Resultados para "The Bet" en Literatura y ficción

The alpha who bit me tells me I'm an omega, and the sudden cherry pie à la mode perfume wafting off me seems to confirm his assertion. But things like this don't happen to girls like me. The one in a million chance at being a late-presenting omega should go to someone else. Not me, a beta who spent years of my childhood being sick. Not me, the girl who historically is only good enough for a one-night stand.

The bet was simple. You draw a name from the hat. That's the girl you have to seduce. The girl you have to make fall head over heels in love with you. It wasn't hard for him to do, in fact, it was something he did all the time. He was known for breaking hearts. Sex was just that, sex. And it didn't take him very long to get a woman on her back. And then he drew her name: Jules Peterson. His former best friend, first kiss, and first love. She shattered his heart into a million pieces three years ago. She left him right when he needed her most.

I made a bargain in a dark alley to protect a man without a name. I'm just the beta; my twin is the desired omega. I scored a great job at a resort where I can earn enough to get us out of the desperate poverty we live in and finally keep us safe. In one stupid move, our fortune turns. The terrifying and powerful Treyfield Pack holds my life in the palm of their hands. The only thing standing in the way of them destroying me is that stranger from the alley. Now, I have something they want. I have something they can't live without. I have their omega.

Bray has accepted he, Kean, and Ruari are fated mates, but he knows their happy ever after is still a long ways off. He needs to change, but where to start? Can he ever become the alpha that’s worthy of his two mates and the dad little Jax needs? The rest of the pack is reeling from the heavy loss they suffered. Can their pack mate’s sacrifice bring forth something good? Relationships are tested and bonds deepen as the pack faces their toughest challenge just yet....

Newcomers to the PTP ranch, beta Lars and omega Sven try to keep their relationship secret. Sweet Sven settles in quickly, but Lars’s bratty behavior is not making him friends, especially with alpha Grayson, a man 20 years his senior. When Sven’s heat is coming and he needs an alpha, it’s Grayson he trusts, and Lars has to swallow his pride…amongst other things. Grayson sees through him and figures out what Lars really craves. But what alpha would want two boys? Can Grayson be the Daddy these two need?

After a bet with his brother, Liam O'Connor has to date the next woman who walks into the pub. And he's all in, because his pub is on the line. What he didn't expect was Cassie Meadows. Cassie Meadows, a.k.a. sweet romance author Cassie O'Brian, is about to lose everything. As in, her writing career is going down the drain because she can't write the sexy stuff that's selling these days. She needs inspiration in the worst way. That's when she walks into the wrong pub at the right time. Sexy owner Liam is just what the writing doctor ordered.

Watching TV can teach you the craziest things. Today Carter’s watching a program about induced emptying of all things. I can’t believe it’s real! When I don't believe it Carter throws down a bet: try it on me and if it works, he can do whatever he wants.

14 Männer in 14 Tagen. Vic war noch nie ein Kind von Traurigkeit, aber – oh boy – 14 Typen hintereinander? Schuld daran ist Fabian, ihr bester Freund. Wieso drückt er eigentlich immer die richtigen Knöpfe? Mistkerl. Hübscher, liebevoller Mistkerl. Aber geil ist der Gedanke an eine Sex-Wette schon. Und ganz vielleicht ist bei den 14 Typen einer dabei, der Vic diese so gar nicht freundschaftlichen Gefühle für Fabian aus dem Hirn vögeln kann …. Hörbuch inklusive Bonuskapitel aus Fabians Sicht.

Although he might not look it, pack beta and bookstore owner Horatio Ortega always had a weakness for a certain feisty human. Trouble is Corey Malone's middle name. Although they've known each other since they were kids, Corey continues to be a pain in his ass. As beta, its Horatio's job to maintain order in town, but Corey seems intent on breaking all the rules. The more Horatio wants to hate Corey, the harder it is to let go.

Evelyn est une reine dévouée, gouvernée par ses obligations royales et sa loyauté envers le clergé. Mais ce sont ses mêmes règles qu’elle désire ardemment enfreindre. Durant une promenade, elle se retrouve dans les ruines d’un vieux château, perdue dans les plaisirs coupables de ses désirs et excitée par la découverte de son corps en éveil. Quand elle est séduite et soumise par une bête, elle est convaincue que ses rêves ne sont que fantasmes.

Une guerre impitoyable fait rage, les extraterrestres menacent la Coalition Interstellaire. Sarah Mills vient de perdre deux frères au combat, elle s’engage en tant que volontaire pour sauver son dernier frère encore en vie. Recrutée par erreur en tant qu’épouse, et non en tant que soldat, elle s’oppose farouchement à cette union. Mais son partenaire ne l’entend pas de cette oreille....

Francis gave me two choices. Return to his side, and he will leave the pack alone. Stay with them, and he will do everything in his power to make them suffer. The choice was easy in the end… At least no one else will have to get hurt this way. Besides, it wouldn't be my first time down this road—heartbreak has been a constant companion in my life.

Chad loved to gamble and make bets that he couldn’t afford. He had gotten away with it for quite some time, because his friends were very understanding. Eventually, he would pay them back or get very lucky and win a game or two. That was until Ruby had enough of his antics and decided to teach him a lesson.

Daphne precisava de um recomeço. Como era possível sentir tanta dor ao ponto de não conseguir ficar no mesmo lugar? Era questão de sobrevivência sair de Londres e reconstruir a vida o mais longe de tudo aquilo que lhe feria. Nova Iorque era conhecida como a cidade do sucesso e parecia um lugar muito promissor. Já instalada na cidade e começando a se ambientar, desejava arduamente ser um pouco mais normal e não herdeira de uma tradicional família britânica, então, aceitou participar de um encontro às cegas com o irmão de uma amiga. E nem tudo saiu como o esperado…

Talia isn't who she is supposed to be. The youngest daughter of a prominent and powerful Alpha/Omega family, every one was shocked when she was designated a beta. She was passed from pack to pack for years, and as result she has one last chance with Alpha Devon Johnson's pack. The only problem... they don't want her. They don't want a beta. Especially a female beta. Lonely and desperate for a place to call home, she vows to make this work. But the pack gets the final say, and they all want her gone.

I ran away because if I didn’t, I would be in misery. Until I came into a pack where I very well might die. Due to my stepbrother, I had no choice but to flee. If he caught me, he would force me into a situation I didn’t want. But the Blue Moon pack, they kill Rogues like me, and I know my fate. Fletcher, the Beta of the pack, turns out to be my mate and he doesn’t know what to do with me. I don’t know what to do with him. Fighting my desire to run but also the desire to stay, I don’t know what to do. I do want him more than I have wanted someone before.

Une très belle femme ne peut jouir qu'avec des hommes laids aux instincts primaires.

As assistant director in an accounting firm, Heather Morris is at the top of her game. Her straight-laced colleagues wouldn’t believe the secrets she hides: her wild teenage past, work-of-art tattoo and nipple ring. Her orderly life veers off course when she’s approached at a wine tasting by an arrogant pretty boy with a dirty mind and a hardcore dangerous profession. She finds herself tempted to step outside her respectable façade for some well-deserved excitement.

Allison, a snobby rich girl who has been raised to be a miniature version of her snobby rich parents, has a secret: She wishes for all the experiences that her lifestyle has kept her from having. Especially the sexual ones. When she drunkenly admits this secret to roguish, lower class, scholarship student Todd, several years older than her and much more experienced with life and sex, she finds herself caught up in a whirlwind of fantasy.

Every group of guys visiting Vegas has one—the loud drunk who thinks he's a lady-killer. Blake, a member of the group, steps in to defend the loudmouth's target and expects gratitude. What he gets instead is a bet. A bet that, if lost, will change his sexual expectations for all time.... A femdom story about a wily craps-playing woman who turns the tables on an otherwise unsuspecting man.