The Power Of Persuasion: How We're Bought And Sold

"The story of wedding proposals and unexpected rejections from each other influenced by their family members", is the one line narration of Persuasion, a romantic novel by Jane Austen. Frederick Wentworth, a Naval officer proposed to wed Annie, when she was 19 years old. Anne's family members felt that Frederick is not the right match for her as Frederick is poor and does not have a family back round. Influenced by her family members including father, sister and brother-in-law, Anne later decided not to marry Frederick. Russel, acting in place of her mother, breaks the engagement. Eight years later Frederick becomes wealthy and he is now a captain. Anne still unmarried now and meets Frederick who has not forgiven Anne's rejection. Being an eligible bachelor now, he publicly declares he would accept proposal from any one except Anne.

You were born with everything, wealth, a whole family, talent, and beauty. All the men around you dream of someone like you, but what if you fall in love with your same gender? Are you ready for the outcomes? What if you find out She doesn’t like you? Will you still fight how you feel? You’re used to getting what you want, but someone like her has twisted your standard. Jaz Amanda is the well-known daughter of the wealthy owner of Amanda Infinity Company. The girl heartthrob on campus but has had no boyfriend since birth, and she falls in love unknowingly with Anika Hodgens, who seems untouchable. Anika Hodgens is also a rich man's daughter, a bully, and a nobody. Destiny will be playful in their lives.

Lucas Adèric, a powerful alpha, he rules over his pack with nothing but perfection but one hitch to it, his Luna and wife isn't his true mate. What happens when his true mate arrives. Can he learn to love her and survive all the new trials that come.

People in our circle told the same joke at every gathering. "Jason's wife can't give him children, so she sends women to his bed every day. I wish the hag at my house had that kind of sense." They had no idea that my mother-in-law, Kate, was the one who had found those women and used my name to send them in. The first time, Jason Gibson threw the woman out and had a terrible fight with me. Afterward, he spent over ten million dollars on jewelry to make it up to me at the auction house. The second time it happened, he had barely touched her hand when he threw up. Then, he fought with me again. Afterward, he bought an estate and told me I would be the only woman by his side. - That was until the tenth woman. This time, he shut the bedroom door and did not come out all night. We stopped fighting. We stopped speaking. Everyone thought I would do anything to secure my place in the Gibson family and hang on to them for the rest of my life. But when I finally took out the divorce agreement, no one believed it. Not even Jason himself.

Amelia just graduated from boarding school with her best friend Olivia and is looking forward to a week away. Amelia has set her mind on her future and has decided that this will be her last week before going rogue. What she doesn’t know is that one word could ruin all the plans she had for her future: mate. Noah is looking forward to celebrating becoming the alpha of the Silver Cliff pack with his closest friends and his sister who is returning from Boarding school. He wasn’t prepared for who she brought with her. This will make for an interesting week of trying to coerce his mate to accept the bond.

22-year-old Anastasia Sanchez is a diehard fan of the e-book, Bonded: a werewolf love story with millions of fans around the world. When the final pages of Bonded cruelly tear the main leads apart, she is livid! She confronts the author and demands her to write the sequel with the two main leads getting back together. Instead of agreeing with her, the author gives her the task that’ll change her life forever: to write the sequel herself! But there’s a catch! Instead of writing the sequel with a laptop and Wi-Fi, Anastasia is magically transported inside the virtual world of Bonded and becomes one of its characters! Her problem doesn’t end there, her desire to give the two main leads a happy ending is cut short when she finds herself falling in love with Bonded’s male lead, Alpha Hugh Montemayor. Caught between loyalty to her beloved characters and the undeniable allure of Hugh’s embrace, will Anastasia sacrifice her own desires for the sake of the story, or will she rewrite the script of her own heart?