Earth Altar

So, Mrs. Knight,” he said, voice dripping with mockery, “do we have a deal?” I stared at his hand. Then at his face. Then at the empty shot glasses. I slapped my palm into his. “It’s not Mrs. Knight anymore,” I said, squeezing hard. “And you, Mr. Arrogant, just hired the most vindictive assistant you’ll ever have.” His fingers tightened around mine, warm and strong and promising all kinds of chaos. “Welcome to the dark side, Isabella.” Behind us, Kayla whispered to herself and few people in the coffee shop, “Y’all, I’m literally witnessing the start of a mafia romance…” Lucian’s eyes never left mine. Something electric and dangerous crackled between us. And in that moment, drunk off tequila and vengeance, I signed my soul with the Devil. I said no to Alexander Knight at the altar. Then I said yes to Lucian Voss in the rain, still wearing my wedding dress... Because my fiancee betrayed me twenty minutes before we tied the knots. With Lucian, it was a fake relationship stringed with mind-blowing nights. I gave him my body He offered me revenge Neither of us expected to give our hearts... Or that the enemy warming my bed every night ...was the brother everyone thought died fifteen years ago. Now I'm pregnant and only one knight get's to keep the empire and me

Llevaba siete años con Santiago, y aun así él no quería casarse conmigo. —Santiago, estoy lista para casarme —le dije un día con calma. Él frunció el ceño con indiferencia, como si ni siquiera hubiera escuchado bien mis palabras. —Joana, la empresa está a punto de salir a bolsa, estoy tan ocupado que no pienso perder tiempo en un tema tan irrelevante. Sonreí con tranquilidad. Tal vez, en sus ojos, aquello era solo un intento desesperado de presionarlo para que me propusiera matrimonio. Pero lo cierto es que, esta vez, sí me iba a casar… Pero el novio no sería él.

Lívia Lins e Ian Santiago estavam casados há três anos, mas, enquanto planejavam o aniversário de casamento de três anos, ela descobriu que a certidão de casamento era falsa... A verdadeira Sra. Santiago, na verdade, era sua melhor amiga! Por três anos, Ian, Viviane e toda a família Santiago a enganaram como se ela fosse uma tola. E a razão para tudo isso era ela ter sofrido um acidente de carro que danificou seu útero, impossibilitando-a de ter filhos. Mas, na época, o motivo pelo qual ela se feriu tão gravemente foi por salvar Ian! Ian: [Eu te amo, eu só quero ter um filho!] Viviane: [Eu não quero atrapalhar o relacionamento de vocês, só quero fazer parte!] Lívia: [Você está maluca?!] Já que eles acham tudo isso muito divertido, então ela vai entrar na brincadeira também. Querem tirar dela o projeto que é seu? Que seja, ela se casa com o herdeiro de uma família rica e, num piscar de olhos, se torna a cliente mais importante do próprio projeto. Não querem dar a ela um casamento digno? Ora, cem bilhões de reais de dote resolvem isso, e a cerimônia se transforma no evento mais comentado da cidade inteira. Duvidam que ela possa ter filhos? Ela dá à luz gêmeos perfeitos, sorrindo de leve enquanto eles ficam verdes de inveja, impotentes diante de sua felicidade. A notícia do casamento do herdeiro da família rica se espalhou rapidamente, e todos lamentavam pela suposta sorte da sua nova esposa. Todos sabiam que o herdeiro ainda amava sua primeira paixão, a sua musa intocável. Embora ela já fosse casada, ele nunca a esqueceu. Dizem que, no dia do casamento da sua musa intocável, ele ficou inconsolável e chegou a tentar se suicidar. E houve até quem o visse assistindo repetidamente aos filmes estrelados por ela, chorando sem conseguir se controlar. Quando Lívia dá à luz, pensando que é hora de deixar o herdeiro e a sua musa ficarem juntos, ele a segura nos braços e grita desesperado: — Quem espalhou esses boatos sobre mim?! Querida, você precisa acreditar em mim!

On my wedding day, my mafia fiancé, Ryder Conti, had his men bar me from the church. Instead, he walked down the aisle with another woman on his arm. He shrugged at me through the iron gates. "Emilia, the Contis need an heir, and Carmela is carrying a Rossi." "Once I use the Rossi influence to solidify my position in the Family, I'll divorce her. You'll still be my woman." Everyone thought I would obediently nod and wait for him to come back. For ten years, I had loved him more than life itself, even cutting ties with my family for him. That very night, I boarded a private jet to Sicily to accept an arranged marriage with the Godfather of the Vettori family. From then on, I vanished without a trace from Ryder Conti's world. Three years later, I returned to New York with my husband and child to deal with a traitor in the Family. Zayn had some last minute business, so he sent his men to collect me. I never expected to see a face from my past. Ryder looked at me with a smirk. "Had enough fun out there? Since you've come crawling back, this is perfect. Carmela's son needs a cook. You can do the job." Wait, he just called me, the most respected Donna in the underworld, the cook?

Book 3 of The Elemental Lovers series Cameron Hayes was one of the top editors-in-chief for WWF magazine. When he wanted to be the director fo the foundation, he has to go back to school. With a determination to take and a Ph.D. to achieve, he thinks he was invincible to anything. Ella Lattone has been one of the translators for WWF magazine for 3 years now. After completing her degree in the Romance languages, she moved to the States even when her aunt forbids it. But, they complied when she asked to continue her study in a different path, ecology.What makes it worst, Cam and Ella seem to know each other when they have to work together in their project that involves volcano and ecology. Can they work peacefully when everyone knows they were in arms when together? Or will they succumb to the stirring passion that has been burning ever since they worked in WWF but never explore?

Five years ago, Melissa confessed her feelings to Jayden Roberts—and he crushed her heart without hesitation. Now he’s her boss. Ruthless. Magnetic. The man everyone fears… except her. When fate ties her to his side as his secretary, their past ignites into something more dangerous than she imagined. But falling for him isn’t her only problem—his charming younger brother awakens feelings she can’t ignore. With a jealous ex, a scheming sister, and family secrets that could destroy them all, Melissa must choose between forbidden love and the truth that could shatter her world. Will she follow her heart… or lose it all?

When the devil gets attracted to one particular Woman he would do anything to make her his, he won't stop until he's claimed her. The devil always gets what he wants even if it means killing everyone on his path. What happens when Lucifer leaves his throne to earth just for a particular Woman named Skylar Green? What will happen when Skyler meets Lucas thinking he's human? What will happen when she finds out that Lucas was actually the real Lucifer from hell in disguise ? Will she accept him or be scared of him ? How would Lucifer make her fall for him, and convince her to go with him ? Find out in Lucifer's hearthstone

There's an earthquake. My husband, the captain of the rescue team, abandons me to save Wendy Smith, his true love. I don't stop him. I let him go. Why? Because when he was faced with the same choice in my past life, he saved me because I was eight months pregnant. Meanwhile, Wendy remained trapped under the rubble. She ultimately died due to a lack of oxygen after the delayed rescue. Later, on the day I went into labor, my husband brought me to Wendy's grave. He watched me coldly as I collapsed on the ground from the searing pain. He ignored my pleas. "Does it hurt, Yelena? Wendy's pain was a thousand times worse when she was trapped under the rubble!" I stared at him in disbelief as he descended into insanity. "You were safe that night—you were in the safe triangle zone! Wendy would never have missed the best time for rescue if not for you using your pregnancy to threaten me! I want you to experience all the pain she went through!" He forced me down on my knees and bumped my head on the ground before Wendy's grave. He ignored the blood that flowed down my legs. Ultimately, I died after major blood loss from a difficult labor. When I open my eyes again, I'm back to the day the earthquake happened. This time, neither I nor my child will wait for him.

My mother-in-law and I were trapped during an earthquake overseas. The rescue team knew that my husband had a private plane nearby and asked me to contact him, but I could only shake my head in rejection of the idea. In my last life, I tried my hardest to call him and get him to come save us. My mother-in-law and I were saved, but my husband’s true love got angry and went out to let off some steam. The incident ended with her being tortured to death. In front of his mother, my husband said that his lover deserved it. Yet, on the anniversary of her death, he killed me the way she had died. “I’ve always known that it was your scheme. You have to die as Shevonne did!” This time round, when my husband took his lover on a private plane to admire the cityscape at night, he found out everything that had happened and went mad.

My mom is a retired supermodel. She's added a monitor to the weight scales at home so that she can monitor my and my sister, Abigail Teller's perfect body weight. If my data goes up by 0.1%, Mom will ban me from eating for the next three days. But the thing is, Abigail keeps eating fried chicken every day, yet her monitor's light is always green. Mom claims that Abigail's still going through puberty. I defend myself, saying that I've gained weight because of the bloating caused by my period. As Mom points at the red light emitted by my monitor, she exclaims, "The data is never wrong! If you've gained weight, that means you've been snacking far too much!" After getting punished many times, I begin believing that being fat is a sin. On the night of my 20th birthday, the long-term diet I've been placed on has triggered my kidney failure, which causes me to bloat up everywhere. I kneel on the floor and plead to Mom that I'm seriously ill. But that's when the monitor lets out a shrill alarm. When Mom sees the 5% increase in my body fat data, she puts me through a devillish punishment. I can feel the electric currents jolting through my body. "It's bad enough that you've secretly snacked on cake, but to even lie in my face about your illness? I'd like to see how long you can stay stubborn for!" Having said her piece, Mom locks the door and takes Abigail out to celebrate her birthday. I guess Mom is correct. Monitors never lie. I'm the one who's at the wrong for being a glutton. That's why I've transformed into a monster who doesn't deserve any love at all. I'm sorry, Mom. I'll only drink water in my next life.