Long Way Down Main Character Novels & Stories

My name is Emma. At 31, I am doing well for myself. I’ve got a great job. Or at least a well paid job, my boss loves me, and my girlfriends think I’m great. More important than anyone's opinion is that of my housemate, and best friend in the world, Scott. Scott thinks the world of me and always tells me to be myself. So why do I feel the need to lie outrageously on dates? From rock-climbing to Muay Thai: when it comes to prospective boyfriends, I am compelled to embellish my C.V. with unlikely porkies that alwaysbackfire - with hilarious results. I have Craig to blame for that - he really shattered my sense of self-confidence and self-worth. But then I turn the spotlight on Scott, and he wishes he'd never brought it up. With a penchant for checked shirts and Harry Potter-style specs, I decide he needs a makeover and to experience the abysmal dating world. My friendship with Scott began in the most unconventional way. His past life had made him homeless and isolated, but he saved me. And now we are inseparable. My dating disasters began when my relationship with he-who-must-not-be-named ended. Waking up with a pounding head, a dry mouth, aching limbs and a random arm draped over my waist, I struggle to get up and then stumble to the bathroom. I rubbed my eyes and stare at the hungover, half dead panda eyed loser staring back at me. What started out as a lighthearted challenge with Scott, became something more. We were prepared. But nothing could prepare us for the surprise results! Before long, I realise that our lives will never be the same again.

He groaned. "I can hear your heart, little one. Does that excite you?" He can hear my heart! She had to clear her throat before she could answer. "It's the way you talk." One of his claws caressed her cheek. He leaned down close, those golden eyes gleaming, his face a shadow. Her breath caught. "I could lick you again, make you scream with pleasure. Would you like that?" ************************************** Purchased by the Demon King, Victoria O'Hare is thrown into the world of the immortal. Brutal and ruled by instinct, the Demon King comes to her in the dark, filling her world with pleasure and fear. Cursed and broken, King Sebastian struggles to control his inner demon. He now owns a sweet little beauty. One who calls to him in the darkness. One he could kill in an instant. Victoria struggles to show Sebastian there is more to him than his brutal nature. Despite his curse, Sebastian is tempted to accept all Victoria has to offer. When a desperate werewolf and an evil army threaten war, King Sebastian must accept what he is and protect the woman he loves...if his inner demon doesn't kill her first.

She’s the Editor-in-Chief. He’s the CEO who destroyed her heart. A year ago, August Wilmer walked out on Remy in the pouring rain, leaving her with nothing but devastation and a promise to herself: never again. Now, Remy is the successful Editor-in-Chief at the Daily Chronicles, a master of control. But her meticulously built world crashes when August returns as the company’s new CEO—and he’s engaged to a powerful heiress. Enter Cory, August’s charming stepbrother, who has patiently pursued Remy since the day August left. When the competition between the two brothers reaches a boiling point, Cory proposes a shocking solution to help Remy save face and protect her heart: a fake engagement, complete with a binding contract. Their sudden, high-profile 'relationship' successfully throws August into a jealous tailspin. But in the shark tank of the corporate world, Remy's integrity is questioned, forcing her to ask if her career—and her heart—can survive the dangerous game she’s playing. As the fake relationship starts to feel dangerously real, the Wilmer family’s secrets begin to surface. Remy realizes the mysterious circumstances of August’s departure, Cory’s devotion, and even her own job, are all tied to a painful, decades-old corporate conspiracy. To survive this war, Remy must choose between the brother who seeks to prove his love and the one who is fighting to reclaim her—before a legally binding contract seals her fate forever.

Dawn Lewis and David Empire are sweet and lovey-dovey couple since they were in college. They were so in love to each other every single day. Until one day, Dawn suddenly asking for breaks up. He wanted to end their relationship. David didn't agree, he asked Dawn what's his reasons but Dawn didn't give him answered. Then at the end, David never agree instead he walk outside their house then go somewhere to cool off his head But he didn't know that Dawn planning to leave that night. Dawn disappear in 5 years and never came back. But fate never fails. They meet again in unexpected event. They become coworkers. David become his boss. Dawn become his secretary. What will happen to their feelings? It is remaining pure or it become nothing. Is their feeling for each other has a change to forget everything in the past or it will turn everything in the past.

The hospital suddenly called to inform me that the kidney I had been scheduled to receive had been transferred—by my husband—to his first love. I confronted him. He replied casually, "It's just one kidney. Are you really in such a hurry? Daphne needs it more, so let her have it first. You're not going to die anytime soon anyway!" I stood there holding the medical report proving he had uremia, and in that moment, my three-year marriage felt like a joke. Fine. He was right. I wasn't the one who was sick—so what was I rushing for?

Helen, fled on her wedding day, because she was a faithful believer in love, she fled away from her family and everything around her, to make way for a new life, but she was far from imagining that the man she left on the altar would seek her to take revenge on her and make her live the greatest suffering she could feel. A few years later, after having been subjected to so many humiliations, Helen returned transformed into another woman, empowered, and also full of immense desire to take revenge on the man who hurt her so much. But what neither of them counts on is that they were always meant to be together. Do you believe in second chances? Do you believe in true love? Join me in this moving story.

Herbert Fischer lets his precious childhood sweetheart dump scalding stew all over me as everyone watches. Worse, he tells me to apologize, all because I said one harsh sentence to her. Tears stream down my face as I ask him, "Is my life worth less than a hair on her head?" He snorts. "Stop overthinking. It's just hot stew—you won't die from a few burns."

Jade Figueroa is a fierce and intelligent young woman, born into privilege as the Alpha’s daughter of her powerful wolf pack. However, her life has been anything but free. Raised in a society that values submission over strength in women, Jade has always been silenced and sidelined, despite the raw power coursing through her veins. When she is sold into an arranged marriage to a ruthless Alpha known for his missing Lunas, her world begins to unravel. Will she succumb to the oppressive expectations forced upon her, or will she rise against tradition, defying the fate others have written for her, and claim the life and freedom she deserves? Jade’s journey will test the limits of her courage, strength, and resolve as she dares to rebel against the bonds that seek to cage her.

Cinthye Cator a fiercely independence actress who build her empire by evading from love and the chains of marriage. A blood-bound contract brings everything she worked for in destruction, leaving her with one option—matrimony with ruthless and devastatingly handsome mafia don Damien Voss. Cinthye does what she does best, she runs. Damien refuse to chase, he hunts. Her clever escapes only tighten the devil's possessive grip. What begins as a dangerous game of chase ignites into passionate obsession that threatens to consume them both. Will she keep running from the man who sees right though her facade or surrender to the dark king who would burn the world to keep her.

Ryan Carter came to Arkwood University to escape his past especially Jake, the possessive ex who blurred every line between love and control. But his “fresh start” takes a messy turn when he clashes with Daniel Brooks: the cold, perfect, student body VP with too much power and zero patience for Ryan’s sharp tongue. They hate each other on sight. But hate has a way of burning too hot and the line between enemies and something else is thinner than either of them is ready for. What starts as tension becomes obsession. And when the past comes knocking, Ryan finds himself stuck between who he was, who he’s becoming, and a boy he never planned to want.