Open Season C. J. Box

Caitlin, jeune diplômée en quête d’indépendance, quitte le cocon protecteur de son oncle pour commencer une nouvelle vie. Mais dès son arrivée dans une ville inconnue, son chemin croise celui de Ronnie, un milliardaire arrogant et mystérieux. Leur rencontre explosive, faite de confrontations et de rancunes, tourne bientôt au piège : une montre brisée, une dette colossale et un contrat forcé font de Caitlin bien plus qu’une simple employée. Ronnie lui impose une condition insensée : devenir à la fois sa secrétaire… et son esclave personnelle. Prisonnière d’un jeu de pouvoir où chaque regard est une provocation et chaque geste un défi, Caitlin doit choisir entre sa liberté et le seul souvenir qui lui reste de ses parents disparus. Mais derrière l’arrogance glaciale de Ronnie se cache un secret, et derrière la rébellion de Caitlin, une force qu’elle ignore encore. Leur haine brûlante pourrait-elle se transformer en quelque chose d’encore plus dangereux ? Ou bien ce jeu cruel les mènera-t-il à leur perte ?

Quand César, PDG redouté, apprend l’existence de la fille qu’il n’a jamais connue, née d’un mariage arrangé et d’une épouse aujourd’hui décédée, il perd pied. Cette petite fille a été adoptée par une inconnue… une femme dont il ignore tout. Jusqu’à ce qu’il découvre qu’elle s’appelle Jules Jenna, et qu’elle travaille dans l’une de ses nouvelles acquisitions. Il aurait pu choisir les tribunaux. Il préfère une autre voie : l’infiltration. Sous un faux nom, il rachète l’entreprise de Jules et s’introduit dans sa vie. Ce qu’il découvre le bouleverse : Jules est une mère aimante, sincère, forte. Tout ce qu’il n’avait pas prévu. Mais Jules n’est pas dupe. Et plus César s’approche, plus elle sent que quelque chose cloche. Quand la vérité explosera, elle aura deux choix : fuir avec Ivy… ou faire face à l’homme qui a tenté de la briser, mais qui pourrait bien être celui qui la sauvera.

Brisée par une trahison amoureuse, Jenifer Martin décide de repartir de zéro et tente sa chance à New York. Elle décroche, contre toute attente, le poste d’assistante personnelle auprès de Damian Wilson, PDG froid, exigeant et redouté dans le monde des affaires. Entre tensions, confrontations et rapprochements inattendus, Jenifer découvre un homme complexe, bien plus vulnérable qu’il n’y paraît. Mais leur relation, déjà fragile, est menacée par des ennemis de l’ombre, des jalousies internes et les fantômes du passé de Jenifer. Dans un univers où tout semble calculé et sans pitié, l’amour peut-il vraiment naître entre une employée inexpérimentée et l’homme le plus puissant – et le plus convoité – de New York ? Une histoire faite de secrets, de passions inavouées et de dangers imprévus, où chaque page rapproche un peu plus Jenifer d’un choix décisif : fuir… ou rester aux côtés de celui qui pourrait à la fois briser son cœur et bouleverser son destin.

"Ahhhh," I moaned into the pillow, not wanting the neighbors to hear as they would immediately tell Mom about it. "Ahhhh," this time it came out louder as I felt a shockwave of ectasy and satisification go through my body. This was the best feeling ever. Suddenly, a gentle night breeze blew through my open window, My curtains fluttered open, and I looked up to find myself face to face with those breathtaking green eyes, they were like two emeralds glittering from his dark room, it was like they could see right through my soul, Aamon Blackwood!!! My heart skipped a beat as our eyes met across the distance. I felt a wave of panic wash over me. Had he seen everything? I tried to sit up, to cover myself, but it was too late. My bully, step brother had just seen me pleasuring myself! Gosh! * * * Haven is a simple wolf human hybrid girl living her simple life, she likes to publish erotic novel online under a hidden name. She secretly has been crushing on the ice hockey captain Ryder since they were in highschool but she has never gathered the guys to tell him. One day, her annoying stepbrother, Aamon discovers her secret and blackmails her into becoming his "servant". Will they keep their relationship strictly just slave and master? Or will they break all boundaries and fall into temptation?

Samson Carroll's father, who is the CEO of Carroll Group, is hospitalized, and my sister decides to return to the hospital to work as a nurse. She throws herself into the role—donating blood, helping with emergencies, and keeping watch at his bedside around the clock. Soon, everyone's calling her a hero in scrubs. One night, she blocks the hospital room's security camera. She plans to kill the patient and forge a will so that Samson will marry her. I tell her it's too dangerous. The Carrolls are an influential family with deep pockets and powerful connections, after all. A few kind words and a forged will aren't enough to sway them. But she lashes out at me, calling me an idiot. She says that everyone in Jansbury knows Samson does whatever his father tells him to do. I drag her home, still trying to talk sense into her. "The Carroll family has ties to both the authorities and the underworld. They're untouchable," I explain. "If Samson finds out you lied to him, the consequences are unimaginable." Halfway home, she grows increasingly agitated. "Tonight was my only chance, and you ruined it! You're just jealous I'm about to become a rich man's wife! Go to hell!" Then, in a fit of rage, she shoves me into an open manhole by the side of the road. When I open my eyes again, I'm back on the night I brought her dinner at the hospital.

My boyfriend passed away from illness. Before he died, he asked me to look after his only younger brother—Callum Ressler. I put Callum through college, and helped him build his company from the ground up. Then one night, after a round of drinking at some work function, he ended up in bed with me. While I wrestled with what we were to each other, I noticed something on his office desk: a photo of me, framed neatly beside an engagement ring. My heart stirred. I pushed open the lounge door, ready to finally talk about us. But just as the door creaked open, a white camisole fell at my feet. I froze. Callum pulled the covers tightly around a shocked female assistant. "Diana, ever heard of knocking?" he snapped. Face pale, limbs suddenly uncoordinated, I started backing out. But the assistant's timid voice stopped me. "Diana… could you hand me my clothes?" I ignored the hostility behind her eyes, grabbed the garment, tossed it onto the bed, and left in a hurry. Once I stepped outside the company building, Callum called. "Diana, you should really stop barging into my room like that." I laughed and agreed. From that moment on, I never stepped into his world again.

Ataisha was on the brink of losing herself. Everything has gone cold—he has gone cold. It all played perfectly a few months back but everything changed in a blink of an eye. She couldn’t handle the pain all at once, especially when she felt the love she had always craved in him. Siya na lang ang nakakapag paramdam kay Aisha na may taong nagmamahal sa kanya at magpapahalaga, but what happened? Why does it have to be like this? She was never loved by her family, treated less than trash. She was always desperate for affection and when she finally gets it with him, this has to happen. He kept blaming her for something she doesn’t even remember doing, and he won’t explain. He will keep acting like he hates her, or maybe he really does. Who knows, she might have really done something to push him away like this. But the truth is always bound to be unveiled, and in desperation to find answers and make sense of it all, Ataisha found herself trapped in a deeper hole of secrets waiting to be freed. Secrets that will bring new wounds and open scars she never knew were still needed healing. Secrets that will forever open her heart to acceptance even if it’s going to be painfully difficult. Will she be able to free herself from the chains holding her in that deep hole of secrets and lies? or will she forever be tangled in whispers of secrecy and distrust?

Sylvia Tarrant has been betrothed since birth to marry Remus Lowell, future Alpha of the Vetus Pack. A man she has never met, but has been waiting for all her life for the moment she would become his wife and mate, his Luna. The start to their relationship is definitely not smooth, riddled with misunderstandings, held grudges, heartbreak and betrayals. But as time passes and they begin to open up to know more about each other, can they move past all that has happened between them? Will there ever be a happy ending for the mates?

Love is the most complex feeling ever. It gives you joy like you've never had before; it brings you pain like you've never felt before. We follow the tale of a young Cameroonian girl who's world gets intercepted and turned upside down by an Italian foreigner with deep, dark and dangerous secrets. Jasmine "Loving you is so hard it feels like I'm BREAKING LOCKS." Marcelo "But even the most screwed locks still break open, don't they?"

"I can't take it anymore, babe. Faster! Oh, people from your country feel the best!" I hear weird noises coming from my son's bedroom in the middle of the night. I secretly push his door open to see him watching a movie in bed. He has a woman's underwear on his face, and his hand moves beneath the sheets. When I take a closer look, I see that the protagonist of the movie is my son. His female counterpart is his classmate's mother!