Bethany Thomas has life all figured out.She has a scent-sympathetic pack, a great job at the OMS, and the home of her dreams.Until she doesn't.After a betrayal she never saw coming, Bethany's life is turned upside down, and she finds a true scent match in the one place she never thought she'd find it: in another omega.Sure, her parents are a scent-matched omega pair, but that's a one-in-a-million occurrence, right?Clearly, she was wr...

The two-volume main proceedings set LNCS 16605 and 16606 constitutes the refereed main proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2026, which was held in Münster, Germany, during June 8–10, 2026.Given the large number of high-quality contributions, the 2026 proceedings are published in three volumes: LNCS 16605 and 16606 as main proceedings include all accepted full papers, while LNCS 16607 contains all...

The two-volume proceedings set LNCS 16605 and 16606 constitutes the refereed main proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2026, which was held in Münster, Germany, during June 8–10, 2026.Given the large number of high-quality contributions, the 2026 proceedings are published in three volumes: LNCS 16605 and 16606 as main proceedings include all accepted full papers, while LNCS 16607 contains all acce...

Hannah Beckham has always dreamed of finding a pack.It's been ten years since she was designated as an omega, and though she's put everything she has into finding her perfect pack, nothing ever sticks. She's all but given up hope, resigned to living out the rest of her omega life in and out of heat clinics.Then, they all come crashing into her life, one at a time. Her true scent matches. Four alphas who had never met but came together to try to win her hear...

Welcome to Demon Reform Academy, where demons are sent to hone their powers and become active members of supernatural society.The Fates had dealt me a twisted hand. After a lifetime of abuse aimed at awakening a power I never even possessed, I devoured my mother's soul. Suddenly, I was face-to-face with a father who was oblivious to my existence and burdened with the knowledge that I was the sixth soul eater in all of Kalista.My father, a representative on ...

Cady has her dream job. Her dedication to her career and omega designation make her uniquely qualified to write the advice column that's turned into a national sensation: The Knotty Omega.The cute beta at work keeps flirting with her, and while she wishes things could be different, the beta has a bite mark—he's already bonded to a pack.And a pack is the last thing Cady wants.When her experimental drug that makes her smell bonded is literally flushed...

Survive Demon Reform Academy, break the curse, seal my fate, and destroy Dark Veil before it destroys demonkind.The curse woven into my soul wasn't just draining my powers—it was killing me. And the only way to break it was to claim each one of my mates, ensuring all five matebonds connected to my soul were sealed. But that meant delving into the broken parts of their souls—and worse, facing the darkness dwelling within my own.Dark Veil's corruption was rel...

Succumb to the chaos at Demon Reform Academy, where Dark Veil was born—and where I might die.Dark Veil's plans for me had twisted into something far more malicious. Their intentions shifted from recruiting me to actively seeking my ruin. My powers came with a purpose: to annihilate the encroaching darkness threatening to possess demonkind.While dark magic swept through the Demon Capital, I became a marked target—assassins hunted me, laid traps, and figures ...

In the shadowed corridors of Demon Reform Academy, a sinister presence slithers within the veins of its victims, promising a darkness more violent than any demonic power.For the last three months, I survived the desert campus filled with vicious demons while being haunted by the scars of my past. But when students began succumbing to the grasp of dark magic, my power spiraled out of control, intent on consuming every bit. With an uncanny ability to devour the darkn...

Nothing could hide her from me.The darkness is everywhere and it moves about in the mortal realm…. And then there’s her. Bright and so easily seen.Mine.She calls to me like I prayed to the Gods she would.I should feel guilt for what I’m going to do. What I must do.She doesn’t remember, but I do. She belongs to me.I will claim her and bring her to the underworld as mine.At all costs… nothing will keep me from what belongs to me.

Sneaking around with my brother’s best friend is the least of my worries…Haunted by my last heartbreak, I have sworn off my brother’s friends. They are nothing but trouble.Especially Alec Wolfe: heir to a billion-dollar fortune, high school hockey star, and my brother's best friend.I despise everything about him… that is until he sneaks into my bedroom during my brother's party and tangles me into a dangerous web of secrets and lies. Alec takes ever...

How could a love that feels so right ever be wrong?Shane Wilder: pro surfer, dream chaser, thief of my heart—and completely off-limits.It was infatuation at first sight. On our first date, he took me to watch the fireworks. It was a magical night of stolen kisses and whispered confessions under the stars. But it all came to a screeching halt when he asked the one question I'd been dreading: "How old are you, Remy?"Right guy, wrong time.There...