On Critical Race Theory Victor Ray

   Pyotr stiffens at our sudden closeness, but he soon returns the hug. His arms tighten around me as I sink into his chest.      "I will make sure you never live in fear again," he affirms. His warmth and the determination in his voice, is what allows me to believe him. With my head on his shoulder, I grip his shirt tightly, trying to stop my tears. *** Vampires have long been known for their cruel behavior befitting of a beast. Many humans live in fear of them, and rightfully so. In recent years, humanity has fallen victim to the trafficking, as many vampires have taken humans to be their slaves. Clara, a young girl from a small village in the outskirts of the Samiryan kingdom, has become their latest victim. Just when she thinks her life is over, she is saved by a mysterious man. Enamored by the man's strength, Clara joins him in his fight to stop the wrongdoings of the vampires. During her journey, Clara faces many challenging obstacles, but none more challenging than falling for one of the very beings whom she sought to stop. Will hatred consume her heart or will love save her?

Aurora sacrificed everything for the love of her life, only to be rejected and left heart broken. Betrayed and alone, she seeks revenge against those who wronged her. But when her mate appears, she rejects him without a second thought. Alpha Damon determine to win her heart, discovers her true identity and vows to help her seek revenge. As they fight side by side, Aurora learns to trust and love again, and together they defeat their enemies and rule as equals. Don't miss out on this epic tale of love, betrayal and second chances.

“My last day?” Ashley echoed, fear creeping into her voice. “What do you mean?” “Look at me!" Adam shouted. "Do you think I deserve an obese woman like you?” He spat, his face contorting with disgust. “Me?” she finally managed to whisper, her voice shaking. Betrayed by her husband and sister on her birthday night, pregnant Ashley Smith is left for dead. Fueled by anger and a thirst for vengeance, this dead girl is back with a new face and identity, but her quest for revenge might not be as simple as she thought, plus her ex husband likes the body of this new woman and wants her. Will she be able to get her revenge or will she lose it all again? And what happens when Prince charming comes her way after she'd sworn never to give love another chance?

After an explosion in Philadelphia, Mike loses his mother while his fiance, Rose , is at the verge of dying. He vows within himself to take up the fight and put and end to the national crisis. His best friend, Steve who was a brother stood with him in the fight. He goes through too many life seeking encounters in his course to know the truth behind the crisis. But he is stunned by a strange discovery. The head of the secret organization behind the crisis happened to be his biological father who his mother had left pathways to find. Was he going to put an end to his own father? While battling with this reality, he also finds out that his best friend, Steve, was not who he thought him to be. Steve was a traitor who was sent by his father to keep an eye on him. Justice demands that he end his father and best friend, Steve while bond calls on him to do otherwise. While standing at this crossroad, an outbreak of a deadly virus sought to wipe the whole country. Will this be the end of the United States of America? The answer now rested upon his shoulders.

On my birthday, Connor Simpson's first love jumped off a building due to depression. She died on the spot. Connor blamed everything on me. I never celebrated my birthday again after she died. After the murderer electrocuted me for more than ten hours, they forced me to call Connor. "Connor, it's my 25th birthday today. Can you come over and spend time with me?" However, Connor did not notice anything unusual. His voice was laced with venomous iciness. "Clarisse Winter, Audrey wouldn't have died if it weren't for you. How dare you ask me to celebrate your birthday? If only you were the one who died." I heard him coaxing a woman on the other end just before he hung up on me. That low and gentle tone was what I loved to hear the most in the past. That night, the murderer cut my body into countless pieces, packed them in bags, and threw them in front of the police station. Connor was summoned back overnight. He spent two days and two nights piecing together the body parts, but he did not realize that the dead person was the wife that he hated the most.

"Watch out for your expressions, Everhart. People might start thinking you've got a thing for me.""No one would assume I'm that desperate, Sterling."***After transferring as a scholarship student to the prestigious Elysium University, Lily Everhart is determined to pursue her dream of becoming a geneticist. However, her orderly life takes an unexpected turn when she meets Adrian Sterling, the charismatic campus bad boy, igniting a rivalry between them and disrupting Lily's plans for an uneventful academic year.Amidst the challenges of university life, she grapples with conflicting emotions about Adrian while also discovering that Elysium isn't what it seems.Can she finish her remaining years of college unharmed? Or will money and power prove to be everything that matters? Will Lily and Adrian overcome their differences, or will it push them further apart?Fragments of Elysium: Love on Campus is created by Amelie Bergen, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

I had been married for five years, but my belly remained flat—no sign of a child. Then, on my 35th birthday, I suddenly found out I was pregnant. When I shared the good news with my husband, he flew into a rage. Instead of being happy, he accused me of carrying someone else's baby. Only then did I learn he had a mistress. He even claimed he wanted a "real" child—one that truly belonged to him—with her. I thought he was just being irrational and would eventually come to his senses. After getting an amniocentesis, I immediately brought him the paternity test results to prove the baby was his. He came home acting like a changed man—hugging me, kissing me, claiming that he didn't cheat on me. The very next day, he booked a hotel and threw a banquet, announcing to all our friends and family that he was going to be a father. However, when his mistress saw the news, she completely lost it. She showed up with a group of people, blocked me in the street, and—despite my pregnancy—started punching and kicking me. "You shameless woman! How dare you carry my man's child? Are you that desperate to die?"

"I'm going to be the best architect ever and make my dad real proud of me." Beautiful, smart, ambitious, as well as determined Nadia Campbell had the zeal of being the best at what she dreamt of becoming. She had her life well planned out thus, nothing prepared her for the sudden tough phase of her life — being a young mother and marrying the father of her child, a child she never hoped for this early in her life. Not when she was so close to her goal. " He's a player. I shouldn't get entangled but why does my heart say otherwise?" "There's no way something as feeble as love can ever find a way of getting to me." Playboy Derek Ashford's popular mantra, "NO LOVE, NO PAIN", was his everyday principle of living. Flirt with girls, temporary tango in the sheets, take a walk and never look back on the tears — total show on their parts to bring the toughest man to his knees. It all seemed easy until faced with the toughest price he had to pay for his inheritance — marry the mother of his mistake baby. " I play girls, I dont date them. When and if I do, no marriage or commitment is made clear from the onset so why does my heart argue with my head on this when it comes to her?"

Berawal dari sebuah tugas untuk menyelidiki kasus dugaan perselingkuhan sang mantan pacar, semua fakta yang tersembunyi terungkap satu persatu. Adalah Sagi, pemilik studio kayu yang punya pekerjaan sampingan sebagai agen detektif di bisnis rahasia milik Bima. Suatu hari, Sagi ditugaskan Bima untuk menyelidiki kasus kliennya yang sangat penting. Ia diminta untuk menangani kasus dari akun bernama Venus. Karena kasus itu spesial, Bima menempatkan Sagi untuk bersedia memata-matai Leo, sang mantan pacar yang kini sudah resmi jadi kakak iparnya. Saat penyelidikan berlangsung, satu fakta mengejutkan Sagi temukan di ruang kerja Leo. Sagi menemukan fakta bahwa Leo gagal move-on darinya. Leo menikahi Venus, tapi masih menyimpan barang-barang kenangan bersama Sagi. Alhasil, hal itu menciptakan perang batin dalam diri Sagi. Haruskah Sagi mengkhianati kakaknya (Venus) demi mendapatkan Leo kembali? Ide gila pun muncul di kepala Sagi. Ia memanfaatkan situasi dan membuat kesepakatan dengan Bima. Dari yang tadinya menyelidiki, berubah haluan jadi mendekati. Sagi yang tahu betul kalau Bima susah move-on dari Venus, membuatnya setuju dengan ide gila itu. Hal itu dilakukan dengan alasan untuk mendapatkan cintanya masing-masing. Akankah ide mereka berhasil? Akankah mereka mendapatkan kembali cinta mantannya masing-masing? Lalu, siapa wanita yang ditemui Leo, yang diduga Venus sebagai selingkuhannya?

WARNING: This book is rated 🔞. It contains a lot of erotic content. __ "You do realize that I will be put to death if anyone finds out about this, right?" My voice shook as I felt his hand trace my spine, his breath fanning against my skin. "Yet you're still here... Because you know you want it." He whispered, digging his teeth into my neck, his hands snaking up my clothes. ___ Aurora found herself in a dilemma. She's in love with the Alpha who is her foster uncle and as though that wasn't enough, she's betrothed to his Beta's son! This shouldn't happen, she shouldn't like the way he ran his hand along her skin, she shouldn't like the way he took her secretly, she shouldn't like the way she wanted him but as lines began to blur and they began to sneak around, Aurora realized the truth quickly. She wanted it and she was willing to go against the pack with him even if it was the last thing she does. Kieran on the other hand, was slowly falling into the trap of her alluringness. Every moment, he found himself thinking of the way he could pin her to the wall and have her. But as an Alpha, he had his responsibility to the Pack. Will his duty win over his desire for her or would he sink deeper into her hole?