Black Adam

“You really think a chrome leash makes me yours?” Timothy’s voice was a jagged shard of glass, his pulse thrumming frantically against the cold metal of the Blackwell collar. Kan leaned in, the scent of expensive bourbon and gunpowder clinging to him. He captured Timothy’s chin, forcing those defiant lavender eyes to meet his own. “It doesn’t make you mine, little ghost. It just keeps you still long enough for me to show you why you’ll never want to leave.” Behind him, Gideon’s shadow fell over them both, heavy and suffocating. “Careful, Kan,” the enforcer rumbled, his knuckles still stained with the blood of the men who’d tried to stop them. “He’s a reaper. He doesn't want a home. He wants a body count.” One Ghost. Two Predators. No Escape. Timothy Gal is a shadow. A high-level operative for the Nash Rebellion, he’s spent his life as a nameless tool in the war-torn Sopttyi District. He doesn’t feel, he doesn’t miss, and he certainly doesn't belong to anyone. But when a routine surveillance mission in Saati Town goes south, he catches the eye of the two most dangerous men in the Blackwell Mafia. Gideon Blackwell is the muscle—a man of controlled violence and territorial hunger. Kan Nelblack is the mind—a predator with a silver tongue and a taste for absolute submission. They don’t just want Timothy’s secrets. They want his soul.

Richard Franklin has left his Midwestern roots behind to live on the coast of Maine with his family. But in the autumn of the year 2000, he must return to his Illinois birthplace on a sorrowful journey. His wife Michelle has been killed in New England by a hit-and-run driver who is never found, so back home he comes with her cremated remains, to fulfill a final wish and on her birthday scatter her ashes in the park along the river in Blackwater Valley—simply Blackwater Val to locals—the small town where they both grew up and fell in love. With him he brings his six-year-old daughter Katie who still grieves for her lost mother: Katie, who can sometimes guess who’s going to be on the phone before it rings. Who can stop all the clocks in the house, and break up clouds in the sky with her mind, and heal sicknesses, and who sometimes sees things that aren’t there...people who are no longer alive. All gifts she inherited from her mother. Only something isn’t quite right in the Val. Sinkholes are opening up, revealing the plague pits the sleepy hamlet was built over in the 1830s, when malaria and cholera outbreaks ran riot. Mysterious bird and fish die-offs begin to occur, and Katie can see ghosts of the dead gathering all around. But what she can’t see is the charred, centuries-old malevolence which has been waiting for her, and wants her for its very own. Or the pale Sallow Man who haunts the town’s nighttime streets...or the river witch—another Blackwater Val, of sorts—each of whom will be drawn one by one into the nightmarish bloodletting about to take place. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

La vie de Mu Li a subi un changement radical le jour où elle a été reconnue par la famille Mu. Bien qu'elle ait eu du mal à s'adapter au début, elle a découvert qu'elle avait un autre fiancé ! De plus, c'était son ennemi juré qu'elle avait arnaqué d'un milliard ! Non, elle doit rompre ce mariage ! Cependant, quelqu'un l'a plaquée contre la porte et a déclaré : " Tu m'as arnaqué d'argent, et tu veux fuir ?" Mu Li a répondu d'un ton ferme: "Non, je n'ai pas d'argent non plus." "Si tu n'as pas d'argent, alors utilise-toi pour rembourser ta dette." En disant cela, il l'a emmenée de force avec lui...

PART 2 - OWNED BY THE BULLY - IS OUT NOW! Alice only wanted to help her younger brother when she confronted his bully. She ends up agreeing to do whatever Adam wants in return for him leaving her brother alone. He goes one step further, befriending and protecting her brother, but only for as long as Alice agrees to follow his orders. Orders that become increasingly difficult for her to agree to.

Adina Daugherty became pregnant after being framed and gave birth to quadruplets. Her younger sister stole two of those children to tie herself to the Winters family, while Adina faced death to escape with the other two children. Five years later, Adina returned triumphantly. Since her sister loved pretending to be pure despite her rotten heart, she would torment her. As for her other two children? She would snatch them back! Duke Winters pinned her against the bed and said, “Why don’t you steal me as well?”Adina sneered. “Dream on!”But right after saying it, she puked. “So… how many children this time?” Duke asked.

Selama 2 tahun pernikahan dengan Romeo Albantara, Suri harus menahan kepedihan karena dianggap sebagai istri cacat yang mandul oleh keluarga suaminya. Namun, ia terus bertahan dalam pernikahan--berharap Romeo mencintainya. Hanya saja, foto mesra sang suami dengan cinta pertamanya membuat Suri sadar akan kebodohannya. Ia memilih menyerah dan meminta cerai untuk kembali menjadi dirinya yang asli: seorang arsitek dan pelukis terkenal! Tapi anehnya, mengapa Romeo justru tak mau melepasnya? IG : inspirasi.riscaame

Lydia Darnell died after betrayal. She was framed by her family, abandoned by her husband, and discarded like trash. But death wasn’t the end. She wakes up three months before her murder with one chilling resolve. Once bitten, twice shy. This time, she would never take the fall for her sister’s crimes. She would not stoop low to beg for her cold billionaire husband’s attention. Lydia sets out to dismantle the gilded cage they had used to imprison her. And she certainly will never let the so-called “gratitude” be used as a leash. Adrian Blackwell watches in stunned silence until the wife he ignored becomes the woman he can’t live without. Now that he is obsessed with her, he would do anything to win her back. But Lydia’s done playing victim. Her revenge is quiet, lethal, and flawless without an iota of empathy. Along comes Lucas Costello, a kind architect who shows her what real love looks like. And Adrian realizes too late that the woman he had been hell-bent on destroying is the only one who ever truly loved him. He wants her back again, but some second chances, they come too late.

When Ava walked into that bar, she only wanted to forget. Forget the man who left her for money. Forget the wedding she was never meant to attend. But one drink, one stranger, and one reckless night changed everything. She woke up in a stranger’s bed only to find out he wasn’t a stranger at all. He was Adrian Blackwell, her CEO. Cold, powerful, and dangerously irresistible. Adrian swore he didn’t do love. He didn’t chase. He didn’t lose control. Until Ava. Now he wants her body, soul, and every breath she takes. But loving Adrian means walking a thin line between passion and danger… because the man who owns her heart might also be the one who ruins her.

It was a bad idea. She knew it but she had no choice. After finding herself penniless after the death of her parents who nevertheless had a good fortune, Rose had no other idea than to loot the trunk of her old house to pay for her little sister's treatment. Anyway, it wasn't a theft because nobody knows about this safe... The house was empty because it was for sale, she was going to sneak in and she would never set foot there again. It was a perfect idea... When she entered the house, she suspected that there was someone but she persisted and continued... -Who are you? What are you doing at my house? She was so relieved that no one had touched her money so she hadn't even heard the footsteps... She turned to see a man...a man with a mask covering half his face. .. Frightened, she did not expect that this night could change her life... -I'll let you take your trunk and I'll offer you double more so that you serve as my escort, for one night... Rose could not understand such a proposal. However, she had no choice...

Willa Hale hatte nicht vor, gefährlich zu werden. In der Nacht, als sie ihren Freund und ihre beste Freundin in flagranti erwischte, gab sie sich ein Versprechen: Keine Tränen mehr, kein kleines Spiel mehr, nicht länger das Mädchen zu sein, das alle vergessen zu beschützen. Sie hatte genug davon, weichherzig zu sein. Sie hatte nicht mit Cassian Blackwood gerechnet, ruhig, beherrscht, aber mit einem brennenden Verlangen unter der Oberfläche. Sie hatte nicht mit Lucian gerechnet, rücksichtslos, charismatisch und unwiderstehlich. Und vor allem hatte sie nicht mit Elias gerechnet, still, vorsichtig, der sie sah, als sie sich am meisten bemühte, ungesehen zu bleiben. Sie wusste nicht, dass sie Brüder waren. Jetzt weiß es jemand. Jemand, der sie von Anfang an beobachtet hat. Jemand, der Dinge über Willa und die Blackwoods weiß, die keiner von ihnen dem anderen anvertraut hat. Und sie sind im Begriff, jedes Geheimnis wie ein Streichholz zu entzünden. Wenn dich das Feuer findet, kannst du nicht entscheiden, ob es dich verbrennt. Du kannst nur entscheiden, was überlebt.