Dex Keeper Of The Lost Cities Novels & Stories

Before the contract was even signed, the client's representative casually said he was craving pancakes with maple syrup. I didn't hesitate. I texted my fiancé, Nigel Cross, and asked him to stand in line and grab some. He came back with the box, all proud of himself. The client took one bite, and within seconds, his face went red. Hives bloomed across his neck. He shot to his feet, furious, and called the whole deal off on the spot. Then he turned around and handed the million-dollar order to Olivia Field, the intern who had rushed to grab him allergy meds. Three months of grinding work were gone just like that. I stood there, my throat tight, trying not to fall apart. Nigel squeezed my shoulder, his voice soft as he said, "It was just bad luck. Don't beat yourself up." I nodded weakly, drained of energy. But the second I stepped away, I heard him laughing in the break room with his friend. "That guy's seriously allergic to mango. Good thing I added mango syrup to the pancakes. Olivia's about to score a huge year-end bonus. Enough for a down payment on her new apartment." His friend hesitated. "Melissa hasn't slept in a month over that deal. She was working while she was sick. She needed that money for her mom's surgery—" Nigel waved him off, already annoyed. "She has me. Isn't that enough? Olivia earned this." My hands curled into fists so tightly that my nails dug into my palms. Bad luck? Yeah, right. Nigel had planned every second of it. And now, he thought he could smooth it over by marrying me someday, toss me a few cheap words, and I would just swallow it. I was done with that disgusting man.

After three years of union, Valerie was finally pregnant with the heir to the Alpha of the Black Shadow Pack. But on their anniversary, Aaron Garth's first love returned. When he demanded to break off their mate bond, Valerie didn't hesitate. She signed the papers, turned away, tore the pregnancy report into pieces, and vanished. Until one day, a chance meeting in a hospital corridor brought them face-to-face. Aaron's control shattered at the sight of her rounded belly. He seized her wrist, his voice a hoarse, desperate growl. "Whose pup is that?" Valerie wrenched her arm free, her gaze icy. "That's none of your business. You're no longer my mate."

After my family went bankrupt, my fiancé, Thaddeus Blackwood, firmly broke off our engagement and chose Vivienne Winters instead. It was Sterling Knight who helped me clear my debts and arranged my father's funeral, rescuing me from financial ruin. For the next three years, he remained steadfastly by my side. Just when I believed I had found my salvation, I overheard a conversation between Sterling and his friend the day before our wedding. "Do you really plan to marry Arabella Frost? Aren't you afraid she'll eventually discover that you orchestrated her father's death and her family's bankruptcy?" "Vivienne has already married Thaddeus," Sterling replied. "I might as well marry her. And if she finds out, so what? I paid off her debts and gave her father a proper burial. I've done right by her." Only then did I realize that Sterling had deceived me too. From beginning to end, I was the only one truly invested in this relationship.

The Houston's family are finally moving into their new house..... Though in a far away small city and very close to the woods. Mr Fredrick Houston bought the house few months back. It was very affordable and they wondered why such magnificent mansion could be so cheap. He moved in his family of four children and his wife. Meet Sonia Houston his youngest daughter and last child... Joel.... His second son and the third child. Dan.... His first son and first child... And here is Angela Houston... The eldest daughter and the second child. They were all excited except Angela who was a kind of not comfortable in the new house. What happens when Angela finds out something strange about the house? And she tries to find out what and how it came about? On the process,,,, she got lost in the woods.... Will she survive the dreadful wood? What exactly did she find out? It's a bloody adventure.... Are we ready for this? Stay tuned!

Diana was the daughter of two powerful alphas but one day when she was very young her parents were betrayed and killed by their own pack. Diana learnt a painful lesson that day, she learnt not to trust anyone. After many years on the run she finally finds a pack to take her in. She is a strong warrior and she has a bright future ahead of her but when she turns eighteen her life is turned upside down when she meets her mate, Elijah, her new alpha. Elijah has been looking for his mate for years, he doesn't care about the rumours about her past. He just wants her to accept him but accepting him would go against every instinct Diana has. Can she learn to trust again or will she reject him and go back on the run?

I was married to Chad Caldwell for ten years. I met all his girlfriends during our marriage. Whenever he got bored and wanted to move on, I was his best excuse. "If you marry me, you'll end up like her. Too familiar and no spark left." On our anniversary, I wiped tears for his latest ex, a college girl, while he was at the movies with his new fling. She used up a pack of tissues, and I seemed to see my old self in her. Afterward, I asked Chad for a divorce. He was confused. "Why not wait a bit? Maybe I'll turn over a new leaf." I gave a faint smile but said nothing. Instead, I booked a plane ticket and flew across the ocean. If he wouldn't turn around, I'd take the first step.

Elizabeth, known as the lost princess of the Italian Mafia, had been messing for years, living in a nightmarish cell, with no memory of her family. Her life takes a dramatic turn when she meets her brother in the very cell where she has suffered for years. Will Elizabeth find solace and acceptance with her newfound family, or will the Shadows of her past turn her into an outcast forever?

"It hurts…" Joanna Horton clutched her swollen belly in agony, a deep, wrenching pain twisting through her that words couldn't describe. Terror filled her voice as she cried out, "It hurts so bad… Theo… please, save our baby…" But outside, there was only silence—except for the soft, steady sounds of prayers and chanting from the next room. That was where her monk husband, Theo Brook, was, praying for the soul of his long-dead first love. Ever since Sharon Cooper jumped off that building, Theo had been grief-stricken. He left everything behind and became a monk, never missing a single night of chanting for her. People said he had the heart of a saint, that he was devoted and had never stopped loving her. But they didn't know that just on the other side of that wall was Joanna—his lawfully wedded wife, the one he had once married in a grand ceremony. Joanna was burning up with fever, her eyes barely open, her face pale and tired. A few days ago, she had made Theo angry. Since then, no matter how much she cried out in pain, he ignored her. Another sharp wave of pain hit, and suddenly, a rush of blood spilled from between her legs. The baby inside her stopped moving. She knew then—her child was gone.

"I was rejected, Derrick!" "I was also rejected, Anya!" Two childhood friends who went through thick and thin together in an abandoned orphanage tried to make ends meet. They were poor…very poor. During a reunion, fate finally smiled upon them or so they thought and they met their mates. But they were rejected instantly! Heartbroken, they found solace in each other's arms and promised to stick together as friends till the end. "I will protect you, Anya. We only have each other," Derrick said, both heartbroken. Just when their love began to blossom, a shocking but great news came. They were traced by two powerful billionaire families in the state. They were the children of this great alphas. Tragedy came when it was discovered that the Alphas were long sworn enemies and would stop at nothing to destroy their love. Now their exes are back to reclaim them by hook or by crook. They were rejected by them but accepted by their families. Will the rejected exes fail? What will happen to the two lovers? Will their love stand the tricks, traps and trial? Or will their love triumph over them?

In a world of warring wolf and clans, a seventeen-year-old princess is determined to reclaim her kingdom from the traitorous wolves who betrayed her family. As she gathers an army, she meets two very different men, a prince and an eastern wolf king, both of whom declare their love for her. between her duty to her kingdom and her growing feelings for them, the princess must decide who to trust before the fate of her entire kingdom rests on her shoulders. Ashina's heart hurt when she was sixteen and found the man who stated he was in love with her, balls deep into some dragoness. Even if Cadma had never cheated on her, their love was not meant to be. The young prince did not see it the same way Ashina did and was not letting go of her without a fight. Angry at her true-mate, Andor, who did not save himself for her, she decides saving the kingdom is more important than having a mate. Is it possible for her fated mate and her to be together? Ashina had made the decision that love would not be part of her life at that point. As Ashina's heart was broken at sixteen, she realized that it was time to build an army to reclaim her kingdom.