Mary Mackay was born on the 1st May 1855 in London.At the age of 11 she was sent to a Parisian convent to further her education and returned to Britain four years later in 1870.She began her career as a musician, giving piano recitals under the pseudonym of ‘Marie Corelli’ which she now also used as she turned to life as a writer. She published her first novel in 1866. From that point until World War I her popularity and sales exceeded those of Arthur Conan Doyle, H G Wells...

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore them...

As a general rule we are a trusting lot. You say something and, whilst I might disagree, I believe you are acting in good faith. Of course this may be just the beginning of a ruse. If I trust you I might let down my guard, I might seek to share and to create a bond between us. But, if you can’t be trusted, if you have an ulterior motive I might lose out.In the hands of authors such as Maxim Gorky, Ella D’Arcy, Rudyard Kipling, Ivan Turgenev and may others reality may not be what it...

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?The theme ...

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these mo

Most omegas dream of a happily ever after. I just want to survive.I'm on the run from a cruel alpha—the leader of the gang I was traded to. For years, he kept me like a trophy, and each heat left me with scars—ones that mark the last secret I have left to protect.Now, he's found me, and my sanctuary—the High Roller club—is no longer safe. Just when I know I'm going to be dragged back to my worst nightmare, I stumble upon a pack I never thought I'd see again...

I'm an omega left behind.I’m damaged, forced to hide my nature, with a scent that can turn alphas violent. I was told there would be no normal, no friends, or dream pack waiting in the distance.But I have one last chance at love.Tomorrow, at the academy ball, my scent blockers will fade. My mates—the ones I was told I would never have—will see me.But with one night to go, everything falls apart, and I find myself blackmailed by ruthless alph...

To the rest of the world, I'm a damsel; rejected by my own mates and bonded against my will.Now, I need them to see that broken omega, so easily underestimated, because it's up to me to save my pack.With threats closing in, time is running out, and if I can't find answers, I might lose Dusk, Ransom, and Umbra—the alphas I've fallen for. Alphas who have already had everything stolen from them. But I know my pack—I know the sacrifices they would make for my p...

A rich omega. Lost memories. A threat money can't solve.They say I’m a duchess: an omega who rejected my mates. It’s a title that lends me wealth and power. A perfect life.Yet, danger closes in, nameless and faceless: I'm hunted by a ghost from my missing past.Nothing I do is enough.Today, I do what I swore I never would—I search for a pack to protect me. I know the risk—that anyone I match will carry this threat too, but I’...

Never again will I be that little girl who dreamed of a pack to sweep her off her feet...I'm the omega who killed my alpha.The day I found my mates, I thought I'd found my home at last. Instead, I was kept from them and left to suffer. For months I clung to scraps of information, and I fell in love with each of them… Angel, Kai, Caspian and Bane.But when my worst nightmare came, I faced it alone.Found beside my alphas body, my pack ...

Never let them discover I’m an omega.Never let them discover I’m their mate.Bitten and bonded against my will, I’ve become a ransom for the celebrity alphas I scent matched. They're my last chance at freedom, and I have to make them fall for me before it’s too late.Sent into their home disguised as a Sweetheart—a beta companion for aggressive alphas without an omega—I’m forced to keep my status secret until they fall for me, or unt...

I’d fought and lost.Rejected, with my heat pushed off for the last time, I’m left to the cruel pack who see me as nothing more than an object.But is it possible the Crimson Fury pack will fight to get me back?Fragile and broken, I desperately cling to my last conviction: This time if I choose my mates, I’ll choose them for myself and not because of this dark bond. I’ll drag the alphas that enslaved me to the gates of hell before I let the...