Can Love Last

The duchess who succumbed to madness, that would be the title she would be remembered by, Ethel didn't need any more of this, didn't want any more of this, didn't want to continue on that mortal plane that would keep taking her to a bottomless pit. But, someone brought her back, and promised her a second chance...what would she do with such a miracle?

Growing up, you may have heard stories about magical creatures and other unknown beings that the grownups would tell kids to make them behave and listen better. These stories didn't start out as 'Once Upon a Time' instead would be told as a warning to not go to a place or be out past a certain time or else something would come and take them away. Most of the stories were passed on by the elders over the many generations. There is this one specific story you are about to hear, or I should say read is about a young woman by the name of Ashley who grew up hearing all kinds of these stories. She would come to find out that a certain story that she has heard many times wasn't just some made up fairy tale. Once she turns18, her will change forever.

"Why..." April stuttered. "Why are you looking at me like that?" "Like what?" "Like you want to eat me." "I do want to eat you" Mateo smirked, then his face turned serious as he cornered her by the wall, his muscular body hovering above hers. "But before that..." He paused, his voice hoarse and deep. "Before that?" April tilted her head to the side to have a better view of him. "I'd hold your waist against mine and kiss you" He whispered against her ear and his hot breath fanned her sending chills down her spine. "I'd kiss you so passionately till you open up for me and when you do, I'll explore your mouth with my tongue till we're both breathless and aroused. Then my kisses will trail to your neck and then to your breasts." His voice came out as a ragged, painful whisper. April placed her hands on his chest to stop him as his words were doing things to her she couldn't understand. "W-what about the contract?" She said in a breathy voice. "Damn that stupid contract!" Mateo said and captured her lips in his. ************ April, an intern of an event planning firm was offered the biggest opportunity of her career; to plan the marriage of London's youngest billionaire, Mateo Hades. On the day of the wedding, Mateo's bride mysteriously disappeared leaving April with no choice but to step in as the new bride. Read to find out how their love story unfolds.

Victor Van Hellfrost is a powerful businessman and heir to a CEO in the automotive industry who likes to sleep with any woman he finds attractive at the time he wants and how he wants, but when he is brutally rejected by one of his maids, something in him shudders and that ends up releasing a very dark secret inside him, which he had almost completely forgotten. The powerful man keeps a mystery inside him and the same woman who rejected him ends up driving him crazy. The man who on moonlit nights is a wild beast and by day is a millionaire knight, finally ends up entangled in the nets of his past, and just when he finally felt really attracted to a woman, the lonely alpha finally meets his doom.

Because broken heart, Shaquelle accepted a proposal from a well-known businessman named Jerry Garth. Someone Shaquelle had known recently.Whatever for reason she proposed to Shequelle.In his doubts, Shaquelle began to wonder, its possible that this marriage could cure his pain? Or's this just another drama in his life?

Cassie Burch, tall school vice-principal and as of late single woman, has met the man of her dreams. Tragically, her heart isn’t prepared for another relationship after at long last dumping her useless ex. When she concurs to a casual connect, she has no thought what she’s getting herself into. Sentiment is almost to hit her harder than she ever anticipated. Alpha wolf shifter, Claw Ruiz, is anxious and can’t figure out why. He fair opened a high-end shifter club, and the novelty has as of now worn off. When his mate lurches into him, he’s more than prepared to keep her until the end of time. And he’ll do anything he needs to demonstrate to her he’s worth her cherish. The issue is Cassie doesn’t need a genuine bond. And everything he does to attempt to sentiment her comes up short. He was kind of a twitch, but he’s changed. If he doesn’t figure out what he’s doing off-base, Cassie will take off him in the clean. And by pack law, if the alpha doesn’t mate, he must battle to the passing to keep his status. His heart and his life lay in Cassie’s hands. Can she cherish a man who turns into a wolf?

Sarah James was an average college student before she died in an accident when she was on her way to find a job. To her surprise, the next she opened her eyes, she was confronted with the truth that life had something against her. She was reincarnated into the Novel ‘True Love’ where the villainess Rubia Mary Albert Charleston was fated to die by the guillotine. Just when she thought things couldn't get any worse, she learns that the body she was reincarnated into was the body of the Villainous Lady herself...! Sarah's goal in her second life is to not shame the Charleston household whom she holds dear. She also has an ambition to humiliate the nobles that not only disrespected but also looked down upon Rubia. On her road to achieving the goals she has set for her second life she decides to unite the original female lead Catherine and Fredrick. Falling in love with Fredrick was the last thought on her head. Little did she know that she would come to love him little by little during their stay together. Sarah notices that the original events of the novel end up altering because of her appearance. Mathew who was saved by Rubia wishes to repay his debt to her through a promise. Catherine who was later declared a 'Saint' from a prophesy had no affection for Fredrick and, Fredrick who was supposed to fall in love with her at first sight also had no affection for her. The question to be asked is... "Will the villainous lady die once again..?"

"Loving you is unhealthy, I know it is" Loving a man with all my heart even if I already know his intention to me wasn't true. All his actions and gestures were just a part of their bet, in short... I'm just a bet. But I still loved him despite all of those red, just this once I want to follow my heart even if I know that it will also ruin me in the end. Just for once I want to know how to love and what it feels to be loved, even if it's just an act. I, Arela Charlie Maurier am willing to take a risk just to know what love feels like, I know I'm awful, but I'm desperate because this is my first and last chance. Love will always be the most painful risk that I'll be willing to take.

Seraphina: On my 16th birthday, my world collapsed. If not for the events of that night, I might have followed the path laid out for me—attending magic academy, marrying Stephen, and eventually succumbing to the fate that awaited all Moonbane under the cursed red moon. The red moon both empowers and destroys us. This curse has haunted my family for generations, but it’s not a fate I am willing to accept. Ambrosius: I’ve heard countless stories about Moonbane—their beauty, their strength. Some say they are the closest to immortality of all the ancient families. I wanted that power. I wanted to possess it completely. And then I met her.

Rejected by her pack and left with nothing, Irene never imagined she was chosen for more. Beneath the ancient Mother Tree, destiny awakens—three powerful brothers recognize her as their fated mate, the last omega born to restore what was lost. But prophecy is never simple. With enemies gathering and shadows rising, Irene must learn to wield the strength she never knew she had, or risk losing the brothers, the bond, and the future of the werewolf world. She was once forgotten. Now she is the key to everything.