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Albert Frederick Pollard was a British historian who specialized in the Tudor period.

Macy is a music teacher who owns her little studio and lives a quiet life, she has a boyfriend, Derick, who she loves so much, and he loves her too. But things start changing when Derick’s elder brother Liam returns home.“Mate” his wolf screamed in his head the moment he stepped foot in the building, he walked inside to find out whom this sweet alluring scent was emanating from. Then he saw her, the most beautiful creature he had ever laid his eyes on, he walked further inside to meet her when Derick held her in his arms and immediately claimed her. Liam stilled in his track watching, his wolf howling in his head to go over and snatch their mate from their brother’s arm, “Liam meet my girlfriend Macy,” Derick introduced. Without saying a word, Liam turned his back on them and left. “What do you mean she’s yours, Liam!” Derick screamed, “Well Because she’s my fucking mate!” Liam yelled. “What do you mean,” “What I have just said Derick I smelt her at the party, but I just couldn’t tell you, and now I can’t let you have her because she’s my chosen,” “But she’s human she doesn’t even know about us! That were werewolves Liam,” “It doesn’t matter Derick, I want you to let her go because I am not giving up on my mate.” “I love her too much to let her go, Liam.” So, you are going to stand here and challenge your Alpha!” “Well, looks like you're forgetting that I am an Alpha blood too. Brother.” What happens when Macy finds out her boyfriend who she loves is a werewolf, and now she’s the mate to his brother, who’s not willing to let her go? A story of Love, heartbreaks, building trust, forgiveness, and standing strong for your family.

Ve·tur /vetr/ /vɛːtʏr/ /veːtʊr/ Faroese, Icelandic, Old Norse noun meaning winter Groomed to be pure perfection in the eyes of a never-satisfied mother, Cyan struggled to find her place within her clan. She knew her responsibility to them, but she had yet to deliver. They accepted her, failure and all, they still loved her. But love and acceptance are futile in the eyes of time. And time is something she can’t take for granted because soon, it will run out. Refusing to tempt fate, and for their own selfish gain, those closest to Cyan betrayed her in the worst way possible. Secrets. Lies. Absolute deception. She didn’t break though. She snapped. And when she snapped, time no longer mattered because she would end them all.

Gianna Windsor and Brandon Baker have been married for two and a half years. Since it was an arranged marriage, Gianna accepted the fact that Brandon would never love her, but she was satisfied with the respect and care he showed her. That was until Brandon's best friend, Bailey, announced her pregnancy with his baby. The bubble Ginanna had created for herself shattered and she had no choice but to divorce him and make room for the child. A few weeks after leaving, she finds out she's pregnant as well. When Brandon sees a child that resembles him a few years later, he is determined to get back in Gianna's life and take care of her and their child. Will Gianna allow him back into her life? Will she fall for him again?

Eight years ago, she thought he was a Money Boy at the club, and accidentally had a one-night stand with him because she was framed by her stepsister. Is $100 enough to buy a Money Boy for one night? The next morning, she casually dropped $100 and ran away. Eight years later, she returned with her genius son. Little did she expect to be "deceived" into the Noblefull Group by her beloved son. Her immediate boss turned out to be Mr. $100 from eight years ago! ... "Bad girl, how dare you humiliate me eight years ago, this time you will pay the price!" "Bad girl, one billion dollars, I buy your whole life!" "I just want to be a secretary. You already have several lovers. You are not my type." "But, I only have feelings for you, only love you." However, their relationship was not smooth. Due to a property dispute, his brother deliberately caused a car accident in an attempt to kill her and their son. Due to past grievances of the previous generation, his father held deep hatred towards him and sent assassins to kill them. There were also plots and attempts on their lives orchestrated by his girlfriend. On top of that, they faced oppression from rival factions of the mafia... This is a romantic novel about a billionaire and his secretary, involving several generations of love, hatred, and complicated relationships, and also involving the mafia, revenge...

My life was a meticulously crafted blueprint, or so I thought. A successful architect, adored by my community, with a childhood sweetheart, Liam Hayes, by my side. Our marriage was the fairy tale I' d dreamt of, until it shattered with the news of his death. Ten years later, I found him alive, living a picturesque life with my best friend, Sophia Chen. His "death" was a lie, a calculated escape from a life, and a wife, he didn' t want. The final twist? He died saving me in a real car crash, his last words confessing his enduring love for Sophia, not me. I woke up, gasping, the scent of birthday cake and lilies filling the air. I was twenty-two again, on the day I first chose Liam. But not this time. Liam' s betrayal carved a raw wound, his dying words now a command ringing in my ears. This time, I wouldn' t make the same mistake. I chose Ethan Stone, my former rival, a man who consistently challenged me, whose aloofness I\'d once mistaken for disdain. My grandfather looked at me, bewildered, as I rejected the expected. Then, at my birthday party, the public humiliation began. Liam, ever the schemer, beat me to the punch, announcing his love for Sophia first, making it seem like he had rejected me. Sophia, a flawless actress, played the role of the innocent, heartbroken friend. As I stepped forward, the black box in my hand, declaring my choice of Ethan, Sophia lunged at me. Liam, defending her, shoved me. My head hit the marble floor, and the world went dark. But not before I saw a flash of black leather, a furious green gaze, and Ethan running towards me.

It’s been rumored about in bedtime stories for decades. Nova has seen it in her visions. It’s too dangerous to get within a league of. But those aboard Deliverance have arrived at Glorra Quin Lune, the planet Cyrillius stole Nova from.Everything is uncertain. How will they land on a planet entirely engulfed in Neron? How could anyone survive that blast? What will they find if they make their way to the surface? And will it change everything Nova knows about herself? It’s time for her to confront the past she was too young to remember, and try to save the family she can’t recall.Cyrillius has now lost two Nero and he made the mistake of telling Nova his plan. He’s on his way to the Frozen Kingdom to come claim a new child. It’s time to take care of him once and for all. Justice is going to taste sweet.

In this, his best-known work, the controversial American economist and social critic Thorstein Veblen appropriates Darwin's theory of evolution to analyze the modern industrial system. For Veblen, the shallowness and superficiality observed in society results from the tendency to believe that true accomplishment lies in arriving at a condition of ostentatious wealth and status. In developing his thesis, Veblen traces the origins and development of ownership and property, offering extraordinary insights into consumerism, the evolution of class structure, the rise of leisure time, and how modern societal goals are grounded in monetary aspirations and achievements. With a cool gaze and devastating wit, Veblen examines the human cost paid when social institutions are founded on the consumption of unessential goods for the sake of personal profit. Fashion, beauty, sports, the home, the clergy, scholars-all are assessed for their true usefulness and found wanting. Indeed, Veblen's critique covers all aspects of modern life from dress, class, industry, business, and home decoration to religion, scholarship, education, and the position of women, laying bare the hollowness of many cherished standards of taste and culture.

A one night stand with the billionaire and getting pregnant for him made her loose her marriage to her sister. Leilena connor a sixteen years old rich teen who was sent from home after bringing disgrace to her parents. She dropped out of highschool and left the country after her son has been taken from her by the billionaire. She changed her name to leilena Dickson after been taken in by the Dickson family who were poor. She did different type of jobs. A waiter in the day. And a stripper at night. Any man will want to get her in his bed. She is beautiful, hot and sexy. Five years to begin again she met her baby father Alberto Del Rio having slapping him in public Alberto Del Rio a business tycoon A multi-billionaire and shell holder to ADR company limited He is every lady's dream man. He has a cute handsome son named Ryan Del Rio whom he raised alone A baby father Ryan is a spoilt kid who never lacks anything. What happened when he grows up and requested for a mother and asked his father to send all the maids away. This time, his father bought a nanny and to please his son, he made an arranged marriage and fortunately, it turns out to be his mother.

Katherine went to a party and ended up sleeping with a man whose face she couldn't remember, she was caught by her fiancé who dumped her to be with her stepsister, that same day, Katherine lost her father and was pushed out of the family house, she got into a car accident. Five years later she returned with a child and as a secret queen of fashion designer, she returned to get back on everyone who had hurt her and also get back her father's company. However, she has to challenge a rival of her father to win the company for herself. It appears to be a simple task until she is faced with the irresistible hot city billionaire who has a secret of his own, worst part of it all, she discovered he was the father of her child and now wants custody over her son. Will she be able to handle the whole truth? Will she give her son away or let him get taken forcefully by a stranger out of nowhere? Let's find out how the story turns out.

Ariel woke up in a hospital bed surrounded by five titans of Wall Street. She instantly realized she had transmigrated into the corporate warfare novel she read last night. She was the real daughter of the ruthless Washington family, a family destined to be completely destroyed. And the one who would cause their bankruptcy, imprisonment, and deaths was the crying, hypocritical adopted sister holding her hand—Cherilyn. Knowing the plot, Ariel was terrified. She watched Cherilyn hand her a glass of organic juice and internally screamed about how it was laced with neurotoxins. She expected the cold, calculating family to side with the fake daughter and throw Ariel into the Hudson River. To survive, Ariel planned to play dumb, steal a Picasso painting, and run away to Hawaii before the feds raided their estate. But things got weird. Instead of bullying her, her terrifying father ordered the poisoned juice destroyed. Her ruthless brothers started buying out Michelin-star restaurants for her lunch, dropping off diamond-encrusted pens in military helicopters, and mercilessly crushing anyone who dared to cross her. "Why are these doomed villains suddenly acting like invincible strategic geniuses?" Ariel thought, utterly baffled. She had no idea that her entire family could hear her inner thoughts. And the Wall Street wolves were using her mental spoilers to rewrite their tragic fate.

Ciara has lived her whole life being treated as an outcast of the pack. Unwanted. Useless. Worthless. She was used to words like this far too well, especially from her own family. Her life takes a dark turn when she's forced to become a ruthless Alpha's breeder. Alpha Graham Hayes. He rules the Blackthorne pack with an iron fist and a reputation that makes everyone cower in fear. He has never wanted love or affection or anything that has to do with a feeling of the heart. All he has ever wanted is an heir for his throne. And Ciara seems like the only woman that can make that possible. But as she slowly gets used to his different world, what happens when the man who only wanted an heir starts acting like he wants her too? Would she survive his world or would it consume her?

(Book 1 of the Blackwell Series) I had been forced to marry the guy that broke my heart, the one person that I hated, but never stopped loving. This is my first story, don't criticize it much.

For three years, I was the perfect trophy wife to billionaire Hunt Brennan, a silent fixture in his mahogany-rowed estate. I traded my medical career for a designer wardrobe and the hope that he might one day see me as more than a contract. But on our third anniversary, the dream died. Hunt came home reeking of scotch and threw grainy photos of a charity gala handshake in my face, calling me a gold-digging parasite. He didn't just accuse me; he broke me. He shattered glass against the wall, bruised my jaw with his grip, and dragged me upstairs to "punish" me, all while whispering his ex-girlfriend’s name in the dark. By morning, his mother had called to evict me to the guest cottage because his true love, Chasity, was back and needed the master suite. I left with nothing but a dusty suitcase and a secret: two pink lines on a pregnancy test. When my Uber broke down in a freezing downpour, Hunt drove past me in his Maybach, rolling down the window just to tell me to enjoy the rain. He left me stranded, never knowing he was leaving his own child behind. I didn't understand how a man could be so cruel to the woman who gave up everything for him. Did he really think I was just a doll he could discard the moment his "angel" returned? Four years later, the "submissive" Mrs. Brennan was dead. In her place stood Dr. Dianna Campbell, the top cardiothoracic surgeon in Europe. I stepped off the helicopter at Mount Sinai to save his sister’s life, and Hunt was there, desperate and broken. "Dianna?" He whispered my name like a prayer, but I didn't even blink. "Dr. Campbell. Refrain from touching the staff, Mr. Brennan." He thought he could shred our divorce papers to keep me trapped, but he was about to learn that the woman he abandoned in the rain didn't need his permission to exist—and she certainly didn't need him.

The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage

[Fated/Forced Mate Bond + Forced Proximity + Only One Who Can Save Him + Hidden Royal Bloodline + Cursed With A Ticking Clock + Secret Villain Hiding In Plain Sight + Betrayal By A Trusted Insider + Escape Attempt Gone Wrong + Enemies to Allies Royal Court + Choosing Him Twice + Second Chance Choice] Zenaida Kessington has 365 days to make a monster fall in love with her or watch him disappear forever. She fell through a portal expecting to die. Instead, she landed in the lap of the most feared king in the Beast Realm, and woke something in him that hasn't stirred in a decade: a mate bond neither of them asked for. Vyrn is dying by inches, his humanity eaten alive by a curse with a deadline. The bond could save him. But it only works if she chooses him freely, and Zenaida doesn't do anything freely but escape. When the one chance to go home turns out to be a trap set by the same enemy who cursed him, Zenaida has to decide what's worse: staying bound to a man who broke his own rules to save her life, or losing him to a beast that might not remember her name. With 365 days, one impossible bond, and a king running out of time to be saved by the one woman who was never supposed to find him... except she was.

"You have no idea how badly I want to make love to you," he responds with a shake of his head. "I love you so much," he continues and my heart melts. "I love you," I whisper back. "Okay, I'm going to make love to you now, Angel. It will hurt a little, so let me know if it hurts too much," he says and leans down to kiss me. "I'll be gentle," he tells me. Keeping his eyes locked on mine he shifts his hips forward slightly and enters inside of me. My mouth widens as he enters, and I feel a slight pinch. He was right, it does hurt, but it's not terrible. "Christ! You're the sun!" he calls out. I watch his face crumble. He buries his face in my neck and then he's above me again, his hands on my cheeks again. ... For 20 year old Alison Scott, love was never something she deemed herself worthy of. Not until he came along. With his tousled brown hair, lean muscular body and smile that ignited everything south of her body; he was unbearably attractive and intimidating to Alison. She thought he could never be interested in someone like her, until he was. Was living in the same household together with someone you want and need such a great idea? As they embark on this journey together, Alison discovers her own desires as well as all the secrets Isaac keeps.

In a high school basketball gym filled with laughter and cheers, an introverted teenager named Allen finds himself at the center of a daring game orchestrated by his friend, Kelly. With money on the line, Allen's classmate, reluctantly thrust into the spotlight, must play the role of Allen's supposed girlfriend. As the game progresses and tensions rise, unexpected feelings and alliances emerge, challenging friendships and perceptions. Amidst the chaos, secrets are revealed, and bonds are tested, leaving everyone wondering who they can trust in this game of love and basketball.

They said death only offers two things: heaven or hell. But for Kana Matthews, it was a new life as the Grand Duke's daughter in another world. The thing is she's not a human anymore because as soon as she wakes up, she finds dog ears on top of her head and a tail she was never supposed to have. How is she going to live and accept her fate when a familiar face suddenly claims to be her mate? When the Crown Prince reminds her of a love she rejected in her past life and her knight bestfriend reminds her of a love that could have been? Kana is caught between people who reminds her of nothing but the regrets she had in her whole human life. With the help of three hot older brothers, will she be able to keep her promise or will she ruin her new life with the same mistakes that made her death as a human so utterly bitter?

The golden angel who swooped in to save me from a nightmare first date turns out to be a billionaire vulture circling the company I work for.Carter Kingsley: My savior and ruthless corporate raider hell bent on destroying the newspaper I love. Oh, and my new boss.His first order of business? Cut half the staff. I should hate him. Easy, right?Wrong.I met him two weeks ago, when he saved me from the most awkward first date of my life. I was looking for a way out when he strolled up in a ten-thousand dollar suit with a winning smile, and told a white lie that turned the date from hell into heavenly bliss.I left with his number in my phone, and spent the next two weeks staying up late to text him. He’s charming. Funny. Sincere.Completely unlike the ruthless villain who comes in and carves us up.My first order of business is to interview the new boss. But who is sitting on the other side of the desk? The man who saved and charmed me, or the one who’s threatening everything I hold dear?Carter insists that we can still be friends, but I know that the whole situation is a ticking time bomb.