Best Modern Noir Novels

Eliah Calder, jeune étudiante accusée d’un crime qu’elle n’a pas commis, est internée dans un lieu hors du monde : Eden Noir, un institut psychiatrique secret, conçu pour des "patients sans remède". Mais derrière les murs, rien ne ressemble à un hôpital. C’est un laboratoire. Une prison blanche. Un théâtre de contrôle mental. Et surtout, il y a Caïn Morgenstern, directeur charismatique, glaçant, manipulateur de génie. Il ne soigne pas : il expérimente. Il dissèque l’âme humaine. Et Eliah devient son sujet favori. Sa faiblesse. Son terrain de jeu. Sauf qu’elle refuse de plier. Ce qui devait être une descente… devient une guerre. Entre deux esprits. Deux corps. Deux monstres en miroir. Entre manipulation et attraction, douleur et dépendance, Eliah va comprendre qu’elle n’a jamais été choisie au hasard. Elle est le cœur d’un projet plus vaste. Et Caïn, peut-être, ne l’a jamais vraiment possédée.

"Her mom's a witch. Her dad's a demon.And she just wants to be ordinary.Being part of a demon raising is way less exciting than it sounds.Sydlynn Hayle's teen life couldn't be more complicated. Trying to please her coven is all a fantasy while the adventure of starting over in a new town and fending off a bully cheerleader who hates her are just the beginning of her troubles. What to do when delicious football hero Brad Peters--boyfriend of her cheer nemesis--shows interest? If only the darkly yummy witch, Quaid Moromond, didn't make it so difficult for her to focus on fitting in with the normal kids despite her paranormal, witchcraft laced home life. Forced to take on power she doesn't want to protect a coven who blames her for everything, only she can save her family's magic.If her family's distrust doesn't destroy her first.Hayle Coven Novels is created by Patti Larsen, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author."

Women. Booze. Casual Sex and repeat. Yan ang nakasanayang buhay ng isang Saint Paris De Luca - isang casanovang bilyonaryo. Pangalang sinisigaw ng mga kababaihan at kinaiinggitan naman ng mga kalalakihan. Ipinangako niya sa sarili na walang babaeng makakapagpaluhod sa kanya sa kahit anong kagustuhan nito. No stress - no love , just sex. Hanggang dumating ang isang araw na aksidente niyang narinig na ipapakasal siya ng mga magulang sa isang babaeng nagngangalang Lois Andromeda Verlice. Isang babaeng ang prioridad ang pamilya at pangarap, malayong malayo sa iniisip niyang katulad ito ng ibang babaeng humahabol sa kanya. Ang babaeng ayaw din sa lalaking babaero tulad niya. At hindi siya pwede matali ng basta basta man lang, hindi niya kayang i-give up ang kalayaang meron siya ngayon bilang binata. Sanay siyang siya ang hinahabol at sinasamba ng mga babae. Kaya naman hinikayat niyang umayon ito sa plano niyang magpapangap silang magkasintahan kalaunan para na rin sa ikakabuti ng kondisyon ng ama niya. He love his life more than ever. Pero paano nalang niya gagawin yon kung araw-araw nito ipinaparamdam sa kanya kung ano ang kulang sa buhay niya. The love he never believe it existed. Mananatili pa ba silang magpapanggap para lang lokohin ang mga sarili nila, na alam nilang sa una palang talo na o mag take ng risk para sa pagmamahal na inaasam nila para sa isa't isa?

Kisah cinta yang terhalang oleh status dan derajat antara pembantu dan sang majikan. Yaitu, Leon dan Mila.Akankah berakhir indah atau malah sebaliknya?

*Warning: Story contains mature 18+ scene read at your own risk..."“If you want the freedom of your boyfriend then you have to hand over your freedom to me. You have to marry me,” when Shishir said and forced her to marry him, Ojaswi had never thought that this contract marriage was going to give her more than what was taken from her for which it felt like modern Fairytale.

Alicia Cooper, une jeune fille de 17 ans, qui a eu un traumatisme dans son enfance, en perdant ses parents très jeune. À cause de cette tragédie , elle est devenue introvertie, et très timide. Pour éviter d'être remarqué par les autres, elle se cache dans des vêtements amples. Le destin lui joue des tours, en faisant la rencontre du milliardaire Jensen Campbell, PDG de la plus grande entreprise du pays. Ils ont eu une nuit passionnée. Que se passera t-il quand le PDG Campbell cherchera à trouver la fille de cette nuit là ? Saura t-il que c'est son assistante personnelle, déguisée, en vue de cacher sa personne ? Des mystères et des secrets de son passé commencent à faire leurs apparitions, va-t-elle les affronter ou les ignorer ?

Her name was Cathedra. Leave her last name blank, if you will. Where normal people would read, "And they lived happily ever after," at the end of every fairy tale story, she could see something else. Three different things. Three words: Lies, lies, lies. A picture that moves. And a plea: Please tell them the truth. All her life she dedicated herself to becoming a writer and telling the world what was being shown in that moving picture. To expose the lies in the fairy tales everyone in the world has come to know. No one believed her. No one ever did. She was branded as a liar, a freak with too much imagination, and an orphan who only told tall tales to get attention. She was shunned away by society. Loveless. Friendless. As she wrote "The End" to her novels that contained all she knew about the truth inside the fairy tale novels she wrote, she also decided to end her pathetic life and be free from all the burdens she had to bear alone. Instead of dying, she found herself blessed with a second life inside the fairy tale novels she wrote, and living the life she wished she had with the characters she considered as the only friends she had in the world she left behind. Cathedra was happy until she realized that an ominous presence lurks within her stories. One that wanted to kill her to silence the only one who knew the truth.

In a small town, there lived a lady named Belle. She's the Unica hija of a merchant. She loved his merchant father dearly for it was her only family left. But one day someone knocked on her door saying that his father was in trouble. Would she be able to save his beloved father? Sure she will, no matter what happens. But she didn't expect the consequences that might happen. She didn't expect to marry a disgustingly handsome beast. A business tycoon beast named William. And she didn’t even think that she would fall for him but she did, easily and without a warning. And one more thing, she got pregnant at an unexpected time. What would she do first? Would she tell him or would she hide it from him? Would she be able to raise a baby alone? And would William learn to love her?

Semua orang menertawakannya si lemah, si pecundang, si “Bunga Layu” di Akademi Cahaya Jiwa. Tapi mereka tidak tahu, Bara menyimpan kekuatan yang tidak bisa dilihat siapa pun. Ia bukan kultivator biasa—ia adalah Kultivator Jiwa, penganut ajaran kuno yang melatih ketenangan, bukan amarah; pikiran, bukan tenaga. Saat para jenius sibuk mengejar pil dan kekuasaan, Bara justru menelusuri rahasia jiwa dan emosi manusia. Hingga suatu hari, Master Kegelapan menyusup ke akademi, menyebarkan ketakutan dan kekacauan. Saat semua orang runtuh, hanya satu sosok yang masih berdiri tenang: Bara. Dengan senyum santai dan jiwa yang tak terguncang, ia membuktikan bahwa kekuatan terbesar bukanlah menghancurkan orang lain... tetapi menaklukkan diri sendiri. “Kultivator Jiwa Modern” kisah tentang ketenangan batin yang menjadi kekuatan absolut di dunia yang kacau.

Issue d’une famille recomposée, Chantelle a grandi en marge, élevée avec amour par sa grand-mère après la mort de sa mère. Écartée par son père Gérard, dominé par sa nouvelle épouse Rhonda, et reléguée derrière Mégane, sa demi-sœur prétentieuse, elle a appris à survivre dans le silence. Lorsque sa grand-mère tombe gravement malade, un diagnostic sans appel bouleverse son quotidien. N’ayant ni soutien familial ni ressources suffisantes, Chantelle accepte une proposition inattendue : 100 nuits contre un million d’euros, avec un homme riche, dont elle ne connaîtra jamais l'identité. À chaque rencontre, l’homme porte un masque, garde le silence, et ne lui laisse que des transferts bancaires anonymes et un parfum entêtant comme souvenir. Un jour, contrainte par son père de participer à un dîner familial, Chantelle découvre avec stupeur le fiancé de Mégane : Collen Wilkerson, PDG froid et inaccessible du puissant groupe où elle travaille comme simple employée. Dès leur rencontre, elle est troublée. Un détail la foudroie : son parfum. C’est exactement celui de l’homme masqué avec qui elle a partagé douze nuits et il en restait quatre-vingt-huit.