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On their third anniversary, Adrian Blackwood publicly gifted his wife a priceless diamond necklace, "Forever Celeste"—while his secretary wore the original in his bed. For three years, Celeste had been the perfect, submissive wife. She endured her mother-in-law's cruelty and sacrificed her own dreams, trapped by her father’s crushing $100,000 monthly medical bills. Believing she had no choice, Adrian expected her to tolerate his betrayal—and even raise his mistress’s child. He was terribly mistaken. Shedding her passive identity, Celeste quietly files for divorce, trades her kitchen apron for a lab coat, and returns to her brilliant career in molecular biology. Within months, she rises to become the nation's most celebrated pharmaceutical researcher, leaving the world stunned. When a regretful Adrian finally tracks her down, begging for a second chance, he finds her standing beside his powerful, untouchable uncle—Lucien Blackwood. "My wife?" Lucien smiles coldly. "I think you mean your aunt."

Don’t trust anyone, not even yourself….You think you know someone pretty well, until you’re awoken in the middle of the night to the sound of unfamiliar voices and realize your sister’s being swept away by some supernatural creatures who climb in and out of windows and leap from two-story houses like it’s nothing.My parents tried to tell me everything was fine, but when Cadence finally did come back from wherever they’d taken her, I knew there was something unusual about my older sister.Now, her best friend is dead.Her ex-boyfriend is acting bizarre.And I’m afraid I might be next.My name is Cassidy Findley, and I’m pretty sure my sister is a vampire, despite her “co-worker” making every effort to brainwash me into believing otherwise. With the help of my two best friends, we vow to get to the bottom of this before it’s too late, and my sister starts to claim other victims. I love her, but I won’t be turned, nor will I just sit by without doing everything I can to stop her. I can only hope that I’m not too late and that I can trust my own memories.Because I’m pretty sure my sister’s friends are coming for me next.The Chronicles of Cassidy is a retelling of The Clandestine Saga specifically for young adult/teen readers told from the perspective of high schooler Cassidy Findley.

My father disappeared a year ago after giving me one piece of advice. Never go anywhere near Vivian. Vivian just happens to be my mother. The same mother who walked out of my life eleven years ago. When she suddenly invites me to move into her fancy Manhattan mansion with her ancient vampire bloodmate, I say no. Then I realize something. If anyone knows what happened to my father, it's probably the people he warned me about. Now I'm living under the same roof as a ridiculously attractive vampire who might have murdered my dad, pretending to be the perfect intern while secretly investigating him. As if that isn't enough, a terrifying Alpha werewolf takes one look at me and decides I'm his fated mate. Apparently my life wasn't chaotic enough already. The more questions I ask, the more bodies turn up, the more secrets I uncover, and the more I realize my father wasn't hiding from monsters. He was hiding me.Now someone wants my blood, two supernatural enemies refuse to leave my side, and if I don't uncover the truth soon...I'm probably going to end up as the next body.

My father, Henry Carlton, is a genius painter. My mother, Candace Mills, is a world-class dancer. Dad says Mom is his muse. To marry her, he gives up a family fortune worth hundreds of millions. Everyone is moved to tears by their beautiful love story. But on the day I am born, Mom is left paralyzed from childbirth and can never dance again. While taking care of me as I cry day and night, Dad does everything he can to help Mom recover. One day, he disappears. All he leaves behind is one letter accusing Mom and me of destroying his inspiration. He says we are the ones to blame. My helpless Mom holds me in her arms as I do nothing but cry. She becomes convinced that if I can become Dad's new muse, he will come back. So, she pushes herself through grueling rehabilitation and devotes everything she has to training me. When I win the silver medal at a national dance championship, Mom finally sees Dad again. Dressed in an impeccable suit, he carries himself with the confidence and air of a wealthy man. He has one arm wrapped around one of the competition judges, and the two of them are openly affectionate with each other. Unable to take the sight of him with another woman, Mom runs out. While chasing after her, I tumble down a flight of stairs. When I finally limp back home, Mom is waiting for me. She grips a stick tightly with a dark look in her eyes. "If you can't become a muse, then what good are you?"

Raven Callahan has always been second to her sister Emilia — even to their family. Three nights before her mating ceremony, her fated mate Michael abandons her in the rain for Emilia. Days later, Raven learns why: Emilia is pregnant with Michael's child, and the family orders Raven to give up her own ceremony to protect their reputation. When she refuses, her brothers drag her to the cellar and lock her in the dark — her deepest fear — while the wedding goes on without her. Alone in the dark, Raven is visited by her family one by one, each confrontation exposing years of favoritism and manipulation. As Michael marks Emilia at the altar, the unresolved bond between him and Raven violently fractures, and she collapses in agony. She's found by Alpha Damon Ashcroft, a family friend with an unexplained paternal bond to her, and Julian Vance — a guest secretly hiding his identity as heir to the Lycan Royal bloodline. A second-chance mate bond is already stirring between Raven and Julian, though neither understands it yet. With Damon's help, Raven leaves Whitefang for good and rebuilds her life in Julian's territory, uncovering that her family's betrayal was planned before her wedding invitations were even sent. As she and Julian grow closer, a rival threatened by his hidden identity moves against her — but when the truth comes out, their bond finally completes. Raven returns to Whitefang not as the daughter they discarded, but as Luna of the Royal line, forcing the family and pack that betrayed her to finally answer for it.

Celestine is a feisty daughter of Fernando Oakmont, the tycoon of one of the richest countries in the world who went bankrupt because of gambling. Almost everything they had vanished in a snap of a finger because of her father's addiction. Everything got even worse when her father stole something own by mafias. Celestine lets herself be taken by the mafia boss who introduced himself as Vincent Mogilevich to protect her father. Will her father save her? Or will she leave with no choice but to stay with the mafias for the rest of her life?