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After a car accident left Vincent Holt, head of the powerful Holt family, disabled, he stunned high society by publicly seeking a wife. My father immediately submitted my profile. “Since you’re so determined to break up with Cole, let’s see if you can land someone from the Holt family instead.” I refused, only to get slapped hard across the face as I tried to grab his phone. “You have no choice in this.” With nowhere else to turn, I went to ask Cole Brody for help. He was the only one who could change my father’s mind. However, I overheard their conversation. “Don’t worry, Mr. Brody. Vincent Holt is just a cripple. Bethany’s too proud to accept him. Just give it some time. She’ll come crawling back to you.” Cole chuckled. “Lulu wants a baby. I’m just helping her out by sleeping with her a few times. It’s not a big deal, yet Bethany just won’t leave it alone. I knew you got a way to keep her in check.” My body went cold. It turned out that I had been standing alone in a ruin of lies all along. However, when the Holt family really picked me, they panicked.

When Scarlett Hudson left her home-town, she never thought she'd have to go back one day. But when tragedy strikes she's forced to return to the very place that broke her. She has to face the people who had made her life a living hell three years ago, her former best-friend Hunter Adams being one of them. Scarlett knows that the past can't be undone and she has no intention of letting down the walls she has built so carefully around her heart. But when the truth starts to unravel, Scarlett is forced to question everything she once believed in.

He was there during her healing phase, he helped her to heal the pain inside her, pain caused by her own family. But now, she's more broken than she was before, knowing that the one who healed here, also hurts her. The feeling if emptiness and drained. Mind's full untold thoughts while unfamiliar voices keep shouting inside her head. Shouting about not being worthy enough to receive someone's care and love. That she achieve nothing make someone proud of her and her efforts. Thinking that no one can love her the way she wanted to be love. Now that she doesn't want that love and attention anymore. All she want now is to live with peace. She want to live her life without dealing anything but peace, where all she wanted to feel within the day is peace, and where can she peacefully sleep at night without facing the ceiling for an hour. But behind her walking unto peace, there's something from her past pulling her back. Past where she's running away before until then. But how can she run away from the past when the past already got her back?

“Please…please stop and let me go.” I pleaded when he was taking steps towards me. I was scared to death because I never thought I would be caught up in this mess due to my father. “Why, my beauty? Why should I let a beauty like you go?” he asks with a smirk on his face. In a second, he was standing in front of me, nuzzling my neck and takes my blood scent in ” After all, your father is indebted to me, and to pay his debt, he offered you for fulfilling my hunger and sexual cravings.” he murmured licking my skin. After a few licks on my neck, he sunk his fangs in my skin, and I screamed in pain as he feeds on me, which later turned into pleasure, and I end up screaming his name in pleasure. Minerva Cole is a girl, offered by his father to pay the debt he owes to a wealthy businessman, namely Easton Lemeire. She loves her father so much that’s why she agreed to pay the debt with her body if it saves her father’s life. But when she is taken to the businessman, she gets shocked to know that he is a vampire. Not just a vampire but the King of all the vampires. Later she falls in love with him, and they both got married, but some enemies around them don’t want them together and are after Minerva's unique powers, which she doesn’t know about. Will Minerva ever find out about her secret powers, or will her enemies succeed in taking her powers? Will Easton and Minerva be able to have their happily ever after?

Cassandra Porsse grew up being the 'Miss Piggy' during her school days. Having a crush on one of the most popular boys in school, Crayvin Smith, and with her waistline expanding, Cassandra faces cruel peers and cold hearts. The final result toughens her resolve at the expense of creating a self-sabotaging relationship between Cassandra and her body. After battling through the demons of her past, Cassandra is back with a heart made of steel and moving on fresh from the Police Academy. Being the new officer in the station is hard enough, especially since she's the only woman, but what makes it more complicated is the fact that her new assigned partner is her old crush and nemesis.

Addison Bautista is a strict and straightforward, and the kind of person who will do everything to have her father's company. She serves as the acting CEO of his father's company, and she will do everything to be able and she will do everything to be able to prove him that she deserves to be his successor and the next Chief Executive Officer of the Bautista's Group of Companies. The story begins when she received a red envelope, an invitation. Written in it is the information of a week reunion with her senior year batchmates. She has no plans on coming into that reunion but seems like destiny wanted her to come. When the reunion day arrived, everything is fine and according to what a reunion should look like. The the caretaker gone missing, they tried to find him but he's nowhere to be found. The next day, they smell something unpleasant and found a body in the island's storage house. It is the caretaker that is lying on the ground, lifeless with blood around his body. Will it still be a normal reunion, or a reunion that is full of terror and lives at stake?

“My boyfriend is sweet, and he is kind. He's gentle with me and he takes care of me. He loves me correctly and he…’’ “Booo!’’ the rest of the girls exclaimed in unison, as they began to laugh. “That’s a boy, darling!’’ Riley chips in. “We are werewolves. That's not how you're meant to be loved. Have you not had the kind of rogue ripping love that makes your legs shake and you knees weak?’’ “You're talking about sex.’’ Jessica answered with a shrug. “Not really. That kind of gentle love that you talk about will wear you out. And you will get bored.’’ ~~~~ ~~~~~ "Come closer," he said, his voice like a heat that filled the space between them. Terrified, she whispered, "No," avoiding his gaze. His steps dragged on the smooth carpet. In an instant, his fingers gripped her throat, slamming her against the wall with a thud. "You will obey me, Jessica Miller. For I own you!" ******** Jessica Miller, a fierce, young, and innocent girl, sold by someone she never thought could do a thing of such to her, to the merciless Lycan King, Jordan Luther, feels betrayed and a stranger among other wolves, seeing as she had lived all her life among humans. Broken and frustrated, she can't help but feel all hope is lost. And now, will the Lycan King’s cruelty break her completely, or will she remain a high spirited, young wolf and escape the clutches of slavery at the hands of her enslaver…? Read on for this amazing piece of art, full of intrigues and captivating lines to keep you wanting more….

Yura Azalia Hazmi tak pernah bermimpi menikah dengan duda kaya dan ternyata mantan kekasih jaman kuliahnya. Sebagai wanita yang dianggap perawan tua, kerap membuatnya terus menerus dijodohkan, banyak laki-laki sudah dia tolak. Sampai akhirnya tidak ada kalimat yang harus dia bantah. "Apa? Duda? Papa mau jodohkan Yura dengan duda? Yura nggak mau!" penolakan Yura tidak berbuah manis, adanya sarkastis untuk kehidupan dia. Hinaan, sindiran demi sindiran sudah dia dapat dari kedua saudara perempuan yang sudah jauh menikah darinya. Bahkan adik Yura sudah menikah. "Umur kamu tahun ini 30 tahun, nggak malu sama teman sebaya kamu, adik kamu dan tetangga kita yang selalu bilang kamu itu nggak laku." Lagi-lagi itu menjadi masalahnya 'MALU' "Yura tetap nggak mau!" "Enggak ada penolakan! Besok calon suami kamu datang." Hidup ini tidak ada adil! Apa ada yang bertanya kemauan Yura? Apa yang Yura suka? Atau sebaliknya? Apakah Yura bisa menerima pernikahannya? Lalu siapakah laki-laki yang akan menjadi suami Yura kelak?

"Shadows of the Past" is a story about *Natasha Fernandez* (26),the daughter of a billionaire who never enjoyed her childhood due to the loss of her mother and her father's busy schedule. She struggles with health issues and finding true love until she meets *Jamal smith* (29) who rescues her from a robber and becomes her friend, and eventually her husband. Years later, Natasha hires her childhood friend *Imade Martins*(25) a home tutor for her adopted daughter *Tessa* (3). However, Natasha is heartbroken when she discovers Jamal's affair with Imade, and she uses her power to frustrate Imade's business life. Unbeknownst to them all, Jamal is the biological father of Imade's daughter, whom she lost in the hands of a matron to an orphanage some years back. Imade leaves for another city where she falls in love with her boss, Mr. *George Henry,*(34) an influential business tycoon and a single father. Twenty years later, *Roy Henry,* George's son, falls in love with Tessa, Natasha's daughter. However, their love is jeopardized after a family introduction takes place, and complicated truths unravel, putting Tessa's life at stake. The story explores the drama and chaos that ensue as the characters confront their past and navigate their present relationships.

Eliza Janice Montebon  Simpleng babae, matalino, masipag, madiskarte at malambing na anak. Lahat ay gagawin matupad lang ang inaasam na pangarap at mithiin.Ngunit may lihim na hinagpis sa kanyang nakaraang pagkatao. Ito ang nagsisilbing hugot niya upang magtagumpay sa buhay at makamtan ang inaasam na katarungan sa kanyang yumaong magulang.  Lorenzo Aragon Multi-billionaire and super hunk na business tycoon at a young age. Natotong tumayo sa sariling sikap dahil na rin sa walang makuhang suporta mula sa magulang dahil sa komplikadong pamilya niya. Walang babae ang hindi nahuhumaling sa kanya, lahat ay kanya lamang pinagbibigyan dahil sa tawag ng laman at pangungulila sa iisang prinsesa ng kanyang buhay na kanyang kababata. Isang krimen at trahedya ang nagpawasak sa malaprinsesang buhay ni Eliza. Musmos pa lamang siya nang walang-awang pinatay ang kanyang mga magulang sa loob pa mismo ng kanilang bagong biling lupain na niregalo ng kanyang ama sa kanya sa kanyang kaarawan. Ang mas masakit pa ay nasaksihan niya mismo ang pagpaslang sa mga ito at ang salarin ay walang iba kundi ang ama ng kanyang kababata at minamahal ng kanyang pusong paslit na si Enzo Aragon. Dahil sa takot at pangamba sa kanyang buhay naggawang magtago ni Eliza at mamuhay ng malayo sa kanyang nakasanayan. Sa paglipas ng panahon, nabuo sa kanyang puso't isipan ang galit at pagkapoot sa pamilyang sumira sa kanyang magandang kinabukasan. Isa na riyan ang paghihigante kay Enzo dahil wala man lang siya hinanap nito. Paano pagtatagpuin ng tadhana ang dalawang puso kung ang isa ay may masamang binabalak? Matatagumpayan kaya ni Enzo ang ibalik ang tiwala sa kanya ni Eliza kung ang kanyang puso ay puno ng hinagpis at mantsa ng nakaraan? Mapapatawad kaya ng pusong nasaktan at puno ng hinagpis ng pilat ng nakara.Mananaig kaya ang pag-ibig at pagpapatawad kaysa paghihiganti?