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Soren Kade has spent his entire life hearing one thing. Never trust a Valez. For decades, the Kade and Valez families have been locked in a ruthless corporate war that destroyed empires and buried the truth of what really happened that night years ago. So when Soren arrives at Blackridge International University, the last person he expects to see standing in his dorm room is Dante Valez. Arrogant, infuriating and apparently….his new roommate. Forced to live together and compete in the university’s most elite business program, their rivalry quickly becomes the most talked-about spectacle on campus. Every argument turns into a challenge and every challenge turns into a war. But when sabotage inside the program pushes them into an uneasy alliance, Soren and Dante uncover cracks in the story both their families have believed for decades. The deeper they dig, the more dangerous the truth becomes. And somewhere between late-night strategy sessions, heated arguments, and secrets neither of them meant to share, the line between enemy and something far more complicated begins to blur. Because the one person Soren was raised to hate might be the only person who understands him. And falling for your family’s greatest rival? That’s the kind of mistake that could destroy everything.

"Can't we just Love?" Without knowing anything what happened in her university years, Alicia was still confuse on why noone would tell her anything about that time. But after knowing her Best friend's marraige, she stumbled with the richest man on earth who is purposely avoiding her, and her memories are slowly coming back. What's their relationship? And will she ever have her full memories back?

BLURB: Daniella Reyes only wanted two things: to survive university and build a future far away from the life she grew up in. But one betrayal destroys everything. After being secretly sold for one night by her own boyfriend to his uncle, Daniella wakes up alone in the bed of Blackthorn University’s most feared professor, Kent Brandon. He was the cold and dangerously handsome teacher rumored to be a billionaire. She tells herself it meant nothing until two pink lines changed her life forever. Now carrying the child of a billionaire and a man older than her, Daniella becomes trapped in a world she never knew existed… One filled with ruthless rich families, dangerous secrets, possessive instincts, and a man who cannot seem to stay away from her no matter how hard he tries. Kent never planned to fall for anyone. Not with the pressures of his family, a forced engagement hanging over his head, and a desire that only brings destruction whenever he loses control. But the more he learns about the girl he unknowingly hurt, the more obsessed he becomes with protecting her. Even from his own family. As enemies close in and buried truths begin unraveling, Daniella realizes the terrifying professor may be the only person willing to fight for her.

When I steal the cheer captain, Cora Knightley's, number one spot in our grade, her childhood sweetheart—an Alpha heir—confesses his love to me the next day. Flashing me a mesmerizing smile, Raymond Knox says, "Join my world and relish the ultimate freedom and recklessness, will you?" Of course, my answer is… yes. I agree, sealing his lips with a passionate kiss. My grades start dropping, until I eventually become one of his kind. At the same time, his body belongs to me. We can't keep our hands off each other. But despite the countless intimate moments we share, he never seems to enjoy kissing me—until the entrance exam for Lycanshire University is finally over. That's when he kisses me and seduces my wolf, luring me to go to Mangy Hollow Community College with him. So this has been his goal all along. But I'd known it since the start. Gently slapping my Lycanshire University admission letter against Raymond's face, I say, "Being with you this year has been fun. I'm very satisfied. "But my future matters more. Let's break up."

Mom, Dad, and Jesse—my younger sister—went out to sea on a trip, but they were caught in a tsunami, and all three perished in the accident. I was left all alone—just as I was about to start university—burdened with nothing but a mountain of debt. In the end, everything I had saved for my university tuition, along with the house Mom and Dad had left me, was taken by debt collectors. I was then forced to work in a shady factory, laboring 16 hours a day, sleeping in a shabby ten-person dorm, and surviving on nothing but thin, flavorless broth. I finally cleared the last of the debt when I accidentally discovered that Jesse—who was supposed to be dead—had appeared on television and become a famous dancer. Mom and Dad even gave an interview about her success. It turned out they had taken out a massive loan and faked their deaths to flee to Pravia for Jesse's dance studies, leaving the entire debt for me to deal with just as I was supposed to start university. I went to confront them, demanding the truth, but they threw me out like trash. I was then hit and killed by a speeding truck at the side of the road. "How could Lorraine be such a nuisance, not even having the decency to die far away from our doorstep?" I have been given another chance, reborn on the day they faked their deaths.

Henlie has never been the same after her father passed away 3 years ago. Her way of coping is being reckless and stubborn. After her recent brush with death, her mother decided it was for the best that Henlie goes away to a secluded university where she could get a new start. Once arriving Henlie has to face many new challenges, but the toughest challenge will be destroying her new nemeses that she happens to be mated to.

"Will you marry me Eve?" Tom proposed to Evelyn as he knelt down with one knee and put a fancy diamond ring on her finger. The atmosphere here was so romantic. He booked a private room in a fancy restaurant to have a candle lit dinner and proposed to his girlfriend that he loved for over five years. Tom fell in love with Evelyn who was a high school student and waited for her until she finished University where she was studying a Nursing course

Nikki Crowman enters a world of mystery and passion at Moonward University, where ambition and intellect collide. Surrounded by the brilliance of her peers, she finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Tom Thorn, the formidable Astrophysics Professor whose icy facade conceals a warmth hidden underneath. As their unconventional romance blossoms, Nikki must confront her past demons to embrace a love she never thought possible. Explore the complexities of love and overcoming trauma in this captivating tale of letting go for the sake of love.

To the world, Rhett Reed is the golden boy—Blackridge University’s star hockey captain and the future Alpha of the most powefuk pack in the country. But Rhett is a man living a lie. In order to protect his childhood best friend from his father’s violence, he became his worst nightmare, bullying him until he ran. Three years later, Cassian Storm is back. He isn’t the scrawny boy Rhett remembers, instead he’s cold, lethal, and has a power that could level the Blackridge bloodline. And thanks to a glitch in the university system cassian engineered, he’s Rhett’s new roommate. Cassian on the other hand has a simple plan: expose Rhett’s secrets, ruin his engagement, and watch the golden noy fall. He thought the hardest part would be the revenge but unfortunalyk, he was wrong. The hardest part is being trapped in a dorm room with a man he never thought hus heart wouid beat fot. When the mate bond between yjem click, the line between revenge and desire disappears. Rhett will do anything to keep his secret. Cassian will do anything to destroy him. But what happens when their wolves chooses each other? What happens when two enemies have to come together to protect themselves from a powet they didn’t see coming.

“FRIEND? CAN WE JUST LEAVE IT OPEN FOR NOW?” The nightmare rather than a reality Sky wakes up into upon realizing that he’s in the clutches of the hunk and handsome stranger, Worst he ended up having a one-night stand with him. Running in the series of unfortunate event he calls it all in the span of days of his supposed to be grand vacation. His played destiny only got him deep in a nightmare upon knowing that the president of the student body, head hazer and the previous Sun of the Prestigious University of Royal Knights is none other than the brand perfect Prince and top student in his year, Clay. Entwining his life in the most twisted way as Clay’s aggressiveness, yet not always push him in the boundary of questioning his sexual orientation. It only got worse when the news came crushing his way for the fiancée his mother insisted for is someone that he even didn’t eve dream of having. To his greatest challenge that is not his studies nor his terror teachers but the University's hottest lead. Can he stay on track if there is more than a senior and junior relationship that they both had? What if their senior and junior love-hate relationship will be more than just a mere coincidence? Can they keep the secret that their families had them together for a marriage, whether they like it or not, setting aside their same gender? Can this be a typical love story?