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To everyone, Maxim and Maxine are two books that seem the opposite. Maxim is an open book, and Maxine is a closed book. Even so, they have a lot in common. Always misunderstood by everyone, also lonely in the crowd. What Maxim is looking for is in Maxine. And vise versa. Yet the world seems reluctant to be kind to let the two meet each other in one sense, to have them together like Alpha and Luna out there. Will love find its way, as most people say?

I receive a mysterious parcel on my fifth wedding anniversary. Inside the box are photos of my husband, Luke Madden, being intimate with his assistant. The photos go back a long time—they seem to start from over five years ago. The latest one was taken half a month ago. He, his assistant, and their daughter are playing by the seaside. They smile brightly in the photo and look like a happy family of three. I suppress my devastation and take medication to terminate my pregnancy. Then, I pull out my phone to text my mother. "I'll do as you say and get a divorce, Mom. I'll be back next month to take over the company."

“Give me one reason, Liv.” He stalked toward me, cornering me against the edge of the desk. “One good reason why I shouldn’t bend you over this desk and fuck you senseless.” My breath caught. “This is wrong, Damon. So wrong.” I pressed my palms flat against his chest, trying to create space. “You’re my brother-in-law…” “Not yet, love,” he whispered, fingers curling around my waist possessively. “You’re still engaged to him, but the man you’ll be getting married to…” Two fingers slipped into my heat, making me gasp. “…is me.” I should’ve walked away. I should’ve resisted. But I couldn't forget what it felt like to be his. * Olivia have the perfect life. The perfect fiancé. Marcus is everything she thought she wanted—sweet, charming, dependable. Safe. She thought she have it all figured out... Until the night of her engagement party, when she comes face-to-face with Damon—her ex. The man who had broken, damaged and left her for ruin, three years ago. The man she’s about to call brother-in-law. Now, old wounds rip open. Feelings she thought she buried, clawed their way back to the surface. And the man she once loved? He isn’t asking this time. Damon wants her back. And he’ll burn every bridge, including the one with his own brother—to make her his again. NOTE TO READERS: This is a dark, emotional, and scorching hot love story. It features a possessive anti-hero, messy family drama, emotional trauma, and morally gray decisions. If you’re looking for a soft romance with flowers and sunshine, this might not be it. But if you crave forbidden passion, flawed characters, and a love story that burns through betrayal and pains… Welcome to Olivia and Damon’s world.

Leigh Michaels has always hated Rocky Bolton. They bicker, annoy each other, and can not stand each other's presence. Born from parents who were best friends since College, it was natural that she and Rocky spent most of their time together. Something happened when they turned five breaking the peace between them, and Rocky became her worst enemy. When they grew into teens, they pretended to be sweet to each other to get their matchmaking parents off their backs. College came, and their pretense stopped. Leigh thought this time Rocky would be well out of her life for good, but she thought wrong. An unannounced visit from their moms forced them to meet again and spend time with each other. Seeing them together has thrown the school for a loop. Would this be the end of Leigh's peaceful college life, especially if it became known that the most popular guy in school was secretly engaged to a nobody like her? What about Rocky's rumored girlfriend? Will she take this news sitting down?

“Are you reading my mind right now?” he asks me while coming closer. “No, I am not.” “I wish you were. So that you can know how you have consumed my mind, how much I think about you. How I want to hold you and care for you. This is what has been going through my mind from the first day I saw you at our border with a protruding belly.” *** Lyra thought marriage to the Alpha would be her salvation, a chance to escape her father’s suffocating control. But when she overhears a deadly plan—one that marks her and her unborn child as pawns in a sinister power play—she makes the only choice that can save her life. With nothing but a cloak to hide her secret and no one to trust, Lyra runs. In a world where loyalty is tested and alliances shift like shadows, Lyra finds refuge in a rival pack, only to uncover gifts she never knew she possessed. But as her powers grow, so do the dangers lurking in the dark. While Damian, her estranged husband, searches for answers about his missing wife and child, and the truth behind his parents’ deaths—an even greater threat looms over them all. Yet some secrets refuse to stay hidden.

La septième fois que j'ai eu un rendez-vous avec Frédéric pour obtenir un acte de mariage et qu'il ne s'est pas présenté, j'ai volontairement coupé tout contact avec lui. Je ne suis allée à aucune réunion de mes amis lorsqu'il était là. Lorsqu'il a été invité à se présenter lors d'une fête d'université, je suis partie plus tôt. Lorsque mon entreprise a choisi de travailler avec lui, j'ai immédiatement démissionné. Même le jour de Noël, lorsqu'il est venu chez moi, je suis sortie sous prétexte de rendre visite à des amis. Je l'ai bloqué de mon téléphone et de mes comptes sociaux afin de rompre définitivement avec lui. Je ne le contactais pas et il ne me voyait pas. J'ai passé la majeure partie des trente premières années de ma vie à l'aimer de manière obsessionnelle et à prendre soin de lui du mieux que je pouvais. Ce n'était pas avant la septième fois qu'il a manqué à notre date d'acte de mariage que je me suis réveillée. Je ne voulais pas continuer comme ça. Même si j'étais seule, c'était mieux que d'attendre désespérément jour et nuit dans une maison vide !

La première fois que Nathan Saint-Clair, mon ami d'enfance, s'est éveillé en tant que loup-garou, nos amis m'ont appelée pour l'aider à traverser sa chaleur. Mais Nathan a secoué la tête : « Je ne veux vraiment pas qu'elle l'obtienne si facilement. L'amour du loup-garou est loyal avant tout, et la première personne que je marque devient mon unique compagne pour la vie. Quand Bella se présentera, je ne céderai pas même si elle supplie de m'aider. » Il a attendu depuis long temps, mais je ne suis jamais venue. Nathan ignorait que le garde du corps de son frère, Léo Simon, avait déjà inondé mon téléphone de messages : « Mademoiselle Leroy, Monsieur Théodore vous a déjà revendiquée comme sa compagne. Je vous en prie, pourriez-vous venir lui donner un baiser ? » Il s'est avéré que j'étais tombée en skiant et que j'étais morte cinq ans plus tôt. Son frère, Théodore Saint-Clair, m'avait marquée et m'avait offert la moitié de sa vie, me sauvant des griffes de la mort. Ce soir-là, j'ai enlacé le cou de Théodore et l'ai taquiné : « Théo, arrête de te retenir. Dis-moi, depuis combien d'années es-tu secrètement amoureux de moi ? »

Book one of The Little Wolf Series Ashley was the future Beta to the Red Ridge pack that's until his own mother turns the pack against him and leaves him no choice but to run for his life with his father by his side. All Ashley has ever wanted is to meet his mate and have a family but now he's faced with trying to simply survive. Can he and his father make it to somewhere safe or will more heartbreak stand in their way? Gamma Jack has a great life including friends that are more like family but the pain at the loss of his parents is never far away. With no other blood family he dreams of finding his mate and starting a new family but his mate is being hunted and only Jack can save him. Will Jack get to his mate in time or is he destined to forever be alone? The Little Wolf series recommended reading order Loved By The Gamma ~ Jack and Ashley's story His Little Wolf ~ Liam and Bethany's story

RÉSUMÉ : J'ai passé trois ans à être l'épouse parfaite : patiente, fidèle et aveugle. Puis un accident de voiture m'a arraché le bébé que je portais sans même le savoir. Et tandis que je gisais là, anéantie, mon mari fêtait la grossesse de sa maîtresse. C'est à ce moment-là que quelque chose a craqué en moi. Je le quitte enfin… et il regrettera d'avoir cru que je ne le ferais pas.

Stella Su, jeune femme la plus riche au monde, était arrivée discrètement à l'aéroport, mais elle a rapidement été entourée par des journalistes.Un journaliste lui a alors demandé : « Pourquoi votre mariage avec M. Fu, qui a été célébré il y trois ans, a-t-il pris subitement fin ? ».La jeune femme a souri : « Parce que je devais rentrer chez moi pour hériter d'une fortune familiale d'un milliard d’euros qui ferait de moi une femme très riche !»Le journaliste lui a ensuite demandé : « Est-il vrai que, d’après la rumeur, vous sortez chaque mois avec plus d'une douzaine de jeunes hommes? »Avant que la jeune femme n’ait pu répondre, une voix a jailli, tel un cri, tout à côté : « C'est faux !»Sortant de la foule, Zeus Fu voulait s’expliquer sur son intervention. « Moi aussi, j'ai une fortune familiale d'un milliard d'euros. Et si je demandais à Mlle Su d'hériter de la mienne ? »