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On Couples' Day, I received a last-minute urgent request from a client to help feed her dog at her residence. The client's home is located in the same residential area as Zachary Yandon's and my marital home. Even the passcode to her home is very similar to ours, with the last four digits being Zachary's birthday. When I open the door, it feels as though I've walked into my own home. The furnishings in my client's home are surprisingly the same as the furnishings in my own home. Even the Itorian men's loafers placed at the doorway are the exact same pair as I bought for Zachary last month. I stand at the doorway hesitantly without entering the home. It's then that a golden retriever dashes out of one of the rooms and runs into my arms. The force is so strong that I stumble backward, hitting my back on the door. I know I'm not imagining things at all. It turns out the client's dog is Bingo, my furbaby who went missing three years ago!

Ariel had no wolf, no mate but she lived a very peaceful life away from pack troubles, until her Pack was attacked and her father, the Alpha of Moonlight Pack, was gravely injured. Desperate to save him, Ariel turns to the one man every werewolf fears: Leonard Parker, Alpha of the Fire Pack. He is ruthless, unpredictable and also rumored to be something more dangerous than a werewolf. He agrees to help, but only for a price: one year as his wife! Ariel accepts, believing it’s just a contract. But to Leonard, it is far more than that. She might be the past he cannot let go of.... or even the key to it!

She suffered a lot because of her uncles' greed, but in a twist of fate, she became the queen of the mafia and returned to take revenge. Sammy was a girl with a past marked by tragedies, but everything she went through made her strong to face the biggest challenge in her life. Someone forced her to undergo plastic surgery, making her face identical to Susan, a woman who caused the wrath of dangerous people in the mafia, including the wrath of her husband, a cruel man known as the King of the New York Mafia. Now she will have to race against time to unravel all the mysteries surrounding this change of identity and what her past has to do with the New York mafia.

Love does not always follow the rules—it thrives in corners where no one dares to look. Kaelin Verain returns to the palace after years in exile, carrying secrets, scars, and a purpose only she understands. The kingdom teeters on the edge of political chaos, and she is the strategist tasked with restoring order. But power is not the only force she must navigate. Lord Riven, the crown’s unyielding protector, stands between her and her mission. Tall, disciplined, and impossibly magnetic, he is sworn to duty—and forbidden to desire her. Yet every glance, every brush of skin, every shared moment pulls them closer. The tension between them is like dancing on the edge of a cliff: intoxicating, dangerous, and impossible to resist. Bound by identities, oaths, and unspoken rules, Kaelin and Riven discover that desire is a silent vine, quietly entwining their hearts and igniting a fire neither can ignore. Every step they take together threatens the crown, their reputations, and the fragile line between loyalty and passion. In a palace of whispers, secret alliances, and hidden truths, some love is meant to be forbidden, and some desire is impossible to deny. Will they survive the stakes of duty while surrendering to the fire that consumes them both?

Na festa, minha filha levantou de propósito uma pergunta para o meu marido. — Papai, já que a Srta. Lloyd está grávida do seu bebê, isso quer dizer que vamos morar com ela no futuro? Ele coloca o bife cortado com cuidado no meu prato e responde suavemente: — Sua mamãe e eu fizemos um acordo — quem trair primeiro desaparecerá da vida do outro. Eu não posso deixar isso acontecer, querida, então isso precisa permanecer em segredo. Mesmo quando o bebê nascer, eu nunca vou deixar a mamãe descobrir sobre eles. Em seguida, ele faz um sinal para mim: — Eu sempre vou te amar. Meus olhos ficaram marejados mas ele não percebeu. Mal sabe ele que minha audição foi restaurada há uma semana. Ele também não sabe que eu já descobri a amante que ele vinha escondendo. E muito menos imagina que eu comprei secretamente uma passagem para atuar como professora voluntária no Planalto de Seru. Tudo o que preciso fazer agora é esperar sete dias até a papelada ser aprovada. Então, eu vou desaparecer da vida dele para sempre.

Minha filha estava gravemente doente e precisava urgentemente de uma enorme quantia para o tratamento. Meu marido simplesmente desistiu de salvá-la, virando as costas para nós e se entregando a um romance tórrido com sua primeira paixão, Francisca Esteves. No auge do meu desespero, meu primeiro amor, Bernardo Barros, depositou cinco milhões na minha conta e permaneceu ao meu lado, cuidando da minha filha com dedicação. Mas, no final, ela não conseguiu escapar das garras da morte. Seis anos se passaram. Eu, Carla Vargas e Bernardo tivemos nosso próprio filho. Fui sozinha ao hospital para um exame pré-natal quando, sem querer, ouvi uma conversa entre Bernardo e o médico: — Diretor Barros, o senhor e a Sra. Vargas já têm um filho agora. E se o que aconteceu no passado for descoberto? — Naquela época, a Francisca estava em estado crítico. Usei alguns meios para transplantar o coração da criança para a Francisca porque era inevitável. Além do mais, agora que a Carla está grávida novamente, ela deveria deixar o passado para trás. Só então eu entendi: o diagnóstico da minha filha foi errado de propósito. O coração dela foi roubado por Bernardo para ser transplantado em Francisca.

Como única filha do rei do jogo, nasci e cresci em meio ao perigo e à violência. Para me proteger, meu pai treinou, desde a minha infância, nove homens dispostos a dar a vida por mim. Quando atingi a maioridade, ele exigiu que eu escolhesse um deles para ser meu noivo. Ainda assim, me afastei sem hesitar de Bernardo Duarte, por quem estava apaixonada há anos. Na minha vida passada, fui sequestrada por inimigos no dia do meu noivado, quando pregos de aço embebidos em veneno atravessaram as palmas das minhas mãos. Disquei para ele pedindo ajuda, com as mãos tremendo, mas o que recebi foi apenas sua voz fria: — Amanda, pare com essas encenações ridículas. Sua localização mostra claramente que você ainda está na suíte do hotel! Só para me ter só para você, você é capaz de inventar um drama nojento desses? Ao fundo, o riso suave de uma mulher ecoava pelo telefone. Desesperada, fechei os olhos. Quando a gaiola de ferro afundou no mar e a água gelada invadiu minhas narinas e minha garganta, minha vida se apagou por completo. Ao abrir os olhos novamente, voltei ao dia em que meu pai me mandou escolher um noivo. Desta vez, fui direta: risquei o nome de Bernardo da lista logo de início. Mas então... Por que, no meu noivado com Felipe Borges, ele apareceu chorando, implorando para que eu me casasse com ele?

I am the sole heir to the Alpha King of Northaria, but I'm an Omega. All of Northaria awaits the day I come of age, hoping I'll awaken the kind of Alpha bloodline strong enough to claim the throne. But when the day finally comes, I'm still just a low-rank Omega. So, they say that the true heir must be one of the three "pledged Alphas" my father adopted from the major tribes. Whichever one of them marks me becomes the ruler of all Northaria packs. But none of them have ever truly looked at me. The one I like most is Quin Lawson. When I fainted on the snowy plains as a child, it was he who carried me back to the pack. I've tried countless times to get close to him, only to be met with nothing but cold, contemptuous stares. I used to think he was just emotionally distant—until the Moon Goddess Festival. That night, I saw him kneel before Silvia Anderson, the daughter of my father's second-in-command. His voice is soft, and his gaze is tender. "I'm marrying Evelyn only to repay the Alpha King's kindness. Once I get the inheritance, I'll make you my Luna. As long as she doesn't harm you, I'll even grant her a piece of land to live out her life in peace. You're my true mate." The night before the marking ceremony, my father asks me who I choose. I think of the way all three of the pledged Alphas look away whenever our eyes meet. I smile and say, "I'm the rightful heir of Northaria. My mate should be someone who brings the greatest strength to our pack. And so, I choose Alpha Heath of the Pyraxis pack." The air goes still. My father frowns. "Him? Are you sure? Every one of his mates has died under mysterious circumstances. His wolf is known to be vicious—no one dares get close to him. You truly want to be his mate?"

Meu irmão sempre me tratou com carinho e me chamava de "minha querida", além de me ajudar financeiramente. Mas a noiva dele, ao ver nossa proximidade, pensou que eu fosse uma amante que ele sustentava em segredo. Ela apareceu no meu apartamento recém-decorado, trazendo um batalhão de parentes, e começou a me atacar sem dó. — Uma garota tão nova se sujeitando a ser a amante! Vou te ensinar como se comportar, ainda mais em nome dos seus pais! — Gritou, determinada a me humilhar. Ela ainda ameaçou: — Vou postar sua história pelo site da sua escola, para que professores e colegas saibam que você é uma vagabunda que só sabe se jogar na cama dos homens! Elas destruíram minhas coisas, rasgaram minhas roupas e penduraram minha carteirinha de estudante no meu peito, fotografando cada instante da minha humilhação. Foi quando meu irmão chegou, tomado pela fúria, com o olhar chamejando de ódio. — Vocês realmente querem arriscar a própria vida ao tocar na minha irmã?

Meet Esmerelda Sleuth. Sleuth is her name and investigating is her game. (Paranormal Investigating, that is.) Esmerelda makes a good living as an investigator in a rather progressive firm. She lives a stable and sensible life until she meets Lance; an old money "hottie" who works for a real estate firm next to her building. After accepting an invitation for a weekend getaway party, she quickly discovers that Lance has a secret. He is wealthy. That part is true. And, yes, he's procured a job as a realtor in the building next door. His secret is that he belongs to an underground society of humans who didn't abandon their connection to magic centuries ago when religion declared it evil and he has traveled through time specifically to find her and bring her back to his time to marry him. If that isn't enough of a far fetched tale to absorb, he informs her that she was born in his time to a family belonging to that same secret society and was promised in marriage to him as an infant. When enemies who didn't want to see the union of families take place made attempts on her life, her parents sent her into the future and erased her memories of them as a precaution. Possessing virtually no belief in magic, ghosts, psychics, time travel, etc., it takes some doing on Lance's part to convince her to believe his story and go back with him. When she does, the lies, deceit and attempts on her life start all over again. Will she escape emotionally and physically unscathed? "The Other Side Of the Mirror" is a steamy-paranormal-romance- mystery-thriller and book one of the Esmerelda Sleuth series.