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Coleridge by S. L. Bensusan

Three months pregnant, my life with Mark, a rising tech CEO, in our beautiful Charleston home, felt truly perfect. We were college sweethearts, five years married-a fairy tale come true. Then Mark arrived holding a cheap, wilted rose. Above his head, impossible words flickered like captions only I could see: `"The 'side piece' got the fresh bouquet, the 'starter wife' gets a pity rose?"` More chillingly: `"Only 4 more months until the 'first wife' is written off. Classic tragic exit."` My perfect world shattered. The comments exposed his long-term affair with his intern, Brit, and my role as a disposable "plot device." When I confronted them, Brit shoved me. I fell. I woke with an agonizing void-my baby gone. Mark, feigning remorse, still used our funds to protect his mistress. His hypocrisy infuriated me. The comments confirmed his manipulative strategy. Then, the ultimate blow: Mark declared Brit was pregnant, calling it "our second chance." He even offered to make her abort that baby if I'd take him back, proving him utterly depraved. I refused to be written off. My baby was gone, but I was still here. The tragic script they wrote for me was now totally ablaze. I chose to fight. "No mercy," I told my lawyer. I would dismantle his empire, reclaim my life, and write my own powerful, uncompromised ending.

The Great God Success by John Graham (David Graham Phillips)

Journal of an African Cruiser by Horatio Bridge

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I died in a fire of betrayal. My stepsister smiled as she watched me burn. My fiancé held her waist, whispering sweet nothings while the flames consumed my home. They murdered my father, poisoned my pack warriors, and drained my inheritance-all while I played the perfect, trusting fool. But the Moon Goddess gave me a second chance. I woke up ten years in the past, the scent of smoke still haunting my lungs, the memory of their betrayal seared into my soul. I am no longer the naive Alpha heir they could manipulate and discard. I know every lie they will tell. Every weapon they will use. Every secret they think is buried. This time, I smile while they plot. I nod while they scheme. And when they strike, I'm ready-not to crumble, but to destroy. The moment I walk into that hall and see my stepsister's fake tears and my fiancé's feigned concern, I don't flinch. I don't cower. I look them in the eye and call their carriage accident what it really is: attempted murder. I summon the police. I bring in Alpha Donnie Sinclair-the powerful, dangerous man I rejected in my first life-to witness the truth. I gather witnesses. I produce evidence. I publicly humiliate the Beta who thought he could use me. And when my stepmother's trusted maid finally breaks, when the full conspiracy unravels in front of everyone... She screams that my mother's death wasn't an illness. She screams that my father was involved. The web is so much bigger than I ever imagined. But I've already burned once. And this time? I'm the one holding the flame. They wanted a pawn. They got a queen. And I will not stop until every single one of them pays. "I cannot truly understand why I would give up a man like Donnie for a man like Jarod in my past life. But I cannot let that happen again this time." This time, I choose myself. And I'm coming for everything they stole.

Her sweet childhood sweetheart is now a cold millionaire. The person, whose heart broke even when she cried over a movie, is the one causing her heart to break. The bestfriend, who shared everything with her, is hiding something from her. Her own family is stealing from her. Worst of all, the cause of his coldness, her secret, their betrayal was over her identity. That she too had no idea of. It gets worser, cause all this happened after her parents got into a car accident. Which she now knows is intentional. How did she find out? - They say. Well, she got letters from her late father!!!!

Shenanigans at Sugar Creek by Paul Hutchens

A Strange Manuscript Found in a by James De Mille

I had just gotten the sonogram of our long-awaited baby, ready to give my billionaire husband, Blake, the surprise of his life. But that night, a woman answered his phone. The next morning, he handed me a divorce agreement. He coldly stated our three-year marriage was just a business arrangement and he only ever saw me as a sister. His college sweetheart, Estella, had returned. To pave the way for his true love, Blake didn't just kick me out of our home. He destroyed my career. He abruptly cancelled my multi-million dollar campaign to make Estella the new face of our luxury brand. When a colleague publicly mocked me as a discarded stray dog, Blake protected her and ordered me to apologize. He even forced me to personally manage Estella's launch, letting her publicly humiliate me in the boardroom by revealing that the parting gift I cherished from him was actually bought by her. "You must take good care of it. I hope you don't mind that I had Blake pass it along." I was stripped of my husband, my dignity, and my hard work, reduced to a pathetic charity case. I touched my flat stomach, realizing the tiny life inside me would only be a liability to him. My three years of devotion were nothing but a cruel joke. Looking at the two people who had shattered my world, my heart finally turned to ash. I wiped my tears, calmly walked out of that boardroom, and prepared my counterattack. I would take my dignity back, piece by painful piece.

" No man was supposed to touch you other than me, not even the King." Her kingdom fell apart and her parents were killed, Aurelia is sold to the Grand Duke of Devontae, an enigmatic man. Being his slave, the Duke finds out that Aurelia was the reincarnation of his past bride to be decades ago, forcing his hand to know who she she really is but everything took a sudden turn when mysterious things start happening in his Duchy which were related to Aurelia. The mysterious girl with so much buried secrets to her existence.

For five years, I played the silent partner to Matthew's rising political career, sacrificing my MFA, my novel, and my own dreams for his ambition. Our grand Georgetown apartment, that rich smell of my slow-cooked short ribs—it used to be the scent of home. Then came the text: "Completely buried. Not going to make it home." An hour later, scrolling in my dark apartment, I saw the Instagram post. Matthew, arm casually draped behind his young, beaming mentee, Gabrielle, at a dive bar. "Grateful to have a mentor who gets that the real work happens after hours." My stomach churned, but something cold settled in my chest. This wasn't just a missed anniversary; it was a public declaration of where I ranked. When he called, sharp with annoyance about the single word I'd commented—"Impressive"—accusing me of overthinking, a chilling clarity descended. I saw the years of excuses, the skipped family funerals, the career-first mentality that always left me second. Was I crazy? Was I really "overthinking" how my own dreams were dismissed as a hobby while his were a calling? Was I just the "homebody," the one he occasionally "fit in"? But that night, as if a spell had broken, I didn't cry. I didn't confront. I walked past the cold coffee machine, looked at the cheap, afterthought anniversary gift, and realized: the quiet woman who put Matthew first was gone. And it was time to write a new ending, for myself.

After the death of her stepfather, Julienne is sold by her mother into auction. She ends up in the hands of Don Demonio, a feared Mafia boss who turns out to be her mysterious stepbrother, and he is as dangerous as he is attractive. When he keeps her, it is with a promise to punish her for things she didn't do. He plans to break and use her. And she doesn't know how to escape. Trapped in the arms of a man who absolutely hates her, she is locked in a twisted game of danger and obsession. But just maybe she would soften this cold Don's heart.

Casey McAddams left her old town and the love of her life, behind just to chase her career in acting in the Hollywood. After some years and she finally becomes a big time actress worth over millions of dollars, she is back home not to stay but to film a movie, then she saw the one man she is madly in love with, Andrew Peterson, but he is engage to another woman. With both of them still having long feelings for each other, would Casey try to get Andrew back or would she rather stay a ghost to him?

The Children by Alice Meynell

"I own your body Samira, all of it, from your lips to your breasts and pussy, they're mine and if you say a word about it not being owned by me, then I am going to have to pin you in that bed and engraved my name over them because they are my properties, M.I.N.E, and believe me I will bring out your soul and stamp it with my name." She is her own Alpha and Omega. Legends has it that Omegas are known as weak creatures but Samira rose from the Lowest to the top to prove Legend wrong. The first time I saw him, he was five years old and I was fourteen. He had helped me. He had saved me. He, the strongest Millennium King of the Alpha's, was my savior and that day he made a promise to me that he will marry me when he grows up. I thought the little kid who had saved my life was joking until I met him a third time years later and had a one night stand with him and had his child in secret without him knowing. I, known as Mr King, who is the most dangerous assassin you will ever come across, became his prey while hiding his son who is just as dangerous as him. "My mum is single, beautiful and likes you a lot and since she likes you a lot, you have to marry her even if I have to force you."

Jeremy Ace, A young man who lives alone in an deserted hill in Houston Texas. He was only 28 when his wife and only son were murdered right in his face by his boss named Greg who was an arms dealer. Ace happened to have unveiled an evil plan which his boss was asked to carry out, Greg was to deliver a truck loaded with weapons, the weapons were to be used to attack a group of protesters over an unjust murder and rape of a minor, A crime committed by a minister. Ace eventually stoped the massacre from occurring. This really annoyed Greg and he asked his hefty body gaurds to seize and bring forth Ace and his family. Ace pleaded for his wife and son's life but he had to watch as his wife was shot in the head and his son was drowned. Ace was later forced to live in Houston most deserted hill ***** by his boss swearing to kill him if he comes near the city again. Things were hard for Ace as he struggled to get the memory of how his wife was shot right in his presence out of his head but it seemed impossible, And he seeked revenge for his late wife and son but it seemed impossible cause he had no connection to the city anymore. But eventually he stumbled upon a stranded stranger who's name was Jane Harrison. Jane was a foriegner who got lost in the hills trying to escape from wild cats that were chasing her and her friends after their car broke down. She stumbled upon an old looking house and was approaching it when she saw a young lad who helped and treated her. Jane was an heiress to a very rich business tycon, Mr Harrison, He was a multi millionaire and also a vicious politician. As the story progresses Jane realised it was her father who ordered for the weapons used for the massacre. Knowing well that helping Ace get his revenge will get her father in danger she was left with a hard choice to either help Ace or return to her father.

The semiautobiographical Martin Eden is the most vital and original character Jack London ever created. Set in San Francisco, this is the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame. London, dissatisfied with the rewards of his own success, intended Martin Eden as an attack on individualism and a criticism of ambition; however, much of its status as a classic has been conferred by admirers of its ambitious protagonist. Andrew Sinclair's wide-ranging introduction discusses the conflict between London's support of socialism and his powerful self-will. Sinclair also explores the parallels and divergences between the life of Martin Eden and that of his creator, focusing on London's mental depressions and how they affected his depiction of Eden.

I was the adopted daughter of the Galloway family, bound by a four-year paper marriage to a sickly heir just to secure their wealth. To ensure I fulfilled my "duty," my adoptive father drugged my champagne and sent me to a hotel room. But I stumbled into the wrong presidential suite and woke up in the bed of a terrifyingly powerful stranger. I fled in panic, leaving behind my diamond earring as a humiliating "payment" for his trouble. When I dragged myself home, my adoptive family didn't care about my trauma. They only screamed at me for ruining their payout. "I was just ensuring everything went smoothly! How was I to know you'd be so useless!" Looking at their greedy, furious faces, I finally realized I was nothing but livestock to them. I severed all ties, reclaimed my real name, Clara Ross, and walked out to start my new life as an elite child psychologist. My only goal was to find the truth about my newborn baby, who the hospital claimed had died five years ago. But on my first day at the prestigious Aurelian Institute, I was assigned a highly sensitive case. The patient was a five-year-old mute boy who had my exact, unmistakable ice-blue eyes. And his father was Julian Sterling—the ruthless billionaire from the hotel room, and the true identity of my paper husband. Seeing the boy's governess raise a ruler to strike him, I stepped into the room with ice in my veins. "I am his new doctor, and you are done here."

"Do not tempt me, Wildling. You're mine to protect, not to fuck." ~~~~ Kyla Harper After the death of my father, I never expected to be placed under the custody of a stranger who claimed to be his friend. I expected an old man with grey hair. Not a demigod who turned my world upside down. Cold. Distant. Devilishly handsome. His words sink into my skin, leaving my knees shaking. And while I flinch at every man's touch, his feels... different. Now I can't stop myself from craving the forbidden. ~~~~ Carlos Redd I was caught off guard by Harper's last will. To take in his only daughter and protect her, despite knowing the violent and dangerous world I live in. Out of respect, I took her in. Kyla crosses every line. Curious about everything I keep hidden. Each moment, each encounter, each argument-tears down my restraint. The more I push her away, the more I crave her. And the more I crave, the closer we get to secrets that could tear us apart.