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I opened the wrong door. That was my only crime. I saw Roman Hale - the most powerful man alive - so vulnerable and broken, sitting on the floor of an empty room, crying over a photograph nobody was supposed to see. I tried to vanish as someone who doesn't exist at all, praying he hadn't seen my face, but I was so wrong. Three days later his car was outside my building, he didn't come for an apology or to silence me-he came to cage me. He called it an opportunity. I call it a random for a life that I'm barely holding together What neither of us said out loud was the thing sitting between us every single day -the secret so large it had its own weight, its own breathing room, its own four-year-old face. He's been searching for a son he doesn't know I gave birth to. I've been searching for a child I don't know he's been funding a war to find. We are looking for the same person. And the man who took him from both of us is standing in this house. Smiling.

Manalive describes a group of young disillusioned people meeting a certain Mr. Innocent Smith, a bubbly, high-spirited gentleman who literally falls into their midst. Accused of murder and denounced as a bigamist and living in various houses (all of which turn out to be his own), Smith prompts his newfound acquaintances to recognise an important idea: that life is worth living.

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories by graf Leo Tolstoy

Aunt Paige couldn't stand that our family was doing better than hers. She schemed to take everything from us. I was accepted into a prestigious university, while her son Grayson didn't even meet the requirements for a community college. On the day of my graduation party, a child in the village fell into the water. Aunt Paige pushed me into the water. "Jun Jun, you're a student at a prestigious university; you can't embarrass the school, go save that child!" I struggled to lift the child, but I drowned instead. After my death, my grandfather and mother also passed away one after the other. Grayson, hailed as a hero, was accepted into a university. Aunt Paige took the relocation compensation for our family's 200-acre orchard. From being destitute, she became incredibly wealthy, the richest person in the village. After being reborn, when I saw that child fall into the water again, before Aunt Paige could say anything, I kicked her into the water.

Alda's dreamy wedding night turns into a nightmare when a mysterious text from her sister unveils her husband Tyler's shocking betrayal. Desperate for answers, Alda confronts Tyler, only to discover a truth that leaves her shattered. As the icy silence of deception envelops their once-happy home, Alda is faced with a choice: succumb to the pain or emerge stronger than ever. In this riveting tale of heartbreak and resilience, she is ready to make him suffer as she serves him karma on a silver plate.

Jack Lather is a renowned businessman whose father forces him to marry Alana Anderson, a woman who is dedicated to modeling. Both young people are forced to marry for the good of both families, and despite the fact that neither of them wants to take that path, they get to know each other and learn secrets from the other that no one else knows. Jack discovers that Alana is not all she seems, and she realizes that Jack is more than just a wealthy man in suits.

My fiancé, Dereck, told me a construction accident had shattered my dominant hand, ending my career as an architect. But drifting in a drugged haze, I overheard the truth. It wasn't an accident. He had paid the doctor to cripple me, to make me a "broken architect" so I could never leave him. I soon discovered his real reason: a secret son with his lover, Kacey. He was building their family while destroying my life. At a party celebrating the "adoption" of his own child, Kacey framed me for an attack. Dereck and his family called me a worthless disgrace in front of everyone. He thought he had broken me. He thought he had erased me. He was wrong. I faked my own fiery death, leaving him to rot in his guilt while I prepared my revenge.

When innocence crosses paths with unrestrained power, it starts a fire that can't be contained. Seraphina's world is simple, predictable-until one afternoon introduces her to a man who is anything but ordinary. Vnox, a mysterious figure almost twice her age, and too close to home, is the personification of wealth, power, charm, intellect and a walking red flag. As much as she tries to resist, he pulls her into a dangerous steam of desire. He becomes obsessed with her and Seraphina realizes that being his could cost her everything. Resisting is proving impossible and Vnox will kill anyone that wants her. Every innocence she has may be sacrificed but will she take it? Or will she rather die than accept his love? Can he protect her from where he comes from? Note: SULTRY INFERNO is an 18+ forbidden dark romance story with bloodbaths, torture, erotic scenes and kinky plays. For mature readers only.

I married him to save my family. He married me to destroy my life. Evelyn Hart never imagined she would become the wife of the coldest billionaire in the city especially not the man who looked at her like she was his greatest enemy. Five years ago, she loved Lucas Blackwood with her whole heart... until he accused her of betraying him and vanished from her life. Now he's back. Richer. Colder. Crueler. When her father's company collapses, Lucas offers her a deal she can't refuse: marry him for one year... and he will erase her family's debts. But what Evelyn doesn't know is that Lucas believes she ruined his life and this marriage is his perfect revenge plan. Every day, he humiliates her. Every night, he reminds her that she means nothing to him. Every touch burns with hatred... and desire. But the deeper Evelyn falls, the closer the truth comes out. She never betrayed him. She was set up. And when Lucas finally realised he married the wrong enemy... Will he fight for her love... or lose her forever?

Alpha Kai has no intention of choosing a mate. He prefers taking a different woman to his bed every night. Things are going great for the Dark Moon Wolf Pack until he gets a call from Alpha Jake from the Red River Pack. He has a problem with two of his warriors and needs to relocate one. Alpha Kai can always use another warrior. The new wolf Beta Finn has a wife, Alaska, and she is the woman of Alpha Kai's dreams. Alpha Kai wants Alaska to be his mate, and he will stop at nothing to have her.

Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist follows the life of a young man by the name of Carwin as he realizes his biloquial, ventriloquist, talents. Carwin develops this ability to perfection, being able to manipulate his own voice to sound like any person he wants. Carwin is the sequel to Brown's previous work, Wieland; or the Transformation, because Brown wrote it five years afterwards; however, the events in Carwin occur prior to the plot established in Wieland.

Betty was in desperate need of help to save her sister so she accepted the offer to marry a stranger, not knowing he was her enemy. After their marriage, she found out that he was impotent. To calm her worries, her husband, Liam decided to pay a poor and hopeless young man to impregnate Betty so that she could at least have a child. In the process, Betty fell in love with the supposed stranger. The bubbles got busted and the tide turned around unexpectedly!

Rejected unfairly because she was deemed as useless, incapable and unworthy of being the Luna of the Woods pack. Emily Wilson found out that she is more than her mate Aiden Woods sees her to be. She is the Heiress of not just not any clan but the Nightshade, the most powerful and wealthiest clan. Emily came back as a prestigious guest to the Woods to show him how bad his lost is and Aiden could not help but be captured by her new beauty and powerful identity. But then he is not the only one attracted to Emily, his brother Andre also thinks she's gorgeous and take her hands sweetly in a kiss with a charming smile. So when Aiden comes to ask for a second chance, Emily said with a good sneer. 'You have to be worthy of me'

When Adrian Cole wakes from a near-fatal accident, his past is nothing but a blur. Faces, names, and memories vanish-except one. To everyone's shock, the only person he remembers is his on-call nurse, Clara Hayes. But Clara isn't just his nurse. She's the woman he once loved... and the one he left behind in pieces. Bound by duty yet haunted by the past, Clara hides the truth of who she really is, convincing herself that keeping his secret - and her distance - is the only way to survive his recovery. As Adrian struggles to piece together who he was, Clara is caught between the man he used to be and the man he's becoming - kind, gentle, and heartbreakingly familiar. Old wounds reopen, old sparks reignite, and the line between healing and hurting begins to blur. Now, as fragments of Adrian's memory return, so does the pain that tore them apart. Now, they must both face the hardest question of all: Is their love worth remembering?

After being the Alpha's mate for three years, they referred to her as barren Luna. However, one day she discovered that she was pregnant. She was filled with excitement to share this news with her Alpha mate. Unfortunately, before she could do so, he unveiled a shocking secret and expressed his desire: he loves her half-sister and wishes to divorce and sever their mating bond! "Alpha Xavier, step out of your limo and face me. Don't be a cheater and a coward," she shouted with frustration, her voice filled with determination. "You've already signed the divorce papers, so what do you want now? Money?" he responded, sounding bored and indifferent, refusing to meet her gaze. She raised an eyebrow, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "Living among humans seems to have made you forget that those papers are just for dividing property. But we are werewolves." Confusion flickered in his narrowed eyes as he tried to comprehend her words. Before he could fully grasp the situation, she unexpectedly emphasized, "Right here, right now, I am breaking the mating bond with you, Alpha Xavier." A sudden pain pierced his chest, a sensation he tried to conceal. He never anticipated that by severing the mating bond, she would take not only his heart and soul, but also his very essence.

My world ended with a Dropbox link, a preview of what I thought was our wedding reel, a montage of the perfect love story Andrew and I had built from our foster home days to City Hall. Instead, I found professional, high-resolution photos of Andrew with Molly Chavez, his intern, posing as the ideal political power couple, his hand possessively on her back, her face beaming at his side. When Molly called, feigning an apology for a "mix-up," I heard Andrew' s voice in the background, clear as day: "She won't do anything. She needs me and this life." That devastating line shattered me, making all his dismissals and forgotten promises click, revealing I was just a discarded relic of his past, not his partner. But the Gabrielle he knew, the one who meekly accepted his condescension and believed she needed him, died right then; I picked up my phone, not to call him, but to call my lawyer, ready to draw up divorce papers, effective immediately.

The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico by Lieut. Howard Payson

After hiding her true identity throughout her three-year marriage to Colton, Allison had committed wholeheartedly, only to find herself neglected and pushed toward divorce. Disheartened, she set out to rediscover her true self-a talented perfumer, the mastermind of a famous intelligence agency, and the heir to a secret hacker network. Realizing his mistakes, Colton expressed his regret. "I know I messed up. Please, give me another chance." Yet, Kellan, a once-disabled tycoon, stood up from his wheelchair, took Allison's hand, and scoffed dismissively, "You think she'll take you back? Dream on."

The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral by George S. Phillips

The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer by Eugène Sue