Network Effect A Murderbot Novel

He and She met and had a contract marriage. On the other hand, she had two identities, one was the identity of Addison who was betrayed by her fiance and foster sister and the other was his childhood lover whom he had been in search of for ten years. Was this a misconception? Or was it a scheme on her part? When the predestination of two unknown men and women begins to intertwine, who's going to win in the game of love and supremacy?

I was the sole front desk clerk at a haunted hotel. Welcoming players, checking in on the bosses’ quarters, and slacking off a bit were all part of the job. At least, that was what I thought. It turned out my days were far from ordinary. A blood-drenched little girl in a tattered red dress kept ringing the service bell. Her eerie voice echoed, “Miss, why didn’t you come play with me?” A creepy black cat with glowing eyes wouldn’t stop meowing and rubbing against my legs. And then there was the old woman with claws like knives, cheerfully knitting me a sweater… out of players’ skin. One day, I took a day off to care for my sick mother. That was my biggest mistake. The entire game instance erupted in chaos. Bosses interrogated players, demanding to know where their precious front desk clerk had gone. “Did she abandon us? Is she never coming back?” I ran. They chased. But no matter how fast I fled, their grip on me only tightened. In the end, escape wasn’t an option.

My daughter unplugs my oxygen tube before throwing herself into her nanny's arms. "The old hag is finally dying, Mom. I don't need to call a thief my mother anymore!" It turns out the nanny switched my child for hers when they were born. I've spent the last two decades doting on the nanny's daughter. I die of an aneurysm after recalling my birth daughter's horrible death. When I open my eyes again, I'm taken back to the day my daughter was born.

'She was young, so I let her grow. She was wild, so I let her live her life. She wanted to build a career, so I stayed away. But the time has come now. Time for her to be tamed, to learn the rules, to be where she belongs. Beside me. Now the time has come for her to be mine. Because I, Duncan De Sylvano, am ready to hunt for my queen.' *** Cassandra Brooks has spent most of her life by paying her alcoholic mother's debts, with only one dream that one day she would be away from her disarranged family and become an independent woman. And after years, she was the woman she always wanted to be. Strong, fiery, wild, and a thriving model. The beauty who never fails to get attention. Broken by her past beyond repair, love was never in her to do list. Until one night, she came face to face with a mysterious Italian. The dark aura of danger around the rugged man got her curious. And when an opportunity to enter the untouchable billionaire's life came, she didn't think twice to grab it. Her plan was simple: get the hunk and then move on. But little did she know that it was Duncan De Sylvano's empire, and no one entered his territory without his permission. So didn't she. Now that his prey was right where he wanted her, he was ready to hunt. And he wouldn't stop until she was tamed and… his. After all, he has waited for years… *** Book two of 'Obsessive Billionaires' series The books of the series can be read as standalone.

Finnegan Churchill grabs me by the hair and drags me to a staircase with 99 steps. He orders me to crawl my way up as an apology to his true love, Colette Brooke. At the same time, I'm supposed to pray for her. He has no idea I'm the one who cared for him during the three years he was blind.

Ella's life was never an easy one. Born in a wealthy family that was roots deep in crime, she'd lived a fearful life. Shunned from a normal life, Ella tried to stay away from the crimes her family participated in, even when the flames of the dark side of her family burned her voice. Life was cruel, but Ella did not expect it to get worse. A day after her father's death, Ella found herself getting shipped off to marry a man she did not know. What was worse? The man she was to marry, was the very man who killed her father. Elijah doesn't need to marry Custo's daughter. He already knew the benefits of this arranged marriage was to her family and not him. Yet, resentment made him sign the contract. Marrying Ella meant having her and her family wrapped around his little finger. Ella's fate was sealed. Out from one cage to the next. Only, this cage has a monster living in it, one that will make her life miserable.

All her life she has been abused physically and verbally by her stepfather,Joshua Johnson. Emily has no idea who are real parents are or if they are still alive. She's been abused at home and bullied in school but she remains strong, hoping that one day all her pains and suffering will be gone. Who knew one wish was all it takes for her life to take an eventful turn? What happens when a new guy, Xavier Hunter, comes to the school and save her from her bully, Henry Parker? What happens when she discovers a deep secret about her bully? Who will she choose between the guy she loves and the guy that once made her life miserable? Read the book to find out

Zoa McClure is a 16-year-old girl. She comes from a family of 7. An average teenager, with a normal life. She lives in New York with her parents who are attorneys. Her life of normalcy is threatened when she gets kidnapped.... To the rest of the world, she's in a coma with very slim chances of survival. In Zoa's POV, she's in a nation called Charlaedon. Nobody can fathom how she ended up in the middle of the nation's cross-fire. Zoa only remembers bits and pieces of the day's events. The incident resulting in her coma seems to have been forgotten. The war in Charlaedron leaves everyone in a state of disarray. It's up to Zoa and her new friends to fix things.

Blurb Isabella Salvatore had only one dream in life; to become a mum. Stuck in an abusive marriage with her husband Maxwell Henderson, who had reduced her status from his glorified trophy wife to a glorified nanny for his mistress children; Tommy and Sean, after making sure that she lost their children all to please his mistress. Isabella tries her best to win back her husband's love as she was an orphan and the only person to show her love and affection was Maxwell. But when she was made a mockery of an elite business event after getting an invitation that was "hinted" to have been sent from her husband, Max after coming as Mrs Henderson, the one who comes to her rescue isn't her husband but a stranger who seemed to be feared by everyone in that city - Alpha Damon Rodriguez. Damon offers her a deal; he would make sure she became a mum. If and only if she divorced her husband and married him. What does Isabella have to lose? Only one thing remained unknown to her ---Isabella had no idea that there were creatures known as werewolves and her new husband happened to be the Alpha of a notorious pack.

WARNING MATURE CONTENT!!! A devastated lady went to a bar to drink away her pains after she caught her fiance and her bestie on the bed. At that moment of her being drunk, she mistakenly took a tycoon CEO as a host to attend to her needs. Under the desperation to get away from her pains on what her fiance did to her. She had a hot night with the strange man under the influence of the she took. Just one night that change her life forever. What happens, when the stranger she thought to be a host want more than just a night with her. "I want him!"She squealed, pointing a well manicured finger to the god of a man. There were gasps in the room as everyone gawked at the woman who dared to point a finger at the stranger. She obviously didn't know who he was, other wise, she wouldn't have dared to alter the words that came out of her mouth. "I said, I want him!" She repeated even louder than before. "Madam, I think you should sit down and continue your drink. You're digging your own grave!" The waiter whispered. "Oh shut the up! I want him and I will get him!" She screamed again, ignoring the waiter's warning. Her loud voice finally got the attention of the mysterious man. He looked around him and noticed that the beautiful drunk woman was indeed pointing at him. "I said I want him! He is the host!" She was saying. A wicked smirk curled up the mysterious man's lips as he observed Aria. She would make a good meal for the night. "Go bring get me that woman." He whispered to one of his men.