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She tended to her in-laws, using her dowry to support the general's household. But in return, he sought to marry the female general as a reward for his military achievements. Barrett Warren sneered. "Thanks to the battles Aurora and I fought and our bravery against fierce enemies, you have such an extravagant lifestyle. Do you realize that? You'll never be as noble as Aurora. You only know how to play dirty tricks and gossip with a bunch of ladies." Carissa Sinclair turned away, resolutely heading to the battlefield. After all, she hailed from a military family. Just because she cooked and cleaned for him didn't mean she couldn't handle a spear!

They said I was beautiful — but not real. That my smile was perfect — but my past made me broken. I spent years trying to prove I was more than the girl who changed her face to survive the world’s cruelty. I married Julian Vale, believing love would finally see me. I called Serena Blake my sister, trusting her more than my own reflection. And when my world collapsed under secrets, silence, and the weight of never being enough — I disappeared. Then I opened my eyes… Ten years earlier. Before the surgery. Before the vows. Before I forgot who I was beneath the makeup and the mask of confidence. This time, I don’t need to be fixed. This time, I don’t need to be forgiven. I remember every lie. Every betrayal. Every time I silenced my voice to keep the peace. So I’m not here to win back love. I’m not here to punish the past. I’m here to become the woman I was always meant to be — unedited, unafraid, and finally, completely seen. I was more than pretty. This time, I’ll live like I believe it.

The youngest billionaire in town with looks of Adonis and everything at his feet desired just one thing more in life. His perfect match. He wished for a wife whose beauty would turn heads, a smile which would lighten up his world and figure which would curve perfectly under his fingers. A beauty who spoke with etiquette and made him proud. But he got her A mediocre girl with average looks, fierce personality and no curves. Outspoken and downright rude. She was everything he didn't want his wife to be like. But who could defy when their souls were bound by threads of fate. She was insecure And he fueled it further She considered herself inferior to him And he used every chance to make it a belief. She had a beautiful delicate golden heart And he made sure to taint it black and crush it under his Gucci shoes. She was his not so beautiful wife And he made sure that nothing left of her could be ever considered beautiful. "I will taint every damn fibre of your body my dear Elle...every bit of it till you beg me to divorce you" -Ashton "I will love every flaw of you my dear husband ...each and everyone till this heart beats for you" -Elle BEAUTY SERIES: Book 1 His not so beautiful wife Book 2 His Scarred Beauty

For centuries, every Luna has been expected to embody strength, fertility, and power. Curves are considered a blessing from the Moon Goddess. A thin woman? She’s believed to be weak, barren, and cursed. When eighteen-year-old Lyra Vale presents herself at the Moon Ceremony, whispers ripple through the crowd. “She looks like she’d snap in half.” “She’s too skinny to carry an Alpha’s heirs.” “The Moon Goddess would never choose someone like her.” Then fate shocks everyone. The Moon Goddess names Lyra as Alpha Draven’s mate. Instead of accepting her… He rejects her before the entire pack. “I refuse to make a skeleton my Luna.” The rejection awakens an ancient prophecy. Unknown to everyone, Lyra’s frail body isn’t a weakness. It’s a prison. Her body has spent years suppressing a dangerous celestial power that would have destroyed her if it had awakened too soon. The moment Draven rejects her… The seal breaks. Her wolf roars for the first time. And the Moon Goddess declares… “You rejected your Luna… but the world has just lost its Alpha.” Now every Lycan King wants her. Every Alpha fears her. And the man who humiliated her must watch another ruler kneel before the woman he called too skinny.

“I can get any woman I want, Queen. Models throw themselves at me every day. The only reason I’m still with your fat self is because I know no one else will want to be with you. I’m trying to help you.” For years, Queen believed those words were love from James her manipulative boyfriend who says he is doing her a big favor At twenty-eight, Queen has spent her entire life fighting a battle she never chose. Bullied in school because of her size, mocked by strangers, rejected by men who treated her like she should be grateful for the smallest amount of attention, she grew up believing that being loved was a privilege reserved for women smaller than her. But love slowly became conditions. When James gives Queen an impossible ultimatum—transform from a size 28 to a size 12 in just two months or risk losing him forever—she becomes desperate to prove she is worthy of being loved. Starving herself, exhausting herself, and sacrificing her self-respect one humiliating day at a time, Queen begins losing more than weight. She begins losing herself. Just when she thinks she has reached her breaking point, a chance encounter with billionaire hotel magnate Georgy Williams changes everything. For the first time in her life, Queen is faced with a terrifying question: What if the problem was never her weight? What if the people who claimed to love her were the ones who never deserved her? A gripping, emotional billionaire romance filled with heartbreak, obsession, jealousy, self-discovery, and a curvy heroine determined to reclaim her worth.

"BEATIFUL" tells the story of 29-year-old Alicia who goes through a divorce with Gabriel a man with whom she shared 10 years of marriage and he leaves her for a woman with a figure that Alicia after having a daughter had lost, Alicia feels devastated by her husband's betrayal and decides to start working to distract her mind from the grief of a separation, she finds out about a job in a large company, because Luis Gabriel's ex-friend, her ex-husband informs her of said position, somewhat fearful she goes to the job interview where she meets Axel Caballero, a man who in his first impression turned out to be a little arrogant, but he did not know that he was also dealing with professional things, Alex Caballero only wanted to work in peace and for that same reason he gives the opportunity to Alicia even if he is not so convinced. The relationship between the two becomes more intimate and enjoyable; he begins to see Alice with different eyes, but he was not the only one who looked at Alice, if he were