Duke Library Hours Novels & Stories

Rosalie Maxwell is the breadwinner of her ungrateful family. She does everything she can for them, pays medical bills, electricity and tends to all their needs even though they've never appreciated her. The only reason she looks forward to the daily visits to her parents house is because of her grandmother, the woman who did a better job at raising her and her brother than their own mother. Taking care of her family, taking their constant ungrateful treatments, and the insults has become a normal routine for Rosalie. But one day her whole life is up in shambles when her beloved grandmother goes missing. When Rosalie finds out that her, Grandma Mary has Alzheimer's which makes Rosalie all the more scared about what may happen to her. She has nowhere to run to. So, she goes to the only person she thinks can help her. Her boss, and the man that seems to inherit space in all of her wet dreams, Nicholas Sinclair. Philanthropist, Most handsome man three times in a row on the cover of Rayview Magazine. Rosalie is ready to do anything if it means getting her grandmother back. She'll take on extra hours, whatever it takes! But what happens when Mr Sinclair wants something far different from extra hours at work? What will she do when her boss tells her what he wants? He wants, Rosie.

Jeyla had always felt like a prisoner since her mother had died. Her step father abused her, and she had to work extra hours at a bar, just to put some food on the table. Then came along her childhood friend Simon, who is now a multi billionaire. What happens when she ends up being indirectly sold into a contract marriage with him? Is he just what she needs, the saviour, or will he too treat her like she is just a worthless object?

What happens when the love of your life becomes your greatest regret? When the choice you made to protect your dreams turns into the haunting shadow of "what if"? Falling for my billionaire Ex is a story that dares to explore those questions. This isn’t just a tale of exes reunited. It’s about two people—flawed, complicated, and human—who must confront the raw truth of their choices and the scars left behind. Elliot and Susan’s journey is messy, heartbreaking, and full of longing, but it’s also a testament to the power of second chances. Expect tension. Every meeting, every word they exchange carries the weight of a past that neither has forgotten. Their chemistry is undeniable, but so are their wounds. And as they step into each other’s worlds again, you’ll feel the magnetic pull of their connection just as they do. Explicit steamy and euphoric scenes starts from chapter 49... see you there. Love it, add to your library

"Take me dangerously," she whispered softly, almost as a moan as I grabbed her ass. I pinned her to the bed, in-between my laps. She gasped at my erection and that only made me want her more! ______ Her definition of him - He's an Arrogant meanie handsome pervert. His definition of her - She's a stupid sexy bar angel. Kiara Kennedy attends a stripper show for a friend and comes in touch with a crazy billionaire Mafia King whom she thinks is a pervert. She isn't his type but strangely, Lucas finds himself drooling at her! After a one night stand, the two meet again! And this time, was it just a coincidence? or fate? Most importantly, Kiara is destined to punish her parents killer but after discovering Love, would she still be able to pull the trigger? Falling in love with a foe wasn't the plan. Damn his sexy figure! Add to your library for updates!

After losing a bet to her adopted younger brother, Peter Conroy, my wife, Ruth Davis, divorced me for the ninth time. I had told her then that if we remarried for a tenth time and divorced again, I would marry someone else. She only laughed and said, “Will, you even donated part of your liver to me. How could you possibly marry anyone else? Besides, apart from me, who would want to marry a broke loser like you?” On the day of our tenth remarriage press conference, Peter left her a key to a beach house and made a bet with her. If she could find him in three hours, he would stay and wish us a lifetime of happiness. The moment Ruth saw the key, her expression turned hesitant. She tore up the remarriage statement and ran off without hesitation. Three hours later, Peter posted a photo on social media. They were lying on a bed in the beach house and admiring the ocean view. I read the caption. [If someone really cares about you, they will cross mountains and seas just to find you.] Without telling Ruth, I withdrew the remarriage application and made a call I had not made in a very long time. “Julienne, is your proposal from back then still valid?” Her voice trembled with barely restrained excitement. “For you, it’ll always be valid.”

A tragic accident leads her to woke up into a new era she never knew before. Slowly learning about her new identity, she also learnt there was some connection between her former life and her current life. Woke up and found herself tied up and being kidnaped, no one believe her when she said she might be Jiang Xi Yu, the daughter of Duke Jiang from Luoyang. The two eunuchs, who saved her, brought her to served their sly, cunning wangye. After being forced to spend a night full of lust with the first Prince of the kingdom, she got the offer to become his sex slave. She, who believe she was a daughter from noble family, against him, who believe she belong to him from that night forward. Their fate started that way. From a night full of lust to forever be tangled in love.

"All that she left behind became my everything." Living as his dead twin sister, Alexis Dionne Navarro leads a double life, an earnest student and volleyball player during school hours and the famous model after school. When an unknown man discovered his secret and turns out to be one of his teammates, it destroyed his hollow life. As this man crept into Alexis's heart, shattering the wall he built to hide his true self from everyone, he learned that these beautiful clothes couldn't conceal his true feelings any longer.

A story about a wounded heart that is not so desperate to find love * * * Miss Ann liverbert doesn't want a prince charming... After leaving her short country life in shame, all miss Ann wants is not to be noticed and when she meets the dashing duke of westonhigh, she's even more determined to reload her arsenal of defense, as those grey eyes of his always manage to make her melt in her shoes, and worse of all shatter every defensive wall... Lord Richard Arnold is the catch of the season and the darling of every ambitious mama's eyes, but he is just as determined to escape them...when he meets the petite miss Ann and her lovely smiles, he can't help but pursue his interest... But he knows behind those lovely smiles she has been hurt badly and Richard will do everything to heal her... SCARS...

On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Larissa Aurélie Farsuleia was awakened from her slumber by the intruder that had broken into her room. The next thing she knew, the dagger blade was at her nape, and the engraved Farsuleia crest glowed, triggered by his action. In a twist of fate, Larissa's life was spared from the hands of her unknown aggressor, who felt a sense of guilt. Instead of taking her life at that moment, he made an oath that he would return once she had turned eighteen to fulfil his deadly promise. Five years had passed, and their fates were intertwined at a ball. Little does she know that the noble she had met, Duke Theo Perseus Novellia, was not only the one who once swore to end her life but also the man who was arranged to marry her. With both of their memories erased, what will unfold between them once they unravel the truth?

The entertainment world is no stranger to Keitha Patric, a senior manager at Paris-based entertainment company Tristar. She has always represented the company to deal with scandals caused by famous actors she manages, but this time the incident was so out of Keitha's control that the production manager himself had to convene a staff meeting a few hours later. Keitha was then assigned to work with Laetus Allision, a new creative director of Tristar to solve the ongoing problem. But when it comes to solving problems, both Keitha and Laetus simultaneously realize that behind them there is another competitor who is deliberately trying to cause trouble for the company.