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My mother was the best portrait artist in the police station. She had a strong sense of justice and brooked no evil. However, all I got was a sharp retort when I called her to save me. "You know it's your sister's coming-of-age celebration today, and you're cursing her? Kidnapped, are you? Fine, the kidnappers can kill you for all I care." She assumed it was a prank call. So, she refused to go to the police station and do her job. I wasn't saved in time and was tortured to death. When the DNA report came out, she came to the scene all wobbly. She drew a portrait of me with my bones as reference, her hand trembling all the way. "Jessica? It can't be her. This is a mistake!" She tried again and again. Yet, it didn't matter how many times she redid it as the portrait showed my face. My mother, who had hated me my whole life, teared up.

When the illegitimate daughter, Sophia Gracia, married Alexei Dè Sokolov, a so-called old pervert by some, she thought her life was over.  She had no idea it was the beginning of a new chapter in her life. Alexei Dè Sokolov, a billonaire who was dubbed as a "old pervert" because he never appeared in public and for some nasty rumors. He'd had his eye on Sophia since high school.  So when she received an offer from the Gracia family, he couldn't refuse it. Alexei had no idea that taking this risk would save Sophia and give her a reason to start a new life.

Carver is captivated by Ava. So is Peyton, his bodyguard. As they both fall for her, they are forced to confront the desires they have long harbored for each other. But as they figure out how to make this unique situation work, Carver's insatiable needs and desires threaten their fragile unity. His dual existence in New York's elite circles and the BDSM underground may ruin it all.

Daisy King, a bright and bold student fresh out of college ready to conquer the business world moveS to New York for an interview. If only she knew one interview will change her whole life meeting the daring and dominating twins. Damon and Damian, now her bosses. A whole new world unfolds as she finds herself in turmoil between love and hate, secrets unfold and powers beyond her imagination. Have you ever wondered if what you see in movies walk and live amongst humans. Journey with Daisy on an epic ride to the supernatural world.

When teens mysteriously develop strong and heavenly new capacities, they are proclaimed a danger by the public authorities and are taken to an extraordinary school called SCHOOL OF THE GIFTED, where they will be shown how to utilize their powers and how to control it. This school is gone to by individuals from everywhere in the world as long as they have exceptional abilities too. The school turns into their new home, some do not like this change of environment at first, but when they start to connect with different teens with abilities such as theirs, it turns into the most astonishing experience on the planet for them. However at that point, who is Ice? Also, who is Fire? Let us take a ride to this extraordinary world and find out, shall we?

Brian Bolton, miliarder top Bolton Enterprise dari New York City baru-baru ini pindah ke kantor cabangnya di San Francisco. Meninggalkan New York City adalah suatu hal yang harus dia lakukan setelah menghabiskan bertahun-tahun merawat tunangannya. Dia ingin fokus mengembangkan perusahaannya untuk pasar Asia-Pasifik tetapi hidupnya berubah drastis setelah dia menaruh perhatian pada satu karyawannya, Anastasia Berg. Anna adalah karyawan yang berpenampilan biasa selama jam kerja tetapi dia berubah menjadi wanita seksi saat keluar malam. Setelah melihat Anna untuk pertama kali di bar, Brian tidak bisa menghilangkan keinginannya untuk memiliki Anna. Keduanya saling jatuh cinta, namun seks yang panas tidak cukup solid untuk membangun sebuah hubungan. Baik Anna atau Brian, keduanya memiliki masa lalu yang pahit dalam menjalin hubungan percintaan. Tak bisa dipungkiri, kepahitan dari masa lalu akan mengguncang hubungan mereka.

I have a deal with Aldric Cromwell, the so-called King of Equinox Street, a billionaire lawyer-turned-CEO. If I confess to him 142 times while wearing a wedding dress, he will cover his limited-edition Koenigsegg in flowers, drive me to the most magical castle, and give me the grandest wedding imaginable on my 143rd try. However, Aldric is nowhere to be seen that day. Instead, he makes headlines by renting out the entire Wondergrove Theme Park just to celebrate his sweet new girlfriend, Bianca Alvarez's birthday. Bathed in the glow of brilliant fireworks, they share a tender kiss, cameras flashing like stars all around them. That moment quickly becomes the top trending story on the internet. Meanwhile, I go viral in my own way for showing up in a wedding dress for the 143rd time outside his company building. Speculations and theories swirl about the mystery man I keep confessing to but never reveal. People also wonder how long it will be before I make the 144th declaration. When Aldric realizes I have faithfully kept our agreement, he promises me, out of pure guilt, that he will finally fulfill the vow he's made to me after the final confession. Dressed to the nines, he arrives at his company, driving that flower-covered, limited edition Koenigsegg, only to receive a final text from me. "There won't be a 144th confession, Aldric. We're over."

"That's it, baby girl. Take Daddy's cock like the good little slut you are." My boyfriend's father had me bent over his desk, hand wrapped around my throat, splitting me open with his thick cock while my boyfriend was on the line. * * * Forget what you know about love stories. This is a fucking raw, no-filter plunge into the depraved fantasies you only jerk off to when you're home alone. This collection is your VIP pass to the kind of filth that leaves you shaking—where powerful bosses bend you over their desks' and depraved strangers use your holes in dirty alleyways before vanishing into the night. We're talking about the kind of raw, pulse-pounding taboo that gets you off: forbidden age gaps, rough, messy gangbangs, public throat-fucking that steals your voice, and first times that leave you gaping, dripping, and ruined for anyone else. Consider this your final warning. This is explicit, vulgar, and engineered to soak your panties. If you can't handle stories drenched in choking, rough anal, non-con/dub-con kinks, and filthy-mouthed sluts who beg to be used like the cum-dumpsters they are, close this book now. But if you're ready to get utterly wrecked—if you're craving that full-body, mind-melting, vibrator-on-high kind of climax that leaves you a boneless, dripping mess... Your next orgasm is waiting. Turn the page. We promise you'll be a good girl for us.

Lyra Blackwood loved an Alpha and was erased for it. Condemned as a human who dared to bond with a wolf, Lyra’s world burns in a single night of judgment and betrayal. Her parents are killed. Her home is reduced to ash. And the pack she trusted declares her a threat that must be removed. But Lyra survives. She awakens in a hidden territory of exiled wolves—survivors of fallen packs bound by loss rather than blood. There, the truth of her lineage surfaces, along with a forbidden Alpha power thought annihilated generations ago. As Lyra begins to understand what she is and what was stolen from her, war stirs. And Cassian Blackthorne, newly crowned Alpha of Thorneveil, is forced to hunt the woman he cannot feel disappear. In a world where power demands sacrifice, Lyra must decide: Will she rule through destruction… or redefine what it means to be a Luna? ⚠️DISCLAIMER⚠️ Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents portrayed are products of the author’s imagination. No part of this work is intended to depict or reference real individuals, occurrences or existing narratives.

Mary Parker's life has been transformed after the death of her sister Claudia and the disappearance of her mother, and what used to be colorful to her is now black and white. Mary is absolutely certain that she will soon be reunited with her sister on the spiritual plane, and for this reason she does not allow herself to fall in love, and doesn't want anyone to fall in love with her. But he sees his plan go awry when he meets Philippe Taylor on a party night. Newly arrived in New York, Philippe is the newest owner of Taylor's Music. He is used to nightlife and he can't imagine the surprises that new york city will bring him, especially after he meets a very beautiful and authoritarian woman. Would he be willing to live a no-strings-attached romance with his newest neighbor and partner, Mary? Would she be willing to allow anyone to get close to her? Together Philip and Mary will need to take care of Mariazinha, an extremely poor and very docile child, while her grandmother is hospitalized. Sometimes fate plays with people and someone or an accident can change everything!