Ergebnis für "Lords" in Literatur & Belletristik

Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.

Killian, Tristian, and Rath. These three men are a part of my past - one that I'd rather never look in the eye again. In high school, they knew my secrets and I knew theirs. They had power and I had nothing. The night everything fell apart, my stepbrother allowed his two best friends to take their rage out on me while he watched. While they laughed.

I was born into a secret society known as the Lords. There is no limit to their depravity. If they want to be respected, they have to earn it. Women like me are merely allowed to exist in their world … until they no longer need us. I’ve spent most of my life wishing death would find me. That I’d be granted an escape from the reality I was forced to endure. But luck has never been on my side. It seemed I was destined to never be anything more than a failure.

A lonely scientist. A haunted wanderer. And the ancient, possessive symbiote that binds them. In a forgotten forest glowing with bioluminescent life, Dr. Eli Mercer is claimed by the Lichen Lord—a genderless, seductive entity that can only merge with men. Drawn together by spores and psychic hunger, Eli, Rowan, and Lucas are pulled into an endless ritual of surrender, devotion, and symbiotic pleasure. Their bodies become a living altar; their minds, a tangled feedback loop of lust and worship.

Marius's life has no meaning; not since he was cursed into the twisted, bloodthirsty creature of night. For years the witches have waited for their salvation, a way to return the magic that was sacrificed when the curse was first cast. Jak, a boy born with power that the witches have not seen in a century, is their prophesied savior. The one who is to kill the creature, break the curse and restore magic to his coven. Sent to the creature's castle as the final Claim, Jak must get close enough to land the final blow. It is what he has trained all his life to accomplish.

I was to wed a Lord of my parents’ choosing. Wealth can’t buy you everything, or I would have had freedom years ago. Instead, my strict parents made sure I lived a dull life in a mansion resembling a prison. But on my wedding day, I was handed over to another man—an even more ruthless Lord that my family hated. Tyson Riley Crawford only wanted me for his revenge. I’m nothing more than a debt to be paid. I didn’t have a say in the matter. So when I said my vows before the congregation, I knew I’d break them. Consequences be damned.

In the rain-soaked streets of Portland, an ordinary man is transforming into something the world has never seen. Once invisible and overlooked, he now carries an ancient power that hungers without end... a seductive darkness that draws women to him with overwhelming, irresistible force. With every passionate claiming, his strength deepens, his influence spreads, and the boundaries between love, lust, and corruption begin to dissolve. Yet true power always demands its price. Lifelong friendships fracture under the weight of secrets. Ancient forces awaken in the shadows, watching his every move.

Tattooed warriors are climbing out of the secret depths to claim their soul mates and save their race! Determined warlord Torun must claim Lucy, who mistook him for a shipwreck survivor and pulled his injured body from the ocean. She is his soul mate. Now she must join with him and give him a child. Lucy can’t believe the words coming out of this dominant male. Her destiny is to become a mermaid queen? Too bad “destiny” forgot that Lucy’s a broke divorcee who can’t even have a child.

I was raised in a world where money and power are at your fingertips. My father is a lord, a very respected member of a secret society that knows no bounds. When tragedy struck my family, we discovered we weren’t untouchable. Just when I thought life couldn’t get any worse, I was shown what hell is really like. Then he came and saved me. The devil disguised as my personal hero. But of course, nothing is for free. Not when a soul is up for grabs.

Elizabeth Wilcox is trapped in a web of deception and betrayal. A gentleman’s daughter, she has no choice but to do the unthinkable in order to save her sister. Posing as a chambermaid to infiltrate the estate of a nobleman, she will steal. She will spy. She will submit. Marcus, Duke of Montague is no stranger to espionage, but he doesn’t expect to find it in his own home.

Grit, determination, and a will of steel have propelled Hudson Stone through life. No case he faced as Chief Inspector at Scotland Yard went unsolved. But nothing could have prepared the implacable investigator for inheriting a dukedom. Even more maddening than his ducal obligations is Lady Elysande Collingwood, the previous Duke of Wycombe’s betrothed. Worst of all, the debts Hudson has been bequeathed along with the title mean he needs to marry an heiress to save his estates from ruin, and the cheerful, dazzling Lady Elysande is the only one he knows. 

Grant Hanson was invisible. A quiet, unremarkable software coder in Portland, he spent his days writing code and his nights playing D&D with friends... always on the outside looking in, secretly longing for the one woman he could never have. Until the night everything changed.

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I came back to Forsyth and agreed to be their Lady for two reasons: protection and revenge. They wanted to break me, but instead, they molded me into their perfect weakness. I was put through the gauntlet and came out stronger. I earned the title of Lady. Then they became my weakness. I agreed to sleep under their roof, but on my terms. Building trust takes time, but with all the threats nipping at our heels, that’s a luxury we don't have. We have to rely on one another despite our complicated pasts - to find a murderer, a stalker, and a traitor.

Pam, eine junge Frau mit Verbindung zum Jenseits, kann es nicht glauben. Ihre zwei besten Freunde, mit denen sie jahrelang erfolglos auf Geisterjagd war, wollen sie noch einmal in ein Spukhaus schleppen, das schon drei Meilen gegen den Wind wieder nach Fake riecht. Dennoch lässt sie sich ein letztes Mal darauf ein.

Lo peor que podía pasarle no era perder su venganza. Era perderla a ella. La utilizó para vengarse. Jamás imaginó que acabaría enamorándose de ella. Justin Sanders no perdona las ofensas. Cuando alguien hiere a su familia, siempre devuelve el daño multiplicado por diez. Y esta vez piensa...

Sebastian Ballister, the notorious Marquess of Dain, is big, bad, and dangerous to know. No respectable woman would have anything to do with the "Bane and Blight of the Ballisters", and he wants nothing to do with respectable women. He's determined to continue doing what he does best - sin and sin again - and all's going swimmingly…until the day a shop door opens and she walks in.

The Lords own me, and they are never going to let me go. At least, that’s what they tell me. Lord Alaric Cross. Lord Gideon St. Claire. Lord Sterling Beauchamp. Lord Theodore Wolf. Four brooding men who make my worst nightmares seem tame. To the public, they are titled aristocrats with royal lineage. In secret, they make up the Lords of Darkness—an ancient order that rules the underbelly of England with a lethal, iron fist, leaving skeletons in their wake. And as fate would have it, my father was the fifth Lord of Darkness. His sudden death means I am now a Lady of Darkness.

Tainted. Dirty. Those are the words my family use to describe me. It doesn’t help that after my mother escaped them all years ago, she was tragically killed and I was returned back to them like a neat little package. My aunt hates me. My grandfather despises me. My life until now has been one of keeping my mouth shut and keeping my head down, praying no one sees me. And then he comes along. Conrad Blake. He’s confident, an egotistical arsehole but I’ll admit there is something attractive about him. He’s my aunt’s fiancé.

Can she convince an earl to give her lessons in love? Amanda’s past has taught her that love and marriage are out of the question. But she’s determined to explore her inner desires - and she’s found the perfect man to show her the ropes. Julius, Earl of Rothchild, was tasked with one job - look after his best friend’s sister. Finding her in his bed tests the limits of his control. Discovering how sweetly she submits to his darker appetites drops him to his knees. But Julius isn’t the only one who finds Amanda irresistible.