History Of Novels

Finley James never asked for the spotlight—she just kept ending up in it. All she ever wanted was basketball. Nothing else mattered. She grew up with the best coaches she could’ve imagined: her brother and his best friend. They were her whole world, the ones who taught her everything she knew. But after she turned eighteen, one night of giving in to her feelings changed everything. And she paid the price. Colton Reed was already a rising star by his freshman year, but the attention never interested him. His heart belonged to the game—and to his best friend’s sister. He knew that was a line he couldn’t cross. He wouldn’t risk the friendships that meant everything to him. Until one night, he did. With the biggest regret of his life and the happiest day of his life all at the same time, he left. He didn’t have a choice. He couldn’t look his best friend in the eyes anymore. Years later they find themselves playing for the same league in the same city.

When I was seven, my father brought home a beautiful lady who gave me a mango. That day, my mother watched me happily eating the mango while she signed her name on the divorce papers. After that, she jumped off the roof of our building. From then on, mangoes became the nightmare of my life. So on my wedding day, I told my husband, Alan Holt, "If you ever want a divorce, just give me a mango." Alan pulled me into his arms, quiet. From then on, mangoes became off-limits for him, too. On Christmas Eve of our fifth year of marriage, Alan's childhood sweetheart, Larissa Fennimore, left a mango on his desk at the office. The very same day, Alan announced he was cutting ties with Larissa and fired her from the company. That day, I truly believed he was the man I was meant to be with. Half a year later, I flew back from overseas, having just closed a partnership deal worth about 200 million dollars. At the celebration dinner, Alan handed me a drink. After I had finished half the glass, his so-called childhood sweetheart, the woman who had been kicked out of the company, stood behind me with a big grin and asked, "Does the mango juice taste good?" I stared at Alan in disbelief, and he was trying hard not to laugh. "Don't be mad. Larissa insisted I played a little joke on you. I didn't actually give you a mango; I just gave you a bottle of mango juice. But I think she's right. The fact that you don't eat mangoes is a real problem. You were really enjoying that juice just now." My face went cold. I lifted my hand and threw the rest of the mango juice in his face, then turned around and walked away. Some things are never a joke. I wouldn't kid around with mangoes or divorce.

In a world of hidden pasts and intricate fates, Alice meets someone on a flight..Alexander, a mysterious stranger with a dark, alluring presence... they instantly felt a strong attraction to each other. Although their first meeting seemed purely by coincidence, they soon discover an uncanny truth: they were Already engaged to each other by their families, and their paths were always meant to intertwine. As Alice moves to the Alex's mansion to honor this arrangement, she unearths secrets about him that bind them even deeper than family obligations. Raised by a mafia boss yet now reunited with his real parents, Alex carries scars from a life spent on the edges of crime and loyalty. Unbeknownst to Alice, his family holds the key to a traumatic incident in her past—her mother's tragic murder. Through twists of fate, betrayal, and hidden affections, Alice and Alex find themselves caught in a dance of desire and danger. As their connection grows, so does the revelation of a shared, tragic history that binds them far beyond any contract. But will the truth of Alex’s family and the buried sins of the past be too much to overcome, or will it be the final key that brings them together in a love worth fighting for? In this journey of love, redemption, and the unraveling of painful secrets, Alice and Alex will be forced to confront their own darkness to find the light they never knew they needed.

Isabella Sterling, formerly Katherine Carter, is a brilliant architect driven by revenge. Her brother, Jackson, was wrongfully imprisoned for a building collapse orchestrated by the Ashford family, leading to his death and their father's demise. Determined to avenge them, she infiltrates Ashford Global Architecture and the lives of people who were once close to her brother. She took out her heart and left it in Italy while her mind plotted a terrible future for her enemies. But can the love of a man make her change her path, or only reinforce her thirst for blood?

Hey guys! This is Ellie. I have a question for you. What is Love? Can anyone explain? If yes, then what is the difference between Love and Unconditional Love? Confusing right? Then allow me to take you to my life journey, that could give you perfect answers. * A soul in the universe, asked God to incarnate it as a human being in order to experience human emotions and enjoy the beauty of the earth. God agrees and turns that soul into twin flames by splitting it into two halves. They are Alexander and Ellie. They share the same soul, but have different bodies. Belle and Ellie become best friends in college. One day, Belle invites Ellie to her home for Christmas holidays for which she agrees. It's then Ellie meets her twin flame Alexander. At the first sight itself, they feel some strange bond but they ignore it. When Ellie gets a call from her home, with heavy heart, she leaves for her hometown which is in the countryside. Crazy feelings starts blooming between the couple leaving them perplexed, curious and attract like a moth to a flame. * Now it's high time to meet two people from two different backgrounds, with slightly similar personality, and different ideologies. Get ready to get caught by the flames of a story that could melt hearts.

Tatiana was only seventeen years old when she forced to go to France by her father after her mother was murdered and her grandfather fell into comatose condition. After 12 years, Tatiana has become a strong and intelligent Captain of Special Operations Unit of French Armed Forces. She acts tough and arrogant but hides her kindness and suffering over her mother’s death,and her dark past caused by the syndicate who abducted her. After returning to the Philippines to have a vacation with a covert mission ordered by their General, Tatiana starts to execute her exciting and thrilling vengeance to annoy the five members of her family. As she follows her first stepbrother who enters the church, she meets Elias Gentry who is also a house boy in their mansion. He a naive man who has a lot of part-time jobs in order to earn money that he wants to give to his family before he enters the seminary. His family doesn’t like his dream of becoming a priest. But he really wants to pursue his ten-year dream because of his love for God. As Tatiana falls in love with him, she discovers the truth behind her mother’s death and her grandfather’s condition. She cleverly makes her mark in the history as she put her own family to jail that surprised the whole country. By giving her right drops of divine to overcome brokenness, Elias makes Tatiana step out of the darkness. But because she broke rules, Tatiana was forced to go back to France to face her punishment under the military law. Elias is left heartbroken but still manages to cling onto her promises. By the grace of the Lord, He brings them back together after a year and continues their divine story.

"They Drank To Survive. Now, They Can't Live Without Him." Ezra was taken in as a baby and raised in a house that had everything… power, money, and control. To the outside world, they were perfect. For a while, that was enough. Then he found out the truth. He isn’t their brother. He’s the reason they’re still alive. He grew up alongside four vampire brothers, each one stronger, colder, and more dangerous than the last. What no one knows is that Ezra was never truly one of them. He was the reason they lived. His blood keeps them stable. Keeps them alive. At first, it was just something he endured. Then it became something they depended on. And somewhere along the way, the line between need and something else disappeared. So he runs away. He builds a life away from them. One where he’s not being used. One where he finally has control over himself. But it doesn’t last. When he crosses paths with them again, everything comes back, stronger than before. The pull between them isn’t just history anymore. It’s something deeper. Something neither of them can ignore. And when it finally snaps into place, it changes everything. A bond none of them expected. One that ties all five of them together. Now they can’t stay away from each other. And the rest of the world is starting to notice. With enemies closing in and the truth about Ezra’s existence beginning to surface, walking away is no longer an option. Breaking the bond could destroy them. Keeping it might be worse.

Shantali Mae Cross, a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Ancient Arts, encounters an impossible phenomenon during her night shift—smoke from the heating vents coalesces into the form of a cobra near ancient Egyptian canopic jars, showing her visions of possible futures. She sees herself accepting a promotion, arguing with a dark-haired man in a hospital, wearing a wedding dress, and standing at a graveside in autumn. Shaken by the experience, Shantali becomes obsessed with understanding what she witnessed, diving into research about serpent smoke divination practices. Her investigation reveals that others throughout history have experienced similar visions at crucial crossroads in their lives, but those who became consumed with interpreting and controlling their prophetic glimpses inevitably destroyed the very relationships and opportunities the visions had shown them. As Shantali spirals deeper into her research, she begins shutting out her boyfriend David, a fellow security guard who loves her deeply. When David witnesses the cobra phenomenon himself, he helps ground her in reality rather than obsession. Through her studies, particularly the warnings left by Dr. Amelia Thorne—a researcher who died alone after chasing similar mysteries—Shantali realizes the cobra's true message: choose love over fear, presence over obsession. The visions weren't warnings of tragedy but glimpses of a life fully lived with all its ordinary struggles and profound connections. When David proposes, Shantali chooses their real relationship over her pursuit of supernatural answers. She completes her research by writing a fictional novel about her experience, transforming obsession into art while helping future cobra witnesses understand that some mysteries are meant to guide rather than be solved. The story explores themes of choice versus destiny, the danger of sacrificing present love for future certainty, and the wisdom of embracing life's uncertainties alongside those who love us.

Main character Hyun-ki Quote "A Man Can Be Destroyed But Not Being Defeated" Hyun-ki is a high school student looking nerdy and good student but in reality, he is the most one you should be afraid of even the higher-ups in school are fearing him, all that because he is obsessed, he likes to control people lives, now you're thinking it's a superpower but in reality, it's just him playing with people mind with some tricks, but everything starts changing for our Hyun-ki when the transfer student named Mi-cha to his school and because of his best friend Mun-hee he will become close to her and her new best friend Hyun-ae that has a past with Mun-hee and Hun-ki, the four friends will go to a university and that when their life journey changed completely and got really messy because of Hyun-ki, all this was in Hyun-ki plan to make that mess but something will happen that even Hyun-ki didn't make it in his plans. So what will he do to fix it? Is he going to change plans?

Erin adalah seorang barista di kedai kopi milik sahabatnya. Erin cukup bahagia dengan pekerjaannya hingga dia jatuh cinta dengan Alex, pelanggan kedai kopinya yang tampan dan misterius.