A D White Library Cornell

Just one week before my marking ceremony with Lucien, I discovered his heart already belonged to someone else. His secretary, Anika, walked out of his office with a smirk that was a little too knowing. Her blouse was askew, her usually neat hair a tangled mess, and only the faintest trace of her crimson lipstick remained. My heart seized in my chest, and my fingers went cold on the doorknob. Two years ago, she had been a timid girl fresh from the countryside. All that pretense of innocence had vanished, replaced by a brazen ambition written across her face. Her relentless eagerness around Lucien had always grated on my nerves, and I had asked him more than once. "Lucien, can't you replace her?" His smile would always fade. "Anika saved my life," he'd say. "I can't be so heartless." Now, that single triumphant smirk was all it took for me to understand. What others once envied in me had already been trampled beneath her heels. My phone vibrated. It was a new proposal from the event planner. [The marking ceremony plan is nearly perfect. Can we finalize it?] I refused to be consumed by sorrow. I wiped a tear from my cheek and made one last adjustment to the document.——Replaced the bride's name withAnika I didn't want a false love, or a fake Alpha Lucien. Let them have the marking ceremony. Let Anika stand at his side as his Luna, his chosen mate. In seven days, I would be gone with my pup.

"I'm going to slice you open, take out your guts, and put them in a bowl if you don't release me now!" Briar KingBear yelled at her captors, rattling her chains. "All that fire, and you still deny me what you know is mine? I can help you with that, Love.” Artemis gave her a lustful glance. "Don't even think about it. If you kill your brother, how will you enjoy torturing your brother yourself?" She growled at him. "We keep you because you entertain us. You have been chained to that pole due to your own foolishness. Now you won't be able to escape your duty or your fate.”Artemis, the wonderful son of the Alpha who kidnapped her. What will you do when Rei hears I'm here, and you have gone against his wishes? He is the next Alpha to leads us, not you!” Briar screamed. "If Rei could only see how pathetic you have become in captivity, he'd spit on you as well." Artemis spat at her. "I may not. have known my Wolf long, but she is stronger than you think. Maybe I'm luring you into a false sense of security." Briar snapped back at him. "No matter, he will be too late to save you from my mark.”Artemis leveled his gaze on her, slowly walking in her direction. "What are you doing? If you do this, Rei will die! Your brother will be dead!" Briar yelled through her tears. "Everyone dies some time. Believe me, it's his time.”Artemis laughed a psychotic look in his eyes. Briar knew she was in trouble.

Evangeline wakes up next to Axel, the most narcissistic jackass she's ever met. She'd gotten drunk the night before but vividly remembers the steamy night they spent together. Axel White is the first son of the biggest conglomerate in the USA, but unlike his brother, Axel has no intention of taking over the family business. He only seeks pleasure in women, and Evangeline becomes his latest escapade. Slowly, Evangeline Miller gets sucked into the world of the two billionaire brothers' where one is willing to burn the world to her feet while the other sees her as his new plaything. Her choice decides the ruin of the Whites while her feelings remain fueled for the wrong brother. Who does she go for? Axel White— the cold-hearted Cassanova who would do anything to push her away, or Asher White— the one whose support remains unwavering and loves her enough to take responsibility for her pregnancy? How would she escape harboring feelings for the wrong people?

Nero Vecchio était l'ennemi. C'est ce que Dante avait compris dès l'instant où il avait vu le cadavre de son père dans le caniveau. Ancien fils d'un puissant parrain de la mafia, Dante Solace vit en marge de la vie qu'il connaissait autrefois, devenant un assassin à louer. Seulement, une cible le rapproche du passé qui le hante chaque nuit dans ses cauchemars. Et cette fois, il ne peut échapper à Nero. Cette fois, Dante se promet de tuer le parrain de la mafia qui a pris le contrôle de son esprit. Lorsque des secrets sont révélés et que les événements passés semblent se répéter, Dante est contraint de travailler avec l'homme qu'il essaie de détester pour se frayer un chemin au-delà de la mort et du déshonneur. Leurs personnalités s'affrontent, mais l'attraction est magnétique. Dante est fasciné par l'insaisissable parrain de la mafia, mais il ne devrait pas l'être. Nero est l'ennemi. ... Ou l'est-il vraiment ?

In the 1980's in a small, not too well known town, a young Black girl named Ariel Smith in a mostly white school juggles her studies to get into college, and deal with a murderer committing multiple hate crimes, so you'd think she wouldn't have time for romance until she saved a young white boy named Ernest Rivers from drowning, literally. "Dangerous? He looks so peaceful here. Angelic almost. How could someone so beautiful be dangerous?" Satan was once an angel. Warning: depictions of sexual assault, racism and murder throughout the story. If any of these topics are triggering for you, I do not recommend reading. Thank you.

Maitê Fernandes, infirmière, passe une nuit impulsive avec Rafael Valença, un magnat dans la quarantaine et propriétaire d’un empire hospitalier. Puis vient une proposition : un contrat d’un an en tant que maîtresse. En échange d’un luxe total, Maitê doit lui être exclusive, disponible dans son lit chaque fois qu’il le désire. Pas d’enfants et aucune promesse d’amour. Elle accepte, sachant qu’elle risque de tomber amoureuse d’un homme qui ne croit pas au « pour toujours ». Rafael, divorcé et réfractaire aux liens permanents, est convaincu qu’une année suffira pour assouvir le désir dévorant qu’elle éveille en lui. Entre des nuits de passion qui effacent le monde et un contrat qui dicte les règles, la date d’expiration peut arriver à terme, mais le sentiment qui naît, lui, ne respecte aucune clause.

Beautiful and Young Rebecca V. Cornell’s life does look like a fairy tale for the outside world but she was a victim of domestic violence that left her scarred and emotionally broken from the inside. Above all, she had to fight with her wolf every day and night who wanted to go back to her mate who was the reason for all her misery. She kept taking a dose of wolfsbanes to tame her marked wolf. Observing the misery of Rebecca’s wolf, Moon Goddess blesses her with a unique power and a chance to choose her own destiny. . Rebecca’s fated mate is a and her chosen mate is her enemy. Whom will she choose to love?

Après que l'amie d'enfance de mon fiancé a découvert que j'étais née avec une maladie cardiaque, elle a secrètement versé une boisson énergisante à haute dose dans mon champagne. Dès que je l'ai bue, mon cœur s'est mis à battre la chamade et une douleur aiguë s'est propagée dans ma poitrine. Paniquée, j'ai déballé mon seul médicament d'urgence, mais l'eau que j'utilisais pour le prendre avait été remplacée par de l'eau citronnée. Dès que je l'ai bue, mon visage a pâli. J'ai perdu toute force et je me suis effondrée sur le sol. « L'eau citronnée est pleine de vitamine C. Elle aide à lutter contre la gueule de bois et à rester en bonne santé. » Charlotte Moreau a ri si fort qu'elle a failli se renverser. Les bras croisés, elle a regardé mon fiancé, Étienne Lacroix, le patron des Pierres Roulantes. « Étienne, le jeu de ta fiancée est incroyable ! » « Je suis médecin depuis des années et je n'ai jamais vu quelqu'un réagir comme ça à un peu de champagne et d'eau citronnée. » Je me suis mordu la lèvre jusqu'à goûter le sang. La douleur m'a piqué les yeux et j'ai serré la jambe d'Étienne. « Chéri, s'il te plaît, appelle une ambulance ! Je n'en peux plus... » Pendant un instant, son expression a vacillé, mais les invités ont rapidement interrompu la conversation. « Mais arrête de faire semblant ! Personne ne meurt d'un peu de champagne et d'eau citronnée. » « Oui, tu es juste jalouse que Charlotte ait été promue et tu ne voulais pas lui porter un toast. » Le visage d'Étienne est redevenu froid. Il a repoussé ma main et s'est écarté. « Charlotte est médecin. Tu seras bien avec elle ici. » J'ai arrêté de supplier et j'ai envoyé un texte à mon père pour lui demander de l'aide.

Après avoir été abandonnée par un homme indigne, Estelle Fritz a choisi au hasard un homme, sans savoir qu'il s'agissait du puissant et influent Chrétien Boyer !Dès lors, elle est devenue l'enviable Madame Boyer.On raconte que Chrétien Boyer ne s'intéresse pas aux femmes et est allergique aux femmes !Estelle, luttant contre son malaise, a roulé des yeux furieusement, un visage plein de colère, "Qui a dit que monsieur Boyer n'était pas intéressé par les femmes, qu'il était allergique aux femmes ?"Nom de dieu, cet homme est clairement un loup insatiable, qui l'a dévorée de la tête aux pieds sans laisser de miettes !

Nueva Winter is a regular teenage girl. After getting asked out on a date by the hottest guy in her school, she believes life is about to get as good as it gets. But the date turns disastrous when Nueva gets attacked and bitten by an enormous dog-like animal. If that wasn't bad enough, her date leaves her abruptly without explanation directly after the attack. This event throws Nueva into an unknown world of werewolves, Banshees, and strange magic when an old legend speaks of the powerful Ice wolf, a white beast dormant inside Nueva's human body. Alpha Gray of the White Creek pack is so confident that she is the key to breaking the Alpha's curse that's robbed him of a mate-bond that he kidnaps her and brings her to his pack. There she has to learn how to defend herself and unlock the potentials hidden within. All while trying to survive the growing number of Rogues attacking and attempting to take over the White Creek pack by eliminating anything standing in their way. But can the human girl with the Ice Wolf break the curse and restore the power and strength to this weakening pack? And, when the time comes, will Alpha Gray be willing to let her go after he develops strong feelings for her despite the missing mate-bond, knowing he will send her to certain death.