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Sandra Belloni -- Volume 7 by George Meredith

The marriage between Joslyn and Kade was a union of two prominent families in the city, but it also hid her deep, unrequited love. Five years ago, she believed that Kade had lost his sexual function due to a car accident while saving her, so she willingly accepted a platonic marriage. She even continuously invested the profits of the her family into the his family to ease her guilt. It wasn't until a chance encounter that she discovered Kade's affair with his childhood sweetheart, Scarlett, that she realized the so-called "secret illness" was all a lie. Kade had not only fully recovered but had been spiking her drinks with sleeping pills for a long time. Moreover, due to a misunderstanding from when she returned from being taken away by her uncle-mistakenly deemed as being from a "place of ill repute"-he considered her "dirty" and deliberately kept his distance. More cruelly, the car accident back then was not to save her but because Kade was on his way to pick up Scarlett at the airport. The series of betrayals and schemes finally awakened Joslyn. Under constant threat from Kade and Scarlett, she faced numerous dangers-from being pushed in front of a knife, undergoing skin grafts, to nearly falling off a cliff due to tampered brakes. Ultimately, she decided to sever ties with the past and, with her uncle's assistance, went abroad. Overseas, Joslyn found her true self, pursued a PhD in finance, and took over her family business. Unexpectedly, she encountered Kade again while dealing with gangsters. Kade, now truly remorseful, did everything to protect her from the gang, even sacrificing the his family's interests, yet it couldn't undo the past wounds. Meanwhile, Kade's half-brother, Nicolas, allied with Scarlett to disrupt the family inheritance. In the end, both Nicolas and Kade perished in an explosion. Years later, Joslyn became a CEO. She let go of past love and hatred, established a foundation to support African communities in accordance with Kade's last wish, and shifted her life's focus to greater love and responsibility, embarking on a new chapter truly her own.

English As We Speak It in Ireland by P. W. Joyce

A classic tale of historical adventure to be enjoyed by children and adults alike, set against the turbulent background of the English Civil War, as well as a charming coming-of-age storyIt was in the month of November in this year that King Charles, accompanied by Sir John Berkely, Ashburnham, and Legg, made his escape from Hampton Court, and rode as fast as the horses could carry them toward that part of Hampshire which led to the New Forest . . . It is 1647. Charles I has been defeated in the civil war, but has escaped captivity and is making for France. Parliamentary soldiers searching the New Forest decide to burn the house of Colonel Beverly, a royalist officer killed at the Battle of Naseby. His four children are rescued by their father's gamekeeper, Jacob, who takes them in. The children gradually shed their aristocratic sensibilities and adapt to the simple ways of the forest, working Jacob's farmstead and befriending other inhabitants of the woodland. But when Charles II raises an army and the specter of war returns to haunt the Beverly children, they realize they cannot hide from their true identity.

Ava Sinclair is a scholarship student at Westbridge Academy, a prestigious school where the children of the wealthy elite dominate the halls. Haunted by a devastating event from her past, Ava has spent the last three years staying out of the spotlight. All she wants is to graduate and leave the toxic social scene at Westbridge behind for good. Enter Caleb Hayes, the school's golden boy. As the son of a billionaire real estate mogul, Caleb seems to have it all-good looks, charm, and unimaginable wealth. But beneath his polished exterior lies a young man struggling to meet his family's high expectations. When Ava is assigned to tutor him to improve his grades, their lives intertwine in unexpected ways. As secrets are revealed and chemistry ignites between them, Ava and Caleb face a choice: is their love strong enough to defy the expectations of their world? And can Ava find the strength to move on from her troubled past?

The night I caught my boyfriend cheating on me with my best friend shattered me and if he could betray me with my best friend, then I'd betray him in the most brutal way possible, seducing the one man he swore was off-limits. His uncle. Caesar Dominic Calder. Cold. Ruthless. A notorious playboy billionaire who ruined women for sport. Too powerful to resist. Too dangerous to control. A man whispered about scandals, feared in boardrooms, and fantasized about in bedrooms. I thought it would be just a sweet, simple revenge-a filthy, reckless one-night stand to scorch my ex where it hurt most. But when Caesar discovered I used him, I didn't get rage. I didn't get punished. And he didn't push me either. Instead, he got me pinned against his office wall, his hand wrapped around my throat, his mouth at my ear, growling, "You want revenge, kitten? I'll give you revenge. But don't forget-you're mine now." Now I'm torn between destroying my ex...and surrendering to the only man who makes me feel alive. The man I should never want. The man who could ruin me as easily as he ruins everyone else. My ex's uncle. It took me a while to realize this wasn't about revenge anymore. It's about him and me, drowning in his darkness, his touch, and his claim. I crave him every second of my life. I should run. I should fight it. But every time he breaks me, I beg for more. And worst of all? I'm falling for him. My ex's forbidden uncle.

I was a wolfless Rogue, cast out and humiliated when my childhood sweetheart abandoned me to mate with a powerful Alpha's daughter. To get revenge, I willingly walked into the bed of Graham Rogers, the ruthless Alpha King of New York. I thought I could use his power, but I traded one monster for an even worse one. He forced me to sign a suffocating contract, trapping me as his personal assistant and absolute property. When he found the empty box of the morning-after pill I took, his eyes turned black with terrifying rage. "Did you really think a filthy rogue bloodline like yours was worthy of carrying my child?" His brutal fury left me with severe internal injuries that a doctor warned could permanently destroy my body. While I was trapped in this living hell, my ex and his family, now facing bankruptcy, suddenly came crawling back. They begged for my forgiveness, hoping to use my new connection to the Alpha King to save their dying pack. They thought I was still the weak, pathetic girl they could easily manipulate and discard. But they didn't know I had just discovered they were likely the ones who murdered my parents fourteen years ago. Looking at my ex's desperate, pleading face, I calmly answered a call from the very devil who held me captive. I was done being a victim, and I would borrow the beast's power to burn their entire world to the ground.

I hid my identity as the Supreme Wolf Princess just to find true love, even sacrificing my soul core to cure the bloodline curse of my fated mate, Caleb. However, when he successfully became the Alpha of the Supreme Wolf Pack, he brought back Selene—a cunning she-wolf who faked an attack by rogue wolves to frame me. He would rather believe her fabricated tears than listen to my explanation, locking me on a balcony covered in toxic silver dust for three days and three nights. When I knelt and begged for forgiveness, telling him I was pregnant with his child, he sneered and accused me of carrying a rogue wolf's bastard. He watched coldly as Selene spiked my food with deadly poison and forced me to climb a tree covered in thorns. Ultimately, I lost my child, and my blood stained the earth red. I gave up my crown and my magic just to help him build his empire, only to receive humiliation in return. He even threw a banishment contract in my face, ordering me to be exiled to the wastelands. I felt a deep, agonizing sense of worthlessness for everything I had sacrificed for him! That was until the Royal Guard's helicopters blackened the sky, and my father—the Supreme Alpha of all werewolves—forced Caleb to his knees in a wretched state. "I accept your banishment." I threw that contract violently back into his trembling hands, watching his world crumble to ash. In this moment, he finally realized exactly what he had destroyed.

The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. by Robert Burns and Allan Cunningham

The Mormon Prophet and His Harem by C.V. Waite

Wilkie Collins was a British author best known for his mystery novels. Some of Collins' classics include The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name. This edition of The New Magdalen includes a table of contents.

At 25, Baker Lawson is a successful young woman and the only child to one of the richest men in the country. Her life was perfect and she was envied by almost every girl of her age, not nothing that Baker had everything except a Man. Her happiness was shattered one evening after a confrontation with her father telling her to bring in a man or forget about her inheritance. Damaged from her father's words, she runs off and falls in the hands of a prominent miscreant and that was Carter McCain. Unknown to her, he was the leader of the notorious gang in that area but something sparked off the moment they both looked at each other. Baker, in her frustration, asks him to marry her and save her from the shake and pain that she was feeling inside. Carter was a 30 year old young man who had a record of sleeping with different ladies as they wanted him for either protection or his good looks. He accepts Baker's proposal and following her instructions, he was finally able to gain favor from her father and they got married. Their honeymoon was perfect and Baker was happy being with him as her feelings had begun to grow. Thinking of the fact that what they had together was just a deal and it will come to an end someday, Baker was ready to confess her feelings to Carter, when she was told by his friend that he was still meeting with his ex-girlfriend and she was pregnant for him. Not being able to take the news, Baker confronted him and told him to start packing his bags as the contract did not make sense to her anymore and Carter controlled by his anger, said that he was not going to leave excepts he gets half of what she is. The shock on her face was heavy as she could not believe what he said, Barker, gave him a disgusting look, blamed herself for getting involved with a thief. Her heart had melted and she had left for a nearby club to distract herself when Carter had arrived there too. Not being able to control his anger as he saw men trying to violate her, he fought with them and took her back home where they made out again. When she woke up the next morning, Baker was mad with rage as she could not believe that Carter had taken advantage of her and due to that, she left the house and disappeared into thin air. One day, Bronson, saw Baker in a shop and she looked pregnant, taking out his phone and making a call to his brother, he told Carter what he had just seen and he decided to follow her there. Not being able to contain himself as he had to tell Baker how much he loves her and how sorry he was for behaving like a fool, he equally wanted to find out whether or not the baby in her womb ess. he's Will Carter get to know the truth about how much she loves him as well?, will Baker tell him about the paternity of the child that she is carrying? or with both the love for him and the baby in her womb bring her to forgive him and have a complete family?. Find me a man has the answer to these questions.

He visited the bar for the third time that day. He was really desperate to see her again. After setting his eyes on her that first day, he knew he wanted her, he want to have a feel of her. Maybe it was lust, he didn’t know, but he knew it was her. Jack Antonio was not your regular billionaire. After getting his heart broken by his ex-girlfriend a few days before his twenty-fifth birthday, he swore never to have anything to do with any woman again, except it’s for momentarily pleasure. He encounters Karen during one of his visits to the bar, and that one glance sticks forever in his memory. Karen is a twenty-four-year-old ex-journalist turned blogger. After losing her job, she ventures into full-time blogging, but things do not go according to plan as she is still struggling and needs one big story to kick her to fame so when Jack starts hanging around her, she pretends to be his girlfriend. After all, it would be better for her growing blog. “Billionaires don’t fall in love, especially not me.” he stated closely and she wept. “But I love.” she wept, trying to go closer to him. “And I don’t fucking care.” He screamed at her, already irritated by her presence. “I’m pregnant.” She finally stated and the room went silent. What happens when her ex-boyfriend comes back to town? Things are about to get messy when he makes known his intention of getting her back. Would the billionaire fall in love or would he stay true to himself? And oh, her ex returns as a billionaire, but Billionaires don’t love. Or do they?

Chloe Sterling was crying again, the 'Live Feed' above her head branding her 'Heartbroken_And_Clueless.' She was my ticket out of the Rust Belt, but her secret pregnancy with a powerful senator made her a liability. My jaw tightened. Poverty taught me to cut away anything that dragged me back down. I didn't hesitate. I dealt with the senator, making it look like a tragic accident. I manipulated the scandal, stepped into Chloe's shoes, married Liam Vance, and turned him into my puppet. I thought I'd won, untouchable in my new empire. My naive project, Chloe, found a new 'friend,' Ben. I warned her. But when I found her bruised, a rage unlike any calculation took over. This was personal. I tracked Ben down. It was brutal, quick. But as I stood over his body, Grandma Esther and Liam appeared. They knew everything, had evidence. My empire teetered. Their solution: frame Chloe, the fragile heiress, for Ben's death. My Chloe – the girl I'd used, yet somehow cared for. Before I could process the monstrous demand, Chloe stepped in. She'd heard. 'Don' t. Not for me.' Then, in a heartbreaking act of self-sacrifice, she jumped. But as grief threatened to consume me, a chilling message flashed across my 'Live Feed': 'Welcome, Ava, to the Next Level.' My life, this rise to power – all a 'narrative,' a 'test.' They offered a reset. All memories, all experiences, retained. Clutching Chloe's worn worry stone, I chose to go back. I'm twelve again, in the Rust Belt. But this time, I know the game. I'm ready to play it differently.

When an Alpha of a pack has two sons on the same day, a duel will be held, and the winner of the fight becomes the next Alpha. Ash, a fiery Omega maid was at the arena, carrying out her duties when she perceived the most pleasant smell ever, "Mate!" Her wolf growled inside her. Not caring about the punishment she would suffer, she abandoned her duty post and followed the smell... She was astonished and stopped with fear when she saw her mate was one of the Quinn brothers. The infamous Viking Devil that drinks beer from the skulls of those he had killed... Their eyes locked and he whispered to her. "Mate!" They walked towards each other. But instead of claiming her as he should, he walked past her to embrace another she-wolf behind her. Her sworn enemy. "Mate!" Her heart thudded painfully when she heard them say to each. It was a conspiracy that began decades before they were both born. A conspiracy she was determined to unravel or die trying.

I was the quiet Luna beside a powerful Alpha until I took a fatal blow meant for him and lost my child and any chance of motherhood. While I lay fighting for my life, he openly kissed his mistress and placed my mother's heirloom around her neck. That betrayal destroyed the last of my devotion, so I broke our bond and walked away. He mocked me, certain I couldn't survive without him. What he never knew was that I had buried a terrifying identity beneath my obedient facade. Once my hidden claws emerged again, the entire pack would kneel, tremble, and beg for their true Luna to return.

She wanted a life where she could simply put down her head and live in peace without being noticed but switching schools has just put her on the radar of the school's bad boy and mc leader for Vikings mc and he has absolutely no plan to ever let her go.

Hillsboro People by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

For seven years, I was with Blake, my ambitious Silicon Valley boyfriend. He told me he was building a dream, always "testing" my independence to prove I was with him for love, not money. I believed him, working tirelessly to pay my equal share. Then, my mom got critically ill, needing a $2000 scan so urgent it couldn't wait for insurance. I begged Blake for a loan, promising to pay him back, stressing it was a matter of life and death. He coldly refused, hid behind his "principles," and dismissed my desperation as a "test" of my resilience. Three agonizing days later, my mother died. Amidst my grief, a sickening truth began to unravel. Blake wasn't a struggling founder; he was a silent multi-millionaire, secretly lavishing gifts worth hundreds of thousands on another woman. I found texts where he mocked me to his friends, calling my plea a "handout" and my situation "desperate." How could the man I loved and supported for seven years be so monstrous? How could he let my mother die over $2000 he casually spent on jewelry? The betrayal sliced deeper than any knife. But the final twist was the cruelest: Blake secretly owned the coffee shop where I worked for minimum wage. Not only that, he had been systematically diverting my earned bonuses—including a $2000 payment right when I needed it—into his own private account. The money I had *earned* for my mom’s life, he had stolen. That day, my grief turned into an ice-cold rage, and I knew exactly what I had to do.

Emma Marshall was an English children's author who wrote more than 200 novels.