Critical Overlord

Grace Monroe was a supermodel who walked away from the runway to build something real… her own sustainable fashion line. When billionaire hedge fund manager Carter Vaughn pursued her relentlessly, she believed she'd found a partner who saw beyond her face. Three years into their marriage, she discovers sex videos of Carter with multiple women, including her former best friend Stella. But the real devastation comes when she finds a contract: Carter married her as part of a bet with his elite boys' club… the first to stay married to a "perfect 10" for three years wins fifty million dollars. She was never a wife. She was a wager. Grace takes the scorched-earth divorce settlement and disappears. What Carter doesn't know: she's pregnant with twins. Grace returns as the founder of GRACE, a feminist fashion empire built on her viral campaign exposing "trophy culture." She's on magazine covers with her twin boys, August and James, refusing to name their father. She's wealthy, powerful, and untouchable. Carter's reputation is destroyed, his boys' club dissolved in scandal, and his fortune is crumbling from boycotts and bad investments. But when Carter discovers the twins are his… through a morally questionable secret DNA test—everything changes. He's not the man who made that bet anymore. Prison time for securities fraud, the loss of everything he valued, and watching Grace become the woman he prevented her from being has broken and rebuilt him. Now he wants his family back. Can a man who treated her as a commodity learn to truly love? Can she risk her sons' hearts on the father who didn't know they existed? And when Carter's former friends try to destroy Grace's empire to punish Carter, will she let him fight beside her or will she prove she never needed saving?

Sloane is bright, fiercely athletic, almost 20 yo Sophomore student. On the track, she's a promising runner with Olympic-sized dreams. Off the track, she's perfectly happy being one of the guys, "the funny one"-a sharp contrast to the typical well dress college girl. But last semester, her tomboy façade cracked. A disastrous, unreciprocated confession to her lifelong best friend left a permanent, painful dent in their friendship. She was ready to power through the awkwardness, keep her head down, and focus on her sophomore season, when, her world was shaken. A celebrated international star athlete and new exchange student, steps onto campus and into Sloane's life. He's popular, he's gorgeous, and he sees the vibrant woman under the baggy sweatshirts. He doesn't just challenge Sloane on the field; he forces her to confront her greatest flaw: her deep-seated belief that she's not beautiful. But as he teaches her what "beauty" truly means, a complicated new set of rules emerges, with her scholarship at risk and loosing her mind over calculus. Can Sloane chase her running dreams, navigate a new and intense romance, and survive the rumors, bad grades, and campus chaos that follow? Or will the pressure of becoming someone new lead to the biggest stumble of her life? ♡ This romantic comedy explores the complications of academic and athletic pressure at the high level demanded by universities as well as the modern beauty standards, while also capturing how fun and dramatic campus life can be for young people. ┖┈┈┈┈୨♡୧┈┈┈┈୨♡୧┈┈┈┈୨♡୧┈┈┈┈┚ This book is entirely a work of fiction. The characters are all fictional, and all rights to this work are reserved by the author.

Peut on vivre comme dans les télé novela ? Souvent on s’imagine que les films sont terriblement loins de la vérité mais parfois il se peut qu’ils existent et j’en suis la preuve vivante. Entre trahison, mensonges, tromperie, changement, bouleversement et amour, il y a de quoi perdre la tête.

The good girl, do no wrong employee who always plays by the rules finds herself in a place she never imagined. Life goes from simple to complicated in the blink of an eye. The new handsome, ruthless, demanding boss catches everyone's eye. But could he really be attracted to her. Could she allow herself to break the rules and risk it all? Or could his secrets threaten to end everything before it ever starts?

จู่ๆ ‘สาวไทย’ ก็ถูกดึงทะลุมิติเข้าไปในซีรีส์จีนแนวเทพเซียนเรื่องโปรด แต่คงเพราะเป็นลูกรักสวรรค์กระมัง นางถึงมาโผล่อยู่กลางสนามรบ! ซ้ำยังถูก ‘เซียนหนุ่ม’ หิ้วกลับไปเป็นบ่าวรับใช้อีก… เวรแท้!

舞台は古代中国、三教の一つである道教の修仙界。 呪符を扱う四つの正統門派『大篆門(だいていもん)・寒仙雪門(かんせんせつもん)・緑琉門(りゅうりゅうもん)・金龍台門(きんりゅうだいもん)』たちが、日々蠢く邪祟や妖魔を退治し、世を統治していた。　　 　しかしある日、四つの門派を統括する天台山の裏手にある華陰山で、地の主として祀られていた【三神寳(さんしんほう)】が、突厥の手によって盗まれてしまう。 　これにより全ての統治が保てず、世が乱れ始めるのだが、それと同時に、十年前に大敵である青鳴天(チンミンティェン)との闘いの末、強力な霊符の反動で謎の死を遂げてしまった最強の呪符師・墨余穏(モーユーウェン)が突然甦る。 　 　記憶は今世でも引き継がれ、前世では叶わぬ恋心を抱いていた寒仙雪門の門主・師玉寧(シーギョクニン)と再会を果たすが、墨余穏は師玉寧に新たな想い人がいることを知ってしまう…。しかし、それは━︎━︎。 　それぞれの想いが過去、未来へと繋がり、繚乱していく仙侠中華BL。

They loved each other too loudly, too deeply, and too young. Zenia lost her voice trying to save Xairon. Xairon lost his world without realizing he was the one destroying it. She disappeared to survive. He stayed behind, unaware that she carried a life born from their love. When fate brings them together again, love returns—wounded, fragile, and dangerous. This time, they must decide whether love is worth risking everything… again. But how do you forgive the man who broke you, when your heart still remembers how he once saved you? Sometimes love deserves a second chance. Sometimes it destroys you twice.

Di dunia kultivasi, kebaikan adalah kelemahan. Lin Yuan pernah menjadi murid inti Sekte Awan Giok, seorang jenius yang bertarung di garis depan demi kehormatan sekte. Ia percaya pada sumpah, pada keadilan, dan pada langit yang mengawasi perbuatan manusia. Namun dengan pengabdian itu Lin Yuan malah mendapatkan pengkhianatan dari sekte dan akhirnya mati. Namun Lin Yuan tidak mati, dia kembali ke masa lalu. Dengan ingatan kehidupan sebelumnya, Lin Yuan menempuh jalan kultivasi yang kejam dan berdarah. Ia memanfaatkan manusia, memanipulasi sekte, dan mengorbankan siapa pun yang menghalangi jalannya. Baginya, surga hanyalah kebohongan, dan iblis adalah bentuk paling jujur dari kelangsungan hidup. Satu per satu, mereka yang pernah menghancurkannya akan merasakan ketakutan yang sama. Bukan demi keadilan. Bukan demi belas kasihan. Melainkan demi balas dendam.

Di balik gemerlap kota modern yang tak pernah tidur, seorang gadis kecil bernama Alina menjalani hidup yang tampak biasa. Berusia 10 tahun, ia tinggal bersama neneknya di sebuah apartemen sederhana, menjalani hari-hari seperti anak-anak lainnya hingga sebuah kejadian aneh mengubah segalanya. Sejak kecil, Alina memiliki kemampuan unik, setiap kali ia menyentuh seseorang yang sedang sakit atau terluka, rasa sakit mereka berkurang, dan luka mereka perlahan sembuh. Awalnya, ia mengira itu hanya kebetulan, tetapi ketika serangkaian bencana terjadi di kotanya, orang-orang jatuh sakit tanpa sebab, kebakaran misterius melanda beberapa gedung, dan sosok-sosok bayangan mulai muncul di malam hari. Alina menyadari bahwa ada sesuatu yang lebih besar sedang terjadi. Alina yang hanya seorang anak kecil, mampukah melindungi orang yang di sayanginya?

Leia Welsh, the ex-ice hockey pro turned college student overnight, is faced with a life-altering decision after a career-ending injury, or so everyone thinks. Offered the chance to coach the men's hockey team, Leia must prove herself to a bunch of rowdy childish men who probably only listen to Taylor Swift. Especially Kohl Warren, the junior player with a major sexual issues with her. Amidst the chaos of college hormones and hockey sticks flying everywhere, Leia and Kohl form an unlikely bond. Can they put aside their differences and win the big game? Or will their egos clash and ruin it all?