How To Pick Locks

Veronica Darren, a university student at a private university in Waterford city, has just received a shipment of a box filled with red shoes that turns out to be shoes designed by a famous shoe designer — Karl Smith. When she discussed her findings with her two friends, Erna Chen and Bianca Pedrosa, a man named Stephen Laurent claimed to have come to pick her up at the residence of Karl Smith, the famous shoe designer. Even more surprising, Stephen told her that the man is a werewolf, Karl Smith is a dragon, and it turns out that Bianca Pedrosa is a vampire!She, who fell in love with Stephen at first sight, was curious about the figure of Karl Smith who never appears in public. Will she stay with Stephen, who has caught her eye from the start of their meeting, or is she attracted to the mysterious figure of Karl Smith?

18 year-old orphan, Rose Cintilar, wants to fulfill her father's dream of becoming a stylist. She's talented but has the worst luck. When the senior stylist stole her design again, Rose decided to change her fate and apply for a new job: the assistant to singer, songwriter 'Rum'. But why would an international superstar pick a zero for an assistant? Maybe something isn’t right with Rum. Something about him feels superhuman…and Rose is pulled into the world beyond her own; a world of werewolves, the dark whims and the Moon Goddess; and as the Alpha King's mate, Rose must save him from clutches or the dark whims, or the Moon Goddess would fall and plunge both world into darkness. But why would an Alpha king need the help of a mere human? She's not a werewolf... is she?

Reginald Parker grew up with the Adams as her neighbors leading to a long time crush on Cain Adams ,the first son of the family. The Adams moved out after Mr Adams got a big contract,they then became the rich influential Adams family years later ,with the billionaire sons and divorced parents . Regina was dared by her friends to get Cain Adams since she claimed she knew them . She applied for a job as his personal stylist but ended up as a maid and lied to everyone that she got the job. She couldn’t reject the offer for fear of being mocked . Cain treated Regina with so much disgust until Ryder Cain’s younger brother shows interest in marrying regina. Cain became jealous and tried to claim Regina.Who will regina pick among the two brothers and will she get away with her lie?

Trapped in an engagement of convenience, Veronica had finally come to terms with her engagement with Berlin Gates. That is, until she discovered his betrayal and ended their engagement abruptly. She decides to pick up and leave when no one in his family or hers takes her side. Starting fresh at a top company, she was stunned to find Neil Railway, a past love, as a key partner. His cold demeanor made her question his feelings. As they started to reconnect, Neil’s strict management and Berlin’s schemes threatened both Neil’s company and their budding romance. To make things worse, Veronica uncovered her father’s betrayal, aligned with Berlin’s plans. Can Veronica mend her relationship with Neil while battling family betrayal and corporate sabotage? Will their love endure the growing challenges?

Amanda is a biracial Nigerian teenager who's still struggling to come to terms with her new life mother's death years prior after a traumatic accident that almost claimed both their lives. Upon relocation to Port-harcourt she meets Chideziri, another teen who helps her make peace with her life. Chideziri is an unlikely teen from a dysfunctional family and an abusive father. He is constantly on the run from reality, but when he meets Amanda he begins find reasons to pick the fragments even if it means facing off his demons. She belongs to the sky is a brutally honest coming of age story set in contemporary Nigerian society. It trails two teens who in trying to find themselves find each other, and discover that their spark may not be fate's design alone.

Amberleigh Dubois never expected to find herself in this position twice, pregnant and alone. But she should've known the billionaire's offer was too good to be true, two million dollars to have his child. Following Grayson Godwin's shocking shotgun engagement, she returned back to the Cobra Club to try and pick up the pieces of her life. At least until a familiar face shows up. Leo Clemonte just may prove to be her happy ending to this dark fairytale after all. But then comes the call that changes everything, Grayson abducted, held for a hefty ransom. And just like that Amberleigh finds herself entangled with the billionaire once more. To find him before it's too late will take no princess. But a girl born and raised in The Fringe. But does a girl like her ever really get a happy ending?

My mate, Carter, sent me to a werewolf prison for four years. On the day I was released, he arrived holding the hand of his pregnant mistress. “This is what your parents owe me.” “From today on, you’ll take care of Amelia.” I nodded obediently. She made me pick roses with my bare hands. Made me plant a hundred pots under the scorching sun. Made me scrub my allergic, ulcerated skin with alcohol. And I did everything she asked. Until the day they brought me back to my old home. The house was gone. In its place stretched an endless rose garden. And my only sister— had become nothing but a box of ashes. That was the moment I understood. I survived not to atone. I survived to take revenge.

On the night of the Moonbinding Ceremony, where alphas across the land come to claim their mates, Selene attends only to witness her childhood love, Kaith, betroth another she-wolf. Heartbroken, she sneaks away—only to be hunted down and claimed by the one wolf no one dared defy… Draven Nightbane—the cursed Alpha King of the Nightbane Pack, feared for his monstrous form, one that never fully shifts into a wolf. Marked as a half-beast, his entire life has been a battle against his own bloodthirsty instincts. He wakes up from his cursed slumber only to pick scent of his mate and rushes off to mark her. Claim her and own her. “You belong to me now, little wolf.” “Alpha King Draven Nightbane has marked you as his.”

As I was cleaning up the house, I noticed something had fallen out of the cabinet my wife always kept locked tight. I remembered Megan's constant warnings. "That cabinet holds all our family's important records. If anything gets lost, there's no getting it back. Just leave it alone and don't touch it." Worried something valuable might have fallen out, I rushed to pick it up. But what I found was a thick stack of remittance slips. From forty years ago to now, every month, my wife had been sending money to the same account. And that's when it hit me. My wife had been lying to me. The money I'd been pouring into this family had been flowing right out, into the hands of someone else.

Korra has only ever known two things: hunger and fear. Since the death of her mother, her life has been a prison built from her father’s fists and his debts. But the night her father tries to sell her to pay what he owes, something inside her shatters. Instead of surrendering, she runs, but rather than into safety, she runs straight into the jaws of danger. Hunted by rogue men, she crosses an unseen border, and her fate changes forever. The Moonhowl patrol finds her; to them, she is a rogue. To their Alpha, Rhyker, she is nothing but a threat. Yet when Kael, Rhyker’s son and heir, locks eyes with her, the bond snaps into place with a force neither of them can deny. Torn between rejection and survival, she faces a cruel choice: bow to the fate Rhyker forces upon her… or rise from the ashes of her past and seize the bond that could be her only chance at freedom. ************* “But it was,” the figure said. “Before your mother ran, before the order went wrong, and against all odds, you survived.” Korra’s breath caught. “You know my mother.” “Everyone knew your mother.” The figure stepped closer. “She was supposed to die alone. Quietly and not leave a child behind.”