Once In A Year

One blind date. Two reluctant hearts. A fake romance that feels way too real… Sienna Blake isn’t looking for love—not after her last relationship left her with more scars than memories. But when her meddling mother sets her up on a blind date, she agrees just to keep the peace. What she doesn’t expect is to come face-to-face with Julian Thorne—her arrogant ex’s boss, a ruthless lawyer with a reputation as cold as the suits he wears. Julian Thorne—high-powered attorney, cold-blooded strategist, and her ex’s dangerously attractive boss. They met once, a year ago, at a company gala. He thought she was a gold digger clinging to her meal ticket. She thought he was an arrogant snob with a god complex. Now he’s her blind date. Julian has his reasons for going along with the charade. Sienna might be the key to taking down a betrayal that nearly cost him everything. All he has to do is play nice, get close, and keep his heart out of it. But the more time they spend pretending, the more real it starts to feel. And when secrets from the past resurface, they’ll have to choose: continue the lie—or risk everything for the truth. From fake to fate—what if the biggest lie becomes their only truth?

For twins Ethel and Elise, the line between dream and nightmare was always thin—and on Paron Island, it has been completely erased. Their idyllic gap year, a sun-soaked mosaic of beach bonfires and reckless abandon, is shattered in an instant. A "project," as the panicked news reports cryptically call it, has gone horrifically wrong, releasing a pathogen that reanimates the dead with a singular, gruesome purpose: to feed. The sisters' bond, once defined by shared secrets and sibling rivalry, is now their only anchor in a world drowning in blood. Driven by a raw, primal instinct to protect each other, they join forces with a few other fortunate—or unfortunate—souls who survived the initial onslaught. Together, this makeshift family must navigate the ruins of their former paradise, where every shadow hides a potential threat and every human sound could be a lure. Ethel, the more cautious sister, finds a hidden strength in strategy, while Elise's impulsive nature becomes both a weapon and a liability. But their fight against the decaying hordes is only the surface of the terror. Whispers of a coordinated presence, of supplies that go missing too conveniently, and of strangers who seem to know too much, point to a more insidious truth: the island's collapse was not a random tragedy. They are being hunted by something that thinks, that plans, that wears a human face. As their hope for rescue dwindles, Ethel and Elise are forced to confront the ultimate horror—that in the midst of an apocalypse, the most monstrous creatures of all are still human.

My stepson, Lucas Lincoln, is trapped in a fire. After calling the fire brigade, I quickly ring my husband, Jasper Lincoln. Jasper is the leader of a search-and-rescue team, after all. But to my dismay, Jasper is currently keeping his ex-wife, Yvonne Schmidt, company. Yvonne has won the "Forensic Doctor of the Year" award, and so they are out celebrating it. My phone calls are rejected again and again. Jasper never once calls me back, even after Lucas' cries for help disappear entirely. By the time the fire brigade arrives to quell the flames, Lucas has been burned to a crisp. I tell Jasper what happened to our son, but he only gleefully says, "He was nothing but a troublemaker who'd contribute nothing to society. If he's dead, then so be it. This way, he won't grow up to become a menace. "Yvonne happens to be giving a public talk tomorrow and is still in need of a specimen demonstrating burn injuries. She can use Noah's corpse for her demonstration since it's still fresh." I sneer. So Jasper thinks that my own son, Noah Green, is the one who died in the fire. I immediately send Lucas' blackened corpse to Yvonne's operating room.

At one of the exclusive private casino parties, my eyes landed on a diamond tiara. The catch? It was the prize for a high-stakes blackjack game. Luckily, poker happens to be one of my many sins. A girl named Elara—whom I once pitied enough to introduce to Throne, hoping she’d land a job—has now declared she wants the tiara too. Naïve. Probably thought beginner’s luck was a real thing. I figured, fine. Let the cards decide. If I win, I walk away with the tiara. If I lose, I’ll find another way to soothe my pride. Easy enough. Thorne, my ever-watchful husband, leaned in and murmured, “Go easy on her.” I didn’t. I won. Beat the dealer faster than her and won the tiara. That girl cried at the table. Thorne didn’t look impressed for once. He rather seemed... irritated. I thought it was for Elara’s sake. Turns out, it was for mine. A year later, same party, different stakes. The grand prize? My own sex video. While holding Elara in his arms, my husband said to me, voice almost amusing, “Don’t you like winning prizes? Then go on. Win our sex tape back.”

She knows he shows no mercy, he is the heartless billionaire. When nineteen year old Alehandria is thrown before the ruthless billionaire who's name is only whispered but never spoken, Leo Ferraro, because of the money her father owed him, she knows immediately that her life is over but - The billionaire, Leo Ferraro took a look at the innocent nineteen year old virgin that did not even know how to kiss, and offered her a contract marriage. The plan was to let Alehandria take care of his five month old baby, but Leo Ferrero was also going to enjoy breaking Alehandria. Pain was his pleasure.

Richard, a 49 year old widower with two daughters. Richard had spent his life devoting his time to his girls and to his work. Ava, a 23 year old girl from a countryside with little or no knowledge on how to survive in Bellamy- city of bright lights and dreams and fortunes. These two crossing paths could only be coincidental as they lead different lives with a huge age gap between. But, maybe they were waiting for each other all their lives to fill the gaps. It would take a lot to be together. But how much can one take? An angry girlfriend. A selfish daughter. They'll find out that love is never enough!

Peyton is an 18 year old, who is waiting to meet his mate. He will be the Beta of the Blue Moon pack after he finishes his senior year in high school. He's expecting his mate to be a girl, but he finds out not only is his mate a blonde boy, he's human. Zeke Hayes is new to town, he moved from a different state with his abusive parents. He learns new things about himself when he starts spending time with a quiet moody boy named Peyton. Things change quickly for them, will the truth strengthen there relationship, or ruin it before it even begins?

college life is one of best and important part in our life. we come across alot of people and face alot of challenges to succeed in our career. This is a story of junior and senior who met in the college and starts growing feelings towards themselves. this is the story about.. KYRA 20yrs cute,sweet, ambitious girl. she is a first year student in the Archaeology department. VIAN 21yrs matured, optimistic and hard to get along.he is a second year student in the Archaeology department. in a project they both come across with eachother and the bud of love rose between them. let's see this beautiful love story. what will be their future. does their love will be forever in them...

A receptionist during the day and a waitress at night, with her mail piling with bills and a 9-year-old sister suffering from cancer, Agatha is striving to make ends meet and has no social life outside of her best friend and her dog. So when single billionaire Cade Blackwell who also happens to be the CEO of the hotel where she works as a receptionist, offers her a proposition to be married to him for one year, an offer that comes with benefits that solve all her problems, She doesn't hesitate to accept. It's just for one year, right? What could go wrong? The answer is A LOT.

Navmi Suryavanshi - An 18 year old girl ,kind hearted ,naive, pure soul , wanting to leave her past behind she leaves her home but her life takes a drastic turn and she falls under the clutches of HIM. ARYAN SINGH RAJPUT - 24 year old billionaire , charming yet arrogant . The only word through which people defines him PERFECT yet he is selfish. He puts himself above everything but that soon changes when SHE crashes in his life and changes everything upside down but one thing that never changes HIS LOVE FOR HER.