon; Carina.
Raiden's sister is every bit the fiery dragon I'm not, a violent whirlwind that refuses to be contained, and drags me into her unique brand of chaos. Little by little, she chips away at my defenses, pushes my limits in the best ways, and helps me see what I've been missing all these years in hiding. The life I've always wanted is being offered to me on a silver platter, all I need to do is claim it.
As if anything in my life could ever be that easy. Malcolm won't ever stop hunting me, so there's only one thing I can do. Stop running.
It might just kill us all, but at least I'll finally be free.
Contains mature themes."
"You can't outrun your demons, but you sure as hell can give them a run for their money.
The monster that's tormented us from the shadows has finally stepped into the light, and he has his sights set on me. But discovering that my entire life has been orchestrated as a twisted form of training to help him literally unleash Hell on earth? Not exactly my idea of a romantic gesture.
There's an invisible noose around our necks, tightening more with every passing day, every saccharine smile Ash sends my way. He may have had centuries to put his plans in place, but he underestimates the depth of my spite, the lengths I'm willing to go to protect what's mine.
You don't die for the people you love, you live for them. And unfortunately for Ash, he forgot to take the most important variable into account when making his plans; me.
The thing even Nightmares fear.
Contains mature themes."
"My mates think I can extinguish their demons, but I know better. I'm gasoline and wind, fanning the flames higher.
I'm finally starting to believe that I've found the place I belong, that maybe life holds more than loneliness and pain. Naturally, that's when my mother's past catches up to me.
When the mates she ran from send three foreign alphas to our door to drag me back 'home,' my dream of a happy life surrounded by my men begins to crack into jagged little pieces. These new alphas claim to want what's best for me. But while Emmy's suitors came bearing gifts of luxury, mine only bring one painful revelation after another, threatening my already tenuous grasp on sanity.
Secrets spread like poison, rising from the shadows to infect everything they touch.
And all the while, wolves are closing in around us, attempting to snuff us out once and for all. But I'm tired of being hunted, sick of paying the price for simply existing. I may not be the Slaughters' daughter in blood, but I'll choose to be in name. After all, it isn't the creature in our chests that makes us less than human; it's us.
We're monsters whether or not we ever set ours free.
Contains mature themes."
"When your world becomes a ticking time-bomb, you might as well time the explosion to inflict maximum damage.
The real challenge comes in the aftermath, when you're forced to face everything you lost in order to survive. Uniting multiple packs is impossible enough with their constant fighting, and now Damian, Hunter, and Kaige expect me to get the Slaughters on our side? To dethrone a man that already survived death at their hands once?
I'm no one's salvation, I'm their ruin.
All that I inspire in these men is the desire to throw what remains of their souls onto the pyre, forcing me to helplessly watch as all of our lives go up in flames. Maybe they're just as broken as I am, but the one thing I'm certain of? Either we come together, or we'll be ripped apart; in every sense of the words.
I have no idea what to expect when we get to murder mountain, but the silver lining that comes from being broken? I get to construct someone new out of the pieces. The monster prowling beneath my flesh isn't afraid to reduce anyone who'd dare take what's ours to smoke and ash.
We're hellfire and damnation wrapped in a pretty little package. And we're done running.
Contains mature themes."
"My life has never been normal. Raised by a survivalist, taught how to endure anything, I've learned to rely on myself. To keep my head down—to mind my own business. That all changes when I hear the screams.
There, in that filthy alley, I thought I was pulling Emmeline out of the darkness and toward safety, but it turns out, she was pulling me in. My new friend's world collides with my own, and they couldn't be more different. Where I spend my days alone, she rarely can. Not with four brooding brothers hellbent on her protection, watching over her every move.
Guardians that set their sights on me, who want to claim me as their own.
Theirs is a world of violence and bloodshed, of teeth and fangs. Monsters lurk in the shadows, just waiting for their chance to strike. A sane person would be terrified, but even as danger closes in around us, I know without a shadow of a doubt that they're bigger threats than the ones they tell me I should fear.
To protect their family, they'll become the monsters of legends and myths. The question is, if I'm supposed to be their salvation, does that mean I'm even more cursed than they are?
To save us all, am I willing to damn myself?
Contains mature themes."
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