Mary Jane: A Novel

Mary Blackwood n'aurait jamais imaginé que sa vie soigneusement construite s'écroulerait. À seulement 25 ans, elle est l'incarnation même de la beauté, avec une silhouette de rêve qui rend les hommes fous, mais ce n'est pas tout : elle est engagement PDG de l'empire multimillionnaire de son Mais lorsque l'entreprise commence à s'effondrer, le désespoir pousse son père à conclure un pacte avec le diable, Andrew De la Cruz, le chef mafieux froid et calculateur de San Andreas. Les conditions sont simples : Andrew investira 500 millions de dollars pour sauver leur héritage. Le prix à payer ? Mary doit devenir sa femme pendant 365 jours. Mais leur histoire n'a pas commencé avec le contrat, elle a commencé une seule nuit. Une nuit où la passion a brûlé toute raison. Une nuit où seule la chaleur de leurs corps a parlé. Une nuit qui a laissé Mary remettre tout en question. Maintenant, face à Andrew, ses mots cruels la blessent profondément : « Cette nuit n'avait aucune signification. » Contrainte à un mariage dont aucun des deux ne veut, Mary est plongée dans le monde perfide d'Andrew, un monde où la loyauté est rare, la trahison mortelle et l'amour une faiblesse. Alors qu'ils naviguent dans leur relation instable, la tension entre eux se ravive, brouillant la frontière entre devoir et désir. Pourtant, derrière l'apparence impitoyable d'Andrew se cache un homme hanté par des secrets et animé par une dangereuse quête de pouvoir. Et tandis que Mary se bat pour tenir bon, elle commence à se demander : leur nuit ensemble était-elle vraiment insignifiante, ou était-ce l'étincelle qui pourrait embraser leur monde ? Une nuit les a réunis. Une année décidera de leur sort. Dans un monde où règnent le pouvoir et la tromperie, leur amour survivra-t-il ou les détruira-t-il tous les deux ? Trouveront-ils l'amour dans un mariage purement commercial

"Marry me and I'll give you a million dollars." "What?! But you're so...so..." "Devastatingly handsome? Smoulderingly sexy?" "NO! Obscenely obnoxious!" *** This was how Daniel Winters, the CEO of Winters Architecture proposed to Jane McKay, a down on her luck single mother. She desperately needed money to gain custody of her child and he was in frantic search for a wife and a baby to retain his inheritance. And so, these two unlikely souls struck up an agreement - a one year contract marriage that would supposedly benefit them both. But one year is a long time, and according to Murphy's law 'anything that can happen will happen.' So the question is, will Daniel and Jane be able to stand each other for 365 days without going for each other’s throat? Will Daniel's family find out about his greatest lie? Will the baby of Jane's father come back for his flesh and blood? And most importantly, will this unlikely marriage blossom into something more?

Hanggang saan ang kaya mong gawin para sa pagbabayad mo sa utang na loob na sinasabi ng pamilya mo? Simula nang malaman na hindi siya ang tunay na anak ng pamilya Lopez, nagbago ang buhay niya. Siya si Eloise Jane, na ang akala ng lahat ay ang nag-iisa at tunay na anak ng mga Lopez. Itinakwil siya pagkatapos, at upang mabayaraan ang pag-aalala ng mga Lopez sa kanya, kailangan niyang magpakasal sa mayamang lalaki. Si Cozmo Dominguez, nag-iisang tagapagmana sa pinakamayamang pamilya sa lungson. Ngunit sa kabila ng lahat ng meron siya, isa lang ang hindi niya kayang gawin---ang makalakad. Magagawa kaya siyang matulungan ni Jane, o kaya niya bang tanggapin si Jane sa buhay niya?

Mary is an orphan who is on the run from yet another horrific foster home. When fate steps in and she runs into her mate, will she be able to recognize him as such? Will she ever find a happy ever after or will she spend the rest of her life alone and on the run.

Detective Jane Watson and Nick Valentine are solving bloody cases of murder in town, with their main suspect Maria De Vega.

YOLO! You only live once.That is my motto in life. I don't care about what other people would say and think about me. I am me. And others' opinions don't matter.I am Alexa Lopez, Alex for short. Everyone calls me by that name, including my parents. I am a proud lesbian and I am lucky that my parents accept me for who I am but sometimes my mom still wishes that I will wake up to my senses one day and meet a man.Me? Meeting a man? Yuck!I heard many times from my friends and some relatives that I look pretty. They said I have a good body and they are sure that if I am a straight girl, many boys will chase after me.But that will never happen. I am not pretty, I am handsome.I am 17 years old, still a teenager and young as they say but I am already mature. I already had 3 girlfriends in the past and all of them were head over heals at me. I can't blame them, I treated them nicely and I did my best to be a good partner for them, giving them gifts, accompanying them when they go shopping and help them with their studies. I sometimes even do their homework and their projects.I am the only child in my family and I must say we are financially stable. My dad is a lawyer and my mom is a dermatologist.I am currently a senior high school student in Mary Poppins International School and I am also one of the varsity players of the women's basketball team. I am quite famous I must say.It may seem that I have everything, but inside this tough person is still a fragile lady.

In the shadows of high society, Alpha Nick Sokolov reigns supreme, his wealth and power unmatched. Yet, beneath his polished exterior lies a past riddled with regret. When his failing marriage and old enemies threaten his life, Nick returns to his hometown, only to find himself face-to-face with Jane Mitchell—a woman he once dismissed as plain and unremarkable. As danger looms and secrets unravel, Nick realizes that true beauty lies not in appearances, but in the depths of the heart. Will he embrace the chance to rewrite his story with Jane, or will he be consumed by the mistakes of his past?

Jane Stadler wakes up from a six-year coma to a world that believes she’s dead. Her husband, Daniel, betrayed her. Her adopted sister took her place. And the man who saved her? The one her enemies fear the most—viktor orlov and his son, Diego Orlov. With nothing left, Jane is given a choice: step into power or disappear forever. But Diego isn’t just offering her protection—he’s offering revenge. And the moment she steps out of that hospital, the world will know she’s back.

The night ended tragically for Melissa when she met with an accident which took her life. However, the next moment, she was alive and turned out, she had transmigrated into a novel and engaged to a Duke! It was said that this fiancé of hers was cold-hearted and only cared about work and not interested in women! But why did he follow her around? He even kissed her every chance he got. Whatever, since she couldn't avoid her fate, she would play her character well. But, who's this adorable young child? "What're you doing here? Go back to your chambers!" "I'm your husband. I'm sleeping here with you." "Mother, I'm sleeping with you and Father." "Son, get out."

When the sky ignited in crimson and bombs obliterated Segunda Island in 2080, death was only the beginning. The fallen didn't stay dead—they morphed into savage, bloodthirsty beasts. Terrified survivors barely hold on, hunted by horrors that wear the faces of those they loved. Jane Fortalejo, the last from a dynasty destroyed overnight, is forced to ally with strangers from the island's shadowed underbelly. Driven to expose the sinister truth behind the apocalypse, Jane will risk her life, sanity, and the fragile alliances she forms. What really brought ruin to Segunda? And can the last survivors escape a fate worse than death itself?