Barely Synonym

On her wedding day, Isabella Hernando stared into the mirror and wondered— how could she possibly marry someone she barely remembered? Miguel Martez, the man she was arranged to wed, was only a childhood friend who had long since disappeared. But just before the ceremony was about to begin, Miguel vanished without a trace. To save the family’s reputation, Maximilian Martez, his elder brother, was forced to take his place at the altar— without anyone knowing, not even the bride herself. But when Isabella finally stood before the man, she was shocked. That face, those eyes… that voice…

For the whole 17 years of her existence, Alana did not know the word freedom and happiness having been confined in the basement of her family’s house accused of killing her own mother. She’s beaten, cursed at, and barely survived from crumbs of food thrown at her. She thought this is her final destiny and has accepted the bitter fate of her life not until the night of her 18th birthday, a mysterious alpha appeared at her door telling her that she is the long-lost daughter of the alpha king and claiming her as his mate he’s been looking for several years now.

Lexus is a loving sister and daughter. She’s living happily with her family and with her lover. One day, in an unexpected time, her lover had an affair with another girl. When she found out, she made a decision to leave his side and left the country with someone she barely knew. Upon going back to the country, everything turned into chaos when she met her ex-lover and the man she spent her life with in other country came back. With her feelings interfering to her decision, how can Lexus handle this roller coaster situation and where those kaleidoscope of memories lead her?

"How do you plead to the death of your mate, Eric?" The Judge's calm voice pierced through my healing heart. I am barely recovering from the trauma of the death of my mate, Eric and they have to do this to me? I wish I wasn't cursed. I wished my mates haven't been dying over the years. Maybe I would have gotten the peaceful life I desired but there was nothing to be done. "Not guilty!" ~~~~~~~~~~~ After losing four mates to the cold hands of death in the past two years, my Pack saw me as a curse and my fate was buried in one word. DEATH!

"I heard you're going to marry my cousin Marcelo. Is this perhaps your revenge against me? It's very laughable, Renee. That man can barely function." Her foster family, her cheating ex, everyone thought Renee was going to live in pure hell after getting married to a disabled and cruel man. She didn't know if anything good would ever come out of it after all, she had always thought it would be hard for anyone to love her but this cruel man with dark secrets is never going to grant her a divorce because she makes him forget how to breathe.

"My will to live is weak.By all accounts, I should be dead, but somehow I made it through. Broken, battered, and barely hanging on, I’m forced to rely on the man who destroyed me. Recovery is a long road, and I’m not sure I can take it by his side, so I punish him, refusing to grant forgiveness.But it’s still there—the spark. That incessant pull that I can’t escape.The deepest scars of our hearts spill out. All the secrets we kept locked away are laid bare.Everything is different. Time is running out.All the infractions are catching up to us."

Hoping to have a good time on a lonely night, Kelvin visits a strip club he barely goes to. Kelvin’s presence in the club draws the attention of Shola and her colleagues who were trying so hard to stay away from trouble. But the event between Kelvin and an exotic dancer led to other events: Kelvin running off in a hurry, a Worm who found interest in Kelvin, and Shola and her colleagues in a bid to unravel Kelvin’s mysteries. This night and its events would lead to a forbidden romance between a werewolf and a vampire which would put several lives in the line of danger.

Sienna catches her husband, Marcus cheating on her with her best friend on their wedding anniversary and he demands a divorce, blaming her for her childlessness. Barely 24 hours after, she is confirmed pregnant but she decides to move to a new city and start her life afresh. She faces a lot of struggles working as a secretary in a multi-billionaire record label. She gets offered a contract by the CEO for her to be his fake wife for public appearances and they agree that it would be strictly business with no strings attached. But as time goes on, they both start to fall for each other, but what happens when her ex-husband comes crawling back?

Ava Carter is barely making ends meet while taking care of her little brother. When billionaire Colton Sinclair offers her an unexpected deal—to carry a child for him—she’s hesitant but desperate enough to accept. The baby isn’t his, but his late sister’s, and after the original surrogate disappeared, he’s running out of time. What starts as a business arrangement soon grows complicated. As Ava and Colton spend more time together, their connection deepens, and emotions they never expected begin to surface. But when secrets come to light, will their deal bring them together—or tear them apart?

The year was 1934; I was twenty-two years old. I never thought of myself as anything special. I was barely making it through the Great Depression. There were many days I lived off of scraps. I was the king of odd jobs, just enough to get by. I had done it all, from being a field hand to a miner. It all changed one night when I stumbled across a traveling circus, Cirque du Lune. I had never seen such a sight. Instead of the usual menagerie, this circus was overrun with wolves. There was one performer who caught my eye; it was as if an angel had descended from heaven on a silk ribbon.