Diamond Rings Alicia Keys

I wake up to find the entire room shrouded in thick smoke and flames. I grab my phone and call my boyfriend, a fire captain I've been dating for five years. The phone rings seven whole times before he finally picks up. His sharp, irate voice comes through before I can get a word out. "Bella! How many times have I told you not to make false fire reports out of jealousy! You're a Warrior. Don't you feel ashamed of yourself for constantly picking fights with an Omega like Laura?" Suddenly, I hear Laura Knapp's sweet, pitiful voice on the line. "Thank you, Daniel. I'm safe because of you." As the flames spread, I have no option but to dial the emergency hotline. But the dispatcher tells me, "Sorry, ma'am, but all firefighters in your area are currently tied up. The earliest we can send help is in 30 minutes. Please hold on." I hang up with a bitter smile and see the news of a fire captain rescuing an injured pregnant woman. The flames close in around me, and just before death takes me, I send Daniel Ingram one last text. "Farewell. I wish you a happy life together."

His texts were the perfect way to get away. His class was like a nightmare come true. And they were the same person. Elena Torres finds comfort in "A.W.," a mysterious stranger who lives far away and whose funny messages are the only thing that makes her happy. She tells him everything, even her frustrations with her infuriatingly rigid literature professor, Adrian Wells. The connection feels safe because they are so far apart. Until the phone rings in the middle of Professor Wells's class. A.W. sends a message, and the app's distance tracker shows a horrible truth: **3 meters away.** The man she is opening up to is the professor she is not allowed to want. A suspicious university dean starts an investigation when their secret relationship becomes dangerous, and threatening notes show up, showing that someone else knows the truth. Elena needs to find out who is blackmailing them before their secret is revealed, since her scholarship and his job are on the line. But when the blackmailer traps her in a dark garage and demands the one piece of evidence that can save Adrian, Elena has to choose between giving up the proof and killing the man she loves or putting everything on the line to protect a love that was never meant to be.

Expelled from his own kingdom, by the king who was his own father, Prince Xander Reenan, the very handsome and kind-hearted prince of the Blue Diamond kingdom, had to move around like a wanderer. His encounter with a wolf changes his life. Big surprises came in his life. Like a dream at night that comes true when the sun rises, he finds himself and his true love. He accepts the fate of the universe that in fact, he is a descendant of wolves, the son of a wolf queen who is the leader of the werewolf leaders. Life is not always full of sweet surprises. He must fight against his own kingdom. He stood for the truth and against his own people, even his father. He was betrayed by his true love. Not all visible wounds are real wounds. Sometimes there is good hidden behind a crime which, of course, has to be committed.

Eighteen-year-old Jane Deguzman tragically died at the hands of her cruel stepmother and stepsister. But even after her death, her revenge didn't stop until she was given a second chance... to sort everything out and put everything in its proper place. She awoke in someone else's body, in the body of Scarlet Diamond Brea Legre, with a soul full of grudges. Now she is the forsaken daughter of one of Levito's powerful mafia bosses. One of Jane's father's rivals. What will happen to her next life? What is her next step and how can she fulfill her mission as the gang leader and get revenge for herself? What would Janes do if she met the person who helped her achieve her biggest wish in life and give his all for her? Can she gamble and let him in into her life?

To fund my daughter's medical treatment, I consider reconnecting with my estranged family until an expected phone call changes everything. "Sir, your diamond necklace has arrived. You may come tomorrow to pick it up." After confirming the order is placed using my and my wife's contract information, my hope sparks. Perhaps the medical bills will finally be covered. When I arrive at the luxury boutique to claim the necklace, the sales clerk frowns, eyeing me from head to toe. "You're saying… you bought this necklace?" I nod, irritated by the condescension. "What happened to the service? Did all the luxury jewelers forget how to treat customers while I was away?" I said inwardly. The clerk flashes me a polite smile and turns to "retrieve" the item, but in reality, he radios the security. "Security, we have a suspected thief here."

I've dated Andrew Carter, my surgeon boyfriend, for seven years. We plan 66 weddings, and he cancels every single one for Selena Merrick. The first time, Selena botched a patient's injection. "Wait for me," he said, and I waited the entire day. The second time, she slipped and fell in the shower. We were just about to exchange rings, but he ditched me at the altar without a second thought, leaving me to face the ridicule from the guests. For all 65 weddings I held, Selena always found an excuse to lure Andrew away. At the 65th wedding, she claimed her dog was dying and threatened to take her life. My mom collapsed from stress-induced angina, yet Andrew still ran to Selena. Afterward, he kneels and begs us for forgiveness. "Selena is just a pitiful orphan, but you're the one I'll always love," he declares. I give him one last chance, yet he never fails to disappoint me. That is it. I break up with Andrew and join Doctors without Borders. Goodbye. Let's never meet again.

Brandon Kane, The Gamma of The Southern Werewolves Pack, volunteers for a dangerous undercover mission to locate a long list of missing girls who are all rumored to be auctioned in the largest sex-trafficking business run by a vampire named Kennedy Strauss. Going in with no backup and very little reliable information, Brandon has to face the ugly reality of the underworld business. He has to make his way in and out without blowing his undercover and not putting the people he was sent to rescue at risk. Celeste Diamond is the underworld's renowned assassin known as the Blind Bandit, who works for diamonds. A highly skilled and incredibly sexy, the Blind Bandit is the elite bodyguard of Kennedy Strauss who barely leaves his side. While it seems she is driven by her duty to protect her employer, Celeste's true motive is far greater than her duty to the vampire businessman. She is blind, but it's not her inability to see that concerned him. She sees him coming.

"“I don’t get why you would hide from me.”“What do you want?”“I honestly don’t know how you can want to run away from this.” he whispered before pulling her head against him and claiming her mouth with his.***Violet is sent on a mission to find Jack Morde, the leader of the Rebels pack. But unforeseen twists lie ahead and she can't imagine what is waiting for her.When she becomes his prisoner, Violet starts to realize that maybe what she heard about the enemies of the Diamond Pack wasn't exactly what it seemed.Is she going to give up on her life and her family to seek her future and destiny? Or will she try to escape from Jack’s mansion and do what she had to do in the first place?The Alpha's Prisoner is created by Rafaella Dutra, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author."

On our fifth anniversary, Henry Judd—the guy who once swore he'd propose—rented out an entire mall for Cecilia Cheape's birthday. A diamond the size of a pigeon's egg sparkled on her finger. I'd been dumb enough to think it was meant for me. "Cece, I'm gonna give you a birthday you'll never forget," he announced, loud enough for the whole world to hear. Then he yanked the tab off a soda can and handed it to me. "Lulu, those gaudy things don't suit you. You deserve something unique." He slid the can tab onto my finger—his version of a proposal. Cecilia got the dream birthday. I got a piece of trash and a slap of reality. Later, when he found out I was marrying someone else, he got down on one knee with that same ring and begged me to say yes.

Veterinarian Kalyssa Carran always got along better with animals than with people, and she never knew why. And the boyfriends she had in the past bored her to tears. But everything changes when she accidently hits a wolf with her car, bringing her into a world she never knew existed.Alphas Xander Reed and Elias Samuelson share their power in The Diamond Pack. They always knew they wanted to share the same Mate, something common among wolf-shifters. But they had never found the right woman until they saw her the night of the Blood Moon Choosing Ceremony. Then everything changed.Now, with Nightshade, a band of supernatural hunters, after the new Luna, can the Alphas sworn to protect her keep her safe? Or will her past be their undoing?Magic and power wrestles with love and loyalty in Night Wolves, a world where supernatural creatures are real, just as real as the hunters hellbent on destroying them.Night Wolves is created by Sophie Slade, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.