Two worlds collide when Ryder's gf cheats on him with Shadow's husband. Neither of them knew each other until one day he goes into the library and meets the woman of his dreams but sadly they have no chance together with all the baggage they both have. Maybe one day....
Prologue
Shadow's pov
Being a single mother was hard. I loved my kids more than anything. I just wish I had a good man in my life. Then again, I never have time to find one. All I do is work and stay home with my kids. It's not like prince charming hangs out at a library. If he did, he wouldn't want an old frumpy plus size single mom like me.
My husband left me because he said I was hideous so why would I ever expect another man to want me. I looked in the mirror and cried. I hated myself. He killed any self-esteem I had. His new plaything was only 20 and was like a size 2. Yep, he rubbed my face in it every chance he gets.
He hasn't seen his kids in almost a year. I hated how much he hurts them. He broke my heart, but I can handle it they can't. They think they did something wrong.
I loved the library because it was so quiet. Except for today. They were doing construction across the street. They were remodeling for a new night club. I hated that this town was changing so much. I went outside to see how the remodeling was going.
I just wish it was done already so I can get some peace back. I caught sight of the sexiest man to walk this earth. I couldn't help but stare. He looked over my way, so I hurried back into the library. How was I going to get any work done with a sexy man like that being right across the street?
I got back to my laptop. Since it was a slow day, I decided to get back to my writing. I didn't want to be a librarian forever. Actually, I wanted to be a writer. I was on this amazing site called Moboreader to see if I was even any good at writing.
I had all these dreams before I got married, but I put them all on hold. I was done doing that. I will never let another man take over my whole life. It was time I lived for me and my kids. I was so busy writing that I didn't hear anyone come in.
"Hello, I am Ryder I am opening the club across the street, and just wanted to introduce myself."
I jumped not realizing he was there. I just looked at him not knowing what to say.
"Um hi I'm Shadow I run things here."
"It is a pleasure to meet you."
He actually kissed my hand and I almost fainted. This man was deadly. I needed to stay far away from him. Men like this never went for women like me so there is no point in even trying.
"It's nice to meet you, but I really need to get back to work."
"No problem I need to head back. I will see you around Shadow."
He left and I still felt like I couldn't breathe. It seemed like he was flirting with me, but that couldn't be. I wasn't good enough for any man let alone one that looked like that.
Ryder's pov
I saw the sexiest woman looking at me from across the street. I hurried to go talk to her, but she ran into the library. I wanted to go over there and introduce myself anyway, so this was the perfect time.
Maybe I could talk to the beautiful woman I had just seen. I wanted to know my neighbors. I was opening a club in this neighborhood. My father gave me as well as my brother's money to invest in what we wanted. He wasn't happy about me starting a club.
He feels that I have more potential than that. Maybe it's because my younger brother Jacob followed in my father's footsteps and became a lawyer. I walked into the stuffy little library and saw the beautiful woman from before. She was a librarian?
She does not fit in here at all. I said hello and she jumped. I didn't mean to scare her. Great first impression I was making. I couldn't stop staring at her. She was incredibly sexy.
When I went to leave, I kissed her hand. What this wasn't the 20's? I made a complete fool of myself. Hopefully I get a chance to start over. She was defiantly someone I would love to get to know better.
She didn't seem too interested in me though. Maybe she had someone. There was no way a woman like her was single. I was always unlucky in love. My last relationship ended when I caught my fiancée in bed with my best friend. I just walked out and never looked back.
I didn't want the house because it would only remind me of the pain. I moved into a small home far away from her. I have forgiven them both for that, but we don't talk anymore. It's not the first time I have been cheated on.
I dated a younger girl after that, and she left me. She ran off with some married man that was way older than her. The guy left his wife and kids for her. I would never do that, yet I always get hurt. Maybe I should just give up on ever finding love.
Besides I'll be too busy with my new club. I need to stay away from one very sexy librarian otherwise I might just catch some feelings.
Brailey has always been what some would call an empath or a little bit psychic it runs in her family, but it isn't something she likes to share, and she never really had issues with it until him. Now she sees every little move he makes as if they were one. This must mean something right?
Nakia was the kind of woman other women thrived to become. She had a successful career and a beautiful home that she bought, and she was always on point. At thirty years old, she thought she had it all figured out, but boy was she wrong. Her mama always taught her that you need to be the woman a man wants and not the woman you want to be. Every day Nakia lives to prove that theory wrong. Through her so-called weakness, she has found a strength she never knew existed. Don't ever let someone's negative opinion of you become your reality.
Aiden was good and safe. Everything Josie should want, and everyone thought she needed. Yet he was not the one she craved. She was tired of always playing it safe. So, when she met Bryce, he set her world on fire. He was bad with a capital B. Everything she was missing in her life. The only problem was that Bryce would only end up breaking her heart. He was the love-on-them and leave-them type always looking for the next best thing. She knew that Aiden could give her the type of future she would need but was that even enough?
What would you do if your father hated you so much that he sold you off to a group of alpha werewolves? That's the very thing that happened to poor little human Fiona. Now she is forced to live with six sexy shifters and sleep with the four remaining single brothers and whoever gets her pregnant first not only gets land, but they will also become her mate. Who even does that? There was no way she wanted to be a part of any of this...
Willow lost her mother before she could even remember her or get to know her. It was just her dad and her brothers along with her. She started to see a lady riding a horse down by the lake but no one else but her ex Ethan could see the woman so everyone called her crazy. Is she really going crazy or was it someone trying to warn her of incoming danger?
Niko has always strived to be nothing like his Mafia crime boss father even leaving and falling love with a woman and having a son he named Noah. His father hated that so much that he had the girl killed and kidnapped Noah all to bring Niko back to him. All Niko wants to do is get his son Noah and little brother Nikolas away from his father but he knows the only way to do that is a fight to the death....
Kaelyn devoted three years tending to her husband after a terrible accident. But once he was fully recovered, he cast her aside and brought his first love back from abroad. Devastated, Kaelyn decided on a divorce as people mocked her for being discarded. She went on to reinvent herself, becoming a highly sought-after doctor, a champion racer, and an internationally renowned architectural designer. Even then, the traitors sneered in disdain, believing Kaelyn would never find someone. But then the ex-husband’s uncle, a powerful warlord, returned with his army to ask for Kaelyn’s hand in marriage.
"Please trust me, I didn't do anything." "I don't believe you. I am rejecting you as my Queen and giving you the punishment of death." Alina was living outside her pack for five years. Her parents didn't try to contact her and always ignored her. Her best friend convinced her to go back to their pack and she agreed. But she had never imagined what was waiting there for her. She never thought she would meet her mate and had to face betrayal from everywhere. She had to pay for the crime which she never committed. Aaron Robertson is the king of Lycans. He is a very dominant and powerful King who not only rules Lycans but also rules other ranks of werewolves. Everyone is afraid of Lycans and he is the king of them. But who knew that he would get a mate who was just a simple Omega with no powers and strengths? He called her weak all the time but little did he know that his weak Omega would give him the biggest betrayal of his life for which he had to give her the sentence of death.
"Never let anyone treat you like shit!" I learned that the hard way. For three years, I lived with my in-laws. They didn't treat me as their son-in-law but as a slave. I put up with everything because of my wife, Yolanda Lambert. She was the light of my life. Unfortunately, my whole world came crashing down the day I caught my wife cheating on me. I have never been so heartbroken. To have my revenge, I revealed my true identity. I was none other than Liam Hoffman—the heir of a family with trillions of dollars in assets! The Lamberts were utterly shocked after the big reveal. They realized what fools they had been for treating me like trash. My wife even knelt down and begged for my forgiveness. What do you think I did? Did I take her back or made her suffer? Find out!
"I'm going to tell you what I have in mind," he murmured. "First you're going to strip down until you're completely naked," he whispered against her ear. "Then I'm going to tie you up so you're completely powerless and subject to my every whim." "Mmm, sounds good so far," she murmured. "Then I'm going to insert a plug to prepare you for me. After that I'm going to spank that sweet ass of yours until it's rosy with my marks." She shivered uncontrollably, her mind exploding with the images he evoked. She let out a small whimper as he sucked the lobe of her ear into his mouth. God, she could cum with just his words. She was already aching with need. Her nipples tingled and hardened to painful points. Her clit pulsed and twitched between her legs until she clamped her thighs together to alleviate the burn. "And then I'm going to f**k your mouth. But I won't cum. Not yet. When I'm close, I'll flog you again until your ass is burning and you're on fire with the need for relief. And then I'm going to f**k that ass. I'm going to take you hard and rough, to the very limits of what you can withstand. I won't be gentle. Not tonight. I'm going to take you as roughly as you can stand. And then I'm going to cum all over your ass. Are you ready to be completely and utterly dominated?"
The whispers said that out of bitter jealousy, Hadley shoved Eric's beloved down the stairs, robbing the unborn child of life. To avenge, Eric forced Hadley abroad and completely cut her off. Years later, she reemerged, and they felt like strangers. When they met again, she was the nightclub's star, with men ready to pay fortunes just to glimpse her elusive performance. Unable to contain himself, Eric blocked her path, asking, "Is this truly how you earn a living now? Why not come back to me?" Hadley's lips curved faintly. "If you’re eager to see me, you’d better join the queue, darling."
Lindsey's fiancé was the devil's first son. Not only did he lie to her but he also slept with her stepmother, conspired to take away her family fortune, and then set her up to have sex with a total stranger. To get her lick back, Lindsey decided to find a man to disrupt her engagement party and humiliate the cheating bastard. Never did she imagine that she would bump into a strikingly handsome stranger who was all that she was currently looking for. At the engagement party, he boldly declared that she was his woman. Lindsey thought he was just a broke man who wanted to leech off her. But once they began their fake relationship, she realized that good luck kept coming her way. She thought they would part ways after the engagement party, but this man kept to her side. "We gotta stick together, Lindsey. Remember, I'm now your fiancé. " "Domenic, you're with me because of my money, aren't you?" Lindsey asked, narrowing her eyes at him. Domenic was taken aback by that accusation. How could he, the heir of the Walsh family and CEO of Vitality Group, be with her for money? He controlled more than half of the city's economy. Money wasn't a problem for him! The two got closer and closer. One day, Lindsey finally realized that Domenic was actually the stranger she had slept with months ago. Would this realization change things between them? For the better or worse?