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He dared to challenge her power. She never expected to crave his touch. Janice Ortega lives by one rule-she's always in control. Powerful, confident, and unapologetically dominant, no one has ever made her question her reign. Until him. Matteo Cordova. Arrogant, relentless, sinfully magnetic-he storms into her world and dares to propose the unthinkable: one month of submission. What starts as a dangerous game of power quickly spirals into something far more intoxicating. In boardrooms and bedrooms, dominance becomes foreplay, and every battle between them ignites sparks neither can resist. Matteo is unlike anyone Janice has ever faced-he doesn't just challenge her dominance; he seduces her walls with every touch and every whispered command. As passion collides with pride, Janice finds herself teetering between defiance and surrender. Will she fight to stay in control, or will losing herself in the one man who submits feel like victory? One month. One scorching deal. One chance to fall-hard and fast.

The most common adjective used to describe a woman is fragile. Emme stopped being fragile after spending two years in a marriage where she was beaten, abused both physically and emotionally. She took the time to rebuild herself, trained and became a bodyguard. Matthew is a rising star of the song. Adulated by women and envied by men. His career is successful, he has become a real phenomenon. But everything changes when a psychopathic fan starts to attack him, threats, flowers, and even car bombs. He needs protection. Emme, the bodyguard chosen to protect him, arrives and has to pretend to be his girlfriend to find out who this person is. From there, an incredible love story is born. But Matthew hides a dark secret, a secret that could well put everything in question.

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE DEEP-LAKE MYSTERY" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Deep Lake Mystery is a locked-room mystery set in a lake-house in rural North America. Mr. Norris is invited to join his old friend, the detective Keeley Moore at Deep Lake, for a vacation. Their holiday is ruined when one of Moore's neighbors is killed in his own bed under strange circumstances. The only door in or out is locked, all the windows open into a lake too dangerous to dive into, and the dead man is surrounded by an odd assortment of items carefully staged around him. Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an American writer and poet. Among the most famous of her mystery novels were the Fleming Stone Detective Stories, and Pennington Wise series. She also wrote several Sherlock Holmes stories.

Vania's family pressured her to get pregnant as soon as possible, but her husband, Devandra, refused to touch her. Instead, Devandra forced Vania to conceive a child with another man, all so they could have an heir and secure the Montgomery family inheritance. Horrified by such a twisted idea, Vania made the painful decision to file for divorce.

After eight years in captivity, I was finally rescued. I thought it was the beginning of a new life with my mother. But she didn't even look at me. She ran into the arms of a handsome stranger, her real husband, and I was treated like a dirty secret from her past. They called me a contamination, a reminder of their trauma. My new stepsister set their Doberman on me, and as the dog's teeth sank into my arm, I looked up and saw my mother watching from the window. She met my eyes for a second, then slowly closed the curtains. In that moment, the last bit of hope I had died. The shallow bond of family was completely gone, and I finally gave up. But they made one mistake. The family patriarch, suspicious after a car accident, ordered a secret DNA test. The results came back on the day of my stepsister's birthday party, revealing a truth that would burn their perfect world to the ground.

Forced Alliance" is a gripping science fiction novel set in a future where rival factions are on the brink of war. When unexpected circumstances force two opposing leaders to join forces, they must navigate treacherous alliances, personal vendettas, and political intrigue to save their worlds from destruction. It's a tale of unexpected partnerships, moral dilemmas, and the enduring power of resilience in the face of adversity

When Ayla is dragged from her school into the heart of a strange wolf territory, she expects torture-or death. Instead, she meets Alpha Kael: a man as dangerous as he is breathtaking, and a secret buried beneath his skin. His blood awakened an ancient orb-and in one night, Kael became the vessel of a living curse. Now the orb stirs again, its power latching onto Ayla. The mark she wears, her mother's ring, links her to the prophecy whispered by the Moon goddess messenger: "When the moon bleeds and the cursed wolf kneels, love shall either heal the wound... or end the world." As darkness spreads through the pack and the curse consumes Kael's soul, Ayla must decide whether to save him-or destroy him before the prophecy destroys them both. But fate has a cruel sense of humor... Because to break the curse, the moon goddess demands the one thing neither of them is willing to give up. Their hearts.

Tonight, we will claim you as our mate," "Are y'all crazy? It's one at a time, now get in line boys." The domineering triplet Lycan princes had never imagined they would meet a woman like Isabella Green, a She-Wolf with many secrets. Women fell at their feet in pathetic, begging heaps but she was nothing like that. This woman who was supposed to be nothing but an unknowing sacrifice to the moon goddess taunted them...tested them making their deeply rooted desires to claim her for themselves would overwhelm every fiber of their being entangling all of them in a web of passionate obsession as they scramble for her affections. Will Isabella be able to open her heart and heal from her past betrayals or will her thirst for revenge consume everything in its wake? "Be careful, I'm like a reckless flame..." "Then burn us."

The organ music swelled, sunlight streaming through stained-glass windows, painting colored patterns on the white roses lining the aisle. It was my wedding day, perfectly planned for over a year, and I was walking down the aisle to marry Mark, the perfect fiancé. But as I reached the altar, a cold knot formed in my stomach, not the rush of love I expected. When the priest asked, "Do you, Sarah Miller, take this man, Mark Davis, to be your lawfully wedded husband?" I could only think of Betsy, my golden retriever. Then the word slipped out. "No." The church erupted in gasps. My mother' s handkerchief fell. Mark' s smile froze. This was because Betsy, my wise, old dog, had refused to come with me this morning. She just sat in the yard and wouldn' t move. "She knows," I told Mark, pulling my hands from his. "She's always been my sign. Her refusing to come here... it means this is wrong. This marriage is wrong." The murmuring turned to outright condemnation. "Crazy." "Unbelievable." Mark hissed, "You're calling off our wedding because your dog had a weird morning?" My father grabbed my arm, threatening, "You are going back in there and finishing this ceremony." I lunged, screaming, "Don't you touch her!" In that moment, everything changed. I knew I had to act, not just for myself, but for the intuition Betsy represented. My decision was clear: this wedding was off, and I was walking away from everything I thought I knew.

She swore to avenge her parents. He swore he was innocent. But the heart doesn't always follow the rules. After years of searching, Monica finally comes face to face with the man she believes murdered her parents. Gad is everything she imagined; dangerous, inexplicable, and impossible to trust. But as she gets closer, cracks form in the story she's been told. The truth isn't black and white, and neither are her feelings. Torn between justice and a love she never saw coming, she must uncover the real killer before she loses herself to the one man she was supposed to hate.

Clara's life takes an unimaginably drastic turn when she wakes up next to Billionaire Derek Montenegro. **** Clara is a maid at one of New York's most renowned hotels. She works two jobs to make ends meet and to protect her family from the debt her father's drinking left behind. What occurs when she meets Derek Montenegro, the heir to the largest hotel chain in the nation, a real ladies' guy, and also her boss? What transpires when her ex-boyfriend unexpectedly walks in and knocks him out? She spends the entire night taking care of him in an effort to keep her job. But something seems off. Not only is she half nude next to him when he wakes up with a searing headache, but he has no memory of the previous night. He dismisses her from her work because he views her as a floozy who is just interested in his money. What transpires when they cross paths again two weeks later and she blurts out, "I'm pregnant." Not to mention, she could have a chance of falling in love-this might lead to a lot of unexpected complications. Can genuine love really last in the midst of so many lies?

For ten years, I gave everything to Abe Hays. I put my architectural dreams on hold and worked like an unpaid maid to build his legacy, believing his promises of a future on my late parents' estate. Then yesterday, he threw me away like garbage for a wealthy heiress, leaving me homeless, jobless, and utterly ruined. When he cornered me on campus today, there wasn't a shred of guilt in his eyes. "My family took you in out of pity," he sneered. "You’re a penniless orphan, Chloe. You are nothing without me." It wasn't just a brutal breakup. It was a calculated heist to corporate-merge me out of my own family's land for his new resort project. But Abe made one fatal mistake. He didn't know that last night, drowned in tequila and heartbreak, I signed a marriage certificate. I accidentally married Alistair Sterling—a ruthless, untouchable titan of industry who controls the entire city's economy. And my best friend’s father. Before Abe could threaten me further, my best friend stepped in with a razor-sharp smirk. "Too bad about your resort, Abe. My dad bought that land yesterday as a wedding gift for his new wife. My new mom." Watching the color drain from my ex's arrogant face, I casually caught the keys to my new husband's Bentley. Abe wanted me to know my place. Now, he’ll have to watch me rule from a height he could never hope to reach.

It happened inside a well-known campus owned by the Patterson family. A brave young lady in grade 11 faced all the hardship and pain just to protect her friend and classmates in a bullying group led by Edith. And everything she went through blamed it on Lucas who is a son of Patterson and a sociopath that also got interested in Luna’s personality.

He turns to leave then suddenly stops still facing away he says, “ what happened in the hospital and my office won't ever happen again. It's just my wolf is having a hard time knowing that you rejected him. But it won't repeat itself, it's best if you moved on the way that I have. I will be marking Lexi on the full moon to strengthen my bond with her and completely break myself away from you.” “ Are you doing this because of me? To get your revenge on me?” The question slips out before I can control it. “Not everything is about you, Lucy.” He says as he finally walks away. Leaving me in a pile of brokenness once more. Lucy Reed is the pack's beta, who has only ever wanted to have power. Her only wish is to be mated to an alpha, but everything changes when she meets Kayden Gray who is an omega, the lowest rank in a pack, and she rejects him because he isn't what she wished for. This rejection motivates Grey to improve himself until he can challenge his pack’s leader for the position and emerge as the new alpha. He doesn’t stop there; his main goal is to make Lucy regret her rejection of him, so after a year, he becomes the alpha in Lucy’s pack as well, this makes him one of the most powerful alpha’s to ever exist. To make things worse Kayden decides to pick a chosen mate from the pack and Lucy can’t deny that she wants him back. What will happen to Lucy when catches feeling for the man she once rejected but he takes up a chosen mate? Will he ever forgive her and move on from the past?

Arcano holds a deep grudge against Ezenia, his brother-in-law. The Mafia chief hates Ezenia ingrained because Arcano saw with his own two eyes Ezenia kill his late wife whom Arcano loved very much. Ezenia also does not deny it as if he is saying that he is indeed a murderer. However, in the midst of Arcano's blind rage at his sister-in-law, his more powerful grandfather married them both on the grounds that Arcano's son needed a mother's love.

I gave him a kidney, built his empire beside him, even risked my life for our son. My world revolved around my family, and for years, it felt perfect. Then, Michael' s old flame, Jessica, reappeared, infecting our home with venom. My own son, Ethan, twisted by her influence, turned hostile, wishing me dead and abusing our pet. Michael' s words confirmed my worst fears: "She needs me. She wouldn't know how to survive without me." They left me injured on a dark, rain-soaked street after my son pulled me from the car. I found my beloved cat, Buddy, brutalized by Ethan. Then came the final photo: Michael and Jessica, naked, mocking me. My life, my sacrifices, were meticulously shredded, leaving me utterly annihilated. Emotionally, I was already gone, my spirit extinguished by their calculated cruelty. How could the very people I cherished betray me so utterly? It was then I whispered to the interface, "Confirm activation of Protocol Chimera. Simulated demise. New identity. Complete severance." The Sarah they brutalized was dead. It was time to make it official.

The Moon Colony by William Dixon Bell

George Meredith was both a novelist and poet. Born in Portsmouth, England , his work is used as a classic example of Victorian literature.

The poison in my veins had two years left, just like me. Two years I' d spent trapped in a gilded cage by Ethan Lester, the man I once loved. He believed I betrayed him, orchestrated his family' s slaughter, a lie I carried to protect him from a truth that would have led him to self-destruction. I endured his hatred, the scars, the daily degradations, all while my life slowly ebbed away. Then came the night Sabrina, his new woman, a viper wearing a sweetheart's smile, orchestrated the unspeakable. She lured my little brother, Andrew, the only innocent left in my world, to the compound. She planned to drain his blood for a twisted art project. I found him, strapped down, and I screamed for her to take me instead. But Ethan, blind with rage and manipulated by Sabrina' s lies, saw my reaction as defiance. He threatened Andrew, trying to extract a "confession" from me. My truth would kill him; my silence guaranteed my brother's fate. He offered me everything I' d ever wanted – a future, marriage – if I just confessed. I couldn't. Sabrina, with a subtle push, guided his hand, and the blade sliced across Andrew' s throat right before my eyes. My world shattered as I watched him die, Ethan' s hand, bloodied, still on the knife. As I lay dying beside my brother's cooling body, my last words shattered Ethan' s delusions, revealing the true traitors. Now that it' s all over, all I want to know is: Can a man who destroyed everything he claimed to love ever atone for the irreparable damage he caused?