open season c. j. box

Coincidence is a gamble, a deck of cards with loads of probabilities. Coincidence leads them into an experience that haunts them still after so many years.Coincidence drags them into decisions that scar their consciences forever.Coincidence drags them into the drama that ensues as a resultant effect.But no, it is not the regular drama.For the country is on fire, the government is burning and lives are in chains, ravaged by the demon of their past - Medusa.But lo, Medusa is not a demon.It is not an ancient Greek myth.It is not a god or goddess.It is not a religion.It is not alive.BUT IT IS HERE!

"I would rather die than become his wife, Father," I said, followed by the startled noise of the crowd. "Amber, please don't. You know that I have always loved--," "Love, you said?" I cried out. I could feel that my skin tighten and my breath flared. Then again, the recollection of that night flashing before my eyes. What had happened that day didn't kill me, but something inside me died that day.Amber Durant was born a girl in the wrong place and time. By the ages of 16 years old Amber was forced into some sick twisted fate that shatters everything she knows. Love, hate, trauma, desire to be free, and longing for revenge have led her to other shades of life. Will she survive the monster within her?

Their love was born in the midst of revenge… Melek Erdoğan is sure that all her dreams of love will come true after marrying Habbab Argent. She could never have been more wrong. After two years of being in love with the perfect man, Melek married him, but the next morning Habbab abandoned her in a shack, completely disgraced and with the big task of confronting her abusive family. The girl's suffering has just begun. Habbab never imagined falling in love with his enemy's daughter, he carried out his revenge by hurting her deep in his heart and now that he is trying to win her back, she refuses to forgive him. Will they be able to leave hatred and quarrels behind so that their love can prevail, or the paths they have chosen will keep them apart forever?

A year contracted to sleep with a sexy CEO. In order to save her fathers business Victoria Stratos must do the unthinkable and sign a contract agreeing to sleep with the man bent on destroying it. But can she do it and still remain true to herself? Austin Aves in your typical self made billionaire used to getting what he wants, and what he wants is revenge on Victor Stratos. And the best way to do that is to take the one thing he truly cares about - his daughter

A one-night stand meeting wasn't just enough for the both of them. Zina just applied for a job at the top company, only for her to find out that the man, Neil, was the person she had earlier slept with and was supposed to be her boss. That means the chemistry was not far from them. After Neil lays a contract marriage for Zina, they are bound by drama—to keep the relationship real to the outside world—and a contract, but how far can they keep pretending that it was just a business proposal? For how long can they spell out the difference between love and lust? And when there are a million people out there to stop what they have for each other, how long can they put up together?

"You are ours now, love. Ours to please, and ours for life....." * Daughter of the Alpha King, and supposed heir to the throne, Alycia Woods, awaited her execution in the hands of her rogue mate. Overcomed with betrayal and a broken heart, she never would have thought they'd be a way out for her--for a crime she didn't commit. The Kings of the Lycan Realm: Rowen and Lucien Vaughn, who stormed into her pack and demanded she be sold to them, offering her a deal to be theirs, in exchange for her life. The Lycan Twins were an epitome of incredible power, insatiable lust and a force to be reckoned with. They came to the werewolf pack for a business and never expected the Alpha's daughter to look so much like their first mate, centuries ago. Amidst the unspoken rivalries between the werewolf and Lycan Realm, they were completely enamored with Alycia. Would Alycia adhere to the undeniable attraction she feels towards, not one, but both twins? Would her plan to use the twins as a means for a revenge as well as exposing their shady deeds backfire on her, or would love win over?

All she wanted to do was live a normal life. Running from her royal life she gets captured and sold in a slave market to one of the most ruthless Alpha Prince ever. He is feared, powerful, ruthless, coldhearted, revengeful, and is said to be the greatest Alpha that ever lived. He relishes in war. And soon, he caught a property, a living property which he abuses greatly. And she has ben quiet, taking it all and swallowing it as she had no title again. And when she realizes he's the. reason for her kingdom's downfall, she's ready to do all she can to take her revenge.

Being a mute used to be simple before all the craziness started. I just can't talk and that's who I am. Mum has learned to accept that and I guess so have I. Everything was just fine in my high school in Shanghai. I had finally made it to year twelve and even though I was in China, I was actually being treated as a human being despite my disability. Things were definitely not perfect but I would give anything to go back to that, like it was before. I heard my first voice that year, right at the beginning of year 12. I didn’t really have any real friends, but I was used to it and before the voices started, I was fine with that. But it all changed when I first heard them. The voices inside their heads started then and my life was never the same. They weren't just thinking about school or they girls or guys they were into, no they were thinking about doing things, doing horrible things to each other and I was the only one that knew how messed up they really were.

Hana was the Princess of a noble Pack. She lived happily with her family however, everything changed when she turned 18. A tragedy happened that was totally unacceptable in their pack. No Alpha ever chose her to be their mate. But what will happen if everyone finds out that her mate was not one of their kind? Will she be banished in their pack? What will her status be after this? How will Princess Hana show everyone; That race difference don't matter. That what others think doesn't matter. That Love Conquers All!

Everyone envied how my best friend and I mated to the Alpha twins of the Creek Pack. But the pack didn't know that Victoria, their widowed stepmother, was the one the Alpha twins truly loved. My best friend Cathy and I planned to run away, but the night before our escape, she poisoned herself with wolfsbane. I called her mate Damon, but he sneered, "Luna, my brother says, your and Cathy's little tricks are getting really old. Are you going to jump off Silver Cliff tomorrow?"