Ray Dalio's Recommended Reads

Jane Austen and the wealthy magnate, Damien Wolfe, had a brief fling. However, this was not a consensual act as Jane had been drugged by her colleague in the movie industry. Now, the affluent businessman has threatened to sue Jane for sexual assault, claiming that she forced herself on him. Jane has no option but to agree to his demands, which include marrying him for the sake of her brother's medical expenses. The couple has decided to enter into a two-year marriage contract, with no physical intimacy or extramarital affairs. But, can they adhere to their agreement? And what will happen to Jane's new adversary, Ciara Tyla, who had drugged her?

"Will you let me love you, my scarlet wolf?" After fleeing her former marriage a bruised and battered woman, Scarlett's only desire is to keep her daughter safe. She plans to take them to a quiet place, as far from her abusive mate as she can get, but it doesn't take long for her to cross paths with Roman Collins, Alpha of the Ironclaw pack. A man who seems to despise her. Since nothing is binding them together she feels she will be free of him soon enough, but the moon goddess has other plans, and she'll find out that if she thought running from one Alpha mate was hard, running from another is even harder! To what lengths will Scarlett go to protect her child? What will she do when she realizes the bond she shares with this other male? And what will she do to the mate who beat her on a daily basis and has now sworn he will never stop until he gets her back? Roman never wears his emotions on his face, but the feelings he has for Scarlett are ones he cannot deny nor ignore. With both of them scarred from past experiences, will they be able to overcome their pain and be together, or will the mates and the past they run from catch up to them?

I did everything against my beliefs in marriage. The day our worlds collided, I hated his guts. If you think a man who is striking—so damn good-looking, shallow, narcissistic, and extremely rich like Mykel Creed will ask the love of his life to marry him? You’re wrong. It was me who asked—a complete stranger, a hardworking independent woman who took a different path from the family business. Yet, right now, I’m marrying him for my inheritance. I blame myself for my self-defeating action. It doesn’t take long for me to realize my biggest mistake is marrying the right man for the wrong reason until my actions speak the loudest, and my heart starts to get a mind of its own. *** Not so long ago, my only priority was making billions with a little bit of fun along the way. Yet it only took Adley Kross a minute to make me agree to marry her—the woman who called me names. If you think I will laugh in her face, call her nuts, and show her the way out? You’re wrong. Well, I owed her, and now she comes to collect it, but that’s not the point—she had me at the first sway of her ass. I blame myself for being drawn to those sterling eyes and her gorgeous curves. But being with her seems to matter more than my money and being bound to her stupid terms.

Can you keep a secret? Aislen can. She has the unusual gift of being able to see a person’s thoughts, flashes of their past and future, at a touch. Havermouth is a town of secrets, with the main industry being the vampire run Zeus Forest Works, and most of the town businesses owned by the local werewolf pack. When the werewolf bullyboys known as The Triquetra decide to use Aislen as their sex toy, she will need every secret she knows in order to win their respect and find her place in Havermouth’s complicated society.Everyone has secrets, and Aislen learns that being the one who knows them can be powerful… and dangerous.

"Damatris what are you doing?" "Don't tell me you don't like it, I've seen you do it with your friends. Why don't you do it to me?" "I can't, you're like a sister to me, I can't fuck you." "I know you like me, I can see it in your eyes, if you don't have sex with me, Regina would.... " *** "No! She can't be the one, I love her, dad please do something." "Nothing can be done right now, look round, your people are dead, we need her blood." "I can't sit and let you kill the woman I love. I don't care if mum's sick or not." "We will elope together." "You'd do no such thing." "Watch me." **** "O my God, I think I'm gonna cum, I screamed as he thrust faster." "Give it to me baby, yes! Emm, just like that. I love you. "O my! Go faster, I'm cumming..." I screamed, when I felt a loud bang and passed out. ~~~~ At age 19, she was married to him, her egocentric husband. Things didn't go smoothly for her at first, all her past mistake came hitting and made her life miserable. When she thought she'd finally gotten peace, they came searching for her, leaving her loved ones in cold blood. Why is nature cruel to her When an ant is in between two hefty elephants, what happens to that ant? It crushes. What happens to her when she finds her true family? Finds that the two guys she loves are sworn enemies, both on earth and on the spiritual. Will she be able to cope when the mystery unveils itself and she founds who the main culprit is?.

They were never been in love. They were forced to marry each other. He hated her childish and impulsive ways. She hated his obnoxious and controlling behaviour. They were bound by a two year contract and she couldn't wait to escape. Will they ever fall in love with each other? Or would they choose to end their marriage before destroying each other? What if there is a reason for him to hold unto her? But what if she never wants to be with him after he abandoned her? Will they ever end up together?

Abel_ Brother Abalone the daughter of Alpha of the Silver Moon pack brings home a rogue. His name was Silas. She falls in love with the same guy. Her father however doesn't object to the marriage. He even agrees to the marriage wedding day she discovers that her groom is also her mate. But things fell apart when she realised her mate launched an attack. She loses her father and brother on the same day. She is imprisoned but later on released by the new Alpha Silas. She had vowed to avenge him. Will she be successful? But secrets are out when she realises that her father isn't dead. She is supposed to join forces with her father and brother. But was she strong enough to break the mate bond? She soon discovers that her father and brother want to use her the same way Silas did. But Silas on the other hand is changed. He seems to care for Abalone and regrets his actions. Who will she choose this time? She is afraid that this time she will end up hurting his parents. Because Silas won't forgive them the second time. Above all her eighteenth birthday is coming soon. She is supposed to consummate her relationship with Alpha. She had been acting as though she was in love with him. But she is doubtful that Alpha truly believed her. But she stops doubting his intentions when she discovers he wants to marry her and have a family. With the full moon and her eighteenth birthday right around the corner. She had little time to choose her destiny. On the day of eighteenth birthday she succumbs to Silas. She has sex with him thereby breaking her oath to never yield to the new alpha.

On the day of my mate-bonding ceremony, my parents suddenly brought my mate home and told me the marking ceremony that day would be with someone else. “Your sister was poisoned by wolfsbane. There's no cure, and her dying wish is to become David’s mate.” “You’re her older sister. Can’t you be kind and help her out?” My mate also tried to persuade me. “Don’t worry, it’s just for show. After she dies, we’ll still be each other’s one and only.” Still, I refused. However, my parents forced me to drink a potion that blocked my mind link, tied me up, and threw me into the silver mine behind our villa. “We’ll untie you once the ceremony goes smoothly,” they said. But soon after they left, I was attacked by a vicious rogue wolf. After endless torment, I was killed. It was only when my body started rotting that they remembered I was still bound in the mine.

When Dylan Sullivan took a new type of hallucinogen, I was forced to give myself to him to curb the effects. Innately fertile, I got pregnant, giving birth to fraternal twins—a boy and a girl—after marrying him. However, Dylan refused to let them call him daddy, drinking away the nights while staring at the picture of his one true love. Then, on our tenth anniversary, he locked us up in the basement and burnt us to death. As it turns out, he remained hung up on that moment when I saved him all this time, stubbornly convinced I intervened when he was vulnerable to satisfy my ambitions. That in turn drove a rift between himself and his one true love, whose heartbreak led to psychosis and the accident that killed her. But I somehow opened my eyes to find myself alive, returning to the day Dylan took the hallucinogen by mistake. This time, I let his one true love have him, while I headed towards the study…

Alexis Diaz is a sales representative who attends a conference at a hotel in a remote area. While attending a reception, she meets a mysterious and charming billionaire named Max, who is a werewolf. They are both attracted to each other and share a passionate one-night stand. The next morning, Alexis leaves without saying goodbye, feeling overwhelmed by her emotions. Max realizes Alexis could be his mate, as he was drunk and doesn’tremember whether or not he marked her. The details of the night are fuzzy except he realizes his drink might have been laced by an aphrodisiac for mates. He only remembers her honey/ginger hair Alexis goes through some roughening emotions/changes(heat intolerance/heightened sex drive including sex dreams about the mysterious stranger) but eventually gets used to it, she also gets a new scar in the place she thought she had a hickey that refuses to go. A month or two later, Alexis is sent to pitch her company's product to Max's business. When Max sees her again, he realizes that he can't forget about her and feels drawn to her, she feels the mark on her neck burning as she feels and undeniable sexual tension between them. During the meeting, Max and Alexis try to maintain a professional demeanor as they are with others but the chemistry between them explodes the moment they are alone. Alexis runs away again. Max searches for her and finds her this time around at her workplace where he realizes he can hear two heartbeats. What happens when Alexis decide to runaway? How would Alexis handle the truth of her existence? How would Max save his pack without losing the most important part of his life, Alexis and their baby? Find out in this intriguing story, Alpha's girl.