21st Century Literature Characteristics

I stepped forward. “I’m not asking you to understand it, Bianca. I’m just telling you the truth.” “It doesn’t change the fact. I’m going to work and you’re back to being my bodyguard,” she said. Thank goodness she didn’t cut me off. At least I could be close to her until she found out the whole truth but not today. “I don’t mind that. I can be anything you want me to be, B.” She stepped closer. “Good.” He’s her worst enemy. Her brother’s best friend. And now her bodyguard. Bianca Marcello doesn’t fall, she fights. But when her life is targeted and the only person assigned to protect her is the man who agitates her, staying in control becomes a war. Rob Grimani doesn’t care if she hates him. She’s alive and within reach and that’s all that matters. He would burn the world before he lets her go again. And when she defies him, it only feeds his obsession to own her completely. When the lines blur between protection and possession, desire and destruction, nothing will ever be the same again. This is not love. This is obsession. A dark billionaire romance with emotional damage, memory loss, running away with pregnancy, and forbidden heat. Featuring bodyguard tension, enemies to lovers, and a man who would grovel on his knees rather than lose her. Read at your own risk.

Olivia Rawles. 20 year old woman who has life is far from perfect. Become a victim of bullying, an orphan, and have to work hard to make ends meet. No one ever wanted to approach Olivia, for various reasons that were always brought up by those around her. One day, a tragic accident that befell Olivia is able to change her life. Olivia wakes up in the body of a 16 year old girl. Olivia's new life begins. Now, he has to live life as a pre-teen girl named Celine Angelista. Back to school. His life now is much easier than his previous life. He no longer needs to bother making money, because he is reborn in a rich and harmonious family. All the family affection, and everyone's attention was on him. Only to an Olivia who became Celine, the child from a family of officials. Not to mention, Olivia must be involved with an ex-boyfriend Celine who is still crazy about Celine.

Iris thought she had life sussed out. Everything was balanced until one fateful night everything changed . Her past caught up with her in the worst way; and in top of everything that was happening, she was reminded of her loss and an old flame ...

Mikael Kane has lived for decades and has died every night of his twenty- fourth birthday as a result of a curse that had been placed upon him because of his decision to cherish his heart's desire, Blair. Decades after decades, he meets her. They fall in love over and over again with him dying simultaneously. Mikael becomes colder and a little less humane after each death and reincarnation. When they meet again in the 21st century reborn, can Blair be courageous enough to free him from this terrible curse?

Kehidupan Rio, yang merupakan remaja penyendiri berubah seketika saat dia bertemu dengan seorang gadis bernama Kalisa di sekolahnya. Kalisa sendiri merupakan siswi cerdas yang berada di kelas khusus. Sementara itu, Rio hanya remaja yang selalu terlambat datang ke sekolah dan tidak punya banyak prestasi. Namun, pertemuan mereka begitu sempurna. Rio, menginginkan Kalisa bersamanya, tetapi muncullah gadis lain bernama Clara yang ternyata telah lama menyukainya.

After a century of war between humans and the Otherkin, both sides finally agree to a ceasefire. To preserve peace and coexistence, an intermarriage pact is established—every hundred years, humans and the Otherkin must marry. The first Otherkin to produce an Otherkin child will become the chairman of the Otherkin Alliance. In my last life, I married Kevin Walker, the famously devoted Alpha of the Whitefang pack. One year after our wedding, I gave birth to a wolf pup, and Kevin ascended smoothly to the chairman of the alliance. My sister, Meredith Singer—driven by vanity and a thirst for power—married Simon Lynch, the leader of the vampires. However, she didn't expect his chaotic private life, overflowing with mistresses, to leave her with a disease that robbed her of her ability to bear children. Bitter over her ruined life, Meredith blamed everything on me. She drugged both me and my pup before setting a fire that burned us alive. "Annabelle, everything you have should've been mine! I should be the one married to the Alpha! I should be the chairman's mate! You're nothing!" As the fire roared around us, I clutched my pup tightly in my arms. He sobbed against my chest. "Mom... it hurts..." I couldn't do anything but watch as the flames consumed us both. In the final moments of my life, I saw someone I never expected—the zombie king, Landon Zeller. Without hesitation, he charged into the inferno, cradling me and my pup in his arms, trying desperately to save us. However, it was too late. We'd already taken our last breaths.

Louise looks like the perfect flawless woman. She has been in a relationship for a few years with Paul but feels their love is going down the drain after her meeting with Agnès. Louise struggles with her emotions that she would like to keep quiet. Paul proposes her, and on the other side, Agnès puts pressure on her. What voice will she listen to?

The fight between good and evil has been going on since time immemorial. There have always been those who want to protect the world from destruction, just as there always been those who want to subjugate humanity to their will. At the epicentre of the book are two young people, Katelyn and Jake, who unknowingly become the first bearers of terrifying divine powers. Their lives are about to changes irrevocably. Secrets that have been kept for hundreds of years, a world that no one knows about, become the every day reality for Kate and Jake. A gift that may seem like the greatest miracle will turn into a never-ending battle for their lives and the lives of others. Adventures, secrets, dangers and love will give readers a great deal of pleasure and will not let them put the book down. Will the new times bring destruction to mankind? Will the Brotherhood of Guardians of the Stones succeed in their mission to protect the divine powers and prevent them from falling in to the wrong hands? Can the fate of the world as we know and love it depend on a select few who do not even know they exist? Guardians of the Stones is the first part of a fantasy adventure trilogy depicting a modern eternal struggle between good and evil. This is a modern novel in which we will meet adventures, dangers, secrets, love and many human experiences. The novel will appeal to fans of detectives and thrillers, but it will also be a pleasure to read for those who like adventure and romance novels. There are very few elements of fantasy in the book, so even those who do not like fantasy will enjoy the novel. The book takes place in the 21st century, in the modern world.

This story is about a poor girl who finally got into the college of her dreams. Her plan is simple,  •Go into the school. •Have fun. •Maje new friends.  AND •Stay out of trouble. But on the first day of arrival, Faith and nature seems to have a different plan for her.

Once a rising star in law, Alison Harper watched her life crumble as she lost her career, her family, and her freedom. Years later, she’s back with a vengeance, and a quest to take custody of her son. But the only way lies in taking on a case of a high-profile CEO, who happens to be her ex lover. Alison finds herself caught between the past she is desperate to leave behind and the future she is fighting to reclaim. As she chooses to follow her heart, she is faced with a reality of a painful truth, which shakes their unstable and undefined relationship. Can she really trust the man she has never stopped loving? Is the past bound to repeat itself?