Dream Sans New Design

Being forged from the trauma that clings to your soul like an additional layer of sin has an elegance to it. When my father and I buried my sister, falling in love with her first love wasn't on the agenda. Don Alessandro Valentino has something I want. Something he refuses to depart with and no matter how much pain he inflicts upon me, I will never give up. I vowed to never let him win. I thought I had escaped his grasp, but his torment had only just begun. Despite everything, he still held the power to manipulate my heart and make me crave to be possessed by him. As secrets come to light and the truth is exposed, can I surrender the battle and surrender what I've been fighting for all along, without hesitation? --- He tore his lips away from mine, peering down at me, brushing the pad of his thumb along his lower lip—smearing my touch as far as it would travel. “You taste like mine.” He said in a cold and condescending tone. Then he left. He walked out of the wine cellar without a second glance over his shoulder as Riccardo locked the door behind them.

I worked tirelessly to secure a major project with the design institute, but my husband fabricated lies out of nowhere, claiming I was dragging the company down. He handed the credit for my work to his first love. Instead of getting angry, I laughed and gave my position as the company's Design Director to his precious first love too. "Working on projects all the time is exhausting. Why don't I just make you the company's Design Director instead?" Every single colleague thought I'd lost my mind, but nobody knew the project could only succeed because of my unique design style and my connections. Without me, the project would not just fail. The entire company would collapse.

La veille du mariage, l'amie d'enfance de mon fiancé m'a percutée et j'ai eu une hémorragie grave, ma vie a été mise en danger. Ma meilleure amie lui a téléphoné, mais mon fiancé n'a pas répondu. Il a seulement laissé un message. « Élise a attrapé un rhume, je n'ai pas le temps. » Mon amie a ensuite appelé son petit ami, un acteur très influent. Mais il a dit : « Élise est malade, c'est à ce moment-là qu'elle a le plus besoin de moi. » Après avoir été opérée et réanimée toute la nuit. Nous nous sommes regardées dans la chambre d'hôpital et avons dit d'une seule voix : « Je ne veux plus me marier. » Mais nous ne nous sommes pas attendues à ça : Quand les deux hommes ont reçu l'annonce de l'annulation du mariage, ils ont complètement perdu la tête.

A night i will never forget... Becca Summer was prepared for a bright future, until a night party and an unknown man ruined everything. As the notorious Alpha of the Moon Shine Pack, Christos Fernandez has everything he wanted. Except the mysterious girl of seven years ago. He is determined to keep searching for her no matter the cost, but his new Head of Design and the mother of two is a distraction from his goal. Will he get to know they are one and the same person?

The novel is set in the modern time, its the year 2024 and Callie the protagonist is trying to get into a prestigious art school, she spends a whole day working on her canvas without food, sleep or even water and passes out on the floor, when she wakes up she’s in a familiar but not so familiar attic, same design and outline but the things in it weren’t hers, just as she’s about to completely lose it a boy seemingly two or three years older than her walks in and straight through her. She wakes up on her attic floor covered in paint with a splitting headache, she’s back to normal. She brushes the experience off as a lucid dream but more strange things start happening and Callie realizes that the world she knows is weirder than it seems

Trahie par ceux en qui elle avait le plus confiance, elle a tout perdu—son mariage, son amitié et sa sécurité. Mais elle a refusé de rester à terre. Avec une détermination sans faille, elle a bâti son empire depuis zéro, devenant la PDG de la société de design d’intérieur la plus convoitée du pays. Aujourd’hui, son ex est désespéré, suppliant pour une seconde chance… mais son cœur ne se laisse pas facilement conquérir. Un milliardaire puissant et énigmatique se dresse sur son chemin, remettant en question tout ce qu’elle pensait vouloir. Les anciennes passions s’affrontent aux nouveaux désirs, la loyauté lutte contre la tentation, et la frontière entre amour et ambition devient floue. Cédera-t-elle à celui qui l’a autrefois brisée, ou risquera-t-elle tout pour l’homme dont l’armure glaciale n’a jamais montré la moindre fissure ?

Mon corps a mûri plus vite que celui de la plupart des filles de mon âge. Quand j'ai eu 18 ans, mon frère, beaucoup trop protecteur, a commencé à s'inquiéter que quelqu'un profite de moi. Alors il a demandé à son meilleur ami de veiller sur moi. Mais la première fois que nous nous sommes rencontrés, les yeux de cet homme ne quittaient pas mon corps. Après l'université, il a commencé à dépasser les limites, encore et encore. Le jour, il était mon patron. La nuit, j'étais sa « assistante personnelle ». Pendant quatre ans, nous avons gardé notre liaison secrète. Il m'a façonnée exactement selon ses goûts, et le pire ? Je l'ai laissé faire. Un jour, son ex-fiancée est revenue de l'étranger. Au milieu de la nuit, il s'est glissé hors de mon lit et s'est précipité à l'aéroport pour aller la chercher. Humiliée mais incapable de lâcher prise, je l'ai suivi jusqu'à l'aéroport, seulement pour le voir caresser tendrement les cheveux d'une autre femme, juste devant moi. Il s'est tourné vers moi et a dit : « Jennifer Huckabee, il y a quatre ans, c'est toi qui t'es glissée dans mon lit alors que j'étais ivre. La façon dont tu te comportes maintenant… c'est vraiment pathétique. » La manière dont il la regardait était douce. Celle dont il se moquait de moi était tranchante, presque calculée. Soudain, j'ai compris qu'il avait raison. Tout cela n'avait aucun sens. Alors j'ai baissé la tête, j'ai envoyé un message à mon frère pour lui dire que j'acceptais la proposition de mariage de la famille Sinclair, puis j'ai relevé les yeux vers cet homme et j'ai souri. « Très bien. Adieu. »

Lena Smith, a passionate architect specializing in sustainable design, is hired by billionaire Noah Tan to create an eco-luxury resort on a private island. Despite their shared ambition, Lena’s commitment to sustainability clashes with Noah’s vision for extravagance, leading to constant tension between them. As they work closely together, both uncover deeper emotional struggles—Lena’s fear of never being taken seriously in her career and Noah’s guilt over a past business failure. Their professional conflict leads to a breaking point when Lena resigns from the project after a heated argument. However, when a rival billionaire threatens to outbid Noah for the land, he desperately calls Lena back to help save the project. Reluctantly, she agrees, and together they craft a new design that merges their visions, transforming their professional collaboration into a personal awakening. As they spend late nights together working on the resort, their growing feelings for each other culminate in a passionate kiss. Despite the success of the resort, Lena and Noah must navigate their fears and past wounds in order to embrace a future together. In the end, they learn that trust, love, and collaboration are the keys to not only their professional triumph but also to building a lasting relationship. "Blueprints of Love" is a story of love, ambition, and the power of working together to create something extraordinary.

After getting fired from my company, I returned to the countryside, spending my days playing rummy with my grandmother, but my entire family went insane, searching for me everywhere. It was because my younger sister, the family's prodigy jewelry designer, couldn't come up with a single design after I left. In my previous life, at the National Jewelry Design Competition, she managed to produce designs identical to mine before I even finished mine. Everyone assumed I had copied her work. Even my own family testified in her favor. The company accused me of misconduct and plagiarism, claiming my actions had tarnished their reputation. I was fired on the spot and ordered to pay a huge fine. My family, seeing me as nothing but a burden, threw me out of the house. Crushed by the weight of family betrayal and public judgment, I fell into depression, only to be killed on the street by one of my sister's obsessive fans. As my consciousness faded, I couldn't understand why my sister managed to create the exact same design before I did. When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day I just signed up for the National Jewelry Design Competition.

After moving to Italy to leave her troubled past, Mykaela pursues a modeling career while living with Miles, her best friend. All seems well and routine until unforeseen circumstances ruin her career plans and force her back to New York. Miles Falco, an artist enjoying the Italian countryside, must choose between the simple life he loves and being successor to a clan of influential businessmen contending for power in all of Italy. Can he escape his predetermined fate? A life of deceit, chaos, and deadly encounters with the mafia? Will they survive the odds that threaten their future together? ◆ PG-16 ◆ cover design: mzmauve