Books Similar To The Catcher In The Rye

When Victoria Hale catches her fiancé kissing her cousin at their engagement party, the betrayal is only the beginning. In front of her entire family, he announces he never loved her and publicly humiliates her as delusional and desperate. Cornered and broken, Victoria makes an impulsive lie: she already has someone else. The problem? She points to Simon Reed, the mysterious homeless man she's been feeding at the local shelter. The bigger problem? Simon plays along. What Victoria doesn't know is that Simon Reed doesn't exist. He's actually Simon Savage, billionaire CEO hiding from a corporate betrayal that nearly destroyed him. Their courthouse wedding was supposed to be temporary, a favor to help her save face. But fake vows start feeling real. Protective touches linger too long. And Victoria's vengeful ex is digging into Simon's past, getting dangerously close to the truth. When Simon's identity explodes at a charity gala, Victoria realizes she hasn't just married a stranger. She's married one of the most powerful men in the world. And he might be the only man who's ever truly seen her.

Sa isang hindi inaasahang pangyayari, nasa bingit ng kamatayan ang buhay ni Rosianne Santiago dahil sa isang aksidente. Sa tulong ni Nathalie Lucero ay nabigyan siya ng pangalawang buhay ngunit may kapalit lahat ng tulong nito. Sa pamamagitan ng marriage contract ay nakilala niya si Jacob Illustre, ang lalaking bilyonaryo at ang papakasalan niya. Para kay Rosianne, pera lamang at utang na loob ang nagpapatagal at nagpapatibay ng kanyang sikmura upang ipagpatuloy niya ang kanyang pagpapanggap. Ngunit, unti-unti ng nahulog ang kanyang loob kay Jacob kahit alam niyang labag ito sa kanyang nilagdaang kontrata. Matigas man siya sa panglabas na anyo ngunit hindi maatim ng kanyang puso na ipagpatuloy niya ang panloloko habang minamahal niya ito kaya lilisan na lamang siya. Ngunit, sa hindi inaasahang pangyayari ay nagbalik si Nathalie at iniba nito ang takbo ng kwento. Hindi na mahanap ni Rosianne ang kontratang hawak niya bilang katibayan na napagkasunduan nilang dalawa ito. Paniniwalaan pa kaya siya ni Jacob nung malaman nitong niloloko siya nito? Ipaglalaban kaya ni Rosianne ang kanyang nararamdaman kay Jacob kahit na makulong siya? Mananaig kaya ang kanilang pagmamahalan O tatakbo na lamang siya at mamuhay ng payapa kasama ang dinadala niyang anak nila ni Jacob Illustre?

Juliet Fredrick has spent her life staying unnoticed. Working the night shift at a fast-food chain, paying her mother’s hospital bills, keeping her younger sister safe. She knows how the world works: nobody saves you. You save yourself. But everything changes the night she crosses paths with Ejike Olatunji. He is more than the richest man in Africa. He is a man whispered about. Ruthless in business. Untouchable in power. Unbreakable in will. And he has just made Juliet an offer that sounds like salvation: Marry him. Play the loyal wife. Protect his public image. In exchange, he will save her family. Juliet steps into a life she has never imagined: penthouses, private jets, global boardrooms, and people who smile at her while planning her destruction. Because Ejike has enemies. And now, so does she. A jealous socialite who refuses to be replaced. A rival billionaire who plays mind games with a smile. A former partner who wants the empire burned to the ground. The closer Juliet gets to Ejike, the more she realizes something is wrong. He is not just closed off. He is watching. He is waiting. And he is hiding a secret dangerous enough to shatter them both. Someone is lying. Someone is hunting them. And the only person Juliet can trust is the man she was never supposed to love. A marriage built on survival is becoming something else. But love, here, is not tender. Love is a battlefield. And the first mistake could be fatal.

She traded her magic for survival. He traded his humanity for power. Now they’ll trade everything for love. Kamari is dying—poisoned by fifteen years of suppressing the magic that killed her mother. With only months left, she crosses dimensions to save her son from a scientist who turns children into weapons. Enzo Cesario escaped that same hell years ago. Now a mafia Don hiding his wolf-breed nature behind expensive suits and colder smiles, he’s spent a decade trying to become human again—trying to atone for the woman he murdered when the beast took control. When their scents collide, a mate bond ignites that neither can deny and both are desperate to destroy. He’s the predator she should fear. She’s the witch who’s been running from her power for fifteen years. Now they’re working together to rescue thirty-two kidnapped children while fighting an attraction that defies logic, threatens everything they’ve sworn to protect, and might be the only thing that can save them both.

Kisah tentang seorang gadis bernama Starla Keina Fazwa. Si gadis dengan seribu luka yang terpendam di dalam hatinya. Semenjak kepergian sang bunda, keluarganya runtuh perlahan dan mulai kehilangan keharmonisan di dalamnya. Itulah alasan Starla bertekad untuk memperbaiki keluarganya supaya bisa kambeli seperti dulu lagi. Akankah Starla bisa menggapai keinginan kecilnya itu?

Eve is a normal college girl who is forced to make a tough choice in order to stay in school. When a mysterious stranger gives her an offer she can’t refuse, her life is forever changed. Eve tries to navigate her new lifestyle working for a madam and suddenly having money and high end gifts thrown at her. She faces determined suitors who present a variety of challenges, but is true love just at an arm’s reach? Her life is rocked by an impossible proposal that leaves her questioning all she once knew. Just when all seems perfect and Eve is on top of the world, the past comes back to haunt her … leaving her future hanging in the balance. Will the love of her life accept her? Will she accept her love’s crazy billionaire lifestyle and secret plot against his family? Join Eve on this rollercoaster as she seeks out self acceptance, love and assists her lover with the revenge story of a lifetime. One day Eve is a naive, simple college girl, and within a few short months she is a billionaire’s wife and helping to bring down an empire.

She is a to die for beauty, twenty-seven years without a husband or boyfriend, her first love who she never got to make hers is the only man she has ever learned to love and was it. People have been calling her a spinster unknowingly o her. And the first day someone calls it to her face, it was him, the most wanted bachelor in the country. But no one knows him, he is a mysterious man known worldwide but no one knows his real identity. Her rock-hard heart skips when she hears his voice for the first time, “You are mine for tonight, spinster Kira” “Then you will be my boyfriend, I am no spinster.”

A wild night, a bunch of young adults, some booze and everything fun. What could possibly go wrong! Mating season, everyone must find someone at least. Sao doesn't want a mate but he needs to have one because everyone expects everyone to. Winter doesn't care about mating either. She hopes to leave before the mates ritual. But she bumps into Sao who turns out to be her mate. The wild night takes them to a tattoo artist. One tattoo called Fahara sends them to an unknown desert. They discover hidden past between them and work together to find the heart of magic which secretly was their lives mission. Winter discovers more about herself. Turns out she is gifted. The Fahara is a kind of mind game that is treacherous and dangerous. These two must complete their mission to get out of the Fahara. They are cautious but don't forget to have fun thanks to adventurous Sao.

Aubrey Devlin is a newbie in Hollywood, but she's climbing up the stairs of fame at a high speed. When Aubrey's favourite singer and actor, Jordan Hill, surprises her at one of the most famous TV shows her life will turn upside down. Life won't be the same for either of them. Happiness will be there, but so is sadness. Slowly, they'll fall for each other, but fate has its certain way of testing their relationship. Will they survive?

My name is Lennie Sherman, and I am a python handler. However, I gradually realize that the python doesn't quite like me. Every time we meet, it will always use its tail to hit my private part and then hiss in my face.